Williams, C.J., Scott, A.B., Wilson, H.F. and M.A. Xenopoulos. In press. Effects of land use on water column bacterial activity and enzyme stoichiometry in stream ecosystems. Aquatic Sciences.

Das, P., M.A. Xenopoulos, C.J., Williams, E. Hoque and C.D. Metcalfe. 2012. Effects of silver nanoparticles on bacterial activity in natural waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31:122-130.

White, M.S., M.A. Xenopoulos, R.A. Metcalfe and K.M. Somers. 2011. The ecological disturbance of water levels on the benthos. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68: 1695-1704.

Hanafiah, M.M., M.A. Xenopoulos, S. Pfister, R.S.E.W. Leuven and M.A.J. Huijbregts. 2011. Characterization factors for water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions based on freshwater fish species extinction. Environmental Science and Technology 45: 5272-5278.

Spooner, D.E., M.A. Xenopoulos, C. Schneider and D.A. Woolnough. 2011. Co-extirpation of host-affiliate relationships in rivers: The role of climate change, water withdrawal, and host-specificity. Global Change Biology 17: 1720-1732.
 
Chiandet, A.S. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2011. Landscape controls of seston stoichiometry in urban stormwater management ponds. Freshwater Biology 56: 519-529.

McFeeters, B.J., M.A. Xenopoulos, D.E. Spooner, N. D. Wagner and P.C. Frost. 2011. Intraspecific mass-scaling of metabolic rates of a freshwater crayfish varies with stream land cover. Ecosphere 2: Art 13.

Wilson, H.F. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2011. Nutrient recycling by fish in streams along a gradient of agricultural land use. Global Change Biology 17: 130-139.

White, M.S., M.A. Xenopoulos, R.M. Metcalfe and K.M. Somers. 2010. On the role of natural water level fluctuations in structuring littoral benthic macroinvertebrates in lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 2275-2284.

Williams, C.J., Y. Yamashita, H.F. Wilson, R. Jaffé, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2010. Unraveling the role of land use and microbial activity in shaping dissolved organic matter in stream ecosystems.  Limnology and Oceanography 55: 1159-1171.

Evrard, V.E., K. Soetaert, C.H.R. Heip, M. Huettel, M.A. Xenopoulos and J.J. Middelburg. 2010. The pivotal role of benthic primary producers in moderating carbon and nitrogen flows through food webs in sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 416: 1-16.

Xenopoulos, M.A., P.R. Leavitt and D.W. Schindler. 2009. Ecosystem regulation of boreal lake phytoplankton by ultraviolet radiation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66: 2002-2010.

Wilson, H.F., and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2009. Effects of agricultural land use on the composition of fluvial dissolved organic matter. Nature Geoscience 2: 37-41.

Hogsden, K.L, M.A. Xenopoulos and J.A. Rusak. 2009. Asymmetrical food web responses in trophic level richness and function following lake acidification. Aquatic Ecology 43: 591-606.

White, M.S., M.A. Xenopoulos, K.L. Hogsden, R.A. Metcalfe and P.J. Dillon. 2008. Natural lake level fluctuations and associated concordance with water quality and aquatic communities within small lakes of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Hydrobiologia 613: 21-31. (special feature).

Wilson, H.F. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2008. Ecosystem and seasonal control of stream dissolved organic carbon along a gradient of agricultural land use. Ecosystems 11: 555-568.

Wilson, H.F. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2008. Comparing the effects of habitat quality on stream fish assemblages across multiple spatial scales. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 245-257.

James, L.A.H., M.A. Xenopoulos, H.F. Wilson and P.C. Frost. 2007. Land use controls nutrient excretion by stream invertebrates along a gradient of agriculture. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26: 523-531.

Xenopoulos, M.A. and D.M. Lodge. 2006. Going with the flow: using species-discharge relationships to forecast losses in fish biodiversity. Ecology 87: 1907-1914.

Dobson, A., D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. Cumming, J. Keymer, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, J.A. Rusak, O. Sala, D. Wall, V. Wolters and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2006. Habitat loss, trophic collapse and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology 87: 1915-1924. 

Frost, P.C., J.P. Benstead, W.F. Cross, H. Hillebrand, J.H. Larson, M.A. Xenopoulos, and T. Yoshida. 2006. Threshold elemental ratios of carbon and phosphorus in aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters 9: 774-779 (featured in Faculty of 1000).

Xenopoulos, M.A., D.M. Lodge, J. Alcamo, M. Märker, K. Schulze, and D.P. van Vuuren. 2005. Scenarios of freshwater fish extinctions from climate change and water withdrawal. Global Change Biology 11: 1557-1564.

Sala, O.E., D. van Vuuren, H. Pereira, D.M. Lodge, J. Alder, A. Dobson, G. Cumming, W. Volters and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2005. Biodiversity across scenarios, chapter 10, In Ecosystems and Human-Well-Being. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Volume 2: Scenarios, Island Press, Washington.

