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W. Gary Sprules

W. Gary Sprules

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6914
World Ranking
5111
National Ranking
336

Overview

W. Gary Sprules is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Sprules has published in several scientific venues with multiple contributions to the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. Additional publication venues include Nature Communications, Freshwater Biology, and Limnology and Oceanography.

Selected recent publications attributed to or involving W. Gary Sprules include:

  • "Multiscale effects of wind-induced hydrodynamics on lake plankton distribution," 2022, Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Steeper size spectra with decreasing phytoplankton biomass indicate strong trophic amplification and future fish declines," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Size spectra analysis of a decade of Laurentian Great Lakes data," 2021, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • "The wind-driven distribution of nearshore zooplankton in a stratified lake varies with their body size," 2022, Freshwater Biology
  • "Spiny water flea invasion alters fish mercury bioaccumulation rates," 2024, Biological Invasions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sprules include Hélène Cyr, Angus Atkinson, Axel G. Rossberg, Ursula Gaedke, and Ryan Heneghan.

Best Publications

  • Plankton Size Spectra in Relation to Ecosystem Productivity, Size, and Perturbation

    W. Gary Sprules;M. Munawar

  • Improving Food Webs

    J. E. Cohen;R. A. Beaver;S. H. Cousins;D. L. DeAngelis

  • Midsummer Crustacean Zooplankton Communities in Acid-Stressed Lakes

    W. Gary Sprules

  • Effects of Size‐Selective Predation and Food Competition on High Altitude Zooplankton Communities

    W. Gary Sprules

  • Ingestion of Small-Bodied Zooplankton by Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha): Can Cannibalism on Larvae Influence Population Dynamics?

    Hugh J. Maclsaac;W. Gary Sprules;J. H. Leach

  • Surfing the Biomass Size Spectrum: Some Remarks on History, Theory, and Application

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  • Omnivory and Food Chain Length in Zooplankton Food Webs

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  • Dynamics of the Bythotrephes Invasion of the St. Lawrence Great Lakes

    W. Gary Sprules;Howard P. Riessen;Edward H. Jin

  • Demographic Costs of Antipredator Defenses in Daphnia Pulex

    Howard P. Riessen;W. Gary Sprules

  • Size distribution of pelagic particles in lakes

    W. Gary Sprules;J. M. Casselman;B.J. Shuter

  • Pumping rates and projected filtering impacts of juvenile zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in western Lake Erie

    Christopher M. Bunt;Hugh J. Maclsaac;W. Gary Sprules

  • Distribution and zoogeography of planktonic crustaceans and dipterans in glaciated eastern North America

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  • Changes in zooplankton and the phenology of the spiny water flea, Bythotrephes, following its invasion of Harp Lake, Ontario, Canada

    Norman D. Yan;Agnes Blukacz;W. Gary Sprules;Paul K. Kindy

  • Size-based structure and production in the Pelagia of Lakes Ontario and Michigan

    W. Gary Sprules;Andy P. Goyke

  • Ballast Wafer Exchange as a Means of Controlling Dispersal of Freshwater Organisms by Ships

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  • Resource switching in fish following a major food web disruption

    Michael D. Rennie;Michael D. Rennie;W. Gary Sprules;Timothy B. Johnson

  • Calibration of an optical plankton counter for use in fresh water

    W. G. Sprules;E. H. Jin;A. W. Herman;J. D. Stockwell

  • Changes in Benthic Invertebrate Communities of South Bay, Lake Huron Following Invasion by Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), and Potential Effects on Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Diet and Growth

    Gordon G. McNickle;Michael D. Rennie;W. Gary Sprules

  • The adaptive significance of paedogenesis in North American species of Ambystoma (Amphibia: Caudata): an hypothesis

    W. Gary Sprules

  • Biomass size spectrum of the Lake Michigan pelagic food web

    W. Gary Sprules;S. B. Brandt;D. J. Stewart;M. Munawar

  • Assessing the impact of a recent predatory invader: The population dynamics, vertical distribution, and potential prey of Cercopagis pengoi in Lake Ontario

    Hugues P. BenoÍt;Ora E. Johannsson;David M. Warner;W. Gary Sprules

  • A microcomputer-based measuring device for biological research

    W. Gary Sprules;L. Blair Holtby;Gerald Griggs

  • Patterns of Primary Production and Herbivory in 25 North American Lake Ecosystems

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Thomas M. Frost;James F. Kitchell;Timothy K. Kratz

  • Zooplankton Communities and Water Chemistry of Sudbury Area Lakes: Changes Related to pH Recovery

    W. Gary Sprules;W. Keller;Roger Pitblado

  • Towards a General Theory of Ecology@@@The Biomass Spectrum: A Predator-Prey Theory of Aquatic Production

    W. Gary Sprules;S. R. Kerr;L. M. Dickie

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Arts
Michael T. Arts Toronto Metropolitan University
Ora E. Johannsson
Ora E. Johannsson University of British Columbia
Thomas M. Frost
Thomas M. Frost University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen B. Brandt
Stephen B. Brandt Oregon State University
Patricia Chow-Fraser
Patricia Chow-Fraser McMaster University
Timothy B. Johnson
Timothy B. Johnson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Norman D. Yan
Norman D. Yan York University
Brian J. Shuter
Brian J. Shuter University of Toronto
Robert H. Peters
Robert H. Peters McGill University
Ellie E. Prepas
Ellie E. Prepas Lakehead University

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