Books by John Smol
Smol, J.P. (In Preparation) Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective. 3rd edition. Wiley, Oxford.
Capo, E., Barouillet, C., and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 2024. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments: Volume 6 - Sedimentary DNA. Springer, Dordrecht. 437 pp.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-43799-1
Jones, I.D. and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 2024. Wetzel’s Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems. 4th Edition. Elsevier, Oxford. 1088 pp. (This is an edited 4th edition of the late Prof. R. Wetzel’s textbook on limnology, last published in 2001, which has been the standard textbook in the field. We recruited 59 guest authors to update and re-write 31 chapters).
https://shop.elsevier.com/books/wetzels-limnology/jones/978-0-12-822701-5
Smol, J.P. 2023. Lakes in the Anthropocene: Reflections on tracking ecosystem change in the Arctic. Excellence in Ecology Book Series, International Ecology Institute (ECI), Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany. 13 chapters. 425 pp. Text book availible now. CLICK this Link to the Description.
Freedman, B., Hutchins, J., Gwynne, D., Smol, J.P., Suffling, R., Turkington, R., Walker, R., and Bazely, D. 2015. Ecology: A Canadian Context. 2nd Edition. Nelson Education, Toronto. 662 pp. https://retail.tophat.com/products/81174
Blais, J.M., Rosen, M., and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 2015. Environmental Contaminants: Using Natural Archives to Track Sources and Long-term Trends of Pollution. Springer, Dordrecht. 509 pp. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-017-9541-8_1
Birks, H.J.B., Juggins, S., Lotter, A., and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 2012. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 5: Data Handling and Numerical Techniques. Springer, Dordrecht. 745 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-2745-8
Freedman, B., Hutchins, J., Gwynne, D., Smol, J.P., Suffling, R., Turkington, R., and Walker, R. 2011. Ecology: A Canadian Context. Nelson Education, Toronto. 649 pp. (Out of print, Second edition available, see above)
Smol, J.P. and Stoermer, E.F. [Editors]. 2010. The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 667 pp. (re-released as a paperback version in 2016). https://www.cambridge.org/ca/academic/subjects/life-sciences/plant-science/diatoms-applications-environmental-and-earth-sciences-2nd-edition?format=HB#:~:text=Particular%20emphasis%20is%20placed%20on,indicators%20in%20different%20aquatic%20environments.
Smol, J.P. 2008. Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective. 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 383 pp. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Pollution+of+Lakes+and+Rivers:+A+Paleoenvironmental+Perspective,+2nd+Edition-p-9781405159135 Supplementary PowerPoint Presentations. Password Protected.
Antoniades, D., Hamilton, P.B., Douglas, M.S.V., and Smol, J.P. 2008. Diatoms of North America: The freshwater floras of Prince Patrick, Ellef Ringnes and northern Ellesmere Islands from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Iconographia Diatomologica book series; Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein; 134 plates with 1789 figures, 649 pp. https://koeltz.com/en/annotated-diatom-micrographs-ed-by-horstlange-bertalot-volume-17-antoniades-dermot-paul-b-hamiltonmarianne-s-v-douglas-and-john-p-smol-diatoms-of-north-americathe-freshwater-floras-of-prince-patrick-e.
Pienitz, R., Douglas, M.S.V., and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 2004. Long-Term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes. Springer, Dordrecht. 562 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4020-2126-8.
Moser, K., Smol, J.P., and MacDonald, G. 2004. The Ecology and Distribution of Diatoms in Wood Buffalo National Park, Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia. 59 pp. https://www.dianepublishing.net/Ecology_and_Distribution_of_Diatoms_from_Boreal_Fo_p/091000658x.htm
Smol, J.P. 2002. Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective. Arnold Publishers, London; Co-published by Oxford University Press, New York. 280 pp. (Out of print).
Wilkinson, A.N., Zeeb, B., and Smol, J.P. 2001. Atlas of Chrysophycean Cysts, Volume II. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 180 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-017-0811-1
Smol, J.P. Birks, H.J.B., and Last, W.M. [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 4: Zoological Indicators. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 217 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/0-306-47671-1
Smol, J.P. Birks, H.J.B., and Last, W.M. [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 3: Terrestrial, Algal, and Siliceous Indicators. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 371 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/0-306-47668-1
Last, W.M. and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 2: Physical and Geochemical Methods. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 504 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/0-306-47670-3
Last, W.M. and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 1: Basin Analysis, Coring, and Chronological Techniques. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 548 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/0-306-47669-X
Stoermer, E.F. and Smol, J.P. [Editors]. 1999. The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 484 pp. 2nd printing in hardcover; paperback version released 2001. (Out of print).
Reavie, E.D. and Smol, J.P. 1998. Freshwater Diatoms from the St. Lawrence River. Bibliotheca Diatomologica, J. Cramer, Stuttgart, 137 pp. https://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783443570323/Bibl_Diatomologica_Band_41
Cumming, B.F., Wilson, S.E., Hall, R.I. and Smol, J.P. 1995. Diatoms from Lakes in British Columbia (Canada) and Their Relationship to Lakewater Salinity, Nutrients and Other Limnological Variables. Bibliotheca Diatomologica, J. Cramer, Stuttgart, 207 pp. (Out of print).
Sandgren, C., Smol, J.P. and Kristiansen, J. [Editors]. 1995. Chrysophyte Algae: Ecology, Phylogeny and Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 384 pp. 2nd printing in hardcover; paperback version released 2009. https://www.cambridge.org/ca/academic/subjects/life-sciences/plant-science/chrysophyte-algae-ecology-phylogeny-and-development?format=PB
Duff, K., Zeeb, B. and Smol, J.P. 1995. Atlas of Chrysophycean Cysts. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 189 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-017-0809-8
Smol, J.P., Battarbee, R.W., Davis, R.B. and Meriläinen, J. [Editors]. 1986. Diatoms and Lake Acidity. Reconstructing pH from siliceous algal remains in lake sediments. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands. 307 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/9789061935360