- Research Associate
- Department of Biology
- SUNY College at Buffalo
- Science Building 254
- Buffalo, New York 14222
- Phone: 716-878-4608
- Fax: 716-878-6644
- E-mail: perezfa@buffalostate.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Biology, SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
B.S., Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Madrid, Spain
RESERCH INTERESTS:
Aquatic Community Ecology: biology, ecology and behavior of aquatic organisms and how those traits influence dynamics of food webs. Endocrine disruptor effects in fish populations. Fish botulism outbreaks. Aquatic invasive species.
GRANTS/CONTRACTS RECEIVED:
2007: Ecosystem restoration: Merging Ecology, Hydrology, Engineering and Policy. Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT), National Science Foundation.
2007: The watershed as a model for improving minority student graduate success in Biology. National Science Foundation. Christopher Pennuto, Alicia Pérez-Fuentetaja.
2005: Endocrine-mediated effects of estrogenic compounds and persistent organic pollutants in fish populations from eastern Lake Erie. New York Great Lakes Protection Fund. A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, D.S. Aga, M.D. Clapsadl, W.J. Culligan.
2005: Impacts of Estrogen Inputs in Lake Erie Fish Populations. Great Lakes Research Consortium. A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, D.S. Aga, M.D. Clapsadl.
2004-2006: Algal Pigments as biomarkers linking fish and benthic organisms with Type E botulism. New York Sea Grant. K. Alben, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, P. Bowser, R. Getchell.
2003: Carotenoid Tracers of Food Web Links for Type E Botulism. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program. K. Alben, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja.
2002: Algal Pigments to Trace Food-Web Connections to Type E Avian Botulism in Lakes Erie and Ontario. New York Great Lakes Protection Fund. K. Alben, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, C. Mayer, J. Makarewicz, R. Limberger, W. Stone.
2002: Botulism E in Lake Erie: Ecology and Lower Food Web Transfer. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program. A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, T. Lee, M. Clapsadl.
2002: Botulism E in Lake Erie: Ecology and Lower Food Web Transfer. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act. A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, T. Lee, M. Clapsadl.
1999: Study of Chignik Lakes Food Webs and Their Connection to Sockeye Production. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fishery Disaster Relief Program.
1999: Bear Lake Sockeye Smolt Production. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fishery Disaster Relief Program.
1998: Chignik Sockeye Salmon Smolt Migration Studies and Population Estimates. Chignik Regional Aquaculture Association.
REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
Pérez-Fuentetaja, A., M.D. Clapsadl, D. Einhouse, P.R. Bowser, R.G. Getchell and W.T. Lee. 2006. Influence of Limnological Conditions on Clostridium botulinum Type E Presence in Eastern Lake Erie (Great Lakes, USA) Sediments. Hydrobiologia, 563 (1): 189-200.
Ramcharan, C.W., A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, D.J. McQueen, N.D. Yan, E. Demers, and J.A. Rusak. 2001. The Dorset web piscivore manipulation project—Dynamics of zooplankton productivity under two different predatory regimes. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 151-169.
Yan, N.D., A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, C.W. Ramcharan, D.J. McQueen, E. Demers, and J.A. Rusak. 2001. The Dorset food web piscivore manipulation project—Changes in the crustacean zooplankton communities of Mouse and Ranger Lakes. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 127-150.
Ramcharan, C.W., D.J. McQueen, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, N.D. Yan, E. Demers, and J.A. Rusak. 2001. The Dorset food web piscivore manipulation project—Analysis of lake food webs using an individual-based model to estimate Chaoborus production and consumption. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 101-126.
Ramcharan, C.W., N.D. Yan, D.J. McQueen, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, E. Demers, and J.A. Rusak. 2001. The Dorset food web piscivore manipulation project—Complex responses of Chaoborus to changes in fish populations. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 81-100.
Demers, E., D.J. McQueen, C.W. Ramcharan, and A. Pérez-Fuentetaja. 2001. The Dorset food web piscivore manipulation project—Did piscivores regulate changes in fish community structure?. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 49-80.
McQueen, D.J., C.W. Ramcharan, N.D. Yan, E. Demers, A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, and P.J. Dillon. 2001. The Dorset food web piscivore manipulation project—Objectives, methods, the physical-chemical setting. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 1-21.
Tremel, B., K.H. Nicholls, D.J. McQueen, C.W. Ramcharan, and A. Pérez-Fuentetaja. 2001. The Dorset food web piscivore manipulation project—Did phytoplankton biovolume and taxonomic composition change?. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 187-209.
Demers, E., D.J. McQueen, S.A. Popiel, A.M. Rocchi, C.W. Ramcharan, and A. Pérez-Fuentetaja. 2001. The Dorset food web piscivore manipulation project—Changes in the fish community structure. Arch Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 56: 23-48.
Pérez-Fuentetaja, A., D.J. McQueen, N.D. Yan, and P.J. Dillon. 2000. Zooplankton biomass rarely improves predictions of chlorophyll concentration in Canadian Shield lakes that vary in pH. Aquatic Ecology 34: 127-136.
Pérez-Fuentetaja, A., P.J. Dillon, N.D. Yan, and D.J. McQueen. 1999. Significance of dissolved organic carbon in the prediction of thermocline depth in small Canadian Shield lakes. Aquatic Ecology 33: 127-133.
McQueen, D.J., C.W. Ramcharan, and A. Pérez-Fuentetaja. 1999. Chaoborus behavioural responses to changes in fish density. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 145(2): 165-170.
Pérez-Fuentetaja, A., D.J. McQueen, and C.W. Ramcharan. 1996. Predator-induced bottom-up effects in oligotrophic systems. Hydrobiologia 317: 163-176.
Pérez-Fuentetaja, A., D.J. McQueen, and E.Demers. 1996. Stability of oligotrophic and eutrophic planktonic communities after disturbance by fish. Oikos 75: 98-110.
Popiel, S.A., A. Pérez-Fuentetaja, D.J. McQueen, and N.C. Collins. 1996. Determinants of nesting success in the pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus): A comparison of two populations under different risks from predation. Copeia 1996(3): 649-656.
Werner, R.G., J. Raymond and A. Pérez-Fuentetaja. 1993. Boeri Lake Limnology. Tropicalia 5: 2.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Great Lakes Ecology
Environmental Biology
Fisheries Biology
