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Overview

Tomas O. Höök is a researcher affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States, specializing in Environmental Science with a focus on aquatic ecosystems and fish ecology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Aquatic Science.

Their research topics extensively cover areas such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

Among their most recent publications are:

  • Widespread prevalence of hypoxia and the classification of hypoxic conditions in the Laurentian Great Lakes (2021) in Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Microplastics impact simple aquatic food web dynamics through reduced zooplankton feeding and potentially releasing algae from consumer control (2023) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Consequences of changing water clarity on the fish and fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes (2021) in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Diet complexity of Lake Michigan salmonines: 2015-2016 (2020) in Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Hypoxia's impact on pelagic fish populations in Lake Erie: a tale of two planktivores (2020) in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Höök frequently publishes in several key journals such as Journal of Great Lakes Research, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, and Ecology Of Freshwater Fish.

Collaborations are an integral part of their scientific contributions. Frequent co-authors include Paris D. Collingsworth, David B. Bunnell, Benjamin A. Turschak, S. T. Koenigbauer, and Joshua M. Tellier.

Best Publications

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

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

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of exposure to microplastics on fish and aquatic invertebrates.

    Carolyn J. Foley;Carolyn J. Foley;Zachary S. Feiner;Timothy D. Malinich;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök

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

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

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • Recruitment Variability of Alewives in Lake Michigan

    Charles P. Madenjian;Tomas O. Höök;Edward S. Rutherford;Doran M. Mason

  • Nearshore energy subsidies support Lake Michigan fishes and invertebrates following major changes in food web structure

    Benjamin A. Turschak;David B. Bunnell;Sergiusz J. Czesny;Tomas O. Höök

  • Hypoxic zones as habitat for zooplankton in Lake Erie: Refuges from predation or exclusion zones?

    Henry A. Vanderploeg;Stuart A. Ludsin;Joann F. Cavaletto;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök

  • Climate change as a long-term stressor for the fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America

    Paris D. Collingsworth;David B. Bunnell;Michael W. Murray;Yu Chun Kao;Yu Chun Kao

  • Feeding ecology of emerald shiners and rainbow smelt in central Lake Erie

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

  • Increased competition may promote species coexistence

    J. Vandermeer;M. A. Evans;P. Foster;T. Höök

  • Early life history of Lake Michigan alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) inferred from intra-otolith stable isotope ratios

    Elise Dufour;William P Patterson;Tomas O Höök;Edward S Rutherford

  • Hatch Dates, Growth, Survival, and Overwinter Mortality of Age-0 Alewives in Lake Michigan: Implications for Habitat-Specific Recruitment Success

    Tomas O. Höök;Edward S. Rutherford;Doran M. Mason;Glenn S. Carter

  • Sub-lethal effects on fish provide insight into a biologically-relevant threshold of hypoxia

    Allison R. Hrycik;Allison R. Hrycik;L. Zoe Almeida;L. Zoe Almeida;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök

  • A review and assessment of the potential use of RNA:DNA ratios to assess the condition of entrained fish larvae

    Carolyn J. Foley;Carolyn J. Foley;Douglas L. Bradley;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök

  • Spatial and temporal variation of maturation schedules of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in the Great Lakes

    Hui-Yu WangH.-Y. Wang;Tomas O. HöökT.O. Höök;Mark P. EbenerM.P. Ebener;Lloyd C. MohrL.C. Mohr

  • Eco-genetic model to explore fishing-induced ecological and evolutionary effects on growth and maturation schedules.

    Hui-Yu Wang;Tomas O. Höök;Tomas O. Höök

  • Effects of Hypoxia on Consumption, Growth, and RNA:DNA Ratios of Young Yellow Perch

    James J. Roberts;Stephen B. Brandt;David Fanslow;Stuart A. Ludsin

  • HABITAT AND HUMAN INFLUENCES ON LARVAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN NORTHERN LAKE HURON COASTAL MARSH BAYS

    Tomas O. Höök;Natalya M. Eagan;Paul W. Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Pothoven
Steven A. Pothoven National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stuart A. Ludsin
Stuart A. Ludsin The Ohio State University
Stephen B. Brandt
Stephen B. Brandt Oregon State University
Henry A. Vanderploeg
Henry A. Vanderploeg National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David B. Bunnell
David B. Bunnell United States Geological Survey
Edward S. Rutherford
Edward S. Rutherford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Doran M. Mason
Doran M. Mason National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas F. Nalepa
Thomas F. Nalepa University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Charles P. Madenjian
Charles P. Madenjian United States Geological Survey
Charles R. Bronte
Charles R. Bronte United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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