Recent AWRI Peer-Reviewed Publications
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2012

Allen, M.R., R.A. Thum, J.N. VanDyke, and C.E. Caceres. 2012. Trait sorting in Daphnia colonizing man-made lakes. Freshwater Biology 57: 1813-1822.  DOI:10/1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02840.x

Biddanda, B., S. Nold, G. Dick, S. Kendall, J. Vail, S. Ruberg and C. Green. 2012. Rock, water, microbes: underwater sinkholes in Lake Huron are habitats for ancient microbial life. Nature Education Knowledge 3:13. http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/rock-water-microbes-underwater-sinkholes-in-lake-25851285

Cervino, J.M., B. Hauff*, J.A. Haslun*, K. Winiarski-Cervino, M. Cavazos, P. Lawther, A.M. Wier, K. Hughen, and K.B. Strychar. In Press. Ulcerated Yellow Spot Syndrome: implications of aquaculture-related pathogens associated with soft coral Sarcophyton ehrenbergi tissue lesions. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. DOI: 10.3354/dao02541.

Chu, X. and R. Rediske. 2012. Modeling metal and sediment transport in a stream-wetland system. Journal of Environmental Engineering 137: 152-163. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000472.

Haslun, J.A.*, E. Correia, K.B. Strychar, T. Morris, and T.M. Samocha. 2012. Characterization of Bioflocs in a no water exchange super-intensive system for the production of food size Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. International Journal of Aquaculture 2: 29-39. DOI: 10.5376/ija.2012.02.0006

Homola, J.J.*, K.T. Scribner, R.F. Elliott, M.C. Donofrio, J. Kanefsky, K.M. Smith, and J.N. McNair. Genetically derived estimates of contemporary natural straying rates and historical gene flow among Lake Michigan lake sturgeon populations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141: 1374-1388. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.694829

LaRue, E.A.*, M.P. Zuellig*, M.D. Netherland, M.A. Heilman, and R.A. Thum. In Press. Hybrid watermilfoil lineages are more invasive and less sensitive to a commonly used herbicide than their exotic parent (Eurasian watermilfoil). Evolutionary Applications.

MacDonald, N.W., D.W. Mays, R.R. Rediske, and C.R. Ruetz III. 2011. Environmental variation, fish community composition, and brown trout survival in the Pigeon River, Ottawa County, Michigan. Michigan Academician 40: 135-168.

McNair, J.N., A. Sunkara, and D. Frobish. 2012. How to analyze seed germination data using statistical time-to-event analysis: nonparametric and semiparametric methods. Seed Science Research 22: 77-95. DOI: 10.1017/S0960258511000547

McNair, J.N., A. Sunkara, and D. Frobish. 2012. Supplementary material: how to analyze seed germination data using statistical time-to-event analysis: nonparametric and semiparametric methods. Seed Science Research. Available online.

McNair, J.N. and J.D. Newbold. 2012. Turbulent particle transport in streams: can exponential settling be reconciled with fluid mechanics? Journal of Theoretical Biology 300: 62-80. DOI: 10:1016/j.jtbi.2012.01.016.

Parker, A.P.*, M.J. Cooper, C.R. Ruetz III, D.P. Coulter, and D.G. Uzarski. 2012. Chemical and physical factors associated with yellow perch abundance in Great Lakes coastal wetlands: patterns within and among wetland types. Wetlands Ecology & Management 20: 137-150.

Poovey, A.G., C.R. Mudge, R.A. Thum, C. James, and K.D. Getsinger. 2012. Evaluations of contact aquatic herbicides for controlling two populations of submersed flowering rush. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 50: 48- 53.

Ruetz, C.R., III. 2012. Poster and oral presentations at professional meetings. In: Scientific communication for natural resources professionals. Pages 143-153. Editors: C.A. Jennings, T.E. Lauer, and B. Vondracek. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Ruetz, C.R., III, M.R. Reneski**, and D.G. Uzarski. 2012. Round goby predation on Dreissena in coastal areas of eastern Lake Michigan. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 27: 171-184.

Sabourin D.T., J. E.Silliman, and K.B. Strychar. In Press. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contents of coral and surface sediments off the South Texas Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. International Journal of Biology.

