Arthur S. Brooks

	Arthur S. Brooks Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences Senior Scientist, Center for Great Lakes Studies Phone: (414) 229-4552 or (414) 382-1704 Fax: (414) 382-1705 E-Mail: Web Site: Dept. of Biology page Great Lakes WATER Institute 600 E. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204
Research Interests My research involves basic studies of the food web of the Great Lakes. The focus of this research is on the primary and secondary producers in the lakes and the interaction of these organisms with their physical and chemical environment. Studies currently underway are investigating the biogeochemistry of phosphorus and, how sunlight and wind-driven mixing interact to drive primary production during spring. The potential influence of global change on these variables is also being examined to better understand what has controlled the productivity of the lakes in the past, and what will govern the system in the future.

Education Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins Univ. 1972

Publications Brooks, A. S. and J. C. Zastrow. 2002. The Potential Influence of Climate Change on Offshore Primary Production in Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res. 28 (4):597-607 Lehman, J. T., Brooks, A. S. and J. C. Zastrow. 2000. Water Ecology, Chapter 5 in Preparing for a Changing Climate: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, Great Lakes. P.Sousounis and J.Bisanz eds. USEPA Global Change Research Preogram. ISBN 0-9705619-0-3. Mouradian, J.J., A.S. Brooks and D.W. Bolgrien. 1994. GIS integrates water quality data and remote-sensed images. J. Urban and Regional Information Systems Assoc. 6: 81-85. Brooks AS, and Edgington DN. Biogeochemical control of phosphorus Lake Michigan. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39:961-968, 1994. Bolgrein DW, and Brooks AS. Analysis of thermal features of Lake Michigan from AVHRR satellite images. J. Great Lakes Res. 18:259-266, 1992.