Michael T. Brett
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Associate Professor University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2700 ph 206-616-3447 fx 206-685-9185 mtbrett@u.washington.edu |
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EDUCATION
Phd, Uppsala Unniversity (Sweden), 1991, Limnology
M.Sc., University of Maine, 1985, Zoology
B.Sc., Humboldt State University, 1983, Fisheries
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Eutrophication and regulation of algal biomass and secondary production in lakes
Reservior Operation and physical, chemical and biological limnology
Pesticide impacts on aquatic biology
Aquatic food web processes
The biochemical basis of engery and contaminant transfer in aquatic food webs
CLASSES TAUGHT
CEE 350 Environmental Engineering - Water and Air Quality
CEE 462 Effects of Wastewater Systems
CEE 547 Lake and Watershed Management
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
Ravet, J.L., and M.T. Brett. 2006. Essential fatty acid and phytoplankton phosphorus content constraints on Daphnia somatic growth and reproduction. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 2438-2452. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., D.C. Müller-Navarra, A.P. Ballantyne , J.L. Ravet and C.R. Goldman. 2006. Daphnia fatty acid composition reflects that of their diet. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 2428-2437. [PDF]
Ellison, M.E., and M.T. Brett. 2006. Particulate phosphorus bioavailability as a function of stream flow and land cover. Water Research 40: 1258-1268. [PDF]
Arhonditsis, G.B. and M.T. Brett. 2005. Eutrophication model for Lake Washington (USA), Part I-Model description and sensitivity analysis. Ecological Modelling 187: 140-178. [PDF]
Arhonditsis, G.B. and M.T. Brett. 2005. Eutrophication model for Lake Washington (USA), Part II-Model calibration and validation”. Ecological Modelling 187: 179-200. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., S.E., Mueller, and G.B. Arhonditsis. 2005. A daily time series analysis of stream water phosphorus transport along an urban to forest gradient in the Seattle area. Environmental Management 35: 56-71. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., G.B. Arhonditsis, S.E. Stanley, D.M. Hartley, J.D. Frodge, and D.E. Funke. 2005. Non-point source nutrient impacts on stream nutrient and sediment concentrations along a forest to urban gradient. Environmental Management 35: 330-342. [PDF]
Arhonditsis, G.B., Winder, M., Brett, M.T. and Schindler, D.E.. 2005. Patterns and mechanisms of phytoplankton variability in Lake Washington (USA). Water Research 38: 4013-4027. [PDF]
Nickel, D.K., M.T. Brett, and A.D. Jassby. 2004. Factors Regulating Shasta Lake (California) Cold Water Accumulation, a Resource for Endangered Salmon Conservation. Water Resources Research 40: W05204, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002669. [PDF]
Arhonditsis, G.B., and M.T. Brett. 2004. Evaluation of the current state of mechanistic aquatic biogeochemical modeling. Where are we? Marine Ecology Progress Series 271: 13-26. [PDF]
Park, S.-K., M.T. Brett, Müller-Solger, A., and C.R. Goldman. 2004. Climatic forcing and primary productivity in a subalpine lake: interannual variability as a natural experiment. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 614-619. [PDF]
Brett, M.T. 2004. When is a correlation between ratios "spurious"? Oikos 105: 647-656. [PDF]
Müller-Navarra, D.C., M.T. Brett, S.-K. Park, S. Chandra, A.P. Ballantyne, E. Zorita, and C.R. Goldman. 2004. Unsaturated fatty acid content in seston and tropho-dynamic coupling in lakes. Nature 427: 69-72. [PDF]
Arhonditsis, G.B., M.T. Brett, C.L. DeGasperi and D.E. Schindler. 2004. Effects of climatic variability on the thermal properties of Lake Washington (USA). Limnology and Oceanography 49: 256-270. [PDF]
Park, S.-K., M.T. Brett, D.C. Müller-Navarra, S.-C. Shin, A.M. Liston and C.R. Goldman. 2003. Heterotrophic nanoflagellates enhance the food quality of decaying Microcystis by upgrading essential fatty acids. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 33: 201-205. [PDF]
Ravet, J.L., M.T. Brett, D.C. Müller-Navarra. 2003. A test of the role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in phytoplankton food quality for Daphnia using liposome supplementation. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 1938-1947. [PDF]
Arhonditsis, G.B., M.T. Brett, and J.D. Frodge. 2003. Environmental control and limnological impacts of a large recurrent spring bloom in Lake Washington, USA. Environmental Management 31: 603-618. [PDF]
Park, S.-K. , M.T. Brett, E. T. Oshel and C.R. Goldman. 2003. Seston food quality and Daphnia production efficiencies in an oligo-mesotrophic subalpine lake. Aquatic Ecology 37: 123-136. [PDF]
