James Watkins

M.S. 1994 Oceanography, Oregon State University

Ph.D. 2011 Aquatic Ecology, Cornell University

Plankton ecology of Great Lakes and connections to fish communities.  Food web connections and disruption.  Early detection of invasive species.  New monitoring technologies.  Spatial ecology. 

Selected Publications

• Watkins, J, B Weidel, A Fisk, LG Rudstam. 2017. Cooperative science to inform Lake Ontario management: Research from the 2013 Lake Ontario CSMI program. J. Great Lakes Res. 43:779-781.
• Watkins, JM, PD Collingsworth, NE Saavedra, BP O’Malley, LG Rudstam. 2017. Fine-scale zooplankton diel vertical migration revealed by traditional net sampling and a Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC) in Lake Ontario. J. Great Lakes Res. 43: 804-812.
• Scofield, AE, JM Watkins, BC Weidel, FJ Luckey, LG Rudstam. 2017. The deep chlorophyll layer in Lake Ontario: extent, mechanisms of formation, and abiotic predictors.  J. Great Lakes Res. 43:782-794.
• Barbiero, RP, LG Rudstam, JM Watkins and B Lesht. 2019. A cross-lake comparison of crustacean zooplankton communities in the Great Lakes 1997-2016. J. Great Lakes Res. 45:672-690.
• Holda, TJ, K Bowen, BC Weidel, J Holden, MJ Connerton, JM Watkins, PJ Sullivan and LG Rudstam. 2019. Status of Mysis diluviana in Lake Ontario in 2013. J. Great Lakes Res. 45: 307–316.