Journal of Great Lakes Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Great Lakes Research is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board55
First evidence of lake trout Salvelinus namaycush spawning aggregation in Ohio waters of Lake Erie following reintroduction50
Centuries of change: Salinity and carbon dynamics in a large shallow lake38
Making aquatic sciences more Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive, and Accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice33
Editorial Board31
Editorial Board30
Modelling streamflow and phosphorus fluxes in the Lake of the Woods watershed29
Revisiting zooplankton as indicators in the Great Lakes: Which indicators detect temporal changes in the zooplankton community composition?26
Obligate species of Neocottus (Cottoidei) associated with unique habitats in Lake Baikal: Integral analysis of morphological, ecological, and genetic features26
Spatial heterogeneity in water quality across the northern nearshore regions of the Laurentian Great Lakes25
Long-term dynamics of Lake Erie benthos: One lake, three distinct communities23
Tweeting the Laurentian Great Lakes: A community opinion analysis about Great Lakes areas as assessed through mentions on Twitter22
A 90-year record of lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis abundances in Michigan waters of the upper Laurentian Great Lakes22
Editorial Board21
Seasonal variation in the influence of environmental drivers on nearshore water quality along an urban northern Lake Ontario shoreline21
Walleye spawning strategy in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron: Tributaries or open water?21
Unexpected appetites: Metabarcoding reveals grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) foraging behaviors in the Great Lakes21
Novel insights gained from tagging walleye (Sander vitreus) with pop-off data storage tags and acoustic transmitters in Lake Ontario20
Cultural ecosystem services and sociodemographic identity in a Great Lakes multicultural coastal community20
Lake-effect rainfall over Africa’s great lakes and other lakes in the rift valleys19
Larval fish community of the urbanized Chicago River19
Constraining carbon and sulfur dynamics in Lake Erie nearshore waters: A chemical and isotopic reconnaissance study19
Temporal changes in the remote sensing reflectance at Lake Vänern18
Introducing article numbering to the Journal of Great Lakes Research18
Using strain-specific genetic information to estimate the reproductive potential of lake trout spawning biomass in southern Lake Michigan18
Passive sampling with targeted and non-targeted analysis as an “Early Warning” of water-soluble contaminants in the Great Lakes18
Substrate mapping along a wave-dominated, sand-limited Great Lakes littoral zone: A case study from the bluff coast of Illinois, Lake Michigan18
Prevalence and ecological features of deep chlorophyll layers in Lake of the Woods, a complex hydrological system with strong trophic, physical, and chemical gradients17
Larval fish export in response to altered discharge in the St. Marys river rapids17
First DNA barcode reference library for water mites of the ancient Lake Ohrid reveals high diversity and lineage endemism17
Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes17
Dynamics of beach-ridge formation along a migrating strandplain with implications for paleo-environmental assessment, Illinois Beach State Park, southwestern Lake Michigan16
Particle size distribution and bio-optical characteristics of the Chilika Lagoon using field and remotely sensed data16
Density and biomass of the pelagic amphipod Macrohectopus branickii (Dybowsky, 1874) in Lake Baikal: a combined hydroacoustics and net survey16
Stream corridor and upland sources of fluvial sediment and phosphorus from a mixed urban-agricultural tributary to the Great Lakes15
Understanding the hyperspectral characteristics of plastic litter across different background surfaces in freshwater environments15
Improving geospatial coastal vulnerability indices for the Great Lakes15
Characterizing the optical properties of a typical shallow saline Lake in an arid region: a case study of Ebinur Lake15
Regional variability of resource use, trophic position and habitat coupling within Lake Superior15
Role of tributary cyanobacterial and nutrient transport and sediment processes on cyanobacterial bloom initiation in Lake Superior nearshore15
A preliminary assessment of nonpoint source fecal pollution in the coastal waters of Lake Baikal using host-associated molecular markers15
Perspectives from modern hydrology and hydrochemistry on a lacustrine biodiversity hotspot: Ancient Lake Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia14
