John Joseph Magnuson

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PhD Ecology Stanford University
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Temperature as an Ecological Resource (1979) (977)
Patterns in the Species Composition and Richness of Fish Assemblages in Northern Wisconsin Lakes (1982) (571)
Behavioral Response of Crayfish to a Fish Predator (1976) (548)
An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research (2011) (545)
POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGES ON AQUATIC SYSTEMS: LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES AND PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD REGION (1997) (507)
Long-Term Ecological Research and the Invisible Present (1990) (386)
Intercontinental Comparison of Small-Lake Fish Assemblages: The Balance between Local and Regional Processes (1990) (372)
Potential effects of global climate change on small north-temperate lakes: Physics, fish, and plankton (1996) (320)
Threads of Continuity There are immense differences between even-aged silvicultural disturbances (especially clearcutting) and natural disturbances, such as windthrow, wildfire, and even volcanic eruptions. (2000) (309)
Ecosystems and Their Goods and Services (2001) (297)
An analysis of aggressive behavior, growth, and competition for food and space in medaka (Oryzias latipes) : pisces, cyprinodontidae (1962) (279)
Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communities (2007) (270)
Temporal coherence in the limnology of a suite of lakes in Wisconsin, U.S.A. (1990) (246)
Widespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world (2019) (230)
Potential Changes in the Thermal Habitat of Great Lakes Fish after Global Climate Warming (1990) (226)
Size Selectivity of Passive Fishing Gear: A Correction for Encounter Probability Applied to Gill Nets (1984) (222)
A long-term rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) invasion: dispersal patterns and community change in a north temperate lake (2004) (213)
Extreme events, trends, and variability in Northern Hemisphere lake-ice phenology (1855–2005) (2012) (210)
4 - Locomotion by Scombrid Fishes: Hydromechanics, Morphology, and Behavior (1978) (189)
Distributional Ecology and Behavioral Thermoregulation of Fishes in Relation to Heated Effluent from a Power Plant at Lake Monona, Wisconsin (1974) (188)
The influence of landscape position on lake chemical responses to drought in northern Wisconsin (1996) (184)
Disturbance Dynamics and Ecological Response: The Contribution of Long-Term Ecological Research (2003) (178)
Distribution of littoral fishes in structurally complex macrophytes (1997) (177)
Ecological Significance of a Drifting Object to Pelagic Fishes (1967) (164)
ISOLATION VS. EXTINCTION IN THE ASSEMBLY OF FISHES IN SMALL NORTHERN LAKES (1998) (162)
Spatial analysis of ice phenology trends across the Laurentian Great Lakes region during a recent warming period (2007) (158)
Lake ice records used to detect historical and future climatic changes (1992) (156)
A geomorphic template for the analysis of lake districts applied to the Northern Highland Lake District, Wisconsin, U.S.A. (2000) (155)
Seasonal regulation of Daphnia populations by planktivorous fish: Implications for the spring clear‐water phase (1990) (155)
Potential Effects of Global Climate Warming on the Growth and Prey Consumption of Great Lakes Fish (1990) (154)
Model of Fish Biomass Dynamics (1974) (153)
MORPHOEDAPHIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CRAYFISH DISTRIBUTION IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN (1983) (149)
Large geographical differences in the sensitivity of ice‐covered lakes and rivers in the Northern Hemisphere to temperature changes (2011) (135)
Intensive trapping and increased fish predation cause massive population decline of an invasive crayfish (2007) (134)
Digestion and Food Consumption by Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) (1969) (133)
SYNCHRONOUS BEHAVIOR OF TEMPERATURE, CALCIUM, AND CHLOROPHYLL IN LAKES OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN (2000) (131)
Evidence of recent warming and El Niño‐related variations in ice breakup of Wisconsin lakes (1996) (127)
Thermal Habitat Partitioning by Fishes in Lake Michigan (1980) (126)
Spatial Heterogeneity of Littoral Fish Assemblages in Lakes: Relation to Species Diversity and Habitat Structure (1992) (123)
