Publications

See below for our peer reviewed articles and book chapters we have published.
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Peer Reviewed Articles

  1. Hintz, W.D. , S.E. Arnott, plus 41 others. Current water quality guidelines across North America and Europe do not protect lakes from salinization. Submitted.
  2. Mohit, S., T.B. Johnson, S.E. Arnott. Watercraft decontamination practices reduce the viability of aquatic invasive species implicated in overland transport. Submitted.
  3. Valleau, R.E., M.P. Celis-Salgado, S.E. Arnott, A.M. Paterson, J. P. Smol.  Assessing the effect of salinization (NaCl) on the survival and reproduction of two ubiquitous Cladocera species (Bosmina longirostris and Chydorus brevilabris). Under revision.
  4. McClymont, A.M., S.E. Arnott, and J.A. Rusak. The effects of increasing chloride concentrations and temperatures on freshwater zooplankton communities. Under revision
  5. Lavender, T.M., S.E. Arnott, J.A. Rusak, J.T. Wootton, B.S. Schamp. Association metrics are not all created equal: a novel metric and a comparative evaluation. Under revision
  6. Ross, A., and S.E. Arnott. 2021. Similar zooplankton responses to low pH and calcium may impair long-term recovery from acidification. Ecological Applications, Accepted.
  7. Greco, D. S.E. Arnott, I. Fornier, B. Schamp. 2021. Effects of chloride and nutrients on freshwater zooplankton communities. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. Early Access. DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10202
  8. Isanta-Navarro, J., S. E. Arnott, T. Klauschies, and D. Martin-Creuzburg. 2021. Dietary lipid quality mediates salt tolerance of a freshwater keystone herbivore. Science of the Total Environment 769:144657.
  9. Sinclair, J.S., S.E. Arnott, W.A. Nelson, K.B. Brougham. 2021. Consistent and transient drivers of freshwater zooplankton communities. Journal of Biogeography 48:811-822.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14039
  10. Mohit, S., T.B. Johnson, S.E. Arnott. 2021. Recreational watercraft decontamination: can current recommendations reduce aquatic invasive species spread?  Management of Biological Invasions 12:148-164.  pdf
  11. Yao, H., A.M. Paterson, A.L. James, C. McConnell, T. Field, R. Ingram, D. Zhang, S.E. Arnott, S.N. Higgins. 2020. Contrasting long-term trends of chloride levels in remote and human-disturbed lakes in South-Central Ontario, Canada. Lake and Reservoir Management 37:19-33.
  12. Arnott, S.E., M.P. Celis-Salgado, R. Valleau, A. DeSellas, A. Paterson, N. Yan, J.P. Smol, J. Rusak. 2020. Road salt impacts freshwater zooplankton at concentrations below current water quality guidelines. Environmental Science and Technology 54:9398-9407.
  13. Sinclair, J.S., J.L. Lockwood, S. Hasnain, P. Cassey, and S.E. Arnott. 2020. A framework for predicting with non-native individuals and species will enter, survive, and exit human-mediated transport. Biological Invasions 22:217-231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02086-7
  14. Korovchinsky, Nikolai M. and S.E. Arnott 2019. Taxonomic resolution of the North American invasive species of the genusBythotrephes Leydig, 1860 (Crustacea: Cladocera: Cercopagididae). Zootaxa 4691 (2): 125–138. pdf​
  15. Sinclair, J.S., S.E. Arnott, K.L. Millette, and M. E. Cristescu. 2019. Benefits of increased colonist quantity and genetic diversity for colonization depend on colonist identity. Oikos 128:1761-1771.
  16. St. Pierre, K., V.L. St. Louis, I. Lehnherr, S. Schiff,D. Muir, A. Poulain, J.P. Smol, C. Talbot, M. Ma, D. Findlay, W. Findlay, S.E. Arnott, A.S. Gardner. 2019. Contemporary limnology of the rapidly changing glaciered watershed of the world's largest High Arctic lake. Scientific Reports. 9:4447.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39918-4
  17. Lavender, T. M., B.S. Schamp, S.E. Arnott, and J.A. Rusak.  2019. A comparative evaluation of five common pairwise tests of species association.  Ecology 100(4):UNSP e02640.
