B r i a n C. W e i d e l

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1 B r i a n C. W e i d e l Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI 53706; Ph: (607) ; weidel@wisc.edu EDUCATION University of Wisconsin - Madison Limnology and Marine Sciences PhD 2008 Cornell University Department of Natural Resources MS 2003 Cornell University Department of Natural Resources BS 1997 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin - Madison present Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Madison Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Ecology of Fishes Research Assistant & Laboratory Manager, Cornell University Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources Research Assistant, Cornell University, Adirondack Fishery Research Program Research Assistant, Cornell University, Cornell Biological Field Station PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Robinson, J., Josephson, D., Weidel, B., and C. Kraft. in press Effects of summer thermal conditions on brook trout growth, consumption, and reproduction in an unstratified Adirondack Lake. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Solomon, C., Cole, J., Doucett, R., Pace, M., Preston, N., Smith, L., and B. Weidel The influence of environmental water on the hydrogen stable isotope ratio in aquatic consumers. Oecologia 161: Jensen, O., Gilroy, D., Hogan, Z., Allen, B., Hrabik, T., Weidel, B., Chandra, S., and M.J. Vander Zanden Evaluating recreational fisheries for an endangered species: a case study of taimen, Hucho taimen, in Mongolia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66: Biggs, R., Diebel, M., Gilroy, D., Kamarainen, A., Kornis, M., Preston, N., Schmitz, J. Uejio, C., Van De Bogert, M., Weidel, B., West, P., Zaks, D., and S. Carpenter Preparing for the future: Teaching scenario planning at the graduate level. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, doi: / Josephson, D., Robinson, J, Weidel, B., and C. Kraft Long term retention and visibility of visible implant elastomer tags in brook trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28: Weidel, B., Carpenter, S., Cole, J., Hodgson, J., Kitchell, J., Pace, M., and C. Solomon Carbon sources supporting fish growth in a north temperate lake. Aquatic Sciences 70: Zipkin, E., Sullivan, P., Cooch, E., Kraft, C., Shuter, B., and B. Weidel Overcompensatory response of a smallmouth bass population to harvest: release from competition? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Society 65: Weidel, B., Ushikubo, T., Carpenter, S., Kita, N., Cole, J., Kitchell, J., Pace M., and J. Valley Diary of a bluegill Lepomis macrochirus: daily δ 13 C and δ 18 O records in otoliths by ion microprobe. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64: Pace, M., Carpenter, S., Cole, J., Coloso, J., Kitchell, J., Hodgson, J., Middelburg, J., Preston, N., Solomon, C., and B. Weidel Does terrestrial organic carbon subsidize the planktonic food web in a clear-water lake? Limnology and Oceanography 52:

2 Weidel, B., Josephson, D., and C. Kraft Fish community response to removal of introduced smallmouth bass in an oligotrophic Adirondack lake. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 178: Lepak, J., Kraft, C., and B. Weidel Rapid food web recovery in response to removal of an introduced apex predator. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: Weidel, B., Josephson, D., and C. Krueger Diet and prey selection of naturalized smallmouth bass in an oligotrophic Adirondack lake. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15: MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Weidel, B., Hodgson, J., Provost, M., and J. Kitchell. Individual specialization in largemouth bass foraging. To be submitted to: Journal of Fish Ecology. Weidel, B., Carpenter, S., Kitchell, J., and M. Vander Zanden. Rates and components of carbon turnover in fish muscle: insights from a whole-lake 13 C addition. Submitted to: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. RESEARCH GRANTS Climate change increases sea lamprey parasitism in Lake Superior co-investigator with Dr. James Kitchell, Wisconsin Sea Grant in review Contrasting ecological gradients before and after dam removal 2009 co-investigator with Dr. James Kitchell, NSF RAPID Program, ($75k) Anna Grant Birge Memorial Award for Graduate Research 2006 Limnology and Marine Science, UW Madison ($900) Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowship 2001 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University ($4.5k) Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowship 2000 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University ($5k) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses Instructor, Zoology 511, Ecology of Fishes Lab, UW-Madison Spring 2007 Instructor, Zoology 511, Ecology of Fishes Lab, UW-Madison Spring 2006 Invited Lectures UW-Madison, Environmental Studies 600 Fall 2009 From the Pacific Northwest to Portage, Wisconsin: ecological implications for blocking fish passage. UW-Madison, Zoology 510 Spring 2009 Food webs in fish ecology. UW-Madison, Environmental Studies 600 Fall 2008 Fish vs. Dams, ecological implications for blocking fish passage. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTORSHIP Current Stephen Klobucar UW-Madison, Chase Noland Scholarship in Limnology 2009 Life on the edge, prey fish habitat use across a littoral gradient. Timothy Cline UW-Madison, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates 2009 Seasonal growth dynamics of largemouth bass and the influence of catch and release angling. Anthony Matthys Saint Norbert College, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates 2009 Patterns in daily foraging behavior of prey fish: a hundred day experiment. Lee Zinn UW-Madison, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates 2009

