PUBLICATIONS

2003	Post, D.M..  Individual variation in the timing of ontogenetic niche shifts in largemouth bass. Ecology 84:000-000.    [Abstract; Link to Full article]
2002	Williams, J.W., D.M. Post, L.C. Cwynar, A.F. Lotter, and A.J. Levesque.  Rapid and widespread vegetation responses to past climate change in the North Atlantic region. Geology 30:971-974.      [Abstract; Link to Full article]
	Post, D.M.   2002.   The long and short of food-chain length.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution.  17:269-277.     [Abstract; Link to Full article]
	Post, D.M.  2002.   Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: models, methods, and assumptions. Ecology 83:703-718.     [Abstract; link to Full article]
2001	Hairston, H.G., Jr., C.L. Holtmeier, W. Lampert, L.J. Weider, D.M. Post, J.M. Fischer, C.E. Cáceres, J.A. Fox, and U. Gaedke.  2001.   Natural selection for grazer resistance to toxic cyanobacteria: the evolution of phenotypic plasticity.  Evolution. 55:2203-2214     [Abstract; link to Full article]
	Shurin, J., S. Gergel, D. Kaufman, D. Post, E. Seabloom, and J. Williams. 2001. Letter: in defense of ecology. The Scientist 15:6.     [link to Full article]
2000	Post, D.M., M.L. Pace, and N.G. Hairston Jr.  2000.  Ecosystem size determines food-chain length in lakes.  Nature 405:1047-1049.      [Abstract; link toFull article]
	Post, D.M., M.E. Conners, and D.S. Goldberg.  2000.  Prey preference by a top predator and the stability of linked food chains.  Ecology  81:8-14.      [Abstract; link to Full article]
1999	Hairston, N.G., Jr., W. Lampert, C.E. Cáceres, C.L. Holtmeier, L.J. Weider, U. Gaedke, J.M. Fischer, J.A. Fox, D.M. Post.  1999.  Dormant eggs record rapid evolution.  Nature 401:446.     [Abstract; link to Full article]
	Sanderson, B.L., T.R Hrabik, J.J. Magnuson, and D.M. Post.  1999. Cyclic dynamics of a yellow perch (Perca flavescens) population in an oligotrophic lake: evidence for the role of intraspecific interactions.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:1534-1542.     [Abstract; link to Full article]
	Kitchell, J.F., D.E. Schindler, B.R. Herwig, D.M. Post, M.H. Olson, and M. Oldham. 1999.  Nutrient cycling at the landscape scale: the role of diel foraging migrations by geese at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. Limnology and Oceanography 44:828-836.  [Abstract; link to Full article]
1998	Post, D.M., J.P. Taylor, J.F. Kitchell, M.H. Olson, D.E. Schindler, and B.R. Herwig.  1998.  The role of migratory waterfowl as nutrient vectors in managed wetlands.  Conservation Biology 12:910-920.     [Abstract; link to Full article]
	Post, D.M., J.F. Kitchell, and J.R. Hodgson.  1998.  Interactions among adult demography, spawning date, growth rate, predation, overwinter mortality, and the recruitment of largemouth bass in a northern lake .  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:2588-2600.     [Abstract; link to Full article]
1997	Post, D.M., S.R. Carpenter, D.L. Christensen, K.L. Cottingham, J.F. Kitchell, D.E. Schindler, and J.R. Hodgson.  1997.  Seasonal effects of variable recruitment of a dominant piscivore on pelagic food web structure.  Limnology and Oceanography 42:722-729.     [Abstract; link to Full article - through JSTOR]
	Post, D.M., and J.F. Kitchell.  1997.  Trophic ontogeny and life history effects on interactions between age-0 fishes and zooplankton.  Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Advances in Limnology 49:1-12. [Abstract]
	Hansson, S., D.M. Post, J.F. Kitchell, and T.S. Mc Comish.  1997.  Interactions of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) in southern Lake Michigan: a model analysis.  Pages 7-20 in Forage Fishes in Marine Ecosystems.  Alaska Sea Grant Program.  AK-SG-97-01.
1996	Carpenter, S.R., J.F. Kitchell, K.L. Cottingham, D.E. Schindler, D.L. Christensen, D.M. Post, and N. Voichick.  1996.  Chlorophyll variability, phosphorus input and grazing: evidence from whole-lake experiments.  Ecology 77:725-735.
	Johnson, J.M. and D.M. Post.  1996.  Morphological constraints on intra-cohort cannibalism in age-0 largemouth bass.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:809-812.   [Abstract]
1995	Carpenter, S.R., D.L. Christensen, J.J. Cole, K.L. Cottingham, X. He, J.R. Hodgson, J.F. Kitchell, S.E. Knight, M.L. Pace, D.M. Post, D.E. Schindler, N. Voichick. 1995.  Biological control of eutrophication in lakes.  Environmental Science & Technology 29:784-786.
	Post, D.M., T.M. Frost, and J.F. Kitchell. 1995.  Morphological responses by Bosmina longirostris and Eubosmina tubicen to changes in copepod predator populations during a whole-lake acidification experiment.  Journal of Plankton Research 17:1621-1632.     [Abstract]

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW

Puth, L.M., T.F.H. Allen, and D.M. Post. Parsing complexity in the complexity-stability debate. Submitted to Ecology.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREP

Post, D.M. When is a piscivore not a piscivore: integrating the energy flow – interaction strength duality into food web theory. To be submitted to American Naturalist.

