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Curriculum Vitae -- Björn Wissel Academic appointments: Associate Director of EQAL, Faculty of Science, University of Regina Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of Regina Academic Address: University of Regina Department of Biology 265.2 Laboratory Building Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada phone: (306) 585-4890 fax: (306) 337-2410 e-mail: [email protected] Professional preparation: Ph.D. December 2001, Louisiana State University; USA M.Sc. December 1996, University of Technology, Dresden; Germany B.Sc. May 1993, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen; Germany Publications (peer reviewed): 31. Cooper R.N. and B. Wissel (accepted) Direct and indirect controls of salinity on food- web structure in prairie lakes. Aquat. Biosys. 29. White A.J., R.G. Poulin, B. Wissel, J.L. Doucette, and C.M. Somers (2012) Agricultural land use alters trophic status and population density of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) on the North American Great Plains. Can. J. Zool. 90:868- 874. 28. Dorado S., J.R. Rooker, B. Wissel, and A. Quigg (2012) Coastal and marine nitrogen sources shift isotopic baselines in pelagic food webs of the Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 27. Cooper R.N. and B. Wissel (2012) Energy pathways and trophic diversity in prairie lakes across environmental gradients. Aquatic Biosystems 8:6, doi:10.1186/2046- 9063-8-6. 26. Doucette J.L., B. Wissel, and C.M. Somers (2011) Understanding cormorant-fisheries conflicts: stable isotopes reveal a consistent niche for avian piscivores in diverse food webs. Ecol. Appl. 21: 2987-3001. 25. Wissel B., Cooper R.N., Leavitt P.R., and S.V. Pham (2011) Hierarchical regulation of zooplankton composition in lakes of the northern Great Plains: an early-warning model for inter-decadal effects of future climate change. Global Change Biol. 17: 172-185 24. Doucette J.L., B. Wissel, and C.M. Somers (2010) The effects of lipid extraction and lipid-normalization models on stable isotope ratios in piscivorous birds: a case study using the double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Waterbirds 33: 273-284 23. Boeing W.J., B. Wissel, and C.W. Ramcharan (2010) Can costs and benefits of Daphnia defense against fish be measured in a field experiment? Fund. Appl. Limnol. 176: 1-10 22. Luek A., G.E. Morgan, J.M. Gunn, B. Wissel, and C.W. Ramcharan (2010) Rapid and unexpected effects of piscivore introduction on trophic position and diet of perch (Perca flavescens) in recovering lakes. Freshw. Biol. 55: 1616-1627 21. Finlay K., A. Patoine, P.R. Leavitt, and B. Wissel (2010) Magnitudes and controls of organic and inorganic carbon flux through a chain of hard-water lakes on the northern Great Plains. Limnol. Oceanogr. 176: 1551-1564 20. Scott K.A, B. Wissel, J.J. Gibbs, and S.J. Birks (2010) Limnological characteristics and acid sensitivity of boreal headwater lakes in northwest Saskatchewan, Canada. J. Limnol. 69: 33-44 19. Quiñones-Rivera Z.J., B. Wissel, N.N. Rabalais, and D. Justic (2010) Effects of biological and physical controls on oxygen dynamics in a stratified eutrophic coastal ecosystem. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55: 289-304 18. Day J.W., J. Cable, R. DeLaune, B. Fry, D. Justic, P. Kemp, R.R. Lane, J. Rick, S. Rick, L. Rosas, G. Snedden, E. Swenson, R. Twilley, B. Wissel (2009) The impacts of pulsed re-introduction of river water on the Mississippi delta coastal basin. J. Coastal Res. 54: 225-243 17. Finlay K., P.R. Leavitt, B. Wissel, and Y.Y. Prairie (2009) Regulation of spatial and temporal variability of carbon flux in six hard-water lakes of the northern Great Plains. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 2553-2564 16. Quiñones-Rivera Z.J., B. Wissel, and D. Justic (2009) Development of productivity models for the northern Gulf of Mexico based on oxygen concentrations and stable isotopes. Estuaries and Coast 32: 436-446 15. Pham S.V., Leavitt P.R., McGowan S., B. Wissel, and L.I. Wassenaar (2009) Spatial and temporal variability of prairie lake hydrology as revealed using stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 101-118 14. Wissel B., Quiñones-Rivera Z.J., and B. Fry (2008) Combined analyses of O2 and CO2 for studying the coupling of photosynthesis and respiration in aquatic systems. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 2378-2388 13. Quiñones-Rivera Z.J., B. Wissel, D. Justic, B. Fry (2007) Partitioning oxygen sources and sinks in a eutrophied coastal ecosystem using stable oxygen isotopes. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 342: 69-83 12. Maddi P., K. Karman, B. Fry, B. Wissel (2006) Use of primary production of meiofauna in a Louisiana salt marsh. In: Functioning of microphytobenthos in estuaries. Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences. pp 65-79 11. Wissel B., A. Gaçe, and B. Fry (2005) Tracing river influences on phytoplankton dynamics in two Louisiana estuaries. Ecology 86: 2251-2762 10. Wissel B. and B. Fry (2005) Tracing Mississippi River influences in estuarine food webs of coastal Louisiana. Oecologia 144: 659-683 9. Rozas L.P., T.J. Minello, I. Muñuera-Fernandez, B. Fry, and B. Wissel. (2005) 2 Macrofaunal distribution and habitat change following winter-spring pulsed releases of freshwater into the Breton Sound estuary, Louisiana (USA). Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 65: 319-336 8. Boeing W.J., B. Wissel, and C.W. Ramcharan (2005) Costs and benefits of Daphnia defense against Chaoborus in nature. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62:1286-1294 7. Wissel B. and B. Fry (2005) Sources of particulate organic matter in the Mississippi River, USA. In: Buijse, A.D., F. Klijn, R.S.E.W. Leuven, H. Middelkoop, F. Schiemer, J.H. Thorp & H.P. Wolfert [eds.] Rehabilitating large regulated rivers. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 155 (Large Rivers 15). E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart. 738 pp. 6. Wissel B., W.J. Boeing, and C.W. Ramcharan (2003) Effects of water color on predation regimes and zooplankton assemblages in freshwater lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1965-1676 5. Wissel B. and C.W. Ramcharan (2003) Plasticity of vertical distribution of crustacean zooplankton in response to biotic and abiotic factors. J. Plank. Res. 25: 1047-1057 4. Wissel B., C.W. Ramcharan, and N.D. Yan (2003) Predation and Refugia: implications for Chaoborus abundance and species composition. Freshw. Biol. 48: 1421-1431 3. Wissel B., K. Freier, B. Müller, J. Koop and J. Benndorf (2000) Moderate planktivorous fish biomass stabilizes biomanipulation by suppressing large invertebrate predators of Daphnia. Arch. Hydrobiol. 149: 177-192. 2. Benndorf. J., B. Wissel, A.F. Sell, U. Hornig, P. Ritter, and W.J. Böing (2000) Food web manipulation by extreme enhancement of planktivory: an invertebrate predator compensates for the effects of planktivorous fish on a plankton community. Limnologica 30: 235-245 1. Wissel B. and J. Benndorf (1998) Contrasting effects of the invertebrate predator Chaoborus obscuripes and planktivorous fish on plankton communities of a long-term biomanipulation experiment. Arch. Hydrobiol. 143: 129-146 Proceedings: 3. Ramcharan C.W., D. Liney, and B. Wissel (2010) Importance of fish versus macroinvertebrate zooplanktivores in pelagic systems. SIL Congress, August 2007, Montreal, Canada 2. Findlay K., B. Wissel, and P.R. Leavitt. (2008) Spatial and temporal synchrony of pCO2 in six hardwater lakes of central Canada. SIL Congress, August 2007, Montreal, Canada 1. Day J.W., J. Ko, J. Cable, B. Fry, E. Hyfield, D. Justic, H. Mashriqui, P. Kemp, R. Lane, E. Reyes, S. Rick, G. Snedden, E. Swenson, P. Templet, R. Twilley, B. Wissel, K. Wheelock. (2003) Pulses: The importance of pulsed physical events for watershed sustainability in coastal Louisiana. First Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, October 2003, Benson, AZ Invited Talks: Wissel B. (2011) Prairie lakes as indicators of climate change and land use. Louisiana 3 State University, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. Wissel B. (2010) Hierarchical regulation of food-web composition in lakes of the northern Great Plains: a novel model for inter-decadal effects of future climate change. Trent University, Peterborough, Canada Wissel B. (2010) Ecological application of stable isotopes to coastal ecosystems. Texas A&M, Galveston, U.S.A Wissel B. (2009) Environmental controls of food web complexity and energy flow in prairie lakes. University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Wissel B. (2008) Effects of climate land use on food web structure in saline lakes. Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada Wissel B. (2006) The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: effects of the Mississippi River on coastal Louisiana. IGB Berlin Wissel B. (2006) Environmental controls of aquatic systems: from coastal plains to the Great plains. University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Wissel B. (2005) Tracing the Mississippi River “floodprint” in coastal Louisiana: a stable isotope approach. University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Wissel B. (2004) Application of stable isotope techniques in aquatic research. University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Wissel B. (2004) Tracing the Mississippi River “floodprint” in coastal Louisiana: a stable isotope approach. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Wissel B. (2003) Effects of water color on food web structure in freshwater lakes. Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada Wissel B. (1998) Contrasting effects of the invertebrate predator Chaoborus obscuripes and planktivorous fish on plankton communities of a long-term biomanipulation experiment. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Conference Contributions (since 2009): Nanayakkara L., R.C. Cooper, E.R. Starks, and B. Wissel (2012) Benthic subsidies in lakes: new insights from hardwater lakes. ISOECOL meeting Brest, France Quiñones-Rivera Z.J., K. Finlay, P.R. Leavitt, and B. Wissel (2012) Assessing effects of metabolic activity and hydrology on dissolved oxygen and dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics in hardwater lakes. ISOECOL meeting, Brest, France Starks E.R., R.N. Cooper,P.R. Leavitt and B. Wissel (2011) Drought and deluge in prairie lakes: Deterministic fish and stochastic plankton.