Steven Pothoven

Current Research Projects:
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• Food Web Response to Invasive Species and Hypoxia in Lake Erie, Saginaw Bay Lake Huron, and Southeast Lake Michigan
• Mapping the Condition of Diporeia: Insights into Mechanisms of Declines
• Adaptive Integrated Framework (AIF): A New Methodology for Managing Impacts of Multiple Stressors in Coastal Ecosystems
• Impacts of Hypoxia on the Benthos of Central Lake Erie
• Fish Diet and Condition: Responses to Low Oxygen Events in Central Lake Erie
• Long Term Trends in the Pelagic Foodweb in Lake Michigan
• Diets and Condition of Forage Fish in Southern Lake Huron
• Evaluation of the Hazard of Microcystis Blooms for Human Health through Fish Consumption
• Implications of Cercopagis and Bythotrephes to Alewife Recruitment and Stability of the Lake Michigan Pelagic Food Web

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• HÖÖK, T.O., and S.A. POTHOVEN. Energy content of young alewives in eastern Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake, a connected drowned river mouth lake. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29(2):378-387 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090015.pdf
• NALEPA, T.F., S.A. POTHOVEN, and D.L. FANSLOW. Recent changes in benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Huron and impact on the diet of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformus). Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 12(1):2-10 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090009.pdf
• POTHOVEN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLEOG, S.A. Ludsin, T.O. HÖÖK, and S.B. BRANDT. Feeding ecology of emerald shiners and rainbow smelt in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35:190-198 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090023.pdf
• Ruetz, D.R., D.L. Strouse, and S.A. POTHOVEN. Energy density of introduced round goby compared with four native fishes in a Lake Michigan tributary. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:938-947 (2009). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2009/20090022.pdf
• Dettmers, J.M., C.P. Madenjian, P.J. Allen, S.A. POTHOVEN, and T.F. NALEPA. Impacts of recent invasive species on nearshore fishes. In The State of Lake Michigan in 2005. D.F. Clapp and W. Horns (Eds.). Great Lakes Fishery Commission Special Publication 08-02. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 19-26 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080066.pdf
• Lu, Y., S.A. LUDSIN, D.L. FANSLOW, and S.A. POTHOVEN. Comparison of three microquantity techniques for measuring total lipids in fish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:2233-2241 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080041.pdf
• Madenjian, C.P., D.V. O'Connor, R.R. Rediske, J.P. O'Keefe, and S.A. POTHOVEN. Net trophic transfer efficiencies of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners to Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) from their food. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(3):631-636 (2008).
• POTHOVEN, S.A., S.A. LUDSIN, T.O. HÖÖK, D.L. FANSLOW, D.M. MASON, P.D. Collingsworth, and J.J. VanTassel. Reliability of bioelectrical impedence analysis for estimating whole-fish energy density and percent lipids. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:1519-1529 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080039.pdf
• POTHOVEN, S.A., and C.P. Madenjian. Changes in consumption by alewives and lake whitefish after Dreissenid mussel invasions in Lakes Michigan and Huron. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:308-320 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080005.pdf
• NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.J. FOLEY III, and G.A. LANG. Long-term trends in benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Huron over the past four decades. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(2):421-436 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070020.pdf
• POTHOVEN, S.A., I.A. Grigorovich, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and M.D. Balcer. Introduction of the Ponto-Caspian bloody-red mysis Hemimysis anomala into the Lake Michigan basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:285-292 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070007.pdf
• REID, D.F., R. STURTEVANT, and S.A. POTHOVEN. Calling on the public: Where in the Great Lakes basin is the newest aquatic invader, Hemimysis anomala? Aquatic Invaders 18(1):1-7 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070006.pdf
• NALEPA, T.F., D.L. FANSLOW, S.A. POTHOVEN, A.J. FOLEY III, G.A. LANG, S.C. Mozley, and M.W. Winnell. Abundance and distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Huron in 1972 and 2000-2003. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-140. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 33 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-140/tm-140.pdf
• POTHOVEN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLEOG, J.F. CAVALETTO, D.M. KRUEGER, D.M. MASON, and S.B. BRANDT. Alewife planktivory controls the abundance of two invasive predatory cladocerans in Lake Michigan. Freshwater Biology 52 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01728.x):561-573 (2007).
• POTHOVEN, S. A., and T. F. NALEPA. Feeding ecology of lake whitefish in Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:489-501 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060030.pdf
• POTHOVEN, S. A., T. F. NALEPA, C. P. Madenjian, R. R. Rediske, P. J. Schneeberger, and J. X. He. Energy density of lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis in Lakes Huron and Michigan. Environmental Biology of Fishes 76:151-158 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060031.pdf
• Madenjian, C. P., D. V. O’Connor, S. A. POTHOVEN, P. J. Schneeberger, R. R. Rediske, J. P. O’Keefe, R. A. Bergstedt, R. L. Argyle, and S. B. BRANDT. Evaluation of a Lake Whitefish bioenergetics model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135:61-75 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060001.pdf
• Madenjian, C. P., S. A. POTHOVEN, J. M. Dettmers, and J. D. Holuszko. Changes in seasonal energy dynamics of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) in Lake Michigan after invasion of dreissenid mussels. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:891-902 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060004.pdf

