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Curriculum Vitae
April 2008

John T. Lehman
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Natural Science Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48l09-1048
Phone: 734-763-4680 FAX: 734-647-2465 E-mail: jtlehman@umich.edu

 

Education
Yale University, 1970 - 1974, B.S./M.S. (Biology)
University of Washington, 1974 - 1978, Ph.D. (Zoology)

 

Professional Appointments
Professor of Biology/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan 1988-present.
Associate Professor of Biology, University of Michigan 1983-1987.
Associate Research Scientist, Great Lakes Research Division 1983-1987.
Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Michigan 1978-1983.
Assistant Research Scientist, Great Lakes Research Division 1980-1983.

 

Awards and Fellowships
Phi Beta Kappa; Yale, 1973.
Summa Cum Laude, Exceptional Distinction in Biology; Yale, 1974.
NSF Graduate Fellow; University of Washington, l974-l977.
Henry Russel Award, 1982: the highest recognition by the University of Michigan for achievements of junior faculty.
A Tale of Two Lakes, Special Rotunda Display and Research Feature, University of Michigan Exhibit Museum, 1992-1993
Distinguished Faculty Governance Award, 1999: the highest elected award conferred university-wide by faculty at the University of Michigan
Chandler-Misener Award 2004: most notable paper of 2002, Journal of Great Lakes Research

 

Professional Service (abbreviated)
Blue Ribbon Commission on the State of Lake St. Clair: 2007-2008
MacArthur Foundation-sponsored African Lakes Training Program Scientific Advisor, 2000-2001
Steering Committee, IDEAL: International Decade for the East African Lakes (co-chair 2001-2002)
National Academy of Science, National Research Council committee "Applications of ecological theory to environmental problems": 1983-1985.
Chair Steering Committee "Basic Issues in Great Lakes Research" 1987-1988.
Awards Subcommittee, Ecological Society of America: 1987-1990.
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee on Ocean Sciences: 1987-1991.
Future of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Committee, 1989
NAS Ocean Studies Board Review Panel for Office of Naval Research Ocean Biology 1992.
Vice President, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 1991-1992.
President, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 1992-1994.
Council of Scientific Society Presidents 1992-1995.
NSF Freshwater Initiative Planning Committee, 1992.
Council of Ocean Affairs 1993
Council of Great Lakes Research Managers/Research Development Roundtable
NSF Land Margin Ecosystem Research, UW-Milwaukee representative.
NSF Univ. National Oceanographic Laboratory System, Univ. Michigan representative
NSF Ocean Science Long Range Planning Committee, 1993.
NSF Ocean Science Strategic Plan for Research and Education 1993-1994
NSF Coastal Ocean Processes, Great Lakes Science and Implementation Plan 1994.
Steering Committee, International Decade for the East African Lakes 1992-present.
Huron River Watershed Council (appointed County Representative) 1995-1998
USGS/NBS Scientific Opportunities Workshop 1996

 

Administrative and Faculty Governance Service
Current
University Faculty Senate Secretary (by election) 1994-present
Faculty Grievance Policy Task Force (appointment by provost) 2008
Chair, University-wide Administration Evaluation Committee ( ex officio by election) 2004-present
Chair, University Record Faculty Perspectives Page 1997-present
Chair, Academic Affairs Advisory Committee (advisory to Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs) 2006-present
Chair, Senate Assembly Faculty Grievance Procedures Task Force 2006
Executive Committee Member-at-Large, AAUP Univ. Michigan Ann Arbor Chapter 1998-present
Governing Council, Sigma Xi Univ. Michigan Chapter 1998-present
University Faculty Senate Rules Committee 1994-present

 

Previous
University-wide Faculty Executive Committee (SACUA) member 2003-2006
Chapter Vice President, AAUP Univ. Michigan Ann Arbor Chapter 1998-2002
President, Sigma Xi Univ. Michigan Chapter 2000-2001
Vice President, Sigma Xi Univ. Michigan Chapter 1999-2000
Symposium organizer: “Research Universities and the Undergraduate: Designing Education for the 21 st Century”, Ann Arbor 1998
Univ. Michigan Biological Station Executive Committee 1985-1999
Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences Executive Committee 1989-2002
Research Vessel Committee 1985-2001
Graduate Chair, Department of Biology
Chair, Environmental Biology Group
Department of Biology Executive Committee
Great Lakes Curriculum Development Committee; Great Lakes internal review committee
Great Lakes Research Facilities Planning Committee
AAUP Chapter Delegate to National Meeting 1998, 1999
Chair, Biology Nominations Committee
Water Resources Committee, university-wide; Water Science Committee, university-wide
Great Lakes Director search committee
graduate student evaluation committees
faculty search committees

 

Review Panels
National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Biological Oceanography; Sea Grant, Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Biology, Graduate Fellowships, STAR programs

 

Editorial Service
Editorial Board, Associate Editor, Special Issue Editor: Limnology and Oceanography
Editorial Board, Oecologia; Special Topics Editor, Ecology
Editor, Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes
Editor, Basic Issues in Great Lakes Research
Strategic Editor, Journal of Plankton Research

 

Expert Advisory Functions
Dean of College of Biological Sciences: Gray Freshwater Institute, Univ. Minnesota
Vice-Chancellor Univ. Minnesota-Duluth: Lake Superior Center
Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans: Experimental Lakes Area
State of Michigan, Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Attorney General
City of Ann Arbor, Michigan; City of Brighton, Michigan

 

Courses Taught
University of Michigan (# in last 6 years)
Case Studies in Limnology (1); Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Problem Solving (3); Oceanography: Marine Ecology (5), Limnology: Freshwater Ecology (3), Limnology Laboratory (3); Quantitative Zooplankton Ecology, Predictive Models in Limnology, Foundations of Limnological Principles, Large Lakes - Ecological Structure and Function, Mathematical Models in Aquatic Science

 

Universities other than UM
Limnology - University of Washington, Seattle; Limnology - Makarere University, Uganda

 

Technical Experience
Research publications in international books and journals include nutrient dynamics, microanalytical methods, plankton ecology, primary productivity, food web structure, and mathematical modeling.

