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Aquatic Community Ecologist

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

c/o UW Center for Limnology

Madison, WI 53706

Telephone (608)-261-7593; fax (608)-265-2340

Email: rlathrop@facstaff.wisc.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Oceanography and Limnology, 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

M.S. Natural Resources (Aquatic Ecology), 1975, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

B.A. Biology, 1971, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.

Employment:

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Chief Limnologist, 1977-91; Research Scientist-Advanced, 1992-present

Dane County Regional Planning Commission, EPA-funded water quality study, 1975-77

Massachussetts Audubon Society, Environmental Intern, Summer 1975

Professional Affiliation:

Honorary Fellow appointment, University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology, 1998-present

UW/WDNR Collaborative Research Projects:

• North Temperate Lakes, Long-Term Ecological Research project, 1995-present (Profs. John J. Magnuson, Stephen R. Carpenter, UW Center for Limnology)
• Mercury bioaccumulation in Devil's Lake, 1994-96: (Profs. David E. Armstromg, Anders W. Andren, UW Water Chemistry Program)
• Phosphorus dynamics in Devil's Lake, 1991-96: (Prof. David. E. Armstrong, UW Water Chemistry Program)
• Littoral zone project, 1989-94: (Prof. Stephen R. Carpenter, UW Center for Limnology)
• Lake Mendota food web project, 1987-94: (Profs. James F. Kitchell, Stephen R. Carpenter, and John J. Magnuson, UW Center for Limnology)

Professional Societies:

American Society of Limnology & Oceanography

North American Lake Management Society

Societas Internationalis Limnologiae

Publications Supported by LTER Research since 1996:

Lathrop, R.C., S.R. Carpenter, and D.M. Robertson. Interacting factors causing exceptional summer water clarity in Lakes Mendota and Monona. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. (in press)

Carpenter, S.R. and R.C. Lathrop. 1999. Lake restoration: capabilities and needs. Hydrobiologia (in press).

Kasprzak P., R.C. Lathrop, and S.R. Carpenter. 1999. Influence of different-sized Daphnia species on chlorophyll concentration and summer phytoplankton community structure in eutrophic Wisconsin lakes. J. Plankton Res. (in press)

Lathrop, R.C., S.R. Carpenter, and D.M. Robertson. 1999. Summer water clarity responses to phosphorus, Daphnia grazing, and internal mixing in Lake Mendota. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44:137-146.

Kratz, T.K., P.A. Soranno, S.B. Baines, B.J. Benson, J.J. Magnuson, T.M. Frost, and R.C. Lathrop. 1998. Interannual synchronous dynamics in north temperate lakes in Wisconsin, USA, p.273-287. In G. George and G. Jones [eds.], Management of lakes and reservoirs during global change. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Lathrop, R.C., S.R. Carpenter, C.A. Stow, P.A. Soranno, and J.C. Panuska. 1998. Phosphorus loading reductions needed to control blue-green algal blooms in Lake Mendota. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55:1169-1178.

Carpenter, S.R., D. Bolgrien, R.C. Lathrop, C.A. Stow, T. Reed, M.A. Wilson. 1998. Ecological and economic analysis of lake eutrophication by nonpoint pollution. Aust. J. Ecol. 23:68-79.

Kasprzak, P.H. and R.C. Lathrop. 1997. Influence of two Daphnia species on summer phytoplankton assemblages from eutrophic lakes. J. Plank. Res. 19:1025-1044.

Soranno, P.A., S.R. Carpenter, and R.C. Lathrop. 1997. Internal phosphorus loading in Lake Mendota: response to external loads and weather. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54:1883-1893.

Stow, C.A., S.R. Carpenter, and R.C. Lathrop. 1997. A Bayesian observation error model to predict cyanobacterial biovolume from spring total phosphorus in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54:464-473.

Lathrop, R.C., S.R. Carpenter, and L.G. Rudstam. 1996. Water clarity in Lake Mendota since 1900: responses to differing levels of nutrients and herbivory. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53:2250-2261.

Soranno, P.A., S.L. Hubler, S.R. Carpenter, and R.C. Lathrop. 1996. Phosphorus loads to surface waters: a simple model to account for spatial pattern of land use. Ecol. Appl. 6:865-878.