Effects on lower trophic levels of massive fish mortality (1990) (120)
Long-term dynamics of lakes in the landscape : long-term ecological research on north temperate lakes (2006) (117)
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADAPTATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS SWIMMING AND HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM OF SCOMBROID AND XIPHOID FISHES (1973) (114)
Predicting the Vertical Distribution of Fish Populations: Analysis of Cisco, Coregonus artedii, and Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens (1985) (114)
Stocking piscivores to improve fishing and water clarity: a synthesis of the Lake Mendota biomanipulation project (2002) (105)
Analyses for Differentiating Littoral Fish Assemblages with Catch Data from Multiple Sampling Gears (1993) (104)
Low pH and the Absence of Fish Species in Naturally Acidic Wisconsin Lakes: Inferences for Cultural Acidification (1983) (97)
Inferences from Spatial and Temporal Variability in Ecosystems: Long-Term Zooplankton Data from Lakes (1987) (95)
Predicting the effects of rainbow smelt on native fishes in small lakes: evidence from long-term research on two lakes (1998) (92)
Cyclic dynamics of a yellow perch (Perca flavescens) population in an oligotrophic lake: evidence for the role of intraspecific interactions (1999) (90)
Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Management: A National Initiative (1995) (89)
Hydrostatic Equilibrium of Euthynnus affinis, a Pelagic Teleost Without a Gas Bladder (1970) (86)
Managing with Exotics—A Game of Chance (1976) (86)
GENETICS, METAPOPULATIONS, AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES (1998) (85)
Behavioral Thermoregulation by Fishes: A New Experimental Approach (1972) (81)
Experimental acidification of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin (1986) (80)
Regional coherence of climatic and lake thermal variables of four lake districts in the Upper Great Lakes Region of North America (2000) (78)
REHABILITATING GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEMS (1979) (77)
Effects of Walleye Predation on the Population Dynamics of Small Littoral-Zone Fishes in a Northern Wisconsin Lake (1987) (77)
Crustacean zooplankton species richness: single- and multiple-year estimates (1998) (76)
Global Warming: Thermal niche of fishes and global warming (1997) (75)
Surviving winter hypoxia: behavioral adaptations of fishes in a northern Wisconsin winterkill lake (1985) (75)
Direct observations of ice seasonality reveal changes in climate over the past 320–570 years (2016) (74)
Complementarity in the Use of Food and Thermal Habitat by Lake Michigan Fishes (1981) (73)
Characterization of Patches Along Transects Using High-Resolution 70-kHz Integrated Acoustic Data (1989) (72)
Behavioral Responses of Northern Pike, Yellow Perch and Bluegill to Oxygen Concentrations under Simulated Winterkill Conditions (1973) (70)
Patterns of coherent dynamics within and between lake districts at local to intercontinental scales (2004) (69)
Coherence between lake ice cover, local climate and teleconnections (Lake Mendota, Wisconsin) (2009) (68)
Fish and Fisheries Ecology. (1991) (67)
Species Interactions in Percid Communities (1977) (67)
Comparing Climate Change and Species Invasions as Drivers of Coldwater Fish Population Extirpations (2011) (65)
Influence of Social Rank and Size on Thermoselection Behavior of Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) (1975) (64)
A critical assessment of effects of acidification on fisheries in North America (1984) (62)
Interannual Synchronous Dynamics in North Temperate Lakes in Wisconsin, USA (1998) (60)
Insights on Species Richness and Turnover from Long-Term Ecological Research: Fishes in North Temperate Lakes (1994) (59)
Thermal Habitat Shifts by Fishes at the Thermocline in Lake Michigan (1982) (58)
Technology review: The Neurometer® current perception threshold (CPT) (1999) (58)
Consequences of lake and river ice loss on cultural ecosystem services (2019) (57)
Landscape spatial patterns in freshwater snail assemblages across Northern Highland catchments (2000) (56)
An Assessment of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (1994) (56)
Historical Trends, Drivers, and Future Projections of Ice Phenology in Small North Temperate Lakes in the Laurentian Great Lakes Region (2018) (56)