  18. Azan, S. S. E., N.D. Yan, M. Celis-Salgado, S.E. Arnott, J. Rusak, P. Sutey. 2019. Could a residential wood ash recycling programme be part of the solution to calcium decline in lakes and forests in Muskoka (Ontario, Canada)? FACETS 4:69-90.  DOI: 10.1139/facets-2018-0026
  19. Hasnain, S.S. and S.E. Arnott. 2019. Anti-predator behaviour of native prey (Daphnia) to an invasive predator (Bythotrephes longimanus) is influenced by predator density and water clarity. Hydrobiologia 838:139-151.
  20. Sinclair, J.S. and S.E. Arnott. 2018. Local context and connectivity determine the response of zooplankton communities to salt contamination. Freshwater Biology 63: 1273–1286.
  21. Cox, A.R., S.E. Arnott, and H.P. Riessen. 2018. Nonlinear effects of aqueous calcium concentration on antipredator response in Daphnia. Hydrobiologia 820:79-89  https://rdcu.be/Sagm
  22. Durant, A.C., M. P. Celis-Salgado, S. Ezatollahpour, N. D. Yan, S. E. Arnott, A. Donini. 2018. Ca2+ levels in Daphnia hemoymph may explain occurrences of daphniid species along recent Ca gradients in Canadian soft-water lakes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 218:8-15.
  23. Azan, S. S. E. and S. E. Arnott.  2017. The impact of calcium decline on population growth rates of crustacean zooplankton in Canadian Shield lakes.  Limnology and Oceanography 63(2):602-616.
  24. Kielstra, B., S.E. Arnott, and J. Gunn. 2017. Subcatchment deltas and upland features influence multiscale aquatic ecosystem recovery in damaged landscapes. Ecological Applications 27:2249-2261.
  25. Sinclair, J.S. and S.E. Arnott. 2017. Relative importance of colonist quantity, quality, and arrival frequency to the extinction of two zooplankton species. Oecologia. 184:441–452.
  26. Arnott, S.E., S.S.E. Azan, and A.J. Ross. 2017. Calcium decline reduces population growth rates of zooplankton in field mesocosms. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 95: 323–333.  Based on an invited talk in the symposium “Large, landscape-level ecological disturbances” at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists.
  27. Jokela, A. M., S. E. Arnott, and B. E. Beisner.  2017.  Biotic resistance of impact: a native predator (Choaborus) influences the impact of an invasive predator (Bythotrephes) in temperate lakes. Biological Invasions 19(5):1495-1515.
  28. Azan, S. S. E., and S. E. Arnott.  2017.  The effects of Bythotrephes longimanus and calcium decline on crustacean zooplankton communities in Canadian Shield lakes.  Hydrobiologia.  785: 307-325. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2934-0
  29. Szkokan-Emilson, E., B.W. Kielstra, S.E. Arnott, S.A. Watmough, J.M. Gunn, and A.J. Tanentzap. 2016. Dry conditions disrupt terrestrial-aquatic linkages in northern catchments.  Global Change Biology. 23:117-126. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13361
  30. DeMille, C.M., S. E. Arnott, and G.G. Pyle. 2016. Variation in copper effects on kairomone-mediated responses in Daphnia pulicaria. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 126:264-272. http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1SMrn_3Mt6Qt-p
  31. Sinclair, J. S. and S. E. Arnott.  2016. Strength in size but not numbers: propagule size more important than number in sexually reproducing populations.  Biological Invasions: 18(2), 497-505.  DOI 10.1007/s10530-015-1022-0
  32. Sinclair, J. S., S. E. Arnott, and A. Cox. 2016. The quick and the dead: copepods dominate as cladocerans decline following invasion by Hemimysis anomala. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 73:793-803.
  33. Azan, Shakira, S.E. Arnott, and N.D. Yan. 2015. A review of the effects of Bythotrephes longimanus and calcium decline on zooplankton communities — can interactive effects be predicted?  Environmental Reviews 23:395-413.
  34. Sinclair, J. S., K. J. Furlanetto, and S. E. Arnott. 2015.  Dispersal acts as both bane and balm for invaded zooplankton communities. Journal of Plankton Research 37(2):462-471.  http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/fbv007?
