Bob Sterner: A glimpse behind the scenes and from different perspectives

Many among us know Bob Sterner well from his writings, both from journal articles and the “green book”.  However, much less is generally known about what happened behind the scenes, both within and beyond the lab, to bring this body of work into reality. This talk will gather important global perspectives to report, for the first time, some of the events, musings, activities, inspirations, diversions, and interactions of which I, and others, are aware that have given rise to Bob’s impressive scientific insights. These include innovative laboratory methodologies, rare but impressive field campaigns, and various insightful utterances that are not known to the general scientific community. This talk will also reveal publicly, for the first time, the mystical meaning of the water droplets on the cover of Ecological Stoichiometry. Overall, the talk will seek to delineate the various ways in which Bob Sterner has contributed importantly to the theory, empirical foundation, and humanity of the field of limnology.

Primary Presenter: Jim Elser, University of Montana (jim.elser@umontana.edu)

Authors:

James Elser, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana  (jim.elser@umontana.edu)