Dmitry Beletsky

Research Scientist

Ecosystem Science and Management

Water

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Dr. Beletsky has been with the SEAS Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (joint Institute between University of Michigan and NOAA) since 1995. His research expertise lies in the hydrodynamics of lakes and coupling lake physics with biological processes. Since the beginning of his career in limnology in Russia, he has worked on hydrodynamics and climatology of several large lakes in Europe (Ladoga and Onega), North America (Lake Champlain, Lake St. Clair, Lakes Michigan, Erie, Ontario and Huron), and the Baltic Sea. His major scientific interest is climatology and long-term changes of circulation patterns in the Great Lakes.

Publications

Rowe, M.D., E.J. Anderson, D. Beletsky, C.A. Stow, S,D. Moegling, J.D. Chaffin, J.C. May, P.D. Collingsworth, A. Jabbari and J.D. Ackerman. 2019. Coastal upwelling influences hypoxia spatial patterns and nearshore dynamics in Lake Erie. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. (DOI:10.1029/2019JC015192). [Altmetric Score]
Hawley, N., D. Beletsky and J. Wang. 2018. Ice thickness measurements in Lake Erie during the winter of 2010–2011. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 44(3):388-397. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2018.04.004). [Altmertic Score]
Beletsky, D., R. Beletsky, E. S. Rutherford , J.L. Sieracki, J. M. Bossenbroek, W. L. Chadderton, M. E. Wittmann, G. M. Annis and D. M. Lodge. 2017. Predicting spread of aquatic invasive species by lake currents. . J. Great Lakes Res. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133017300291
Cable, R.N., D. Beletsky, R. Beletsky, B.W. Locke, K. Wigginton and M.B. Duhaime. 2017. Distribution and modeled transport of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes, the world’s largest freshwater resource. Frontiers in Environmental Science. (DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2017.00045). [Altmetric Score]
Kramer, A.M., G. Annis, M.E. Wittmann, W.L. Chadderton, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. Lodge, L.A. Mason, D. Beletsky, C. Riseng and J.M. Drake. 2017. Suitability of Great Lakes for aquatic invasive species based on global species distribution models and local aquatic habitat. Ecosphere. 8(7). (DOI:10.1002/ecs2.1883). [Altmetric Score]
Wittman, M.E., G. Annis, A.M. Kramer, L.A. Mason, C.M. Riseng, E.S. Rutherford, W.L. Chadderton, D. Beletsky, J.M. Drake and D.M. Lodge. 2017. Refining species distribution model outputs using landscape-scale habitat data: Forecasting grass carp and Hydrilla establishment in the Great Lakes region. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 4(2):298-301. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2016.09.008). [Altmetric Score]
Lodge, D.M., P.W. Simonin, S.W. Burgiel, R.P. Keller, J.M. Bossenbroek, C.L. Jerde, A.M. Kramer, E.S. Rutherford, M.A. Barnes, M.E. Wittmann, W.L. Chadderton, J.L. Apriesnig, D. Beletsky, R.M. Cooke, J.M. Drake, S.P. Egan, D.C. Finnoff, C.A. Gantz, E.K. Grey, M.H. Hoff, J.G. Howeth, R.A. Jensen, E.R. Larson, N.E. Mandrak, D.M. Mason, F.A. Martinez, T.J. Newcomb, J.D. Rothlisberger, A.J. Tucker, T.W. Warziniack and H. Zhang. 2016. Risk Analysis and Bioeconomics of Invasive Species to Inform Policy and Management. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 41:453-488. (DOI:10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085532). [Altmetric Score]
Rucinski, D.K., J.V. DePinto, D. Beletsky and D. Scavia. 2016. Modeling hypoxia in the central basin of Lake Erie under potential phosphorus load reduction scenarios. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 42(6):1306-1211. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2016.07.001). [Altmetric Score]
Tucker, A.J., W.L. Chadderton, C.L. Jerde, M.A. Renshaw, K. Uy, C. Gantz, A.R. Mahon, A. Bowen, T. Strakosh, J.M. Bossenbroek, J.L. Sieracki, D. Beletsky, J. Bergner and D.M. Lodge. 2016. A sensitive environmental DNA (eDNA) assay leads to new insights on Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua) spread in North America. Biological Invasions. 18(11):3205-3222. (DOI:10.1007/s10530-016-1209-z). [Altmetric Score]
Gronewold, A.D., E.J. Anderson, B.M. Lofgren, P.D. Blanken, J. Wang, J.P. Smith, T.S. Hunter, G.A. Lang, C.A. Stow, D. Beletsky and J.F. Bratton. 2015. Impacts of extreme 2013-2014 winter conditions on Lake Michigan’s fall heat content, surface temperature, and evaporation. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(9):3364-3370. (DOI:10.1002/2015GL063799). [Altmetric Score]
Zhou, Y., A.M. Michalak, D. Beletsky, Y.R. Rao and R.P. Richards. 2015. Record-breaking Lake Erie hypoxia during 2012 drought. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(2):800-807. (DOI:10.1021/es503981n). [Altmetric Score]
Beletsky, D., N. Hawley, Y.R. Rao. 2013. Modeling summer circulation and thermal structure of Lake Erie. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, doi: 10.1002/2013JC008854
Beletsky, R., D. Beletsky, N. Hawley and J. Wang. Interannual variability of winter circulation and ice in Lake Erie. Proceedings, 22nd IAHR International Symposium on Ice 2014, Singapore, August 11-15, 2014. International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research. 905-907.
