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Ultraviolet Radiation in North American Lakes: Attenuation Estimates from DOC Measurements and Implications for Plankton Communities by Williamson, Craig E., Stemberger, Richard S., Morris, Donald P., Frost, Thomas M., Paulsen, Steven G.

“…Climate warming in North America is likely to be accompanied by changes in other environmental stresses such as UV-B radiation. We apply an empirical model to…”
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Trajectories of Zooplankton Recovery in the Little Rock Lake Whole-Lake Acidification Experiment by Frost, Thomas M., Fischer, Janet M., Klug, Jennifer L., Arnott, Shelley E., Montz, Pamela K.

“…Understanding the factors that affect biological recovery from environmental stressors such as acidification is an important challenge in ecology. Here we…”
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Ecological History Affects Zooplankton Community Responses to Acidification by Fischer, Janet M., Klug, Jennifer L., Ives, Anthony R., Frost, Thomas M.

“…The effects of ecological history are frequently ignored in attempts to predict community responses to environmental change. In this study, we explored the…”
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The ecological organisation of lake districts: general introduction by Kratz, Timothy K., Frost, Thomas M.

“…1. Here we introduce a special issue of Freshwater Biology that focuses on the landscape‐scale spatial and temporal patterns exhibited by multiple lakes within…”
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Randomized Intervention Analysis and the Interpretation of Whole‐Ecosystem Experiments by Carpenter, Stephen R., Frost, Thomas M., Heisey, Dennis, Kratz, Timothy K.

“…Randomized intervention analysis (RIA) is used to detect changes in a manipulated ecosystem relative to an undisturbed reference system. It requires paired…”
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Long-Term Environmental Monitoring: Some Perspectives from Lakes by Stow, Craig A., Carpenter, Stephen R., Webster, Katherine E., Frost, Thomas M.

“…As part of a workshop sponsored by the Sustainable Biosphere Initiative on Change and Trend Detection, we have reviewed some general considerations pertinent…”
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Multiple Stresses from a Single Agent: Diverse Responses to the Experimental Acidification of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin by Frost, Thomas M., Montz, Pamela K., Kratz, Timothy K., Badillo, Tracy, Brezonik, Patrick L., Gonzalez, Maria J., Rada, Ronald G., Watras, Carl J., Webster, Katherine E., Wiener, James G., Williamson, Craig E., Morris, Donald P.

“…A single stress, acidification with sulfuric acid, was applied to Little Rock Lake in a whole-ecosystem manipulation. We documented a wide range of responses…”
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Bacterial Feeding by the Rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus: Clearance and Ingestion Rates, Behavior and Population Dynamics by Starkweather, Peter L., Gilbert, John J., Frost, Thomas M.

“…The rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus is capable of collecting and ingesting cells or short chains of a laboratory-grown bacterium Aerobacter aerogenes…”
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Population Dynamics and Standing Biomass of the Freshwater Sponge Spongilla Lacustris by Frost, Thomas M., De Nagy, George S., Gilbert, John J.

“…In a sphagnum bog—pond in central New Hampshire, USA, the common freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris exhibits a high growth rate and reaches a large standing…”
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Zooplankton Community Responses during Recovery from Acidification in Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin by Frost, Thomas M., Montz, Pamela K., Kratz, Timothy K.

“…Follow‐up studies after whole‐ecosystem‐stress experiments can provide important insights into the recovery process itself and into basic ecosystem properties…”
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Rotifer responses to increased acidity: long-term patterns during the experimental manipulation of Little Rock Lake by Frost, Thomas M, Montz, Pamela K, Gonzalez, Maria J, Sanderson, Beth L, Arnott, Shelley E

“…Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, U.S.A. has been the site of a whole-ecosystem experiment since 1983. It was divided into a treatment basin that was acidified in…”
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COMPENSATORY DYNAMICS IN ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO ACIDIFICATION: MEASUREMENT AND MECHANISMS by Fischer, Janet M., Frost, Thomas M., Ives, Anthony R.

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Food Limitation and Seasonal Population Declines of Rotifers by González, María J., Frost, Thomas M.

“…Keratella cochlearis exhibited consistent seasonal abundance patterns during a four-year study in Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, U.S.A. In each year, spring…”
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Bladder control in Utricularia macrorhiza: lake-specific variation in plant investment in carnivory by Knight, Susan E., Frost, Thomas M.

“…Differences among habitats in the relative availability of prey and inorganic nutrients suggest that carnivorous plants should vary their investment in prey…”
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Habitat Duration and Community Structure in Temporary Ponds by Schneider, Daniel W., Frost, Thomas M.

“…Models of the factors affecting community structure following a disturbance differ in the emphasis placed on adaptations to the physical environment and to…”
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Little Rock Lake (Wisconsin): Perspectives on an experimental ecosystem approach to seepage lake acidification by Watras, C J, Frost, T M

“…The Little Rock Lake Acidification Project involved the gradual acidification of an 18-ha seepage lake in north-central Wisconsin, divided into treatment and…”
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Reconstruction of a regional, 12,‐yr silica decline in lakes by means of fossil sponge spicules by Kratz, Timothy K., Frost, Thomas M., Elias, Joan E., Cook, Robert B.

“…A newly developed technique for reconstructing past dissolved reactive silica (DRSi) concentrations in lakes demonstrated an unexpected, regional decline in…”
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Compensatory Dynamics in Zooplankton Community Responses to Acidification: Measurement and Mechanisms by Fischer, Janet M., Frost, Thomas M., Ives, Anthony R.

“…Previous studies indicate substantial variation in ecological responses to perturbation. In some cases, ecosystems are resilient to perturbation due to…”
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Selection Methods for Police Recruits by Frost, Thomas M.

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Pigment ratios and phytoplankton assessment in northern Wisconsin lakes by Descy, Jean-Pierre, Higgins, Harry W., Mackey, Denis J., Hurley, James P., Frost, Thomas M.

“…Nine lakes in northern Wisconsin were sampled from February through September 1996, and HPLC analysis of water column pigments was carried out on epilimnetic…”
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