 

Over 300 at-sea ship days as Chief Scientist on research vessels of the U.S. academic fleet (University National Oceanic Laboratory System) operating in the St. Lawrence Great Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior from 1983 to 1997; plus additional shipboard research cruises on Lakes Victoria, Edward, and Albert in East Africa, 1991-1995, and Lake Huron 1998-2003. Chief Scientist duties involve preparation of detailed cruise plans to fulfill research objectives, direction of all on-board scientific activities, and preparation of post-cruise assessments.

 

Coupled numerical climate forecasts from second generation General Circulation Models (GCM climate projections) with lake physical mixing models and with models for biological productivity of Great Lakes in North America and East Africa.

 

Applied Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite imagery to lake surface temperature and mixing dynamics of North American and East African lakes.

 

Applied LANDSAT thematic mapper spectral data to particle suspension and detection of algal blooms.

 

Applied NEXRAD next generation weather radar to precipitation estimation and erosion rates at watershed scales.

 

Participation in bilateral scientific projects in East Africa sponsored by U.S. science agencies: U.S. National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 

Co-Chair (2001 to 2002) of Steering Committee for IDEAL- an International Decade for the East African Lakes. IDEAL develops and oversees research projects in East Africa with multilateral support and in collaboration with African scientists.

 

Established nutrient chemistry and zooplankton sampling facilities at the Uganda Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation (now FIRI) at Jinja, Uganda from 1991 to 1995.

 

Provided technical training for UFFRO/FIRI staff in zooplankton collection, sample processing, and archival procedures for samples and data.

 

Scientific adviser (2001 to 2002) for technical training program for aquatic science professionals sponsored by MacArthur Foundation, University of Nairobi

 

Designed water quality and food web sampling studies for nearshore and offshore waters of Lake Victoria conducted by Ugandan scientists.

 

Developed numerical models of food web dynamics, lake mixing processes, and nutrient recycling.

 

Developed research plans, quality assurance plans, and numerical models for river and lake analyses including phosphorus dynamics, nutrient loading from point and non-point sources, internal P cycling, and nutrient budgets for aquatic ecosystems in North America and Africa.

 

Scientific Publications


JTL 2008. Lake Victoria. In H. Dumont [ed.], The Nile. Kluwer (in press).


Ferris, J. A. and JTL . 2008. Nutrient budgets and river impoundments: Interannual variation and implications for detecting future changes. Lake and Reservoir Management 24(2) (in press).


JTL 2008. Point source and non-point source phosphorus loading to Lake St. Clair from the Clinton River, southeast Michigan, USA. Proceedings of the 4 th Binational Lake St. Clair Conference, in press.


JTL 2008. Optimal foraging theory: Lessons and application to adaptive engineering systems. Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, in press.


Ferris, J. A. and JTL . 2007. Interannual variation in diatom bloom dynamics: roles of hydrology, nutrient limitation, sinking, and whole lake manipulation. Water Research 41: 2551-2562.


JTL , J. A. Ferris, and R. A. Platte. 2007. Role of hydrology in development of a vernal clear water phase in an urban impoundment. Freshwater Biology 52: 1773-1781.


JTL , A. Bazzi, T. Nosher, and J. O. Nriagu. 2004. Copper inhibition of algal growth in Saginaw Bay – Lake Huron. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1871-1880.


JTL , S. E. B. Abella, A. H. Litt, and W. T. Edmondson. 2004. Environmental Fingerprints of Biocomplexity: Taxon-specific Growth of Phytoplankton in Lake Washington. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1446-1456 .


Edmondson, W.T., S. E. Abella, and JTL 2003. Phytoplankton in Lake Washington: long-term changes 1950-1999. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Suppl. 139/3: 1-52.


JTL 2002. Mixing patterns and plankton biomass of the St. Lawrence Great Lakes under climate change scenarios. Journal of Great Lakes Research 28: 583-596.


Bazzi, A., JTL , J. O. Nriagu, D. Hollandsworth, N. Irish, and T. Nosher. 2002. Chemical speciation of dissolved copper in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron with Square Wave Anodic Stripping Voltammetry. Journal of Great Lakes Research 28: 466-478.


JTL 2002. Application of satellite AVHRR to water balance, mixing dynamics, and the chemistry of Lake Edward, East Africa, p. 235-260. In E. Odada and D. Olago [eds.], The East African Great Lakes: Limnology, Palaeolimnology and Biodiversity. Kluwer.


Jonna, R. and JTL 2002. Invasion of Lake Victoria by the large bodied herbivorous cladoceran Daphnia magna , p. 321-333. In E. Odada and D. Olago [eds.], The East African Great Lakes: Limnology, Palaeolimnology and Biodiversity. Kluwer.


JTL 2001. Ecosystem functioning in aquatic & marine communities, measurement & analysis of, p. 311-320. In S. Levin [ed.], Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Academic Press.


