Ashley Elgin

• Burlakova, L.E., A.Y. Karatayev, A.R. Hrycik, S.E. Daniel, K. Mehler, L. Rudstam, J.M. Watkins, R. Dermott, J.V. Scharold, A.K. ELGIN, and T.F. NALEPA. Six decades of Lake Ontario ecological history according to benthos. Journal of Great Lakes Research (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2021.03.006) (2021). (IN PRESS)
• Karatayev, A.Y., V.A. Karatayev, L.E. Burlakova, K. Mehler, M.D. ROWE, A.K. ELGIN, and T.F. NALEPA. Lake morphometry determines Dreissena invasion dynamics. Biological Invasions 23:2489-2514 (DOI:10.1007/s10530-021-02518-3) (2021).
• Ozersky, T., A.K. ELGIN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, J. WANG, A.F. MANOME, M.D. ROWE, and e. al. The Changing Face of Winter: Lessons and Questions From the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 126(6)(DOI:10.1029/2021JG006247) (2021).
• STURTEVANT, R.A., E.K. LOWER, A. Bartos, and A.K. ELGIN. A Review and Secondary Analysis of Competition-Related Impacts of Nonindigenous Aquatic Plants in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Plants 10(2)(DOI:10.3390/plants10020406) (2021).
• Karatayev, A.Y., L.E. Burlakova, K. Mehler, A.K. ELGIN, L. Rudstam, J.M. Watkins, and M. Wick. Dreissena in Lake Ontario 30 years post-invasion. Journal of Great Lakes Research (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2020.11.010) (2020). (IN PRESS)
• LOWER, E.K., N. BOUCHER, A. Davidson, A.K. ELGIN, and R.A. STURTEVANT. 2019 Update To “A Risk Assessment Of Potential Great Lakes Aquatic Invaders”. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-169c. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Mich., 179 pp. (DOI:10.25923/w9vp-bk86) (2020). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/tech_reports/glerl-169c/tm-169c.pdf
• LOWER, E.K., N. BOUCHER, R.A. STURTEVANT, and A.K. ELGIN. 2019 Update To “An Impact Assessment Of Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species”. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-161c. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Mich. (DOI:10.25923/zpeq-c616) (2020). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/tech_reports/glerl-161c/tm-161c.pdf
• Marino, J.A., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.K. ELGIN, and S.D. Peacor. Long‐term survey data reveal large predator and temperature effects on population growth of multiple zooplankton species. Limnology and Oceanography 65(4):694+706 (DOI:10.1002/lno.11340) (2020).
• Mehler, K., L.E. Burlakova, A.Y. Karatayev, A.K. ELGIN, T.F. NALEPA, C.P. Madenjian, and E. Hinchey. Long-term trends of Lake Michigan benthos with emphasis on the southern basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 46(3):528-537 (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2020.03.011) (2020).
• Merzel, R.L., L. Purser, T.L. Soucy, M. Olszewski, I. Colon-Bernal, M.B. Duhaime, A.K. ELGIN, and M.M. Banaszak Holl. Uptake and Retention of Nanoplastics in Quagga Mussels. Global Challenges 4(6)(DOI:10.1029/2019JC015950) (2020). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2020/20200020.pdf
• Nalepa, T.F., L.E. Burlakova, A.K. ELGIN, A.Y. Karatayev, G.A. LANG, and K. Mehler. Abundance and Biomass of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Lake Michigan in 2015, with a Summary of Temporal Trends. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-175. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Mich., 42 pp. (DOI:10.25923/g0d3-3v41) (2020). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/tech_reports/glerl-175/tm-175.pdf
• STURTEVANT, R.A., D.M. MASON, E.S. RUTHERFORD, A.K. ELGIN, E. LOWER, and F. MARTINEZ. Recent history of nonindigenous species in the Laurentian Great Lakes; An update to Mills et al., 1993 (25 years later). Journal of Great Lakes Research 45(6):1011-1035 (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.002) (2019). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2020/20200001.pdf
• Bunnell, D.B., S.A. POTHOVEN, P.M. Armenio, L. Eaton, D.M. Warner, A.K. ELGIN, L.E. Burlakova, and A.Y. Karayayev. Spatiotemporal variability in energetic condition of alewife and round goby in Lake Michigan. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(11):1982-1992 (DOI:10.1139/cjfas-2018-0391) (2019).