III. – BIOENERGETIC SPECTRA OF SKIPJACK AND YELLOWFIN TUNAS (1978) (55)
Survival mechanisms of the central mudminnow (Umbra limi), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) for low oxygen in winter (1982) (54)
Lakes in the landscape: approaches to regional limnology (2000) (54)
Analysis of Large-Scale Spatial Heterogeneity in Vegetation Indices among North American Landscapes (1998) (53)
Technology review: the Neurometer Current Perception Threshold (CPT). AAEM Equipment and Computer Committee. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. (1999) (53)
Determinants of temporal coherence in the satellite‐derived 1987–1994 ice breakup dates of lakes on the Laurentian Shield (1996) (52)
Patterns in fish species composition across the interface between streams and lakes (2000) (52)
Effects of Negative Buoyancy on the Behavior of the Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque (1972) (52)
Community Analysis in Fishery Management: An Application with Northern Wisconsin Lakes (1983) (50)
Growth Rates and Temperature Selection of Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus (1979) (49)
Courtship, locomotion, feeding, and miscellaneous behaviour of Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis). (1966) (47)
Density and Size Estimates of Cisco (Coregonus artedii) Using Analysis of Echo Peak PDF from a Single-Transducer Sonar (1987) (47)
Interannual variability and species turnover of crustacean zooplankton in Shield lakes (1999) (45)
Consideration of crayfish for macrophyte control (1975) (45)
Visual Observation of Fish Beneath the Ice in a Winterkill Lake (1970) (40)
External Morphological Changes Associated with Sexual Maturity in the Crayfish (Orconectes propinquus) (1977) (37)
Oscillatory dynamics do not mask linear trends in the timing of ice breakup for Northern Hemisphere lakes from 1855 to 2004 (2014) (36)
Finescale biological patchiness of 70 kHz acoustic scattering at the edge of the Gulf Stream—EchoFront 85 (1990) (35)
Intraspecific gastropod shell strength variation among north temperate lakes (1999) (35)
A network for long-term ecological research in the United States (1990) (34)
Vertical and Horizontal Distributions of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), and Cisco (Coregonus artedii) in Pallette Lake, Wisconsin (1976) (33)
Behavioural thermoregulation and acitivity patterns in the green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus (1975) (31)
Simulated dispersal of exotic rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in a northern Wisconsin lake district and implications for management (1999) (31)
Whose Fish Are They Anyway? (2001) (31)
Temporal and Spatial Variability as Neglected Ecosystem Properties: Lessons Learned From 12 North American Ecosystems (1995) (30)
Lake and river ice as a powerful indicator of past and present climates (2000) (30)
Introduction to Proceedings: Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on Fish (1990) (29)
Color Patterns of Pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) and Their Possible Significance (1971) (29)
Twenty-Eight Years of the US-LTER Program: Experience, Results, and Research Questions (2010) (28)
Satellite monitoring of lake ice breakup on the Laurentian shield (1980-1994) (1998) (28)
The Importance of Ecoregion Versus Drainage Area on Fish Distributions in the St. Croix River and its Wisconsin Tributaries (1999) (28)
Influences of local weather, large-scale climatic drivers, and the ca. 11 year solar cycle on lake ice breakup dates; 1905–2004 (2013) (28)
Response of lake ice breakup in the Northern Hemisphere to the 1976 interdecadal shift in the North Pacific (2000) (27)
Changes in Fish Populations over an 80-Year Period: Big Pine Lake, Wisconsin (1983) (26)
Behavioral Thermoregulation and Social Interactions of Bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus (1981) (25)
Long-term ecological research (LTER) on north temperate lakes of the United States: With 1 table in the text (1984) (25)
Temperature Discrimination by Captive Free‐Swimming Tuna, Euthynnus affinis (1976) (24)
Rapid temperature compensation of volitional swimming speeds and lethal temperatures in tropical tunas (Scombridae) (1977) (24)
Perspectives on the long-term dynamics of lakes in the landscape (2007) (23)
