Biology and ecology of invasive zooplankton in estuaries, rivers and lakes

Principal Investigators: Stephen Bollens, Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Jeff Cordell (UW)
Students: Rian van den Hooff, Joanne Breckenridge, Keith Sorenson, Josh Emerson, Tammy Lee, Alise Bowen, Eric Dexter, Kristin Connelly, Jade Jacobs
Funded by: USGS, EPA, NSF, WA Sea Grant, State of WA Water Research Center
Award period: 2000 – present

Project Summary:

 

Publications resulting from this project:

Jacobs* J, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Bollens S. (In review) Feeding dynamics of the invasive calanoid copepod, Pseudodiaptomus inopinus, in two northeast Pacific estuaries. Aquatic Biology.

Dexter* E, Katz S, Bollens S, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Hampton S.  (2020)  Modeling the trophic impacts of invasive zooplankton in a highly invaded estuary.  PLOS One 15(12): e0243002.

Connelly* K, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Bollens S. (2020) Seasonal and longitudinal variability of zooplankton assemblages along a river-dominated estuarine gradient.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 245: 106980.

Dexter* E, Bollens S, Rollwagen-Bollens G. (2020) Native and invasive zooplankton show differing responses to decadal‐scale increases in maximum temperatures in a large temperate river.  Limnology & Oceanography Letters 5: 403-409.

Dexter* E, Bollens S, Cordell J, Rollwagen-Bollens G. (2020) Zooplankton invasion on a grand scale: Insights from a 20-year time-series across 38 Northeast Pacific estuaries.  Ecosphere 11(5): e03040.

Dexter* E, Bollens S. (2020) Zooplankton invasions in the early 21st century: a global survey of recent studies and recommendations for future research. Hydrobiologia 847: 309-319.

Dexter* E, Vuilleumier S, Goudet J, Pfeifer S, Bollens S, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Cordell J, Soh H.  (2018)  A genetic reconstruction of the invasion of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus inopinus across the North American Pacific Coast.  Biological Invasions 20: 1577-1595.

Haskell* C, Beauchamp D, Bollens S (2017) Trophic Interactions and Consumption Rates of Subyearling Chinook Salmon and Nonnative Juvenile American Shad in Columbia River Reservoirs. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 146: 291-298.

Lee* T, Bollens S, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Emerson J.  (2016)  The effects of eutrophication and invasive species on zooplankton community dynamics in a shallow temperate lake.  Fundamental and Applied Limnology 188: 215-231.

Breckenridge J, Bollens S, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Roegner C. (2015) Plankton assemblage variability in a river-dominated temperate estuary during late spring (high flow) and late summer (low flow) periods. Estuaries and Coasts 38: 93-103.

Bowen* A, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Bollens S, Zimmerman J.  (2015)  Feeding of the invasive copepod Pseudodiaptomus forbesi on natural microplankton assemblages within the lower Columbia River.  Journal of Plankton Research 37: 1089-1094.

Emerson* J, Bollens S, Counihan T. (2015) Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton in Columbia–Snake River reservoirs, with special emphasis on the invasive copepod Pseudodiaptomus forbesi. Aquatic Invasions 10: 25–40.

Dexter* E, Bollens S, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Emerson J, Zimmerman J.  (2015)  Persistent vs. ephemeral invasions: 8.5 years of zooplankton community dynamics in the Columbia River.  Limnology & Oceanography 60: 527-539.

Smits A, Litt A, Cordell J, Kalata O, Bollens S  (2013)  Non-native freshwater cladoceran Bosmina coregoni (Baird, 1857) established on the Pacific coast of North America.  BioInvasions Records 2: 281–286.

Bollens S, Breckenridge J, Cordell J, Rollwagen-Bollens G, Kalata O.  (2012)  Invasive copepods in the Lower Columbia River Estuary: Seasonal abundance, co-occurrence and potential competition with native copepods.  Aquatic Invasions 7: 101-109.

Sorenson* K, Bollens S, Counihan T (2012) Rapid range expansion of rusty crayfish Orconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852) in the John Day River, Oregon, USA. Aquatic Invasions 7: 291–294.

Bollens, S.M., J.K. Breckenridge, R.C. Vanden Hooff, J.R. Cordell (2011) Mesozooplankton of the lower San Francisco Estuary: spatio-temporal patterns, ENSO effects and the prevalence of non-indigenous species.  Journal of Plankton Research 33(9): 1358-1377.

Cordell, J.R., Tear, L.M., and Bollens, S.M. (2010) Modelling physico- chemical factors affecting occurrences of a non-indigenous planktonic copepod in northeast Pacific estuaries. Biological Invasions 12:1427-1445

Cordell, J.R., S.M. Bollens, R. Draheim, M. Sytsma (2008) Asian copepods on the move: recent invasions in the Columbia–Snake River system, USA. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65 (5): 753-758

Cordell, J., M. Rasmussen, and S.M. Bollens (2007) Biology of the introduced copepod Pseudodiaptomus inopinus in a northeast Pacific estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333: 213-227

Hooff*, R. C. and S.M. Bollens (2004) Functional response and potential predatory impact of Tortanus dextrilobatus, a recently introduced carnivorous copepod in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 277: 167-179

Bollens, S.M., J. C. Cordell, S. Avent, and R. Hooff (2002) Invasive Zooplankton: A Brief Review, Plus Two Case Studies from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Hydrobiologia 480: 87-110