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. AFS meeting, Seattle, WA, U.S.A. Wissel B., Z.J. Quiñones-Rivera, K. Finlay, N. Rabalais, and D. Justić (2011) Effects of metabolic activity and physical processes on dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics: what can we learn beyond oxygen? ASLO meeting San Juan Starks E.R., S. Chow, C.C. Wilson, and B. Wissel (2011) Effects of climate, land-use and fisheries on top-predator persistence in northern prairie lakes. ASLO meeting San Juan Anas M., K. Scott, and B. Wissel (2011) Importance of spatial effects on environment- zooplankton relationships in pristine boreal lakes threatened by acidification. ASLO meeting San Juan Finlay K., P.R. Leavitt, R. Vogt, M. Bogard, and B. Wissel (2011) Global warming reduces CO2 efflux from hardwater lakes and offsets agricultural CO2 emissions. ASLO meeting, San Juan

4 Quiñones-Rivera Z.J., K. Finlay, P.R. Leavitt, and B. Wissel (2011) Assessing effects of metabolic activity and hydrology on dissolved oxygen and dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics in hardwater lakes. ASLO meeting, San Juan Dorado S., A. Quigg, B. Wissel, J. Simms, and J.R. Rooker (2011) Linking fish production to globally important Trichodesmium sp. in the Gulf of Mexico. ASLO meeting, San Juan Bunting L., P.R. Leavitt, B. Wissel, K.R. Laird, B.F. Cummings, F. St.Amand, and D.R. Engstrom. (2010) Sudden ecosystem state change caused by persistent nutrient build- up, value added agriculture and climate variability: the case of Lake Winnipeg, Canada. ASLO meeting, Santa Fe. Phillips I.D., D. Parker, and B. Wissel. (2010) Life history and diet of Skwala parallela (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) and Zapata cinctipes (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) in a prairie headwater stream. ASLO meeting, Santa Fe. Dorado S., A. Quigg, J.R. Rooker, J. Simms, and B. Wissel (2010) Variability in the community composition of phytoplankton and its impact on larval fish in the Gulf of Mexico. ASLO Ocean Science meeting, Portland. Anas M.U.M., B. Wissel, and K.A. Scott (2010) Zooplankton composition of boreal lakes in northern Saskatchewan, Canada and its vulnerability to acidification. CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Bunting L., P.R. Leavitt, B. Wissel, K.R. Laird, A. St. Amand, and D.R. Engstrom (2010) Paleolimnological evidence of the timing, extend, and potential causes of the eutrophication and Lake Winnipeg’s south basin. CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Cooper R. and B. Wissel (2010) Quantifying trophic structures and food web variation in prairie lakes. CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Luek A., G.E. Morgan, B. Wissel, J.M. Gunn, and C.R. Ramcharan (2010) Resource availability and behavioral interactions: challenges in food web dynamics and biological recovery of stressed lakes. CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Morgan G.E., J.M. Gunn, C.W. Ramcharan, A. Luek, and B. Wissel (2010) Shape shifting yellow perch – is it better to flee or feed? CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Scott D., Z.J. Quiñones-Rivera, and B. Wissel (2010) Controls of productivity and respiration dynamics in saline prairie lakes. CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Starks E., S. Chow, and B. Wissel (2010) Climate change effects on ecosystem health. CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Wissel B. and R. Cooper (2010) Variable salinity controls on food-web components in prairie lakes. CCFFR/SCL meeting, Winnipeg Doucette J.L, B. Wissel and C.M. Somers (2009) Food for thought: combining conventional and novel techniques to study double-crested cormorants. Waterbirds meeting, Cape May. Wissel B. and R. Cooper (2009) Environmental controls of food-web complexity and energy flow in prairie lakes. DGL meeting, Oldenburg, Germany. Wissel B. and Z.J. Quiñones-Rivera (2008) Combined analyses of O2 and CO2 for studying the coupling of photosynthesis and respiration. DGL meeting, Münster, Germany.

Funding (post-graduate):

