John Magnuson

Co-Chair of the WICCI Science Council
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Director Emeritus of the Center for Limnology
Emeritus Member of the Limnology and Marine Science Graduate Program, UW-Madison
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Education:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Ph.D., Zoology/Oceanography, 1961

University of Minnesota
M.S. and B.S., Fish and Wildlife Management, 1958 and 1956

Research areas:

Lake Ecological Systems, Potential Influence of Climate Change on Lake and Stream Systems, Ecological Dynamics of Biodiversity and Invasion

Selected Publications:

Magnuson, J. J., J. T. Krohelski, K. E. Kunkel, and D. M. Roberts. 2003. Wisconsin’s Waters and Climate: Historical Changes and Possible Futures. Transactions 90: 23-36.

Jensen, O. P., B. J. Benson, J. J. Magnuson, V. M. Card, M. N. Futter, P. A. Soranno, and K. M. Stewart. 2007. Spatial analysis of ice phenology trends across the laurentian great lakes region during a recent warming period. Limnology and Oceanography 52, (5): 2013-26.

Magnuson, J. J. 2002. Signals from ice cover trends and variability. pp 3-13 In McGinn, N. A. Editor. Fisheries in a Changing Climate, American Fisheries Society, Symposium 32, Bethesda, MD.

Kling, G. W., K. Hayhoe, L. B. Johnson, J. J. Magnuson, S. Polasky, S. K. Robinson, B. J. Shuter, M. M. Wander, D. J. Wuebbles, D. R. Zak, R. L. Lindroth, S. C. Moser, and M. L. Wilson. 2003. Confronting climate change in the Great Lakes Region: Impacts on our communities and ecosystems. Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C.

Biography:

John Magnuson’s research activities focus on long-term ecological research on lake ecological systems, potential influence of climate change on inland waters, fish and fisheries ecology, biogeography and landscape ecology of lake and stream systems, and ecological dynamics of biodiversity and invasion.

Dr. Magnuson is a prolific researcher, having published over three-hundred research papers and six books since 1962.

In addition to teaching and research responsibilities, he has been involved with a number of commissions and scientific organizations propagating a wide range of disciplines, from global climate change to species conservation to the future of aquatic habitats.

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