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John J. Gilbert

Professor Emeritus
Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH  03755

John.J.Gilbert@Dartmouth.EDU

B.A. Williams College, 1959
Ph.D., Yale University, 1963

Scientific Societies

Ecological Society of America (1964-present).

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (1964-present; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003).

International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (1964-present; National Representative, 1971-1983).

American Association for the Advancement of Science (1963-present; Fellow).

 

Current Research Interests

1.  Sexual reproduction and diapause in the rotifer life cycle

2.  Phenotypic plasticity in rotifers

3.  Effects of large daphniids on natural rotifer communities

Publications: Research Papers

Gilbert, J.J. 1963. Mictic female production in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. J. Exp. Zool.153: 113-124.

Gilbert, J.J. 1963. Contact chemoreception, mating behaviour, and sexual isolation in the rotifer genus Brachionus. J. Exp. Biol. 40: 625-641.

Gilbert, J.J. 1966. Rotifer ecology and embryological induction. Science 151: 1234-1237.

Gilbert, J.J. 1967. Control of sexuality in the rotifer Asplanchna brightwelli by dietary lipids of plant origin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 57: 1218-1225.

Gilbert, J.J. 1967. Asplanchna and posterolateral spine production in Brachionus calyciflorus. Arch. Hydrobiol. 64: 1-62.

Gilbert, J.J. and J.K. Waage. 1967. Asplanchna, Asplanchna-substance and posterolateral spinelength variation of the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus in a natural environment. Ecology 48: 1027-1031.

Gilbert, J.J. 1968. Dietary control of sexuality in the rotifer Asplanchna brightwelli Gosse. Physiol. Zool. 41: 14-43.

Gilbert, J.J. and G.A. Thompson, Jr. 1968. Alpha-tocopherol control of sexuality and polymorphism in the rotifer Asplanchna. Science 159: 734-736.

Gilbert, J.J. 1970. Monoxenic cultivation of the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus in a defined medium. Oecologia 4: 89-101.

Likens, G.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 1970. Notes on quantitative sampling of natural populations of planktonic rotifers. Limnol. Oceanogr. 15: 816-820.

Gilbert, J.J. 1971. Some notes on the control of sexuality in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi.Limnol. Oceanogr. 16: 309-319.

Gilbert, J.J. and C.W. Birky, Jr. 1971. Sensitivity and specificity of the Asplanchna response to dietary a-tocopherol. J. Nutrition 101: 113-126.

Birky, C.W., Jr. and J.J. Gilbert. 1972. Vitamin E as an extrinsic and intrinsic signal controlling development in the rotifer Asplanchna: uptake, transmission, and localization of [3]a-tocopherol. J. Embryol. exp. Morphol. 27: 103-120.

Gilbert, J.J. 1972. a-Tocopherol in males of the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi: its metabolism and its distribution in the testis and rudimentary gut. J. Exp. Zool. 181: 117-128.

Riggs, L.A. and J.J. Gilbert. 1972. The labile period for a-tocopherol-induced mictic female and body wall outgrowth responses in embryos of the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Int. Rev.ges. Hydrobiol. 57: 675-683.

Simpson, T.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1973. Gemmulation, gemmule hatching, and sexual reproduction in fresh-water sponges. I. The life cycles of Spongilla lacustris and Tubella pennsylvanica. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 92: 422-433.

Gilbert, J.J. and H.L. Allen. 1973. Studies on the physiology of the green freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris: primary productivity, organic matter, and chlorophyll content. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 18: 1413-1420.

Gilbert, J.J. and H.L. Allen. 1973. Chlorophyll and primary productivity of some green, freshwater sponges. Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol.58: 633-658.

Gilbert, J.J. 1973. The significance of polymorphism in the rotifer Asplanchna. Humps in males and females. Oecologia 13: 135-146.

Gilbert, J.J. 1973. The induction and ecological significance of gigantism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Science 181: 63-66.

Simpson, T.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1973. Gemmulation, gemmule hatching and sexual reproduction in fresh-water sponges. II. Life cycle events in young, larvae-produced sponges of Spongilla lacustria and an unidentified species. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 93: 39-45.

Gilbert, J.J. 1974. Effect of tocopherol on the growth and development of rotifers. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 27: 1005-1016.

