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70
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22421
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1354
National Ranking
498

Overview

M. Jake Vander Zanden is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions in subfields such as ecology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Among recent publications by M. Jake Vander Zanden, the following are notable:

  • Putting the lake back together 20 years later: what in the benthos have we learned about habitat linkages in lakes? (2020, Inland Waters)
  • The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts (2020, BioScience) (co-authored by Michael J. Spear)
  • Application of eDNA as a tool for assessing fish population abundance (2020, Environmental DNA) (co-authored by Michael J. Spear)
  • Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms Are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide (2021, BioScience) (co-authored by Yvonne Vadeboncoeur)
  • Fishing for Food: Quantifying Recreational Fisheries Harvest in Wisconsin Lakes (2020, Fisheries) (co-authored by Holly S. Embke)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with M. Jake Vander Zanden include:

  • Jake R. Walsh
  • Holly S. Embke
  • Robin R. Rohwer
  • Joseph T. Mrnak
  • Michael J. Spear

Common publication venues featuring their work include:

  • Ecosphere
  • BioScience
  • Inland Waters
  • Fisheries
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Variation in δ15N and δ13C trophic fractionation: Implications for aquatic food web studies

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • PRIMARY CONSUMER δ13C AND δ15N AND THE TROPHIC POSITION OF AQUATIC CONSUMERS

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • Stable isotope evidence for the food web consequences of species invasions in lakes

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;M. Jake Vander Zanden;John M. Casselman;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • State of the world's freshwater ecosystems: physical, chemical, and biological changes.

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Emily H. Stanley;M. Jake Vander Zanden

  • FISHES AS INTEGRATORS OF BENTHIC AND PELAGIC FOOD WEBS IN LAKES

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Yvonne Vadeboncoeur

  • Putting the Lake Back Together: Reintegrating Benthic Pathways into Lake Food Web Models

    Yvonne Vadeboncoeur;M. Jake Vander Zanden;David M. Lodge

  • From Greenland to green lakes: Cultural eutrophication and the loss of benthic pathways in lakes

    Yvonne Vadeboncoeur;Erik Jeppesen;M. Jake Vander Zanden;Hans‐Henrik Schierup

  • Dam invaders: impoundments facilitate biological invasions into freshwaters

    Pieter Tj Johnson;Julian D Olden;M Jake Vander Zanden

  • Stable Isotope Turnover and Half-Life in Animal Tissues: A Literature Synthesis

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Murray K. Clayton;Eric K. Moody;Eric K. Moody;Christopher T. Solomon

  • Invasive species triggers a massive loss of ecosystem services through a trophic cascade.

    Jake R. Walsh;Stephen R. Carpenter;M. Jake Vander Zanden

  • A Trophic Position Model of Pelagic Food Webs: Impact on Contaminant Bioaccumulation in Lake Trout

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • Patterns of Food Chain Length in Lakes: A Stable Isotope Study.

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Brian J. Shuter;Nigel Lester;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • A management framework for preventing the secondary spread of aquatic invasive species

    M. Jake Vander ZandenM.J. Vander Zanden;M. Jake Vander ZandenM.J. Vander Zanden;Julian D. OldenJ.D. Olden;Julian D. OldenJ.D. Olden

  • Small fish, big fish, red fish, blue fish: size-biased extinction risk of the world's freshwater and marine fishes.

    Julian D. Olden;Zeb S. Hogan;M. Jake Vander Zanden

  • A synthesis of tissue-preservation effects on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures

    Helen C Sarakinos;Michael L Johnson;M Jake Vander Zanden

  • Global patterns of aquatic food chain length

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;William W. Fetzer

  • Benthic Algal Production across Lake Size Gradients: Interactions among Morphometry, Nutrients, and Light

    Yvonne Vadeboncoeur;Garry Peterson;M. Jake Vander Zanden;Jacob Kalff

  • Historical Food Web Structure and Restoration of Native Aquatic Communities in the Lake Tahoe (California–Nevada) Basin

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Sudeep Chandra;Brant C. Allen;John E. Reuter

  • A Pound of Prevention, Plus a Pound of Cure: Early Detection and Eradication of Invasive Species in the Laurentian Great Lakes

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Gretchen J.A. Hansen;Scott N. Higgins;Matthew S. Kornis

  • Terrestrial, benthic, and pelagic resource use in lakes: results from a three-isotope Bayesian mixing model

    Christopher T. Solomon;Stephen R. Carpenter;Murray K. Clayton;Jonathan J. Cole

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
Greg G. Sass
Greg G. Sass Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Claudio Gratton
Claudio Gratton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrew L. Rypel
Andrew L. Rypel University of California, Davis
Joseph B. Rasmussen
Joseph B. Rasmussen University of Lethbridge
Thomas R. Hrabik
Thomas R. Hrabik University of Minnesota
Richard C. Lathrop
Richard C. Lathrop University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brian C. Weidel
Brian C. Weidel United States Geological Survey
Pieter T. J. Johnson
Pieter T. J. Johnson University of Colorado Boulder

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