Robert Mooney
PhD Student

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Education
  • Ph.D., Zoology (in progress) Expected May 2020;
    University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • M.S., Biology - aquatic science concentration December 2014; University of Wisconsin - La Crosse; Thesis: Glossosoma intermedium case periphyton as a nutritionally beneficial resource for lotic communities
  • B.S., Biology - aquatic science concentration, chemistry minor May 2011; University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
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My broad research interests revolve around nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. Previously, I focused my research on a combination of nutrient cycling, stream ecology, and invertebrate ecology. While at UW-Madison, I am hoping to study the relationships among tributary discharge and nutrient loads relative to patterns of land use and coastal ecosystem services in Lake Michigan. 

Publications:

Mooney. R.J., E.A. Strauss, and R.J. Haro. In review. Nutrient-specific foraging by Glossosoma intermedium leads to conspecific case grazing. Freshwater Science.

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.