Gilbert, J.J. 1974. Field experiments on sexuality in the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris. The control of oocyte production and the fate of unfertilized oocytes. J. Exp. Zool. 188: 165-178.

Gilbert, J.J. 1974. Polymorphism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Variability in the body-wall-outgrowth response to dietary tocopherol. Physiol. Zool. 48: 404-419.

Gilbert, J.J., T.L. Simpson, and G. de Nagy. 1975. Field experiments on egg production in the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris. Hydrobiologia 46: 17-27.

Gilbert, J.J. 1975. Polymorphism and sexuality in the rotifer Asplanchna, with special reference to the effects of prey-type and clonal variation. Arch. Hydrobiol. 75: 442-483.

Gilbert, J.J. 1975. Field experiments on gemmulation in the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 94: 347-356.

Gilbert, J.J. and S.D. Hadzisce. 1975. Sexual reproduction in the freshwater sponge Ochridaspongia rotunda. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 19: 2785-2792.

Gilbert, J.J. and J.R. Litton, Jr. 1975. Dietary tocopherol and sexual reproduction in the rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus and Asplanchna sieboldi. J. Exp. Zool. 194: 485-494.

Litton, J.R., Jr. and J.J. Gilbert. 1975. Analysis of tocopherol in Rhodotorula glutinis, Agaricus campestris, and Euglena gracilis using spectrofluorometry and rotifer bioassay. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 21: 345-354.

Gilbert, J.J. and T.L. Simpson. 1976. Sex reversal in a freshwater sponge. J. Exp. Zool. 195: 145-151.

Gilbert, J.J. and T.L. Simpson. 1976. Gemmule polymorphism in the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris. Arch. Hydrobiol. 78: 268-277.

Gilbert, J.J. 1976. Polymorphism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi: biomass, growth and reproductive rate of the saccate and campanulate morphotypes. Ecology 57: 542-551.

Wurdak, E.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1976. Polymorphism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Fine structure of saccate, cruciform and campanulate females. Cell Tiss. Res. 169: 435-448.

Litton, J.R., Jr. and J.J. Gilbert. 1976. Polymorphism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi: some chemical constituents of the saccate and campanulate morphotypes. Experientia 32: 1408-1409.

Litton, J.R., Jr. and J.J. Gilbert. 1976. Assimilation and retention of tocopherol and chlorophylls in the rotifers Brachionus calyciflorus and Asplanchna sieboldi. Experientia 32: 1520-1532.

Gilbert, J.J. 1976. Selective cannibalism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi: contact recognition of morphotype and clone. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 73: 3233-3237.

Gilbert, J.J. 1976. Sex-specific cannibalism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Science 194: 730-732.

Jones, P.A. and J.J. Gilbert. 1976. Male haploidy in rotifers: relative DNA content of nuclei from male and female Asplanchna. J. Exp. Zool. 198: 281-285.

Gilbert, J.J. and S.D. Hadzisce. 1977. Life cycle of the freshwater sponge Ochridaspongia rotunda Arndt. Arch. Hydrobiol. 79: 285-318.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. Effect of the non-tocopherol component of the diet on polymorphism, sexuality, biomass, and reproductive rate of the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Arch. Hydrobiol.80: 375-397.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. Mictic-female production in monogonont rotifers. In: Proceedings of the first international rotifer symposium (C.E. King, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 8: 142-155.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. A note on mictic-female production in monoxenic cultures of Brachionus calyciflorus. In: Proceedings of the first international rotifer symposium (C.E. King, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 8: 156-157.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. A note on the effect of cold shock on mictic-female production in Brachionus calyciflorus. In: Proceedings of the first international rotifer symposium (C.E. King, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 8: 158-160.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. A note on the relationship between polymorphism and mictic-female production in Brachionus calyciflorus. In: Proceedings of the first international rotifer symposium (C.E. King, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 8: 161-162.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. Selective cannibalism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. In: Proceedings of the first international rotifer symposium (C.E. King, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 8: 267-269.

Wurdak, E., Gilbert, J.J. and R. Jagels. 1977. Resting egg ultrastructure and formation of the shell in Asplanchna sieboldi and Brachionus calyciflorus. In: Proceedings of the first international rotifer symposium (C.E. King, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 8: 298-302.