Rucinski, D.K., J.V. DePinto, D. Scavia and D. Beletsky. 2014. Modeling Lake Erie’s hypoxia response to nutrient loads and physical variability. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40(3):151-161. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.003).
Scavia, D., J.D. Allan, K.K. Arend, S. Bartell, D. Beletsky, N.S. Bosch, S.B. Brandt, R.D. Briland, I. Daloglu, J.V. DePinto, D.M. Dolan, M.A. Evans, T.M. Farner, D. Goto, H. Han, T.O. Hook, R. Knight, S.A. Ludsin, D.M. Mason, A.M. Michalak, R.P. Richards, J.J. Roberts, D.K. Rucinski, E.S. Rutherford, D.J. Schwab, T. Sesterhenn, H. Zhang and Y. Zhou. 2014. Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40(2):226-246 (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.004). [Altmetric Score]
Wang, J., X. Bai, A. Fujisaki-Manome, H. Hu and D. Beletsky. Great Lakes ice and climate research and forecast. Proceedings, 22nd IAHR International Symposium on Ice 2014, Singapore, August 11-15, 2014. International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research. 48-55.
Beletsky, D., N. Hawley and Y. Rao. Modeling summer circulation and thermal structure of Lake Erie. 2013. Journal of Geophysical Research. 118:1-15. (DOI:10.1002/2013JC008854). [Altmetric Score]
Hawley, N., T. Redder, R. Beletsky, E. Verhamme, D. Beletsky and J.V. DePinto. 2013. Sediment resuspension in Saginaw Bay. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40(Supplement 1):18-27. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2013.11.010).
Michalak, A.M., E.J. Anderson, D. Beletsky, S. Boland, N.S. Bosch, T.B. Bridgeman, J.D. Chaffin, K. Cho, R. Confesor, I. Daloglu, J.V. DePinto, M.A. Evans, G.L. Fanenstiel, L. He, J.C. Ho, L. Jenkins, T.H. Johengen, K.C. Kuo, E. Laporte, X. Liu, M. McWilliams, M.R. Moore, D.J. Posselt, R.P. Richards, D. Scavia, A.L. Steiner, E. Verhamme, D.M. Wright and M.A. Zagorski. 2013. Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(16):6448-6452. (DOI:10.1073/pnas.1216006110). [Altmetric Score]
Beletsky, D., N. Hawley, Y.R. Rao, H. A. Vanderploeg, R. Beletsky, D. J. Schwab and S.A. Ruberg. 2012. Summer thermal structure and anticyclonic circulation of Lake Erie, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L06605, doi:10.1029/2012GL051002.
Arend, K.K., D. Beletsky, J.V. DePinto, S.A. Ludsin, J.J. Roberts, D.K. Rucinski, D. Scavia, D.J. Schwab and T.O. Hook. 2011. Seasonal and interannual effects of hypoxia on fish habitat quality in central Lake Erie. Freshwater Biology. 56(2):366-383. (DOI:10.111/J.1365-2427.2010.02504.X:366-383). [Altmetric Score]
Stroud, J.R., M.L. Stein, B.M. Lesht, D.J. Schwab and D. Beletsky. 2010. An ensemble Kalman filter and smoother for satellite data assimilation. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 105(491):978-990. (DOI:10.1198/jasa.2010.ap07636).
