Final workshop: October 20-23, 2002, at Aspen Lodge, Estes Park, Colorado, USA
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Jonathan
M. Anderson
Research interests: Soil biodiversity and functions,
management of soil processes, agrobiodiversity in tropical farming systems
Selected publications:
Wilkinson SC, Anderson JM, Scardelis SP, Tisafouli M, Taylor A and Wolters
V (2002) PLFA profiles of microbial communities in decomposing conifer
litters subject to moisture stress. Soil Biology & Biochemistry
34 189-200.
Wilkinson SC and Anderson JM (2001) Spatial patterns of microbial communities
in a Norway Spruce (Picea abies) plantation. Microbial Ecology 42:248-255.
Cox P, Wilkinson SP and Anderson JM (2001) Effects of fungal inocula
on the decomposition of lignin and structural polysaccharides in Pinus
sylvestris litter. Biology and Fertility of Soils 33: 246-251.
Anderson JM (2000) Food web functioning and ecosystem processes: problems
and perceptions of scaling. In: Invertebrates as Webmasters in Ecosystems
(eds D.C.Coleman and P.F.Hendrix) pp. 3-24.
Vandermeer J, van Noordwijk M, Anderson JM, Ong C and Perfecto I (1998).
Global change and multi-species agroecosystems: Concepts and issues.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 67: 1-22.
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Melanie C. Austen
Research interests: Field and experimental benthic ecology in
coastal and estuarine habitats, particularly using microcosms and mesocosms;
impact of fishing on marine ecosystem processes and goods and services,
including valuation of benthic biodiversity; meiobenthic community ecology;
nematode taxonomy using traditional and molecular techniques; benthic-pelagic
coupling
Selected publications:
Austen, M.C. and McEvoy, A.J. (1997). The use of offshore meiobenthic
communities in laboratory microcosm experiments: response to heavy metal
contamination. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 211,
247-261.
Widdicombe, S. and Austen, M.C. (1998) Experimental evidence for the
role of Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) as a critical species in
the maintenance of benthic diversity and the modification of sediment
chemistry. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 228,
241-255.
Austen, M.C. Widdicombe, S. and Villano-Pitacco, N. (1998) Effects of
biological disturbance on diversity and structure of meiobenthic nematode
communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 174, 233-246.
Widdicombe, S., Austen, M.C. (2001). The interaction between
physical disturbance and organic enrichment: An important element in
structuring benthic communities. Limnology & Oceanography. 46, 1720-1733.
Austen, M.C., Lambshead, J., Hutchings, P., Boucher, G., Heip, C., King,
G., Koike, I., Smith, C.R., Snelgrove, P.V.R. (2002). Biodiversity links
above and below the marine sediment-water interface that may influence
community stability. Biodiversity and Conservation. 11 (1), 113-136.
Yvonne Baskin
Recent publications:
TRADE BOOKS:
A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines: The Growing Threat of Species Invasions
Island Press/Shearwater Books, June 2002
The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us
Island Press, 1997
MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Nature Conservancy
Nature’s Space Invaders (Summer 2002)
Wild Earth
Reuniting Pangaea…not by geology but by human commerce (Summer
2002)
Natural History
A Sickening Situation (Emerging Diseases of Wildlife) (April 2000)
Into the Wild (Transgenic Crops) (October 1999)
Science
Center Seeks Synthesis to Make Ecology More Useful (17 January 1997)
BioScience
Greening of Horticulture: Codes of Conduct to Curb Plant Invasions (June
2002)
Yellowstone Fires: A Decade Later (February 1999)
Winners and Losers in a Changing World (Species Invasions) (October
1998)
Home on the Range (Brucellosis in Yellowstone bison) (April 1998)
EDITING:
Issues in Ecology series (Ecological Society of America, available at
http://www.esa.org/)
EARLIER PUBLICATIONS
MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Published in Discover, Earth, The Atlantic Monthly, American Scientist,
Science 81-86,
Omni, Technology Review, National Geographic News Service,
Wildlife Conservation, New York Times Book Review, Longevity,
Science Digest, American Health, Medical World News, Psychology
Today, and other magazines, as well as in major newspaper science sections
in
the U.S. and Japan; World Resources 1998-99; and in World Book's Health
& Medical Annual and Science Year.
BOOKS:
THE GENE DOCTORS: Medical Genetics at the Frontier
William Morrow & Company, 1984.
WOMAN OF TOMORROW (with Kathy Keeton, President of Omni Magazine)
St. Martin's Press/Marek Books, 1985.
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Richard D. Bardgett
Research interests: How soil biota regulate plant-microbial competition
for N; herbivore-plant-soil interactions; trophic
interactions in soil.
Selected publications:
Bardgett, R.D. and Wardle, D.A. (2002) Herbivore mediated linkages between
aboveground and belowground communities. Ecology, in press.
Smith, R.S, R.S. Shiel, RD Bardgett, D. Millward, P. Corkhill, G. Rolph,
P.J. Hobbs. (2001) Diversification management of meadow grassland: plant
species diversity and functional traits associated with change in meadow
vegetation and soil microbial communities. Journal of Applied Ecology,
in press
Mikola, J., Bardgett, RD and Hedlund, K. (2002) Biodiversity, ecosystem
functioning and soil decomposer food webs. In: Biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning: synthesis and perspectives (M. Loreau, S. Naeem, P. Inchausti,
Eds.) Oxford University Press, in press.
Bardgett, RD, Anderson, J.M., Behan-Pelletier, B., Brussaard, L., Coleman
D.C., Ettema, C, Moldenke, A., Schimel, S.P. and Wall, D.H. (2001) The
role of soil biodiversity in the transfer of materials between terrestrial
and aquatic systems. Ecosystems, 4, 421-429.
Bardgett, RD Streeter, T.C., Cole, L. and Hartley I. R. (2002) Linkages
between soil biota, nitrogen availability, and plant nitrogen uptake
in a mountain ecosystem in the Scottish Highlands. Applied Soil Ecology,
19, 121-134.
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Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Research interests: Oribatid mite systematics and ecology, and
biodiversity of oribatid mites in tropical rainforest, grasslands, canopy
habitats.
Selected publications:
Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 1993. Diversity of soil arthropods in Canada:
systematic and ecological problems. Mem. ent. Soc. Canada. 165:11-50.
