Research

Aquatic biogeochemical modelling & plankton ecology.

Selected Publications

- Sadraddini S., M.E. Azim, Y. Shimoda, S. Bhavsar, S.M. Backus, K.G. Drouillard, and G.B. Arhonditsis. A Bayesian Assessment of the PCB Temporal Trends in Lake Erie Fish Communities. Journal of Great Lakes Research. In Press.

-Sadraddini S., M.E. Azim, Y. Shimoda, S. Bhavsar, S.M. Backus, and G.B. Arhonditsis. Temporal contaminant trends in Lake Erie fish: A dynamic linear modeling analysis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. In Press.

- Gudimov A., M. Ramin, T. Labencki, C. Wellen, M. Shelar, Y. Shimoda, D. Boyd, G.B. Arhonditsis. Predicting the response of Hamilton Harbour to the nutrient loading reductions: A modeling analysis of the “ecological unknowns”. Journal of Great Lakes Research. In Press.

- Liu, Y., G.B. Arhonditsis, C.A. Stow, and D. Scavia. Comparing Chesapeake Bay Hypoxic-Volume and Dissolved-Oxygen profile predictions with a Bayesian Streeter-Phelps Model. Journal of American Water Resources Association. In Press.

- Gandhi N., M.L. Diamond, R. Razavi, S.P. Bhavsar, E.M. Hodge, S.B. Gewurtz, G.B. Arhonditsis. A modeling assessment of contaminant fate in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario: 2. organic chemicals. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. In Press.

- M. Ekram A., M. Letchumanan, A. Rayesh, Y. Shimoda, S. Bhavsar and G.B. Arhonditsis, 2011. Detection of Temporal Trends of alpha and gamma Chlordanes in Lake Erie Fish Communities using Dynamic Linear Modeling. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74, 1107–1121 [Identified as a “Highlight Article” by the editorial board of the journal.]

-Azim M.E., A. Kumarappah, S.P. Bhavsar, S.M. Backus, and G.B. Arhonditsis. Detection of the Spatiotemporal Trends of Mercury Contamination in Lake Erie Fish Communities: A Bayesian Approach. Environmental Science & Technology 45, 2217-2226.

- Shimoda Y., E. Azim, G. Perhar, M. Ramin, M. Kenney, S. Sadraddini, A. Gudimov, and G.B. Arhonditsis. Our current understanding of lake ecosystem response to climate change: what have we learnt from the north temperate lakes? Journal of Great Lakes Research 37, 173-193.

- Ramin, M., S. Stremilov, T. Labencki, A. Gudimov, D. Boyd, and G.B. Arhonditsis 2011. Setting water quality criteria in Hamilton Harbour, Ontario, Canada: A Bayesian approach. Environmental Modelling & Software 26 337-353.

- W.M. Mooij, D. Trolle , E. Jeppesen, G. Arhonditsis, P.V. Belolipetsky, D.B.R. Chitamwebwa, A.G. Degermendzhy, D.L. DeAngelis, L.N. De Senerpont Domis, A.S. Downing, J. A. Elliott, C.R. Fragoso Jr., U. Gaedke, S.N. Genova, R.D. Gulati, L.Håkanson, D.P. Hamilton, M.R. Hipsey, J.Hoen, S.Hülsmann, F.J (Hans) Los, V. Makler-Pick, T. Petzoldt, I.G. Prokopkin, K. Rinke, S.A. Schep, K. Tominaga, A.A. Van Dam, E.H. Van Nes, S.A. Wells, and J.H. Janse 2010. Challenges and opportunities for integrating lake ecosystem modelling approaches Aquatic Ecology 44, 633-667.

-Rode M, G. Arhonditsis, D. Balin, T. Kebede, V. Krysanova, A. van Griensven, and S. Van der Zee 2010. New challenges in integrated water quality modelling. Hydrological Processes 24, 3447-3461.

- Gudimov A., M. Ramin, S. Stremilov, and G.B. Arhonditsis 2010. Eutrophication risk assessment in Hamilton Harbour: System analysis and evaluation of nutrient loading scenarios. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36, 520-539.

- Hossain, M., T. Matsuishi, and G.B. Arhonditsis 2010. Ecosystem attributes of a temperate oligotrophic lake in Hokkaido, Japan. Ecological Modelling 221, 1717-1730.

- Cheng, V, G.B. Arhonditsis, and M.T. Brett 2010. A revaluation of the lake-phosphorus loading models using a Bayesian hierarchical framework. Ecological Research: 25, 59-76. [Identified as a “Highlight Article” by the editorial board of the journal.]

- Sommerfreund, J., G.B. Arhonditsis, M.L. Diamond, M. Frignani, G. Capodaglio, M. Gerino, L. Bellucci, S. Giuliani, and C. Mugnai 2010. Examination of the uncertainty in contaminant fate and transport modelling: A case study in the Venice Lagoon. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety: 73, 231-239. [Identified as a “Highlight Article” by the editorial board of the journal.]

- Ravet J.L., M.T. Brett, and G.B. Arhonditsis 2010. Seston impacts on zooplankton fatty acid content in Lake Washington. Ecology: 91, 180-190.

- Zhang, W., and G.B. Arhonditsis 2009. A Bayesian hierarchical framework for calibrating aquatic biogeochemical models. Ecological Modelling 220, 2142-2161.