Starkweather, P.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1977. Radiotracer determination of feeding in Brachionus calyciflorus: the importance of gut passage times. In: Proceedings of the first international rotifer symposium (C.E. King, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn.Limnol. 8: 261-263.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. Control of feeding behaviour and selective cannibalism in the rotifer Asplanchna. Freshwat. Biol. 7: 337-341.

Kabay, M.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 1977. Polymorphism and reproductive mode in the rotifer, Asplanchna sieboldi: relationship between meiotic oogenesis and shape of body-wall outgrowths. J. Exp. Zool. 201: 21-28.

Jones, P.A. and J.J. Gilbert. 1977. Polymorphism and polyploidy in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi: relative nuclear DNA contents in tissues of saccate and campanulate females.J.Exp. Zool. 201: 163-168.

Gilbert, J.J. and P.L. Starkweather. 1977. Feeding in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. I. Regulatory mechanisms. Oecologia 28: 125-131.

Starkweather, P.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1977. Feeding in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. II. Effect of food density on feeding rates using Euglena gracilis and Rhodotorula glutinis. Oecologia 28: 133-139.

Gilbert, J.J. 1977. Defenses of males against cannibalism in the rotifer Asplanchna: size, shape, and failure to elicit tactile feeding responses. Ecology 58: 1128-1135.

Kabay, M.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 1977. A new rotifer-based assay for tocopherol. Lipids 12: 875-878.

Wurdak, E.S., Gilbert, J.J., and R. Jagels. 1978. Fine structure of the resting eggs of the rotifers, Brachionus calyciflorus and Asplanchna sieboldi. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 97: 49-72.

Gilbert, J.J. 1978. Selective feeding and its effect on polymorphism and sexuality in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Freshwat. Biol. 8: 43-50.

Kabay, M.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 1978. Polymorphism in the rotifer, Asplanchna sieboldi: insensitivity of the body-wall-outgrowth response to temperature, food density, pH and osmolarity differences. Arch. Hydrobiol. 83: 377-390.

Gilbert, J.J. and J.R. Litton, Jr. 1978. Sexual reproduction in the rotifer Asplanchna girodi: effects of tocopherol and population density. J. Exp. Zool. 204: 113-122.

Gilbert, J.J. and P.L. Starkweather. 1978. Feeding in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. III. Direct observations on the effects of food type, food density, change in food type, and starvation on the incidence of pseudotrochal screening. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 20: 2382-2388.

Starkweather, P.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1978. Feeding in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. IV. Selective feeding on tracer particles as a factor in trophic ecology and in in situ technique. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 20: 2389-2394.

Gilbert, J.J. and E.S. Wurdak. 1978. Species-specific morphology of resting eggs in the rotifer Asplanchna. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 97: 330-339.

Gilbert, J.J. and C.E. Williamson. 1978. Predator-prey behavior and its effect on rotifer survival in associations of Mesocyclops edax, Asplanchna girodi, Polyarthra vulgaris, and Keratella cochlearis. Oecologia 37: 13-22.

Gilbert, J.J., Birky, C.W., Jr. and E.S. Wurdak. 1979. Taxonomic relationships of Asplanchna brightwelli, A. intermedia, and A. sieboldi. Arch. Hydrobiol. 87: 224-242.

Gilbert, J.J., Birky, C.W., Jr. and E.S. Wurdak. 1979. Taxonomic relationships of Asplanchna brightwelli, A. intermedia, and A. sieboldi. Arch. Hydrobiol. 87: 224-242.

Starkweather, P.L., Gilbert, J.J., and T.M. Frost. 1979. Bacterial feeding by the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus: clearance and ingestion rates, behavior and population dynamics. Oecologia 44: 26-30.

Gilbert, J.J. 1980. Developmental polymorphism in the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi. Am. Sci. 68: 636-646.

Gilbert, J.J. 1980. Female polymorphism and sexual reproduction in the rotifer Asplanchna: evolution of their relationship and control by dietary tocopherol. Am. Nat. 116: 409-431.

Gilbert, J.J. 1980. Further observations on developmental polymorphism and its evolution in Brachionus calyciflorus. Freshwat. Biol. 10: 281-294.

Bogdan, K.G., Gilbert, J.J., and P.L. Starkweather. 1980. In situ clearance rates of planktonic rotifers. In: Proceedings of the second international rotifer symposium (H.J. Dumont and J. Green, eds.). Hydrobiologia 73: 73-77.