Finnamore, A.T., Winchester, N.N. and V. M. Behan-Pelletier, 1998. Protocols
for Measuring Biodiversity: Arthropod Monitoring in Terrestrial Ecosystems.
Biodiversity Science Board of Canada, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Network, Burlington, Ontario. http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/ecotools/protocols/terrestrial/arthropods/intro.html
Behan-Pelletier, V. M. and G. Newton, 1999. Linking biodiversity and
ecosystem function in soil: mites as models of the taxonomic diversity.
BioScience. 49:149-152.
Behan-Pelletier, V. M. 1999. Oribatid mite biodiversity in agroecosystems:
role as bioindicators. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 74:411-423.
Behan-Pelletier, V. and Walter, D.E. 2000. Biodiversity of oribatid
mites (Acari: Oribatida) in tree-canopies and litter. Pp. 187-202 in
Coleman, DC and Hendrix, P. Invertebrates as Webmasters. CABI Publication.
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David E. Bignell
Research interests: All aspects of termite biology, especially
symbioses, gut function (intestinal organization and physiology), community
ecology and global impact. Nutritional ecology and microbial associations
of cockroaches, millipedes and woodlice. Biology and microbial associations
of soil animals. Decomposition processes and agrobiodiversity in tropical
subsistence agriculture.
Selected publications:
Lavelle, P., Bignell, DE, Lepage. M., Volters, V., Roger, P., Ineson,
P., Heal, W. and Dillion, S. 1997. Soil function in a changing world:
the role of invertebrate ecosystem engineers. European Journal of Soil
Biology. 33, 159-193.
Bignell, DE and Eggleton, P. 2000. Termites in ecosystems. In Termites:
Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology (eds, T. Abe, DE Bignell and
M. Higashi), pp. 363-387, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Nalepa, C.A., Bignell, DE and Bandi, C. 2001. Detritivory, coprophagy
and the evolution of digestive mutualisms in Sdictyoptera. Insectes
Sociaux. 48, 194-201.
Bignell, DE, Tondoh, J., Dibog, L., Huang, SP, Moreira, F., Nwaga, D.,
Pashanasi, B., Susilo, F.-X. and Swift, M. 2002. Belowground biodiversity
assessment: the ASB rapid, functional group approach. In Alternatives
to Slash-and-Burn: A Global Synthesis. (eds, P.J. Ericksen, P.A. Sanchez
and A. Juo), American Society of Agronomy Special Publication, Madison,
Wisconsin. In press.
Kurniatun Hairiah, Sandy E. Williams, David Bignell, Mike Swift and
Meine Van Noordwijk. (2001). Effect of Land Use Change on Belowground
Biodiversity. International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Southeast
Asian Regional Research Programme, ASB-Lecture Note 6A. Bogor, Indonesia.
http://www.icraf.cgiar.org/sea/Training/Materials/ASB-TM/Modules.htm
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George G. Brown
Research interests: Soil ecology, earthworms, bioindicators of
soil fertility and sustainability
Selected publications:
Brown, George Gardner; Fragoso, C; Barois, I; Rojas, P; Patron, J C;
Bueno, J; Moreno, A G; Lavelle, Patrick; Ordaz, V; Rodríguez,
Carlos. Diversidad y rol funcional de la macrofauna edáfica en
los ecosistemas tropicales mexicanos. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, Xalapa,
N‚spec. 1, p. 79-110, 2001.
Brown, George G., Pasini, Amarildo, Benito, Norton P., Aquino, Adriana
M. de, Correia, M. Elizabeth F. 2002. Diversity and functional role
of soil macrofauna comunities in Brazilian no-tillage agroecosystems:
A preliminary analysis. In: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MANAGING BIODIVERSITY
IN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS, 2001, Montreal. Proceedings of the International
Symposium on Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems. Montreal:
CDB/UNU, pp. 1-21.
Brown, K S Jr; Brown, George Gardner. Habitat alteration and species
loss in Brazilian forests. In: Whitmore, T.C.; Sayer, J.A. (Eds.). Tropical
deforestation and species extinction.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1992,
p. 119-142.
Brown, George Gardner. How do earthworms affect microfloral and faunal
community diversity? Plant and Soil, v. 170, p. 209-231, 1995.
FRAGOSO, C; Brown, George Gardner; Patron, J C; Blanchart, E; Lavelle,
Patrick; Pashanasi, B; Senapati, B K; Kumar, T. Agricultural intensification,
soil biodiversity and ecosystem function: The role of earthworms. Applied
Soil Ecology, v. 6, p. 17-35, 1997.
Brown, G.G., Bennack, DE, Montanez, A., Braun, A. and Bunning, S. FAO
Soil Biodiversity Portal web site: http://www.fao.org/ag/AGL/agll/soilbiod/default.htm
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Valerie K. Brown
Research interests: multitrophic interactions, above-below-ground
biotic interactions, insect-fungal interactions, land-use change, agro-ecology,
climate change
Valerie Brown is Professor of Agro-Ecology and Director of the Centre
for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER) at the University of Reading.
Before being appointed to lead the new Centre in 2000, she was at Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine for most of her research
career. Her research interests are in experimental community ecology
focusing on the nature and role of multi-trophic interactions between
different organisms, especially those in the soil and the mechanisms
of linkages with above-ground biota. Her current work, and that of CAER
<http://www.apd.rdg.ac.uk/Agriculture/CAER/index.htm>,
is focused on the reconciliation of agriculture with the conservation
of biodiversity. She serves as a member of the UK Natural Environment
Research Council and the Scientific Advisory Group to DEFRA (Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). She currently holds positions
in IGBP and GCTE and has served as Vice President of the British Ecological
and the Royal Entomological Societies.
Selected publications:
Brown, V.K. and Gange, A.C. (2002). Tritrophic above- and below-ground
interactions in succession. In: Multitrophic Level Interactions. Eds.
Tscharntke, T. and Hawkins, B. Cambridge University Press. Pp 197-222.
Gange, A.C. and Brown, V.K. (2002). Actions and interactions of soil
invertebrates and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affecting the structure
of plant communities. In: Ecological Studies vol. 157 - Mycorrhizal
Ecology. Eds. van der Heijden, M. and Sanders, I. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Heidelberg New York. Pp 321-344.
