Gregor Fussmann
Chair, Department of BiologyÌý
Strathcona Chair in Zoology
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- 1996Ìý PhD, Max Planck Institute for Limnology
- 1997Ìý Postdoc, Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University
- 2001Ìý Assistant Professor, University of Potsdam, Germany
- 2004Ìý Associate Professor, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
- 2016Ìý Professor, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
Community ecology, Evolutionary ecology, Aquatic ecology
- Population and community dynamics
- The interplay of ecological and evolutionary dynamics (eco-evolutionary dynamics)
- Freshwater community response to global/climate change
- Nutrient limitation in lakes - including CO2
- Freshwater winter and under-ice ecology
- Host-parasite dynamics
Approach: both theoretical and empirical (laboratory and field experiments with aquatic organisms)
MSc: Danny Gedig, Sabrina Therrien
MSc (recent): Kaushar Kagzi, Allegra Pearce
PhD (recent): Marie-Pier Hébert, Egor Katkov, NaÃla Barbosa da Costa (U de Montréal)
Postdocs (recent): Egor Katkov, Allison Roth
MP Hébert, BE Beisner, M Rautio, GF Fussmann (2021) Warming winters in lakes: Later ice onset promotes consumer overwintering and shapes springtime planktonic food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 118, e2114840118.
V Fugère, MP Hébert, NB Costa, CCY Xu, RDH Barrett, BE Beisner, G Bell, GF Fussmann, BJ Shapiro, V Yargeau, A Gonzalez (2020) Community rescue in experimental phytoplankton communities facing severe herbicide pollution. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, 578–588.
B Blasius, L Rudolf, G Weithoff, U Gaedke, GF Fussmann (2020) Long-term cyclic persistence in an experimental predator-prey system. Nature 577, 226-230.
E Katkov, E Low-Décarie, GF Fussmann (2020) Intra-annual variation in the response of phytoplankton to factorial manipulation of N, P and CO2 in a temperate mesotrophic lake. Freshwater Biology 65, 960-970.
CP Tadiri, ME Scott, GF Fussmann (2018) Microparasite dispersal in metapopulations: A boon or bane to the host population? Proceedings B 285, 20181519.
E Low-Décarie, GF Fussmann, G Bell (2014) Aquatic primary production in a high-CO2 world. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29, 223-232.
F Dargent, ME Scott, AP Hendry, GF Fussmann (2013) Experimental elimination of parasites in nature leads to the evolution of increased resistance in hosts. Proceedings B 280, 20132371.
C Kovach-Orr, GF Fussmann (2013) Evolutionary and plastic rescue in multitrophic model communities. Philosophical Transactions B 368, 20120084.
GF Fussmann, A Gonzalez (2013) Evolutionary rescue can maintain an oscillating community undergoing environmental change. Interface Focus 3, 20130036.
GF Fussmann, B Blasius (2005) Community response to enrichment is highly sensitive to model structure. Biology Letters 1, 9-12.
T Yoshida, LE Jones, SP Ellner, GF Fussmann, NG Hairston Jr. (2003) Rapid evolution drives ecological dynamics in a predator-prey system. Nature 424, 303-306.
GF Fussmann, SP Ellner, KW Shertzer, NG Hairston Jr. (2000) Crossing the Hopf bifurcation in a live predator-prey system. Science 290, 1358-1360.