Integrating Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Requirements for Fresh Water1 (1998) (23)
Persistence of coherence of ice-off dates for inland lakes across the Laurentian Great Lakes region (2005) (22)
History and heroes: the thermal niche of fishes and long-term lake ice dynamics. (2010) (22)
Lake Wingra, 1837-1973: a case history of human impact (1974) (22)
Loss of Ice Cover, Shifting Phenology, and More Extreme Events in Northern Hemisphere Lakes (2021) (21)
Breathing Gas Mixtures Different from Air: An Adaptation for Survival Under the Ice of a Facultative Air-Breathing Fish (1983) (21)
The Invisible Present (1995) (20)
Estimation of caloric content for fish biomass (1977) (20)
Effects of planktivorous fish mass mortality on the plankton community of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin: implications for biomanipulation (1990) (18)
Sensitivity of restrained skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) to abrupt increases in temperature. (1974) (18)
Regionalization of long-term ecological research (LTER) on north temperate lakes (1997) (17)
Increased winter drownings in ice-covered regions with warmer winters (2020) (16)
Effects of atmospheric nutrient inputs and climate change on the trophic status of Crystal Lake, Wisconsin (2002) (15)
Low Thermal Responsiveness in the Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus (1976) (14)
Patterns of fish species richness and abundance in coastal marshes and other nearshore habitats in Green Bay, Lake Michigan (1994) (13)
A Synoptic View of the Golf Stream Front with 70-kHz Sonar: Taking Advantage of a Closer Look (1987) (13)
Long-Term Research on Biosphere–Atmosphere Interactions (2003) (13)
II. – ESTIMATION OF MINIMUM SUSTAINED SPEED AND ASSOCIATED BODY DRAG OF SCOMBRIDS (1978) (13)
Distribution of peaks of 70 kHz acoustic scattering in relation to depth and temperature during day and night at the edge of the Gulf Stream—EchoFront 83 (1989) (13)
Responses of fish communities in five north temperate lakes to exotic species and climate (2006) (13)
Decomposition and microbial colonization of leaves in a stream modified by coal ash effluent (2004) (12)
Interaction between effects of low pH and low ion concentration on mortality during early development of medaka, Oryzias latipes (1989) (12)
Ecological change and exotic invaders (2006) (12)
Ice formation and the risk of chloride toxicity in shallow wetlands and lakes (2017) (12)
Timing and site selection of spawning in a landlocked population of rainbow smelt in Wisconsin (2006) (12)
Effects of a power plant on zooplankton distribution and abundance near plant's effluent (1974) (11)
Latitudinal and longitudinal differences in thermal habitat for fishes influenced by climate warming: Expectations from simulations (1994) (11)
A Radiographic Method for Determining Gas Bladder Volume of Fish (1968) (10)
Metabolic Stores of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens): Comparison of Populations from an Acidic, Dystrophic Lake and Circumneutral, Mesotrophic Lakes (1992) (10)
Some Phases of the Life History of the Trout‐perch (1963) (9)
Lymphocystis in Age 0 Bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus) Relative to Heated Effluent in Lake Monona, Wisconsin (1974) (9)
Manipulation of Host Density Affects Infestation of a Peritrich Ciliate (Epistylis lacustris) on a Calanoid Copepod (Leptodiaptomus minutus) in Crystal Lake, Wisconsin, USA (2001) (9)
Historical Changes in the Fish Community (1992) (9)
Tank Facilities for Tuna Behavior Studies (1965) (9)
ood Oxygen Capacity Differences in Ye ow Perch flavescens from Northern Wisconsin Lakes Differing in pH (1988) (8)
The Freshwater Imperative: A Research Agenda and Beyond (1995) (8)
Rationale for Data Collection and Interpretation in the Northern Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research Program (1986) (7)
A SIPHON WATER SAMPLER FOR USE THROUGH THE ICE (1970) (6)
Effects of changing spatial scale on acoustic observations of patchiness in the Gulf Stream (1992) (6)
Notes. Notes on the Coloration and Behavior of the Common Dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus (1966) (6)
A Sense of Beginning (1992) (5)
Responses of stream invertebrates to an ashpit effluent : Wiscons power plant impact study (1980) (5)