3 Density or predation risk? Factors influencing growth rates of juvenile pumpkinseed. Previous James Hardy UW-Madison, Zoology 699, Independent Study 2008 Can fish community composition alter benthic invertebrate biomass in a central Wisconsin stream? Kevin McDonnell UW-Madison, Chase Noland Scholarship in Limnology 2008 The use of video data to examine daily and seasonal activity rates of pumpkinseed. Student presentation award MN/WI/ONT AFS Meeting 2009 Currently enrolled in Fisheries/Aquatic Ecology at Michigan State working with Dr. Brian Roth Tim Walsworth UW-Madison, Zoology 699, Independent Study 2008 Factors influencing the survival of adult largemouth bass in a north temperate lake. Currently enrolled in Fisheries/Aquatic Ecology at Utah State working with Dr. Phaedra Budy Matthew Dougherty Saint Norbert College, Independent Study 2008 Influence of temperature on individual foraging variability in pumpkinseed. Katherine Lee UW-Madison, Zoology 699, Independent Study 2008 A bite from the littoral donut: zooplankton dynamics in northern Wisconsin lakes. Student presentation award MN/WI/ONT AFS Meeting 2009 Currently working in Fisheries/Aquatic Ecology at Notre Dame working with Dr. Gary Belovsky Kevin McDonnell UW-Madison, Zoology 699, Independent Study 2007 Contrasting growth rates in pumpkinseeds in piscivore and planktivore dominated lakes. Samuel Healy UW-Madison, BIO152 mentored research 2007 Relative importance of littoral zooplankton to growth of juvenile fishes in a north temperate lake. Kyle Amend UW-Madison, Chase Noland Scholarship in Limnology 2006 Relative importance of littoral zooplankton to juvenile bluegill consumption and growth. Kevin McDonnell UW-Madison, BIO152 mentored research 2006 Seasonal growth estimates of bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus, using otoliths. Tyler Van Schyndel , UW-Madison Independent Study 2005 Effect of bluegill growth rate on methyl mercury levels in bluegill. Currently enrolled in UW-Madison School of Pharmacy Mikaela Provost Saint Norbert College, Independent Study 2005 Impact of lake size on diet diversity in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Martha Pickard Cornell, Independent Study 2002 Predation risk of creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus, in two Adirondack Lakes. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Limnology Postdoctoral Researcher Projects: Leading indicators of a Regime Shift an Ecosystem Experiment Climate change increases sea lamprey parasitism in Lake Superior Contrasting ecological gradients before and after dam removal Conserving Lake Khovsgol s native fish community 2009 present University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Limnology, Cascade Project Graduate Research Assistant Dissertation: Sources and regulators of energy supporting north temperate fishes Cornell University, Center for the Environment Research Technician - Biological assessment of Hudson River Park waters after post-9/11 clean up Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, Adirondack Fishery Research Program Research Assistant database management Graduate Research Assistant Thesis: Reversing an introduction: effects of smallmouth bass removal on a native littoral fish community

