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Ralph E. H. Smith

Ralph E. H. Smith

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
5097
World Ranking
8168
National Ranking
374

Overview

Ralph E. H. Smith is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research predominantly focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a particular emphasis on aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, fish ecology and management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and water quality monitoring and analysis.

The main fields of study associated with their work are Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. They have contributed significantly to subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Smith's publication record includes recent papers that address critical aspects of water bodies and aquatic environments. These include:

  • High Sensitivity of Lake Hypoxia to Air Temperatures, Winds, and Nutrient Loading: Insights From a 3-D Lake Model, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Simulated impacts of climate change on Lake Simcoe water quality, 2021, Inland Waters
  • Quantifying the uncertainties in multi-wavelength PAM fluorometry due to innate and irradiance-induced variability of fluorescence spectra, 2021, Aquatic Ecology

Throughout their research, Smith has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Serghei A. Bocaniov, Kevin G. Lamb, Wentao Liu, Yerubandi R. Rao, and Hadiseh Bolkhari.

The scientist's work has been published in respected venues such as Water Resources Research, Inland Waters, and Aquatic Ecology, reflecting a focus on aquatic and environmental studies.

Best Publications

  • Biological Production of the Oceans - the Case for a Consensus

    T. Piatt;WG Harrison;Lewis;Wkw Li

  • Evidence for phosphorus, nitrogen, and iron colimitation of phytoplankton communities in Lake Erie

    R. L. North;S. J. Guildford;R. E. H. Smith;S. M. Havens

  • SIZE-DEPENDENT PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE KINETICS AND CELL QUOTA IN PHYTOPLANKTON1

    Ralph E. H. Smith;Jaap Kalff

  • Diatoms abound in ice-covered Lake Erie: An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010

    Michael R. Twiss;Robert Michael L. McKay;Richard A. Bourbonniere;George S. Bullerjahn

  • The ecological effects of naphthenic acids and salts on phytoplankton from the Athabasca oil sands region.

    Sherwin S. Leung;Mike D. MacKinnon;Ralph E.H. Smith

  • The Wall of Green: The Status of Cladophora glomerata on the Northern Shores of Lake Erie's Eastern Basin, 1995–2002

    Scott N. Higgins;E. Todd Howell;Robert E. Hecky;Stephanie J. Guildford

  • Application of a 3D hydrodynamic-biological model for seasonal and spatial dynamics of water quality and phytoplankton in Lake Erie

    Luis F. Leon;Luis F. Leon;Ralph E.H. Smith;Matthew R. Hipsey;Serghei A. Bocaniov

  • Vertical Fine Structure of Particulate Matter and Nutrients in Sea Ice of the High Arctic

    Ralph E. H. Smith;W. Glen Harrison;Leslie R. Harris;Alex W. Herman

  • Competition for phosphorus among co‐occurring freshwater phytoplankton1

    Ralph E. H. Smith;Jaap Kalff

  • Modeling as a Tool for Nutrient Management in Lake Erie: a Hydrodynamics Study

    Luis F. León;Jörg Imberger;Ralph E.H. Smith;Robert E. Hecky

  • The Effect of Phosphorus Limitation on Algal Growth Rates: Evidence from Alkaline Phosphatase

    Ralph E. H. Smith;Jaap Kalff

  • INFLUENCE OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ON GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF TWO COLD OCEAN DIATOMS1

    Jusri Nilawati;Bruce M. Greenberg;Ralph E. H. Smith

  • Ecology of bottom ice algae: II. Dynamics, distributions and productivity

    Glenn F Cota;Ralph E.H Smith

  • Mercury biomagnification in the food webs of acidic lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Nova Scotia

    Brianna WynB. Wyn;Brianna WynB. Wyn;Karen A. KiddK.A. Kidd;Karen A. KiddK.A. Kidd;Neil M. BurgessN.M. Burgess;Neil M. BurgessN.M. Burgess;R. Allen CurryR.A. Curry;R. Allen CurryR.A. Curry

  • INTRACELLULAR PHOTOSYNTHATE ALLOCATION AND THE CONTROL OF ARCTIC MARINE ICE ALGAL PRODUCTION1

    Ralph E. H. Smith;Pierre Clement;Glenn F. Cota;William K. W. Li

  • Impact of Ice Algae on Inorganic Nutrients in Seawater and Sea Ice in Barrow Strait, NWT, Canada, During Spring

    Glenn F. Cota;Jeffrey L. Anning;Leslie R. Harris;W. Glen Harrison

  • Intact and photomodified polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons inhibit photosynthesis in natural assemblages of Lake Erie phytoplankton exposed to solar radiation.

    Christopher A. Marwood;Ralph E.H. Smith;Keith R. Solomon;Murray N. Charlton

  • Bacterial carbon production in Lake Erie is influenced by viruses and solar radiation

    Steven W. Wilhelm;Ralph E.H. Smith

  • Biosynthesis and photosynthate allocation patterns of arctic ice algae

    Ralph E. H. Smith;Pierre Clement;Erica Head

  • Aquatic reclamation in the Athabasca, Canada, oil sands: Naphthenate and salt effects on phytoplankton communities

    Sherwin Sik-Cheung Leung;Mike D. MacKinnon;Ralph E. H. Smith

  • Attenuation of ultraviolet radiation in a large lake with low dissolved organic matter concentrations

    R. E. H. Smith;J. A. Furgal;M. N. Charlton;B. M. Greenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephanie J. Guildford
Stephanie J. Guildford University of Minnesota
Bruce M. Greenberg
Bruce M. Greenberg University of Waterloo
Robert E. Hecky
Robert E. Hecky University of Minnesota
Michel Gosselin
Michel Gosselin Université du Québec à Rimouski
Glenn F. Cota
Glenn F. Cota Old Dominion University
Matthew R. Hipsey
Matthew R. Hipsey University of Western Australia
Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre Université Paris Cité
Sherry L. Schiff
Sherry L. Schiff University of Waterloo
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Richard J. Geider
Richard J. Geider University of Essex

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