Seasonal, reproductive, and nutritional influences on muscle “buffering capacity” in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) (2004) (5)
The Challenge of Unveiling the Invisible Present (2008) (5)
Swimming activity of the scombrid fish euthynnus affinis as related to search for food (1969) (5)
Coloration of the Scombrid Fish Euthynnus affinis (Cantor) (1965) (4)
The utility of covariances: a response to Ranta et al. (2008) (4)
Three generations of limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2002) (4)
Ecology and conservation. Whose fish are they anyway? (2001) (3)
Responses of Macrofauna to Short‐Term Dynamics of a Gulf Stream Front on the Continental Shelf (2013) (3)
North Temperate Lakes LTER: Benthic Macroinvertebrates 1981 - current (2017) (3)
Biomass size structure and energy transfer efficiency across the productivity gradient in a freshwater estuary — Green Bay, Lake Michigan (1990) (3)
Data for Warmer Winters and Ice-Based Cultural Ecosystem Services: Empirical Evidence from USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Sweden (2019) (2)
Seeing the Invisible Present and Place: From Years to Centuries with Lake Ice from Wisconsin to the Northern Hemisphere (2021) (2)
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Chloride Contamination in a Shallow, Urban Marsh (2019) (1)
Sustained or Long‐Term Ecological Research (1989) (1)
An Assessment of the Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Disposal in Lake Superior. Volume 3. Biological Studies: Duluth-Superior and Keweenaw Study Areas. (1976) (1)
The fishing problem: exploitation of marine communities. (1986) (1)
History of Comparative Research and Synthesis in the LTER Network (2021) (1)
Preliminary results of a study to monitor Cirsium pitcheri in Great Lakes National Lakeshores. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Technical Report, Porter, Indiana (1989) (1)
Exotic species: a case of biological pollution (1985) (1)
Species interactions in the dynamics of planktivorous fish assemblages in Lake Michigan [USA] (1983) (1)
Ecological studies of fish near a coal-fired generating station and related laboratory studies : Wisconsin power plant impact study (1980) (1)
Biological oceanography of the Gulf Stream front: Inference from acoustic remote sensing (1990) (0)
The Fishing Problem. (Book Reviews: Exploitation of Marine Communities) (1986) (0)
Acknowledgements for refereeing (2004) (0)
Arthur D. Hasler: He Showed Us the Way (2005) (0)
Size , distribution , and abundance of pelagic fish by deconvolution of single-beam acoustic data (2013) (0)
Authors' index (2021) (0)
Authors' index (2008) (0)
King-Size Limnology (1991) (0)
Considering Lakes as Islands: The Established Researcher (2019) (0)
CONTINUOUS AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF THE ACTIVITIES OF SMIALL CAPTIV E ANIMALS (1963) (0)
Author's index (2004) (0)
Effect of a power plant on the distribution and abundance of zooplankton near the plant's thermal outfall. Technical completion report (1972) (0)
General Discussion II (2000) (0)
The Fishing Problem: Exploitation of Marine Communities . R. M. May, Ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984. x, 167 pp., illus. $20. Dahlem Workshop Reports; Life Sciences Research Report 32. From a workshop, Berlin, April 1984. (1986) (0)
Application of Theory and Research in Freshwater and Marine Fisheries Management Programs—A Discussion of the Papers Given by S. H. Smith, R. O. Anderson, K. R. Allen, and G. B. Talbot (1973) (0)
Interactive comment on “Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice (2020) (0)
Author Correction: Long-term ice phenology records spanning up to 578 years for 78 lakes around the Northern Hemisphere (2022) (0)
Authors' index (1993) (0)
Integration of biological with thermal criteria for power plant design and water resource use. Technical completion report (1979) (0)
Author Correction: Long-term ice phenology records spanning up to 578 years for 78 lakes around the Northern Hemisphere (2022) (0)
Great Lakes historical commercial fisheries and climate change (1995) (0)
Acknowledgements for refereeing (2004) (0)
Long-term ice phenology records spanning up to 578 years for 78 lakes around the Northern Hemisphere (2022) (0)
Bioacoustic location of a thermal front in the Arlantic Ocean near Cape Hatteras (1976) (0)
Acknowledgements for refereeing (2004) (0)