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D-Index
52
Citations
11125
World Ranking
3444
National Ranking
236

Susan B. Watson 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 Susan B. Watson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 124 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan B. Watson 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 Susan B. Watson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Susan B. Watson is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research is centered on environmental science, with significant contributions to the fields of environmental chemistry, oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work spans various topics including aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, soil and water nutrient dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan B. Watson include Arthur Zastepa, Alice Dove, Lewis A. Molot, David C. Depew, and Paul C. Frost.

Key publication venues where their research appears include the Journal of Great Lakes Research, Frontiers in Microbiology, Toxins, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, and Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Susan B. Watson include:

  • Spatio-temporal connectivity of the aquatic microbiome associated with cyanobacterial blooms along a Great Lake riverine-lacustrine continuum, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Methane and nitrous oxide measured throughout Lake Erie over all seasons indicate highest emissions from the eutrophic Western Basin, 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Toxins and Other Bioactive Metabolites in Deep Chlorophyll Layers Containing the Cyanobacteria Planktothrix cf. isothrix in Two Georgian Bay Embayments, Lake Huron, 2021, Toxins
  • Dark adaptation and ability of pulse-amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry to identify nutrient limitation in the bloom-forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing), 2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Long-term and seasonal nitrate trends illustrate potential prevention of large cyanobacterial biomass by sediment oxidation in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario, 2022, Journal of Great Lakes Research

Best Publications

  • Predicting cyanobacteria dominance in lakes

    John A Downing;Susan B Watson;Edward McCauley

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

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

  • Patterns in phytoplankton taxonomic composition across temperate lakes of differing nutrient status

    Susan B. Watson;Edward McCauley;John A. Downing

  • Biochemical and Ecological Control of Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol in Source Waters

    Friedrich Jüttner;Susan B. Watson

  • Ecology under lake ice

    Stephanie E. Hampton;Aaron W.E. Galloway;Stephen M. Powers;Ted Ozersky

  • Cyanobacterial and eukaryotic algal odour compounds: signals or by-products? A review of their biological activity

    Susan B. Watson

  • Taste and odour and cyanobacterial toxins: impairment, prediction, and management in the Great Lakes

    Susan B. WatsonS.B. Watson;Susan B. WatsonS.B. Watson;Jeff RidalJ. Ridal;Jeff RidalJ. Ridal;Gregory L. BoyerG.L. Boyer;Gregory L. BoyerG.L. Boyer

  • Quantitative analysis of trace levels of geosmin and MIB in source and drinking water using headspace SPME

    Susan B. Watson;Brian Brownlee;Trevor Satchwill;Erika E. Hargesheimer

  • Status, causes and controls of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie

    Morgan M. Steffen;B. Shafer Belisle;Sue B. Watson;Gregory L. Boyer

  • Actinomycetes in relation to taste and odour in drinking water: myths, tenets and truths.

    Beryl Zaitlin;Susan B. Watson;Susan B. Watson

  • Effects of Increasing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations on Phytoplankton Community Growth and Toxicity During Planktothrix Blooms in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie

    Timothy W. Davis;George S. Bullerjahn;Taylor Tuttle;Robert Michael McKay

  • Sigmoid relationships between nutrients and chlorophyll among lakes

    Edward McCauley;John A. Downing;Susan Watson

  • Aquatic taste and odor: a primary signal of drinking-water integrity.

    Susan B. Watson

  • Sigmoid Relationships between Phosphorus, Algal Biomass, and Algal Community Structure

    Susan Watson;Edward McCauley;John A. Downing

  • Biochemistry and genetics of taste- and odor-producing cyanobacteria.

    Susan B. Watson;Paul Monis;Peter Baker;Steven Giglio

  • Harmful Algal Blooms

    Sue B. Watson;Brian A. Whitton;Scott N. Higgins;Hans W. Paerl

  • A novel model for cyanobacteria bloom formation: the critical role of anoxia and ferrous iron

    L. A. Molot;S. B. Watson;I. F. Creed;C. G. Trick

  • Simple Models and Variation in Plankton Densities Among Lakes

    Edward McCauley;William W. Murdoch;Susan Watson

  • Nutrient-Controlled Niche Differentiation of Western Lake Erie Cyanobacterial Populations Revealed via Metatranscriptomic Surveys

    Matthew J. Harke;Timothy W. Davis;Susan B. Watson;Christopher J. Gobler

  • Long term water clarity changes in North America's Great Lakes from multi-sensor satellite observations

    Caren E. Binding;Tracie A. Greenberg;Sue B. Watson;Shannah Rastin

  • Relationships between Nannoplankton and Lake Trophic Status

    Susan Watson;Jaap Kalff

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward McCauley
Edward McCauley University of Calgary
George B. Arhonditsis
George B. Arhonditsis University of Toronto
Gregory L. Boyer
Gregory L. Boyer SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
John A. Downing
John A. Downing University of Minnesota
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gregory J. Dick
Gregory J. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John R. Lawrence
John R. Lawrence Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ralph E. H. Smith
Ralph E. H. Smith University of Waterloo
Lewis A. Molot
Lewis A. Molot York University

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