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 respond physiologically and behaviorally to seasonal temperature, light and resource variation, particularly that occurring during winter under snow and ice cover.
At temperate latitudes, winters are changing more rapidly than other seasons. By studying the ecological responses to current winter conditions, we can help anticipate how warmer winters will impact species, communities and whole ecosystems. |
Winter sampling on Lake Lunz, Austria. photo: Kevin Coghill
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Related publications:
McMeans, B. C., K. S. McCann, M. Guzzo, T. Bartley*, C. Bieg, P. Blanchfield, T. Fernandes*, H. Giacomini, T. Middel, M. Rennie, M. Ridgway, B. Shuter. Winter in water: Differential responses and the maintenance of biodiversity. Ecology Letters (in press)
Fernandes, T.* and B.C. McMeans. Coping with the cold: energy storage strategies for surviving winter in freshwater fishes. Ecography 42(12): 2037-2052 (E4 Early Researcher Award finalist)
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. Guzzo, T. Bartley*, C. Bieg, P. Blanchfield, T. Fernandes*, H. Giacomini, T. Middel, M. Rennie, M. Ridgway, B. Shuter. Winter in water: Differential responses and the maintenance of biodiversity. Ecology Letters (in press)
Fernandes, T.* and B.C. McMeans. Coping with the cold: energy storage strategies for surviving winter in freshwater fishes. Ecography 42(12): 2037-2052 (E4 Early Researcher Award finalist)
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.
Winter sampling, Harkness Laboratory of Fisheries Research, Algonquin Park, Ontario