Opportunities for combining data of Estonian and Russian monitoring to reflect on water quality in large transboundary Lake Peipsi14
Genomic analysis of the colorless sulfur bacterium Thioploca sp. and its microbial communities from Lake Baikal14
Eutrophication threat to Lake Winnipeg intensifying as Red River phosphorus loads continue to increase14
Spatial and seasonal variation in the phytoplankton community of Lake Victoria’s Mwanza Gulf, compared to northern parts of the lake14
Importance of environmental flow on feeding and distribution of juvenile Labeobarbus species in the Gumara River, Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia14
New Associate Editor Nancy Seefelt14
Multi-year evidence of unbiased sex ratios in hatchery and wild-reared age-0 lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)13
Bathymetric and contemporary sediment quantity assessment for the Lukanga Swamps in central Province, Zambia13
Stable isotope analysis of western Lake Superior predatory fishes, part two: prey source contributions13
Pace-of-life and population structure assessment of invasive round goby in the upper St. Lawrence River13
Phosphorus and nitrogen deposition within a large transboundary watershed: Implications for nutrient stoichiometry and lake vs watershed budgets13
Locally produced fish food pellets yield little evidence as a dietary substrate for net pen-reared Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Lake Victoria, Kenya13
Mass balance modeling highlights the role of the littoral zone in modulating the cycling of phosphorus in a large, multi-basin lake (Lake Erie)13
Fungal community dynamics associated with harmful cyanobacterial blooms in two Great Lakes12
Sources of coaster brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) revealed by genomic analysis of brook trout populations along Minnesota’s shoreline with Lake Superior12
A five-year summary of water quality, zooplankton, and fishes in the open waters of Lake Erie’s Presque Isle Bay12
Dynamics of phosphorus fractions and bioavailability in a large shallow tropical lake characterized by monotonal flood pulse in Southeast Asia12
Spatial and temporal variation in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) diet: Implications for growth12
Lake-bottom geology of the Chicago nearshore: A sand-distribution context for urban beach morphodynamics along a fragmented littoral zone12
Warming overcomes dispersal-limitation to promote non-native expansion in Lake Baikal12
Chironomid assemblage response to cultural eutrophication and dreissenid mussel establishment in the Bay of Quinte, Ontario12
Invasive water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) extends its range to East Europe and the Caucasus12
Great and grand connection: Grand Lake St. Marys is the hydrologic link between the Wabash River and Lake Erie watersheds12
Fen development along the southern shore of Lake Ontario12
Remote sensing and avian botulism: Observations based on Mixture Density Network (MDN) algorithm in the southeastern Caspian Sea11
Investigating nearshore spatial and temporal trends in nutrient concentrations along an urban northern shoreline, Lake Ontario11
Publisher’s Note11
Suspect screening and nontargeted analysis of polyfluoroalkyl substances in Lake Huron water and biota11
The effect of diet-derived thiaminase on survival, growth, and liver transketolase activity in two strains of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)11
Biogeographic barriers are differentially permeable based on traits: Movement of hypoxia tolerant mormyrid fish in the Lake Victoria basin11
Seasons of research with/by/as the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community11
New Associate Editor Michael Rennie11
A metabarcoding survey of spring microbial community structure along the Baikal-driven Angara reservoir cascade11
Building a research network to better understand climate governance in the Great Lakes11
Beach rebuilding period buffers Indiana beach erosion in Lake Michigan11
Future water levels of the Great Lakes under 1.5 °C to 3 °C warmer climates11
Patterns and drivers of seasonal succession and vertical distribution in the rotifer community of Lake Ontario in 201811
Corrigendum to “Concentrations and loads of nutrients and major ions in the Niagara River, 1975–2018” [J. Great Lakes Res. 47 (2021) 844–861]11
A simple method to genetically differentiate invasive F1 Typha hybrids (T. × glauca) and advanced-generation/backcrossed hybrids from parent species (T. Latifolia and T. angustifolia) in eastern Canad11
