Alicia Perez-Fuentetaja
Alicia Perez-Fuentetaja
Associate Professor
(716) 878-4608
Campus Address: Science Building 254
perezfa@buffalostate.edu
Research Interests:
I am an aquatic ecologist interested in food web interactions, particularly in the Great Lakes ecosystem. My research interests include the environmental conditions that favor the proliferation of type E botulism, and food web transfer of the bacteria that causes the disease (Clostridium botulinum type E). I am also interested in the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on fish populations, impacts of aquatic invasive species to the Great Lakes food web, zooplankton/fish interactions, and processes that contribute to ecosystem stability and resilience.
Courses Taught:
BIO 104 - Environmental Biology
BIO 429/627- Fisheries Biology
BIO 612- Great Lakes Ecology
Recent Publications:
Pérez-Fuentetaja, A., S. Lupton, M. Clapsadl, F. Samara, L. Gatto, and D. S. Aga. In Review. Environmental Sentinels: PCBs, PBDE and Vitellogenin Levels in Wild Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) from Eastern Lake Erie. Submitted to Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
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 food 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.
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.
