Stuart Ludsin

@osu.edu

Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University

Stuart Ludsin

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Ecology, Aquatic Science, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change
9397

Scholar Citations

49

Scholar h-index

105

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Adaptive capacity of freshwater organisms in North America: current understanding and future applications
    HS Embke, KM Alofs, DO Bunnell, C Caudill, C Chu, C Dunn, K Fogelman, ...
    Global Change Biology Communications 1 (2), e70009 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • Ecology of Lake Erie: Wetlands and lake-wide planktonic communities Foreword
    M Munawar, SA Ludsin
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 (3), 1-4 , 2026
    2026
  • Ecology of Lake Erie–Wetlands and lake-wide planktonic communities: A synthesis
    SA Ludsin, M Munawar, AG Boegehold, DAR Drake, KP Kowalski, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 (3), 122-131 , 2026
    2026
  • Feeding ecology of Blue Catfish and Channel Catfish in Ohio reservoirs
    JL Bentley, SM Tyszko, SA Ludsin
    North American Journal of Fisheries Management 46 (2), 429-446 , 2026
    2026
  • Recruitment of Channel Catfish stocked as fingerlings and yearlings in Ohio reservoirs
    SM Tyszko, JJ Pritt, JE Kelly, MA Figueroa, RD Zweifel, SA Ludsin, ...
    North American Journal of Fisheries Management 45 (4), 570-577 , 2025
    2025
  • Harmful algal bloom effects on fish habitat use and community structure in western Lake Erie
    ML Piczak, LG Rudstam, PD Collingsworth, WJS Currie, JC Hoffman, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 (1), 34-50 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Ecology of Lake Erie: Causes, consequences and management of eutrophication
    M Munawar, SA Ludsin
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 (1), 1-4 , 2025
    2025
  • Ecology of Lake Erie: Causes, consequences and management of eutrophication: A synthesis
    SA Ludsin, M Munawar, AG Boegehold, PD Collingsworth, JC Hoffman, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 (1), 125-131 , 2025
    2025
  • Stable isotopes reveal an imprint of harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie
    KC Benesh, A Banerji, SA Ludsin, T Jicha, PD Collingsworth, AO Fosso, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 (1), 51-66 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Harmful algal bloom impacts on foodweb structure in western Lake Erie
    SA Ludsin, PD Collingsworth, WJS Currie, JC Hoffman, M Munawar, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 28 (1), 5-33 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Water quality–fisheries tradeoffs in a changing climate underscore the need for adaptive ecosystem–based management
    D Scavia, SA Ludsin, AM Michalak, DR Obenour, M Han, LT Johnson, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (45), e2322595121 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Lingering legacies: Past growth and parental experience influence somatic growth in a fish population
    LZ Almeida, SA Ludsin, MD Faust, EA Marschall
    Journal of Animal Ecology 93 (10), 1462-1474 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • The Ecosystem Approach in the 21 st Century: Guiding Science and Management – A Synthesis
    SA Ludsin, AK Carlson, AT Duncan, CM Febria, JH Hartig, WA Kellogg, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 27 (2), 108-116 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • A perspective on successful implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to management and conservation in the Laurentian Great Lakes
    SA Ludsin, CK Minns, M Munawar, PJ Alsip, AL Andrade, DF Boesch, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 27 (2), 9-26 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Feasibility of implementing an integrated long-term database to advance ecosystem-based management in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin
    RR Budnik, KT Frank, LM Collis, ME Fraker, LA Mason, AM Muir, ...
    Journal of Great Lakes Research 50 (2), 102308 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Ecology of Lake Erie: Chemistry, plankton & planktivory
    M Munawar, SA Ludsin
    AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH & MANAGEMENT 27 (1), 1-4 , 2024
    2024
  • Ecology of Lake Erie–Chemistry, plankton & planktivory: A synthesis
    SA Ludsin, M Munawar, RL DeBruyne, ET Howell, JT Tyson, JM Watkins
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 27 (1), 116-124 , 2024
    2024
  • Ecology of Lake Erie: Nutrients, microbes, algae, and dreissenid mussels Preface
    M Munawar, SA Ludsin
    AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH & MANAGEMENT 26 (4), 1-4 , 2023
    2023
  • Ecology of Lake Erie-Nutrients, microbes, algae, and dreissenid mussels: A synthesis
    SA Ludsin, M Munawar, SA Bocaniov, LT Johnson, DD Kane, ...
    Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 26 (4), 131-138 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Life in the fast lane: Revisiting the fast growth—High survival paradigm during the early life stages of fishes
    D Robert, J Shoji, P Sirois, A Takasuka, IA Catalán, A Folkvord, SA Ludsin, ...
    Fish and Fisheries 24 (5), 863-888 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 62

