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Stephen M. Bollens is affiliated with Washington State University Vancouver in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers main topics that include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Stephen M. Bollens has contributed to publications in a range of scientific journals, with multiple papers appearing in the journal Water. Other venues include Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Ecosphere, Journal of Plankton Research, and PLoS ONE.

The following recent papers illustrate the scope of their research interests:

  • Seasonal and longitudinal variability of zooplankton assemblages along a river-dominated estuarine gradient, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Zooplankton invasion on a grand scale: insights from a 20-yr time series across 38 Northeast Pacific estuaries, 2020, Ecosphere
  • Effects of Grazing and Nutrients on Phytoplankton Blooms and Microplankton Assemblage Structure in Four Temperate Lakes Spanning a Eutrophication Gradient, 2021, Water
  • Biotic vs. abiotic forcing on plankton assemblages varies with season and size class in a large temperate estuary, 2020, Journal of Plankton Research
  • Modeling the trophic impacts of invasive zooplankton in a highly invaded river, 2020, PLoS ONE

Frequent collaborators in Bollens's research include Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Eric Dexter, Julie Zimmerman, Timothy D. Counihan, and Kristin A. Connelly. These coauthors have worked together on multiple publications, contributing to various aspects of aquatic and estuarine ecology.

Best Publications

  • Predator-induced diet vertical migration in a planktonic copepod

    S.M. Bollens;B.W. Frost

  • Toward a more comprehensive theory of zooplankton diel vertical migration: integrating ultraviolet radiation and water transparency into the biotic paradigm

    Craig E. Williamson;Janet M. Fischer;Stephen M. Bollens;Erin P. Overholt

  • The trouble with stress: A flexible method for the evaluation of nonmetric multidimensional scaling

    Eric Dexter;Gretchen Rollwagen‐Bollens;Stephen M. Bollens

  • Diel vertical migration in zooplankton: rapid individual response to predators

    Stephen M. Bollens;Bruce W. Frost

  • Zooplanktivorous fish and variable diel vertical migration in the marine planktonic copepod Calanus pacificus

    Stephen M. Bollens;Bruce W. Frost

  • Variability of Diel Vertical Migration in the Marine Planktonic Copepod Pseudocalanus newmani in Relation to Its Predators

    Bruce W. Frost;Stephen M. Bollens

  • WEST: A northern California study of the role of wind-driven transport in the productivity of coastal plankton communities

    John Largier;Cathryn Lawrence;M. Roughan;D. M. Kaplan

  • Diel vertical migration in zooplankton: field evidence in support of the predator avoidance hypothesis

    Stephen M. Bollens;Bruce W. Frost;Dave S. Thoreson;Sidney J. Watts

  • Zooplankton invasions: a brief review, plus two case studies from the northeast Pacific Ocean

    Stephen M. Bollens;Stephen M. Bollens;Jeffery R. Cordell;Sean Avent;Rian Hooff

  • Variability in Length-Weight Relationships Used to Estimate Biomass of Estuarine Fish from Survey Data

    Wim Kimmerer;Sean R. Avent;Steven M. Bollens;Fred Feyrer

  • Recruitment, growth, and diel vertical migration of Euphausia pacifica in a temperate fjord

    Stephen M. Bollens;Bruce W. Frost;Tom S. Lin

  • The effects of haloclines on the vertical distribution and migration of zooplankton

    Laurence A Lougee;Stephen M Bollens;Sean R Avent

  • Chemical, mechanical and visual cues in the vertical migration behavior of the marine planktonic copepod Acartia hudsonica

    Stephen M. Bollens;Bruce W. Frost;Jeffery R. Cordell

  • Cascading migrations and implications for vertical fluxes in pelagic ecosystems

    Stephen M. Bollens;Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens;Joel A. Quenette;Alexander B. Bochdansky

  • Environmental influence on cyanobacteria abundance and microcystin toxin production in a shallow temperate lake.

    Tammy A. Lee;Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens;Stephen M. Bollens;Joshua J. Faber-Hammond

  • Asian copepods on the move: recent invasions in the Columbia–Snake River system, USA

    Jeffrey R. Cordell;Stephen M. Bollens;Robyn Draheim;Mark D. Sytsma

  • Ovigerity, selective predation, and variable diel vertical migration in Euchaeta elongata (Copepoda: Calanoida).

    S. M. Bollens;B. W. Frost

  • Predator-induced changes in the diel feeding cycle of a planktonic copepod

    Stephen M. Bollens;Stephen M. Bollens;Donald E. Stearns;Donald E. Stearns

  • Mesozooplankton omnivory in the upper San Francisco Estuary

    Scott M. Gifford;Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens;Stephen M. Bollens

  • The effect of ultraviolet radiation on the vertical distribution and mortality of estuarine zooplankton

    Christa L. Speekmann;Stephen M. Bollens;Sean R. Avent

  • Functional response and potential predatory impact of Tortanus dextrilobatus, a carnivorous copepod recently introduced to the San Francisco Estuary

    Rian C. Hooff;Stephen M. Bollens

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffery R. Cordell
Jeffery R. Cordell University of Washington
Bruce W. Frost
Bruce W. Frost University of Washington
Julie B. Zimmerman
Julie B. Zimmerman Yale University
Laurence P. Madin
Laurence P. Madin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Charles A. Simenstad
Charles A. Simenstad University of Washington
John A. Harrison
John A. Harrison Washington State University
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter H. Wiebe
Peter H. Wiebe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Clive E. Dorman
Clive E. Dorman University of California, San Diego
Frances P. Wilkerson
Frances P. Wilkerson San Francisco State University

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