Recent Publications
2007
Williamson, C.E., H.J. DeLange, and D.M. Leech. 2007. Do zooplankton contribute to an ultraviolet clear-water phase in lakes? Limnology and Oceanography 52(2): 662-667. Link to PDF
2006
Cooke, S.L. and C.E. Williamson. 2006. Positive effects of UV radiation on a calanoid copepod in a transparent lake: do competition, predation, or food availability play a role? Journal of Plankton Research. 28: 171-179. Link to PDF
Cooke, S.L., C.E. Williamson and J.E. Saros. 2006. How do temperature, dissolved organic matter, and nutrients influence the response of Leptodiaptomus ashlandi to UV radiation in a subalpine lake? Freshwater Biology 51:1827-1837. Link to PDF
Cooke, S.L., C.E. Williamson, B.R. Hargreaves and D.P. Morris. 2006. Beneficial and detrimental interactive effects of dissolved organic matter and ultraviolet radiation on zooplankton in a transparent lake. Hydrobiologia 568: 15-28. Link to PDF
Fischer, J.M., J. Nicolai, C.E. Williamson, A.D. Persaud, and R.S. Lockwood. 2006. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on diel vertical migration of crustacean zooplankton: an in situ mesocosm experiment. Hydrobiologia 563: 217-224. Link to PDF
Fischer, J.M., P.A. Fields, P. G. Pryzbylkowski, J.L. Nicolai, and P.J. Neale. 2006. Sublethal exposure to ultraviolet radiation affects respiration rates of the freshwater cladoceran Daphnia catawba. Photochemistry and Photobiology 82: 547-550. Link to PDF
Olson, M.H., M.R. Colip, J.S. Gerlach, and D.L. Mitchell. 2006. Quantifying UV radiation mortality risk in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) larvae: effects of nest location. Ecological Applications. 16: 328-338. Link to PDF
Olson, M.H. and D. L. Mitchell. 2006. Interspecific variation in UV defense mechanisms among temperate freshwater fishes. Photochemistry and Photobiology 82: 606-610. Link to PDF
2005
Doyle, S., J.E. Saros, and C.E. Williamson. 2005. Interactive effects of temperature and nutrient limitation on the response of alpine phytoplankton growth to ultarviolet radiation. Limnology and Oceanography 50:1362-1367. Link to PDF file.
Leech, D.M., A.T. Padeletti, and C.E. Williamson. 2005. Zooplankton behavioral responses to solar UV radiation vary within and among lakes. Journal of Plankton Research 27:461-471. Link to PDF file.
Leech, D.M., C.E. Williamson, R.E. Moeller, and B.R. Hargreaves. 2005. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the seasonal vertical distribution of zooplankton: a database analysis. Archiv fur Hydrobologie 162:445-464. Link to PDF file.
Moeller, R. E., S. Gilroy, C. E. Williamson, G. Grad, and R. Sommaruga. 2005. Dietary acquisition of photoprotective compounds (mycosporine-like amino acids, carotenoids) and acclimation to ulraviolet radiation in a freshwater copepod. Limnology and Oceanography. 50:427-439. PDF file
Palen, W.J., C.E. Williamson, A.A. Clauser, and D.E Schindler. 2005. Impact of UV-B exposure on amphibian embryos; linking species physiology to oviposition behavior. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272:1227-1234. Link to PDF file.
Persaud, A.D., and C.E. Williamson. 2005. Ultraviolet and temperature effects on planktonic rotifers and crustaceans in northern temperate lakes. Freshwater Biology 50: 467-476.
Sanders, R.W., A.O. Macaluso, A.O., T.J. Sardina and D.L. Mitchell. 2005. Photoreactivation in freshwater ciliates: differential responses to variations in UV-B flux and temperature. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 40:283-292.
Saros, J.E., Interlandi, S.J., Doyle, S.A., Michel, T.J. & C.E. Williamson. 2005. Are the
deep chlorophyll maxima in alpine lakes primarily induced by nutrient availability, not UV avoidance? Arctic, Antarctic, & Alpine Research 37: 557-563.
2004
Boeing, W.J., C.E. Williamson, D.M. Leech, S.L. Cooke, and L.E. Torres. 2004. Damaging UV radiation and invertebrate predation: Conflicting selective pressures for zooplankton vertical distribution in the water column of low DOC lakes. Oecologia 138: 603-612. Link to PDF file.
Huff, D.D., G. Grad, and C.E. Williamson. 2004. Environmental constraints on spawning depth of yellow perch: The roles of low temperatures and high solar ultraviolet radiation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:718-726. PDF file
MacFadyen, E.J., C.E. Williamson, G. Grad, M. Lowery, W.H. Jeffrey, and D.L. Mitchell. 2004. Molecular response to climate change: Temperature dependence of UVR-induced DNA damage and repair in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia pulicaria. Global Change Biology 10:408-416. PDF file
2003
De Lange, H.J., D.P. Morris, and C.E. Williamson. 2003. Solar ultraviolet photodegredation of DOC may stimulate freshwater food webs. Journal of Plankton Research 25:111-117. PDF file
Grad, G., B.J. Burnett, and C.E. Williamson. 2003. Ultraviolet damage and photoenzymatic repair: timing and age are everything. Photochemistry and Photobiology 78: 225-227. PDF file
Williamson, C.E., and H.E. Zagarese. 2003. UV effects on aquatic ecosystems: A changing climate perspective. Pages 547-567 in "UV effects in aquatic organisms and ecosystems" E.W. Helbling and H.E. Zagarese (eds.); Book in the Comprehensive Series in Photosciences, Donat-P. Häder and Giulio Jori (Series Editors).
last modified on October 17, 2006