JTL , R. J. Foy, and D. A. Lehman. 2001. Inverse model method for estimating assimilation by aquatic invertebrates. Aquatic Sciences 63: 168-181.


Hoffman, J.C., M.E. Smith, and JTL . 2001. Perch or Plankton: Top-down control of Daphnia by yellow perch ( Perca flavescens ) or Bythotrephes cederstroemi in an inland lake? Freshwater Biology 46: 759-775.


JTL , A. S. Brooks, and J. C. Zastrow. 2000. Water Ecology. Chapter 5, Great Lakes Regional Assessment. U. S. Global Change Program.


Nosher, T.M, JTL , and J. Nriagu. 2000. Evidence for copper inhibition of algal growth in Saginaw Bay – Lake Huron, MI. Contribution Number 1236, Univ. Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI (CD-ROM).


JTL 1998. [Editor] Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes. Kluwer.


JTL , K. Halat, B. Betz, L. M. Ndawula and V. Kiggundu. 1998. Secondary production by the lake fly Chaoborus in Lake Victoria, East Africa, p. 135-145. In Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes. Kluwer.


JTL , A.H. Litt, R. Mugidde, and D.A. Lehman. 1998. Nutrients and plankton biomass in the rift lake sources of the White Nile: Lakes Albert and Edward, p. 157-172. In Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes. Kluwer.


Mbahinzireki, G.B., JTL , and H. Ochieng. 1998. Caridina nilotica : Spatial distribution and egg production in Lake Victoria, Uganda, p. 117-124. In Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes. Kluwer.


Holtzman, J. and JTL 1998. Role of apatite weathering in the eutrophication of Lake Victoria, p. 89-98. In Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes. Kluwer.


JTL , R. Mugidde, and D.A. Lehman. 1998. Lake Victoria plankton ecology: Mixing depth and climate-driven control of lake condition, p. 99-116. In Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes. Kluwer.


JTL 1998. Role of climate in the modern condition of Lake Victoria. Theoret. Appl. Climatology 61: 29-37.


Sullivan, C. and JTL 1998. Character variation and evidence for spine length selection in the invertebrate predator Bythotrephes (Crustacea: Cladocera) from Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie. Arch. Hydrobiol. 142: 35-52.


Bilkovic, D.M. and JTL 1997. Lipid content and size variation of Bythotrephes (Cladocera: Cercopagidae) from Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan. J. Great Lakes Research 23: 149-159.


JTL , D.M. Bilkovic, and C. Sullivan. 1997. Predicting development, metabolism, and secondary production for the invertebrate predator Bythotrephes . Freshwater Biology 38:343-352.


JTL , G.B. Mbahinzireki, and L.M. Ndawula. 1996. Caridina nilotica in Lake Victoria: abundance, biomass, and diel vertical migration. Hydrobiologia 317: 177-182.


Branstrator, D.K., L.M. Ndawula, and JTL . 1996. Zooplankton dynamics in Lake Victoria. In T. C. Johnson and E. Odada [eds.], Limnology, Climatology and Paleolimnology of the East African Lakes. Gordon and Breach.


JTL 1996. Pelagic food webs of the East African Great Lakes. In T. C. Johnson and E. Odada [eds.], Limnology, Climatology and Paleolimnology of the East African Lakes. Gordon and Breach.


JTL and D.A. Lehman. 1996. Luigi Provasoli 1908-1992. In D. Garbary and M. J. Wynne [eds.], Prominent Phycologists of the 20th Century. Lancelot Press.


JTL and D.A. Lehman. 1996. Status of the non-indigenous invertebrate predator Bythotrephes cederstroemi (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan. Proc. Symp. on non-indigenous species in Western Aquatic Ecosystems. Portland State Univ. Lakes and Reservoirs Program Publication No. 96-8: 7-14.


Halat, K. and JTL 1996. A model for the anomalous distribution of Chaoborus in African Great Lakes. Hydrobiologia 330: 31-36.


Ignatow, M.J., G. Mbahinzireki, and JTL 1996. Secondary production and energetics of the shrimp Caridina nilotica in Lake Victoria, East Africa: Model development and application. Hydrobiologia 332: 175-181.


Branstrator, D.K. and JTL 1996. Evidence for juvenile fish predation on Bythotrephes cederstroemi in Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Research 22: 917-924.


JTL and D.K. Branstrator 1996. Predicting assimilation and development rates of invertebrate predators. J. Great Lakes Research 22: 930-934.


JTL and D.K. Branstrator. 1995. A model for growth, development, bioenergetics and diet selection by the invertebrate predator Bythotrephes cederstroemi . J. Great Lakes Research 21: 610-619.


JTL and D.K. Branstrator. 1994. Nutrient dynamics and turnover rates of phosphate and sulfate in Lake Victoria, East Africa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39: 227-233.


Burkhardt, S. and JTL 1994. Prey consumption and predatory effects of an invertebrate predator ( Bythotrephes : Cladocera, Cercopagidae) based on phosphorus budgets. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39: 1007-1019.


JTL and C. Caceres. 1993. Food web responses to species invasion by a predatory invertebrate: Bythotrephes in Lake Michigan. Limnology and Oceanography 37: 879-891.


JTL and D.K. Branstrator. 1993. Effects of nutrients and grazing on the phytoplankton of Lake Victoria. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 25: 850-855.


JTL 1993. Efficiencies of ingestion and assimilation by an invertebrate predator using C and P dual isotope labeling. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 1550-1554.


