Paul C. Frost
Assistant Professor
David Schindler Endowed Professor of Aquatic Science
Research Interests:
Ecological stoichiometry
Disease ecology
Urban ecology
My research primarily examines the role of nutrients in aquatic foodwebs by their effects on the physiology of plants and animals. In particular, I study how nutrient limitation alters the growth, elemental composition, and ecology of producers and consumers in aquatic ecosystems. My current research examines the role of nutrients in host-parasite interactions in freshwater zooplankton, the ecology of urban aquatic ecosystems, stoichiometric effects on ecotoxicology, and how landscape characteristics affect the balance of elements in aquatic ecosystems.
Teaching
BIOL 2000H: Methods of Biological Inquiry
Selected Publications:
McFeeters, B.J. and Frost, P.C. 2011. Temperature and the effects of elemental food quality on Daphnia. Freshwater Biology 59: 1447-1455.
Frost, P.C, D. Ebert, J.H. Larson, M.A. Marcus, N.D. Wagner, and A. Zalewski. 2010. Transgenerational effects of poor elemental food quality on an aquatic invertebrate. Oecologia 162: 865-872.
McCarthy, S.D.S., S.P. Rafferty, and P.C. Frost. 2010. Responses of alkaline phosphatase activity to phosphorus-stress in Daphnia magna. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 256-261.
Frost, P.C, L.E. Kinsman, C.A. Johnston, and J.H. Larson. 2009. Watershed discharge modulates relationships between landscape components and nutrient ratios in stream seston. Ecology 90: 1631-1640.
Frost, P.C, D. Ebert, and V.H. Smith. 2008. Responses of a bacterial pathogen to phosphorus limitation of its host. Ecology 89: 313-318.