Gange, A.C., Bower, E. and Brown, V.K. (2002). Differential effects
of insect herbivory on arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization. Oecologia
131, 103-112.
Gange, A.C. & Brown, V.K. (2002). Soil food web components affect
plant community structure during early succession. Journal of Ecological
Research 17, 217-227.
Ganade, G. and Brown, V.K. (2002). Succession in old pastures of central
Amazonia: role of soil fertility and plant litter. Ecology 83: 743-754.
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Nina F. Caraco
Research interests: Aquatic biogeochemistry, ecosystem metabolism
(oxygen and carbon dioxide balance), invasive species impacts, watershed
N and P balance
Selected publications:
Caraco, N.F., J.J. Cole., P.A. Raymond, D.L. Strayer, M.L. Pace, S.E.G.
Findlay, and D.T. Fischer. 1997. Zebra mussel invasion in a large turbid
river: Phytoplankton response to increased grazing. Ecology 78:588-602.
Caraco, NF and J.J. Cole. 1999. Human impact on aquatic nitrogen loads:
A regional scale study using large river basins. Ambio 28:167-170.
Strayer, D.L., NF Caraco, J.J. Cole, S. Findlay, and M.L Pace. 1999.
Transformation of freshwater ecosystems by bivalves: a case study of
zebra mussels in the Hudson River. BioScience 49:19-28.
Caraco, N., J.J. Cole, S.E.G. Findlay, DT Fischer, G.G. Lampman, ML
Pace, and D.L. Strayer. 2000. Dissolved oxygen declines in the Hudson
River associated with the invasion of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha).
Env. Sci. Tech. 34:1204-1210.
Caraco N. F. and Cole J. J. Contrasting impacts of a native and alien
macrophyte on dissolved oxygen in a large river. Ecol. Appl. IN PRESS.
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Alan P. Covich
Research interests: Detrital-based stream food
webs; species-specific responses to disturbances in stream communities;
effects of drought on headwater streams; ecosystem services of freshwater
benthic invertebrates.
Selected publications:
Crowl, T.A., W.H. McDowell, A.P. Covich, and S.L. Johnson. 2001. Freshwater
shrimp effects on detrital processing and nutrients in a tropical headwater
stream. Ecology 82: 775-783.
Levin, L., D. Bosch, J. Brim Box, A. Covich, C. Dahm, C. Erseus, K.C.
Ewel, A. Moldenke, M. Palmer, P. Snelgrove, J. Weslawski. 2001. The
function of marine critical transition zones and the importance of sediment
biodiversity. Ecosystems 4: 430-451.
Chong, C.T., S.R. Larned, A.P. Covich, and R.A. Kinzie. 2000. Species
interactions between estuarine detritivores: inhibition or facilitation?
Hydrobiologia 434: 11-16.
Palmer, M.A., A.P. Covich, S. Lake, P. Biro, J.J. Brooks, J. Cole, C.
Dahm, W. Goedkoop, J. Verhoeven, and W. van de Bund. 2000. Linkages
between aquatic sediment biota and life above sediments as potential
drivers of biodiversity and ecological processes. BioScience 50: 1062-1075.
Lake, P.S.,M.A. Palmer, P. Biro, J.J. Cole, A. P. Covich, C.N. Dahm,
J. Gibert,W. Goedkoop, K. Martens, J.T.A. Verhoeren. 2000 Global change
and freshwater ecosystems: Impacts on linkages between above-sediment
and below-sediment biota. BioScience 50: 1099-1107.
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Katherine C. Ewel
Research interests: Katherine Ewel conducts research on the ability
of mangrove forests and freshwater swamps in the Pacific islands to
provide goods and services to human populations. This includes characterizing
forest structure, evaluating the impacts of research utilization, and
understanding the socioeconomic context for resource management.
Selected publications:
Ewel, K.C., R.R. Twilley, and J.E. Ong. 1998. Different kinds of mangrove
forests provide different goods and services. Global Ecology and Biogeography
Letters 7: 83-94.
Ewel, K.C. 2001. Natural resource management: the need for interdisciplinary
collaboration. Ecosystems 4: 716-722.
Naylor, R.L., K.M. Bonine, K.C. Ewel, and E.E. Waguk. 2002. Migration,
markets, and mangrove resource use on Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia.
Ambio 31: 340-350.
Ewel, K.C., RD Hauff, and T.G. Cole. Analyzing mangrove forest structure
and species distribution on a Pacific island. Phytocoenologia. (in press)
Gleason, S.M., K.C. Ewel, and N. V. Hue. In press. Soil redox conditions
and plant-soil relationships in a Micronesian mangrove forest. Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science. (In press)
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James R. Garey
Research interests: My work involves two related areas. The first
is understanding the general phylogeny of the animal kingdom, particularly
the lesser-known and meiofaunal groups, using a combination of molecular
and morphological characters. The second area is the application of
molecular phylogenetic methods to the study of meiofaunal community
structure using high throughput DNA analysis.
Selected publications:
Bleidorn, C., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. and Garey, J.R. (2002). Systematic
relationships of Nematomorpha based on molecular and morphological data.
121:357-364.
Garey, J.R. (2001). Ecdysozoa: the relationship between Cycloneuralia
andPanarthropoda , Zool. Anz. 240: 321-330.
Cameron, C.B., Garey, J.R. and Swalla, B.J. (2000). Evolution of the
Chordate Body Plan: New Insights from phylogenetic analyses of deuterostome
phyla. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95:4469-4474.
Garey, J.R., Nelson, D.R., Mackey, L.Y., and Li, J. (1999). Tardigrade
Phylogeny: Congruency of Morphological and Molecular Evidence. Zool.
Anz. 238:205-210.
Blaxter ML, De Ley P, Garey JR, Liu LX, Scheldeman P, Vierstraete A,
Vanfleteren JR, Mackey LY, Dorris M, Frisse LM, Vida JT, Thomas WK.
(1998) A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda. Nature
392: 71-74.
Aguinaldo A.M.A., Turbeville J.M., Linford L.S., Rivera M.C., Garey
J.R., Raff R.A.and Lake J.A. (1997) Evidence for a clade of nematodes,
arthropods and other moulting animals. Nature 387: 489-493.