Branstrator, D.K. and JTL 1991. Invertebrate predation in Lake Michigan: Regulation of Bosmina longirostris by Leptodora kindti . Limnology and Oceanography 36: 483-495.


JTL 1991. Causes and consequences of cladoceran dynamics in Lake Michigan: Implications of species invasion by Bythotrephes . Journal of Great Lakes Research 17: 437-445.


JTL 1991. Interacting growth and loss rates: the balance of top-down and bottom-up controls in plankton communities. Limnology and Oceanography 36: 1546-1554.


JTL , J.A. Bowers, R.W. Gensemer, G.J. Warren, and D.K. Branstrator. 1990. Mysis relicta in Lake Michigan: Abundances and relationships with their potential prey, Daphnia . Canadian J. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47: 977-983.


JTL and C.D. Sandgren. 1990. Trophic dynamics of Lake Michigan: Response of algal production to changes in the zooplankton community. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 24: 397-400.


Sandgren, C.D. and JTL 1990. Response of chlorophyll a , phytoplankton, and microzooplankton to the invasion of Lake Michigan by Bythotrephes . Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 24: 386-392.


JTL 1988. Algal biomass unaltered by food web changes in Lake Michigan. Nature 332: 537-538.


JTL 1988. Selective herbivory and its role in phytoplankton evolution, p. 369-387. In C. D. Sandgren [ed.], Growth and reproductive strategies of freshwater phytoplankton. Cambridge Univ. Press.


JTL 1988. Ecological principles affecting community structure and secondary production by zooplankton in marine and freshwater environments. In S. Nixon [ed.], Comparative ecology of freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography 33: 931-945.


Warren, G.J. and JTL . 1988. Young-of-the-year Coregonus hoyi in Lake Michigan: Prey selection and influence on the zooplankton community. Journal of Great Lakes Research 14: 420-426.


JTL 1988. Hypolimnetic metabolism in Lake Washington: Relative effects of nutrient load and food web structure on lake productivity. Limnology and Oceanography 33: 1336-1349.


Dorazio, R.M., J.A. Bowers, and JTL . 1987. Food-web manipulations influence grazer control of phytoplankton growth rates in Lake Michigan. Journal of Plankton Research 9: 891-899.


JTL 1987. Palearctic predator invades North American Great Lakes. Oecologia 74: 478-480.


Scavia, D., G.L. Fahnenstiel, M.S. Evans, D.J. Jude, and JTL . 1986. Influence of salmonine predation and weather on long-term water quality trends in Lake Michigan. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 43: 435-443.


JTL and T. Naumoski. 1986. Net community production and hypolimnetic nutrient regeneration in a Michigan Lake. Limnology and Oceanography 31: 788-797.


JTL 1986. Control of eutrophication in Lake Washington, p. 302-316. In Ecological knowledge and environmental problem-solving. National Academy Press, Washington D.C.


JTL 1986. Raising the level of a subarctic lake, p. 318-330. In Ecological knowledge and environmental problem-solving. National Academy Press, Washington D.C.


JTL 1986. The goal of understanding in limnology. Limnology and Oceanography 31: 1160-1166.


JTL 1985. Cell quotas of nutrients in phytoplankton established by X-ray analysis. Proc. International Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology 22: 2861-2865.


JTL and C.D. Sandgren. 1985. Species-specific rates of growth and grazing loss among freshwater algae. Limnology and Oceanography 30: 34-46.


JTL and T. Naumoski. 1985. Content and turnover rates of phosphorus in Daphnia pulex : effect of food quality. Hydrobiologia 128: 119-125.


JTL and D. Scavia. 1984. Measuring the ecological significance of microscale nutrient patches. Limnology and Oceanography 29: 214-216.


Naumoski, T. and JTL . 1984. Nitrogen loading: influence on dissolved inorganic carbon in natural waters. Proc. International Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology 22: 244-249.


JTL 1984. Grazing, nutrient release, and their impacts on the structure of phytoplankton communities, p. 49-72. In D. Meyers and J.R. Strickler [eds.], Trophic dynamics of aquatic ecosystems. AAAS Special Symposium.


Dorazio, R.M. and JTL . 1983. Optimal reproductive strategies in age-structured populations of zooplankton. Freshwater Biology 13: 157-175.


JTL and W.T. Edmondson. 1983. The seasonality of phosphorus deposition in Lake Washington. Limnology and Oceanography 28: 796-800.


JTL and C.D. Sandgren. 1982. Phosphorus dynamics of the procaryotic nannoplankton in a Michigan Lake. Limnology and Oceanography 27: 828-838.


JTL and D. Scavia. 1982. Microscale patchiness of nutrients in plankton communities. Science 216: 729-730.


JTL and D. Scavia. 1982. Microscale nutrient patches produced by zooplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S. 79: 5001-5005.


Edmondson, W.T. and JTL . 1981. The effect of changes in the nutrient income on the condition of Lake Washington. Limnology and Oceanography 26: 1-29.


JTL 1980. Release and cycling of nutrients between planktonic algae and herbivores. Limnology and Oceanography 25: 620-632.


JTL 1980. Nutrient recycling as an interface between algae and grazers in freshwater communities, p. 251-263. In W.C. Kerfoot [ed.], Evolution and ecology of zooplankton communities. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Special Symposium 3.


JTL 1979. Physical and chemical factors affecting the seasonal abundance of Asterionella formosa Hass. in a small temperate lake. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 87: 274-303.


JTL 1978. Enhanced transport of inorganic carbon into algal cells and its implications for the biological fixation of carbon. Journal of Phycology 14: 33-42.