5 Current: Development of a cumulative environmental monitoring tool, Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment, $45,000, Co-Principal Investigator, 2012 Zooplankton species composition in northern Alberta lakes, Environment Canada, $23,088, Principal Investigator, 2012 Genetic diversity of historic walleye population in Saskatchewan Lakes, Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment, $10,000, Principal Investigator, 2011 - 2012 Impacts of Uranium mining on lake sediments. Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment, $15,000, Principal Investigator, 2011 - 2012 Sustaining walleye (Sander vitreus) populations in prairie lakes: Effects of source population and life stage on stocking success, Fisheries and Wildlife Development Fund, $35,075, Principal Investigator, 2011 - 2012 Impacts of winter oxygen dynamics on prairie lake food-webs, PARC Research Grant, $25,000, Principal Investigator, 2011 - 2013 Fisheries and Lake Management Strategies to Address the Challenges of Climate Change, Fisheries and Wildlife Development Fund, $78,430, Principal Investigator, 2010 - 2012 Effects of climate and land use on prairie lake ecosystems. NSERC Discovery Grant, $75,000, Principal Investigator, 2008 - 2013 Zooplankton dynamics in northern Saskatchewan lakes. Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment, $83,000, Principal Investigator, 2007 - 2012 Previous: Assessment of water quality change due to proposed water control structure in Round Lake. $10,000, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Principal Investigator, 2008 Prairie lakes as early indicators of climate change. PARC Research Grant, $10,000, Principal Investigator, 2007 - 2008 Environmental controls of food web structure and energy flow in saline lakes. NSERC Discovery Grant, $32,400, Principal Investigator, 2006 - 2008 Start-up funds, University of Regina, Faculty of Science and Department of Biology, $20,000, 2005 - 2007 Cumulative Coastal Stressors: Northern Gulf of Mexico. NOAA, $4,990,831, Co- Principal Investigator (15% of total funding), 2002 - 2006 NUMAN: Utilizing Mississippi River Diversions for Nutrient Management in a Louisiana Coastal Watershed. USDA, $428,087, Co-Principal Investigator (30% of total funding), 2002 - 2005

Awards: 2007 DFG Travel Grant “Kongressreisen deutscher Nachwuchswissenschaftler im Ausland nach Deutschland“ 2006 DFG Travel Grant “Kongressreisen deutscher Nachwuchswissenschaftler im Ausland nach Deutschland“ 2004 LSU School of the Coast and Environment “Outstanding Research Staff” Award 2001 LSU Graduate School Stipend Supplement 2001 LSU Mc Daniel Travel Award 2001 LSU Biograds Research Award

6 2000 LUMCON Aquatic and Marine Science Symposium Presentation Award 2000 LSU Biograds Research Award 2000 Sigma Xi Student Research Grant, National Chapter 1999 Sigma Xi Student Research Grant, LSU Chapter

Teaching Experience: Biometrics: Multivariate Analyses and Experimental Design (University of Regina, Dept. of Biology, fall 2008 and 2010) Stable Isotope Ecology: Methods and Applications (University of Regina, Dept. of Biology, fall 2006, 2007, and 2009) Scientific Research Skills (graduate level class co-taught with other faculty members of the Biology Department, University of Regina, fall 2007, 2008 and 2010) Guest Lecturer in Principles of Ecology (Louisiana State University), Marine Isotope Biogeochemistry (Louisiana State University) and Limnology (University of Regina) Laboratories taught as Teaching Assistant at Louisiana State University (1997 to 2001) Introductory Biology, Introductory Zoology, and Principles of Ecology

Other Activities: Reviewer for CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund, 2012 Reviewer for NSERC Industrial Research Chair Program, 2012 Member of the selection committee for Vice President (Research) at the University of Regina, 2011 Member of the selection committee for NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, University of Regina, 2010 and 2012 Co-chair of session Global Change Effects on Aquatic Ecosystem at ASLO meeting in St. John’s, June 2008 Organization of session Limnology of Lakes at DGL meeting in Münster, Sept. 2007 Co-chair of session Aquatic Ecosystem Science at SCL meeting in Montreal, Jan. 2007 Organization of session Pelagic Ecosystems at DGL meeting in Dresden, Sept. 2006 Assessment of water quality and scientific advisory for Kipabiskau Lake Stewardship group, Saskatchewan Canada, 2010 - 2012 Assessment of water quality and scientific advisory for Wakaw Lake Stewardship group, Saskatchewan Canada, 2010 - 2011 Planning and organizing the relocation and scientific expansion of EQAL into new research facility at the University of Regina (EQAL 2, Research and Innovation Centre), 2009 - 2012 Reviewer for: Limnology and Oceanography, Canadian Journal for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Archiv für Hydrobiology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal for Plankton Research, Journal for Mammalogy, Marine Biology, Biogeochemistry, Hydrobiologia, Estuaries and Coast, Saline Systems, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, African Journal of Aquatic Sciences, Aquatic Biosystems

Students (supervised):

7 PhD Lushani Nanayakkara, University of Regina (2011 - present)

MSc Ryan Cooper, University of Regina (2010) Mohamed Anas, University of Regina (2012) Elizabeth Starks, University of Regina (2009 - present) Deirdre Bateson, University of Regina (2011 - present)

Honours Jennifer Leslie, University of Regina (2012) Marc Beaton, University of Regina (2012) David Braun, University of Regina (2011) David Scott, University of Regina (2010) Jared Clarke, University of Regina (2008)

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