Andrew M. Paterson

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Andrew M. Paterson is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew M. Paterson has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Ecology, 86 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 48 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Andrew M. Paterson's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (77 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (44 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (41 papers). Andrew M. Paterson is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (77 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (44 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (41 papers). Andrew M. Paterson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Andrew M. Paterson's co-authors include John P. Smol, Kathleen M. Rühland, Brian F. Cumming, Norman D. Yan, Anna M. DeSellas, Adam Jeziorski, Neal Michelutti, Peter J. Dillon, Roland I. Hall and Huaxia Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Andrew M. Paterson

155 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Lake diatom responses to warming: reviewing the evidence

2015 352 citations Kathleen M. Rühland, Andrew M. Paterson et al. Journal of Paleolimnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew M. Paterson Canada	38	2.4k	2.3k	1.5k	1.3k	798	162	4.7k
Irene Gregory‐Eaves Canada	33	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	969 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	845 1.1×	124	4.1k
Rolf D. Vinebrooke Canada	33	2.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	827 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	101	5.0k
Helen Bennion United Kingdom	38	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	831 0.6×	440 0.6×	120	3.8k
Don Monteith United Kingdom	32	2.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	803 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	638 0.8×	73	5.1k
Evelyn E. Gaiser United States	35	1.1k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	764 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	533 0.7×	113	3.7k
Ann‐Kristin Bergström Sweden	37	2.9k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	727 0.5×	3.2k 2.4×	907 1.1×	82	5.3k
Hedy Kling Canada	30	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	481 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	409 0.5×	74	3.1k
Jacob Kalff Canada	40	2.8k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	422 0.3×	2.2k 1.6×	925 1.2×	64	5.4k
Atte Korhola Finland	49	1.3k 0.5×	3.1k 1.3×	4.3k 2.9×	1.1k 0.8×	347 0.4×	125	6.4k
Wendel Keller Canada	25	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	525 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	745 0.9×	52	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew M. Paterson

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Jansen, Joachim, et al.. (2025). Divergent oxygen trends in ice-covered lakes driven by ice-cover decline and ecological memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(27). e2426140122–e2426140122. 2 indexed citations

Michelutti, Neal, et al.. (2025). Using paleolimnology to assess long-term acidification and recovery trajectories in lakes from Killarney Provincial Park and Sudbury (Ontario, Canada). Journal of Paleolimnology. 73(3). 217–237.

Paterson, Andrew M., et al.. (2025). Adaptation in a keystone grazer under novel predation pressure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2039). 20241935–20241935. 1 indexed citations

Jansen, Joachim, Gavin L. Simpson, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, et al.. (2024). Climate-driven deoxygenation of northern lakes. Nature Climate Change. 14(8). 832–838. 26 indexed citations

Meyer‐Jacob, Carsten, et al.. (2023). Using a multi-proxy paleolimnological approach to track the effects of multiple stressors on a naturally acidic lake from Killarney Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1 indexed citations

Michelutti, Neal, Carsten Meyer‐Jacob, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2023). Legacy effects of acidification and climate warming affect recent recovery of diatom assemblages in Sudbury-region lakes (Ontario, Canada). Hydrobiologia. 850(9). 2101–2114. 2 indexed citations

Paterson, Andrew M., M. Catherine Eimers, Reza Valipour, et al.. (2022). Advances in eutrophication science within Lake of the Woods, a complex transboundary lake – Forward to the special section. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 49(1). 1–7. 1 indexed citations

Rühland, Kathleen M., et al.. (2022). Using diatoms to track road-salt seepage into small, shallow, softwater Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 79(9). 1514–1528. 3 indexed citations

Arnott, Shelley E., Anna M. DeSellas, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2020). Road Salt Impacts Freshwater Zooplankton at Concentrations below Current Water Quality Guidelines. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(15). 9398–9407. 96 indexed citations

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Meyer‐Jacob, Carsten, Neal Michelutti, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2019). The browning and re-browning of lakes: Divergent lake-water organic carbon trends linked to acid deposition and climate change. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16676–16676. 105 indexed citations

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Rühland, Kathleen M., et al.. (2019). Climate variability promotes unprecedented cyanobacterial blooms in a remote, oligotrophic Ontario lake: evidence from paleolimnology. Journal of Paleolimnology. 62(1). 31–52. 41 indexed citations

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Meyer‐Jacob, Carsten, Neal Michelutti, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2017). Inferring Past Trends in Lake Water Organic Carbon Concentrations in Northern Lakes Using Sediment Spectroscopy. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(22). 13248–13255. 34 indexed citations

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Poulain, Alexandre J., et al.. (2015). Microbial DNA records historical delivery of anthropogenic mercury. The ISME Journal. 9(12). 2541–2550. 40 indexed citations

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Shurin, Jonathan B., Monika Winder, Rita Adrian, et al.. (2010). Environmental stability and lake zooplankton diversity – contrasting effects of chemical and thermal variability. Ecology Letters. 13(4). 453–463. 118 indexed citations

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Eimers, M. Catherine, Shaun A. Watmough, Andrew M. Paterson, Peter J. Dillon, & Huaxia Yao. (2009). Long-term declines in phosphorus export from forested catchments in south-central Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 66(10). 1682–1692. 80 indexed citations

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Paterson, Andrew M., Roberto Quinlan, Bev Clark, & John P. Smol. (2009). Assessing hypolimnetic oxygen concentrations in Canadian Shield lakes: Deriving management benchmarks using two methods. Lake and Reservoir Management. 25(3). 313–322. 2 indexed citations

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Jeziorski, Adam, Norman D. Yan, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2008). The Widespread Threat of Calcium Decline in Fresh Waters. Science. 322(5906). 1374–1377. 260 indexed citations

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Paterson, Andrew M., Peter J. Dillon, Neil Hutchinson, et al.. (2006). A Review of the Components, Coefficients and Technical Assumptions of Ontario's Lakeshore Capacity Model. Lake and Reservoir Management. 22(1). 7–18. 39 indexed citations

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Brechin, Susan, et al.. (2000). Intrauterine polyps—a cause of unscheduled bleeding in women using the levonorgestrel intrauterine system: Case Report. Human Reproduction. 15(3). 650–652. 9 indexed citations

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Paterson, Andrew M., I. Barker, & D. R. Lindsay. (1980). Analysis of the reproductive performance records of an intensive piggery in Australia.. 13. 389–392. 4 indexed citations

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