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Lewis A. Molot

Lewis A. Molot

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
5635
World Ranking
8124
National Ranking
369

Overview

Lewis A. Molot is affiliated with York University in Canada, conducting research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

The core focus of Molot's research lies in aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics. Key topics addressed in their work include soil and water nutrient dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, fish ecology and management studies, heavy metals in the environment, water quality and pollution assessment, as well as aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior.

Molot has published research in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Drivers of water quality changes within the Laurentian Great Lakes region over the past 40 years, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Anoxygenic photosynthesis and iron-sulfur metabolic potential of Chlorobia populations from seasonally anoxic Boreal Shield lakes, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Phosphorus-only fertilization rapidly initiates large nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria blooms in two oligotrophic lakes, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Low sediment redox promotes cyanobacteria blooms across a trophic range: implications for management, 2021, Lake and Reservoir Management
  • Long-term and seasonal nitrate trends illustrate potential prevention of large cyanobacterial biomass by sediment oxidation in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario, 2022, Journal of Great Lakes Research

Frequent collaborators include Sherry L. Schiff, Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Arthur Zastepa, Helen M. Baulch, and Mark J. Verschoor.

Molot's contributions have been published in key venues related to their fields such as Limnology and Oceanography, The ISME Journal, Environmental Research Letters, Lake and Reservoir Management, and the Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Best Publications

  • Effect of landscape form on export of dissolved organic carbon, iron, and phosphorus from forested stream catchments

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  • Dissolved organic and inorganic carbon mass balances in central Ontario lakes.

    Peter J. Dillon;Lewis A. Molot

  • Cryptic wetlands: integrating hidden wetlands in regression models of the export of dissolved organic carbon from forested landscapes

    I. F. Creed;S. E. Sanford;F. D. Beall;L. A. Molot

  • Photolytic regulation of dissolved organic carbon in northern lakes

    Lewis A. Molot;Peter J. Dillon

  • A novel model for cyanobacteria bloom formation: the critical role of anoxia and ferrous iron

    L. A. Molot;S. B. Watson;I. F. Creed;C. G. Trick

  • Humic substances—part 7: the biogeochemistry of dissolved organic carbon and its interactions with climate change

    Petr Porcal;Jean-François Koprivnjak;Lewis A. Molot;Peter J. Dillon

  • Storage of terrestrial carbon in boreal lake sediments and evasion to the atmosphere

    Lewis A. Molot;Peter J. Dillon

  • Phosphorus and Nitrogen Export from Forested Stream Catchments in Central Ontario

    P. J. Dillon;L. A. Molot;W. A. Scheider

  • Long-term trends in catchment export and lake retention of dissolved organic carbon, dissolved organic nitrogen, total iron, and total phosphorus: The Dorset, Ontario, study, 1978–1998

    Peter J. Dillon;Lewis A. Molot

  • THE EFFECT OF EL NIÑO-RELATED DROUGHT ON THE RECOVERY OF ACIDIFIED LAKES

    Peter J. Dillon;Lewis A. Molot;Martyn Futter

  • The role of ammonium and nitrate retention in the acidification of lakes and forested catchments

    P. J. Dillon;L. A. Molot

  • Nitrogen mass balances and denitrification rates in central Ontario lakes

    Lewis A. Molot;Peter J. Dillon

  • Enhanced photochemical loss of organic carbon in acidic waters

    Chad Gennings;Lewis A. Molot;Peter J. Dillon

  • Long-term patterns of dissolved organic carbon in lakes across eastern Canada: Evidence of a pronounced climate effect

    Jan Zhang;Jeff Hudson;Richard Neal;Jeff Sereda

  • Predicting end-of-summer oxygen profiles in stratified lakes

    L. A. Molot;P. J. Dillon;B. J. Clark;B. P. Neary

  • Effect of pH on photo-oxidation of dissolved organic carbon by hydroxyl radicals in a coloured, softwater stream

    Lewis A. Molot;Jeff J. Hudson;Peter J. Dillon;Sean A. Miller

  • Retention and Resuspension of Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Iron in a Central Ontario Lake

    P. J. Dillon;R. D. Evans;Lewis A. Molot

  • Long-term phosphorus budgets and an examination of a steady-state mass balance model for central Ontario lakes

    Peter J. Dillon;Lewis A. Molot

  • Specific Growth Rates of Freshwater Algae in Relation to Cell Size and Light Intensity

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  • Temperature Dependence of Photodegradation of Dissolved Organic Matter to Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Particulate Organic Carbon.

    Petr Porcal;Peter J. Dillon;Lewis A. Molot

  • Colour - mass balances and colour - dissolved organic carbon relationships in lakes and streams in central Ontario

    Lewis A Molot;Peter J Dillon

  • Quantification of internal phosphorus load in large, partially polymictic and mesotrophic Lake Simcoe, Ontario

    Gertrud K. Nürnberg;Bruce D. LaZerte;Pei Sun Loh;Lewis A. Molot

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Dillon
Peter J. Dillon Trent University
Martyn N. Futter
Martyn N. Futter Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Irena F. Creed
Irena F. Creed University of Toronto
Josh D. Neufeld
Josh D. Neufeld University of Waterloo
Sherry L. Schiff
Sherry L. Schiff University of Waterloo
Thomas A. Clair
Thomas A. Clair Dalhousie University
Charles G. Trick
Charles G. Trick University of Western Ontario
Merrin L. Macrae
Merrin L. Macrae University of Waterloo
Susan B. Watson
Susan B. Watson Environment and Climate Change Canada
Michael J. Paterson
Michael J. Paterson International Institute for Sustainable Development

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