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Marianne S. V. Douglas

Marianne S. V. Douglas

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
11391
World Ranking
3279
National Ranking
224

Overview

Marianne S. V. Douglas is a researcher affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work in subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science, Molecular Biology, and Geology.

Their research covers a range of topics, prominently featuring:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Douglas has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals, with publications appearing in:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Aquaculture Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Fish Diseases

The research papers include:

  • "Contrasting the ecological effects of decreasing ice cover versus accelerated glacial melt on the High Arctic's largest lake," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Case study of vertical transmission of ostreid herpesvirus-1 in Pacific oysters and biosecurity management based on epidemiological data from French, New Zealand and Australian hatchery-propagated seed," 2021, Aquaculture Research
  • "Reply to formal comment on Griffiths et al. (2017) submitted by Gajewski (2020)," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Viral Nervous Necrosis due to Betanodavirus: A Case Study in Pot-Bellied Seahorses (Hippocampus abdominals)," 2025, Journal of Fish Diseases

Frequent collaborators include Neal Michelutti and John P. Smol, each having coauthored two papers with Douglas, as well as collaborations with Dermot Antoniades, Igor Lehnherr, and Vincent L. St. Louis.

Best Publications

  • Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries

    J. Overpeck;K. Hughen;D. Hardy;R. Bradley

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • From controversy to consensus: making the case for recent climate change in the Arctic using lake sediments

    John P. Smol;Marianne Sv Douglas

  • Arctic seabirds transport marine-derived contaminants.

    Jules M. Blais;Lynda E. Kimpe;Dominique McMahon;Bronwyn E. Keatley

  • Marked Post-18th Century Environmental Change in High-Arctic Ecosystems

    Marianne S. V. Douglas;John P. Smol;Weston Blake

  • Temperature and precipitation history of the Arctic

    G. H. Miller;J. Brigham-Grette;R. B. Alley;L. Anderson

  • Freshwater diatoms as indicators of environmental change in the High Arctic.

    Marianne S. V. Douglas;John P. Smol

  • Spatial trends and historical deposition of mercury in eastern and northern Canada inferred from lake sediment cores.

    D. C. G. Muir;X. Wang;F. Yang;N. Nguyen

  • Long-term environmental change in Arctic and Antarctic lakes

    Reinhard Pienitz;Marianne S. Douglas;J. P. Smol

  • PERIPHYTIC DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES FROM HIGH ARCTIC PONDS1

    Marianne S. V. Douglas;John P. Smol

  • Seabird-driven shifts in Arctic pond ecosystems

    Neal Michelutti;Bronwyn E Keatley;Samantha Brimble;Jules M Blais

  • PERIPHYTIC DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES FROM ULTRA‐OLIGOTROPHIC AND UV TRANSPARENT LAKES AND PONDS ON VICTORIA ISLAND AND COMPARISONS WITH OTHER DIATOM SURVEYS IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC1

    Neal Michelutti;Anita J. Holtham;Marianne S. V. Douglas;John P. Smol

  • Diatom response to recent climatic change in a high arctic lake (Char Lake, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut)

    Neal Michelutti;Marianne S.V. Douglas;John P. Smol

  • Trophic position influences the efficacy of seabirds as metal biovectors

    Neal Michelutti;Jules M. Blais;Mark L. Mallory;Jaclyn Brash

  • Eutrophication and recovery in the High Arctic: Meretta Lake (Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada) revisited

    Marianne S.V. Douglas;John P. Smol

  • Quantitative estimates of recent environmental changes in the Canadian High Arctic inferred from diatoms in lake and pond sediments

    Dermot Antoniades;Marianne S. V. Douglas;John P. Smol

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Smol
John P. Smol Queen's University
Neal Michelutti
Neal Michelutti Queen's University
Reinhard Pienitz
Reinhard Pienitz Université Laval
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa
Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Bruce P. Finney
Bruce P. Finney Idaho State University
Scott F. Lamoureux
Scott F. Lamoureux Queen's University
Irene Gregory-Eaves
Irene Gregory-Eaves McGill University
Alexander P. Wolfe
Alexander P. Wolfe University of Alberta

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