Predicting Lake Huron Dreissena spp. Spatial distribution patterns from environmental characteristics11
Histological analysis of deepwater sculpin ovaries supports single spawning reproductive strategy11
New data on the benthic invertebrates near underwater fault scarps and gas-mud discharge in northwestern Lake Baikal10
Responses of phytoplankton and periphyton community structure to an anthropic eutrophication gradient in tropical high-altitude Lake Titicaca10
Indicators of fish population responses to avian predation with focus on double-crested cormorants10
Spatial and temporal variations of dissolved CO2, CH4 and N2O in Lakes Edward and George (East Africa)10
Effects of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cage aquaculture on water quality in the world’s largest tropical lake10
New Associate Editors10
Hydrology, chemistry, and sediment and nutrient loads at the intersection of the Genesee River and Erie Canal: An interbasin transfer10
Geochemical potential and zones of methane oxidation in sediments of the deep freshwater Lake Baikal10
Towards meaningful research and engagement: Indigenous knowledge systems and Great Lakes governance10
Editorial Board10
Is glyphosate an underlying cause of increased dissolved reactive phosphorus loading in the Western Lake Erie basin?10
Effect of tilapia cage culture on algae and cyanobacteria communities in the bays of Bukavu basin, Lake Kivu, DR Congo9
Eastern banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus) in Lake Michigan and connected watersheds: The invasion of a non-native subspecies9
Risk assessment of trace elements bioaccumulated in golden gray mullet (Liza aurata) harvested from the southern Caspian Sea9
Alongshore transport gradients at Long Point in Lake Erie9
Speed kills? Migrating sea lamprey increase speed when exposed to an antipredator cue but make worse short-term decisions9
Interconnections of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton with hydrochemical parameters in rivers and estuarine waters of Southern Baikal in the summer period9
Unbundling sustainable community-based cage aquaculture in an afrotropical lake for blue growth9
Common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) invades Lakes Edward, George, and Kazinga Channel: A call for immediate action9
Microbes control the light-dependent production and dark decay of hydrogen peroxide in eutrophic surface waters9
Anaerobic oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons by microbial communities in bottom sediments of oil-methane seep “Zelenseep” (Lake Baikal) under thermophilic conditions9
Saugeen Ojibway Nation community input and action: Initiating a two-eyed seeing approach for dikameg (Coregonus clupeaformis) in Lake Huron9
Nearshore-offshore exchanges by enhanced turbulent mixing along the north shore of Lake Ontario8
Characteristics of the black bass tournament fishery in eastern Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River8
Corrigendum to “Quantifying phosphorus loads from legacy-phosphorus fields” [J. Gt. Lakes 50 (2024) 102446]8
Scales of spatial variability in Lake Michigan glider-based limnological observations8
The benthic nepheloid layer in the offshore waters of the Great Lakes and its post-dreissenid disappearance8
St. Lawrence River Strategy: Connecting community for a beautiful and healthy Kaniatarowanenneh8
Thermal stability overrides epilimnetic nutrient availability in diatom seasonality in a deep lake of subtropical China8
Seasonal differences in larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) sensitivity to the pesticide TFM8
Recent lake-level fluctuations in Lake Baikal as an indicator of atmospheric circulation variability8
The current and future warming of Lake Titicaca8
Editorial Board8
28-Year review of acute toxicity in rainbow trout and Daphnia magna exposed to industrial effluents in Ontario, Canada8
Mercury bioaccumulation in the aquatic food webs from Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario in North America8
Lake Ontario’s nearshore zooplankton: Community composition changes and comparisons to the offshore8
Collaborative watershed analysis: A ‘groupthink’ assessment of cumulative effects8
Vertical distribution of Lake Superior cisco (Coregonus artedi) spawning aggregations and implications for population monitoring8
Growth stability after the collapse of alewives in Lake Huron and direct size-at-age comparisons between stocked and wild lake trout8
Editorial Board8
Detroit River becoming a crucible for boundary organization experimentation8
First evidence of Hemimysis anomala (bloody red shrimp) establishment in Lake Superior7
