2026 Gary L. Fahnenstiel: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	58	3250	3109	1256	1164	162	12889

Overview

Gary L. Fahnenstiel is affiliated with Michigan Technological University in the United States and specializes in environmental science. Their research focuses primarily on aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, with additional work in water resources and management, transboundary water resource management, marine and coastal ecosystems, isotope analysis in ecology, fish ecology and management studies, and aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including:

Carbon Fixation Trends in Eleven of the World's Largest Lakes: 2003-2018 (2020) published in Water
A new method to estimate global freshwater phytoplankton carbon fixation using satellite remote sensing: initial results (2021) published in International Journal of Remote Sensing
Are Harmful Algal Blooms Increasing in the Great Lakes? (2024) published in Water

Frequent collaborators in their work include Michael J. Sayers, Karl R. Bosse, Robert A. Shuchman, Cal D. Buelo, and Matthew B. Pawlowski.

Among the primary venues for Gary L. Fahnenstiel's publications are the journals Water and International Journal of Remote Sensing. Their subfields of study cover ecology, environmental chemistry, sociology and political science, oceanography, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main areas explored through their publications highlight topics such as aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, reflecting the scientist's focus on environmental processes within freshwater and marine systems. This includes investigation into carbon fixation, the impacts of harmful algal blooms, and the use of satellite remote sensing methods for ecological assessment.

Best Publications

Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions

Anna M Michalak;Eric J Anderson;Dimitry Beletsky;Steven Boland

1679
Citations
Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) selective filtration promoted toxic Microcystis blooms in Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) and Lake Erie

Henry A. Vanderploeg;James R. Liebig;Wayne W. Carmichael;Megan A. Agy

699
Citations
Interannual Variability of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie

Richard P. Stumpf;Timothy T. Wynne;David B. Baker;Gary L. Fahnenstiel

503
Citations
Nutrients, irradiance, and mixing as factors regulating primary production in coastal waters impacted by the Mississippi River plume

Steven E. Lohrenz;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Donald G. Redalje;Gregory A. Lang

391
Citations
Dynamics of the Lake Michigan food web, 1970-2000

Charles P. Madenjian;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Thomas H. Johengen;Thomas F. Nalepa

370
Citations
Relating spectral shape to cyanobacterial blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes

T. T. Wynne;R. P. Stumpf;M. C. Tomlinson;R. A. Warner

342
Citations
Variations in primary production of northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf waters linked to nutrient inputs from the Mississippi River

Steven E. Lohrenz;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Donald G. Redalje;Gregory A. Lang

325
Citations
Effects of Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Colonization on Water Quality Parameters in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron

Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Gregory A. Lang;Thomas F. Nalepa;Thomas H. Johengen

323
Citations
Dreissena and the disappearance of the spring phytoplankton bloom in Lake Michigan

Henry A. Vanderploeg;James R. Liebig;Thomas F. Nalepa;Thomas F. Nalepa;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Gary L. Fahnenstiel

310
Citations
Influence of Salmonine Predation and Weather on Long-Term Water Quality Trends in Lake Michigan

Donald Scavia;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Marlene S. Evans;David J. Jude

261
Citations
Recent changes in primary production and phytoplankton in the offshore region of southeastern Lake Michigan

G. Fahnenstiel;S. Pothoven;H. Vanderploeg;D. Klarer

258
Citations
Biologically induced calcite and its isotopic composition in Lake Ontario

David A. Hodell;Claire L. Schelske;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Lisa L. Robbins

247
Citations
Ecosystem-Level Effects of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha): An Enclosure Experiment in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron

Robert T. Heath;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Wayne S. Gardner;Joann F. Cavaletto

219
Citations
Phytoplankton Productivity in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron: Effects of Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Colonization

Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Thomas B. Bridgeman;Gregory A. Lang;Michael J. McCormick

206
Citations
The importance of zooplankton‐protozoan trophic couplings in Lake Michigan

Hunter J. Carrick;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Eugene F. Stoermer;Robert G. Wetzel

182
Citations
Nutrient Changes in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, After the Establishment of the Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

Thomas H. Johengen;Thomas F. Nalepa;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Greg Goudy

172
Citations
Phosphorus enrichment, silica utilization, and biogeochemical silica depletion in the Great Lakes

Claire L. Schelske;Eugene F. Stoermer;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Mark Haibach

165
Citations
Recent climatic trends in nearshore water temperatures in the St. Lawrence Great Lakes

Michael J. McCormick;Gary L. Fahnenstiel

164
Citations
The relationship between primary production and the vertical export of particulate organic matter in a river-impacted coastal ecosystem

Donald G. Redalje;Steven E. Lohrenz;Gary L. Fahnenstiel

162
Citations
Importance of Picoplankton in Lake Superior

Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Linda Sicko-Goad;Donald Scavia;Eugene F. Stoermer

158
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald Scavia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Steven A. Pothoven National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Henry A. Vanderploeg National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Steven E. Lohrenz University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Thomas F. Nalepa University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Thomas H. Johengen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Claire L. Schelske University of Florida

David J. Schwab Michigan Technological University

Patricia A. Tester Ocean Tester LLC

External Links

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