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Research
Latest papers
Differential effects of freshwater browning across fish species: consequences for individual- to community-level fish traits in north temperate lakes.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
Environmental controls on the conversion of nutrients to chlorophyll in lakes.
Water research · 2025
Widespread loss of safe lake ice access in response to a warming climate.
PloS one · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $2,173,867
Climate changed transportation: holistic and Indigenous informed responses to transportation infrastructure, food security, and community well-being in the Arctic
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $306,000
How does climate change contribute to lake warming and alterations in water quality?
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $36,000
How do extreme climatic events impact lake ice phenology and ecosystem structure?
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
26 publications.
Differential effects of freshwater browning across fish species: consequences for individual- to community-level fish traits in north temperate lakes.
Roth AM, Fugère V, Rodríguez MA, Lapierre JF, Schacht JS, Sharma S, Aqdam MM, Fonvielle J, Gros M, Tanentzap AJ, Andersson ML, van Dorst RM, Karlsson J, Solomon CT, Brönmark C, Eklöv P, Scharnweber K, Huss M, Beisner BE, Chaguaceda F, Charette C, Derry AM, Fussmann GF, Hendry AP, Hulthén K, Klemet-N'Guessan S, Gregory-Eaves I
Environmental controls on the conversion of nutrients to chlorophyll in lakes.
Naderian D, Noori R, Kim D, Jun C, Bateni SM, Woolway RI, Sharma S, Shi K, Qin B, Zhang Y, Jeppesen E, Maberly SC
Widespread loss of safe lake ice access in response to a warming climate.
Culpepper J, Huang L, Woolway RI, Sharma S
Environmental and societal consequences of winter ice loss from lakes.
Hampton SE, Powers SM, Dugan HA, Knoll LB, McMeans BC, Meyer MF, O'Reilly CM, Ozersky T, Sharma S, Barrett DC, Chandra S, Jansen J, McClure RP, Rautio M, Weyhenmeyer GA, Yang X
Declining lake ice in response to climate change can impact spending for local communities.
Filazzola A, Imrit MA, Fleck A, Woolway RI, Sharma S
DOCU-CLIM: A global documentary climate dataset for climate reconstructions.
Burgdorf AM, Brönnimann S, Adamson G, Amano T, Aono Y, Barriopedro D, Bullón T, Camenisch C, Camuffo D, Daux V, Del Rosario Prieto M, Dobrovolný P, Gallego D, García-Herrera R, Gergis J, Grab S, Hannaford MJ, Holopainen J, Kelso C, Kern Z, Kiss A, Kuan-Hui Lin E, Loader NJ, Možný M, Nash D, Nicholson SE, Pfister C, Rodrigo FS, Rutishauser T, Sharma S, Takács K, Vargas ET, Vega I
Author Correction: Towards critical white ice conditions in lakes under global warming.
Weyhenmeyer GA, Obertegger U, Rudebeck H, Jakobsson E, Jansen J, Zdorovennova G, Bansal S, Block BD, Carey CC, Doubek JP, Dugan H, Erina O, Fedorova I, Fischer JM, Grinberga L, Grossart HP, Kangur K, Knoll LB, Laas A, Lepori F, Meier J, Palshin N, Peternell M, Pulkkanen M, Rusak JA, Sharma S, Wain D, Zdorovennov R
Applied winter biology: threats, conservation and management of biological resources during winter in cold climate regions.
Reeve C, Robichaud JA, Fernandes T, Bates AE, Bramburger AJ, Brownscombe JW, Davy CM, Henry HAL, McMeans BC, Moise ERD, Sharma S, Smith PA, Studd EK, O'Sullivan A, Sutton AO, Templer PH, Cooke SJ
Scale of population synchrony confirms macroecological estimates of minimum viable range size.
Carvajal-Quintero J, Comte L, Giam X, Olden JD, Brose U, Erős T, Filipe AF, Fortin MJ, Irving K, Jacquet C, Larsen S, Ruhi A, Sharma S, Villalobos F, Tedesco PA
Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems.
Woolway RI, Sharma S, Smol JP
Climate changed transportation: holistic and Indigenous informed responses to transportation infrastructure, food security, and community well-being in the Arctic
Principal investigators: Sharma, Sapna
How does climate change contribute to lake warming and alterations in water quality?
Principal investigators: Sharma, Sapna
Keywords: limnology; climate change; lake ice phenology; lake warming; water quality; chlorophyll concentrations; primary production; spatial patterns
How do extreme climatic events impact lake ice phenology and ecosystem structure?
Principal investigators: Sharma, Sapna
Integrating spatial and temporal processes to understand the effects of multiple environmental stressors on ecosystems
Principal investigators: Sharma, Sapna
Multiple Stressors and Cumulative Effects in the Great Lakes: An NSERC CREATE program to Develop Innovative Solutions through International Training Partnerships
Principal investigators: Sibley, Paul
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Amro Zayed and Sapna Sharma: 1 shared paper
- Brian Hayden and Sapna Sharma: 1 shared paper
- Irene Gregory-Eaves and Sapna Sharma: 1 shared paper
- Biology
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