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A NEW LOOK AT CLASSIC AQUATIC RESEARCH
When was the last time you read the citation classic that you heard
about in lecture or cited in a term paper? Are the ideas in the paper
still part of the modern paradigm of aquatic science? Has the research
been found obsolete, or are we actually still discussing the same topics
today that aquatic scientists debated 30 years ago? In this seminar,
we will discuss 'classic' aquatic papers and 'modern' (<10 years old)
follow-ups on the same topic. Each week one student will choose a
topic, and be responsible for summarizing the articles (and additional,
related materials, if necessary), and leading the discussion. Some
suggested topics and papers are listed below. If you have your own
idea for a classic/modern pair that you would prefer to discuss, that's
great. Just be sure to choose papers and check them with me first,
at least two weeks in advance. Two copies of the assigned papers
will be placed in an envelope next to my office door (456 Illick) a week
before each seminar.
| POSSIBLE TOPIC | 'CLASSIC' | MODERN (choose one) |
| Lake ecosystems | Forbes 1887 | McIntosh 1998 |
| Trophic dynamics | Lindeman 1942 | Gaedke et al. 1996 |
| River continuum | Vannote et al. 1980 | Cummins et al. 1995 |
| Importance of microbial loop | Pomeroy 1974
Azam et al. 1983 |
Caron 1994
Cole 1999 |
| Role of DOC | Wetzel 1984 | Williamson et al. 1999 |
| Phytoplankton and nutrients | Redfield 1958 | Sterner et al. 1997 |
| Role of nutrient ratios in structuring communities | Titman 1976 | Sterner and Hessen 1994 |
| Phytoplankton succession | Reynolds 1979 | Hansson et al. 1998 |
| Eutrophication | Schindler 1974 | Carpenter et al. 1998
Paerl 1999 |
| Algal blooms | Fogg 1969 | Pelley 1998
Burkholder 1999 |
| Diversity of plankton | Hutchinson 1961 | Siegel 1998 |
| Zooplankton community structure | Brooks and Dodson 1965 | Declerck et al. 1997 |
| Vertical migration of zooplankton | Haney and Hall 1975 | Lampert 1993 |
| Biomanipulation | Shapiro et al. 1975 | Drenner and Hambright 1999
Brett and Goldman 1996 |
| Omnivory in aquatic food webs | Sprules and Bowerman 1988 | Diehl 1994
Kling et al. 1992 |
| Food chain length | Hutchinson 1959 | Hairston and Hairston 1993 |
| Paleolimnology | Gorham and Sanger 1976 | Cumming et al. 1994
Kerfoot et al. 1998 |
| Whole lake manipulations | Hasler 1964 | Carpenter 1990
Schindler 1990 |
| Invasive species | Zaret and Paine 1973 | Spencer et al. 1991 |
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