Rucinski, D.K., D. Beletsky, J.V. DePinto, D.J. Schwab and D. Scavia. 2010. A simple 1-dimensional, climate based dissolved oxygen model for the central basin of Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 36:465-476. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2010.06.002).
Thupaki, P., M.S. Phanikumar, D. Beletsky, D.J. Schwab, M.B. Nevers and R.L. Whitman. 2010. Budget analysis of Escherichia coli at a southern Lake Michigan beach. Environmental Science and Technology. 44:1010-1016. (DOI:10.1021/es902232a).
Wang, J., H. HU, D.J. Schwab, G.A. Leshkevich, D. Beletsky, N. Hawley and A.H. Clites. 2010. Development of the Great Lakes ice circulation model (GLIM): Application to Lake Erie in 2003-2004. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 36:425-436. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2010.04.002).
Schwab, D.J., D. Beletsky, J. DePinto and D.M. Dolan. 2009. A hydrodynamic approach to modeling phosphorus distribution in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 35:50-60. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2008.09.003).
Stroud, J.R., B.M. Lesht, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky and M.L. Stein. 2009. Assimilation of satellite images into a sediment transport model of Lake Michigan. Water Resources Research. 45(2). (DOI:10.1029/2007WR006747).
Beletsky, D. and D.J. Schwab. 2008. Climatological circulation in Lake Michigan. Geophys. Res. Letters. 35, L21604, doi:10.1029/2008GL035773.
McCormick, M.J., T.O. Manley, D. Beletsky, A.J. Foley and G.L. Fahnenstiel. 2008. Tracking the surface flow in Lake Champlain. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 34:721-730. (DOI:10.1016/S0380-1330(08)71613-7).
Schertzer, W.M., R.A. Assel, D. Beletsky, T.E. Croley II, B.M. Lofgren, J.H. Saylor and D.J. Schwab. 2008. Lake Huron climatology, inter-lake exchange and mean circulation. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 11(2):144-152. (DOI:10.1080/14634980802098705).
Beletsky, D., D. Mason, D.J. Schwab, E. Rutherford, J. Janssen, D. Clapp, and J. Dettmers. 2007. Biophysical model of larval yellow perch advection and settlement in Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res. 33, 842-866.
Beletsky, D., D.J. Schwab, and M.J. McCormick. 2006. Modeling 1998-2003 summer circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan. J.Geophys. Res., 111, C10010, doi:10.1029/2005JC00322.
Lee, C., D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, J. Stroud and B.M. Lesht. 2007. Numerical modeling of mixed sediment resuspension, transport, and deposition during the March 1998 episodic events in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research. 112(C2). (DOI:10.1029/2005JC003419).
Hawley, N., T.H. Johengen, Y.R. Rao, S.A. Ruberg, D. Beletsky, S.A. Ludsin, B.J. Eadie, D.J. Schwab, T.E. Croley II and S. B. Brandt. 2006. Lake Erie hypoxia prompts Canada-U.S. study. EOS Transactions. 86(32):313-319. (DOI:10.1029/2006EO320001).
Stroud, J., B.M. Lesht, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky and M.L. Stein. 2006. Tracking suspended sediment motion in Lake Michigan by combining satellite images with a numerical model. Technical Report No. 38. The University of Chicago, Center for Integrating Statistical and Environmental Science, Chicago, IL.
Chen, C., L. Wang, J. Qi, H. Liu, J.W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, H.A. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, T.H. Johengen, J. Cotner and P.J. Lavrentyev. 2004. A modeling study of benthic detritus flux’s impacts on heterotrophic processes in Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research. 109(C10):13. (DOI:10.1029/2002JC001689).
Chen, C., L. Wang, R. Ji, J. W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, G.L. Fahnenstiel, H.A. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie and J. Cotner. 2004. Impacts of suspended sediment on the ecosystem in Lake Michigan: A comparison between the 1998 and 1999 plume events. Journal of Geophysical Research. 109(C10S05):18. (DOI:10.1029/2002JC001687).
Schwab, D.J. and D. Beletsky. 2003. Relative effects of wind stress curl, topograph, and stratification on large scale circulation in Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research. 108(C2). (DOI:10.1029/2001JC001066).
Beletsky, D., D.J. Schwab, R.P. Roebber, M.J. McCormick, G.S. Miller and J.H. Saylor. 2003. Modeling wind-driven circulation during the March 1998 sediment resuspension event in Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research. 108(C2):3038. (DOI:10.1029/2001JC001159).