JTL and C.D. Sandgren. 1978. Documenting a seasonal change from phosphorus to nitrogen limitation in a small temperate lake, and its impact on the population dynamics of Asterionella . Proc. Internat. Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology 20: 375-380.


JTL 1978. Aspects of nutrient dynamics in freshwater communities. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Washington, 180 p. Dissertation committee chairman: W.T. Edmondson, Dept. of Zoology.


JTL 1977. On calculating drag characteristics for decelerating zooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 22: 170-172.


JTL 1976. The filter feeder as an optimal forager, and the predicted shapes of feeding curves. Limnology and Oceanography 21: 501-516.


JTL 1976. Photosynthetic capacity and luxury uptake of carbon during phosphate limitation in Pediastrum duplex (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 12: 190-193.


JTL 1976. Ecological and nutritional studies on Dinobryon Ehrenb.: seasonal periodicity and the phosphate toxicity problem. Limnology and Oceanography. 21: 646-658.


JTL , D.B. Botkin, and G.E. Likens. 1975. The assumptions and rationales of a computer model of phytoplankton population dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography 20: 343-364.


JTL , D.B. Botkin, and G.E. Likens. 1975. Lake eutrophication and the limiting CO 2 concept: a simulation study. Proc. International Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology 19: 300-307.


JTL 1975. Reconstructing the rate of accumulation of lake sediment: the effect of sediment focusing. Quaternary Research 5: 541-550.


JTL and J.W. Porter. 1973. Chemical activation of feeding in the Caribbean reef-building coral Montastrea cavernosa . Biological Bulletin 145: 140-149.


JTL 1973. The San Blas Cuna: An Introduction. Discovery 8: 59-64.


Miscellaneous Publications (abbreviated)


JTL 2008. Chemical composition of the recent sediments of Ford Lake, Michigan, U.S.A. by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and its relationship to phosphorus budgets and internal nutrient loading. Technical Report, http://www.umich.edu/~hrstudy


JTL 2008. Point source and non-point source phosphorus loading to Lake St. Clair from the Clinton River, Southeast Michigan, USA. Report to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Lake St. Clair.


Xi, C.,W. Guo, K. Bush, JTL , J. Nriagu, and D. H. Sherman 2008. Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) in the Great Lakes. White Paper for GESI Conference “Water, Human Health, and the Environment: Establishing the Research Agenda.”


Huron River Study web site, URL http://www.umich.edu/~hrstudy/


Huron River Citizen Survey Initial Results. Web publication (www.umich.edu/~hrstudy/) 26 Sep 2005.


Harris, R., I. Jenkinson, and JTL 2004. EDITORIAL. The first 25 years of Journal of Plankton Research: looking to the future. Journal of Plankton Research 26: 1-3.


Nriagu, J.O., P.M. Meier, D.L. Pascual, and JTL 2001. Nutrients in Ford and Belleville Lakes, Michigan, 1998-2000. University of Michigan School of Public Health Technical Report.


JTL and R. Jonna. 2001. The role of internal nutrient loading in the nuisance algal blooms of 2001 in Ford Lake, Huron River Watershed, Michigan. Technical Report.


JTL 2000. The present condition of Ore Lake, Michigan.


JTL 2000. IDEAL Malawi Meeting: A Summary. PACOM Newsletter.


JTL 2000. We learned how to live in Pallanza. Journal of Limnology 59: 1-3.


JTL 2000. Good Science and Good Luck. Hydrobiologia 435: 1-3.


JTL 2000. In Memoriam: W. Thomas Edmondson (1916-2000). Limnology and Oceanography 45: 1448


JTL 2000. We learned how to live in Pallanza (reprinted). Bulletin of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography


JTL 2000. The present condition of Ford and Belleville Lakes, Michigan.


JTL [editor] 1998 Research Universities and the Undergraduate: Designing Education for the 21 st Century. University of Michigan Sigma Xi Special Report.


JTL 1997. How climate change is shaping the modern condition of Lake Victoria. IDEAL Newsletter.


JTL 1997. Academic values and academic misconduct. Faculty Perspectives Page, Univ. Michigan Record.


JTL 1997. Faculty perspectives page is back. Faculty Perspectives Page, Univ. of Michigan Record .


JTL and D.K. Branstrator 1996. Predicting assimilation and development rates of invertebrate predators. Technical report.


IDEAL Science and Implementation Plan (multiple authors). 1994. PAGES Special Publication.


JTL 1993. Luigi Provasoli, naturalist: 1908-1992. Limnology and Oceanography 38: 250-252.


JTL 1992. G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medal. Limnology and Oceanography 37: 1834.


IDEAL An International Decade for the East African Lakes (11 authors). 1990. Duke University Marine Laboratory Technical Report.


Caceres, C. and JTL . 1990. The spiny water flea Bythotrephes in the Great Lakes. Michigan Sea Grant Publication, 8 p.


JTL 1989. Peter Kilham 1943-1989: Intellectual and Scholar. J. Great Lakes Research 15: 723-724.


Branstrator, D.K. and JTL 1989. Measuring ingestion and assimilation efficiencies of aquatic invertebrate predators. H.H. Rackham Research Partnership Proposal, University of Michigan. Copyrighted technical report.


GLUES 1988. Great Lakes Unified Ecosystem Studies: A plan for understanding large aquatic ecosystems. University of Michigan Special Publication.


JTL 1988. Good Professor Edmondson. Limnology and Oceanography 33: 1236-1246.