4 Research Assistant Operated salmonid hatchery and maintained long term fish and water chemistry data sets, managed project investigating zooplankton as an indicator of brook trout density in Adirondack Lakes Cornell University, Cornell Biological Field Station Research Technician - Implemented angler cooperation project for using Finger Lakes as model ecosystems of the Great Lakes, completed Lake Ontario Bio-Index invertebrate analysis, assisted Warmwater Fisheries Research Unit with collections and age and growth analysis Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, Adirondack Fishery Research Program 1996 Research Internship - Diet of naturalized smallmouth bass in an oligotrophic Adirondack lake Cornell University, New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 1995 Research Technician - Effects of winter exploitation on fish populations in a previously unexploited lake PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Ecological Applications, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Environmental Management, Fisheries Research, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Journal of Freshwater Biology, Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health, Limnology and Oceanography, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, The Open Fish Science Journal, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society Student Judge for North American Journal of Fisheries Management Best Paper Award, 2004 CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (PRIMARY AUTHOR ONLY) Weidel, B. Carpenter, S., Kitchell, J., and M. Vander Zanden Isotopic change in fishes following whole lake 13 C addition. American Fisheries Society Wisconsin Chapter Meeting, Duluth, MN, December 2008 Weidel, B., Carpenter, S., Cole, J., Hodgson, J., Kitchell, J., Pace, M., and C. Solomon Carbon sources supporting a north temperate fish community. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Madison WI, December Weidel, B., Ushikubo, T., Carpenter, S., Kita, N., Cole, J., Kitchell, J., Pace M., and J. Valley Diary of a bluegill: daily δ 13 C and δ 18 O records in otoliths by ion microprobe. AFS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September Weidel, B., Ushikubo, T., Carpenter, S., Kita, N., Cole, J., Kitchell, J., Pace M., and J. Valley Diary of a bluegill: daily δ 13 C and δ 18 O records in otoliths by ion microprobe. International Schlerochronology Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, July Weidel, B., Kraft, C., and D. Josephson Role of small tributaries as refugia for brook trout populations in stressed Adirondack lakes. AFS Annual Meeting. Quebec City, Quebec, August Weidel, B., Kraft, C., and D. Josephson Reversing an introduction: effects of smallmouth bass removal on a native littoral fish community. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, Ontario, January, Weidel, B., Kraft, C., and D. Josephson Fish community response to removal of smallmouth bass from an oligotrophic Adirondack lake. AFS Annual Mtg. Baltimore, MD, August Weidel, B., Kraft, C., and D. Josephson Fish community response to removal of smallmouth bass from an oligotrophic Adirondack lake. Northeast Fish and Wildlife. Portland, ME, April Weidel, B., Kraft, C., and D. Josephson Fish community response to removal of smallmouth bass from an oligotrophic Adirondack lake. NY Chapter AFS Annual Mtg. Owego, NY, January, Weidel, B., Krueger, C., and C. Kraft Adirondack fish community restoration through nonnative, smallmouth bass removal. AFS Annual Mtg. St. Louis MO, August, poster Weidel, B., Ruby, R., Stewart, D., Rudstam L., and E. Mills Comparison of salmonid diets in two Finger Lakes with varying productivity. NY Chapter AFS Annual Mtg. Owego, NY, January, 1998.

5 EXTENSION PRESENTATIONS Weidel, B The Adirondack Fishery Research Program and the E.L. Rose Conservancy: potential for fisheries research and native species restoration. E.L. Rose Conservancy Annual Meeting, Silver Lake, PA, July Weidel, B Smallmouth bass removal in the Adirondacks: lessons learned and applicability to Maine s Rapid River. Rangeley Guides Association, Rangeley, ME September, Weidel, B., Kraft, C., and D. Josephson Smallmouth bass removal: an experiment to restore Adirondack fish communities. Adirondack League Club, Old Forge, NY July, 2002.