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G. Douglas Haffner

G. Douglas Haffner

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
6548
World Ranking
8056
National Ranking
366

Overview

G. Douglas Haffner is affiliated with the University of Windsor in Canada and has contributed extensively to environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including ecology, environmental chemistry, oceanography, nature and landscape conservation, and atmospheric science.

Haffner's work primarily focuses on topics such as aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, microbial community ecology and physiology, fish ecology and management studies, isotope analysis in ecology, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

They have published research in several scientific venues with multiple contributions in the following:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Recent papers by Haffner include:

  • "Screening marker sensitivity: Optimizing eDNA-based rare species detection" (2021, Diversity and Distributions)
  • "Unique surface density layers promote formation of harmful algal blooms in the Pengxi River, Three Gorges Reservoir" (2020, Freshwater Science)
  • "Microbial community day-to-day dynamics during a spring algal bloom event in a tributary of Three Gorges Reservoir" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "eDNA-based detection reveals invasion risks of a biofouling bivalve in the world's largest water diversion project" (2023, Ecological Applications)
  • "Golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) survival during winter at the northern invasion front implies a potential high-latitude distribution" (2021, Diversity and Distributions)

Haffner frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Paul B. Hamilton, Zhiqiang Xia, Amechi S. Nwankwegu, Xiaojiao Luo, and Wei Huang.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of Biomagnification in Fish under Laboratory and Field Conditions

    Frank A. P. C. Gobas;John B. Wilcockson;Ronald W. Russell;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Photoferrotrophs thrive in an Archean Ocean analogue

    Sean A. Crowe;CarriAyne Jones;Sergei Katsev;Cédric Magen

  • The methane cycle in ferruginous Lake Matano.

    S. A. Crowe;S. Katsev;S. Katsev;K. Leslie;A. Sturm

  • Maternal transfer and in ovo exposure of organochlorines in oviparous organisms: A model and field verification

    Ronald W. Russell;Frank A. P. C. Gobas;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Simultaneous determination of tetrabromobisphenol A, tetrachlorobisphenol A, bisphenol A and other halogenated analogues in sediment and sludge by high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.

    Shaogang Chu;G. Douglas Haffner;Robert J. Letcher

  • Intestinal absorption and biomagnification of organochlorines

    Frank A.P.C. Gobas;Jim R. McCorquodale;G.D. Haffner

  • Development and verification of a bioaccumulation model for organic contaminants in benthic invertebrates

    Heather A. Morrison;Frank A. P. C. Gobas;Rodica Lazar;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Immunosuppression in the northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) induced by pesticide exposure.

    Mary-Kate Gilbertson;G. Douglas Haffner;Ken G. Drouillard;Anathea Albert

  • A simple, novel method for the quantitative analysis of coplanar (non-ortho substituted) polychlorinated biphenyls in environmental samples

    R. Lazar;R.C. Edwards;C.D. Metcalfe;T. Metcalfe

  • Development and Verification of a Benthic/Pelagic Food Web Bioaccumulation Model for PCB Congeners in Western Lake Erie

    Heather A. Morrison;Frank A. P. C. Gobas;Rodica Lazar;and D. Michael Whittel

  • The biogeochemistry of tropical lakes: A case study from Lake Matano, Indonesia

    Sean A. Crowe;Andrew H. O’Neill;Sergei Katsev;Peter Hehanussa

  • Role of chemical and ecological factors in trophic transfer of organic chemicals in aquatic food webs

    Ronald W. Russell;Frank A. P. C. Gobas;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Bioconcentration of chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic macrophytes

    Frank A. P. C. Gobas;Edmund J. McNeil;Lesley Lovett-Doust;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Comparison of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and polychlorinated biphenyl dynamics in benthic invertebrates of Lake Erie, USA

    Sarah B. Gewurtz;Rodica Lazar;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Fifty years later: trophic ecology and niche overlap of a native and non-indigenous fish species in the western basin of Lake Erie

    Matthew M. Guzzo;Matthew M. Guzzo;G. Douglas Haffner;Nicholas D. Legler;Nicholas D. Legler;Scott A. Rush;Scott A. Rush

  • Organochlorine pesticide residues in Southern Ontario spring peepers

    Ronald W. Russell;Stephen J. Hecnar;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Plasma-associated halogenated phenolic contaminants in benthic and pelagic fish species from the Detroit River.

    Hongxia Li;Ken G. Drouillard;Erin Bennett;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Evaluation of chloroform/methanol and dichloromethane/hexane extractable lipids as surrogate measures of sample partition capacity for organochlorines in fish tissues.

    K.G. Drouillard;H. Hagen;G.D. Haffner

  • A River-wide Survey of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and Selected Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Sediments of the Detroit River—1999

    Ken G. Drouillard;Maciek Tomczak;Stan Reitsma;G. Douglas Haffner

  • Long‐term impacts of invasive species on a native top predator in a large lake system

    Scott A. Rush;Gordon Paterson;Tim B. Johnson;Ken G. Drouillard

  • The relative importance of species invasions and sediment disturbance in regulating chemical dynamics in western Lake Erie

    Heather A Morrison;D.Michael Whittle;G.Douglas Haffner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken G. Drouillard
Ken G. Drouillard University of Windsor
Frank A. P. C. Gobas
Frank A. P. C. Gobas Simon Fraser University
Hugh J. MacIsaac
Hugh J. MacIsaac University of Windsor
Bjørn Sundby
Bjørn Sundby McGill University
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Chris D. Metcalfe
Chris D. Metcalfe Trent University
Alfonso Mucci
Alfonso Mucci McGill University
Sean A. Crowe
Sean A. Crowe University of British Columbia
Jan J. H. Ciborowski
Jan J. H. Ciborowski University of Windsor
Craig E. Hebert
Craig E. Hebert Carleton University

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