James Liebig

Current Research Projects:
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• Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS)

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• LIEBIG, J.R., and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Selecting optical plankton counter size bins to optimize zooplankton information in Great Lakes studies. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-143. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 16 pp. (2008). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-143/tm-143.pdf
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.H. JOHENGEN, and J.R. LIEBIG. Feedback between zebra mussel selective feeding and algal composition affects mussel condition: did the regime changer pay a price for its success? Freshwater Biology 17 pp. (2008).
• VANDERPLEOG, H.A., T.H. JOHENGEN, P.J. Lavrentyev, C. Chen, G.A. LANG, M.A. Agy, M.H. Bundy, J.F. CAVALETTO, B.J. EADIE, J.R. LIEBIG, G.S. MILLER, S.A. RUBERG, and M.J. McCORMICK. Anatomy of the recurrent coastal sediment plume in Lake Michigan and its impacts on light climate, nutrients, and plankton. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(C03S90, doi:10.1029/2004JC002379):23 pp. (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070010.pdf
• LIEBIG, J. R., H. A. VANDERPLOEG, and S. A. RUBERG. Factors affecting the performance of the optical plankton counter in large lakes: insights from Lake Michigan and laboratory studies. Journal of Geophysical Research 111(C05S02):10 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060012.pdf

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• LIEBIG, J.R., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.F. CAVALETTO, D. KRUEGER, D.M. MASON, G.A. LANG, K.L. PANGLE, R. Pichlova, and S.D. Peacor. Interactions of the invasive predatory cladocerans, Bythotrephes longimanus and Cercopagis pengoi, with zooplankton and fish along an onshore-offhosre transect in southern Lake Michigan (poster). 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008. (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, S.A. Ludsin, and C.P. Madenjian. Physical-biological coupling and the resource mismatch hypothesis for plankton and fish. NOAA Climate Impacts on Great Lakes Ecosystems Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 29-31, 2008 (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.F. NALEPA, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.R. LIEBIG, J. DYBLE, and S. ROBINSON. Dreissenids as nearshore and offshore engineers: predicting direct and indirect effects of mussels on pelagic food webs. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• LIEBIG, J.R. Zebra mussels. Fourth Grade Class, St. Matthew Lutheran School, Walled Lake, MI, October 12, 2007 (2007).
• *LIEBIG, J.R., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, G.A. LANG, J.F. CAVALETTO, and M. CLOUSE. Selecting bin sizes to enhance zooplankton information from the optical plankton counter in Great Lakes studies. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., J. DYBLE, A. WILSON, J.R. LIEBIG, S. D. ROBINSON, and N.R. MOREHEAD. New approaches and new results provide evidence for promotion of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa blooms by dreissenid mussel selective rejection. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., J. DYBLE, A. WILSON, J.R. LIEBIG, S. D. ROBINSON, and N.R. MOREHEAD. New approaches and new results provide evidence for promotion of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa blooms by dreissenid mussel selective rejection. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. LUDSIN, S.A. POTHOVEN, T. O. HÖÖK, J. ROBERTS, S.A. RUBERG, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, G.A. LANG, and S.B. BRANDT. Influence of hypoxia on the distribution, behavior, and foraging of zooplankton and planktivorous fish in central Lake Erie: Field observations and future reearch directions. Symposium - Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 26-27, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, D.M. MASON, D.M. KRUEGER, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, G.A. LANG, K.L. PANGLE, S D. PEACOR, S.B. BRANDT, S.A. LUDSIN, ROBERTS, T.O. HÖÖK, and R. PICHLOVA. Diel vertical migration and predatory interactions among zooplankton, the predatory invasive zooplankter Bythotrephes longimanus, and fish in large lakes: Observations with multiple technologies. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *LIEBIG, J. R., H. A. VANDERPLOEG, G. A. LANG, S. A. RUBERG, S. A. CONSTANT, S. A. LUDSIN, and J. F. CAVALETTO. Spatial and temporal distribution of zooplankton and chlorophyll a relative to oxygen concentration in the central basin of Lake Erie. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).
• *LUDSIN, S. A., T. O. HOOK, S. A. POTHOVEN, J. Roberts, M. Costantini, H. A. VANDERPLOEG, S. A. RUBERG, J. F. CAVALETTO, J. LIEBIG, and G. A. LANG. Influence of hypoxia on the distribution and behavior of fish in central Lake Erie. 49th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 22-26, 2006. (2006).