Derek K. Gray

Wilfrid Laurier University — Canada

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Fish Ecology and Management Studies(19), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics(15), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior(13), Marine and coastal ecosystems(8), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species(8)

Publications54 total

Evidence for intraspecific variation of salinity tolerance in zooplankton collected from lakes of differing salinities on the Great Plains
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences·2026
Evidence for intraspecific variation of salinity tolerance in zooplankton collected from lakes of differing salinities on the Great Plains
DRYAD·2025Open Access
Do gravel highways affect water quality and invertebrate communities in Arctic lakes?
Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Widespread variation in salt tolerance within freshwater zooplankton species reduces the predictability of community‐level salt tolerance
Limnology and Oceanography Letters·2022· 23 citedOpen Access
The effects of roadways on lakes and ponds: a systematic review and assessment of knowledge gaps
Environmental Reviews·2022· 23 cited
Current water quality guidelines across North America and Europe do not protect lakes from salinization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 104 citedOpen Access
Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments
Limnology and Oceanography Letters·2022· 53 citedOpen Access
Drivers of fish biodiversity in a rapidly changing permafrost landscape
Freshwater Biology·2021· 15 citedOpen Access
Which physicochemical variables should zooplankton ecologists measure when they conduct field studies?
Journal of Plankton Research·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
Total phosphorus and climate are equally important predictors of water quality in lakes
Aquatic Sciences·2021· 49 cited
Can zooplankton on the North American Great Plains “keep up” with climate‐driven salinity change?
Limnology and Oceanography·2020· 8 cited
Factors influencing the structure of macroinvertebrate communities in subarctic lakes affected by wildfires
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences·2020· 8 cited
Relationships of total phosphorus and chlorophyll in lakes worldwide
Limnology and Oceanography·2020· 124 cited
Drivers of water quality changes within the Laurentian Great Lakes region over the past 40 years
Limnology and Oceanography·2020· 54 cited
Environmental variables associated with littoral macroinvertebrate community composition in Arctic lakes
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences·2020· 7 cited
A database of chlorophyll and water chemistry in freshwater lakes
Scientific Data·2020· 76 citedOpen Access
Changes in water quality related to permafrost thaw may significantly impact zooplankton in small Arctic lakes
Ecological Applications·2020· 37 cited
Fire, ice, and the battle for lake dominance: Competing aquatic invertebrates in lakes with watersheds affected by forest fire, peat, and permafrost
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2019
Can dispersal buffer against salinity‐driven zooplankton community change in Great Plains' lakes?
Freshwater Biology·2019· 5 cited
Young gravel-pit lakes along Canada’s Dempster Highway: How do they compare with natural lakes?
Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research·2019· 13 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Sapna Sharma(13), Shelley E. Arnott(12), Stephanie E. Hampton(9), Catherine M. O’Reilly(8), Hugh J. MacIsaac(7), Jordan S. Read(6), John D. Lenters(6), Peter B. McIntyre(6), Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer(6), Simon J. Hook(6), James A. Rusak(6), Rachel S. Cohen(6), Philipp Schneider(5), Lyubov R. Izmest’eva(5), Mercedes Huynh(5), Jasmina M. Vucic(5), Eugene A. Silow(4), Alessandro Filazzola(4), Octavia Mahdiyan(4), Arnab Shuvo(4)