About the Author| Stanley I. Dodson received his Ph.D. from the Zoology Department of the University of Washington in 1970, on the interaction of size-selective predators and zooplankton community structure. He teaches courses in general ecology, plankton ecology, summer limnology, and toxicology, and coordinates an ecology internship program, all at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He also directs undergraduate research projects and serves as major advisor for several graduate programs. Stanley is a freshwater ecologist, focusing on community ecology of zooplankton and population ecology of Daphnia (the water flea). He has studied size-selective predation on zooplankton, Daphnia and copepod relationships, and effects of primary productivity on zooplankton biological diversity. Stanley has developed a whole-animal bioassay using Daphnia sex ratio and morphology, characters sensitive to environmental contaminants, including common agricultural and industrial chemicals. He is exploring the possibility that some herbicides disrupt a hormone-like system in Daphnia. His field research is focused on questions about the relationship between land-use practices and zooplankton community structure. |
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