Department of Zoology

Michael J. Vanni
Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1985
Freshwater Ecology
Office:
188 PSN

Lab:
153K PSN

Phone:
529-3192


529-3375 		Email:
vannimj@MUOhio.edu

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  Tuesday . . . . By appt
  Wednesday . . 10:00 - 11:00
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  Friday. . . . . . 10:00 - 11:00

Biographical Information:

Mike Vanni is an ecologist studying food webs, ecological stoichiometry, ecosystem ecology and watersheds, with a focus on freshwater ecosystems. Areas of particular interest are the role of animals in recycling and transporting nutrients, both within the context of ecological stoichiometry theory and in terms of impacts at the ecosystem scale; and integrating watersheds and lake ecosystems. Dr. Vanni's approaches include whole-ecosystem studies, manipulative field experiments and simulation modeling. One current project examines how watershed processes mediate the abundance of an important omnivorous fish (gizzard shad). Another project seeks to understand and how watersheds and omnivorous fish interactively regulate lake ecosystems, and how this regulation varies along a gradient of watershed land use. A recently begun project focuses on the role of reservoir ecosystems in watershed-scale carbon budgets, within the context of regional and global carbon cycles.



Courses Taught:

  1. Fundamentals of Ecology (ZOO 204)
  2. Limnology (ZOO 463/563)
  3. Ecosystem and Global Ecology (B/M/Z 672)


Recent Publications:

  1. Vanni, MJ, AM Bowling, EM Dickman, RS Hale, KA Higgins, MJ Horgan, LB Knoll, WH Renwick, and RA Stein. 2006. Nutrient cycling by fish supports relatively more lake primary production as ecosystem productivity increases. Ecology. 87:1696-1709.

  2. Vanni MJ, KK Arend, MT Bremigan, DB Bunnell, JE Garvey, MJ González, WH Renwick, PA Soranno, and RA Stein. 2005. Linking landscapes and food webs: Effects of omnivorous fish and watersheds on reservoir ecosystems. BioScience 55:155-167.

  3. Vanni, MJ and JL Headworth. 2004. Cross-habitat transport of nutrients by omnivorous fish along a productivity gradient: Integrating watersheds and reservoir food webs. In: Polis, GA, ME Power and GR Huxel, eds. Food webs at the landscape level. University of Chicago Press.

  4. Knoll, LB, MJ Vanni and WH Renwick. 2003. Phytoplankton primary productivity and photosynthetic parameters in reservoirs along a gradient of watershed land use. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 608-617.

  5. Vanni, MJ. 2002. Nutrient cycling by animals in freshwater ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:341-370.