GLRD 1987. Basic Issues in Great Lakes Research. Special Report No. 123 of the Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan.


JTL 1982. Nutritional significance of nutrient patches to the phytoplankton: productivity and species composition, p. 210-229. In Fish Ecology III, Univ. Miami Tech. Report 82008.


JTL 1980. Cycling of P among phytoplankton, herbivorous zooplankton, and the lake water, p. 49-68. In D. Scavia and R. Moll [eds.], Nutrient cycling in the Great Lakes: A summarization of factors regulating the cycling of phosphorus. Special Report No. 83 of the Great Lakes Research Division.


JTL 1979. Grazing, nutrient release, and their formulation in plankton models, p. 59-96. In M.W. Lorenzen [ed.], Phytoplankton-environmental interactions in reservoirs. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station Publ. TC-3265/DACW39-78-C-0088.


JTL 1976. An explanation of the functions and variables used in the computer simulation model AGS for predicting phytoplankton population dynamics. Cornell Univ. Mimeo., 13 p.


Book Reviews
JTL 1975. Modeling the eutrophication process. Limnology and Oceanography 20: 685-686.
JTL 1979. Perspectives on lake ecosystem modeling. American Scientist 67: 723.
JTL 1984. Limnology. Bioscience 34: 518-519.
JTL 1989. Complex interactions in lake communities. Limnol. Oceanogr. 34: 487-489.
JTL 1993. The ecosystem approach: its use and abuse. Ecology 74: 2174.
JTL 1995. Limnology now. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40: 644.
JTL 1995. Chrysophyte algae: Ecology, phylogeny and development. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40: 1535.
JTL 1996. Science and limnology. Quarterly Review of Biology 71: 145-146.
JTL 1997 Predictive Limnology. Ecology
JTL 2005. The Lakes Handbook, Vol. 1. Journal of Plankton Research 27: 297
JTL 2006. The Lakes Handbook, Vol. 2. Journal of Plankton Research 28: 239.


Invited Presentations (abbreviated)
1977 Synergistic properties of loss rates in model plankton communities. Univ. California, Santa Barbara.


1978 Experimental studies on phytoplankton dynamics. Cornell Univ.


1978 Physical and chemical factors affecting plankton dynamics. Univ. Michigan.


1978 Nutrient recycling as an interface between algae and grazers in freshwater communities. ASLO Special Symposium 3, Dartmouth College.


1979 Nutrient loading in Lake Washington and the statistics of budget building. Great Lakes and Marine Environment Seminar Series, Univ. Michigan.


1979 Grazing, nutrient release, and their formulation in plankton models. Symposium: phytoplankton- environmental interactions in reservoirs, Monterey.


1980 Estimating growth and loss rates of phytoplankton in situ. Great Lakes and Marine Environment Seminar, Univ. Michigan.


1981 Effects of grazing and nutrient release on phytoplankton community structure. AAAS Special Symposium, Toronto.


1981 Grazing, nutrient release, and species specific growth rates of phytoplankton. Univ. Wisconsin, Madison; Univ. Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Recent advances in limnology and oceanography colloquim series.


1981 Species specific dynamics of phytoplankton. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University.


1981 Microscale patchiness of nutrients. Univ. Michigan; McGill Univ.


1981 Species specific growth rates of phytoplankton. McGill Univ.


1981 Nutrient patchiness in plankton communities; Grazing, nutrient release, and species specific growth rates. Univ. Rhode Island; Univ. Penn.; Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci.,Yale Univ.


1982 Close encounters in planktonic environments. Univ. Michigan Divisional Seminar.


1982 Close encounters: Micropatches and the plankton. Scripps Institution of Oceanography.


1982 Microscale patchiness of nutrients in aquatic systems. Univ. Washington.


1982 Microscale nutrient patchiness in pelagic systems. Fish Ecology III, Key Biscayne.


1982 Limnological Studies in southern Michigan. Univ. Michigan Divisional Seminar.


1984 Close encounters among the plankton: measuring their ecological significance; Species specific rates of growth and loss in phytoplankton communities. Univ. California, Davis.


1985 Visiting Distinguished Professor lecture series. Univ. Texas, Arlington.


1985 Nutrient cycling in lake ecosystems. Univ. Notre Dame.


1985 Nutrient dynamics and patchiness. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.


1985 Historical perspective on Limnology. Univ. Michigan Biological Station.


1985 Primary productivity in relation to nutrient loading. Ecological Society of America symposium.


1985 Seminar and workshop on plankton ecology. Naturalist-Ecologist Training Program, The University of Michigan Biological Station.


1985 Selective herbivory and its role in phytoplankton evolution. International Phycological Congress. Copenhagen.


1985 Productivity, biomass and species composition of zooplankton in freshwater and marine environments. NSF/UNESCO Spec. Symp., Nairobi.


1985 Trophic dynamics of a changing zooplankton community. Kellogg Biological Station.


1986 Zooplankton ecology of Lake Michigan. Student Oceanographic Society, The University of Michigan.


1986 Lake Michigan's changing food web. Bowling Green State Univ.


1986 Seminar and workshop on microheterotrophy. Univ. Michigan Biological Station.


1987 Apr-June College Visiting Professor, The University of Washington, Department of Zoology. Limnology lectures and analysis of historical date from Lake Washington.