Gilbert, J.J. 1980. Observations on the susceptibility of some protists and rotifers to predation by Asplanchna girodi. In: Proceedings of the second international rotifer symposium (H.J. Dumont and J. Green, eds.). Hydrobiologia 73: 87-91.

Wurdak, E.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1980. Ultrastructure and histochemistry of the rudimentary gut of male Asplanchna sieboldi (Rotifera). In: Proceedings of the second international rotifer symposium (H.J. Dumont and J. Green, eds.). Hydrobiologia 73: 123-126.

Gilbert, J.J. 1980. Some effects of diet on the biology of the rotifers Asplanchna and Brachionus. In: Nutrition in the lower Metazoa (D.C. Smith and Y. Tiffon, eds.). Pergamon Press. pp. 57-71.

Gilbert, J.J. 1980. Feeding in the rotifer Asplanchna: behavior, cannibalism, selectivity, prey defenses, and impact on rotifer communities. In: Evolution and ecology of zooplankton communities (W.C. Kerfoot, ed.). Univ. Press of New England. pp. 158-172.

Williamson, C.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 1980. Variation among zooplankton predators: the potential of Asplanchna, Mesocyclops, and Cyclops to attack, capture, and eat various rotifer prey. In: Evolution and ecology of zooplankton communities (W.C. Kerfoot, ed.). Univ. Press of New England. pp. 509-517.

Gilbert, J.J. and K.G. Bogdan. 1981. Selectivity of Polyarthra and Keratella for flagellate and aflagellate cells. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 21: 1515-1521.

Gilbert, J.J. 1981. Control of morphotype frequency distributions in populations of the rotifer Asplanchna sieboldi: factors influencing the production of the tocopherol-dependent cruciform and campanulate morphotypes. Ecology 62: 1299-1310.

Frost, T.M., de Nagy, G.S., and J.J. Gilbert. 1982. Population dynamics and standing biomass of the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris. Ecology 63: 1203-1210.

Bogdan, K.G. and J.J. Gilbert. 1982. The effects of posterolateral spine length and body length on feeding rate in the rotifer, Brachionus calyciflorus. Hydrobiologia 89: 263-268.

Bogdan, K.G. and J.J. Gilbert. 1982. Seasonal patterns of feeding by natural populations of Keratella, Polyarthra, and Bosmina: clearance rates, selectivities and contributions to community grazing. Limnol. Oceanogr. 27: 918-934.

Magnien, R.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 1983. Diel cycles of reproduction and vertical migration in the rotifer Keratella crassa and their influence on the estimation of population dynamics. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28: 957-969.

Gilbert, J.J. 1983. Control of sexuality in Asplanchna brightwelli: threshold levels of dietary tocopherol and modification of tocopherol response by exogenous and endogenous factors. In: Proceedings of the third international rotifer symposium (B. Pejler, P.L. Starkweather, and T. Nogrady, eds.). Hydrobiologia 104: 167-173.

Gilbert, J.J. and S. Hadzisce. 1984. Taxonomic notes on the shallow-water endemic sponges of Lake Ohrid, Yugoslavia, with a description of two new species and a redescription of Spongilla stankovici. Arch. Hydrobiol. 99: 331-339.

Gilbert, J.J. and R.S. Stemberger. 1984. Asplanchna-induced polymorphism in the rotifer Keratella slacki. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29: 1309-1316.

Stemberger, R.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1984. Spine development in the rotifer Keratella cochlearis: induction by cyclopoid copepods and Asplanchna. Freshwat. Biol. 14: 639-647.

Bogdan, K.G. and J.J. Gilbert. 1984. Body size and food size in freshwater zooplankton. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 81: 6427-6431.

Stemberger, R.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1984. Body size, ration level, and population growth in Asplanchna. Oecologia. 64: 355-359.

Gilbert, J.J. and K.G. Bogdan. 1984. Rotifer grazing: in situ studies on selectivity and rates. In: Trophic interactions within aquatic ecosystems (D.G. Meyers and J.R. Strickler, eds.). AAAS Selected Symposium Volume 85, Westview Press, Inc. pp. 97-133.

Stemberger, R.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1985. Assessment of threshold food levels and population growth in planktonic rotifers. In: Food limitation and the structure of zooplankton communities (W. Lampert, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 21: 269-275.

