| Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe CM O'Reilly, S Sharma, DK Gray, SE Hampton, JS Read, RJ Rowley, ... Geophysical Research Letters 42 (24), 10,773-10,781, 2015 | 1595 | 2015 |
| What a difference a species makes: a meta-analysis of dreissenid mussel impacts on freshwater ecosystems SN Higgins, MJ Vander Zanden Ecological Monographs 80 (2), 179-196, 2010 | 715 | 2010 |
| Ecology under lake ice SE Hampton, AWE Galloway, SM Powers, T Ozersky, KH Woo, RD Batt, ... Ecology letters 20 (1), 98-111, 2017 | 520 | 2017 |
| AN ECOLOGICAL REVIEW OF CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA (CHLOROPHYTA) IN THE LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES1 SN Higgins, SY Malkin, E Todd Howell, SJ Guildford, L Campbell, ... Journal of Phycology 44 (4), 839-854, 2008 | 334 | 2008 |
| A pound of prevention, plus a pound of cure: early detection and eradication of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes MJ Vander Zanden, GJA Hansen, SN Higgins, MS Kornis Journal of Great Lakes Research 36 (1), 199-205, 2010 | 299 | 2010 |
| A global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985–2009 S Sharma, DK Gray, JS Read, CM O’reilly, P Schneider, A Qudrat, C Gries, ... Scientific data 2 (1), 1-19, 2015 | 252 | 2015 |
| Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones SD Tiegs, DM Costello, MW Isken, G Woodward, PB McIntyre, ... Science Advances 5 (1), eaav0486, 2019 | 225 | 2019 |
| Great Lakes Cladophora in the 21st century: same algae—different ecosystem MT Auer, LM Tomlinson, SN Higgins, SY Malkin, ET Howell, HA Bootsma Journal of Great Lakes Research 36 (2), 248-255, 2010 | 222 | 2010 |
| Harmful Algal Blooms SB Watson, BA Whitton, SN Higgins, HW Paerl, BW Brooks, JD and Wehr Freshwater Algae of North America, 2nd Edition, 873-920, 2015 | 205 | 2015 |
| Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat BM Kraemer, RM Pilla, RI Woolway, O Anneville, S Ban, ... Nature Climate Change 11 (6), 521-529, 2021 | 196 | 2021 |
| Widespread diminishing anthropogenic effects on calcium in freshwaters GA Weyhenmeyer, J Hartmann, DO Hessen, J Kopáček, J Hejzlar, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 10450, 2019 | 156 | 2019 |
| Deeper waters are changing less consistently than surface waters in a global analysis of 102 lakes RM Pilla, CE Williamson, BV Adamovich, R Adrian, O Anneville, ... Scientific Reports 10 (1), 20514, 2020 | 151 | 2020 |
| Application of a 3D hydrodynamic–biological model for seasonal and spatial dynamics of water quality and phytoplankton in Lake Erie LF Leon, REH Smith, MR Hipsey, SA Bocaniov, SN Higgins, RE Hecky, ... Journal of Great Lakes Research 37 (1), 41-53, 2011 | 140 | 2011 |
| Blue waters, green bottoms: Benthic filamentous algal blooms are an emerging threat to clear lakes worldwide Y Vadeboncoeur, MV Moore, SD Stewart, S Chandra, KS Atkins, JS Baron, ... BioScience 71 (10), 1011-1027, 2021 | 114 | 2021 |
| Biological nitrogen fixation prevents the response of a eutrophic lake to reduced loading of nitrogen: evidence from a 46-year whole-lake experiment SN Higgins, MJ Paterson, RE Hecky, DW Schindler, JJ Venkiteswaran, ... Ecosystems 21 (6), 1088-1100, 2018 | 103 | 2018 |
| Cleaner air reveals growing influence of climate on dissolved organic carbon trends in northern headwaters HA de Wit, JL Stoddard, DT Monteith, JE Sample, K Austnes, S Couture, ... Environmental Research Letters 16 (10), 104009, 2021 | 99 | 2021 |
| Integrating perspectives to understand lake ice dynamics in a changing world S Sharma, MF Meyer, J Culpepper, X Yang, S Hampton, SA Berger, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 125 (8), e2020JG005799, 2020 | 91 | 2020 |
| Historical trends, drivers, and future projections of ice phenology in small north temperate lakes in the Laurentian Great Lakes Region BA Hewitt, LS Lopez, KM Gaibisels, A Murdoch, SN Higgins, ... Water 10 (1), 70, 2018 | 87 | 2018 |
| Urban influences on Cladophora blooms in Lake Ontario SN Higgins, CM Pennuto, ET Howell, TW Lewis, JC Makarewicz Journal of Great Lakes Research 38, 116-123, 2012 | 83 | 2012 |
| Primary production and carbon dioxide metabolic balance of a lake-rich arctic river floodplain: partitioning of phytoplankton, epipelon, macrophyte, and epiphyton production … MM Squires, LFW Lesack, RE Hecky, SJ Guildford, P Ramlal, SN Higgins Ecosystems 12 (5), 853-872, 2009 | 80 | 2009 |
Michael PatersonSenior Research Scientist, IISD - Experimental Lakes AreaVerified email at iisd-ela.org