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  35. Schamp, B. S., S. E. Arnott, and K. L. Joslin. 2015.  Dispersal strength influences zooplankton co-occurrence patterns in experimental mesocosms.  Ecology 96:1074-1083. Schamp_Arnott_Joslin_2015.pdf
  36. Sinclair, J. and S. E. Arnott. 2015. Effects of an invasive consumer on zooplankton communities are unaltered by nutrient inputs.  Freshwater Biology 60:161-173.Sinclair & Arnott_2015.pdf
  37. Symons, C.C. and S. E. Arnott.  2014. Timing is everything: priority effects alter post-disturbance invasibility.  Ecology and Evolution 4:397-407. Symons & Arnott_2014.pdf
  38. Symons, C.C., M.T. Pedruski, S.E. Arnott, & J.N. Sweetman. 2014. Spatial, environmental, and biotic determinants of zooplankton community composition in Subarctic lakes and ponds in Wapusk National Park, Canada. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 46:159-190.  (special issue on Hudson Bay Lowlands). Symons et al. 2014_AAAR.pdf
  39. Jokela, A.M., S. E. Arnott, and B. E. Beisner.  2013. Influence of light on the foraging impact of an introduced predator, Bythotrephes longimanus. Freshwater Biology 58: 1946-1957. Jokela et al_2013_FreshwaterBiol.pdf
  40. Symons, C.C. and S.E. Arnott. 2013.  Regional zooplankton dispersal provides spatial insurance for ecosystem function. Global Change Biology 19: 1610-1619. Symons & Arnott, 2013, GCB.pdf
  41. Gray, D. K. and S. E. Arnott. 2012. The role of dispersal levels, Allee effects, and community resistance as zooplankton communities respond to environmental change.  Journal of Applied Ecology 49:1216-1224. Gray & Arnott_2012_JAppEcol.pdf
  42. Yuille, M.J., Johnson, T.B., Arnott, S.E. and Campbell, L.M. 2012. Hemimysis anomala in Lake Ontario food webs: stable isotopic analysis of nearshore communities. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38 (Supplement 2): 86-92. Yuille et al. 2012.pdf
  43. Gray, D. K., S. E. Arnott, J. A. Shead, and A. M. Derry. 2012.  The recovery of acid-damaged zooplankton communities in Killarney Park: the relative importance of environmental variables, biotic variables, and dispersal.  Freshwater Biology 57:741-758. Gray et al. 2012_FWBiol.pdf
  44. Symons, C. C., S. E. Arnott, J. N. Sweetman. 2012.  Crustacean zooplankton communities exert low grazing pressure on phytoplankton communities in Subarctic lakes and ponds. Hydrobiologia 694:131-141. Symons et al. 2012_Hydrobiologia.pdf
  45. Symons, C. C., S. E. Arnott, J. N. Sweetman. 2012. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in Subarctic lakes and ponds in Wapusk National Park, Canada. Polar Biology 35:481–489. Symons et al. 2012_PolarBiol.pdf
  46. Stasko, A.. T. Patenaude, S. E. Arnott, and A. L. Strecker. 2012.  Portage length and reproductive mode do not predict establishment success of canoe-mediated dispersal for crustacean zooplankton. Aquatic Ecology 46:9-24. Stasko et al 2012.pdf
  47. MacLennan, M., S. E. Arnott, A. L. Strecker.  2012.  Differential sensitivity of planktonic trophic levels to extreme summer temperatures in Canadian Boreal lakes. Hydrobiologia 680:11-23.  MacLennan et al 2012.pdf
  48. Gray, D.K. and S.E. Arnott. 2011. The interplay between Allee effects and local environmental conditions during the recovery of damaged zooplankton communities. Ecological Applications 21: 2652–2663.Gray and Arnott 2011a.pdf
  49. MacPhee, S., S.E. Arnott, and W. Keller. 2011.  Thermal structure influences macroinvertebrate predation: Implications of climate warming for shallow Boreal Shield lakes. Journal of Plankton Research 33:1586-1595 MacPhee et al_ J. Plankton Res.-2011.pdf
  50. Jokela, A., S.E. Arnott, and B.E. Beisner. 2011. Patterns of Bythotrephes longimanus distribution relative to native macroinvertebrates and zooplankton prey. Biological Invasions 13:2573-2594. Jokela, Arnott, Beisner 2011.pdf
  51. Gray, D.K., and S. E. Arnott. 2011. Does dispersal limitation impact the recovery of zooplankton communities damaged by a regional stressor? Ecological Applications 21:1241-1256. gray and arnott 2011.pdf