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Paul S. Giller
Research interests: Professor Paul Giller is a freshwater ecologist
with over 20 years research experience. His research expertise lies
in population and community ecology and freshwater biology, particularly
in the analysis of macroinvertebrate communities of freshwater habitats;
freshwater-forestry interactions (including biodiversity issues and
the effects of forestry practices); fish diet and feeding strategies;
the impact of instream (flooding) and catchment (land use changes) disturbances
on stream and river ecosystems; freshwater pollution; and the role of
diversity on ecosystem function (terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems).
Prof Giller is currently involved in research projects on diversity
effects on ecosystem function in both terrestrial (semi-natural grassland
systems funded by Enterprise Ireland) and stream and river (litter decomposition
and river quality funded through European Union Framework 5 programme)
habitats. He is also investigating the influence of riparian diversity
on litter inputs (funded through PRTLI programme) and on energy subsidies
to salmonid populations (funded through Enterprise Ireland). Research
is ongoing investigating the influence of plantation forestry on terrestrial
biodiversity (EPA and COFORD funding) and at the landscape scale on
the influence of forest configuration and distribution on biodiversity
(PRTLI funded).
S elected publications:
Giller, P. S., Hildrew, A. G. and Rafaelli, D. (eds) (1994). Aquatic
Ecology : Scale,
- Pattern and Process. Proceedings of British Ecological Society and
American
- Society of Limnology and Oceanography Symposium, 1992. Blackwell
- Scientific Publications. 649 pp.
2nd Edition (paperback), 1996.
Giller, P. S. (1996). Diversity of soil communities: "the poor
man's rainforest". Special issue: Biodiversity of Soil Organisms.
Biodiversity and Conservation, 5, 1-34
Hector, A., Schmidt, B. ÖFinn, J. ..Giller, P. S., Good, J. Harris,
R.,Ö.and Lawton, J. H. (1999). Plant diversity and productivity
experiments in European grasslands. Science, 286, 1123-1127.
Murphy, J. and Giller, P. S. (2001). Hazel leaf breakdown in two low
order streams differing in the functional efficiency of their detritivore
assemblages. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie. 150 (2) , 249-267.
Bengtsson, J., Englehardt, K., Giller, P., Hobbie, S., Lawrence, D.,
Levine, J., Vila, M. and Wolters, V. (2002). Slippin' and slidin' between
the scales: the scaling components of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning
relations. In M. Loreau, S. Naeem and P. Inchausti (eds) Biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning: synthesis and perspectives. Oxford University
Press, Oxford.
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Willem Goedkoop
Research interests: Willem Goedkoop is an associate professor
at the Department of Environmental Assessment of the Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences. His main research interests are in invertebrate
feeding biology, and the ecological linkages between pelagic and benthic
communities and between aquatic and terrestrial environments. In recent
years also the bioavailability of sediment contaminants in benthic food
webs, in particular the interactions between contaminants and sediment
microbes for contaminant bioconcentration and bioaccumulation, has been
part of his research focus.
Selected publications:
Johnson, R.K. & W. Goedkoop. Littoral macroinvertebrate communities:
Spatial scale and ecological linkages. Freshwater Biology (in press).
Goedkoop , W. & R.K. Johnson. 2001. Factors affecting population
fluctuations of the glacial relict amphipod Monoporeia affinis in Sweden's
largest lakes. AMBIO 30: 552-559.
Goedkoop, W., L. Sonesten, G. Ahlgren & M. Boberg. 2000. Fatty acids
in profundal benthic invertebrates and their major food resources in
Lake Erken - Seasonal variation and trophic indications. Canadian Journal
of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57: 2267-2279.
Gullberg, K.R., W. Goedkoop & R.K. Johnson. 1997. The fate of diatom
carbon within a freshwater benthic community - a microcosm study. Limnology
and Oceanography 42: 452-460.
Goedkoop W. & R.K. Johnson. 1996. Pelagic-benthic coupling: Profundal
benthic community response to spring diatom deposition in mesotrophic
Lake Erken. Limnology and Oceanography 41: 636-647.
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Robert O. Hall, Jr.
Research interests: Interaction between animal assemblages and
ecosystem function in streams, energy and nutrient flow in food webs,
invasive species impact to food webs, stable isotopes as food web tracers,
nitrogen cycling in streams, bacterivory by aquatic invertebrates
Selected publications:
Marshall, M. C. and R. O. Hall. Hyporheic invertebrates affect nitrogen
cycling and respiration in stream sediment microcosms. Submitted.
Hall, R. O., H. M. Malcom, and G. E. Likens. 2001. Trophic basis of
invertebrate production in two forest streams. Journal of the North
American Benthological Society 20:432-447.
Hall, R. O., J. B. Wallace, and S. L. Eggert. 2000. Organic matter flow
in stream food webs with reduced detrital resource base. Ecology 81:3445-3463.
Hall, R. O., and J. L. Meyer. 1998. The trophic significance of bacteria
in a detritus-based stream food web. Ecology 79:1995-2012.
Hall, R. O., C. L. Peredney, and J. L. Meyer. 1996. The effect of invertebrate
consumption on bacterial transport in a mountain stream. Limnology and
Oceanography, 41:1180-1187.
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Stephen J. Hawkins
Research interests: Rocky shore community ecology; behavioural
ecology of intertidal grazers; restoration of degraded coastal ecosystems,
recovery of polluted shores and estuaries; long term change in relation
to climate using rocky-shore indicators; shellfisheries, impacts of
scallop dredging on benthos; ecology and design of sea defences; taxonomy
of intertidal gastropods – particularly Patellidae
Selected publications:
Raffaelli, D.G. & Hawkins, S.J., 1996. Intertidal Ecology, London,
Chapman and Hall, 356pp.
Hawkins, S.J., Allen, J.R., Ross, P.M., Genner, M.J., 2002. Marine and
coastal ecosystems. In: Davy, M.R.P.A.J. (Ed.), Handbook of Ecological
Restoration. Volume 2 Restoration in Practice. Cambridge University
Press, pp. 121-148.
Boaventura, D., Alexander, M., Della Santina, P., Smith, N.D., Re, P.,
da Fonseca, L.C., Hawkins, S.J., 2002. The effects of grazing on the
distribution and composition of low-shore algal communities on the central
coast of Portugal and on the southern coast of Britain. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology 267, 185-206.
