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John P. Smol

John P. Smol

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Ecology and Evolution
Canada
2026
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Earth Science
Canada
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
115
Citations
60668
World Ranking
131
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2009 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

John P. Smol is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans several subfields including ecology, atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, oceanography, and pollution.

Their research covers key topics such as geology and paleoclimatology, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, isotope analysis in ecology, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, marine and coastal ecosystems, heavy metals in the environment, and fish ecology and management studies.

Recent publications by John P. Smol include:

  • Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems (2022, BioScience)
  • Asian dust-storm activity dominated by Chinese dynasty changes since 2000 BP (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Road Salt Impacts Freshwater Zooplankton at Concentrations below Current Water Quality Guidelines (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Abruptly and irreversibly changing Arctic freshwaters urgently require standardized monitoring (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • The alarming state of freshwater biodiversity in Canada (2021, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with John P. Smol include:

  • Kathleen M. Rühland
  • Neal Michelutti
  • Andrew M. Paterson
  • Jules M. Blais
  • Carsten Meyer-Jacob

Publication venues where their work appears often include:

  • Journal of Paleolimnology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

John P. Smol has also contributed to book literature, notably publishing the book Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments (2023) with Springer Nature (Netherlands).

Awards received by the scientist include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2018)
  • Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council (2009)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science (1996)

Best Publications

  • Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

    Andrea J. Reid;Andrew K. Carlson;Irena F. Creed;Erika J. Eliason

  • Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments

    John P. Smol

  • Tracking environmental change using lake sediments. Volume 3: Terrestrial, algal, and siliceous indicators.

    J. P. Smol;H. J. B. Birks

  • The diatoms : applications for the environmental and earth sciences

    John P. Smol;Eugene F. Stoermer

  • Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective

    J. P. Smol

  • Climate-driven regime shifts in the biological communities of arctic lakes

    John P. Smol;Alexander P. Wolfe;H. John B. Birks;Marianne S. V. Douglas

  • Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180°W)

    D. S. Kaufman;T.A. Ager;N.J. Anderson;P.M. Anderson

  • Lakes and reservoirs as sentinels, integrators, and regulators of climate change

    Craig E. Williamson;Jasmine E. Saros;Warwick F. Vincent;John P. Smol

  • Diatoms : powerful indicators of environmental change

    Sushil S. Dixit;John P. Smol;John C. Kingston;Donald F. Charles

  • EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE FRESHWATERS OF ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC NORTH AMERICA

    Wayne R. Rouse;Marianne S. V. Douglas;Robert E. Hecky;Anne E. Hershey

  • Hemispheric-scale patterns of climate-related shifts in planktonic diatoms from North American and European lakes

    Kathleen Rühland;Andrew M. Paterson;John P. Smol

  • Lake diatom responses to warming: reviewing the evidence

    Kathleen M. Rühland;Andrew M. Paterson;John P. Smol

  • Impacts of climatic change and fishing on Pacific salmon abundance over the past 300 years.

    Bruce P. Finney;Irene Gregory-Eaves;Jon Sweetman;Marianne S. V. Douglas

  • Crossing the final ecological threshold in high Arctic ponds

    John P. Smol;Marianne S. V. Douglas

  • Sediment Core Collection and Extrusion

    John R. Glew;John P. Smol

  • Tracking environmental change using lake sediments. Volume 2: Physical and geochemical methods.

    J. P. Smol

  • Fisheries productivity in the northeastern Pacific Ocean over the past 2,200 years

    Bruce P. Finney;Irene Gregory-Eaves;Marianne S. V. Douglas;John P. Smol

  • The Diatoms: Diatoms as indicators in marine and estuarine environments

    John P. Smol;Eugene F. Stoermer

  • A weighted—averaging regression and calibration model for inferring total phosphorus concentration from diatoms in British Columbia (Canada) lakes

    Roland I. Hall;John P. Smol

  • An assessment of Chironomidae as quantitative indicators of past climatic change

    Ian R. Walker;John P. Smol;Daniel R. Engstrom;H. J. B. Birks

  • Effects of agriculture, urbanization, and climate on water quality in the northern Great Plains

    Roland I. Hall;Peter R. Leavitt;Roberto Quinlan;Aruna S. Dixit

  • Paleolimnology: an important tool for effective ecosystem management

    John P. Smol

  • Tracking environmental change using lake sediments. Volume 1: basin analysis, coring, and chronological techniques.

    J. P. Smol

Frequent Co-Authors

Marianne S. V. Douglas
Marianne S. V. Douglas Queen's University
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa
Andrew M. Paterson
Andrew M. Paterson Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Brian F. Cumming
Brian F. Cumming Queen's University
Neal Michelutti
Neal Michelutti Queen's University
Reinhard Pienitz
Reinhard Pienitz Université Laval
Roland I. Hall
Roland I. Hall University of Waterloo
Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
Peter R. Leavitt
Peter R. Leavitt University of Regina
Glen M. MacDonald
Glen M. MacDonald University of California, Los Angeles

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