Recent Publications

MSc Thesis:

Kelsey Alvarez del Castillo. Salinity tolerance of round goby: informing invasion potential in the Hudson River Estuary and adjacent coastal waters (Advisors Sethi & Rudstam, Comm Mem. Won, Maniscalco).

Sarah D. Lawhun. Assessing benthic habitat use of Mysis diluviana in Lake Michigan (Advisors Watkins & Rudstam, Comm Mem. Burlakova).

PhD Thesis:

Taylor A. Brown. A tale of two species: Coregonine early life history and recruitment dynamics across the Laurentian Great Lakes (Advisors Sethi & Rudstam, Comm Mem: Morreale, Honsey, Weidel).

Brett Hayhurst. Evaluating the large scale application of clean dredge material as effective in aquatic habitat restoration in the Great Lakes (Advisors Watkins & Rudstam, Comm Mem. Walter, Kreitinger).

Toby J. Holda. Using broadscale monitoring data from multiple collaborators to improve understanding of Mysis diluviana population ecology and acoustic sampling (Advisor Rudstam, Comm. Mem: Watkins, Sullivan, Effler).

Alexander L. Koeberle. Population ecology of alewife and cisco in lake ecosystems (Advisors Sethi & Rudstam, Comm Mem: Cooch, Hammers).

Journal articles:

Oneida Lake, inland lakes and global comparisons

Alvarez del Castillo, KL, SA Sethi, E Won, J Maniscalco, R Pendleton, E Ryan, LG Rudstam. 2025. Salinity tolerance of Round Goby: informing invasion potential in North American coastal watersheds. PLoS ONE. 20: e0316327. 

Arnold, JM, SA Oswald. 2025. Where are we now? Decades of research in inland North America have determined status, addressed knowledge gaps, and derived management tools for Common Tern conservation. Ontario Birds 43 (3): 144-145 (Published Abstract). 

Detmer, TM, LZ Almeida, AA Hill, JW Ramsey, CA St. John, L Zarri, PB McIntyre, CE Kraft. 2025. Long-term removal increases risk aversion of a widely introduced predatory fish. Biol. Inv. 27: 146.

Dornelas, M, and 467 coauthors including LG Rudstam and KT Holeck. 2025. BioTIME 2.0: expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series Global Ecol. Biogeography.34:e70003. 

Douglas, MR, JD Conroy, LZ Almeida, J Kopaska, GE Whelan. 2025. Where are we going? And how do we get there? Strategic positioning AFS to navigate uncertain waters to future success. Fisheries, 50: 323-326 

Hewson, I, TM Evans. 2025. Great science lost to couriers: a discussion of best practices for shipping scientific research materials at the 2025 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Limnol. Oceanogr. Bull. 34: 111-113.

Jackson, WE, AE Hopkins, RM Jodziewicz, SA Oswald, RS Hartman, MS LaBarr, PD Curtis, JM Arnold. 2025. Can artificial light deter nocturnal predators at Common Tern nesting sites? An experimental study. Waterbirds 47:1-9. 

Jin, Zong’an, H Jin, B Gao, C Tong, E Jeppesen, LG Rudstam, HJ Dumont, M de los Ángeles González Sagrario, V Razlutskij, Z Liu, Y Tang, X Zhang. 2025. Effects of filter-feeding bivalves in benthic and pelagic habitats on plankton community and water quality in shallow systems: implications for lake rehabilitation. Aquat. Ecol. 59:53-66.

Karatayev, AY, LE Burlakova, VA Karatayev, JE Cooper, LG Rudstam. 2025. Multiple invasions decimate the most imperiled freshwater invertebrates. Biol. Invasions. 27:85

Koeberle, AL, ML Bartron, AP Maloy, C Rees, L Atkins, W Pearsall, BE Hammers, D Mulhall, JE McKenna, M Chalupnicki, LP McCaffrey, SA Sethi. 2025. How accurately does eDNA reflect the spatial distribution of cold‐water fish? Field validation from a temperate lake. Freshw. Biol. 70: e70089.

Koeberle, AL, BE Hammers, W Pearsall, D Mulhall, A Haley, SJ Grausgruber, M Chalupnicki, JE McKenna, EG Cooch, LG Rudstam, SA Sethi. 2025. Integrating acoustic telemetry and demographic modeling to inform fisheries restoration success: Cisco (Coregonus artedi) reintroductions to Keuka Lake, NY. Can. J. Fish. Aquat Sci. 82: 1-15.

Lisboa, MS, RL Schneider, LG Rudstam, MT Walter. 2025. Groundwater phosphorus contributions comparable to tributaries in a large, mesotrophic, polymictic lake. Sci. Total Env. 1008: 180978.

Tran-Khac, V, JP Doubek, V Patil, JD Stockwell, R Adrian, C-W Chang, G Dur, A Lewandowska, J Rusak, N Salmaso, D Straile, SJ Thackeray, P Venail, R Bhattacharya, J Brentrup, R Bruel, H Feuchtmayr, MO Gessner, H-P Grossart, BW Ibelings, S Jacquet, A Kpodonu, S MacIntyre, SS Matsuzaki, E Nodine, P Nõges, L Rudstam, F Soulignac, P Verburg, P Znachor, T Zohary, O Anneville. 2025. Using long-term ecological datasets to unravel the impacts of short-term meteorological disturbances on phytoplankton communities. Freshw. Biol. 70: e70023.

