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Michael Rennie

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of BiologyUniversity of Waterloo

Michael Rennie

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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66 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 36 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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141

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Research

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bioenergetics ecosystem restoration hydroacoustics whole-ecosystem experimentation biotelemetry community structure and function ecosystem stability fisheries ecology and management

Latest papers

Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in the Laurentian Great Lakes Ice and Its Contribution to Spring Melt
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · 2026
Microplastics with and without chemical additives modestly affected phytoplankton and zooplankton in a large in-lake mesocosm study
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · 2026
Data associated with: Partial recovery of a benthic community following experimental acidification
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026 · senior author

All 141 publications

141 publications.

Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in the Laurentian Great Lakes Ice and Its Contribution to Spring Melt

Anthony J. Arsenault, Nolan J. T. Pearce, Ted Ozersky, Sarah C. D’Amario, Kirill Shchapov, Hunter J. Carrick, Justin Chaffin, Maureen L. Coleman, Warren J. S. Currie, Jonathan P. Doubek, Rachel Eveleth, Casey M. Godwin, R. Michael McKay, Michael D. Rennie, Michael R. Twiss, Donald G Uzarski, Henry A. Vanderploeg, Trista J. Vick‐Majors, Arthur Zastepa, Marguerite A. Xenopoulos

Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1029/2025jg009367

Microplastics with and without chemical additives modestly affected phytoplankton and zooplankton in a large in-lake mesocosm study

Desiree Langenfeld, Cody Veneruzzo, Rachel N. Cable, Katie Wang, Chelsea M Rochman, Michael D. Rennie, Matthew J. Hoffman, Diane M Orihel, Jennifer F Provencher, Scott N. Higgins, Michael J. Paterson

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry20261 citations

DOI: 10.1093/etojnl/vgag125 PMID: 42247215

Data associated with: Partial recovery of a benthic community following experimental acidification

T. J. Colvin, Michael D. Rennie

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22285289

A big fish, no matter the size of the pond: commemorating the work and ideas of Dr. Jeff Hutchings

Weir LK, Roff DA, Koops MA, Rennie MD

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2026-0049

Data and code from: Changing avian migration phenology and winter community composition in Northwestern Ontario, Canada

Emma S. Lehmberg, Kelvi Toskovich, Michael D. Rennie

DRYAD2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9cnp5hqz5

Data for "Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects rank-based abundance of fish"

Joanne E. Littlefair, Lauren Hayhurst, Matthew C. Yates, Michael D. Rennie, Melania E. Cristescu

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.27925485

Data for "Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects rank-based abundance of fish"

Joanne E. Littlefair, Lauren Hayhurst, Matthew C. Yates, Michael D. Rennie, Melania E. Cristescu

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.27925485.v1

Data associated with: Partial recovery of a benthic community following experimental acidification

T. J. Colvin, Michael D. Rennie

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22285288

Yellow perch ( Perca flavescens ) show subtle changes in the cellular stress response following exposure to microplastics in large in-lake mesocosms

Ludovic Hermabessière, Alyssa Weinrauch, Sabrina Zaidi, Elli T Hung, Garth A. Covernton, Desiree Langenfeld, Rachel N. Cable, Cody Veneruzzo, Diane M. Orihel, Jennifer F Provencher, Michael D. Rennie, Kenneth M. Jeffries, Chelsea M Rochman

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry2026

DOI: 10.1093/etojnl/vgag121 PMID: 42085499

Where Is All the Plastic? How Microplastic Partitions across Environmental Compartments within a Large Pelagic In-Lake Mesocosm.

Rochman CM, Langenfeld D, Cable RN, Covernton GA, Hermabessiere L, McNamee R, Veneruzzo C, Munno K, Omer M, Paterson MJ, Rennie MD, Rooney R, Duhaime MB, Jeffries KM, McMeans B, Orihel D, Hoffman MJ, Provencher JF

Environmental science & technology202515 citations

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c01441 PMID: 40349185

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Michael Rennie

Research

Latest papers

Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in the Laurentian Great Lakes Ice and Its Contribution to Spring Melt

Microplastics with and without chemical additives modestly affected phytoplankton and zooplankton in a large in-lake mesocosm study

Data associated with: Partial recovery of a benthic community following experimental acidification

A big fish, no matter the size of the pond: commemorating the work and ideas of Dr. Jeff Hutchings

Data and code from: Changing avian migration phenology and winter community composition in Northwestern Ontario, Canada

Data for "Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects rank-based abundance of fish"

Data for "Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects rank-based abundance of fish"

Data associated with: Partial recovery of a benthic community following experimental acidification

Yellow perch ( Perca flavescens ) show subtle changes in the cellular stress response following exposure to microplastics in large in-lake mesocosms

Where Is All the Plastic? How Microplastic Partitions across Environmental Compartments within a Large Pelagic In-Lake Mesocosm.

Frequent collaborators

Craig Purchase

Michael Paterson

Jason Treberg

Brian Shuter

Melania Cristescu

Diane Orihel

Jennifer Provencher

Chris Metcalfe

Chelsea Rochman

Jennifer Provencher

Bailey McMeans

Eva Enders

Marguerite Xenopoulos

Timothy Bartley

Kevin McCann

Nicholas Collins

Rebecca Rooney

Kenneth Jeffries

Peter Abrams

Jonathan Challis

Karsten Liber