R. Jan Stevenson

R. Jan Stevenson publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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R. Jan Stevenson D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Best Publications

• The diatoms : applications for the environmental and earth sciences

  John P. Smol;Eugene F. Stoermer

  1455
  Citations

• Use of periphyton assemblage data as an index of biotic integrity

  Brian H Hill;A. T. Herlihy;P. R. Kaufmann;P. R. Kaufmann;R. J. Stevenson;R. J. Stevenson

  453
  Citations

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

  John P. Smol;Eugene F. Stoermer

  446
  Citations

• A habitat matrix conceptual model for stream periphyton

  Barry J. F. Biggs;Barry J. F. Biggs;R. Jan Stevenson;R. Jan Stevenson;Rex L. Lowe;Rex L. Lowe

  416
  Citations

• Using diatoms as indicators of ecological conditions in lotic systems: a regional assessment

  Yangdong Pan;Yangdong Pan;R. Jan Stevenson;Brian H. Hill;Alan T. Herlihy

  413
  Citations

• Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms

  Unknown

  409
  Citations

• Evaluation of the use of landscape classifications for the prediction of freshwater biota: synthesis and recommendations

  C. P. Hawkins;R. H. Norris;J. Gerritsen;R. M. Hughes

  389
  Citations

• An Introduction to Algal Ecology in Freshwater Benthic Habitats

  Unknown

  296
  Citations

• Resistance and Resilience of Lotic Algal Communities: Importance of Disturbance Timing and Current

  Unknown

  273
  Citations

• DENSITY‐DEPENDENT GROWTH, ECOLOGICAL STRATEGIES, AND EFFECTS OF NUTRIENTS AND SHADING ON BENTHIC DIATOM SUCCESSION IN STREAMS1

  R. Jan Stevenson;Christopher G. Peterson;David B. Kirschtel;Christopher C. King

  227
  Citations

• Scale-Dependent Determinants and Consequences of Benthic Algal Heterogeneity

  Unknown

  223
  Citations

• Effects of Current and Conditions Simulating Autogenically Changing Microhabitats on Benthic Diatom Immigration

  Unknown

  217
  Citations

• SPATIAL PATTERNS AND ECOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF BENTHIC ALGAL ASSEMBLAGES IN MID‐ATLANTIC STREAMS, USA

  Yangdong Pan;R. Jan Stevenson;Brian H. Hill;Philip R. Kaufmann

  216
  Citations

• Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms

  Unknown

  214
  Citations

• Development and evaluation of a diatom-based Index of Biotic Integrity for the Interior Plateau Ecoregion, USA

  Unknown

  187
  Citations

• QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BENTHIC ALGAL COMMUNITIES ALONG A DEPTH GRADIENT IN LAKE MICHIGAN1,2

  R. Jan Stevenson;Eugene F. Stoermer

  180
  Citations

• PERIPHYTON AS A TOOL FOR ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES

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  176
  Citations

• Algae-P relationships, thresholds, and frequency distributions guide nutrient criterion development

  R. Jan Stevenson;Brian H. Hill;Alan T. Herlihy;Lester L. Yuan

  155
  Citations

• Comparison of correlations between environmental characteristics and stream diatom assemblages characterized at genus and species levels

  Brian H. Hill;R. Jan Stevenson;Yangdong Pan;Alan T. Herlihy

  154
  Citations

• Wetland degradation leads to homogenization of the biota at local and landscape scales

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  154
  Citations