1987 Lake Michigan's changing food web: Invasion by the invertebrate planktivore Bythotrephes . Univ. Konstanz.


1988 G. W. Comita Memorial Lecture and visiting distinguished scientist. North Dakota State University.


1988 Food web dynamics in Lake Michigan; Microscale nutrient patchiness. Duke University; Duke University Marine Lab.


1989 Hypolimnetic processes in Lake Washington. NOAA/GLERL.


1989 Lake Michigan's changing food web. Univ. Wisconsin-Milwaukee; UC Santa Barbara.


1990 Ecological effects of species invasion in Lake Michigan. Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg.


1990 Exotic species in the Great Lakes. Institute of Water Resources, Lansing.


1990 Food web structure, plankton dynamics, and community ecology of the Lake Michigan ecosystem. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography


1990 Species invasion and food web changes in Lake Michigan. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State Univ.


1991 Bottom-up vs top-down control of aquatic food webs: lessons from limnology. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Special Symposium.


1992 Biodiversity and climate change in Lake Victoria, East Africa. Univ. Michigan ; Cornell University.


1992 Experimental studies of grazing and nutrient dynamics in Lake Victoria. Uganda Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation.


1992 IDEAL: Climate change in East Africa. National Science Foundation, Limnos Group.


1993 Pelagic food webs of the East African Great Lakes. International Symposium on the Limnology, Climatology, and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes, Jinja, Uganda.


1993 Limnology in East Africa. Univ. Michigan Biological Society.


1994 A case study of species invasion in Lake Michigan. American Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.


1995 Bythotrephes in the North American Great Lakes. North American Lake Management Society; Univ. Montreal.


1996 Trophic Dynamics in Lake Michigan: A case study approach. University of Washington.


1996 Bythotrephes in the North American Great Lakes. Spec. Symposium, Portland State Univ.


1996 Lake Victoria plankton ecology: Annual patterns of algal response to nutrient enhancement. ASLO IDEAL Special Symposium. (with R. Mugidde and D.A. Lehman)


1996 Comparison studies of the rift lake sources of the White Nile: Lakes Edward and Albert, East Africa. ASLO IDEAL Special Symposium. (with A.H. Litt).


1996 Caridina nilotica : Its distribution and egg production in Lake Victoria, Uganda. ASLO IDEAL Special Symposium. (with G.B. Mbahinzireki and H. Ochieng).


1997 Role of climate in the modern condition of Lake Victoria. UM Global Change Program 7th Anniversary Lecture.


1997 Use of dual isotopes to measure ingestion and assimilation explained- AGAIN! CGLAS special symposium, University of Michigan.


1997 How to identify and predict the effects of invading species in lakes. Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation


2000 Energy and water balance, mixing depth, and the chemistry of Lake Edward, East Africa. Keynote presentation, IDEAL Second International Symposium, Malawi.


2001 The Present Condition of Ore Lake, Michigan. City of Brighton.


2001 Effects of Climate Change on Lower Food Web Processes. U.S. EPA and National Wildlife Foundation Workshop, Milwaukee: Climate Change and the Water Ecology of the Great Lakes.


2002 Biomanipulation of lake food webs by an invading invertebrate predator. Univ. Michigan- Dearborn


2003 Ann Arbor's dilemma: Assigning responsibility for environmental problems. Univ. Michigan School of Public Health; public lecture hosted by Huron River Watershed Council.


2004 Nuisance algae and the Huron River: Recent changes and future trends. Public lecture hosted by Huron River Watershed Council.


2005 Highlights of key findings to date relevant to Middle Huron Partners. Middle Huron Partners, 21 Apr 2005


2005 Survey results and Ford Lake algal blooms, 2005. Middle Huron Partners, 6 Oct 2005


2005 Causes and possible corrections for nuisance algal conditions in Huron River lakes. Middle Huron Partners, 8 Nov 2005


2005 Adaptive strategies to improve the condition of Ford Lake. Ford Lake Water Conservation Advisory Committee and Board of Trustees, 14 Nov 2005


2006 Giving you a better view: Solutions to Ford Lake's water quality problems. Public lecture, Eagle Crest Resort, 19 Oct 2006


2006 Whole lake experiments to control harmful algal blooms in multi-use watersheds. Middle Huron Partners, 8 Nov 2006


2006 Evaluation of academic administrators by faculty: The University of Michigan experience. Michigan State University, 2006


2007 Whole lake experiments to control harmful algal blooms in multi-use watersheds. National Water Conference, Savannah, Jan 2007


2007 One dam problem after another: Transforming lake communities to improve environmental quality. Sigma Xi Annual Address, Apr 2007.


2008 Point source and non-point source phosphorus loading to Lake St. Clair from the Clinton River, Southeast Michigan, USA. 4 th Binational Lake St. Clair Conference, Great Lakes Commission, Mar 2008


2008 Whole lake experiments and algal blooms. National Water Conference, Reno, Feb 2008


Contributed Papers (40+ lecture or poster presentations to professional scientific societies)
Phycological Society of America
Ecological Society of America
International Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Mid-West Water Chemistry Symposium
International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment


Scientific Outreach

Scientific adviser to the Water Conservation Advisory Board, Ypsilanti Charter Township, 2004-present.


Scientific adviser to the Environmental Commission, Van Buren Township, 2004-present.