Sammarco, P.W. and K.B. Strychar. In Press. Responses to high seawater temperatures in Great Barrier Reef Octocorals: taxonomic implications. PLOS ONE. Manuscript ID: PONE-D-24588R1.

Sisson, A.*, P. Wampler, R. Rediske, and A. Molla. In Press. An assessment of long term Biosand Filter use and sustainability in Haiti. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development.

Steinman, A.D., M.E. Ogdahl, M. Weinert, K. Thompson, M.J. Cooper, and D.G. Uzarski. In Press, available online. Water level fluctuation and sediment-water nutrient exchange in Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38: 766-775. DOI: 10/1016/j.jglr.2012.09.020

Steinman, A.D. and M.E. Ogdahl. 2012. Macroinvertebrate response and internal phosphorus loading in a Michigan lake after alum treatment. Journal of Environmental Quality 41: 1540-1548. DOI: 10/2134/jeq.2011.0476

Tavalire, H.F.*, G.E. Bugbee, E.A. LaRue*, and R.A. Thum. In Press, available online. Hybridization, cryptic diversity, and invasiveness in introduced variable-leaf watermilfoil. Evolutionary Applications. DOI: 10/1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00267.x

Thum, R., D. Wcisel, M. Zuellig*, M. Heilman, P. Hausler, P. Tyning, L. Huberty, and M.D. Netherland. In Press. Field documentation of decreased herbicide response by a hybrid watermilfoil population. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management.

Thum, R.A., A.T. Mercer**, and D. Wcisel. 2012. Loopholes in the regulation of invasive species: genetic identifications identify mislabeling of prohibited aquarium plants. Biological Invasions 14: 929-937. DOI:10.1007/s10530-011-0130-8

Voorhies, A.A., B. Biddanda, S. Kendall, S. Jain, D. Marcus, S. Nold, N. Sheldon and G. Dick. 2012. Cyanobacterial life at low O2: community genomics and function reveal high metabolic versatility and extremely low diversity in a Great Lakes sinkhole mat. Geobiology 10: 250-267. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00322.x

Xie, L., R.R. Rediske, Y. Hong, J. O’Keefe, N. D. Gillett, J. Dyble, and A.D. Steinman. 2012. The role of environmental parameters in the structure of phytoplankton assemblages and cyanobacteria toxins in two hypereutrophic lakes. Hydrobiologia 691: 255-268.

Zuellig, M.* and R.A. Thum. 2012. Multiple introductions of invasive Eurasian watermilfoil and recurrent hybridization with northern watermilfoil in North America. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 50: 1-18.

2011

Bhagat, Y. and C.R. Ruetz III. 2011. Temporal and fine-scale spatial variation in fish assemblage structure in a drowned river mouth system of Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140: 1429-1440.

Gillett, N.D. and A.D. Steinman. 2011. An analysis of long-term phytoplankton dynamics in Muskegon Lake, a Great Lakes Area of Concern. Journal of Great Lakes Research 37: 335-342.

Johnson, K.A., A.D. Steinman, W.D. Keiper, and C.R. Ruetz III. 2011. Biotic responses to low concentration urban road runoff. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30: 710-727.

LaRue, E., C.R. Ruetz III, M.B. Stacey, R.A. Thum. 2011. Population genetic structure of the round goby in Lake Michigan: implications for dispersal of invasive species. Hydrobiologia 663: 71-82. DOI 10.1007/s10750-010-0555-6.

Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium (76 authors, including E. LaRue and R.A. Thum). 2010. Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology. Resources database 1 June 2010 – 31 July 2010. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 1106–1108. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02916.x.

Parkos, J.J., III, C.R. Ruetz III, and J.C. Trexler. 2011. Disturbance regime and limits on benefits of refuge use for fishes in a fluctuating hydroscape. Oikos 120: 1519-1530.

Sanders, Jr. T.G., B.A. Biddanda, C.A. Stricker, and S.C. Nold. 2011. Stable isotope analysis reveals benthic macroinvertebrate and fish communities linked to submerged groundwater vents in Lake Huron. Aquatic Biology 12: 1-11.