Global resemblance, local divergence? – A comparison of meiobenthic invertebrate communities dwelling in ancient lakes Malawi, Ohrid and Baikal7
Spatial, seasonal, and historical variation of phytoplankton production in Lake Michigan7
Sources and streambed storage of soft sediment and sediment-bound phosphorus in an agricultural Great Lakes tributary7
Hydrodynamics of a large lake with complex geometry and topography: Lake of the Woods7
Drawing on Anishinaabek knowledge to protect water7
Genetic pedigree analyses of Arctic grayling offspring produced to initiate the Michigan reintroduction program7
Environmental predictors of phytoplankton chlorophyll-a in Great Lakes coastal wetlands7
Spawning habitat suitability models for Lake Erie cisco (Coregonus artedi) during the historical period of pre- and post-population declines 1877–19577
Reporting on the status, trends, and drivers of algal blooms on Lake of the Woods using satellite-derived bloom indices (2002–2021)7
Whole-lake food web model indicates alewife invasion fueled lake trout restoration and altered patterns of trophic flow Lake Champlain7
Investing in Great Lakes Science is critical for safety and prosperity7
Patterns of geospatial data and imagery use within coastal communities along the Great Lakes of the United States7
Targeted screening of passive samplers as an “Early Warning” of novel contaminants in the Great Lakes Basin7
Interactions between light and wave exposure differentially affect epilithic algal biomass and productivity in two large lakes of different trophy7
Coldwater, stenothermic fish seem bound to suffer under the spectre of future warming7
Evaluating recruitment synchrony of vendace (Coregonus albula) and smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) in three large Swedish lakes7
Otolith microchemistry confirmation of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Caspian Sea as an introduced species7
Remote sensing of northern wild rice (Zizania palustris) using uncrewed aerial systems7
Lake Superior fish community and fisheries, 2001–2022: An era of stability7
Regional predatory fish diets following a regime shift in Lake Huron7
Quantifying the increase in shoreline armoring along Michigan’s Lake Michigan coast associated with rising lake level (2014–2020)7
Spatial and seasonal variability in trophic relationships and carbon sources of two key invertebrate species in Lake Ontario7
First assessment of zooplankton diversity in the Lake Baikal littoral zone inferred from DNA metabarcoding and microscopy: A comparison of methods7
New Associate Editor Lewis Sitoki7
Urgent need for reassessing mitigation actions as long-term, well-established, invasive species secondarily spread into new habitats7
Species in Ancient Lakes 9: An introduction to the conference and special section7
Multidecadal patterns of coastal profile change reveal low likelihood of beach recovery following a period of high Lake Michigan water level7
Diet and prey preference of alewife Alosa pseudoharengus in Lake Ontario in 2012 and 20137
A river reborn: The fulfillment of the project partnership agreement for the removal of Sabin Dam7
Nearshore and embayment zooplankton community structure in Lake Michigan, implications for invasion by bigheaded carps7
New method for identification of natural and anthropogenic organic matter in receiving waters of pulp and paper mill discharge6
Phytoplankton blooms and fish kills in Lake Tanganyika related to upwelling and the limnological cycle6
Adfluvial smallmouth bass in a tributary of Lake Huron6
Documentation of a probable spawning run of cisco Coregonus artedi in the Spanish River, Ontario, Canada6
Biogeochemical processes in a rapidly drying inland lake, the Salton Sea6
Invasion dynamics and impact of non-native molluscs in the Laurentian Great Lakes6
Larval coregonine density and diet composition along beaches of northern Lake Michigan6
Five decades of smallmouth bass monitoring reveal the potential benefits of catch-and-release angling practices in a Great Lakes connecting water6
Sediment transport and budget influenced by harbor jetties in storm events6
Impacts of hypereutrophication and aquatic invasive species on cladoceran dynamics in the Bay of Quinte Area of Concern, Lake Ontario6
The bricks and mortar of collaborative ecosystem-based restoration and management6
Geospatial data identify potentially restorable coastal wetland habitats in the Laurentian Great Lakes6
A watershed model predicts the effects of cover crops on river flows, sediment transport, and nutrient loss to Lake Michigan6
The aggregate economic value of Great Lakes recreational fishing trips6