Kareiva, P., M. Manson, J. Geoghegan, B. L. Turner II, R. Dickinson, P. Kabat, J. Foley, R. Defries, M. Rosegrant, C. Ringler, V. Wolters, H. Pereira, O. Sala, D. Lodge, G. S. Cumming, A. Dobson, J. Alder, M. Xenopoulos, D. Van Vuuren, S. Carpenter, E. Bennett, A. M. Parma, M. A. Pascual, J. Agard, C. Butler, P. Wilkinson. 2005. State of the art in describing future changes in ecosystem services, Chapter 4. In Ecosystems and Human-Well-Being. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Volume 2: Scenarios, Island Press, Washington.

Tank, S.E., M.A. Xenopoulos and L.L. Hendzel. 2005. Effect of ultraviolet radiation on alkaline phosphatase activity and planktonic phosphorus acquisition in Canadian boreal shield lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 1345-1351.

Frost, P.C., M.A. Xenopoulos and J.H. Larson. 2004. The stoichiometry of dissolved organic carbon, ammonia and phosphate release by Daphnia. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1802-1808.

Xenopoulos, M.A., D.M. Lodge, J. Frentress, T.A. Kreps, S.D. Bridgham, E. Grossman and K.J. Jackson. 2003. Regional comparisons of landscape determinants of dissolved organic carbon in temperate lakes from the Upper Great Lakes region and selected regions globally. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2321-2334.

Xenopoulos, M.A. and P.C. Frost. 2003. Ultraviolet radiation, phosphorus and their combined effects on the taxonomic composition of phytoplankton in a boreal lake. Journal of Phycology 39: 291-302.

Xenopoulos, M.A. and D.W. Schindler. 2003. Differential responses to UVR by bacterioplankton and phytoplankton taken from the surface and the base of the mixed layer. Freshwater Biology 48: 108-122.

Frost, P.C. and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2002. Ambient solar ultraviolet radiation and its effects on phosphorus flux into boreal lake phytoplankton communities. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1090-1095.

Xenopoulos, M.A., P.C. Frost, and J.J. Elser. 2002. Joint effects of ultraviolet radiation and phosphorus supply on phytoplankton growth rate and elemental composition. Ecology 83: 423-435.

Xenopoulos, M.A. and D.W. Schindler. 2001. The environmental control of near-surface thermoclines in boreal lakes. Ecosystems 4: 699-707.

Xenopoulos, M.A. and D.W. Schindler. 2001. Physical factors affecting UV flux into ecosystems. In Ecosystems, Evolution and Ultraviolet Radiation, C.S. Cockell and A.R. Blaustein, editors. pp. 36-62, Springer-Verlag, New York.

Xenopoulos, M.A., Y.T. Prairie and D.F. Bird. 2000. The influence of UVB, stratospheric ozone variability and thermal stratification on the phytoplankton biomass dynamics in a mesohumic lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 600-609.

Xenopoulos, M.A. and D.F. Bird. 1997. Virus à la sauce Yo Pro: Microwave-enhanced staining for enumerating viruses by epifluorescence microscopy. Limnology and Oceanography 42: 1648-1650.

Xenopoulos, M.A. and D.F. Bird. 1997. Effect of acute exposure to hydrogen peroxide on the production of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in a mesohumic lake. Photochemistry and Photobiology 66: 471-478.

Other publications

Bennett, E., S. Carpenter, P. Pingali, M. Zurek, and 89 others including M.A. Xenopoulos. 2005. Summary: Comparing alternate futures of ecosystem services and human well-being. In Ecosystems and Human-Well-Being. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Volume 2: Scenarios, Island Press, Washington.

Xenopoulos, M.A. 2001. Lake plants get sunburned too! University of Alberta, Environmental Research Studies Center. Environmental News. Vol. 1, Issue 1, p.1, 6.

Lunch with the Experts

Climate Change - are we running out of time? See Article

Today's Downpour, Tomorrow's Crisis See Article

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More Than 120 Attend Inside Trent: Lunch with the Experts See Article

Trent experts discuss how water is affected by pollution, climate change. See Article

Our Water Our Future. Inside Trent: Lunch with the Experts. See Article

Is Sunscreen Toxic to the Environment?; Trent University Researchers Explore the Fate and Effects of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Environments. See Article

Interviewed for a story in the Peterborough This Week May 2, 2007 "Water War Stories are a 'dime a dozen'" by Kathryne Miller. See Article

Early Researcher Award

Profiled in Laboratory Focus Magazine March 2007, Volume 11, Number 2 on the receipt of an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Research and Innovation to further her research into the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems. See Cover

Recently profiled on CHEX TV for receiving the Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Research and Innovation for research into the effects of human activities on freshwater ecosystems. (as reported in the Focus Trent Newsletter January 11, 2006 vol.6 issue 5) See Article

Aquatic NEWS

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Article in Pathways, University of Notre Dame. Winter 2005, A warning about warming: Millennium ASSESSMENT

Ontario Council of University Research Success Story 2005-2006 Federal and Provincial Investment in University Research pg. 62 See Article

Science for Environment Policy European Commission News Alert issue 7, January, 2006

Nature Geoscience

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Trent University News Feed Agriculture Could Increase the Release of Carbon Dioxide from Rivers

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