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Eric Strauss
Professor
Biology
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Eric Strauss
Professor
Biology
Specialty area(s)
Limnology, Stream and River Ecology, Water Quality
Brief biography
Dr. Eric Strauss is a professor in the Department of Biology at UWL and the Director of the River Studies Center. He teaches several courses in the fields of limnology, water quality, ecology, and general biology. He leads an undergraduate and graduate research program examining nutrient cycling and other ecosystem processes in stream and river systems. Prior to UWL, he spent two years as an assistant professor at Fort Hays State University and several years as a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center in La Crosse. With the U.S. Geological Survey, he collaborated with other scientists to determine spatial and temporal patterns of nitrogen cycling in the Upper Mississippi River and to estimate the effects of these processes on nitrate and total nitrogen load and export in the Mississippi River. His education includes a B.S. in Fisheries Biology and a M.S. in Biology (Dr. Walter Dodds, advisor) from Kansas State University. He also holds a Ph.D. in Biology (Dr. Gary Lamberti, advisor) from the University of Notre Dame where he studied the interactive effects of chemical/biological factors on nitrogen cycling in stream ecosystems.
Current courses at UWL
BIO 341 - Limnology
BIO 447 - Standard Methods and Quality Assurance of Water Analysis
BIO 464 - Stream and Watershed Ecology
BIO 476 - Ecosystem Ecology
BIO 491 - Senior Capstone in Biology
Education
Ph.D. 2000 Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
M.S. 1995 Biology, Kansas State University
B.S. 1992 Fisheries Biology, Kansas State University
B.S. 1992 Chemical Science, Kansas State University
Career
Professional history
2007 – Present Dept. Biology, Univ. Wisconsin – La Crosse
2005 – 2007 Dept. Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State Univ.
2004 – 2005 Biologist, USGS, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
1999 – 2004 Dept. Biology, Univ. Wisconsin – La Crosse
Research and publishing
Recent Publications:
Bohrman, K. J., and E. A. Strauss. 2018. Macrophyte-driven transient storage and phosphorus uptake in a western Wisconsin stream. Hydrological Processes 32:253-263.
Swanson, W., N. R. De Jager, E. Strauss, and M. Thomsen. 2017. Effects of flood inundation and invasion by Phalaris arundinacea on nitrogen cycling in an Upper Mississippi River floodplain forest. Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.1877.
Stelzer, R.S., E.A. Strauss, and M. Coulibaly. 2017. Assessing the importance of seepage and springs to nitrate flux in a stream network in the Wisconsin sand plains. Hydrological Processes. 31:2016-2028.
Milde, A., W.B. Richardson, E.A. Strauss, B. Knights, J. Larson, and J. Vallazza. 2017. Spatial and temporal dynamics of suspended particle characteristics and composition in navigation pool 19 of the Upper Mississippi River. River Research and Applications. 33:740-752.
Mooney, R.J., E.A. Strauss, and R.J. Haro. 2016. Nutrient-specific foraging by Glossosoma intermedium leads to conspecific case grazing. Freshwater Science. 35:873-881. DOI: 10.1086/686699
De Jager, N.R., W. Swanson, E.A. Strauss, M. Thomsen, Y. Yin. 2015. Flood pulse effects on nitrification in a floodplain forest impacted by herbivory, invasion, and restoration. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 23:1067-1081. doi: 10.1007/s11273-015-9445-z.
Kreiling, R.M., N.R. De Jager, W. Swanson, E.A. Strauss, and M. Thomsen. 2015. Effects of flooding on ion exchange rates in an Upper Mississippi River floodplain forest impacted by herbivory, invasion, and restoration. Wetlands 35: 1005-1012.
Mooney, R.J., E.A. Strauss, and R.J. Haro. 2014. Nutrient recycling by caddisflies alleviates phosphorus limitation in case periphyton. Freshwater Science. 33(4): 1086–1092.
Kreiling, R.M., J.P. Schubauer-Berigan, W.B. Richardson, L.A. Bartsch, P.E. Hughes, J.C. Cavanaugh, and E.A. Strauss. 2013. Wetland management and restoration for wildlife reduces sediment and nutrient loading to the Upper Mississippi River: mechanisms and outcomes. Journal of Environmental Quality. 42: 573-583.
Strauss, E.A., W.B. Richardson, L.A. Bartsch, J.C. Cavanaugh. 2011. Effect of habitat type on in-stream nitrogen loss in the Mississippi River. River Systems. 19(3): 261–269.
Stelzer, R.S., L.A. Bartsch, W.B. Richardson, and E.A. Strauss. 2011. The dark side of the hyporheic zone: depth profiles of nitrogen and its processing in stream sediments. Freshwater Biology. 56(10): 2021–2033.
Austin, B.J. and E.A. Strauss. 2011. Nitrification and denitrification response to varying periods of desiccation and inundation in a western Kansas stream. Hydrobiologia. 658: 183-195.
Duff, J.H., A.J. Tesoriero, W.B. Richardson, E.A. Strauss, and M.D. Munn. 2008. Whole-stream response to nitrate loading in three streams draining agricultural landscapes. Journal of Environmental Quality. 37: 1133–1144.
Strauss, E.A., W.B. Richardson, J.C. Cavanaugh, L.A. Bartsch, R.M. Kreiling, and A.J. Standorf. 2006. Variability and regulation of denitrification in an Upper Mississippi River backwater. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 25(3): 596-606.
Cavanaugh, J.C., W.B. Richardson, E.A. Strauss, and L.A. Bartsch. 2006. Nitrogen dynamics in sediment during water level manipulation on the Upper Mississippi River. River Research and Applications. 22: 651-666.
Bruesewitz, D.A., J.L. Tank, M.J. Bernot, W.B. Richardson, and E.A. Strauss. 2006. Seasonal effects of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on sediment denitrification rates in Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 63: 957-969.
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