Hyder, K., Aberg, P., Johnson, M.P., Hawkins, S.J., 2001. Models of
open populations with space-limited recruitment: extension of theory
and application to the barnacle Chthamalus montagui. Journal of Animal
Ecology 70, 853-863.
Thompson, R.C., Wilson, B.J., Tobin, M.L., Hill, A.S., Hawkins, S.J.,
1996. Biologically generated habitat provision and diversity of rocky
shore organisms at a hierarchy of spatial scales. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology & Ecology 202, 73-84.
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H. William Hunt
Research interests: Nutrient cycling, soil food webs, simulation
modelling, non-linear dynamics
Selected publications:
Hunt, H.W., M.J. Trlica, E.F. Redente et al. 1991. Simulation model
for the effects of climate change on temperate grassland ecosystems.
Ecological Modelling 53:205-46.
Hunt, H.W., E.T. Elliott, J.K. Detling, et al. 1996. Responses of a
C3 and a C4 perennial grass to elevated CO2 and temperature under different
water regimes. Global Change Biology 2:35-47.
Hunt, H.W., JA Morgan and J.J. Read. 1998. Simulating growth and root-shoot
partitioning in prairie grasses under elevated atmospheric CO2 and water
stress. Annals of Botany 81:489-501.
Hunt, H.W. & DH Wall. 2002. Modelling the effects of loss of soil
biodiversity on ecosystem function. Global Change Biology 8:33-50.
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Thomas M. Iliffe
Research interests: Marine caves, biospeleology, cave diving,
biodiversity, ecology, evolution, endangered species, conservation,
Crustacea
Selected publications:
Iliffe, T.M. (2000). Anchialine cave ecology. Pages 59-76 in: Ecosystems
of the World. 30. Subterranean Ecosystems, H. Wilkens, DC Culver, &
W.F. Humphreys (eds.), Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.
Iliffe, T.M. and C. Bowen (2001). Scientific cave diving. Marine Technology
Society Journal, 35(2):36-41.
Iliffe, T.M. (2001). CaveBiology.com
– the anchialine cave biodiversity website. Mapping Subterranean
Biodiversity, Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 6:22-23.
Proudlove, G.S., R. Medina-Gonzalez, L. Chumba-Segura and T.M. Iliffe
(2001). Threatened fishes of the world: Ogilbia pearsei (Hubbs, 1938).
Environmental Biology of Fishes, 62:214.
Medina-Gonzalez, R., G.S. Proudlove, L. Chumba-Segura and T.M. Iliffe
(2001). Threatened fishes of the world: Ophisternon infernale (Hubbs,
1938). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 62:170.
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Phil Ineson
Research interests: Role of soil biota in trace gas production,
impacts of pollutants on soil biota, soil biota and ecosystem function,
sustainable closed systems, impacts of climate change on ecosystems
Selected publications:
Bull ID, Parekh NR, Hall GH, Ineson P, Evershed RP (2000). Detection
and classification of atmospheric methane oxidizing bacteria in soil.
Nature 405: 175-178.
Radajewski S, Ineson P, Parekh NR, Murrell JC (2000) Stable-isotope
probing as a tool in microbial ecology. Nature 403: 646-649.
Briones MJI, Ineson P (2002) Use of C-14 carbon dating to determine
feeding behaviour of enchytraeids. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 34:
881-884.
Cole L, Bardgett RD, Ineson P, Adamson JK (2002) Relationships between
enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta), climate change, and the release of
dissolved organic carbon from blanket peat in northern England. Soil
Biology & Biochemistry 34: 599-607.
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T. Hefin Jones
Research interests: (i) interactions between below- and above-ground
biota, (ii) the relative roles of bottom-up and top-down influences
on insect populations, and (iii) determining the effects of global environmental
change on multi-trophic interactions.
Selected Pulbications:
Bradford, M.A., Jones, T.H., Bardgett, R..D., Black, H.I.J., Boag, B.,
Bonkowski, M., Cook, R., Eggers, T., Gange, A.C., Grayston, S.A., Kandeler,
E., McCaig, A.E., Newington, T.E., Prosser, J.I., Setälä,
H., Staddon, P.L., Tordoff, G.M., Tscherko, D., and Lawton, J.H. (2002)
Impacts of soil faunal community composition on model grassland ecosystems
Science (due for publication 18 October 2002)
Masters, G.J., Jones, T.H. and Rogers, M. (2001) Host-plant mediated
effects of root herbivory on insect seed predators and their parasitoids.
Oecologia 127: 246 - 250.
Tshercko, D., Kandeler, E. and Jones, T.H. (2001) Effect of temperature
on below-ground N-dynamics in a weedy model ecosystem at ambient and
elevated atmospheric CO2 levels. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33: 491
- 501.
Bruce, K.D., Jones, T.H. , Bezemer, T.M., Thompson, L.J. and Ritchie,
D.A. (2000) The effect of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
on soil bacterial communities. Global Change Biology 6: 427 -434.
Jones, T.H. , Thompson, L.J., Lawton, J.H., Bezemer, T.M., Bardgett,
R.D., Blackburn, T.M., Bruce, K.D., Cannon, P.F., Hall, G.S., Hartley,
S.E., Howson, G., Jones, C.G., Kampichler, C., Kandeler, E. and Ritchie,
D.A. (1998) Impacts of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide on model terrestrial
ecosystems. Science 280: 441 -443.
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Ronald T. Kneib
Research interests: Population and community dynamics of estuarine
benthic and epibenthic organisms; effects of spatial pattern on ecosystem
functioning, scale and perspective; coupling of estuarine decomposer
and nekton communities.
Selected publications:
Webb, S.R. & R.T. Kneib. 2002. Distribution and abundance of juvenile
white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus within a tidal marsh landscape. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 232:213-223.
Levin, L.A., D.F. Boesch, A. Covich, C. Dahm, C. Erséus, K.C.
Ewel, R.T. Kneib, A. Moldenke, M.A. Palmer, P. Snelgrove, D. Strayer,
J.M. Welawski. 2001. The function of marine critical transition zones
and the importance of sediment biodiversity. Ecosystems 4:430-451.