Xie, Lichao, Xueying Mei, E Jeppesen, LG Rudstam, L Naselli-Flores, HJ Dumont, G Gal, Zhengwen Liu, Chufu Tong, Xiufeng Zhang. 2025. Bivalves can enhance zooplankton size and their grazing potential on phytoplankton with implications for water clarity in tropical eutrophic shallow lakes. Hydrobiologia 852:4373-4386.

Zhu, Z, H Jin, M Zhu, V Razlutskij, BV Adamovich, M Karpowicz, I Feniova, V Petrosyan, Z Liu, LG Rudstam, C Tong, X Zhang. 2025. Effects of large bivalve Cristaria plicata on phytoplankton size composition and water quality: A mesocosm case study. Aquat. Cons. Mar. Freshw. Ecosystems 35: e70172

Great Lakes related

Benesh, K, A Banerji, SA Ludsin, D Bolgrien, T Jicha, KL Bowen, K Busch, PD Collingsworth, A Cotter, A Opseth Fosso, WJS Currie, JM Hood, M Manubolu, M Munawar, LG Rudstam, J Watkins, JC Hoffman. 2025. Stable isotopes reveal an imprint of harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manage 28:51-66.

Burlakova, LE, AY Karatayev, SE Daniel, JR Meyer, TO Höök, S Lawhun, KL Bowen, WJS Currie, PD Collingsworth. 2025. Video classification of hypoxic habitats and benthic communities in two productive freshwater embayments. Ecol. Indicators 173: 113286.

Chapina, RJ, BP O’Malley, K Bowen, MLM Viljanen, ZA Bess, DL Yule, JC Nejstgaard, SA Berger, M Rennie, MJ Paterson, SA Pothoven, JM Watkins, LG Rudstam, S Chandra, JD Stockwell, 2025. Lake depth and light conditions alter Mysis vertical distributions. J Great Lakes Res. 51: 102684.

Dick, GJ, M Shriberg, M Ogdahl, KM Alofs, BA Biddanda, H Carrick, PJ Doran, AT Fisk, SE Jones, R Klaper, D McCauley, A Moerke, R Meuninck, CM. O’Reilly, JT Overpeck, MS Phanikumar, LG Rudstam. 2025. Investing in Great Lakes science is critical for safety and prosperity. J Great Lakes Res. 51: 102614.

Hayhurst, BA, K Buscaglia, VKS Breidenbach, KG Keil, M Bosman, D Breneman. 2025. Geostatistical assessment of environmental indicators guides habitat management opportunities in a Great Lakes embayment. Ecol. Indicators 178: 114031.

Ludsin, SA, P Collingsworth, WJS Currie, JC Hoffman, M Munawar, K Fite, K Abbuhl, MAJ Fitzpatrick, KL Bowen, M Manubolu, H Niblock, ML Piczak, LG Rudstam, JM Watkins. 2025. Harmful algal bloom impacts on food web structure in Western Lake Erie. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manage 28:5-33.

McQueen, AD, B Hayhurst, S Pickard, J Wilkens, K Keil, 2025. Focused review of factors influencing fish at underwater features created with dredged sediments: path toward expanding beneficial use? Integrated Environ. Assess. Manage. on line.

Nasworthy, K, JM Watkins, LG Rudstam, P Esselman. 2025. The future is now. Using drones to survey Lake Superior. Lake Letters Issue 4 (November). International Associations for Great Lakes Research.

Piczak, ML, LG Rudstam, K Abbuhl, D Bolgrien, KL Bowen, PD Collingsworth, A Cotter, RA Dillon, JC Hoffman, JM Hood, T Jicha, M Manubolu, M Munawar, A Opseth, J Watkins, WJS Currie, SA Ludsin. 2025. Harmful algal bloom effects on fish habitat use and community structure in western Lake Erie. Aquat. Ecosystem Health Manage. 28:34-50.

Research and technical reports:

Arnold JM, SA Oswald. 2025. Report on the 2025 field season for Common Terns at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Technical Report to The Friends of Presqu’ile Provincial Park.

Arnold JM, SA Oswald. 2025. Report regarding 2025 Waterbird Research under Permit number CA 0308. (October 1, 2025) Technical Report to Canadian Wildlife Service.

Arnold JM, SA Oswald. 2025. Management of Common Terns to enhance breeding productivity on Oneida Lake, Interim Technical/Management Report (OSP 138423). Technical Reports to NYSDEC. Jan, April, July and Oct. 

Brown, TA. 2025. Recruitment dynamics of Cisco and Lake Whitefish across the Great Lakes. Contributed to Section 1.1, Report on the Status of Lake Whitefish, 2024 Report of the Lake Erie Coldwater Task Group. Presented to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI

Koeberle, AL, LG Rudstam, SA Sethi. 2025. Final Tech Management Report for “Coregonine Restoration in Keuka Lake. Technical Report to NYSDEC.

Ludwig, JM, KT Holeck. 2025. Lower trophic level monitoring program. Section J in NYSDEC 2025, Lake Erie Fisheries Research Unit 2024 Annual Report. NYSDEC

VanDeValk, AJ, TE Brooking, CC Davis, Z Almeida, LG Rudstam, KT Holeck, C Hotaling. 2025. The fisheries and limnology of Oneida Lake, 2024. Technical Report to NYSDEC.

Weidel, B, J Sweka, T Brown, H Takade-Huemacher, I Pakzad, J Jonas, S Lenart, D Fielder, I Tsheye, B Ray, I Harding, J Smith, K Donner, J Deller, EJ Issac, C Goldsworthy, M Connerton, E Brown, J Holden, A Cook, E Berglund, S James. 2025. Inventorying Great Lakes survey and life history information to facilitate coregonine science, conservation, and restoration. GLRI 2023 Project Completion Report.