Gilbert, J.J. and R.S. Stemberger. 1985. Prey capture in the rotifer Asplanchna girodi. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 22: 2997-3000.

Gilbert, J.J. and R.S. Stemberger. 1985. Control of Keratella populations by interference competiton from Daphnia. Limnol. Oceanogr. 30: 180-188.

Stemberger, R.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1985. Body size, food concentration, and population growth in planktonic rotifers. Ecology 66: 1151-1159.

Gilbert, J.J. 1985. Competition between rotifers and Daphnia. Ecology 66: 1943-1950.

Gilbert, J.J. 1985. Escape response of the rotifer Polyarthra: a high-speed cinematographic analysis. Oecologia 66: 322-331.

Gilbert, J.J. and R.S. Stemberger. 1985. The costs and benefits of gigantism in polymorphic species of Asplanchna. In: Food limitation and the structure of zooplankton communities (W. Lampert, ed.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 21: 185-192.

Gilbert, J.J. and J.L. Confer. 1986. Gigantism and the potential for interference competition in the rotifer genus Asplanchna. Oecologia 70: 549-554.

Burns, C.W. and J.J. Gilbert. 1986. Effects of daphnid size and density on interference between Daphnia and Keratella cochlearis. Limnol. Oceanogr. 31: 848-858.

Burns, C.W. and J.J. Gilbert. 1986. Direct observations of the mechanisms of interference between Daphnia and Keratella cochlearis. Limnol. Oceanogr. 31: 859-866.

Stemberger, R.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1987. Multiple species induction of morphological defenses in the rotifer Keratella testudo. Ecology 68: 370-378.

Gilbert, J.J. 1987. The Polyarthra escape response: defense against interference from Daphnia. In: Proceedings of the fourth rotifer symposium (L. May, R. Wallace, and A. Herzig, eds.). Hydrobiologia 147: 235-238.

Moore, M.V. and J.J. Gilbert. 1987. Age-specific Chaoborus predation on rotifer prey. Freshwat. Biol. 17: 223-236.

Stemberger, R.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1987. Rotifer threshold food concentrations and the size-efficiency hypothesis. Ecology 68: 181-187.

Bogdan, K.G. and J.J. Gilbert. 1987. Quantitative comparison of food niches in some freshwater zooplankton: a multi-tracer-cell approach. Oecologia 72: 331-340.

Kirk, K.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1988. The escape behavior of Polyarthra in response to artificial flow stimuli. In: Zooplankton behavior symposium (G.-A. Paffenhöfer and H.J. Price, eds.). Bull. Mar. Sci. 43: 551-560.

Gilbert, J.J. 1988. Susceptibilities of ten rotifer species to interference from Daphnia pulex. Ecology 69: 1826-1838.

Gilbert, J.J. and K.L. Kirk. 1988. Escape response of the rotifer Keratella: description, stimulation, fluid dynamics, and ecological significance. Limnol. Oceanogr. 33: 1440-1450.

Gilbert, J.J. 1989. Competitive interactions between the rotifer Synchaeta oblonga and the cladoceran Scapholeberis kingi Sars. In: Proceedings of the fifth rotifer symposium (C. Ricci, T.W. Snell, and C.E. King, eds.). Hydrobiologia 186/187: 75-80.

Gilbert, J.J. 1989. The effect of Daphnia interference on a natural rotifer and ciliate community: short-term bottle experiments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 34: 606-617.

Gilbert, J.J. and H.J. MacIsaac. 1989. The susceptibility of Keratella cochlearis to interference from small cladocerans. Freshwat. Biol. 22: 333-339.

MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert. 1989. Competition between rotifers and cladocerans of different body sizes. Oecologia 81: 295-301.

Gilbert, J.J. 1990. Differential effects of Anabaena affinis on cladocerans and rotifers: mechanisms and implications. Ecology 71: 1727-1740.

Kirk, K.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1990. Suspended clay and the population dynamics of planktonic rotifers and cladocerans. Ecology 71: 1741-1755.

Gilbert, J.J. and M.W. Durand. 1990. Effects of the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae on feeding and reproduction in Keratella and Daphnia. Freshwat. Biol. 24: 577-596.

MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert. 1990. Does exploitative or interference competition from Daphnia limit the abundance of Keratella in Loch Leven? A reassessment of May and Jones (1989). J. Plankton Res. 12: 1315-1320.

MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert. 1991. Competition between Keratella cochlearis and Daphnia ambigua: effects of temporal patterns of food availability. Freshwat. Biol. 25: 189-198.

MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert. 1991. Discrimination between exploitative and interference competition between Cladocera and Keratella cochlearis. Ecology 72: 924-937.

Wickham, S.A. and J.J. Gilbert. 1991. Relative vulnerabilities of natural rotifer and ciliate communities to cladocerans: laboratory and field experiments. Freshwat. Biol. 26: 77-86.

Kirk, K.L. and J.J. Gilbert. 1992. Variation in herbivore response to chemical defenses: zooplankton foraging on toxic cyanobacteria. Ecology 73: 2208-2217.

Gilbert, J.J. and J.D. Jack. 1993. Rotifers as predators on small ciliates. In: Proceedings of the sixth rotifer symposium (J.J. Gilbert, E. Lubzens, and M.R. Miracle, eds.). Hydrobiologia 255/256: 247-253.

Wickham, S.A. and J.J. Gilbert. 1993. The comparative importance of competition and predation by Daphnia on ciliated protists. Arch. Hydrobiol. 126: 289-313.

Wickham, S.A., Gilbert, J.J. and U.-G. Berninger. 1993. Effects of rotifers and ciliates on the growth and survival of Daphnia. J. Plankton Res. 15: 317-334.

Jack, J.D. and J.J. Gilbert. 1993. Susceptibilities of different-sized ciliates to direct suppression by small and large cladocerans. Freshwat. Biol. 29: 19-29.

Jack, J.D. and J.J. Gilbert. 1993. The effect of suspended clay on ciliate population growth rates. Freshwat. Biol. 29: 385-394.

Jack, J.D., Wickham, S.A., Toalson, S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1993. The effect of clays on a freshwater plankton community: an enclosure experiment. Arch. Hydrobiol. 127: 257-270.

Burns, C.W. and J.J. Gilbert. 1993. Predation on ciliates by freshwater calanoid copepods: rates of predation and relative vulnerabilities of prey. Freshwat. Biol. 30: 377-393.

Gilbert, J.J. 1994. Jumping behavior in the oligotrich ciliates Strobilidium velox and Halteria grandinella, and its significance as a defense against rotifer predators. Microb. Ecol. 27:189-200.

Gilbert, J.J. 1994. Susceptibility of planktonic rotifers to a toxic strain of Anabaena flos-aquae. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39: 1286-1297.

Jack, J.D. and J.J. Gilbert. 1994. Effects of Daphnia on microzooplankton communities. J. Plankton Res. 16: 1499-1512.

Smith, A.D. and J.J. Gilbert. 1995. Spatial and temporal variability in filament length of a toxic cyanobacterium (Anabaena affinis). Freshwat. Biol. 33: 1-11.

Smith, A.D. and J.J. Gilbert. 1995. Relative susceptibilities of rotifers and cladocerans to Microcystis aeruginosa. Arch. Hydrobiol. 132: 309-336.

Gilbert, J.J. and D.K. Schreiber. 1995. Induction of diapausing amictic eggs in Synchaeta pectinata. In: Proceedings of the seventh rotifer symposium (J. Ejsmont-Karabin and R.M Pontin, eds.) Hydrobiologia 313/314: 345-350.

Gilbert, J.J. 1995. Structure, development and induction of a new diapause stage in rotifers. Freshwat. Biol. 34: 263-270.

Gilbert, J.J. 1996. Effect of temperature on the response of planktonic rotifers to a toxic cyanobacterium. Ecology 77: 1174-1180.

Gilbert, J.J. 1996. Effect of food availability on the response of planktonic rotifers to a toxic strain of the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 1565-1572.

Fradkin, S.C. and J.J. Gilbert. 1996. Daphnia vertical distribution and the presence of toxic cyanobacteria. Hydrobiologia 339: 7-12.

Claska, M.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 1998. The effect of temperature on the response of Daphnia to toxic cyanobacteria. Freshwat. Biol. 39: 221-232.

Gilbert, J.J. and D.K. Schreiber. 1998. Asexual diapause induced by food limitation in the rotifer Synchaeta pectinata. Ecology 79: 1371-1381.

