Publications

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Selected datasets from the Xenopoulos lab

Stevens, C., P. C. Frost, N. J. T. Pearce, J. D. Kelley, A. Zastepa, & M. A. Xenopoulos. (2025). Limnological data derived from high frequency monitoring buoys are asynchronous in a large lake. PloS One, 20(3), e0314582- figshare [Dataset and code]  http://figshare.com/s/bea4cc63f760feef9327 

Pu, G., T. Ozersky, A.J. Bramburger, H.J. Carrick, J.D. Chaffin, M.L. Coleman, W.J. Currie, D.C. Depew, J.P. Doubek, R.K. Eveleth, C.M. Godwin, R.M. McKay, M. Munawar, N.J. T. Pearce, M.D. Rennie, K. Shchapov, M.R. Twiss, H.A. Vanderploeg, T.J. Vick-Majors, M.A. Xenopoulos, and A. Zastepa. 2024. Data Package for the 2022 Great Lakes Winter Grab ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. [Dataset]  https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/25b45064d0e2fd8578aad055609c0ca3. 

Gunawardana, P. V. S. L., N. J. T. Pearce, J. A. Austin, T. Hollenhorst, J. C. Hoffman, & M. A. Xenopoulos.  (2025). The Metabolic Balance of Lake Superior’s Mixed Layer. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(2). [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110601 

Williams, C.J. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2023. 7-component PARAFAC model, dataset, and matlab code of aquatic dissolved organic matter composition in North American Great Lakes Region. figshare. [Dataset and code]. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24018450.v2

King, S.S.E. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2023. Transitions in dissolved organic phosphorus and dissolved organic carbon across a river-lake transect [Dataset]. figshare https://figshare.com/s/9d5fd61ab65315f88282

Rohde, E., N. Pearce, J. Young, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2022. Applying Early Warning Indicators to Predict Critical Transitions in a Lake Undergoing Multiple Changes. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19131815.v1

Talbot, C., M.J. Paterson, K.G. Beaty, R.A. Bodaly, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. Nutrient budgets calculated in floodwaters using a whole-ecosystem reservoir creation and flooding experiment. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12962612.v1

Musial, K.A., C. Prater, S.B. Watson, P.C. Frost and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. Data For: Lipid bound phosphorus in the seston of Lake Erie and its tributaries and its use as an indicator of algal P-limitation. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14525484.v1 

D’Amario, S., H.F. Wilson, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. D’Amario – C-Q relationships 2021 data.xlsx. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14439329.v1 

Conine, A.L., D.C. Rearick, M. Paterson, M.A. Xenopoulos and P.C. Frost. 2018. LENS phytoplankton data. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5687356.v2  

Publications

Full list of scholarly publications in peer-reviewed outlets (HQP are underlined)

  1. Lajtha, K., R. K. Wieder, S.A. Billings, B.A. Branfireun, J.C. Finlay, S.J. Hall, C. Hicks Pries, K. Kalbitz, K.‑H. Knorr, C. Lønborg, J. Melack, S.C. Neubauer, J. Sanderman, J.L. Tank,  N.S. Wells, M.A. Xenopoulos, and K.-Q. Xiao. 2025. A Brave New World 2.0. Biogeochemistry168: 54.
  2. Xenopoulos, M.A., L. Beal, G. Caprarelli, K. Caylor, G. Destouni, Q. Duan, S.A. Hauck, II, M. Huber, K.B. Karnauskas, K. Lajtha, N. Lugaz, A. Montanari, H. Nguyen, J.K. Parrish, A. Rowan, I.R. Santos, A. Schubnel,and M. Wysession. 2025. Commitment to advance excellence and inclusion in the Earth and space sciences scholarly publications. AGU Advances 6: e2025AV001726.
  3. Culpepper, J., S. Sharma, G. Gunn, M. Magee, M. Meyer, E. Anderson, C. Arp, S. Cooley, W. Dolan, H.A. Dugan, C. Duguay, B. Jones, G. Kirillin, R. Ladwig, M. Lepparanta, X. Li, J. Magnuson, T. Pavelsky, S. Piccolroaz, D. Roberston, B Steele, M. Tom, G.A. Weyhenmeyer, I. Woolway, M.A. Xenopoulos, and X. Yang. 2025. One-hundred fundamental, open questions to integrate methodological approaches in lake ice research. Water Resources Research 61: e2024WR039042.
  4. Feng, X., D. Huntzinger, B. Bond-Lamberty, G. Bohrer, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2025. Honoring Our 2024 Reviewers: Advancing Excellence and Equity in JGR Biogeosciences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 130: e2025JG008871.
  5. Gunawardana, P.V.S.L, N.J.T. Pearce, J. Austin, T. Hollenhorst, J.C. Hoffman, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2025. The Metabolic Balance of Lake Superior’s Mixed Layer. Geophysical Research Letters 52: e2024GL110601.
