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Mark Wipfli
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M Wipfli
Research Interests:
- Processes that govern freshwater-riparian productivity
- Spatial subsidies in freshwater food webs
- Linkages between freshwater-marine and freshwater-terrestrial ecosystems
- Salmonid foraging ecology and trophic interactions
- Invasive species impacts in freshwater/riparian ecosystems
- Climate change effects on freshwater food webs
- Restoration and management of freshwater and riparian ecosystems
Credit:
M Wipfli
Mark
S.
Wipfli
Professor of Freshwater Ecology
Assistant Leader, AK Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Office:
138 Arctic Health Research Building
907-474-6654
Lab:
207 Irving I Building; 304 Irving I Building
907-474-6740; 907-474-7061
Postal Address:
Institute of Arctic Biology
PO Box 757000
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000
- Ph.D., 1992, Michigan State University, Aquatic Ecology & Environmental Toxicology
- M.Sc., 1987, University of Wisconsin Madison, Entomology
- B.Sc., 1984, University of Wisconsin Madison, Natural Science
- Professor & Assistant Unit Leader, USGS Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska; 2011-present
- Associate Professor & Assistant Unit Leader, USGS Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska; 2004-2011
- Research Ecologist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Wenatchee, Washington; 2002-2003
- Research Ecologist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska; 1996-2001
- Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska; 1993-1995
2010
Medhurst, B. et al., 2010. Headwater streams and forest management: Does ecoregional context influence logging effects on benthic communities?. Hydrobiologia, 641, pp.71–83.
Wipfli, M.S. et al., 2010. Salmon carcasses increase stream productivity more than inorganic fertilizer pellets: A test on multiple trophic levels in streamside experimental channels. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 139, pp.824–839.
Wipfli, M.S. & Baxter., C.V., 2010. Linking ecosystems, food webs, and fish production: Subsidies in salmonid watersheds. Fisheries, 35, pp.373–387.
2008
Kimbirauskas, R.K. et al., 2008. Headwater macroinvertebrate community response to riparian red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) in southeast Alaska. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 84, pp.220–237.
Mellon, C.D., Wipfli, M.S. & Li, J.L., 2008. Effects of forest fire on headwater stream macroinvertebrate communities in eastern Washington, U.S.A. Freshwater Biology, 53, pp.2331–2343.
2007
Wipfli, M.S., Richardson, J.S. & Naiman, R.J., 2007. Ecological linkages between headwaters and downstream ecosystems: Transport or organic matter, invertebrates and wood down headwater channels. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 43, pp.72–85.
Wipfli, M.S., Richardson, J.S. & Naiman, R.J., 2007. Ecological Linkages Between Headwaters and Downstream Ecosystems: Transport of Organic Matter, Invertebrates, and Wood Down Headwater Channels1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 43, pp.72–85.
2006
Gomi, T. et al., 2006. Factors affecting distribution of wood, detritus, and sediment in headwater streams draining managed young-growth red alder-conifer forest in Southeast Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 36, pp.725–737.
Lang, D.W. et al., 2006. The influence of fall-spawning coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) on growth and production of juvenile coho salmon rearing in beaver ponds on the Copper River, Delta, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 63, pp.917–930.
2005
Hernandez, O., Merritt, R.W. & Wipfli, M.S., 2005. Benthic invertebrate community structure in headwater streams is influenced by forest succession after clearcut logging in southeastern Alaska. Hydrobiologia, 72, pp.205–213.
Pages
- American Fisheries Society
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceangraphy
- Ecological Society of America
- Coastal Ecosystems 693
- Aquatic Entomology 665
- Climate Change Seminar 692
- Freshwater Ecosystems Seminar 692
Past Graduate Students
- James Willacker (co-advisor), Ph.D., Biology
- Emily Benson, M.S., Biology, graduated Aug 2010
- Daniel Rinella, Ph.D., Biology, graduated May 2010
- Elizabeth (Bessie) Green-Markley, M.S., Biology, graduated Dec 2009
- Meagan Boltwood-Krupa, Ph.D., Biology, IGERT, graduated May 2009
- David Gregovich, M.S., Fisheries, graduated Dec 2007
- Bruce Medhurst, M.S., Biology, graduated Aug 2007
- Aaron Martin, M.S., Fisheries, graduated Aug 2007
- Joshua Peirce, M.S., Biology, graduated May 2007
- Cassie Mellon, M.S., Fisheries, graduated Dec 2006
Past Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Christopher Binckley, Post-doc
- Ruth Rawcliffe, Post-doc
President - American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter, 2013