Gilbert, J.J. 1998. Differential sensitivity of Synchaeta and Daphnia to nucleosides from Anabaena affinis. In: Proceedings of the eighth international rotifer symposium (H.Segers, R.L. Wallace and E. Wurdak, eds.). Hydrobiologia 387/388: 277-281.

Gilbert, J.J. 1998. Asexual diapause in the rotifer Synchaeta: diversified bet-hedging, energetic cost and age effects. In: Evolutionary and ecological aspects of crustacean diapause (L. Brendonck, L. De Meester and N. Hairston, Jr., eds.). Arch. Hydrobiol. Spec. Issues Advanc. Limnol. 52: 97-107.

Couch, K.M., Burns, C.W. and J.J. Gilbert. 1999. Contribution of rotifers to the diet and fitness of Boeckella (Copepoda: Calanoida). Freshwat. Biol. 41: 107-118.

Gilbert, J.J., Burns, C.W. and C.C. Gilbert. 1999. Summer distribution patterns of the backswimmer, Anisops wakefieldi (Hemiptera: Notonectidae), in a New Zealand pond. New Zealand J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 33: 661-672.

Gilbert, J.J. and C.W. Burns. 1999. Some observations on the diet of the backswimmer, Anisops wakefieldi (Hemiptera: Notonectidae). Hydrobiologia 412: 111-118.

Hampton, S.E., Gilbert, J.J. and C.W. Burns. 2000. Direct and indirect effects of juvenile Buenoa macrotibialis (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) on the zooplankton of a shallow pond Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 1006-1012.

Twining, B.S., Gilbert, J.J. and N.S. Fisher. 2000. Evidence of homing behavior in the coral reef mysid Mysidium gracile. Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 1845-1849.

Gilbert, J.J. and C.W. Burns. 2000. Day and night vertical distributions of Conochilus and other zooplankton in a New Zealand reservoir. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 27: 1909-1914.

Gilbert, J.J. 2001. Spine development in Brachionus quadridentatus from an Australian billabong: genetic variation and induction by Asplanchna. Hydrobiologia 446/447: 19-28.

Hampton, S.E. and J.J. Gilbert. 2001. Observations of insect predation on rotifers. Hydrobiologia 446/447: 115-121.

Gilbert, J.J. and S.E. Hampton. 2001. Diel vertical migrations of zooplankton in a shallow, fishless pond: a possible avoidance-response cascade induced by notonectids. Freshwat. Biol. 46: 611-621.

Diéguez, M.C. and J.J. Gilbert. 2002. Suppression of the rotifer Polyarthra remata by the omnivorous copepod Tropocyclops extensus: predation or competition. J. Plankton Res. 24: 359-369.

Gilbert, J.J. 2002. Endogenous regulation of environmentally-induced sexuality in a rotifer: a multi-generational parental effect induced by fertilization. Freshwat. Biol. 47: 1633-1641.

Gilbert, J.J. 2003. Specificity of crowding response that induces sexuality in the rotifer Brachionus. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1297-1303.

Gilbert, J.J. and T. Schröder. 2003. The ciliate epibiont Epistylis pygmaeum: selection for zooplankton hosts, reproduction and effect on two rotifers hosts. Freshwat. Biol. 48: 878-893.

Diéguez, M.C. and J.J. Gilbert. 2003. Predation by Buenoa macrotibialis (Insecta, Hemiptera) on zooplankton: effect of light on selection and consumption of prey. J. Plankton Res. 25: 759-769.

Schröder, T. and J.J. Gilbert. 2004. Transgenerational plasticity for sexual reproduction and diapause in the life cycle of monogonont rotifers: intraclonal, intraspecific and interspecific variation in the response to crowding. Functional Ecology 18: 458-466.

Gilbert, J.J. 2004. Population density, sexual reproduction and diapause in monogonont rotifers: new data for Brachionus and a review. Journal of Limnology 63 (Suppl.1): 32-36.

Gilbert, J.J. 2004. Females from resting eggs and parthenogenetic eggs in the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus: lipid droplets, starvation resistance and reproduction. Freshwat. Biol. 49: 1505-1515.Serra, M., Snell, T.W. and J.J. Gilbert. 2005. Delayed mixis in rotifers: an adaptive response to the effects of density-dependent sex on population growth. J. Plankton Res. 27: 37-45.

