R. Michael L. McKay

Victoria University of Wellington — New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Marine and coastal ecosystems(85), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics(63), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(56), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing(18), Protist diversity and phylogeny(18)

Publications245 total

Plio‐Pleistocene Antarctic Bottom Water Production in the Ross Sea Reconstructed From Hillary Canyon Levee Turbidites
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology·2026
Wastewater surveillance to track a generational scale outbreak of measles in Ontario, Canada, February - November, 2025
2026· 1 citedOpen Access
A tale of two blooms: do ecological paradigms for algal bloom success and succession require revisiting?
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Depth-resolved paired metagenomes and metatranscriptomes from the Lake Erie ‘dead zone’
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2025Open Access
Microbial communities associated with sympagic and planktonic habitats during a polar vortex influencing the North American Great Lakes Basin
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Temperature and light drive physiological and transcriptional responses, modulating infection outcomes in a freshwater diatom–chytrid system
Limnology and Oceanography·2025Open Access
Spatio‐Temporal Resolution of Microbial Functions and Taxa Associated With Cyanobacterial Harmful Algae Blooms Along a 500‐Km Aquatic Continuum in the Lake Erie Watershed
Environmental Microbiology·2025Open Access
Integrating Machine Learning with Flow-Imaging Microscopy for Automated Monitoring of Algal Blooms
Environmental Science & Technology·2025Open Access
Reviews of "West Nile Virus (Orthoflavivirus nilense) RNA Concentrations in Wastewater Solids at Five Wastewater Treatment Plants in the United States"
2025Open Access
Review 3: "West Nile Virus (Orthoflavivirus nilense) RNA Concentrations in Wastewater Solids at Five Wastewater Treatment Plants in the United States"
2025Open Access
Variability of Clinical Metrics in Small Population Communities Drive Perceived Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Data Quality: Ontario, Canada-Wide Study
ACS ES&T Water·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
SARS-CoV-2 Aggregated Activity Level Across Ontario Canada, Measured with the US CDC Wastewater Viral Activity Level (WVAL) Metric
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Reveals a Temporal Disconnect in Disease Trajectory across an Active International Land Border
Environment & Health·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Metagenomics reveals spatial variation in cyanobacterial composition, function, and biosynthetic potential in the Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
A Seismic Proxy Identifying the Transition to an Ice Sheet Polar Regime from the Sedimentary Sequence on the Antarctic Continental Margin
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
A Multi-modal Data-Driven Dashboard for Enhanced Public Health Surveillance and Awareness
Communications in computer and information science·2025
Integrating Machine Learning with Flow-Imaging Microscopy for Automated Monitoring of Algal Blooms
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Metagenomic sequencing of cyanobacterial-dominated Lake Victoria—an African Great Lake
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
The Great Lakes Winter Grab: Limnological data from a multi‐institutional winter sampling campaign on the Laurentian Great Lakes
Limnology and Oceanography Letters·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Molecular investigation of harmful cyanobacteria reveals hidden risks and niche partitioning in Kenyan Lakes
Harmful Algae·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

George S. Bullerjahn(19), Steven W. Wilhelm(9), Philip W. Boyd(6), Michael R. Twiss(6), Robert W. Sterner(5), Timothy W. Davis(5), Richard A. Bourbonniere(5), Cliff S. Law(4), Robert F. Strzepek(4), Richard J. Geider(4), Edward R. Abraham(3), Russell Frew(3), Julie LaRoche(3), Susan B. Watson(3), Richard P. Stumpf(3), Matthew A. Saxton(3), Sarah P. Gibbs(3), Sandra Brovold(3), Jacques C. Finlay(3), Mark J. Rozmarynowycz(3)