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Michael J. Paterson is affiliated with the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Surgery, Oceanography, and Pollution.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics including Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Scott N. Higgins
  • Michael D. Rennie
  • Tadeu Siqueira
  • Charles P. Hawkins
  • Julian D. Olden

Paterson has published multiple papers, including the following recent examples:

  • Association Between Surgical Approach and Major Surgical Complications in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty, 2020, JAMA
  • Experimental Evidence for Recovery of Mercury-Contaminated Fish Populations, 2021, Nature
  • Warming Combined with Experimental Eutrophication Intensifies Lake Phytoplankton Blooms, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Phosphorus-Only Fertilization Rapidly Initiates Large Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria Blooms in Two Oligotrophic Lakes, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Widespread Synchrony in Phosphorus Concentrations in Northern Lakes Linked to Winter Temperature and Summer Precipitation, 2023, Limnology and Oceanography Letters

The venues where Paterson frequently publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • International Journal for Population Data Science
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • BMJ Open

Paterson's interdisciplinary work integrates methods and knowledge from both environmental sciences and medical fields. This is reflected in their research outputs that cover applied ecology, aquatic systems, nutrient cycling, and surgical outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Eutrophication of lakes cannot be controlled by reducing nitrogen input: Results of a 37-year whole-ecosystem experiment

    David W. Schindler;R. E. Hecky;D. L. Findlay;M. P. Stainton

  • Transoceanic Migration, Spatial Dynamics, and Population Linkages of White Sharks

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  • Whole-ecosystem study shows rapid fish-mercury response to changes in mercury deposition

    Reed C. Harris;John W. M. Rudd;Marc Amyot;Christopher L. Babiarz

  • Multiple anthropogenic stressors cause ecological surprises in boreal lakes

    Michael R. Christensen;Mark D. Graham;Rolf D. Vinebrooke;David L. Findlay

  • The rise and fall of mercury methylation in an experimental reservoir.

    Vincent L. St.Louis;John W. M. Rudd;Carol A. Kelly;R. A. (Drew) Bodaly

  • Communities contain closely related species during ecosystem disturbance.

    Matthew R Helmus;Wendel Bill Keller;Michael J Paterson;Norman D Yan

  • Direct and indirect responses of a freshwater food web to a potent synthetic oestrogen

    Karen A. Kidd;Michael J. Paterson;Michael D. Rennie;Cheryl L. Podemski

  • Pelagic C:N:P Stoichiometry in a Eutrophied Lake: Responses to a Whole-Lake Food-Web Manipulation

    James J. Elser;Robert W. Sterner;Amy E. Galford;Thomas H. Chrzanowski

  • Paleoecological investigation of recent lake acidification in the Adirondack Mountains, N.Y.

    Donald F. Charles;Michael W. Binford;Edward T. Furlong;Ronald A. Hites

  • Environmental stability and lake zooplankton diversity - contrasting effects of chemical and thermal variability.

    Jonathan B Shurin;Monika Winder;Rita Adrian;Wendel Bill Keller

  • Impacts of Reservoir Creation on the Biogeochemical Cycling of Methyl Mercury and Total Mercury in Boreal Upland Forests

    B.D. Hall;B.D. Hall;V.L. St. Louis;K.R. Rolfhus;R.A. Bodaly

  • Increases in total and methylmercury in zooplankton following flooding of a peatland reservoir

    Michael J. Paterson;John W. M. Rudd;Vincent St. Louis

  • Experimental evidence of a linear relationship between inorganic mercury loading and methylmercury accumulation by aquatic biota.

    Diane M. Orihel;Michael J. Paterson;Paul J. Blanchfield;R. A. Bodaly

  • BIOACCUMULATION OF MERCURY IN THE AQUATIC FOOD CHAIN IN NEWLY FLOODED AREAS

    Bodaly Ra;St Louis Vl;Paterson Mj;Fudge Rj

  • The distribution of microcrustacea in the littoral zone of a freshwater lake

    Michael Paterson

  • Experimental evidence for recovery of mercury-contaminated fish populations

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  • Evaluation of Nonlethal Methods for the Analysis of Mercury in Fish Tissue

    R. F. Baker;P. J. Blanchfield;M. J. Paterson;R. J. Flett

  • Effects of warming on benthic communities in a boreal lake: Implications of climate change

    H. M. Baulch;D. W. Schindler;M. A. Turner;D. L. Findlay

  • Trophic Dependence of Ecosystem Resistance and Species Compensation in Experimentally Acidified Lake 302S (Canada)

    Rolf D. Vinebrooke;David W. Schindler;David L. Findlay;Michael A. Turner

  • Effect of loading rate on the fate of mercury in littoral mesocosms.

    Diane M. Orihel;Michael J. Paterson;Cynthia C. Gilmour;R. A. Bodaly

  • Effects of northern pike (Esox lucius) additions on pollutant accumulation and food web structure, as determined by δ13 C and δ15 N , in a eutrophic and an oligotrophic lake

    Karen A. Kidd;Michael J. Paterson;Raymond H. Hesslein;Derek C.G. Muir

  • Assessment of mercury bioaccumulation within the pelagic food web of lakes in the western Great Lakes region

    Kristofer R. Rolfhus;Britt D. Hall;Bruce A. Monson;Michael J. Paterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Blanchfield
Paul J. Blanchfield Fisheries and Oceans Canada
David L. Findlay
David L. Findlay Plankton-R-Us
Holger Hintelmann
Holger Hintelmann Trent University
David W. Schindler
David W. Schindler University of Alberta
John W. M. Rudd
John W. M. Rudd University of Alberta
Vincent L. St. Louis
Vincent L. St. Louis University of Alberta
Sherry L. Schiff
Sherry L. Schiff University of Waterloo
Cynthia C. Gilmour
Cynthia C. Gilmour Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
James A. Rusak
James A. Rusak Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Rolf D. Vinebrooke
Rolf D. Vinebrooke University of Alberta

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