Laboratory
Instructor, Physiology
and
Ecology
Caretaker, Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area (KONHSA)
Olin-Rice 115
(651) 696-6230 office
(651) 455-6204 KONHSA (home)
andersonm@macalester.edu
Mike is the
Laboratory Instructor for Physiology and Ecology classes, and the
caretaker of
Macalester’s field station, the Katharine Ordway Natural History Study
Area
(KONHSA). He is also currently pursuing his PhD from the University
of Alaska, Fairbanks, where his
dissertation
research centers
on the evolution of mutualistic interactions between Alaskan alder
plants and
the nitrogen-fixing bacterial genus Frankia. He was recently
awarded an
NSF pre-doctoral fellowship for the continuation of this project. Mike
lives at
KONHSA with his wife and two sons, and in his spare time enjoys
exploring the
grounds with them.
Current
Courses:
BIOL270L Biodiversity & Evolution Lab
BIOL285L Ecology Lab
Education:
BS University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2002
PhD University of Alaska Fairbanks, in progress
Research Interests:
Ecophysiology of plants, Evolutionary ecology of plant-microbe
interactions
Selected
Publications:
Anderson MD, Ruess RW, Taylor DL, Myrold DD (in submission)
Independent, deterministic effects of host specificity and habitat on Alnus-infective Frankia populations in interior
Alaska. Oecologia.
Ruess RW, Anderson MD, Mitchell JS, McFarland JW (2006) Effects of
defoliation on growth and N fixation in Alnus tenuifolia: consequences for
changing disturbance regimes at high latitudes. Ecoscience 13: 404-412.
Anderson MD, Ruess RW, Uliassi DD, Mitchell JS (2004) Estimating N2
fixation in two species of Alnus
in interior Alaska using acetylene reduction and 15N2 uptake.
Ecoscience 11: 102-111. |