Results of whole lake experiments. Presentation to Middle Huron Partners, 12 Feb 2008


Giving you a better view: Solutions to Ford Lake's water quality problems.  Public lecture, Eagle Crest Resort, 19 Oct 2006


Whole lake experiments to control harmful algal blooms in multi-use watersheds.  Presentation to Middle Huron Partners, 8 Nov 2006


Adaptive Strategies to improve the condition of Ford Lake, Presentation to Water Conservation Advisory Committee, 14 Nov 2005


Causes and possible corrections for nuisance algae conditions in Huron River lakes, Presentation to Middle Huron Partners, 8 Nov 05


The algal toxin microcystin in the Huron River Lakes, Presentation to Middle Huron Partners, 8 Nov 2005


Survey Results and Ford Lake Algal Blooms, Presentation to Middle Huron Partners, 6 Oct 2005


Highlights of Key Findings to Date Relevant to Middle Huron Partners, 21 Apr 2005


Unanimous vote by Board of Trustees, Ypsilanti Charter Township to endorse and facilitate cooperation with whole lake experimental manipulation of Ford Lake, December 2005


Telephone surveys conducted by grant subcontractor to State and Municipal officials regarding effectiveness of Huron River research results in environmental policy setting, 2006.


Progress Reports in Huron River Watershed Council Newsletters 2004 to 2006


“Giving You a Better View”- brochure mailed to ca. 3000 households, 2004


Public opinion survey of ca. 3500 households in middle Huron drainage regarding knowledge and perceptions of aquatic environmental issues: Huron River Citizen Survey Initial Results, 26 Sep 2005.


Media Coverage

Television
One dam problem after another: Transforming lake communities to improve environmental quality. Sigma Xi 2007 Annual Address; U-M TV Channel 22 (recurring broadcast).


Internet
University of Michigan features Huron River research on its News and Information website: http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/2007/Nov07/slime


Radio
Interview with David Fair on WEMU Public Radio program Issues of the Environment on 11 July 2007
Interview with David Fair on WEMU Public Radio program Issues of the Environment on 28 July 2004
Interview with Charity Nebbe on Michigan Public Radio program Stateside on 6 July 2004


Newspaper
Cutting down on the 'pea soup' in lakes. Ann Arbor News , 8 Oct 2006.
Getting a grip on nuisance algae. Ann Arbor News , 3 July 2004.
New Bluegreen Algae Study. Spinal Column Newsweekly , 26 Nov 2003.


Community Newsletters
Huron River Report . The Newsletter of the Huron River Watershed Council, Fall 2003
Lake Ledger , Charter Township of Van Buren, Winter 2004


Research Grants to John T. Lehman (abbreviated)

Previous:
NSF Graduate Fellowship, University of Washington, 1974-1977.


NSF DEB79-22143+NSF DEB81-16428, Nutrient fluxes in plankton communities, $125K.


Institute for Water Research, Nitrogen loading: Influence on the dissolved inorganic carbon in natural waters, $8K.


NOAA NA79-RAC00120, Formulations for zooplankton in ecosystem models, $47K.


NOAA NA81-RAH00003, A dynamic lake ecosystem model, $82K.


NSF BSR86-05418: Facility improvements for the Douglas Lake Biological Field Station, $24K (NSF) + $34K (UM). PI= Lehman, co-PIs= R. Fogel, S. Kilham.


ONR Ocean Biology N00014-84-K-0671: Temporal and spatial microstructure of nutrients in pelagic systems, $244K.


NSF OCE86-11947: A workshop to establish a long-range plan for Great Lakes research, $55K. PI= Lehman, co-PI= W. C. Kerfoot.


NSF OCE84-15970+ OCE86-13880+ OCE87-16187: Trophic dynamics of a changing zooplankton community, $363K. (plus additional support for UM-CGLAS ship operations @ $400K.)


Sea Grant MICHU-SG-92-302-R/ES-5: Causes and consequences of cladoceran dynamics in Lake Michigan: Implications for recruitment success of forage fish species, $150K.


UM Rackham School of Graduate Studies: Ecological genetics of Great Lakes zooplankton, $9K.


UM Global Change Program: World Lake Climate Studies- Lake Victoria Pilot Deployment, $25K.


NOAA National Undersea Research Center: Data base for biodiversity and climate changes in East Africa: Lake Victoria, $47K. (plus ship and submersible operations @ $25K.)


NSF OCE92-07945: Molecular tracers of trophic links in pelagic food webs, $45K.


UM OVPR: Topographic survey and database for Lake Victoria, $19K.


NSF OCE89-10999: Trophic dynamics of a changing zooplankton community, $412K. (plus additional support for UM-CGLAS ship operations @ $430K.)


NSF-94-SC-NSR-1007: IDEAL Limnology, $12K.


Nat. Geographic Soc.: Biological exploration of the lake sources of the White Nile, $18K.


NSF DEB-9318035: Biodiversity and climate change in East Africa: Lake Victoria IDEAL Limnology, $289K. + NSF REU-Supplements: $8K.


NSF OCE-9508087: Phosphorus dynamics: Contributions by bacteria and zooplankton to recycling processes in Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie, $301K (+ budget for ship operations @ $300K)


U.S. EPA Cooperative Agreement No. CX826421-01-0: Regional Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in the Upper Great Lakes Region (PI= P. Sousounis), $730K.


Sea Grant: Bioregulation of trace metals in the Great Lakes (PI= J. Nriagu), $164K.


U.S. EPA: Mercury: Transport and fate through a watershed (PI= J. Nriagu), $896K.


U.S. EPA: Adaptive management for improved water quality in multi-use watersheds, $746K (1 Feb 03 to 31 Jan 07)


Active:
DOA: Whole lake experiments to improve water quality in multi-use watersheds. $383K (1 Sep 06 to 31 Aug 09)

 

 

 

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