Henry A. Vanderploeg

Current Research Projects:
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• Food Web Response to Invasive Species and Hypoxia in Lake Erie, Saginaw Bay Lake Huron, and Southeast Lake Michigan
• Adaptive Integrated Framework (AIF): A New Methodology for Managing Impacts of Multiple Stressors in Coastal Ecosystems
• Long Term Trends in the Pelagic Foodweb in Lake Michigan

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• BELETSKY, D., N. HAWLEY, Y. Rao, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, R. BELETSKY, D.J. SCHWAB, and S.A. RUBERG. Summer thermal structure and anticyclonic circulation of Lake Erie. Geophysical Research Letters 39:L06605 (DOI:10.1029/2012GL051002) (2012).
• Roberts, J.J., P. Grecay, S.A. Ludsin, S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and T.O. Hook. Evidence of hypoxic foraging forays by yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and potential consequences for prey consumption. Freshwater Biology 57:922-937 (DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02753.x) (2012). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2012/20120017.pdf
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, C.A. STOW, T.F. NALEPA, C.P. Madenjian, and D.B. Bunnell. Seasonal zooplankton dynamics in Lake Michigan: Disentangling impacts of resource limitation, ecosystem engineering, and predation during a critical transition. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38(3):17 pp. (DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2012.02.005) (2012). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2012/20120013.pdf
• Millie, D.F., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, G.R. Weckman, D.M. Klarer, J. DYBLE BRESSIE, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and D.B. Fishman. An "Enviro-Informatic" assessment of Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron, USA) phytoplankton: Data-driven characterization and modeling of Microcystis (Cyanophyta). Journal of Phycology 47:714-730 (DOI:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01022.x) (2011).
• Pichlova-Ptacníkova, R., and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. The quick and the dead: Might differences in escape rates explain the changes in the zooplankton community composition of Lake Michigan after invasion by Bythotrephes? Biological Invasions:10 pp. (DOI:10.1007/s10530-011-0076-x) (2011).
• CAVALETTO, J.F., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, R. Pichlová-Ptáníková, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.R. LIEBIG, and G.L. FAHNENSTIEL. Temporal and spatial sparation allow coexistence of predatory cladocerans: Leptodora kindtii, Bythotrephes longimanus, and Cercopagis pengoi in southeastern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:65-73 (2010).
• FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., S.A. POTHOVEN, T.F. NALEPA, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, D.M. Klarer, and D. Scavia. Recent changes in primary production and phytoplaknton in the offshore region of southeastern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:20-29 (2010).
• Kerfoot, W.C., F. Yousef, S.A. Green, J.W. Budd, D.J. SCHWAB, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Approaching storm: Disappearing winter bloom in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:30-41 (2010).
• Mida, J.L., D. Scavia, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and D.M. Dolan. Long-term and recent changes in southern Lake Michigan water quality with implications for present trophic status. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:42-49 (2010).
• POTHOVEN, S.A., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Temporal trends in Mysis relicta abundance, production, and life-history characteristics in southeastern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:60-64 (2010). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2010/20100022.pdf
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A., J.R. LIEBIG, T.F. NALEPA, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and S.A. POTHOVEN. Dreissena and the disappearance of the spring phytoplankton bloom in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:50-59 (2010). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2010/20100025.pdf
• Yurista, P.M., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, J.R. LIEBIG, and J.F. CAVALETTO. Lake Michigan Bythotrephes prey consumption estimates for 1994-2003 using a temperature and size corrected bioenergetic model. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:74-92 (2010).
• Fishman, D.B., S.A. Alderstein, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and D. Scavia. Causes of phytoplankton changes in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron during the zebra mussel invasion. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35:482-495 (2009).
• Pichlová-Ptácniková, R., and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. The invasive cladoceran Cerocopagis pengoi is a generalist predator capable of feeding on a variety of prey species of different sizes and escape abilities. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 173(4):267-279 (2009).
• POTHOVEN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. Ludsin, T.O. HÖÖK, and S.B. BRANDT. Feeding ecology of emerald shiners and rainbow smelt in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35:190-198 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090023.pdf
• ROBERTS, J.J., T.O. Hook, S.A. Ludsin, S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and S.B. Brandt. Effects of hypolimnetic hypoxia on foraging and distributions of Lake Erie yellow perch. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381:S132-S142 (2009).
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.H. JOHENGEN, and J.R. LIEBIG. Feedback between zebra mussel selective feeding and algal compositon affects mussel condition: did the regime changer pay a price for its success? Freshwater Biology 54:47-62 (2009).
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. Ludsin, J.F. CAVALETTO, T.O. Hook, S.A. POTHOVEN, S.B. Brandt, J.R. LIEBIG, and G.A. LANG. Hypoxic zones as habitat for zooplankton in Lake Erie: Refuges from predation or exclusion zones? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381:S108-S120 (2009).
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. Ludsin, S.A. RUBERG, T.O. Hook, S.A. POTHOVEN, S.B. Brandt, G.A. LANG, J.R. LIEBIG, and J.F. CAVALETTO. Hypoxia affects spatial distributions and overlap of pelagic fish, zooplankton, and phytoplankton in Lake Erie. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 381:S92-S107 (2009).

