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Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Stephen F. Jane
University of Notre Dame
2
Danial Naderian
University of Tehran
3
Jiaxin Lan
Nanning Normal University
4
Kaitlin L. Reinl
University of Wisconsin–Extension
5
Martin R. Jones
University of Birmingham
6
Ve Van Le
Jeju National University
7
Robin R. Rohwer
University of Wisconsin–Madison
8
Chunhui Yang
Nanjing Normal University
9
René S. Shahmohamadloo
Washington State University
10
Colleen E. Yancey
University of Michigan

Papers

1
Publication in Water (2024) [169 citations, W4402269814]
Water|2024
169 cit.
2
Publication in Water Research (2025) [64 citations, W4406060153]
Water Research|2025
64 cit.
3
Concurrent warming and browning eliminate cold-water fish habitat in many temperate lakes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
41 cit.
4
Publication in The Science of The Total Environment (2025) [17 citations, W4407209692]
The Science of The Total Environment|2025
17 cit.
5
Risk assessments underestimate threat of pesticides to wild bees
Conservation Letters|2024
16 cit.
6
Response of particle-attached and free-living bacterial communities to Microcystis blooms
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology|2024
14 cit.
7
Publication in mSystems (2024) [14 citations, W4400004857]
mSystems|2024
14 cit.
8
Insights into cyanobacterial blooms through the lens of omics
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
12 cit.
9
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance increases trait variation but is not adaptive
Evolution|2025
12 cit.
10
Responses by benthic invertebrate community composition to dissolved organic matter in lakes decline substantially above a threshold concentration
Freshwater Biology|2024
10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Nima Pahlevan
National Association of Social Workers
2
Kun Xue
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3
Jun R. Yang
Qingdao Center of Resource Chemistry and New Materials
4
Iran Eduardo Lima Neto
Universidade Federal do Ceará
5
Elisabeth M.‐L. Janssen
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
6
Zhaojiang Zuo
Zhejiang A & F University
7
Todd R. Miller
Biotechnology Institute
8
Tom Shatwell
Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts
9
Yindong Tong
Tianjin University
10
Wenqing Shi
Guangdong Ocean University

Papers

1
Simultaneous retrieval of selected optical water quality indicators from Landsat-8, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-3
Remote Sensing of Environment|2022
217 cit.
2
Importance and vulnerability of lakes and reservoirs supporting drinking water in China
Fundamental Research|2022
164 cit.
3
Eutrophication state in the Eastern China based on Landsat 35-year observations
Remote Sensing of Environment|2022
110 cit.
4
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from municipal wastewater treatment in China
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology|2023
75 cit.
5
Nanostructured tungsten oxide as photochromic material for smart devices, energy conversion, and environmental remediation
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews|2022
71 cit.
6
Assessment of phosphorus loading dynamics in a tropical reservoir with high seasonal water level changes
The Science of The Total Environment|2022
62 cit.
7
Influence of social and environmental drivers on nutrient concentrations and ratios in lakes: A comparison between China and Europe
Water Research|2022
51 cit.
8
MODIS observations reveal decrease in lake suspended particulate matter across China over the past two decades
Remote Sensing of Environment|2023
50 cit.
9
Internal phosphorus loading and its driving factors in the dry period of Brazilian semiarid reservoirs
Journal of Environmental Management|2022
46 cit.
10
Horizontal and vertical migration of cyanobacterial blooms in two eutrophic lakes observed from the GOCI satellite
Water Research|2023
39 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Erik Jeppesen
Aarhus University
2
Jef Huisman
Institute for Biodiversity
3
Ping Xie
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Boqiang Qin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
John P. Smol
Queen's University
6
Brett A. Neilan
Australian Research Council
7
Kaarina Sivonen
University of Helsinki
8
Luc De Meester
Institut für Angewandte Gewässerökologie (Germany)
9
Gene E. Likens
University of Connecticut
10
Brian Moss
University of Liverpool

Papers

1
Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus
Science|2009
3.9k cit.
2
Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|1993
2.8k cit.
3
Blooms Like It Hot
Science|2008
2.8k cit.
4
Handbook of Holocene Palaeoecology and Palaeohydrology.
Journal of Ecology|1987
2.3k cit.
5
Climate change: a catalyst for global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms
Environmental Microbiology Reports|2009
1.7k cit.
6
Role of sediment and internal loading of phosphorus in shallow lakes
Hydrobiologia|2003
1.6k cit.
7
Energy Flow in Bear Brook, New Hampshire: An Integrative Approach to Stream Ecosystem Metabolism
Ecological Monographs|1973
1.4k cit.
8
Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading – an analysis of contemporary long‐term data from 35 case studies
Freshwater Biology|2005
1.3k cit.
9
Tracking environmental change using lake sediments. Volume 3: Terrestrial, algal, and siliceous indicators.
Unknown Journal|2001
1.3k cit.
10
Long-Term Effects of Acid Rain: Response and Recovery of a Forest Ecosystem
Science|1996
1.2k cit.

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