  52. Pedruski, M.T., and S.E. Arnott.  2011.  The effects of habitat connectivity and regional heterogeneity on artificial pond metacommunities. Oecologia 166:221-228. Pedruski and Arnott 2011.pdf
  53. Strecker, A. L., B.E. Beisner, S.E. Arnott, A.M. Paterson, J.G. Winter, O.E. Johannsson, and N.D. Yan. 2011. Direct and indirect effects of an invasive planktonic predator on pelagic food webs. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 179-192. Stecker et al. 2011.pdf
  54. Derry, A. M., S.E. Arnott, P. T. Boag. 2010. Evolutionary shifts in copepod acid tolerance in an acid-recovering lake indicated by resurrected resting eggs. Evolutionary Ecology 24:133–145. Derryetal2010EvolEcol.pdf
  55. Strecker, A.L. and S. E. Arnott. 2010. Complex interactions between regional dispersal of native taxa and an invasive species. Ecology 91:1035-1047. Strecker and Arnott_2010.pdf
  56. Gray, D.K., and S.E. Arnott. 2009. Recovery of acid damaged zooplankton communities: measurement, extent, and limiting factors. Environmental Reviews 17:81-99. Gray and Arnott 2009.pdf
  57. Derry, A. M., S.E. Arnott, J.A. Shead, P.D.N. Hebert, and P.T. Boag. 2009. Ecological linkages between community and genetic diversity in zooplankton among Boreal Shield lakes. Ecology 90:2275-86. Derry et al 2009 Ecology.pdf
  58. Chan, E. M., A.M. Derry, L.A. Watson, and S.E. Arnott. 2008. Variation in calanoid copepod resting egg abundance among lakes with different acidification histories.  Hydrobiologia, 161:275-284.  Chan et al. 2008.pdf  
  59. Strecker, A.L. and S.E. Arnott. 2008.  Invasive predator, Bythotrephes, has varied effects on ecosystem function in freshwater lakes. Ecosystems 11: 490-503.  Strecker and Arnott 2008.pdf
  60. Strecker, A.L., R. Milne, and S.E. Arnott. 2008.  Dispersal limitation and climate-related environmental gradients structure crustacean zooplankton composition in freshwater lakes, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1905-1918. Strecker, Milne, Arnott 2008.pdf
  61. Derry, A. M. and S.E. Arnott. 2007.  Zooplankton community response to experimental acidification in boreal shield lakes with different ecological histories. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 64:887-898.  Derry and Arnott2007CJFAS.pdf
  62. Forrest, J. and S.E. Arnott. 2007.  Variability and predictability in a zooplankton community: the roles of disturbance and dispersal. Ecoscience 14:137-145. Forrest and arnott 2007.pdf
  63. Derry, A. M. and S.E. Arnott. 2007.  Adaptive reversals in acid tolerance in copepods from lakes recovering from historical stress. Ecological Applications 17:1116-112. Derry and Arnott 2007.pdf
  64. Shurin, J. B., Arnott, S. E., Hillebrand, H., Longmuir, A., Pinel-Alloul, B., Winder, M.  and Yan, N. D.  2007. Diversity-stability relationship varies with latitude in zooplankton.  Ecology Letters 10:127-134.  Shurin et al 2007.pdf
  65. Arnott, S. E., A. Jackson, and Y. Alarie 2006.   Water beetle assemblages in lakes recovering from acidification.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society  25: 811-824. Arnott et al. 2006.pdf
  66. Strecker, A.L., S.E. Arnott, N.D. Yan, and R. Girard. 2006.   Variation in the response of crustacean zooplankton species richness and composition to the invasive predator Bythotrephes longimanus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 2126-2136. Stecker et al 2006.pdf
  67. Forrest, J. and S.E. Arnott. 2006. Immigration and zooplankton community responses to nutrient enrichment: a mesocosm experiment.  Oecologia 150:119-131.  Forrest and arnott 2006.pdf
  68. Binks, J., S.E. Arnott, and W.G. Sprules. 2005.  Local factors and colonist dispersal influence biotic recovery from cultural acidification. Ecological Applications 15: 2025-2036.  Binks, Arnott, Sprules 2005.pdf 
  69. Strecker, A. and S. E. Arnott.  2005.  Community- and species-level effects of an experimental invasion of Bythotrephes on zooplankton in lakes recovering from acidification in the Canadian Shield.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 2450-2462. strecker and arnott 2005.pdf