  6. Stevens, C.M., P.C. Frost, N.J.T. Pearce, J.D. Kelley, A. Zastepa and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2025. Limnological data derived from high frequency monitoring buoys are asynchronous in a large lake. PLOS One 20: e0314582.
  7. Pu, G., K. Shchapov, N.J.T. Pearce, L. Boegman, K. Bowen, A. Bramburger, A. Camilleri, H. Carrick, J. Chaffin, W. Cody, M. Coleman, W. Currie, D. Depew, J. Doubek, R. Eveleth, M. Fitzpatrick, P. Glyshaw, C. Godwin, R.M. McKay, M. Munawar, H. Niblock, M. Quintanilla, M. Rennie, M. Twiss, H. Vanderploeg, T. Vick-Majors, W. Westrick, M.A. Xenopoulos, A. Zastepa, and T. Ozersky. 2025. The Great Lakes Winter Grab: Limnological Data from a Multi-Institutional Winter Sampling Campaign. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 10: 37-61.
  8. AGU Editorial Network (which includes A. Xenopoulos). 2024. Challenges Facing Scientific Publishing in the Earth & Space Sciences. AGU Advances 5: e2024AV001334 (Editor’s Highlight).
  9. Xenopoulos, M.A., B. Bond-Lamberty, A.R. Desai, D. Huntzinger, P. Buchanan, A.E. East, A. Singh, P. Wooden, K. Jewett, and M. Ricci. 2024. AGU Publications updates authorship policy to foster greater equity and transparency in global research collaboration. AGU Advances 5: e2024AV001298. (Media Spotlight)
  10. Tiegs, S.D., K.A. Kapps, J. P. Schmidt, D.M. Costello, C.J. Patrick, J.J. Follstad Shah, C.J. LeRoy, and the CELLDEX Consortium (includes A. Xenopoulos). 2024. Human activities shape global patterns of decomposition rates in rivers. Science 384: 1191-1195. (Media attention)
  11. Bond-Lamberty, B., X. Feng, D. Huntzinger and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2024. Recognizing and Appreciating 2023 JGR: Biogeosciences Reviewers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences129: e2024JG008197.
  12. Weyhenmeyer, G.A., A.V. Chukwuka, O. Anneville, J. Brookes, C.R. Carvalho, J.B. Cotner, H-P. Grossart, D.P. Hamilton, P.C. Hanson, J. Hejzlar, S. Hilt, M.R. Hipsey, B.W. Ibelings, S. Jacquet, K. Kangur, T. Kragh, B. Lehner, F. Lepori, B. Lukubye, R. Marce, Y. McElarney, Ma. C. Paule-Mercado, R. North, K. Rojas-Jimenez, J.A. Rusak, S. Sharma, F. Scordo, L.N. de Senerpont Domis, J. Stage Sø, S.A. Wood, M.A. Xenopoulos, Y. Zhou. 2024. Global lake health in the Anthropocene: societal implications and treatment strategies. Earth’s Future 12: e2023EF004387 (Editor’s Spotlight) (Media attention).
  13. Fasching, C., K.S. Boodoo, H. Yao, J.A. Rusak,and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2024. Role of lakes, flood, and low flow events in modifying catchment-scale DOC:TN:TP stoichiometry and export. Water Resources Research 60: e2023WR034839 (spotlight Ratios Matter Newsletter, August 2024).
  14. Larson, J.H., S.W. Bailey, R.M. Kreiling, L.A. Bartsch, P.C. Frost, M.A. Xenopoulos, N.J.T. Pearce,and M.A. Evans. 2024. Comparison of sediment and water column nutrient processing rates in agricultural streams with contrasting riparian buffer land use. Ecosphere 15: e4808.
  15. King, S.S.E., P.C. Frost, S.B. Watson, and A. Xenopoulos. 2023. Transitions in Dissolved Organic Phosphorus and Dissolved Organic Carbon Across a Freshwater Estuary Gradient. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences128: e2023JG007601.
  16. Xenopoulos, M.A., B. Bond-Lamberty, D. Huntzinger, A.R. Desai, X. Feng, W.M. Hammond, D.J.P. Moore, X. Peng, D. Sahagian, C. Santin, R. Vargas, N.S. Wells, and P. Wooden. 2023. Update on our action plan for equity, inclusion, and diversity in publishing at JGR: Biogeosciences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 128: e2023JG007712.
  17. Huntzinger, D., B. Bond-Lamberty, A.R. Desai and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2023. Shining a spotlight on our 2022 reviewers for JGR: Biogeosciences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 128: e2023JG007516.
  18. Frost, P.C., N.J.T. Pearce, S.A. Berger, A. Pralle, V. Marzetz, J.C. Nejstgaard, S. Schälicke, A. Wacker, N.D. Wagner, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2023. Interactive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on growth and stoichiometry of lake phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 68: 1172-1184.(invited spotlight at ASLO 2025 meeting)
  19. Pearce, N.J.T., J.H. Larson, M.A. Evans, S.W. Bailey, P.C. Frost,W.F. James, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2023. Dissolved organic matter transformations in a freshwater rivermouth. Biogeochemistry 163: 245-263.
