Limnology Seminar: Cross-habitat trophic linkages
Zoology 955

Fall 2006

Date
Topic & Discussion Leaders
Readings:
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13 September
Introduction
Vander Zanden & Gratton
Course description and expectations
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20 September
Theory & Background
Tucker Gilman

Holt, R.D.  2004.  Implications of system openness for local community structure and ecosystem function, p. 96-114. In G.A. Polis, M.E. Power, and G.R. Huxel [eds.], Food webs at the landscape level, University of Chicago Press.

Refs 02
04 October
Lake --> Land
Alysa Remsburg & Amy Kamarainen
Knight, T.M., M.W. McCoy, J.M. Chase, K.A. McCoy, and R.D. Holt.  2005.  Trophic cascades across ecosystems.  Nature 437: 880-883.

Polis, G.A., W.B. Anderson, and R.D. Holt.  1997.  Toward an integration of landscape and food web ecology:  The dynamics of spatially subsidized food webs.  Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28: 289-316.
Refs 03
11 October
Land --> Lake
Brian Weidel & Matt Van de Bogert
Kratz, T.K., K.E. Webster, J.L. Riera, D.B. Lewis, and A.I. Pollard.  2006.  Making sense of the landscape:  Geomorphic legacies and the landscape position of lakes, p. 49-66.  In J.A. Magnusson, T.K. Kratz, and B.J. Benson [eds.], Long term dynamics of lakes in the landscape, Oxford Press.

Cole, J.J., S.R. Carpenter, M.L. Pace, M.C. Van de Bogert, J.F. Kitchell, and J.R. Hodgson.  2006.  Differential support of lake food webs by three types of terrestrial organic carbon.  Ecology Letters 9: 558-568.  (Appendix - MS Word document - for reference only).
Refs 04
18 October
Benthic <--> Pelagic
Katrina Butkas & Owen Langman
1) Vadeboncoeur, Y., K.S. McCann, M.J. Vander Zanden, and  J.B. Rasmussen. 2005. Effects of multi-chain omnivory on the strength of trophic control in lakes. Ecosystems 8: 682-693.

2) MacIntyre, S. and J. M. Melack. 1995. Vertical and horizontal transport in lakes: Linking littoral, benthic, and pelagic habitats. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14(4): 599-615.
Refs 05
25 October
Crop <--> Off-crop
Ben Werling & Hannah Gaines
Bianchi, F.J.J.A., C.J.H. Booij, and T. Tscharntke.  2006.  Sustainable pest regulation in agricultural landscapes:  a review on landscape composition, biodiversity and natural pest control.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273: 1715-1727.

Kremen, C., N.M. Williams, R.L. Bugg, J.P. Fay, and R.W. Thorp.  2004.  The area requirements of an ecosystem service:  crop pollination by native bee communities in California.   Ecology Letters 7: 1109-1119.
Refs 06
01 November
Stream <--> Land
Matt Fuller & Matt Diebel

Nakano, S., H. Miyasaka, and N. Kuhara. 1999. Terrestrial-aquatic linkages: riparian arthropod inputs alter trophic cascades in a stream food web. Ecology 80:2435-2441.

Baxter, C. V., K. D. Fausch, and W. C. Saunders. 2005. Tangled webs: reciprocal flows of invertebrate prey link streams and riparian zones. Freshwater Biology 50:201-220.

Refs 07
08 November
Marine <--> Land
Justin Fox & Olaf Jensen
Maron, J.L., J.A. Estes, D.A. Croll, E.M. Danner, S.C. Elmendorf, and S.L. Buckelew.  2006.  An introduced predator alters aleutian island plant communities by thwarting nutrient subsidies.  Ecological Monographs 76(1): 3-24.

Merz, J.E. and P.B. Moyle.  2006.  Salmon, wildlife, and wine:  Marine-derived nutrients in human-dominated ecosystems of central California.  Ecological Applications 16(3):999-1009.
Refs 08
29 November
Above ground <--> Below ground
Jennifer Schmitz
Scheu, S.  2001.  Plants and generalist predators as links between the below-ground and above-ground system. Basic and Applied Ecology 2:3-13.

Wardle, D.A., W.M. Williamson, G.W. Yeates, and K.I. Bonner.  2005.  Trickle-down effects of aboveground trophic cascades on the soil food web.  Oikos 111: 348-358. 
Refs 09
06 December
Linking habitats through continental scale movements
Stephanie Schmidt & Matt Kornis
Jefferies, R.L., H.A.L. Henry, and K.F. Abraham. 2004. Agricultural nutrient subsidies to migratory geese and change in Arctic coastal habitats, p. 268-283. In G.A. Polis, M.E. Power, and G.R. Huxel [eds.], Food webs at the landscape level, University of Chicago Press.

Chadwick, O.A., L.A. Derry, P.M. Vitousek, B.J. Huebert, and L.O. Hedin. 1999. Changing sources of nutrients during four million years of ecosystem development. Nature. 397: 491-497.
Refs 10
13 December
Wrap-up &
NSF proposal review

Vander Zanden & Gratton