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Kyle Zimmer

Professor

Biochemistry
Biology

  • Education
  • PhD, Zoology, North Dakota State University (2001)
    MA, Biology (Fisheries Emphasis), St. Cloud State University (1994)
    BA, Biology, Luther College (1992)
  • Expertise
  • Aquatic ecology, limnology, water quality of lakes and wetlands.
  • Research Interests
  • Biotic and abiotic factors responsible for the structure of aquatic food webs, Biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems, Community and ecosystem ecology of shallow lakes and wetlands, Role of food-web interactions in the alternative stable state model for shallow lakes, Application of stable isotopes in the analysis of freshwater food webs.

(*undergraduates)

Herwig, B.R., K.D. Zimmer, and D.F. Staples. 2021. Using stable isotope data to quantify niche overlap and diets of muskellunge, northern pike, and walleye in a deep Minnesota lake. Ecology of Freshwater Fish: DOI: 10.1111/eff.12608.

Morrison*, A.L., M.A. Thelen*, S.E. Howe*, K.D. Zimmer, B.R. Herwig, D.F. Staples, M.C. McEachran*. 2021. Impacts of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on niche size and niche overlap among fish species in a mesotrophic lake. Biological Invasions: DOI 10.1007/s10530-021-02553.

Rabaey, J.S., K.D. Zimmer, L.M. Domine, J.B. Cotner. 2021. Winter oxygen regimes in clear and turbid shallow lakes. Biogeosciences: DOI 10.1029/2020JG006065

Vitense, K., M.A. Hanson, B.R. Herwig, K.D. Zimmer, and J. Fieberg. 2021. Using hidden Markov models to inform conservation and management strategies in ecosystems exhibiting alternative stable states. Applied Ecology: DOI 10.1111/1365-2664.13855

Zimmer, K.D., R.C. Grow*, A.R. Tipp*, B.R. Herwig, D.F. Staples, J.B. Cotner, and P.C. Jacobson. 2020. Stable isotope patterns in lake food webs reflect productivity gradients. Ecosphere 11: e03244.

Jacobson, P.C., K.D. Zimmer, R.C. Grow* and R.L. Eshenroder. 2020. Morphological variation of Cisco Coregonus artedi across gradients of lake productivity. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 149:462-473.

Bischof, S.M., B.R. Herwig, M.A. Hanson, S.D. Sebestyen, K.D. Zimmer, J.B. Cotner, and T.J. Kroeger. 2019. Further development of a specific conductivity approach to measure groundwater discharge area within lakes. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 55:485–496.

McEachran*, M.C., R.S. Trapp*, K.D. Zimmer, B.R. Herwig, C.E. Hegedus*, C.E. Herzog*, and D.F. Staples. 2019. Stable isotopes indicate zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) increase dependence of lake food webs on littoral energy sources. Freshwater Biology 64:183-196.

Vitense, K., M.A. Hanson, B.R. Herwig, K.D. Zimmer, J. Fieberg. 2019. Predicting total phosphorus levels as indicators for shallow lake management. Ecological Indicators 96:278-287.