  20. Williams, C.J., P.C. Frost, B. Ginn, D. Lembcke, J. Marsalek, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2023. Add a dash of salt? Effects of road de-icing salt (NaCl) on benthic respiration and nutrient fluxes in freshwater sediments.Limnetica 42: 233-250.
  21. Pearce, N.J.T., J.M. Dyczko,and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2022. Carbon and nutrients regulate greenhouse gas fluxes from oxic stream sediments. Biogeochemistry 160: 275-287.
  22. Xenopoulos, M.A., A.R. Desai, D. Huntzinger. 2022. Past to present: an update to the aims and scope of JGR: Biogeosciences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127: e2022JG007021.
  23. Rohde, E., N.J.T. Pearce, J. Young and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2022. Applying early warning indicators to predict critical transitions in a lake undergoing multiple changes. Ecological Applications 32: e2685.
  24. Desai, A.R.,M.A. Xenopoulos, and D. Huntzinger. 2022. Letter of Appreciation to Our 2021 Reviewers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127: e2022JG006815.
  25. Costello, D.M., S.D. Tiegs, L. Boyero, C. Canhoto, [92 co-authors], M.A. Xenopoulos, A.G. Yates, C.M. Yule, Y. Zhang, and J.A. Zwart. 2022. Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization on Decomposing Cellulose in Riverine Ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 36: e2021GB007163.
  26. Xenopoulos, M.A., A. Desai, D. Huntzinger, A. Bastos, S. Fawcett, D. Sahagian, C. Santin and R. Vargas. 2022. Statement of contribution to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for JGR: Biogeosciences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127: e2022JG006791.
  27. Filippelli, G., L. Beal, H. Rajaram, A. AghaKouchak, M.A. Balikhin, G. Destouni, A. East, C. Faccenna, F. Florindo, C. Frost, S. Griffies, M. Huber, N. Lugaz, I. Manighetti, L. Montesi, B. Pirenne, P. Raymond, S. Salous, T. Schildgen, S. Trumbore, M. Wysession, M. Xenopoulos, M. Zhang. 2021. Geoscientists, who have documented the rapid and accelerating climate crisis for decades, are now pleading for immediate collective action. Geophysical Research Letters 48:e2021GL096644. (Media attention)
  28. Pearce, N.J.T., J.H. Larson, M.A. Evans, P.C. Frost,and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. Episodic nutrient addition affects water column nutrient processing rates in river-to-lake transitional zones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126: e2021JG006374.
  29. Talbot, C.J., M.J. Paterson, K. Beaty, R.D. Bodaly, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. Nutrient budgets calculated in floodwaters using a whole-ecosystem reservoir creation and flooding experiment. Water Resources Research 57: e2020WR028786.
  30. Pearce, N.J.T., D.E. Spooner, J.M. Plourde, H.F. Wilson, P.C. Frost, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. Importance of subcatchment land cover on consumer-resource stoichiometry along a human modified stream network. Frontiers in Water 3: 675284.
  31. Larson, J.H., M.A. Evans, F.A. Fitzpatrick, P.C. Frost, M.A. Xenopoulos, W.F. James and P.D. Reneau.2021. Benthic and pelagic inorganic nutrient processing rates at the interface between a river and lake. Biogeochemistry 155: 189–203.
  32. Ozersky T., A.J. Bramburger, A.K. Elgin, H.A. Vanderploeg, J. Wang, J.A. Austin, H.J. Carrick, L. Chavarie, D.C. Depew, A.T. Fisk, S.E. Hampton, E.K. Hinchey, R.L. North, M.G. Wells, M.A. Xenopoulos, M.L. Coleman, M.B. Duhaime, A. Fujisaki-Manome, R.M. McKay, G.A. Meadows, M.D. Rowe, S. Sharma, M.R. Twiss and A. Zastepa. 2021. The changing face of winter: Lessons and questions from the Laurentian Great Lakes.Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126: e2021JG006247. (Media attention; >50 news outlets)
  33. Musial, K.A., C. Prater, S.B. Watson, P.C. Frost and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. Lipid bound phosphorus in the seston of Lake Erie and its tributaries and its use as an indicator of algal P-limitation. Aquatic Sciences 83:49
  34. D’Amario, S.C., H.W. Wilson and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2021. Concentration-discharge relationships derived from a larger dataset as a tool for regional watershed management. Ecological Applications 31: e02447
  35. Xenopoulos, M.A., M.A. Goñi, A. Desai, D. Huntzinger. 2021. Letter of appreciation to our 2020 reviewers in the time of COVID-19.Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126: e2021JG006261
  36. Leavitt, P.R., K.A. Kidd, R.D. Vinebrooke andM.A. Xenopoulos. 2021.  David W. Schindler – Icon and Iconoclast. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 30: 76-80
  37. Xenopoulos, M.A., R.T. Barnes, K.S. Boodoo, D. Butman, N. Catalán, S.C. D’Amario, C. Fasching, D.N. Kothawala, O. Pisani, C.T. Solomon, R.G.M Spencer, C.J. Williams and H.F. Wilson. 2021. How humans alter dissolved organic matter composition in freshwaters: relevance for Earth’s biogeochemistry. Biogeochemistry 154: 323-348.