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *Kerfoot, W.c., F. Yousef, S.A. Green, D.J. SCHWAB, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Approaching storm update on disappearing Chl a in Lake Michigan and food web responses. 54rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Duluth, MN, May 2011 (2011).
• *NALEPA, T.F., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, S.A. POTHOVEN, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Populatio trends, life-habit trends, and ecological impacts of the quagga mussel in the Great Lakes region. 103rd Annual Meeting of the Shellfisheries Association, Baltimore, MD, March 2011 (2011).
• RUTHERFORD, E.S., H.A. *VANDERPLOEG, A. HOOVER, J.F. CAVALETTO, J. LIEBIG, S.A. POTHOVEN, D.M. MASON, P. Bourdeau, and S. Peacor. Fish recruitment dynamics in the newly-illuminated, spatially-complex food web of Lake Michigan. 54th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Duluth, MN, May 2011 (2011).
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A. Empirical and modeling studies necessary for the development of an operational ecsystem model for Lake Michigan. Coastal Zone Conference 2011, Chicago, IL, July 17-21, 2011 (2011).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, E.S. RUTHERFORD, J.F. CAVALETTO, J. LIEBIG, C.A. STOW, T.F. NALEPA, C.P. Madenjian, D.B. Bunnell, D.M. Warner, and R. Pichlova-Ptacnikova. Response of zooplankton to the newly illuminated, spatially complex food web of Lake Michigan. 54th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Duluth, MN, May 2011 (2011).
• *BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, D.M. MASON, E. RUTHERFORD, M.J. McCORMICK, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, J. Janssen, D. Clapp, and J. Dettmers. Modeling the transport of larval yellow perch in Lake Michigan (poster). GLERL Program Review, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16-18, 2010. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2010).
• *CAVALETTO, J.F., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, J.R. LIEBIG, A. HOOVER, and E. RUTHERFORD. When and where is the party? Day and night vertical depth distribution of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and larval fish in Lake Michigan during summer 2010 (poster). GLERL Program Review, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16-18, 2010. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2010).
• *DYBLE BRESSIE, J., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, D.C. GOSSIAUX, and L. WYROBEK. Applying novel molecular biological tools in detection and prediction of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (poster). GLERL Program Review, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16-18, 2010. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2010).
• *FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., S.A. POTHOVEN, T.F. NALEPA, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, D. Klarer, and D. Scavia. Recent changes in phytoplankton productivity and abundance in the offshore region of SE Lake Michigan (poster). GLERL Program Review, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16-18, 2010. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2010).
• Pichlova-Ptacníkova, R., and H.A. *VANDERPLOEG. The quick and the dead: Fast escape response determined zooplankton community composition after invasion of a visually preying invertebrate (poster). GLERL Program Review, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16-18, 2010. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2010).
• VANDERPLOEG, H.A. Invasive species process studies. GLERL Program Review, Ann Arbor, MI, November 17, 2010. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (2010).
• *BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, D. Rao, N. HAWLEY, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Thermocline of Lake Erie. 53rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 17-21, 2010 (2010).
• *BELETSKY, D., D.J. SCHWAB, R. Rao, N. HAWLEY, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and R. BELETSKY. Summer thermocline of Lake Eri. SIL 2010, Cape Town, South Africa., August 15-20, 2010 (2010).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.F. NALEPA, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.R. LIEBIG, J.F. CAVALETTO, C.P. Madenjian, and D.B. Bunnel. Recent dramatic dreissenid-induced changes in offshore pelagic food web of the Great Lakes: Mechanisms and implications. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography - summer meeting, Santa Fe, NM, June 6-12, 2010 (2010).
• *DYBLE BRESSIE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, T.F. NALEPA, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.D. PEACOR, D. Dziekan, K. Peters, S. Francouer, D.R. KASHIAN, J. Bredin, B. Walker, J. DePinto, P. Lavrentyev, and D.F. Millie. Impacts of multiple stressors on water quality in Saginaw Bay. Multiple Stressors all-PI meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, December 18, 2009 (2009).
• *DYBLE BRESSIE, J., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and O. Sarnell. Assessing environmental controls on Microcystis growth and toxicity in the Great Lakes using molecular tools. National Symposium on Harmful Algae in the United States, Ocean Shores, WA, December 8, 2009 (2009).