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46
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8150
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4654
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1619

Stuart A. Ludsin publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stuart A. Ludsin sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 134 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Stuart A. Ludsin D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stuart A. Ludsin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stuart A. Ludsin is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics within Environmental Science, with notable contributions to various subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Aquatic Science.

Their work extensively covers a range of main topics, such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ludsin include the following:

  • Life in the fast lane: Revisiting the fast growth-High survival paradigm during the early life stages of fishes (2023, Fish and Fisheries)
  • Water warming increases aggression in a tropical fish (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Consequences of changing water clarity on the fish and fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes (2021, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)
  • Mixed-stock analysis using Rapture genotyping to evaluate stock-specific exploitation of a walleye population despite weak genetic structure (2021, Evolutionary Applications)
  • Hypoxia's impact on pelagic fish populations in Lake Erie: a tale of two planktivores (2020, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)

Ludsin collaborates frequently with several co-authors, among whom Elizabeth A. Marschall and Michael E. Fraker have each co-authored ten publications. James M. Hood, Richard R. Budnik, and Joseph D. Conroy have each contributed to seven joint publications.

Their research outputs are regularly published in specific venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work include Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management with ten publications, Journal of Great Lakes Research with six, Scientific Reports, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and Transactions of the American Fisheries Society each with three publications.

Best Publications

  • Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia

    Donald Scavia;J. David Allan;Kristin K. Arend;Steven Bartell

  • The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia.

    Susan B. Watson;Carol Miller;George Arhonditsis;Gregory L. Boyer

  • Patterns and processes in reef fish diversity.

    Camilo Mora;Paul M. Chittaro;Peter F. Sale;Jacob P. Kritzer

  • FIRST-YEAR RECRUITMENT OF LARGEMOUTH BASS: THE INTERDEPENDENCY OF EARLY LIFE STAGES

    Stuart A. Ludsin;Dennis R. DeVries

  • LIFE AFTER DEATH IN LAKE ERIE: NUTRIENT CONTROLS DRIVE FISH SPECIES RICHNESS, REHABILITATION

    Stuart A. Ludsin;Mark W. Kershner;Karen A. Blocksom;Roger L. Knight

  • Changing Ecosystem Dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Regulation

    David B. Bunnell;Richard P. Barbiero;Stuart A. Ludsin;Charles P. Madenjian

  • FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPPING AS A TOOL TO DEFINE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES FOR COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS

    Benjamin F. Hobbs;Stuart A. Ludsin;Roger L. Knight;Phil A. Ryan

  • Seasonal and interannual effects of hypoxia on fish habitat quality in central Lake Erie

    Kristin K. Arend;Kristin K. Arend;Dmitry Beletsky;Joseph V. DePINTO;Stuart A. Ludsin

  • Hypoxia-avoidance by planktivorous fish in Chesapeake Bay: Implications for food web interactions and fish recruitment

    Stuart A. Ludsin;Xinsheng Zhang;Stephen B. Brandt;Michael R. Roman

  • Short winters threaten temperate fish populations.

    Troy M. Farmer;Elizabeth A. Marschall;Konrad Dabrowski;Stuart A. Ludsin

  • Hypoxia affects spatial distributions and overlap of pelagic fish, zooplankton, and phytoplankton in Lake Erie

    Henry A. Vanderploeg;Stuart A. Ludsin;Steven A. Ruberg;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök

  • Utilization of stomach content DNA to determine diet diversity in piscivorous fishes.

    L. Carreon-Martinez;T. B. Johnson;S. A. Ludsin;Daniel D. Heath

  • Effects of hypolimnetic hypoxia on foraging and distributions of Lake Erie yellow perch

    James J. Roberts;James J. Roberts;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök;Stuart A. Ludsin;Steven A. Pothoven

  • Hypoxia-driven changes in the behavior and spatial distribution of pelagic fish and mesozooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico

    Hongyan Zhang;Hongyan Zhang;Stuart A. Ludsin;Doran M. Mason;Aaron T. Adamack;Aaron T. Adamack

  • assignPOP: An r package for population assignment using genetic, non‐genetic, or integrated data in a machine‐learning framework

    Kuan‐Yu Chen;Elizabeth A. Marschall;Michael G. Sovic;Anthony C. Fries;Anthony C. Fries

  • Comparison of solution-based versus laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for analysis of larval fish otolith microelemental composition

    Stuart A. Ludsin;Brian J. Fryer;Joel E. Gagnon

  • Effects of crystal structure on the uptake of metals by lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) otoliths

    Sonia Melancon;Brian J Fryer;Stuart A Ludsin;Joel E Gagnon

  • Lake Erie hypoxia prompts Canada‐U.S. study

    Nathan Hawley;Thomas H. Johengen;Yerubandi R. Rao;Steven A. Ruberg

  • Biological Invasion Theory: Darwin's Contributions from The Origin of Species

    Stuart A. Ludsin;Andrea D. Wolfe

  • Otolith microchemistry as a stock identification tool for freshwater fishes: testing its limits in Lake Erie

    Kevin L. PangleK.L. Pangle;Kevin L. PangleK.L. Pangle;Stuart A. LudsinS.A. Ludsin;Stuart A. LudsinS.A. Ludsin;Brian J. FryerB.J. Fryer;Brian J. FryerB.J. Fryer

  • River-plume use during the pelagic larval stage benefits recruitment of a lentic fish

    Julie M. ReichertJ.M. Reichert;Brian J. FryerB.J. Fryer;Kevin L. PangleK.L. Pangle;Timothy B. JohnsonT.B. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas O. Höök
Tomas O. Höök Purdue University West Lafayette
Stephen B. Brandt
Stephen B. Brandt Oregon State University
Brian J. Fryer
Brian J. Fryer University of Windsor
Elizabeth A. Marschall
Elizabeth A. Marschall The Ohio State University
Steven A. Pothoven
Steven A. Pothoven National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Doran M. Mason
Doran M. Mason National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Henry A. Vanderploeg
Henry A. Vanderploeg National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy B. Johnson
Timothy B. Johnson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Jeffrey G. Arnold
Jeffrey G. Arnold Agricultural Research Service
Michael R. Roman
Michael R. Roman University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

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