  38. Kadjeski, M., C. Faschingand M.A. Xenopoulos. 2020. Synchronous biodegradability and production of dissolved organic matter in two streams of varying land use. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 568629
  39. Hayhurst, L.D., J. Martin, S. Wallace, V. Langlois, M.A. Xenopoulos, C.D. Metcalfe and M. Rennie. 2020. Multi-level responses of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) to a whole-lake nanosilver addition study. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 79: 283–297.
  40. Cooke S.J., T. Rytwinski, J.J. Taylor, E. Nyboer, V.M. Nguyen, J.R. Bennett, N. Young, S. Aitken, G. Auld, J.-F. Lane, K. Prior, K. Smokorowski, P.A. Smith, A. Jacob, D. Browne, J.M. Blais, S. Wilson, J. Kerr, B. Ormeci, S. Alexander, C. Burn, R.T. Buxton, D. Orihel, J. Vermaire, D.L. Murray, P. Simon, K. Edwards, J. Clarke, M.A. Xenopoulos, I. Gregory-Eaves, E.M. Bennett and J. Smol. 2020. On “success” in applied environmental research – What is it, how can it be achieved, and how does one know when you it has been achieved? Environmental Reviews 28: 357-372.
  41. Minelgaite, G., P.C. Frost, M.A. Xenopoulos, D.A. Stephansen, M.L. Pedersen, J. Vollertsen. 2020. Planktonic algae abundance and diversity are similar in urban stormwater ponds of different geographic locations and natural shallow lakes. Urban Ecosystems 23: 841-850.
  42. Larson, J.H., W.F. James, F.A. Fitzpatrick, P.C. Frost, M.A. Evans, P.C. Reneau, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2020. Phosphorus, nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon fluxes from sediments in freshwater rivermouths entering Green Bay (Lake Michigan; USA).Biogeochemistry 147: 179-197.
  43. Fasching, C.,C. Akotoye, M. Bižić-Ionescu, J. Fonvielle, D. Ionescu, S. Mathavarajah, L. Zoccarato, D.A. Walsh, H.-P. Grossart and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2020. Linking stream microbial community functional genes to dissolved organic matter and inorganic nutrients. Limnology and Oceanography. 65: S71-S87.
  44. Norman, B.C, P.C. Frost, G.C. Blakelock, S. Higgins, M.E. Hoque, J.L. Vincent, K. Cetinicand M.A. Xenopoulos. 2019. Muted responses to Ag accumulation by plankton to chronic and pulse exposure to silver nanoparticles in a boreal lake. FACETS 4: 566–583.
  45. Frost, P.C., C. Prater, A.B. Scott, K. Song, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2019. Mobility and bioavailability of sediment phosphorus in urban stormwater ponds. Water Resources Research 55: 3680-3688
  46. Fasching, C., H.F. Wilson, S.C. D’Amarioand M.A. Xenopoulos. 2019. Natural land cover in agricultural catchments alters flood effects on DOM composition and decreases nutrient levels in streams. Ecosystems 22: 1530-1545.
  47. D’Amario, S.C.,D.C. Rearick, C. Fasching, S. Kembel, E. Porter-Goff, D. Spooner, C.J. Williams, H.F. Wilson and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2019. The prevalence of non-linearity and detection of ecological thresholds across a land use gradient. Scientific Reports 9: 3878
  48. Xenopoulos, M.A.2019. Long-term studies in limnology and oceanography. Limnology and Oceanography 64: S1.
  49. Tiegs, S.D., D. Costello, M. Isken, G. Woodwardet al. (152 co-authors) including M.A. Xenopoulos. 2019. Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones. Science Advances 5: eaav0486.
  50. Martin, J., P.C. Frost, H. Hintelmann, K. Newman, M. Paterson, L. Hayhurst, M. Rennie,M.A. Xenopoulos, V. Yargeau, and C.D. Metcalfe. 2018. Accumulation of silver in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and northern pike (Esox lucius) from a lake dosed with nanosilver. Environmental Science and Technology 52: 11114−11122.
  51. Rearick, D.C., L. Telgmann, H. Hintelmann, P.C. Frost and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2018. Spatial and temporal trends in the fate of silver nanoparticles in a whole-lake addition study. PLoS One 13: e0201412.
  52. Kaushal, S.J., A.J. Gold, S. Bernal, T.A. Newcomer Johnson, K. Addy, A. Burgin, D. Burns, A. Coble, E. Hood, Y. Lu, P. Mayer, E.C. Minor, A. Schroth, P.G. Vidon, H.F. Wilson, M.A. Xenopoulos, T. Doody, J. Galella, P. Goodling, K. Haviland, S. Haq, B. Wessel, K. Wood, N. Jaworski, and K.T. Belt. 2018. Watershed ‘chemical cocktail’ concept: Redefining chemical transport in the Anthropocene. Biogeochemistry 141: 281-305.
