Jasmine E. Saros
| Jasmine E. Saros | |
| Occupation | Researcher |
|---|---|
Jasmine E. Saros is a researcher affiliated with the University of Maine, known for her work on Arctic and northern lake ecosystems, including studies of lake carbon dynamics, cold-water refugia, and the effects of climate change on freshwater systems.[1]
Research
According to Semantic Scholar, Saros has published 153 papers that have collectively been cited 7,097 times, giving her an h-index of 45.[2] Her research addresses topics such as carbon dioxide emissions from Arctic lakes, the effects of ice melt timing on lake oxygen levels, dissolved organic carbon's role in cold-water fish refugia, and methods for detecting fish environmental DNA in aquatic systems.[3]
Her 2025 study on the abrupt transformation of west Greenland lakes following compound climate extremes, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, has been cited 20 times.[4] Her 2023 review on the detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems, published in Environmental DNA, has been cited 36 times.[5]
Selected publications
- "Freshwater biodiversity in a rapidly changing Arctic: An expert horizon scan of key research questions" (2026), Ambio
- "Higher, but more variable, annual CO2 emissions from lakes in drier Arctic landscapes" (2026), Communications Earth & Environment
- "Assessing within-lake variation in migratory and resident fish aquatic and sedimentary DNA" (2026), Journal of Paleolimnology
- "Using computational fluid dynamics to assess trait functions of life at low Reynolds numbers" (2025), Journal of Phycology
- "Elevation‐mediated cold water refugia in subalpine lakes" (2025), Conservation Science and Practice
- "Abrupt transformation of west Greenland lakes following compound climate extremes associated with atmospheric rivers" (2025), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- "Earlier ice melt increases hypolimnetic oxygen despite regional warming in small Arctic lakes" (2024), Limnology and Oceanography Letters
- "Comparing seasonal heterogeneity of phytoplankton habitat and community in northern lakes with low to moderate but historically variable DOC concentrations" (2024), Hydrobiologia
- "Depth Moderates DOC Impact on Cold‐Water Refugia in Small, Northern Temperate Lakes" (2023), Water Resources Research
- "Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities" (2023), Environmental DNA