Post, D.M., and R.D. Holt. Reintegrating body size into the food-chain length discourse. To be submitted to American Naturalist.

Post, D.M. Testing the productive space hypothesis: rational and power. To be submitted to Ecology.

Post, D.M. Distinguishing between baseline shifts and trophic fractionation: an essential distinction for using stable isotopes to estimate trophic structure and material flow. To be submitted to Limnology and Oceanography.

Holt, R. D., and D.M. Post. Food-chain length and ecosystem size. To be submitted to American Naturalist.

Sabo, J. L. and D. M. Post. Quantifying the predictability and magnitude of disturbance in stream ecosystems. To be submitted to Ecology.

Puth, L.M., D. M. Post, and T. F. H. Allen. Plankton community structure and change in small rock pools. To be submitted to Limnology and Oceanography.

Holtmeier, C.L., and D.M. Post. Morphological, ecological, and genetic evidence for trophic polymorphism in sympatric pupfish (Cyprinodon) from San Salvador, Bahamas. To be submitted to Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

PRESENTED PAPERS

2001	Post, D.M. When is a piscivore not a piscivore? Integrating the realized trophic position - functional trophic position duality into the food web discourse. Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI USA. August 2001
	Post, D.M. A glut of goose guano: wintering geese as nutrient vectors in the managed wetlands of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. Tenth North American Arctic Goose Conference. Quebec City. Invited Plenary.
	Post, D.M. Ecosystem size determines food-chain length in lakes. Yale University. Invited Seminar.
	Post, D.M. Ecosystem size determines food-chain length in lakes. Washington University, St. Louis. Invited Seminar.
2000	Post, D.M. Food-chain length and food web links: testing and expanding food-chain theory. University of California, San Diego. Invited Seminar.
	Post, D.M. Ecological determinants of food-chain length. University of California, Santa Barbara. Invited Seminar
	Post, D.M.  Understanding the ecological determinants of food-chain length: recent advances.  Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah, USA.
1999	Post, D.M., M.L. Pace, and N.G. Hairston Jr.  Lake size as a determinant of food-chain length.  Ecological Society of America, Spokane, Washington, USA.
	Post, D.M.  Managing Rio Grande wetland wildlife at Bosque del Apache NWR.  Madison Audubon Society, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
	Post, D.M.  Ecosystem size determines food-chain length in lakes.  Annual Meeting of the Pocono Comparative Lakes Program.  Lacawac, Pennsylvania, USA.
	Stanley, E.H., and D.M. Post.  River restoration following dam removal: knowledge gaps and research challenges. North American Benthological Society, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
1997	Kitchell, J.F., D.E. Schindler, D.M. Post, M.H. Olson, and B.R. Herwig.  Migratory birds as nutrient vectors at the landscape scale. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography winter meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
	Goldberg, D.E., M.E. Conners, and Post, D.M.  Prey preference by mobile predators and the stability of partially-linked food webs.  Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
1996	Post, D.M.  Causes and effects of recruitment variability in a piscivorous fish.  Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. Invited Presentation.
	Kitchell, J. F., M.H. Olson, D.M. Post, D.E. Schindler, and J.P. Tayor.  Nutrient cycling at the landscape scale: an evaluation of the role of birds at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.  Sevilleta Synthesis Symposium, New Mexico, USA.
	Post, D.M., S.R. Carpenter, D.L. Christensen, K.L. Cottingham, J.R. Hodgson, J.F. Kitchell, D.S. Schindler.  Biomass and timing are keys to food web effects by age-0 piscivorous fish.  Plankton Ecology Group workshop on Trophic interactions of age-0 fish and zooplankton in temperate waters. Dresden, Germany.
	Olson, M.H., J.F. Kitchell, D.M. Post, D.E. Schindler, and J.P. Taylor.  The role of migratory waterfowl as nutrient vectors in managed wetlands.  Ecological Society of America, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
	Post, D.M.  Trophic ontogeny and life history effects on interactions between age-0 fishes and zooplankton.  Annual Meeting of the Pocono Comparative Lakes Program.  Lacawac, Pennsylvania, USA.
1995	Post, D.M., J.F. Kitchell, and J.R. Hodgson.  Recruitment of largemouth bass: interaction of spawning date, growth rate, predation, and over winter mortality.  Ecological Society of America, Snow Bird, Utah, USA.
	Carpenter, S.R., J.F. Kitchell, K.L. Cottingham, D.E. Schindler, D.L. Christensen, D.M. Post, and N. Voichick.  Chlorophyll variability, phosphorus and grazing: evidence from whole-lake experiments. Ecological Society of America, Snow Bird, Utah, USA.
1994	Post, D.M., S.R. Carpenter, D.L. Christensen, K.L. Cottingham, J.R. Hodgson, J.F. Kitchell, D.S. Schindler.  Recruitment variability in largemouth bass: implications for food web and population level responses.  Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, USA.
1993	Post, D.M., T.M. Frost, J.F. Kitchell, and B.T. DeStasio.  Cyclomorphic responses by Bosmina longirostris and Eubosmina tubicen during a whole lake acidification experiment.  American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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