Microplastics in freshwater copepods of Lake Baikal6
Reconnaissance luminescence dating of Laurentide Ice Sheet deposits in western New York, USA6
Phosphorus loading to nearshore waters from legacy septic system groundwater plumes in a Great Lakes coastal community6
Assessing impaired benthic communities using sediment toxicity and contaminant concentrations from reference sites inside the Niagara River Area of Concern6
Anthropogenic litter pollution in selected African transboundary and Great Rift Valley lakes6
Near-channel erosion as a driver of watershed-scale sediment and phosphorus loading in a forested sub-watershed of Lake of the Woods6
Compositions, sources, and bioavailability of colloidal organic matter in Lake Taihu6
The influence of conditions in Lake Superior and the Bois Brule River, Wisconsin on returns of migratory rainbow trout6
An evaluation of sanitary and environmental survey use to protect beaches in the Great Lakes basin6
New information on the distribution of leeches Cystobranchus mammillatus (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) in the Lake Baikal region6
Spatio-temporal trends in the density and condition of a secondary consumer, Bythotrephes, in southern Lake Michigan6
Two-year follow-up on an environmental health literacy software intervention for Anishinaabe Native Americans6
Comparing three common nest survey methods, using double-crested cormorants as a proposed sentinel for monitoring plastic pollution in freshwater environments6
Assessing the availability and attributes of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for freshwater data in the Great Lakes Basin5
The spatiotemporal distribution of potential saxitoxin-producing cyanobacteria in western Lake Erie5
White and longnose sucker diet composition in Lake Michigan and Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron5
Turbidity associated with the beneficial placement of dredged sediment in the dynamic littoral zone at Fairport Harbor, Ohio5
Climate Change: A bibliometric study of the Great Lakes Basin5
On the survival and habitat use of hatchery-reared cisco (Coregonus artedi) in Lake Erie5
Editorial Board5
Dissolved organic matter connectivity of a complex river–lake system: Insights from the Ganjiang River delta of Poyang Lake, China5
Using remote sensing to assess how intensive agriculture impacts the turbidity of a fluvial lake floodplain5
A review of lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens spawning sites in the Lower St. Lawrence and Ottawa river systems5
Characterization of the violacein-producing psychrotolerant Janthinobacterium sp. strain SP-LBW1 from Lake Baikal and its algicidal effect on diatoms5
Stewardship after delisting: Sustaining long-term progress in Michigan’s Areas of Concern5
Winter thermal structure across the Laurentian Great Lakes5
Rehabilitation progress can’t be assessed without a measuring stick: Development of a recruitment index survey for lake sturgeon in Lake Superior5
Daily Detroit river total phosphorus loads to Lake Erie from water treatment plant turbidity5
Thermodynamic exposure reductions of PCBs available to Lumbriculus variegatus in Lake Erie region sediments amended with activated carbon5
Assessment of air pollution with persistent organic pollutants on the south-eastern coast of Lake Baikal using light-coniferous needles as bioindicators5
The International Maritime Organization standard for ballast water reduces but does not eliminate establishment probability of a zooplankter in mesocosms5
Limitations for informed decision making and better management of the transboundary Lake Albert fisheries resources5
Predicting and mapping Laurentian Great Lakes reefs in support of fisheries management and conservation5
Long-term trends in particulate nutrients in offshore waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes5
Effects of Phragmites australis invasion and management on Great Lakes coastal wetland fauna: A taxon-based review5
Decreasing trends in total suspended solids and cumulative effects of nonpoint source projects in the Cuyahoga River Watershed, OH5
Genetic population structure of cisco, Coregonus artedi, in the Laurentian Great Lakes5
A machine learning approach to nearshore wave modeling in large lakes using land-based wind observations5
Emigration probabilities and survival estimates of stocked juvenile lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) within the Genesee River, NY5
Veliger density and environmental conditions control quagga mussel colonization rates in two perialpine lakes5
Retraction notice to “Comparison of thiaminase activity in fish using the radiometric and 4-nitrothiophenol colorimetric methods” [J. Great Lakes Res. 36 (2010) 641–645]5
