What happens during winter in water?
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Animals are confronted with seasonal variation in nearly all ecosystems. We are studying how fish and zooplankton respond physiologically and behaviorally to seasonal temperature and resource variation, particularly that occurring during winter under snow and ice cover.
Ultimately our goal is to help anticipate how ongoing climate change will impact species and communities. The McMeans lab has recently established connections with Credit Valley Conservation and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to conduct seasonal sampling of fish in Ontario streams and lakes. |
Winter sampling on Lake Lunz, Austria. photo: Kevin Coghill
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Related publications (see Publications page for PDFs):
McMeans, B. C., K. S. McCann, M. Humpries, N. Rooney, and A. T. Fisk. 2015. Food web structure in temporally-forced ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30: 662-672
McMeans, B. C., A.-M. Koussoroplis, M. T. Arts, and M. J. Kainz. 2015. Terrestrial dissolved organic matter supports growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna when algae are limiting 37(6): 1201-1209
McMeans, B. C., A.-M. Koussoroplis, and M. J. Kainz. 2015. Effects of seasonal seston and temperature changes on lake zooplankton fatty acids. Limnology and Oceanography 60(2): 573-583
McMeans, B. C., M. A. Arts, S. Rush and A. T. Fisk. 2012. Seasonal patterns in fatty acids of Calanus hyperboreus (Copepoda, Calanoida) from Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Nunavut. Marine Biology 159(5): 1095-1105.
McMeans, B. C., M. T. Arts, and A. T. Fisk. 2012. Similarity between predator and prey fatty acid profiles is tissue dependent in Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus): implications for diet reconstruction. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 429: 55-63.
McMeans, B. C., K. Borgå, W. Bechtol, D. Higginbotham, and A. T. Fisk. 2007. Essential and non-essential element concentrations in two sleeper shark species collected in arctic waters. Environmental Pollution 148(1): 281-290.
McMeans, B. C., K. S. McCann, M. Humpries, N. Rooney, and A. T. Fisk. 2015. Food web structure in temporally-forced ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30: 662-672
McMeans, B. C., A.-M. Koussoroplis, M. T. Arts, and M. J. Kainz. 2015. Terrestrial dissolved organic matter supports growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna when algae are limiting 37(6): 1201-1209
McMeans, B. C., A.-M. Koussoroplis, and M. J. Kainz. 2015. Effects of seasonal seston and temperature changes on lake zooplankton fatty acids. Limnology and Oceanography 60(2): 573-583
McMeans, B. C., M. A. Arts, S. Rush and A. T. Fisk. 2012. Seasonal patterns in fatty acids of Calanus hyperboreus (Copepoda, Calanoida) from Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Nunavut. Marine Biology 159(5): 1095-1105.
McMeans, B. C., M. T. Arts, and A. T. Fisk. 2012. Similarity between predator and prey fatty acid profiles is tissue dependent in Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus): implications for diet reconstruction. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 429: 55-63.
McMeans, B. C., K. Borgå, W. Bechtol, D. Higginbotham, and A. T. Fisk. 2007. Essential and non-essential element concentrations in two sleeper shark species collected in arctic waters. Environmental Pollution 148(1): 281-290.
photo: Monique-Ariane