Kehas, A.J., Theoharides, K.A. and J.J. Gilbert. 2005. Effect of sunlight intensity and albinism on the covering response of the Caribbean sea urchin Tripneustes ventricosus. Mar. Biol. 146: 1111-1117.

Gilbert, J.J. and E.J. Walsh. 2005. Brachionus calyciflorus is a species complex: mating behavior and genetic differentiation among four geographically isolated strains. In: Proceedings of the tenth international rotifer symposium (A. Herzig, R.D. Gulati, C.D. Jersabek and L. May, eds.) Hydrobiologia 546: 257-265.

Gilbert, J.J. and T. Schröder. 2007. Intraclonal variation in propensity for mixis in rotifers: variation among females and with maternal age. In: Proceedings of the eleventh international rotifer symposium (S.S.S. Sarma, R.D. Gulati, R.L. Wallace, S. Nandini, H.J. Dumont and R. Rico-Martinez, eds.) Hydrobiologia 593: 121-128.Gilbert, J.J. 2007. Induction of mictic females in the rotifer Brachionus: oocytes of amictic females respond individually to population-density signal only during oogenesis shortly before oviposition. Freshwat. Biol. 52: 1417-1426.

Publications: Reviews and Book Chapters

Birky, C.W., Jr. and J.J. Gilbert. 1971. Parthenogenesis in rotifers: the control of sexual and asexual reproduction. Amer. Zool. 11: 245-266.

Gilbert, J.J. 1974. Dormancy in rotifers. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 93: 490-513.

Gilbert, J.J. and C.E. Williamson. 1983. Sexual dimorphism in zooplankton (Copepoda, Cladocera, and Rotifera). Annual Rev. Ecol. Syst. 14: 1-33.

Gilbert, J.J. 1983. Rotifera. In: Reproductive biology of invertebrates. Vol. I. Oogenesis, oviposition, and oosorption (K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi, eds.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 181-209.

Gilbert, J.J. 1983. Rotifera. In: Reproductive biology of invertebrates. Vol. II. Spermatogenesis and sperm function (K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi, eds.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 183-193.

Stemberger, R.S. and J.J. Gilbert. 1987. Defenses of planktonic rotifers against predators. In: Predation: direct and indirect impacts on aquatic communities (W.C. Kerfoot and A. Sih, eds.). Univ. Press of New England. pp. 227-239.

Gilbert, J.J. 1988. Suppression of rotifer populations by Daphnia: a review of the evidence, the mechanisms, and the effects on zooplankton community structure. Limnol. Oceanogr. 33: 1286-1303.

Gilbert, J.J. 1988. Rotifera. In: Reproductive biology of invertebrates. Vol. III. Accessory sex glands (K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi, eds.). Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi. pp. 73-80.

Gilbert, J.J. 1989. Rotifera. In: Reproductive biology of invertebrates. Vol. IV, Part A. Fertilization, development, and parental care. (K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi, eds.). Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi. pp.179-199.

Gilbert, J.J. 1992. Rotifera. In: Reproductive biology of invertebrates. Vol. V. Sexual differentiation and behaviour (K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi, eds.). Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi. pp. 115-136.

Gilbert, J.J. 1993. Rotifera. In: Reproductive biology of invertebrates. Vol. VI, Part A. Asexual propagation and reproductive strategies (K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi, eds.). Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi. pp. 231-263.

Jack, J.D. and J.J. Gilbert. 1997. Effects of metazoan predators on ciliates in freshwater plankton communities. J. Euk. Microbiol. 44: 194-199.

Gilbert, J.J. 1999. Kairomone-induced morphological defenses in rotifers. In: The ecology and evolution of inducible defenses (R. Tollrian and C.D. Harvell, eds.). Princeton University Press. pp. 127-141.

Gilbert, J.J. 2003. Environmental and endogenous control of sexuality in a rotifer life cycle: developmental and population biology. Evolution & Development 5: 19-24.

Gilbert, J. J. and T. Schröder. 2004. Rotifers from diapausing, fertilized eggs: unique features and emergence. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1341-1354.

Gilbert, J.J. 2007. Timing of diapause in monogonont rotifers. In: Diapause in aquatic invertebrates: theory and human use (V. Alekseev, J. J. Gilbert and B. De Stasio, eds.). Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp. 11-27.

 

 

 

 

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