Last update: 2007-05-22 14:18:43


Robert S. Stelzer

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Department of Biology and Microbiology
800 Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh, WI 54901-8640

Telephone: (920) 424-0845
FAX: (920) 424-1101


 


Education:
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Biological Sciences, 2000
M.S., Michigan State University, Zoology, 1992
B.S., Rockhurst College, Biology, 1988

Professional Positions:
  • Assistant Professor (2001- ), University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
  • Postdoctoral Associate (1999-2001), Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
  • Teaching Assistant (1994-1998), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
  • Research Associate (1993-1994), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

    • Research Interests and Activities:
    biogeochemistry, nutrient processing and nutrientlimitation in streams; ecological stoichiometry

    Distinguished Awards and Memberships:
    The Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Award in the Sciences, University of Notre Dame (2000), NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant (1998), Best Student Poster Award, North American Benthological Society (1996), Navari Fellowship, University of Notre Dame (1994), graduated cum laude from Rockhurst College (1988), Member of North American Benthological Society, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the Ecological Society of America, and the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae

    Selected Publications:

    Stelzer, R.S., and G. E. Likens. 2006. The effects of sampling frequency on estimates of dissolved silica export by streams: the role of hydrological variability and concentration-discharge relationships. Water Resources Research 42, W07415, doi:10.1029/2005WR004615.

    Moe, S.J, R. S. Stelzer, M. R. Forman, W. S. Harpole, T. Daufresne, T. Yoshida. 2005. Recent advances in ecological stoichiometry: insights for population and community ecology. Oikos 109: 29-39.

    Evans-White, M.A., R.S. Stelzer, G.A. Lamberti. 2005. Taxonomic and regional patterns in benthic macroinvertebrate elemental composition in streams. Freshwater Biology 50: 1786-1799.

    Stelzer, R.S., J.B. Heffernan, and G.E. Likens. 2003. The Influence of dissolved nutrients and particulate organic matter quality on microbial respiration and biomass in a forest stream. Freshwater Biology 48: 1925-1937.

    Stelzer, R.S. and G.A. Lamberti. 2002. Ecological stoichiometry in running waters: periphyton chemical composition and snail growth. Ecology 83: 1039-1051.

    Stelzer, R.S. and G.A. Lamberti. 2001. Effects of N:P ratio and total nutrient concentration on stream periphyton community structure, biomass, and elemental composition. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 356-367.


    Co-Authors and Collaborators:
    Gene Likens, Emily Bernhardt, Gary Lamberti, Sue Eggert, Maureen Muldoon, Ron Bruch

    Graduate Students:
    Tara Kent, Mike Shupryt

    Graduate Advisor:
    Gary Lamberti

    Role at the Hubbard Brook:
    I do not currently have active projects at Hubbard Brook but I am interested in returning to HBEF in the future to continue research on nutrient flux and limitation in streams.

    Title at Hubbard Brook:
    Principal Investigator