Recent Presentations:
* denotes speaker

• *FAHNENSTIEL, G.L., S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, D. Klarer, T.F. NALEPA, and D. Scavia. Long-term trends in phytoplankton abundance, composition and primary production in the offshore region of  southeastern Lake Michigan. 52nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009 (2009).
• POTHOVEN, S.A. Lower food web dynamics and the future of fishing. Sea Grant Regional Workshop, Grand Haven, MI April 25, 2009 (2009).
• *POTHOVEN, S.A., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and H.A. VANDERPLOEG. Mysis in Lake Michigan. 52nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009 (2009).
• *POTHOVEN, S.A., G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, T.F. NALEPA, and C.P. Madenjian. Changes in southeast Lake Michigan offshore lower food web and implications for fish. Annual Meeting of the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Dundee, MI, March 18, 2009 (2009).
• LIEBIG, J.R., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.F. CAVALETTO, D. KRUEGER, D.M. MASON, G.A. LANG, K.L. PANGLE, R. Pichlova, and S.D. Peacor. Interactions of the invasive predatory cladocerans, Bythotrephes longimanus and Cercopagis pengoi, with zooplankton and fish along an onshore-offhosre transect in southern Lake Michigan (poster). 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008. (2008).
• POTHOVEN, S.A. Status of bloody red shrimp and opossum shrimp in Lake Michigan. Sea Grant Regional Fishery Workshop, Ludington, MI, January 5, 2008 (2008).
• POTHOVEN, S.A. Lower food web changes and implications for the Lake Michigan fishery. Sea Grant Regional Fishery Workshop, Grand Haven, MI, March 1, 2008 (2008).
• *POTHOVEN, S.A., and T.F. NALEPA. Fish diets and condition in Lake Huron (poster). 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., T.F. NALEPA, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, S.A. POTHOVEN, J.R. LIEBIG, J. DYBLE, and S. ROBINSON. Dreissenids as nearshore and offshore engineers: predicting direct and indirect effects of mussels on pelagic food webs. 51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, May 19-23, 2008 (2008).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and T.F. NALEPA. Surprising synergies between invasive species and climate impacts. NOAA Climate Impacts on Great Lakes Ecosystems Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 29-31, 2008 (2008).
• *HÖÖK, T. O., S.A. LUDSIN, S.A. POTHOVEN, J. ROBERTS, T.F. NALEPA, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. RUBERG, and S.B. BRANDT. Influence of hypoxia on the ecology of zooplanktivorous and venthivorous fishes in Lake Erie's central basin. Symposium - Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 26-27, 2007. (2007).
• *LUDSIN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLOEG, S.A. POTHOVEN, D.M. MASON, T.O. HÖÖK, and S.A. RUBERG. Hypoxia effects on habitat and prey availability for rainbow smelt in central Lake Erie. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• POTHOVEN, S.A. The appearance of the bloody red shrimp in the Great Lakes. Lake Michigan Fishery Workshop, Spring Lake, MI, March 3, 2007. (2007).
• POTHOVEN, S.A. Feeding ecology and condition of lake whitefish and alewife following dreissenid invasion in Lake Michigan. Invasive Species of the Midwest Research Symposium, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, April 13, 2007. (2007).
• *POTHOVEN, S.A., S.A. LUDSIN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and T. O. HÖÖK. Effects of Lake Erie hypoxia on pelagic fish feeding ecology. Poster presentation. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *ROBERTS, J.J., T.O. HÖÖK, S.A. LUDSIN, S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and T.F. NALEPA. The ecological response of yellow perch to hypoxia in Lake Erie's central basin. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *ROBERTS, J.J., T.O. HÖÖK, S.A. LUDSIN, S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and T.F. NALEPA. The ecological response of yellow perch to hypoxia in Lake Erie's central basin (poster). Great Lakes Workshop on the North American Great Lakes: Comparisons with the Baltic Sea, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 20, 2007. (2007).
• *ROBERTS, J.J., T.O. HÖÖK, S.A. LUDSIN, S.A. POTHOVEN, H.A. VANDERPLOEG, and T.F. NALEPA. The ecological response of yellow perch to hypoxia in Lake Erie's central basin (poster). NOAA 200th Anniversary Outreach Event: A Great Day in the Great Lakes, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL, September 8, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. LUDSIN, S.A. POTHOVEN, T. O. HÖÖK, J. ROBERTS, S.A. RUBERG, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, G.A. LANG, and S.B. BRANDT. Influence of hypoxia on the distribution, behavior, and foraging of zooplankton and planktivorous fish in central Lake Erie: Field observations and future reearch directions. Symposium - Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 26-27, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., R. PICHLOVA, S.A. POTHOVEN, and T.F. NALEPA. Ecological effects of invasive invertebrates in the Great Lakes and Baltic Sea: A never-ending story. Great Lakes Workshop on the North American Great Lakes: Comparisons with the Baltic Sea, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 20, 2007. (2007).
• *VANDERPLOEG, H.A., S.A. POTHOVEN, D.M. MASON, D.M. KRUEGER, J.F. CAVALETTO, J.R. LIEBIG, G.A. LANG, K.L. PANGLE, S D. PEACOR, S.B. BRANDT, S.A. LUDSIN, ROBERTS, T.O. HÖÖK, and R. PICHLOVA. Diel vertical migration and predatory interactions among zooplankton, the predatory invasive zooplankter Bythotrephes longimanus, and fish in large lakes: Observations with multiple technologies. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *WILSON, A., E. Sedgman, D. C. GOSSIAUX, P.F. LANDRUM, S.A. POTHOVEN, J. DYBLE, and S.D. ROBINSON. Preliminary assessment of mycrocystin accumulation in yellow perch during the 2006 cyanobacterial bloom season in western Lake Erie. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *NALEPA, T.F., S.A. POTHOVEN, and D.L. FANSLOW. Recent trends in the benthic macroinvertebrate community of Lake Huron and impacts on Lake Whitefish diet. The State of Lake Huron, Honey Harbor, Ontario, Canada, October 12, 2006. (2006).