  53. Talbot, C.J., E. Bennett, K. Cassel, D. Hanes, E.C. Minor, H. Paerl, P.A. Raymond, R. Vargas, P.G. Vidon, W. Wollheim, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2018. The impact of flooding on aquatic ecosystem services. Biogeochemistry 141: 439-461. (Media attention)
  54. Lee, K.Y., L. Graham, D.E. Spooner and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2018. Tracing anthropogenic inputs in stream food webs with stable carbon and nitrogen isotope systematics along an agricultural gradient. PLoS One 13: e0200312.
  55. Conine, A.L., D.C. Rearick, M. Paterson, M.A. Xenopoulosand P.C. Frost. 2018. A silver nanoparticle addition has no long-term effects on natural phytoplankton community dynamics in a boreal lake. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 3: 311-319.
  56. Conine, A.L., D.C. Rearick, M.A. Xenopoulosand P.C. Frost. 2017. Variable silver nanoparticle toxicity to Daphnia in boreal lake. Aquatic Toxicology 192: 1-6.
  57. Xenopoulos, M.A., J.A. Downing, M.D. Kumar, S. Menden-Deuer and M. Voss. 2017. Headwaters to oceans: ecological contrasts across the aquatic continuum. Limnology and Oceanography 62: S3-S14.
  58. Prater, C., P.C. Frost, E.T. Howell, S. B. Watson, A. Zastepa, S.S.E. King, R.J. Vogtand M.A. Xenopoulos. 2017. Variation in C:N:P stoichiometry across the Lake Erie watershed from tributaries to its outflow. Limnology and Oceanography 62: S194-S206.
  59. Vincent, J.L., M.J. Paterson, B.C. Norman, E.P Gray, J.F. Ranville, A.B. Scott, P.C. Frost and M.A. Xenopoulos.2017. Chronic and pulse exposure effects of silver nanoparticles on natural lake phytoplankton and zooplankton. Ecotoxicology 26: 502-515.
  60. Vanni, M.J., P.B. McIntyre, D.L. Arnott, J.P. Benstead, D.J. Berg, Å. Brabrand, S. Brosse, P. A. Bukaveckas, A. Caliman, K.A. Capps, L.S. Carneiro, N.E. Chadwick,A.D. Christian, A. Clarke, J.D. Conroy, W.F. Cross, D.A. Culver, C.M. Dalton, J.A. Devine, L.M. Domine, M.A. Evans-White, B. Faafeng, A.S. Flecker, K.B. Gido, C. Godinot, R. Guariento, S. Haertel-Borer, R.O. Hall, R. Henry, B.R. Herwig, B.J. Hicks, K.A. Higgins, J.M. Hood, M.E. Hopton, T. Ikeda, W.F. James, H.M. Jansen, C.R. Johnson, B.J. Koch, G.A. Lamberti, S. Lessard-Pilon, J.C. Maerz, M.E. Mather, R.A. McManamay, J.R. Milanovich, D.K.J. Morgan, J.M. Moslemi, R. Naddafi, J. Petter Nilssen, M. Pagano, A. Pilati, D.M. Post, M. Roopin, A.T. Rugenski, M.H. Schaus, J. Shostell, G.E. Small, C.T. Solomon, S.C. Sterrett, Ø. Strand, M. Tarvainen, J.M. Taylor, L.E. Torres-Gerald, C.B. Turner, J. Urabe, S.-I. Uye, A.-M. Ventelä, S. Villéger, M.R. Whiles, F.M. Wilhelm, H.F. Wilson, M.A. Xenopoulos, and K.D. Zimmer. 2017. A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology 98: 1475. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1792. (Media attention)
  61. Song, K., Winters, C., M.A. Xenopoulos, J. Marsalek and P.C. Frost. 2017. Phosphorus cycling in urban aquatic ecosystems: Connecting biological processes and water chemistry to sediment P fractions in urban stormwater ponds. Biogeochemistry 132: 203-212.
  62. Hampton, S.E., A.W.E. Galloway, S.M. Powers, T. Ozersky, K. H. Woo, R.D. Batt, S.G. Labou, C.M. O’Reilly, S. Sharma, N. R. Lottig, E.H. Stanley, R.L. North, J.D. Stockwell, R. Adrian, G.A. Weyhenmeyer, L. Arvola, H.M. Baulch, I. Bertani, L.L. Bowman, Jr., C.C. Carey, J. Catalan, W. Colom-Montero, L.M. Domine, M. Felip, I. Granados, C. Gries, H.-P. Grossart, J. Haberman, M. Haldna, B. Hayden, S.N. Higgins, J.C. Jolley, K.K. Kahilainen, E. Kaup, M.J. Kehoe, S. MacIntyre, A.W. Mackay, H.L. Mariash, R.M. McKay, B. Nixdorf, P. Nõges, T. Nõges, M. Palmer, D.C. Pierson, D.M. Post, M.J. Pruett, M. Rautio, J.S. Read, S.L. Roberts, J. Rücker, S. Sadro, E.A. Silow, D.E. Smith, R.W. Sterner, G.E.A. Swann, M.A. Timofeyev, M. Toro, M.R. Twiss, R.J. Vogt, S.B. Watson, E.J. Whiteford, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2017. Ecology under ice. Ecology Letters 20: 98-111. (Media attention)
  63. Chiandet, A.S. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2016. Landscape and morphometric controls on water quality in stormwater management ponds. Urban Ecosystems 19: 1645-1663.