Ewel, K.C., C. Cressa, R.T. Kneib, P.S. Lake, L.A. Levin, M.A. Palmer,
P. Snelgrove, D.H. Wall. 2001. Managing critical transition zones. Ecosystems
4:452-460.
Graça, M.A.S., S.Y. Newell & R.T. Kneib. 2000. Grazing rates
of organic matter and living fungal biomass of decaying Spartina alterniflora
by three species of salt-marsh invertebrates. Marine Biology 136:281-289.
Kneib, R.T. 1997. The role of tidal marshes in the ecology of estuarine
nekton. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review 35: 163--220.
Kneib, R.T., S.Y. Newell & E.T. Hermeno. 1997. Survival, growth
and reproduction of the salt marsh amphipod Uhlorchestia spartinophila
reared on natural diets of senescent and dead Spartina alterniflora
leaves. Marine Biology 128: 423--431.
Kneib, R.T. 1991. Indirect effects in experimental studies of marine
soft-sediment communities. Amer. Zool. 31:874-885.
Kneib, R.T. 1988. Testing for indirect effects of predation in an intertidal
soft-bottom community. Ecology 69:1795-1805.
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Patrick Lavelle
Research interests: Relationships between above ground and below
ground diversity; consequences for soil function and plant growth; bioindicators
of soil quality based on soil macrofauna communities.
Selected publications:
Lavelle, P. 1997. Faunal activities and soil processes : adaptive strategies
that determine ecosystem function. Advances in Ecological Research 27:
93-132.
Lavelle, P., D. Bignell, and M. Lepage. 1997. Soil function in a changing
world: the role of invertebrate ecosystem engineers. European Journal
of Soil Biology 33: 159-193.
Lavelle, P., E. Barros, E. Blanchart, G. Brown, T. Desjardins, L. Mariani,
and J. Rossi. 2001. Soil Organic Matter management in the tropics :
why feeding the soil macrofauna? Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
61: 53-61.
Lavelle, P., and A. V. Spain. 2001. Soil Ecology. Kluwer Scientific
Publications Amsterdam.
Lavelle, P. 2002. Functional domains in soils. Ecological Research 17:
441-450.
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Lisa A. Levin
Research interests: Ecology of soft-sediment assemblages in wetlands,
estuaries, continental margins and the deep sea; animal-sediment interactions;
consequences of species invasion; ecology of methane seeps; oxygen minimum
zones, salt marsh restoration.
Selected publications:
Levin, L.A. 2002. Deep-ocean life where oxygen is scarce. American
Scientist 90: 436-444.
Levin, L.A. RJ Etter, MA Rex, AJ Gooday, CR Smith, J. Pineda, CT Stuart,
RR Hessler, D. Pawson. 2001. Environmental influences on regional deep-sea
species diversity. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 132: 51-93
Levin LA, Boesch DF, Covich A., Dahm, C, Erseus, C, Ewel, K, Kneib R,
Moldenke A., Palmer M., Snelgrove P Strayer D, Weslawski J. 2001. The
role of sediment biodiversity in the function of marine critical transition
zones. Ecosystems 4: 430-451.
Talley, T.S., J.A. Crooks, and L.A. Levin. 2001. Habitat utilization
and alteration by the burrowing isopod, Sphaeroma quoyanum in California
salt marshes Mar. Biology 138: 561-573.
Talley, T.S and LA Levin. 2001. Modification of sediments and macrofauna
by an invasive marsh plant. Biological Invasions 3 (1): 51-68.
Levin, L.A. and T. Talley. 2000. Influences of vegetation and abiotic
environmental factors on salt marsh benthos. In: Weinstein, M.P. and
D..A. Kreeger (eds). Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology.
Kluwer Academic Publ., Amsterdam, Netherlands. Pp. 661-708.
Levin, L.A., D.W. James, C.M. Martin, A. Rathburn, L. Harris and R.
Michener. 2000. Do methane seeps support distinct infaunal assemblages?
Observations on community structure and nutrition from the northern
California slope and shelf. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 208: 21-39.
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David M. Merritt
Research interests: Riparian plant ecology. Generally interested
in the factors that influence species diversity in riparian ecosystems
(fluvial disturbance, water dispersal of plants, invasive species) with
particular emphasis on the role of river damming and water development
on such processes.
Selected publications:
Nilsson, C., E. Andersson, D.M. Merritt, and M. Johansson. 2002. Differences
in riparian flora between riverbanks and lakeshores explained by dispersal
traits. In press Ecology.
Merritt, D.M. and E.E. Wohl. 2002. Downstream hydraulic geometry and
channel adjustment during a flood along an ephemeral, arid-region drainage.
In press Geomorphology.
Merritt, D.M. and E.E. Wohl. 2002. Processes governing hydrochory along
rivers: hydraulics, hydrology, and dispersal phenology. Ecological Applications
12:1071-1087.
Wohl, E.E. and D.M. Merritt. 2001. Bedrock channel morphology. Geological
Society of America Bulletin 113:1205-1212.
Merritt, D.M. and D.J. Cooper. 2000. Riparian vegetation and channel
change in response to river regulation: a comparative study of two regulated
streams in the Green River Basin, U.S.A. Regulated Rivers Research and
Management 16:543-564.
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Andrew N. Parsons
Research interests: Carbon cycling and biogeochemistry of soils;
use of isotopic tracers in ecology; climate change effects in polar
regions.
Selected publications:
Gooseff, M.N., Barrett, J.E., Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G., Lyons, W.B.,
Parsons, A.N., Porazinska, D.L., Virginia, R.A., & Wall, D.H. (in
press) Snow patch Influence on soil biogeochemical processes and invertebrate
distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic Antarctic
and Alpine Research.
Moorhead, D.L., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A., and Parsons, A.N. (2002)
Distribution and life cycle of Scottnema lindsayae (Nematoda) in Antarctic
soils: a modeling analysis of temperature responses. Polar Biology,
25, 118-125.
Wall, D.H., Adams, G.A and Parsons, A.N. (2001) Soil Biodiversity. In:
Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st
Century, edited by F. S. Chapin III, O. E. Sala, and E. Huber-Sannwald,
pp 47-82, Springer-Verlag, New York.
