Christopher Robinson

ACADEMIC RECORD

PD. 2002: - ETH Zürich - Pattern and process in streams: Role of habitat heterogeneity.

Ph.D. 1992: - Idaho State University - Influence of flow regime on macroinvertebrates.

M.Sc. 1986: - Idaho State University - Physical disturbance as a mechanism structuring stream benthic communities.

B.Sc. 1982: - Michigan State University - Wildlife Ecology/Zoology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1980-1982: Research Technician/Assistant. Michigan State University.

1982-1983: Research Assistant. Michigan State University, Kellogg Biological Station.

1983-1984: Laboratory Assistant. Idaho State University.

1984-1987: Research Assistant. Idaho State University.

1987-1992: Research Associate. Idaho State University.

1992-1995: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Idaho State University.

1993: Visiting researcher-Salaca River Research Station, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Latvia.

1995: Research Assistant Professor. Idaho State University.

1995-1996: Research Assistant Professor. Clemson University, South Carolina.

1996: Visiting researcher-Institute of the Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok.

1996-2002: Oberassistant (Assistant professor). EAWAG/ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

2000-present: Scientific Research Commission, Swiss National Park, Zernez.

2002-present: Privat Dozent (Associate Professor). EAWAG/ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

2005-2006: Sabbatical leave at NIWA, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2006-present: Vice chair, Department of Aquatic Ecology, EAWAG.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Ecology of alpine and temporary streams, Population genetics of alpine insects, Disturbance ecology, Colonization dynamics, Nutrient dynamics, Fire ecology, Organic matter processing, Patch dynamics, Algal ecology. Research program in the Swiss National Park on 1) the effects of experimental flooding on streams downstream of reservoirs, 2) ecological functional assessment of springs, and 3) long-term biomonitoring of the Macun Lake Biosphere.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)

Ecological Society of America (ESA)

North American Benthological Society (NABS)

Societe Internationale Limnologica (SIL)

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Reviewer: Journal of the North American Benthological Society, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Great Basin Naturalist, Rivers, Hydrobiologia, US-Environmental Protection Agency, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Freshwater Biology, International Review of Hydrobiology, Journal of Phycology, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Limnology and Oceanography, National Environmental Research Council (NERC, UK), US National Science Foundation, Environmental Conservation, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Journal of Animal Ecology, Environmental Science and Technology, Northwest Science, River Research and Applications, Oceanocologia, Oecologia, Chemistry and Ecology, National Geographic Society, Aquatic Sciences, Global Change Biology, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Basic and Applied Ecology.

Associate Editor since 2001: Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Copy Editor since 2002: Aquatic Sciences: Research Across Boundaries

Guest Editor 2005: Aquatic Sciences: Research Across Boundaries

PUBLICATIONS (last 3 years)

Robinson, C.T., B. Kawecka, L. Füreder and A. Peter. 2010. Biodiversity of flora and fauna in Alpine waters. In U. Bundi (ed.). Alpine Waters. Springer-Verlag, Handbook Environmental Chemistry 6: 193-223.

Shama, L.N.S. and C.T. Robinson. 2009. Microgeographic life history variation in an alpine caddisfly: plasticity in response to seasonal time constraints. Freshwater Biology 54: 150-164.

Shama, LNS, K. Kubow and C.T. Robinson. 2009. Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the alpine caddisfly Allogamus uncatus Brauer (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 285-287.

Tockner, K., U. Uehlinger, C.T. Robinson, R. Siber, D. Tonolla and F.D. Peter. 2009. European Rivers. In G.E. Likens (ed.). Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, vol 3: 366-377. Oxford: Elsevier.

Robinson, C.T. and B. Oertli. 2009. Long-term biomonitoring of Alpine waters in the Swiss National Park. Eco.Mont 1: 23-34.

Robinson, C.T. 2009. Effetti ecologici di piene programmate in un fiume regimato. Riqualificazione Fluviale 1:20-26. (translated to Italian by B. Maiolini).

Uehlinger, U., C.T. Robinson, M. Hieber and R. Zah. 2009. The physico-chemical habitat template for periphyton in Alpine glacial streams under a changing climate. Hydrobiologia online.

Zbinden, M., M. Hieber, C.T. Robinson and U. Uehlinger. 2008. Short-term colonization patterns of macroinvertebates in Alpine streams. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 171: 75-86.

Malmqvist, B., S.D. Rundle, A.P. Covich, A.G. Hildrew, C.T. Robinson and C.R. Townsend. 2008. Prospects for streams and rivers: an ecological perspective. –In: N. Polunin (ed). Aquatic Ecosystems: Trends and Global Prospects. Kluwer, pp. 19-29.

Robinson, C.T. and U Uehlinger. 2008. Experimental floods cause ecosystem regime shift in a regulated river. Ecological Applications 18:511-526.

Tiegs, S.D., F.D. Peter, C.T. Robinson, U. Uehlinger and M.O. Gessner. 2008. Responses of leaf decomposition and invertebrate colonization to manipulated litter quantity in streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27: 321-331.

Kawecka, B. and C.T. Robinson. 2008. Diatom communities of lake/stream networks in the Tatra Mountains, Poland and the Swiss Alps. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 37: 21-35.

Navarro E., C.T. Robinson and R. Behra. 2008. Increased tolerance of UVR and co-tolerance to cadmium in UVR acclimatized freshwater periphyton. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 1149-1158.

Logue, J.B., H. Bürgmann and C.T. Robinson. 2008. Ecological genetics and the biodiversity of freshwater aquatic bacteria. BioScience 58: 103-113. (Invited overview article).

Robinson, C.T., D. Schmid, M. Svoboda and S.M. Bernasconi. 2008. Functional measures and food webs of high elevation springs in the Swiss alps. Aquatic Sciences: online.

Robinson, C.T. and S. Matthaei. 2007. Hydrological heterogeneity of an Alpine stream/lake network in Switzerland. Hydrological Processes 21:3146-3154.

Navarro E., C.T. Robinson, B. Wagner and R. Behra. 2007. Influence of ultraviolet radiation on UVR-absorbing compounds in freshwater algal biofilms and Scenedesmus vacuolatus cultures. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 70: 760-676.

Gafner, K. and C.T. Robinson. 2007. Nutrient enrichment influences the response of stream macroinvertebrates to disturbance. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26: 62-72.

Larned, S., T. Datry and C.T. Robinson. 2007. Invertebrate and microbial responses to inundation in an ephemeral river reach in New Zealand: effects of preceding dry periods. Aquatic Sciences: Research Across Boundaries.

Robinson, C.T., M. Hieber, V. Wenzelides and B. Lods-Crozet. 2007. Macroinvertebrate assemblages of a high elevation stream/lake network with an emphasis on the Chironomidae. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 169: 25-36.

Robinson, C.T. and T. Buser. 2007. Density-dependent life history differences in a stream mayfly (Deleatidium) inhabiting permanent and intermittent stream reaches. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 41: 265-271.

Shama, L.N.S. and C.T. Robinson. 2006. Sex-specific life history responses to seasonal time constraints in an alpine caddisfly. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 169-180.

Robinson, C.T., S. Matthaei and J.B. Logue. 2006. Rapid response of alpine streams to climate induced temperature change. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 29: 1565-1568.