  64. Blakelock, G.C.,M.A. Xenopoulos, B.C. Norman, J.L. Vincent and P.C. Frost. 2016. Effects of silver nanoparticles on bacterioplankton in a boreal lake. Freshwater Biology 61: 2211-2220.
  65. Vogt, R., P.C. Frost, S. Nienhuis, D. Woolnoughand M.A. Xenopoulos. 2016. The dual synchronizing influences of precipitation and land use on stream properties in a rapidly urbanizing watershed. Ecosphere 7: e01427.
  66. Buchkowski, R.W., J. Williams, J. Kelly, J.G.C. Veinot, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2016. Nanosilver and nano zero-valent iron exposure affects nutrient exchange across the sediment-water interface of two stagnant streams. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 96: 83-89.
  67. Williams, C.J., P.C. Frost,A.M. Morales-Williams, J.H. Larson, W.B. Richardson, A.S. Chiandet and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2016. Human activities cause distinct dissolved organic matter composition across freshwater ecosystems. Global Change Biology 22: 613-626.
  68. D’Amario, S.C.and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2015. Linking dissolved carbon dioxide to dissolved organic matter quality in streams. Biogeochemistry 126: 99-114.
  69. Frost, P.C., K. Song, J.M. Buttle, J. Marsalek, A. McDonald, M.A. Xenopoulos. 2015. Urban biogeochemistry of trace elements: What can the sediments of stormwater ponds tell us? Urban Ecosystems 18: 763-775.
  70. Song, K., M.A. Xenopoulos, J. Marsalek and P.C. Frost.2015. The fingerprints of urban nutrients: Dynamics of phosphorus speciation in water flowing through developed landscapes.  Biogeochemistry 125: 1-10.
  71. Furtado, L.M., B.C. Norman, M.A. Xenopoulos, P.C. Frost, C.D. Metcalfe and H. Hintelmann. 2015. Environmental fate of silver nanoparticles in boreal lake systems. Environmental Science and Technology 49: 8441-8450.
  72. Xenopoulos, M.A. and P.C. Frost. 2015. The dawn of a new era for the Experimental Lakes Area. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 24: 85-87.
  73. Norman, B.C., M.A. Xenopoulos, D. Braun and P.C. Frost. 2015. Phosphorus availability alters the effects of silver nanoparticles on periphyton growth and stoichiometry. PLoS One 10: e0129328.
  74. Butman, D.E., H.F. Wilson, R.T. Barnes, M.A. Xenopoulosand P.A. Raymond. 2015. Increased mobilization of aged carbon to rivers by human disturbance. Nature Geoscience 8: 112-116.
  75. Nadon, M.J., R.A. Metcalfe, C.J. Williams, K.M. Somers and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2015. Assessing the effects of dams and waterpower facilities on riverine dissolved organic matter composition. Hydrobiologia 744: 145-164.
  76. Larson, J.H., P.C. Frost, M.A. Xenopoulos, C.J. Williams, A.M. Morales-Williams, J. Vallazza, J.C. Nelson and W.B. Richardson. 2014. Relationships between land cover and dissolved organic matter change along the river to lake transition. Ecosystems 17:1413-1425
  77. Furtado, L.M., E. Hoque, B.M. Cheever, D.F. Mitrano, J.F. Ranville, P.C. Frost, M.A. Xenopoulos, H. Hintelmann and C.D. Metcalfe. 2014. The persistence and transformation of silver nanoparticles in littoral lake mesocosms monitored using various analytical techniques. Environmental Chemistry 11: 419-430.
  78. Das, P., C.D. Metcalfe and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2014. Interactive effects of silver nanoparticles and phosphorus on phytoplankton growth in natural waters. Environmental Science and Technology 48: 4573-4580. (featured in virtual issue: Environmental Nanotoxicology).
  79. Williams, C.J.,J.E. Van Eindhoven, E. Theberge, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2014. Effects of golf course facilities on stream function in anthropogenically impacted streams. Anthropocene 3: 51-60.
  80. Wilson, H.F.and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2013. Diel changes of dissolved organic matter in streams of varying watershed land use. River Research and Applications. 29: 1330-1339.
  81. McEnroe, N.A., C.J. Williams, M.A. Xenopoulos, P. Porcal, P.C. Frost. 2013. Distinct optical chemistry of dissolved organic matter in urban pond ecosystems. PLoS One 8: e80334.
  82. Williams, C.J., P.C. Frost and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2013. Beyond best management practices: Pelagic biogeochemical dynamics in urban stormwater ponds. Ecological Applications 23: 1384-1395.
