1. INTRODUCTION TO AQUATIC ECOLOGY

2. Water on Earth

3. Uneven Global Distribution of Fresh Water

4. Definitions by Wetzel (2001) see page 4 Limnology Freshwater Ecology Freshwater Biology

5. Theories of Ecology Taken from Dodds (2009) Cross-Cutting Theories – Hierarchical Structure of Life – Ecological Stoichiometry – Ecological Diffusion Physiological Ecology – Metabolic Scaling Populations – Population Biology – Metapopulations

6. Ecological Theories Continued Communities – Community Structure – Island Biogeography Ecosystems – Control of Ecosystem Energetics – Nutrient Cycling – Nutrient Spiraling and Solute Transport – River Continuum

7. Rise of Aquatic Ecology in Europe Francois-Alphonse Forel (1841-1912) Worked on biology, chemistry, circulation, and sedimentation of Lake Geneva (published 1892-1904) Coined Limnology, the study of lakes Explained density currents and seiches August Thienemann (1882-1960) German Limnologist, Zoologist, Ecologist Biology of the Chironomidae Einar Naumann (1891-1934) Swedish Botanist Established Limnological Field Station at Lund Defined concepts of oligotrophy, eutrophy, and dystrophy With Thienemann, established first international limnological society

8. Rise of Aquatic Ecology in US Stephen Forbes (1844-1930) First chief of Illinois Natural History Survey First to study aquatic ecosystems The Lake as a Microcosm (1887) Jacob Reighard (1861-1942) University of Michigan In charge of Michigan Fish Commission Then, director of biological survey of the Great Lakes Edward Birge (1851-1950) University of Wisconsin-Madison Together with Juday pioneered methods for the study of lakes and streams Together they did much work on plankton Chancey Juday (1871-1944) University of Wisconsin-Madison, hired by Birge to study Lake Mendota A founder of Limnological Society of America Birge Juday

9. G. Evelyn Hutchison (1903-1991) A Treatise on Limnology Vol 1: Geography, Physics and Chemistry (1957) Vol 2: Introduction to Lake Biology and the Limnoplankton (1967) Vol 3: Limnological Botany (1975) Vol 4: The Zoobenthos (1993)