Steinman, A.D., M.E. Ogdahl, K. Wessell, B. Biddanda, S. Kendall, and S. Nold. 2011. Periphyton response to simulated nonpoint source pollution: local over regional control. Aquatic Ecology 45: 439-454.  DOI: 10.1007/s10452-011-9366-8.

Steinman, A.D., and M.E. Ogdahl. 2011. Does converting agricultural fields to wetlands retain or release P? Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30: 820-830.

Steinman, A.D., J.R. Nicholas, P. Seelbach, J. Allan, and F. Ruswick. 2011. The role of science in developing policy for the use of groundwater in the state of Michigan. Water Policy 13: 69-86. DOI:10.2166/wp.2010.047.

Steinman, A.D., M.E. Ogdahl, and C.R. Ruetz III. 2011. An environmental assessment of a small, shallow lake threatened by urbanization. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 173: 193-209. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1381-z.

Steinman, A.D. 2011. Environment.  In: Leadership in nonprofit organizations: A reference handbook.  Pages 205 – 214. Editor: K.A. Agard. Sage Publ., Los Angeles, CA.

Thum, R.A., M.P. Zuellig, R.L. Johnson, M.L. Moody, and C. Vossbrinck. 2011. Molecular markers reconstruct the invasion history of variable leaf watermilfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) and distinguish it from closely related species. Biological Invasions 13: 1678-1709.  DOI:10-1007/s10530-010-9927-0.

Xie, L., J. Hagar, R. Rediske, J. O’Keefe, J. Dyble., and A. Steinman. 2011. The influence of environmental conditions and hydrologic connectivity on cyanobacteria assemblages in two drowned river mouth lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 37: 470-479.

2010

Allen, M.R., Thum, R.A., and Caceres, C.E. 2010. Does local adaptation to resources explain genetic differentiation among Daphnia populations? Molecular Ecology 19(15): 3076–3087.

CABI, 2010. Datasheet on Myriophyllum heterophyllum [text and tables by R. A. Thum and M. Zuellig]. Invasive Species Compendium (http://www.cabi.org/isc/). CABI, Wallingford, UK.

Isely, E.S., Isely, P., Seedang, S., Mulder, K., Thompson, K., and Steinman, A.D. 2010. Addressing the information gaps associated with valuing green infrastructure in west Michigan: INtegrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services Tool (INVEST). Journal of Great Lakes Research 36(3): 448-457.

Jude, D.J., Rediske, R., O’Keefe, J., Hensler, S., and Giesy, J.P. 2010. PCB concentrations in walleyes and their prey from the Saginaw River, Lake Huron: A comparison between 1990 and 2007. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36(2): 267-276.

Nold, S.C., Zajack, H.A., and Biddanda, B.A. 2010. Archaeal and eukaryal diversity in a submerged sinkhole ecosystem influenced by sulfur-rich, hypoxic groundwater. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36(2): 366-375.

Nold, S.C., Pangborn, J.P., Zajack, H., Kendall, S., Rediske, R., and Biddanda, B.A. 2010. Benthic bacterial diversity in submerged sinkhole ecosystems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(1): 347-351.

Ogdahl, M.E., Lougheed, V.L., Stevenson, R.J., and Steinman, A.D. 2010. Influences of multi-scale habitat on metabolism in a coastal Great Lakes watershed. Ecosystems 13(2): 222-238.

Silver, P., Steinman, A.D., and Polls, I. 2010. The role of a discipline-specific scientific journal in scientific discovery. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29(1): 1-11.

Steinman, A.D., Silver, P., Fisher, S.G., and Meyer, J.L. 2010. The J-NABS 25th year anniversary issue: reflecting on the past, synthesizing the present, and projecting in the future. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29(1): 372-380.

Thum, R.A., and Lennon, J.T.  2010. Comparative ecological niche models predict the invasive spread of variable-leaf milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) and its potential impact on closely related native species.  Biological Invasions 12:133-143

Wiley, M.J., Hyndman, D.W., Pijanowski, B.C., Kendall, A.D., Riseng, C., Rutherford, E.S., Cheng, S.T., Carlson, M.L., Tyler, J.A., Stevenson, R.J., Steen, P.J., Richards, P.L., Seelbach, P.W., Koches, J.K., Rediske, R.R. 2010. A multi-modeling approach to evaluating climate and land use change impacts in a Great Lakes River Basin. Hydrobiologia 657(1): 243-262.