Fountain, A.G., Lyons, W.B., Burkins, M.B., Dana, G.L., Doran, P.T.,
Lewis, K.J., McKnight, D.M., Moorhead, D., Parsons, A.N., Priscu, J.C.,
Wall, D.H., Wharton, Jr., R.A., and Virginia, R.A. (1999) Physical controls
on the Taylor Valley ecosystem, Antarctica. BioScience, 49, 961-971.
Robinson, C.H., Wookey, P.A., Parsons, A.N., Potter, J.A., Callaghan,
T.V., Lee, J.A., Press, M.C. and Welker, J.M. (1995) Responses of plant
litter decomposition, nutrient concentrations in soil solution and nitrogen
mineralisation to simulated environmental change in a high arctic polar
semidesert and a subarctic dwarf shrub heath. Oikos, 74, 503-512.
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Eldor A. Paul
Research interests: Soil microbiology - microbial ecology, nutrient
cycling, organic matter, plant-microbial interactions, molecular techniques
for soil fungi, nitrifiers.
Selected publications:
Princic, A., I. Mahne, F. Megusar, E.A. Paul, and J.M. Tiedje. 1998.
Effects of pH, oxygen level and ammonium concentration on the community
structure of nitrifying bacteria from waste water. Applied and Envir.
Microb. 64:3584-3590.
BrunsA., M.A. Fries, J.M. Tiedje, and E.A. Paul. 1998. Functional gene
hybridization patterns of terrestrial ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Microbial
Ecology. 36:293-302.
Bruns, M.A., J.R. Stephens, J.I. Prosser, and E.A. Paul. 1999. Comparative
diversity of ammonia oxidizer 16Sr RNA gene sequences in never-tilled,
tilled and successional soils. Applied and Envin. Microb. 65:2994-3000.
Paul, E.A. 2000. Soil microbiology and biochemistry: directions and
challenges for the future. In: Soil Fertility, Soil Biology and Plant
Nutrient Interrelationship. J.O. Siqueira, F.M.S. Moreira, A.S. Lopes,
L.R.G. Guilherme, V. Faquin, A.E. Furtini Neto and J.G. Carvalho (eds.).
Society Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, Lavras-MG, Brazil pp. 25-49.
Phillips, C.J., D. Harris, S.L. Dollhopf, K.L. Gross, J.I. Prosser,
and E.A. Paul. 2000a. Effects of agronomic treatments on the structure
and function of ammonia oxidizing communities. Applied Env. Microbiology
66: 5410-5418.
Phillips, C.J., E.A. Paul, and J.I. Prosser. 2000b. Quantitative analysis
of ammonia oxidizing bacteria using competitive PCR. FEMS Microbial
Ecology 32:167-175.
K. R. Kosola, D.M. Durall, G. P. Robertson, and D.I. Dickmann, E.A.
Paul. 2000. Mycorrhyzal resilience in defoliated and fertilized hybrid
poplar. Soil Biol. And Biochem. Submitted.
Blackwood, C.B., T. Marsh and E.A. Paul. 2002. Methods of T-RFLP data
analysis for comparison of bacterial communities. App. and Environ.
Micro. In press
Blackwood, C.B. and E.A. Paul. 2002. Eubacterial community structure
and population size within the light fraction, rhizosphere and heavy
fraction of several agricultural cropping systems. Soil Biology and
Biochem. In preparation.
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Paul V. R. Snelgrove
Research interests: Marine community ecology, larval ecology
of fish and benthic invertebrates, biodiversity, hydrodynamic effects
on benthic communities and populations, deep-sea ecology, coral reef
ecology, disturbance and anthropogenic impacts
Selected publications:
Snelgrove, P.V.R., J.F. Grassle & R.F. Petrecca (1996) Experimental
evidence for aging food patches as a factor contributing to high deep-sea
macrofaunal diversity. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 605-614.
Snelgrove, P.V.R. T.H. Blackburn, P. Hutchings, D. Alongi, J.F. Grassle,
H. Hummel, G. King, I. Koike, P. J.D. Lambshead, N.B. Ramsing, V. Solis-Weiss,
D.W. Freckman (1997) The importance of marine sediment biodiversity
in ecosystem processes Ambio 26: 578-583.
Snelgrove, P.V.R. (1999) Getting to the bottom of marine biodiversity:
Sedimentary habitats. BioScience 49: 129-138.
Snelgrove, P.V.R., M.C. Austen, G. Boucher, C. Heip, P.A. Hutchings,
G.M. King, I. Koike, P.J.D. Lambshead and C.R. Smith (2000) Linking
biodiversity above and below the marine sediment-water interface. BioScience
50: 1076-1088.
Snelgrove, P.V.R. & C.R. Smith (2002) A riot of species in an environmental
calm: the paradox of the species-rich deep-sea. Oceanography and Marine
Biology: An Annual Review 40: 311-342.
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Wim H. van der Putten
Research interests: Soil multitrophic interactions in relation
to spatio-temporal processes in natural vegetation; linking up to aboveground
multitrophic interactions; biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, biodiversity
and global change; plant invasiveness in relation to above and belowground
trophic interactions; natural succession; ecology, regulation and host
specificity of plant parasitic nematodes in natural ecosystems; plant-microorganism
interactions.
Selected publications:
Blomqvist, M.M., Olff, H., Blaauw, M.B., Bongers, T., van der Putten,
W.H. (2000) Interactions between above- and below-ground biota: contribution
to small-scale vegetation mosaics in a grassland ecosystem Oikos 90,
584-600.
Van der Putten, W.H., Mortimer, S.R., Hedlund, K., Van Dijk, C., Brown,
V.K., Leps, J., Rodriguez-Barrueco, C., Roy, J., Diaz Len, T.A., Gormsen,
D., Korthals, G.W., Lavorel, S., Regina, I., Smilauer, P. (2000) Plant
species diversity as a driver of early succession in abandoned fields:
a multi-site approach. Oecologia 124: 91-99.
Korthals, G.W., P. Smilauer, C. van Dijk, W.H. van der Putten, 2001.
Linking above- and below-ground biodiversity: abundance and trophic
complexity in soil as a response to experimental plant communities on
abandoned arable land. Functional Ecology 15: 506-514.
Van der Putten, W.H., L.E.M. Vet, JA Harvey, F.L. Wackers, 2001. Linking
above- and below- ground multitrophic interactions of plants, herbivores,
pathogens, and their antagonists. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16:
547-554.
