A. Center/Institute/Program

Center for Limnology/University of Wisconsin

680 North Park Street

Madison, WI 53706

Phone: 608-262-2840

Fax: 608-265-2340

E-mail: limno@macc.wisc.edu

Director/Chairperson: Dr. James F. Kitchell

Representative to AERC: Dr. James F. Kitchell

Alternate: Dr. Timothy K. Kratz

B. Major objectives of the Center/Institute/Program

1. Provide research and teaching opportunities for faculty and students interested in aquatic systems.

C. Major ecosystem research emphases

1. Long-term ecological research centered on lakes, riparian zones and watersheds.

2. Food web dynamics.

3. River ecology.

4. Invasive species.

5. Great Lakes ecology.

D. Staff

Permanent scientific staff: PhD: 8, MS: 2

Scientific support staff: Postdocs: 4, Technicians: 7

Other support staff: Clerical: 3, Administrative: 2, Editorial: 2

Graduate students: PhD: 9, MS: 6

Summer undergraduates: 25

E. Approximate annual funding (recent year)

Core funding: ~ $400,000/yr, Source: University of Wisconsin

Grants: ~ $3,000,000/yr, Major sources: NSF, EPA, private foundations, NOAA

Sea Grant: Wisconsin-DNR

F. Areas and facilities for ecosystem research studies

Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, 680 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706; one lab on campus (Madison) – 3,000 sq ft., one lab at Trout Lake Station – 3,000 sq. ft.

G. Research staff directly involved in ecosystem research (names and specialty areas)

Carpenter, Stephen – limnology, ecosystem modeling, food-web processes

Hanson, Paul – ecosystem metabolism, biogeochemical sensor arrays

Kitchell, James – trophic interactions, fish energetics modeling, predator/prey-interactions

Kratz, Timothy – long-term ecological research

Magnuson, John – limnology/aquatic ecology, long-term ecological research, biogeography

Rusak, James – limnology/aquatic ecology

Stanely, Emily – stream ecology

Vander Zanden, Jake – invasion ecology, riparian buffers, stable isotopes

H. Long-term data sets (code name, number of years of data, computer accessibility)

Many long-term data sets are available through our North Temperate Lakes LTER program, http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu. A number of other long-term data sets are available from other projects. See our general web site, http://limnology.wisc.edu.