2009

Baskaran, M., P. W. Swarzenski, and B. A. Biddanda. 2009. Constraints on the utility of MnO2 cartridge method for the extraction of radionuclides: A case study using 234Th. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q04011, doi:10.1029/2008GC002340.

Biddanda, B. A., S. C. Nold, S. A. Ruberg, S. T. Kendall, T. G. Sanders, and J. J. Gray. 2009. Great Lakes Sinkholes: A Microbiogeochemical Frontier. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 90: 61-62.

Breen, M. J., C. R. Ruetz III, K. J. Thompson, and S. L. Kohler. 2009. Movements of mottled sculpins in a Michigan stream: how restricted are they? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66:31-41.

Chu, X. and A.D. Steinman. 2009. Event and continuous hydrologic modeling with HEC-HMS. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 135:119-124.

Cooper, M.J., R.R. Rediske, D.G. Uzarski, and T.M. Burton. 2009. Sediment contamination and faunal communities in two subwatersheds of Mona Lake, Michigan. Journal of Environmental Quality 38: 1255-1265.

Cooper, M.J., C.R. Ruetz III, D.G. Uzarski, and B.M. Shafer. 2009. Habitat use and diets of round gobies in coastal areas of Lakes Michigan and Huron. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 24:477-488.

Cooper, M.J., D.G. Uzarski, and T.M. Burton. 2009. Benthic Invertebrate Fauna, Wetland Ecosystems. In: Encyclopedia of Inland Waters: G.E. Likens (ed). Elsevier. pp. 232-241.

Gajewski, B.M. 2009. Best Practices in Protecting Green Infrastructure: Benchmarking County Park Systems. In: R.W. Jelier and G. Sands. Sustaining Michigan: Metropolitan policies and strategies. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Isely, E.S. and V. Pebbles. 2009. U.S. Great Lakes Policy and Management: A Comparative Analysis of Eight States' Coastal and Submerged Lands Programs and Policies. Coastal Management 37(2):197-213.

McNair, J.N. 2009. Two new methods for predicting effects of landcover-related stressors on stream biotic integrity at the catchment scale. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158: 61-88.

Nelson, K.D., C.R. Ruetz III, and D.G. Uzarski. 2009. Colonisation by Dreissena in Great Lakes coastal ecosystems: how suitable are wetlands? Freshwater Biology doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02265x.

Parker, A.D., C.A. Stepien, O.J. Sepulveda-Villet, C.B. Ruehl, and D.G. Uzarski. 2009. The interplay of morphology, habitat, resource use, and genetic relationships in young yellow perch. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138: 899-914.

Parker, A.D., D.G. Uzarski, C.R. Ruetz III, and T.M. Burton. 2009. Diets of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in Wetland Habitats of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 24: 347-354.

Steinman, A.D., X. Chu, and M. Ogdahl. 2009. Spatial and temporal variability of internal and external phosphorus loads in Mona Lake, Michigan. Aquatic Ecology 43:1-18.

Steinman, A.D., M. Ogdahl, and M. Luttenton. 2009. An analysis of internal phosphorus loading in White Lake, Michigan. In: Lake Pollution research Progress. Editors: F.R. Miranda and L.M. Bernard. Pages 311-325. Nova Science Publishers. N.Y.

Uzarski, D.G., A.T. Bosch, and M.J. Cooper. 2009. Wetland ecology and management for fish, amphibians and reptiles. In: Encyclopedia of Inland Waters: G.E. Likens (ed). Elsevier. pp. 582-589.

Uzarski, D.G., T.M. Burton, R.E. Kolar, and M.J. Cooper. 2009. The ecological impacts of fragmentation and vegetation removal in Lake Huron's coastal wetlands. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 12(1): 1-17.

Please see individual Faculty member's pages for earlier publications.

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