Van der Putten, W.H., 2001. Interactions of plants, soil pathogens and
their antagonists in natural ecosystems. In: Biotic Interactions in
Plant-Pathogen Associations M.J. Jeger & N.J. Spence (Eds.). CAB
International, pp.: 285-305. Publication 2875 NIOO-CTO Heteren, The
Netherlands.
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Diana H. Wall
Research interests: Soil nematode biodiversity, nutrient cycling,
above-belowground linkages, decomposition, soil ecology, soil nematodes
in ecosystem of varying land uses, agriculture. Wall is currently assessing
how soil warming changes soil biological diversity and ecology in the
Antarctic Dry Valleys. Other projects include nematode disease of alfalfa
and the effect of elevated CO2 on soil organisms and ecosystem functioning
in the Colorado shortgrass steppe.
Selected publications:
Adams, G. and D. H. Wall. 2002. Biodiversity in Soils and Sediments:
Potential Effects of Global Change. T. Munn, (ed). Pages 152-159. Encyclopedia
of Global Environmental Change.
Treonis, A.M., D.H. Wall and R.A. Virginia. 2002. Field and Microcosm
Studies of Decomposition and Soil Biota in a Cold Desert Soil. Ecosystems.
Ecosystems 5:159-170.
Treonis, A.M., D.H. Wall and R.A. Virginia. 2002. Field and Microcosm
Studies of Decomposition and Soil Biota in a Cold Desert Soil. Ecosystems.
Ecosystems 5:159-170.
Jackson, R. B., J. L. Banner, E. G. Jobbagy, W. T. Pockman and D. H.
Wall. 2002. Ecosystem carbon loss with woody plant invasion of grasslands.
Nature 418:623-626.
Symstad, A.J., F.S. Chapin III, D.H. Wall, K.L. Gross, L.F. Huenneke,
G.G. Mittelbach, D.P.C. Peters and D. Tilman. (in press) Long-Term Perspectives
on Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function. Bioscience.
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David A. Wardle
Research interests: Aboveground-belowground linkages; invasive
species; soil food webs; decomposition; biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Selected publications:
Wardle, D. A. (2002) Communities and Ecosystems: Linking the Aboveground
and Belowground Components. Princeton University Press, Princeton, U.S.A.
400pp.
Ettema, C., and Wardle, D. A. (2002) Spatial soil ecology. Trends in
Ecology and Evolution 17: 177-183.
Wardle, D. A., Barker, G. M., Yeates, G. W., Bonner, K. I., and Ghani,
A. (2001) Introduced browsing mammals in natural New Zealand forests:
aboveground and belowground consequences. Ecological Monographs 71:
587-614.
Wardle, D. A., Bonner, K. I., Barker, G. M., Yeates, G. W., Nicholson,
K. S., Bardgett, R. D., Watson, R. N. and Ghani, A. (1999) Plant removals
in perennial grassland: vegetation dynamics, decomposers, soil biodiversity
and ecosystem properties. Ecological Monographs 69: 535-568.
Wardle, D. A., Zackrisson, O., Hörnberg, G. and Gallet, C. (1997)
The influence of island area on ecosystem properties. Science 277: 1296-1299.
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Jan Marcin Weslawski
Research interests: Higher crustaceans (Malacostraca) taxonomy
was a background research tool that permitted to participate in both
pelagic and benthic studies; ecology of arctic food web; analyses of
fish, birds and marine mammals stomachs permitted to develop the functional
studies on marine ecosystem; littoral ecology, both structure and function,
environmental inventories and assessment studies; freshwater influence
on Arctic marine biota (glaciers, river mouths, pelagic and benthic
systems).
Selected publications:
Wlodarska- Kowalczuk M., Weslawski JM, Kotwicki L. 1998 Spitsbergen
glacial bays macrobenthos - a preliminary comparative study. Polar Biology
20, 66-73.
Weslawski JM, Szymelfenig M. 1999 Community composition of tidal flats
on Spitsbergen: Consequence of disturbance ?. In: Biogeochemical Cycling
and Sediment Ecology, JS Gray et al. (eds), Kluwer Academic Press, Netherlands,
185-193.
Weslawski JM, Szymelfenig M, Zajaczkowski M, Keck A. 1999 Influence
of salinity and suspended matter on benthos of an Arctic tidal flat.
ICES Journal of Marine Science 56, 194-202.
Weslawski JM, Kupidura T, Zabicki M 2000 Sandhopper, Talitrus saltator
(Montagu, 1808) (Amphipoda, Gammaridea), at the Polish Baltic coast.
Seasonal and spatial distribution patterns. Crustaceana, 73, 961-969.
Weslawski JM, Malinga B, Kotwicki L, Opalinski K, Szymelfenig M, Dutkowski
M 2000 Sandy coastlines - are there conflicts between recreation and
natural values ? Oceanological studies 29, 5-18.
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Robert B. Whitlatch
Research interests: Marine benthic population and community ecology;
animal-sediment relationships; trophic dynamics of deposit-feeding invertebrates;
life history analysis; shellfish ecology; ecology of invasive species.
Selected publications:
Whitlatch, R.B. 1980. Patterns of resource utilization and coexistence
in marine intertidal deposit-feeding communities. Journal of Marine
Research 38: 743-765.
Whitlatch, R.B. 1981. Animal-sediment relationships in intertidal marine
benthic habitats: determinants of deposit-feeding species diversity.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 53: 31-45.
Thrush, S.F., R.B. Whitlatch, RD Pridmore, J.E. Hewitt, V.J. Cummings
and M.R. Wilkinson. 1996. Scale-dependent recolonization: the role of
sediment stability in a dynamic sandflat habitat. Ecology 77: 2472-2487.
Whitlatch, R.B., A.M. Lohrer and SF Thrush. 2001. Scale-dependent recovery
of the benthos: effects of larval and post-larval life-stages. Pages
181-197. In: Woodin, S.A. and J.Y. Aller (eds.). Organism-Sediment Symposium.
University of South Carolina Press, Columbia
Stachowicz, J.J., H. Fried, R.W. Osman and R.B. Whitlatch. 2002. Biodiversity,
invasion resistance and marine ecosystem function: reconciling pattern
and process. Ecology 83: 2575-2590.
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