• Marino, J.A., S.D. Peacor, D.B. Bunnell, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.K. ELGIN, J.R. Bence, J. Jiao, and E.L. Ionides. Evaluating consumptive and nonconsumptive predator effects on prey density using field times series data. Ecology 100(3)(DOI:10.1002/ecy.2583) (2019). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2019/20190015.pdf
• Merzel, R.L., L. Purser, T.L. Soucy, M. Olszewski, I. Colon-Bernal, M.B. Duhaime, A.K. ELGIN, and M.M. Banaszak Holl. Uptake and Retention of Nanoplastics in Quagga Mussels. Global Challenges (DOI:10.1002/gch2.201800104) (2019). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2019/20190026.pdf (IN PRESS)
• POTHOVEN, S.A., and A.K. ELGIN. Dreissenid veliger dynamics along a nearshore to offshore transect in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 45(2):300-306 (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2019.01.001) (2019).
• STURTEVANT, R.A., E.K. LOWER, N. BOUCHER, P.J. ALSIP, K. Hopper, S. Iott, D.M. MASON, A.K. ELGIN, and F.A. MARTINEZ. 2018 Update to "An Impact Assessment of Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species". NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-161b. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 50 pp. (DOI:10.25923/meg8-v434) (2019). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/tech_reports/glerl-161b/tm-161b.pdf
• Bunnell, D.B., e.a. including, E.S. RUTHERFORD, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.K. ELGIN, and M.D. ROWE. Are Changes in Lower Trophic Levels Limiting Prey-Fish Biomass and Production in Lake Michigan? Great Lakes Fishery Commission, (2018). http://www.glfc.org/pubs/misc/2018-01.pdf
• Nalepa, T.F., C.M. Riseng, A.K. ELGIN, and G.A. LANG. Abundance and Distribution of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Lake Huron System: Saginaw Bay, 2006-2009, and Lake Huron, including Georgian Bay and North Channel, 2007 and 2012. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-172. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 54 pp. (DOI:10.25923/aqe2-ma69) (2018). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/tech_reports/glerl-172/tm-172.pdf
• Spear, M.J., A.K. ELGIN, and E.K. Grey. Current and Projected Distribution of the Red-Eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, in the Great Lakes Basin. The American Midland Naturalist 179(2):191-221 (DOI:10.1674/0003-0031-179.2.191) (2018). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2018/20180009.pdf
• ROWE, M.D., E.J. ANDERSON, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.K. ELGIN, J. WANG, and F. Yousef. Influence of invasive quagga mussels, phosphorus loads, and climate on spatial and temporal patterns of productivity in Lake Michigan: A biophysical modeling study. Limnology and Oceanography 62(6):2626-2649 (DOI:10.1002/lno.10595) (2017). https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2017/20170018.pdf

• ELGIN, A.K. What IS up with our water? Resources from NOAA and other agencies. Community Conversations: What's up with our water?, January 29, 2020. Sponsored by The Friends of Muskegon County, District 8 (2020).
• ELGIN, A.K. Dreissenid mussels in Lake Michigan: Status and population dynamics. Ludington Regional Fishery Workshop. , West Shore Community College, Scottville, MI, February 1, 2020 (2020).
• STURTEVANT, R.A., N. BOUCHER, E. LOWER, F. MARTINEZ, and A.K. ELGIN. Exploring Geographic Niches of Aquatic Invasive Species with the GLANSIS Map Explorer. IAGLR 2020, Virtual, June 9-11, 2020 (2020).
• ELGIN, A.K. Regional, seasonal, and depth differences in quagga mussel growth. State of Lake Huron, Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 10, 2019. IAGLR (2019).
• ELGIN, A.K. NOAA’s Role in the Community: Science Serving Society. AMBUCS Meeting, Muskegon, Mich., February 12, 2019 (2019).
• STURTEVANT, R.A., F. MARTINEZ, E. LOWER, E.S. RUTHERFORD, D.M. MASON, and A.K. ELGIN. Assessing the Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Basin Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference Mayo Civic Center - Rochester, MN, October 16, 2018. UMISC and North American Invasive Species Management Assoc. (2018).