  70. St. Louis, V.L., Sharp, M.J., May, A., Barker, J., Kirk, J.L., Kelly, D.J.A., Arnott, S.E., Keatley, B., and Smol, J.P.  2005.  Some sources and sinks of monomethyl and inorganic mercury on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic. Environmental Science and Technology. Environmental Science and Technology 39:2686-2701. st. louis et al. 2005.pdf
  71. Arnott, S. E., P. J. Dillon, K. Somers, and W. Keller. 2003.   Inter- and intra-annual variability in acid-related parameters in lakes with different flushing rates and acid deposition histories.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 88:21-37.  arnott et al. 2003 - chemistry.pdf 
  72. Arnott, S. E., B. Keller, N. Yan, P. Dillon, M. Paterson, and D. Findlay.  2003. Using  temporal coherence to determine responses to climate change in boreal shield lakes.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 88:365-388. arnott et al. 2003 - climate.pdf
  73. Yan, N. D., B. Leung, B. Keller, S. E. Arnott, J. M. Gunn, and G. Raddum.  2003. Developing a conceptual framework for the recovery of aquatic biota from acidification: A zooplankton example.  Ambio 32:165-169.  yan et al. 2003.pdf
  74. Arnott, S.E. and N. D. Yan. 2002. Factors affecting the emergence of zooplankton from resting stages: the interaction between recovery from acidification and drought.  Ecological Applications 12:138-153.  arnott and yan 2002.pdf
  75. Arnott, S. E., N. D. Yan, W. Keller, and K. Nicholls. 2001.  The influence of drought-induced acidification on the recovery of plankton in Swan Lake.  Ecological Applications 11:747-763.  arnott et al 2001.pdf
  76. Dodson, S., S. E. Arnott, and K. Cottingham.  2000.  Effects of primary productivity on species richness: patterns in lake communities. Ecology 81:2662-2679. Dodson et al. 2000.pdf 
  77. Lukaszewski, Y., S. E. Arnott, and T. M. Frost.1999.  Regional versus local processes determining zooplankton community composition of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, USA. Journal of Plankton Research 21:991-1003.  Lukaszewski et al. 1999.pdf
  78. Arnott, S.E., N.D. Yan, J.J. Magnuson, T.M. Frost.  1999. Interannual variability and species turnover of crustacean zooplankton in Shield lakes.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 56:162-172.  arnott et al 1999.pdf 
  79. Frost, T.M., P. K. Montz, M. J. Gonzalez, B. Sanderson, S. E. Arnott.  1998.  Rotifer community responses to increased acidity: a comparison of long-term patterns in a whole-lake experiment and two unmanipulated lakes in Wisconsin, USA. Hydrobiologia 387/388:141-152.  frost et al. 1998.pdf
  80. Arnott, S.E., J. J. Magnuson, and N. D. Yan.  1998. Crustacean zooplankton species richness:  Single- and multiple-year estimates.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:1573-1582.  arnott 1998.pdf
  81. Vanni, M.J., C.D. Layne, and S.E. Arnott. 1997.  “Top-Down” trophic interactions in lakes:  Effects of fish on phytoplankton and nutrient dynamics. Ecology 78:1-20. vanni et al. 1997.pdf
  82. Arnott, S.E. and M.J. Vanni. 1993.  Zooplankton assemblages in fishless bog lakes:  Influence of biotic and abiotic factors.  Ecology 74:2361-2380. arnott and vanni 1993.pdf

Book Chapters

  1. Arnott, S. E. Lakes as islands.  2009.  In Encyclopedia of Islands. Ed. Gillespie, R. and Clague, D. A.  University of California Press.
  2. Arnott, S. E., S. Dodson, J. J. Magnuson, and A. Colby.  2006.  Lakes as islands.  In Lakes in the Landscape:  Insights and Concepts from the North Temperate Lakes LTER from 1981-2000.  Edited by Magnuson, J. J., T. K. Kratz, and B. Benson.  Oxford University Press.
  3. Contributing Author:  Hydrology and Freshwater Ecology.  In: Climate Change 1995.  Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change:  Scientific-Technical Analyses.  Contribution of Working Group II to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  4. Contributing Author:  Oceans.  In: Climate Change 1995.  Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change:  Scientific-Technical Analyses.  Contribution of Working Group II to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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