  83. Spooner, D.E., P.C. Frost, H. Hillebrand, M.T. Arts, O.P. Puckrinand M.A. Xenopoulos. 2013. Nutrient loading associated with agriculture land-use dampens the importance of consumer-mediated niche construction. Ecology Letters 16: 1115-1125.
  84. Song, K.,M.A. Xenopoulos, J.M. Buttle, J. Marsalek, N. Wagner, F.R. Pick and P.C. Frost. 2013. Short-term thermal stratification patterns in urban ponds and their relationships with vertical nutrient gradients. Journal of Environmental Management 127: 317-323.
  85. Das, P., M.A. Xenopoulosand C.D. Metcalfe. 2013. Toxicity of silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticle suspensions to the aquatic invertebrate, Daphnia magna. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 91: 76-82.
  86. Juckers, M., C.J. Williamsand M.A. Xenopoulos. 2013. Land use effects on net resource flux and O2 demand in stream sediments. Freshwater Biology 58: 1405-1415.
  87. McEnroe, N.A., J.M. Buttle, J. Marsalek, F.R. Pick, M.A. Xenopoulosand P.C. Frost. 2013. Thermal and chemical stratification of urban ponds: Are they ‘completely mixed reactors’? Urban Ecosystems 16: 327-339.
  88. Porter-Goff, E., P.C. Frost and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2013. Changes in riverine benthic diatom community structure along a chloride gradient. Ecological Indicators 32: 97-106.
  89. Das, P., C.J. Williams, R.R. Fulthorpe, E. Hoque, C.D. Metcalfe and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2012. Changes in bacterial community structure after exposure to silver nanoparticles in natural waters. Environmental Science and Technology 46: 9120-9128.
  90. Williams, C.J., A.B.Scott, H.F. Wilson and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2012. Effects of land use on water column bacterial activity and enzyme stoichiometry in stream ecosystems. Aquatic Sciences 74: 483-494.
  91. Das, P., M.A. Xenopoulos, C.J., Williams, E. Hoque and C.D. Metcalfe. 2012. Effects of silver nanoparticles on bacterial activity in natural waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31: 122-130.
  92. White, M.S., M.A. Xenopoulos, R.A. Metcalfe and K.M. Somers. 2011. Water level thresholds of benthic macroinvertebrate richness, structure, and function of boreal lake stony littoral habitats. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68: 1695-1704.
  93. Hanafiah, M.M., M.A. Xenopoulos, S. Pfister, R.S.E.W. Leuven and M.A.J. Huijbregts. 2011. Characterization factors for water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions based on freshwater fish species extinction. Environmental Science and Technology 45: 5272-5278.
  94. Spooner, D.E., M.A. Xenopoulos, C. Schneider and D.A. Woolnough. 2011. Co-extirpation of host-affiliate relationships in rivers: The role of climate change, water withdrawal, and host-specificity. Global Change Biology 17: 1720-1732.
  95. Chiandet, A.S.and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2011. Landscape controls of seston stoichiometry in urban stormwater management ponds. Freshwater Biology 56: 519-529.
  96. McFeeters, B.J., M.A. Xenopoulos, D.E. Spooner, N. D. Wagner and P.C. Frost. 2011. Intraspecific mass-scaling of metabolic rates of a freshwater crayfish varies with stream land cover. Ecosphere 2: Art 13.
  97. Wilson, H.F.and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2011. Nutrient recycling by fish in streams along a gradient of agricultural land use. Global Change Biology 17: 130-139.
  98. White, M.S., M.A. Xenopoulos, R.M. Metcalfe and K.M. Somers. 2010. On the role of natural water level fluctuations in structuring littoral benthic macroinvertebrates in lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 2275-2284.
  99. Williams, C.J., Y. Yamashita, H.F. Wilson, R. Jaffé, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2010. Unraveling the role of land use and microbial activity in shaping dissolved organic matter in stream ecosystems.  Limnology and Oceanography 55: 1159-1171.
  100. Evrard, V.E., K. Soetaert, C.H.R. Heip, M. Huettel, M.A. Xenopoulosand J.J. Middelburg. 2010. Carbon and nitrogen flows through the benthic food web of a photic subtidal sandy sediment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 416: 1-16.
  101. Xenopoulos, M.A., P.R. Leavitt and D.W. Schindler. 2009. Ecosystem regulation of boreal lake phytoplankton by ultraviolet radiation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66: 2002-2010.
  102. Wilson, H.F., and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2009. Effects of agricultural land use on the composition of fluvial dissolved organic matter. Nature Geoscience 2: 37-41. (Media attention)
  103. Hogsden, K.L, M.A. Xenopoulosand J.A. Rusak. 2009. Asymmetrical food web responses in trophic level richness and function following lake acidification. Aquatic Ecology 43: 591-606.