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia
    SB Watson, C Miller, G Arhonditsis, GL Boyer, W Carmichael, ...
    Harmful algae 56, 44-66 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 760
  • Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia
    D Scavia, JD Allan, KK Arend, S Bartell, D Beletsky, NS Bosch, SB Brandt, ...
    Journal of Great Lakes Research 40 (2), 226-246 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 755
  • Patterns and processes in reef fish diversity
    C Mora, PM Chittaro, PF Sale, JP Kritzer, SA Ludsin
    Nature 421 (6926), 933-936 , 2003
    2003
    Citations: 465
  • First‐year recruitment of largemouth bass: the interdependency of early life stages
    SA Ludsin, DR DeVries
    Ecological Applications 7 (3), 1024-1038 , 1997
    1997
    Citations: 387
  • Changing ecosystem dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes: bottom-up and top-down regulation
    DB Bunnell, RP Barbiero, SA Ludsin, CP Madenjian, GJ Warren, ...
    BioScience 64 (1), 26-39 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 344
  • Life after death in Lake Erie: nutrient controls drive fish species richness, rehabilitation
    SA Ludsin, MW Kershner, KA Blocksom, RL Knight, RA Stein
    Ecological Applications 11 (3), 731-746 , 2001
    2001
    Citations: 323
  • Fuzzy cognitive mapping as a tool to define management objectives for complex ecosystems
    BF Hobbs, SA Ludsin, RL Knight, PA Ryan, J Biberhofer, JJH Ciborowski
    Ecological Applications 12 (5), 1548-1565 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 252
  • Seasonal and interannual effects of hypoxia on fish habitat quality in central Lake Erie
    KK Arend, D Beletsky, JV DePINTO, SA Ludsin, JJ Roberts, DK Rucinski, ...
    Freshwater Biology 56 (2), 366-383 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 239
  • Hypoxia-avoidance by planktivorous fish in Chesapeake Bay: implications for food web interactions and fish recruitment
    SA Ludsin, X Zhang, SB Brandt, MR Roman, WC Boicourt, DM Mason, ...
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381, S121-S131 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 206
  • Short winters threaten temperate fish populations
    TM Farmer, EA Marschall, K Dabrowski, SA Ludsin
    Nature communications 6 (1), 7724 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 198
  • Utilization of stomach content DNA to determine diet diversity in piscivorous fishes
    L Carreon‐Martinez, TB Johnson, SA Ludsin, DD Heath
    Journal of Fish Biology 78 (4), 1170-1182 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 188
  • assignPOP: An r package for population assignment using genetic, non‐genetic, or integrated data in a machine‐learning framework
    KY Chen, EA Marschall, MG Sovic, AC Fries, HL Gibbs, SA Ludsin
    Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9 (2), 439-446 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 182
  • Hypoxia affects spatial distributions and overlap of pelagic fish, zooplankton, and phytoplankton in Lake Erie
    HA Vanderploeg, SA Ludsin, SA Ruberg, TO Höök, SA Pothoven, ...
    Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 381, S92-S107 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 175
  • Effects of hypolimnetic hypoxia on foraging and distributions of Lake Erie yellow perch
    JJ Roberts, TO Höök, SA Ludsin, SA Pothoven, HA Vanderploeg, ...
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381, S132-S142 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 154
  • Hypoxia-driven changes in the behavior and spatial distribution of pelagic fish and mesozooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico
    H Zhang, SA Ludsin, DM Mason, AT Adamack, SB Brandt, X Zhang, ...
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381, S80-S91 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 152
  • Comparison of solution‐based versus laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for analysis of larval fish otolith microelemental composition
    SA Ludsin, BJ Fryer, JE Gagnon
    Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135 (1), 218-231 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 143
  • Effects of crystal structure on the uptake of metals by lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) otoliths
    S Melancon, BJ Fryer, SA Ludsin, JE Gagnon, Z Yang
    Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62 (11), 2609-2619 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 137
  • A comparative analysis of zooplankton field collection and sample enumeration methods
    HR Mack, JD Conroy, KA Blocksom, RA Stein, SA Ludsin
    Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 10 (1), 41-53 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 133
  • Lake Erie hypoxia prompts Canada‐US study
    N Hawley, TH Johengen, YR Rao, SA Ruberg, D Beletsky, SA Ludsin, ...
    Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 87 (32), 313-319 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 130
  • Climate change as a long-term stressor for the fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America
    PD Collingsworth, DB Bunnell, MW Murray, YC Kao, ZS Feiner, ...
    Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27 (2), 363-391 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 129