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Harvey A. Bootsma
Associate Scientist
Phone: (414) 382-1717
Fax: (414) 382-1705
E-Mail:
Web Site: http://www.uwm.edu/People/hbootsma
Great Lakes WATER Institute
600 E. Greenfield Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53204 |
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Research Interests
- limnology and conservation of tropical lakes
- benthic carbon and nutrient cycling
- algal ecology
- aquatic food web dynamics
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Education
- Ph.D., University of Manitoba, 1993
- B.Sc., University of Guelph, 1985
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Publications
- Bootsma, H.A., R.E. Hecky, T.C. Johnson, H.J. Kling, and J. Mwita. 2003.
Inputs, outputs, and internal cycling of silica in a large, tropical lake.
Journal of Great Lakes Research 29:121-138.
- Kidd, K.A., H.A. Bootsma, R. H. Hesslein, D.C.G. Muir, and R.E. Hecky. 2001.
Biomagnification of DDT through the benthic and pelagic food webs of Lake Malawi,
East Africa: Importance of trophic level and carbon source.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 35:14-20.
- Vollmer, M.K., R.F. Weiss, and H.A. Bootsma. 2002. Ventilation of Lake Malawi/Nyasa.
Pages 209-233 In Olago, D.O., and E.O Odada (eds.), The East African Great Lakes:
Limnology, Paleolimnology and Biodiversity. Advances in Global Research. Kluwer.
- Bootsma, H.A., R.E. Hecky, R.H. Hesslein, and G.F. Turner. 1996.
Food partitioning among Lake Malawi nearshore fishes as revealed by stable isotope analyses.
Ecology 77: 97-101.
- Bootsma, H.A., M.J. Bootsma, and R.E. Hecky. 1996. The chemical composition of
precipitation and its significance to the nutrient budget of Lake Malawi. Pages 251-265
In T.C. Johnson and E.O. Odada (eds.), The Limnology, Climatology and Paleoclimatology
of the East African Lakes. Gordon and Breach, Toronto.
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