Department of Biology

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Research Interests

• Ecosystem and Community Ecology
• Ecology of wetlands, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs
• Biogeochemistry

Selected Publications

• Nowlin, WH, J-M Davies and A Mazumder. 2007. Planktonic phosphorus pool sizes and cycling efficiency in coastal and interior British Columbia lakes. Freshwater Biology 52: 860-877.
• Nowlin, WH, RW Drenner, KR Guckenberger, M Lauden, T Alonso, JE Fennell and JL Smith. 2006. Gape limitation, prey size refuges and the top-down impacts of piscivorous largemouth bass in shallow pond ecosystems. Hydrobiologia 563: 357-369.
• Nowlin, WH, JL Evarts and MJ Vanni. 2005. Release rates and potential fates of nitrogen and phosphorus from sediments in a eutrophic reservoir. Freshwater Biology 50 (2): 301-322.
• Davies, J-M, WH Nowlin and A Mazumder. 2004. Temporal changes in nitrogen and phosphorus co-deficiency in plankton in lakes of coastal and interior British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61 (8): 1538-1551.
• Nowlin, WH, and RW Drenner. 2000. Context-dependent effects of bluegill on experimental mesocosm communities. Oecologia 122: 421-426.

Education

• B.A. - Biology, Austin College, 1996
• M.S. - Texas Christian University, 1998
• Ph.D. - Biology, University of Victoria - British Columbia, 2003
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, Miami University - Ohio

Courses Taught

• BIO 4416 - General Ecology [ Syllabus ]
• BIO 7422 - Wetlands Ecology [ Syllabus ]
• BIO 7360R - Community and Ecosystem Ecology [ Syllabus ]