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Overview

Doran M. Mason is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Sociology and Political Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Transboundary Water Resource Management, Marine and Fisheries Research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Key publication venues for Mason include the Journal of Great Lakes Research, Biological Invasions, Ecological Economics, Ecological Indicators, and the North American Journal of Fisheries Management. The number of publications in these venues reflects a tendency to contribute notably to studies concerning aquatic and environmental systems.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mason are Edward S. Rutherford, Hongyan Zhang, David Finnoff, Stephanie Brockmann, and Félix Martínez, indicating a consistent engagement with researchers in related fields. Rutherford stands out as a frequent collaborator with multiple joint publications.

Some recent papers from Mason include:

  • "What does resilience sound like? Coral reef and dry forest acoustic communities respond differently to Hurricane Maria," 2021, published in Ecological Indicators
  • "Potential establishment and ecological effects of bighead and silver carp in a productive embayment of the Laurentian Great Lakes," 2020, published in Biological Invasions
  • "Potential Effects of Bigheaded Carps on Four Laurentian Great Lakes Food Webs," 2021, published in North American Journal of Fisheries Management
  • "The Great Lakes' most unwanted: Characterizing the impacts of the top ten Great Lakes aquatic invasive species," 2024, published in Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • "The consequences of misrepresenting feedbacks in coupled human and environmental models," 2022, published in Ecological Economics

Best Publications

  • Compartments revealed in food-web structure

    Ann E. Krause;Kenneth A. Frank;Doran M. Mason;Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia

    Donald Scavia;J. David Allan;Kristin K. Arend;Steven Bartell

  • Risk Analysis and Bioeconomics of Invasive Species to Inform Policy and Management

    David M. Lodge;David M. Lodge;Paul W. Simonin;Stanley W. Burgiel;Reuben P. Keller

  • Spatially‐explicit Models of Fish Growth Rate

    Stephen B. Brandt;Doran M. Mason;E. Vincent Patrick

  • Hypoxia-avoidance by planktivorous fish in Chesapeake Bay: Implications for food web interactions and fish recruitment

    Stuart A. Ludsin;Xinsheng Zhang;Stephen B. Brandt;Michael R. Roman

  • Sustainability of the Lake Superior Fish Community: Interactions in a Food Web Context

    James F. Kitchell;Sean P. Cox;Chris J. Harvey;Timothy B. Johnson

  • Predation by Alewives on Larvae of Yellow Perch in Lake Ontario

    Stephen B. Brandt;Doran M. Mason;David B. Macneill;Thomas Coates

  • Acoustic Measures of the Abundance and Size of Pelagic Planktivores in Lake Michigan

    Stephen B. Brandt;Doran M. Mason;E. Vincent Patrick;Ray L. Argyle

  • Ecological processes influencing mortality of juvenile pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) in Prince William Sound, Alaska

    T. M. Willette;R. T. Cooney;V. Patrick;D. M. Mason

  • Density-dependent habitat selection and performance by a large mobile reef fish

    William J. Lindberg;Thomas K. Frazer;Kenneth M. Portier;Frederic Vose

  • Hypoxia-driven changes in the behavior and spatial distribution of pelagic fish and mesozooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico

    Hongyan Zhang;Hongyan Zhang;Stuart A. Ludsin;Doran M. Mason;Aaron T. Adamack;Aaron T. Adamack

  • Effects of habitat destruction and resource supplementation in a predator-prey metapopulation model.

    Robert K. Swihart;Zhilan Feng;Norman A. Slade;Doran M. Mason

  • A synthesis of the life history and ecology of juvenile Pacific herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska

    Brenda L. Norcross;Evelyn D. Brown;Robert J. Foy;Michele Frandsen

  • Recruitment Variability of Alewives in Lake Michigan

    Charles P. Madenjian;Tomas O. Höök;Edward S. Rutherford;Doran M. Mason

  • Classifying and Forecasting Coastal Upwellings in Lake Michigan Using Satellite Derived Temperature Images and Buoy Data

    Stefan Plattner;Doran M. Mason;George A. Leshkevich;David J. Schwab

  • Biophysical Model of Larval Yellow Perch Advection and Settlement in Lake Michigan

    Dmitry Beletsky;Doran M. Mason;David J. Schwab;Edward S. Rutherford

  • Invasive species impacts on ecosystem structure and function: A comparison of Oneida Lake, New York, USA, before and after zebra mussel invasion

    Andrea L. Jaeger Miehls;Andrea L. Jaeger Miehls;Doran M. Mason;Doran M. Mason;Kenneth A. Frank;Ann E. Krause

  • Effect of hypoxia on habitat quality of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in Chesapeake Bay

    Marco Costantini;Stuart A Ludsin;Doran M Mason;Xinsheng Zhang

  • Effect of alewife predation on survival of larval yellow perch in an embayment of Lake Ontario

    Doran M. Mason;Stephen B. Brandt

  • Forecasting the Impacts of Silver and Bighead Carp on the Lake Erie Food Web

    Hongyan Zhang;Edward S. Rutherford;Doran M. Mason;Jason T. Breck

  • A spatially explicit bioenergetics measure of habitat quality for adult salmonines: Comparison between Lakes Michigan and Ontario

    Doran M. Mason;Andrew Goyke;Stephen B. Brandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen B. Brandt
Stephen B. Brandt Oregon State University
Stuart A. Ludsin
Stuart A. Ludsin The Ohio State University
Edward S. Rutherford
Edward S. Rutherford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tomas O. Höök
Tomas O. Höök Purdue University West Lafayette
Timothy B. Johnson
Timothy B. Johnson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
David M. Lodge
David M. Lodge Cornell University
Michael R. Roman
Michael R. Roman University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
David J. Schwab
David J. Schwab Michigan Technological University
James F. Kitchell
James F. Kitchell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dmitry Beletsky
Dmitry Beletsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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