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Research Interests
Freshwater ecology and limnology. Topics of special recent interest include (1) the systems ecology of tropical lakes and rivers; (2) adaptation and ecology of plankton, especially phytoplankton; (3) chemistry of atmospheric deposition, especially as it relates to nutrient mass balance in ecosystems; (4) the trophic ecology of lakes; and (5) water quality and limnology of lakes and streams in Colorado.
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Selected Publications
Rhoades, C. C., J. H. McCutchan, Jr., L. A. Cooper, D. W. Clow, T. M. Detmer, J. S. Briggs, J. D. Stednick, T. T. Veblen, R. M. Ertz, and W. M. Lewis, Jr.听 2013.听Biogeochemistry of Beetle Kill: Explaining a Weak Nitrate Response.听 PNAS 110: 1756-1760.
Bradburn, M. J., W. M. Lewis, Jr., and J. H. McCutchan, Jr.听 2012.听听Comparative听adaptations of听Aphanizomenon听and听Anabaena听for nitrogen fixation under weak irradiance.听听Freshwater Biology听57: 1042鈥�1049
Lewis, W. M., Jr.听 2011.听听Global primary production of lakes: 19th听Baldi Memorial Lecture.听听Inland Waters听1: 1-28.
Lewis, W. M., Jr., W. A. Wurtsbaugh, and H. W. Paerl.听 2011.听听Rationale for control of anthropogenic nitrogen and phosphorus to reduce eutrophication of inland waters.听听Environ. Sci. Technol.听45: 10300-10305.听
Lewis, W. M. Jr., and J. H. McCutchan, Jr.听 2010.听听Ecological responses to nutrients in streams and rivers of the Colorado mountains and foothills.听听Freshwater Biology听55: 1973-1983.
Lewis, W. M. Jr, and W. W. Wurtsbaugh.听 2008.听听Control of Lacustrine Phytoplankton by Nutrients: Erosion of the Phosphorus Paradigm.听听Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol. 93: 446-465.
Kaushal, S.S., W.M. Lewis, Jr., and J.F. McCutchan, Jr. 2006.听Land Use Change and Nitrogen Enrichment of a Rocky Mountain Watershed.听Ecological Applications听16(1): 299-312.
Ortiz-Zayas, J.R., W.M. Lewis, Jr., J.F. Saunders, III, J. H. McCutchan, Jr. and F. N. Scatena. 2005.Metabolism of a tropical rainforest stream.听Journal of the North American Benthological Society听24(4): 769-783.
Kaushal, S.S. and W.M. Lewis, Jr. 2005.听Fate and transport of organic nitrogen in minimally disturbed montane streams of Colorado, USA.听Biogeochemistry74:303-321.