Ballantyne, A.P., M.T. Brett and D.E. Schindler. 2003. The importance of dietary phosphorus and highly unsaturated fatty acids for sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) growth in Lake Washington- a bioenergetics approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 60: 12-22. [PDF]
Park, S.-K., M.T. Brett, D.C. Müller-Navarra and C.R. Goldman. 2002. Essential fatty acid content and the phosphorus to carbon ratio in cultured algae as indicators of food quality for Daphnia. Freshwater Biology 47: 1377-1390. [PDF]
Higley, H.J. Carrick, M.T. Brett, C. Luecke, C.R. Goldman. 2001. The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation and Nutrient Additions on Periphyton Biomass and Composition in a Sub-Alpine Lake (Castle Lake, USA). Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol. 86: 147-163. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., D. Müller-Navarra, and S.-K. Park. 2000. Empirical analysis of mineral P limitation's impact on algal food quality for freshwater zooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 45: 1564-1575. [PDF]
Müller-Navarra, D.C., M.T. Brett, A. Liston and C.R. Goldman. 2000. A highly-unsaturated fatty acid predicts biomass transfer between primary producers and consumers. Nature 403: 74-77. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., F.S. Lubnow, M. Villar-Argaiz, C.R. Goldman and A. Mfller-Solger. 1999. Nutrient control of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton dynamics. Aquatic Ecology 33: 135-145. [PDF]
Huovinen, P.S., M.T. Brett, and C.R. Goldman, C.R. 1999. Temporal and vertical dynamics of phytoplankton net growth in Castle Lake, California. Journal of Plankton Research 21: 373-385. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., and C.R. Goldman. 1997. Consumer versus resource control in freshwater pelagic food-webs. Science 275: 384-386. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., and D.C. Müller-Navarra. 1997. The role of essential fatty acids in aquatic food web processes. Freshwater Biology 38: 483-499. [PDF]
Müller-Solger, A., M.T. Brett, C. Luecke, J.J. Elser and C.R. Goldman. 1997. The effects of golden shiners on plankton community structure in Castle Lake, California. Journal of Plankton Research 19: 1815-1828.
Brett, M.T., and C.R. Goldman. 1996. A meta-analysis of the freshwater trophic cascade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 93: 7723-7726. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., C.R. Goldman, F.S. Lubnow, A. Bracher, D. Brandt, O. Brandt, A. Müller-Solger. 1995. Effects of a major soil fumigant spill on the planktonic ecosystem of Shasta Lake, California. Canadian Journal Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 1247-1256.
Elser, J.J., F.S. Lubnow, E.R. Marzolf, M.T. Brett, G. Dion, and C.R. Goldman. 1995. Factors associated with interannual and intraannual variation in nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth in Castle Lake, California. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 93-104.
Elser, J.J., C. Luecke, M.T. Brett, and C.R. Goldman. 1995. Effects of food-web compensation after manipulation of rainbow trout in an oligotrophic lake. Ecology 76: 52-69. [PDF]
Brett, M.T., K. Wiackowski, F.S. Lubnow, A. Müller-Solger, J.J. Elser and C.R. Goldman. 1994. Species-dependent effects of zooplankton on planktonic ecosystem processes in Castle Lake, California. Ecology 75: 2243-2254. [PDF]
Wiackowski, K., M.T. Brett, and C.R. Goldman. 1994. Differential effects of zooplankton species on ciliate community structure. Limnology and Oceanography 39: 486-492. [PDF]
Brett, M.T. 1993. Comment on "Possibility of N or P limitation for planktonic cladocerans: An experimental test" (Urabe and Watanabe) and "Nutrient element limitation of zooplankton production" (Hessen). Limnology and Oceanography 38: 1333-1337. [PDF]
Brett, M.T. 1993. Resource quality effects on Daphnia longispina maternal and neonate fitness. Journal of Plankton Research 15: 403-412.
Brett, M.T., L. Martin, and T.J. Kawecki. 1992. An experimental test of the egg-ratio method: estimated versus observed death rates. Freshwater Biology 28: 237-248.
Brett, M.T. 1992. Chaoborus and fish mediated influences on Daphnia longispina population structure, dynamics, and life history strategies. Oecologia 89: 69-77.
Lundstedt, L., and M.T. Brett. 1991. Differential growth rates of three cladoceran species in response to mono- and mixed-algal diets. Limnology and Oceanography 36: 159-165. [PDF]
Ahlgren, G., L. Lundstedt, M. Brett, and C. Forsberg. 1990. Lipid composition and food quality of some freshwater phytoplankton for cladoceran zooplankters. Journal of Plankton Research 12: 809-818.
Brett, M.T. 1989. Zooplankton communities and acidification processes - A review. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 44: 387-414.
Brett, M.T. 1989. The distribution of free-swimming macroinvertebrates in acidic lakes of Maine: the role of fish predation. Aqua Fennica 19: 113-118.
Brett, M.T. 1989. The rotifer communities of acid-stressed lakes of Maine. Hydrobiologia 186/187: 181-190.