A comparison of stable isotopes and polychlorinated biphenyls among genetic strains of Lake Ontario lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)5
Swimming endurance tests for fish passage design for emerald shiners (Notropis atherinoides) in the upper Niagara River (NY, USA)5
Impacts of weathered microplastic ingestion on gastrointestinal microbial communities and health endpoints in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)5
Sediment-water nutrient exchange across a diked Lake Erie coastal wetland, Ohio, USA5
Cyanotoxins in the Great Lakes basin and their removal in drinking water treatment plants4
Assessing water clarity status and long-term trends in North America’s largest lakes using ESA’s Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) products4
Tracking the real-time behavior of Hemimysis anomala’s winter swarms using acoustic camera4
Reflections on social and organizational dimensions of Great Lakes remediation, restoration, and revitalization4
Editorial Board4
Land cover and water quality of drowned river mouths: Evidence of an environmental gradient along the eastern Lake Michigan shoreline4
Socioeconomic consequences of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in small-scale fishing communities of Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria4
Nearshore ice-complex morphodynamics within an urban embayment, Southwestern Lake Michigan: Insights from a winter 2021–2022 monitoring study4
Coupled modelling of storm surge, circulation and surface waves in a large stratified lake4
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in fish fillets of the Minnesota portion of the Lake Superior basin4
Setting an agenda to catalyze research in the social and organizational dimensions of Great Lakes remediation, restoration, and revitalization4
Influences of meteorological conditions, runoff, and bathymetry on summer thermal regime of a Great Lakes estuary4
Thiaminase I activity is high in grass and silver carp, but negligible in bighead and black carp4
Mapping Michigan’s historical coastlines4
Source and longevity of streambed sediment and phosphorus retention in a lake-plain tributary of the Maumee River4
Lake Superior herring gulls benefit from anthropogenic food subsidies in a prey–impoverished aquatic environment4
Contrasting bacterial diversity, community composition, and metabolic function of the sediment between two different regions in lake Chaohu, China4
Long-term dynamics of dissolved oxygen and isotopic composition in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario: Implications for eutrophication and ecosystem health4
Routine metabolism of larval and early juvenile lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and cisco (C. artedi) at three temperatures4
Does hatchery rearing of lake trout affect their reproductive behavior in the wild?4
Full year seasonality of benthos in the nearshore of Lake Superior4
Climate change impacts on hydrology and phosphorus loads under projected global warming levels for the Lake of the Woods watershed4
Applications of ICEYE commercial satellite synthetic aperture radar in the Laurentian Great Lakes4
Fatty acid ecological tracers highlight the role of diet in perfluoroalkyl acid contaminant exposure in eggs of an omnivorous bird4
Genetic isolation and homogenization: Potential effects of landscape features on the population genetic structure of freshwater mussels4
The effects of beach energy on sediment entrainment within the nearshore ice complex4
Editorial Board4
Updated census in the Laurentian Great Lakes Watershed: A framework for determining the relationship between the population and this aquatic resource4
Resourcing Michigan’s coastal decision-makers: Assessing needs & opportunities4
First documentation of grass carp spawning in Lake Erie’s Central Basin4
Caged mussels and passive samplers used to identify Niagara River organic contaminant sources and shoreline water quality impacts (2012–2018)4
Restoring relationships: Water heritage, sense of place, and community engagement4
The future of education and training in aquatic science within African Great Lakes4
Factors affecting Cladophora growth in the eastern basin of Lake Erie: Analysis of a monitoring dataset (2012–2019)4
Illegal fishing in the Baikal region (2012–2025): Fishing gear characteristics and operational methods4
Seasonal interplay of discharge and phosphorus concentration: Year-round areal loads to western basin Lake Ontario from urban and urbanizing tributaries4
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