  104. White, M.S., M.A. Xenopoulos, K.L. Hogsden, R.A. Metcalfe and P.J. Dillon. 2008. Natural lake level fluctuations and associated concordance with water quality and aquatic communities within small lakes of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Hydrobiologia 613: 21-31. (special feature).
  105. Wilson, H.F.and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2008. Ecosystem and seasonal control of stream dissolved organic carbon along a gradient of agricultural land use. Ecosystems 11: 555-568.
  106. Wilson, H.F. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2008. Landscape influences on stream fish assemblages across spatial scales in a northern Great Plains ecoregion. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 245-257.
  107. James, L.A.H.,M.A. Xenopoulos, H.F. Wilson and P.C. Frost. 2007. Land use controls nutrient excretion by stream invertebrates along a gradient of agriculture. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26: 523-531.
  108. Xenopoulos, M.A. and D.M. Lodge. 2006. Going with the flow: using species-discharge relationships to forecast losses in fish biodiversity. Ecology 87: 1907-1914.
  109. Dobson, A., D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. Cumming, J. Keymer, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, J.A. Rusak, O. Sala, D. Wall, V. Wolters and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2006. Habitat loss, trophic collapse and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology 87: 1915-1924. 
  110. Frost,P.C., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, H. Hillebrand, J.H. Larson, M.A. Xenopoulos, and T. Yoshida. 2006. Threshold elemental ratios of carbon and phosphorus in aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters 9: 774-779 (featured in Faculty of 1000).
  111. Xenopoulos, M.A., D.M. Lodge, J. Alcamo, M. Märker, K. Schulze, and D.P. van Vuuren. 2005. Scenarios of freshwater fish extinctions from climate change and water withdrawal. Global Change Biology 11: 1557-1564.
  112. Bennett, E., S. Carpenter, P. Pingali, M. Zurek,and 89 others including M.A. Xenopoulos (extended scenarios writing team). 2005. Summary: Comparing alternate futures of ecosystem services and human well-being. In Ecosystems and Human-Well-Being. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Volume 2: Scenarios, Island Press, Washington.
  113. Sala, O.E., D. van Vuuren, H. Pereira, D.M. Lodge, J. Alder, A. Dobson, G. Cumming, W. Volters and M.A.Xenopoulos. 2005. Biodiversity across scenarios, chapter 10, In Ecosystems and Human-Well-Being. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Volume 2: Scenarios, Island Press, Washington.
  114. Tank, S.E., M.A. Xenopoulosand L.L. Hendzel. 2005. Effect of ultraviolet radiation on alkaline phosphatase activity and planktonic phosphorus acquisition in Canadian boreal shield lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 1345-1351.
  115. Frost, P.C., M.A. Xenopoulosand J.H. Larson. 2004. The stoichiometry of dissolved organic carbon, ammonia and phosphate release by Daphnia. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1802-1808.
  116. Xenopoulos, M.A., D.M. Lodge, J. Frentress, T.A. Kreps, S.D. Bridgham, E. Grossman and K.J. Jackson. 2003. Regional comparisons of landscape determinants of dissolved organic carbon in temperate lakes from the Upper Great Lakes region and selected regions globally. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2321-2334.
  117. Xenopoulos, M.A. and P.C. Frost. 2003. Ultraviolet radiation, phosphorus and their combined effects on the taxonomic composition of phytoplankton in a boreal lake. Journal of Phycology 39:291-302.
  118. Xenopoulos, M.A.and D.W. Schindler. 2003. Differential responses to UVR by bacterioplankton and phytoplankton taken from the surface and the base of the mixed layer. Freshwater Biology 48: 108-122.
  119. Frost, P.C. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2002. Ambient solar ultraviolet radiation and its effects on phosphorus flux into boreal lake phytoplankton communities. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1090-1095.
  120. Xenopoulos, M.A., P.C. Frost, and J.J. Elser. 2002. Joint effects of ultraviolet radiation and phosphorus supply on phytoplankton growth rate and elemental composition. Ecology 83: 423-435.
  121. Xenopoulos, M.A.and D.W. Schindler. 2001. The environmental control of near-surface thermoclines in boreal lakes. Ecosystems 4: 699-707.
  122. Xenopoulos, M.A.and D.W. Schindler. 2001. Physical factors affecting UV flux into ecosystems. InEcosystems, Evolution and Ultraviolet Radiation, C.S. Cockell and A.R. Blaustein, editors. pp. 36-62, Springer-Verlag, New York.
  123. Xenopoulos, M.A., Y.T. Prairie and D.F. Bird. 2000. The influence of UVB, stratospheric ozone variability and thermal stratification on the phytoplankton biomass dynamics in a mesohumic lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 600-609.
  124. Xenopoulos, M.A.and D.F. Bird. 1997. Effect of acute exposure to hydrogen peroxide on the production of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in a mesohumic lake. Photochemistry and Photobiology 66: 471-478.
  125. Xenopoulos, M.A.and D.F. Bird. 1997. Virus à la sauce Yo Pro: Microwave-enhanced staining for enumerating viruses by epifluorescence microscopy. Limnology and Oceanography 42: 1648-1650.