Raudsepp, U., D. Beletsky and D.J. Schwab. 2003. Basin scale topographic waves in the Gulf of Riga. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33:1129-1140. (DOI:10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1129:BTWITG>2.0.CO;2).
Chen, C., R. Ji, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, G.L. Fahnenstiel, M. Jiang, T.H. Johengen, H.A. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, J.W. Budd, M.H. Bundy, W. Gardner, J. Cotner and P. Lavrentyev. 2002. A model study of the coupled biological and physical dynamics in Lake Michigan. Ecological Modeling. 152:145-168. (DOI:10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00026-1).
Ji, R., C. Chen, J.W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, G.L. Fahnenstiel, T.H. Johengen, H.A. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, J. Cotner, W. Gardner and M. Bundy. 2002. Influences of suspended sediments on the ecosystem in Lake Michigan: A 3-D coupled bio-physical modeling experiment. Ecological Modeling. 152:169-190. (DOI:10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00027-3).
Beletsky, D. 2001. Modeling wind-driven circulation in Lake Ladoga. Boreal Environment Research. 6:307-316. (DOI:10.1029/2001JC001159).
Beletsky, D. and D.J. Schwab. 2001. Modeling circulation and thermal structure in Lake Michigan: Annual cycle and interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research. 106(C9):19745-19771. (DOI:10.1029/2000JC000691).
Schwab, D.J. and D. Beletsky. 2001. Hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling of episodic resuspension events in Lake Michigan. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling. M.L. Spaulding (ed.). St. Petersburg, FL, November 5-7, 2001, 266-279.
Lou, J., D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky and N. Hawley. 2000. A model of sediment resuspension and transport dynamics in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research. 105(C3):6591-6610. (DOI:10.1029/1999JC900325).
Schwab, D.J., D. Beletsky and J. Lou. 2000. The 1998 Coastal turbidity plume in Lake Michigan. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 50:49-58. (DOI:10.1006/ecss.1999.0531).
Beletsky, D., K.K. Lee and D.J. Schwab. 1999. Large Scale Circulation. In Potential Climate Change Effects on Great Lakes Hydrodynamics and Water Quality, D.C.L. Lam and W.M. Schertzer, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA.
Beletsky, D., J.H. Saylor and D.J. Schwab. 1999. Mean circulation in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 25(1):78-93. (DOI:10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70718-5).
Lou, J., D.J. Schwab and D. Beletsky. 1999. Suspended sediment transport modeling in Lake Michigan. Canadian Coastal Conference. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 19-22, 1999, 391-405.
Schwab, D.J. and D. Beletsky. 1998. Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study: Hydrodynamic modeling project. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-108. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI.
Schwab, D.J. and D. Beletsky. 1998. Propagation of kelvin waves along irregular coastlines in finite-difference models. Advances in Water Resources. 22(3):239-245. (DOI:10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00015-3).
Beletsky, D. and D.J. Schwab. 1998. Modeling thermal structure and circulation in Lake Michigan. Estuarine and Coastal Modeling. Proceedings of the Conference of American Society of Civil Engineerse. Alexandria, Virginia. 511-522.
Beletsky, D., K.W. Lee and D.J. Schwab. 1997. Recent advances in hydrodynamic modeling of the Great Lakes. Proceedings of Theme B, Water for a Changing Global Community. San Francisco, CA. The 27th Congress of the International Association for Hydraulic Research. 925-930.
Beletsky, D., W.P. O’Connor and D.J. Schwab. 1997. Hydrodynamic modeling for the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Project. Proceedings of the Next Generation Environmental Models Computational Methods (NGEMCOM) workshop, G. Delic, and M.F. Wheeler. Bay City, MI. August 7-9, 1995. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Philadelphia, PA. 125-128.
Beletsky, D., W.P. O’Connor, D.J. Schwab and D. Dietrich. 1997. Numerical simulation of internal Kelvin waves and coastal upwelling fronts. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 1197-1215. (DOI:10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1197:NSOIKW>2.0.CO;2).
Schwab, D.J., D. Beletsky, W.P. O’Connor and D.E. Dietrich. 1995. Numerical simulation of internal Kelvin waves with Z-level and Sigma level models. Proceedings, Fourth International Conference of Estuarine and Coastal Modeling. M.L. Spaulding and R.T. Cheng (eds.). San Diego, CA, October 26-28, 1995. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY. 298-307.