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2008

  • Chiotti, J.A., Holtgren, J.M., Auer, N.A. and S.A. Ogren. Lake sturgeon spawning habitat in the Big Manistee River, Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. In press.
  • Huckins, C. J, and .E. A. Baker. Migrations and Biological Characteristics of Adfluvial Coaster Brook Trout in a South Shore Lake Superior Tributary. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.In press.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., J.W. Budd, S.A. Green, J.B. Cotner, B.A. Biddanda, D.J. Schwab and H.A. Vanderploeg. 2008. Doughnut in the desert: late-winter production pulse in southern Lake Michigan. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53:589-604.
  • Kerfoot W.C., J.W. Budd, J.H. Churchill and C. Chen. Metacommunity perspective on zooplanktonic communities in Lake Superior. In State of Lake Superior Ecovision World Monograph Series, M. Munawar, (Ed). International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology.In press.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., J. Jeong and J.A. Robbins. Lake Superior mining and the proposed mercury zero-discharge region for Lake Superior.In State of Lake Superior Ecovision World Monograph Series, M. Munawar, (Ed). International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. In press.
  • Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer. Transport and growth of larval cisco (Coregonus artedi) in the Keweenaw Current region of Lake Superior. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In press.
  • Rowe, M.D., J.A. Perlinger and N.R. Urban. Modeling contaminant behavior in Lake Superior: A comparison of PCBs, PBDEs, and mercury. In State of Lake Superior, Ecovision World Monograph Series, M. Munawar (Ed.), International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. In press
  • Webster, C. W., C. J F. Huckins, J. M. Shields.  2008. Spatial Distribution of Riparian Zone Coarse Woody Debris in a Managed Northern Temperate Watershed.  American Midland Naturalist. In press.

2007

  • Auer, N.A. and E.A. Baker. 2007. Assessment of lake sturgeon spawning stocks using fixed-location, splitbeam sonar technology. J. Applied Ichthyology, 23:113-121.
  • The impact of surface heat flux and wind on thermal stratification in Portage Lake, Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res., 33(1):143-155.
  • McDonald, C.P. and N.R. Urban. 2007. Sediment radioisotope dating in a mining-impacted lake. J. Environ. Rad., 92:80-95.
  • Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer.  2007. Influence of rearing temperature and feeding regime on otolith increment deposition in larval cisco. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 136 (3):766-777.
  • Watkins, D.W. Jr., H. Li and J.R Cowden. 2007. Adjustment of radar precipitation estimates for Great Lakes hydrologic modeling. J. Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 12(3):298-305.

2006

  • Gorman, H.S. and K.E. Halvorsen. 2006. The regulation of alternative onsite wastewater treatment systems along the Great Lakes. Small Flows Quarterly, 7:23-33.
  • Halvorsen, K.E. and H.S. Gorman. 2006. Onsite sewage system regulation along the Great Lakes and the USEPA "Homeowner Awareness" Model. Environmental Management, 37(3):395-409.
  • Morey, E.R. and W.S. Breffle. 2006. Valuing a change in a fishing site without collecting characteristics data on all fishing sites: a complete but minimal approach. Amer J. Agricultural Economics, 88(1):150-161.
  • Morey, E.R., J. Thacher and W.S. Breffle. 2006. Using angler characteristics and attitudinal data to identify environmental preference classes: a latent-class model. Environmental and Resource Economics, 34(1):91-115.
  • Schumaker-Chadde, J. 2006. Michigan Water Quality curriculum unit for middle school students. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing, MI.

2005

  • Gerold, L.A. and D.W. Watkins Jr. 2005. Short duration rainfall frequency analysis in Michigan using scale-invariance assumptions. J. Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 10(6): 450-457.
  • Perlinger, J.A., D.E.Tobias, P.S. Morrow and P.V. Doskey. 2005. Evaluation of novel techniques for measurement of air-water exchange of persistent bioaccumulative toxicants in Lake Superior. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39:8411-8419, doi:10.1021/es050899q.
  • Trefry, C.M., D.W. Watkins Jr. and D.L. Johnson. 2005. Regional rainfall frequency analysis for the state of Michigan. J. Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, 10(6):437-449.
  • Urban, N.R., M.T. Auer, S.A. Green, D. Apul, L. Bub, K.D. Elenbaas and X. Lu. 2005. Carbon cycling in L. Superior. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C6): doi:10.1029/2003JC002230 C06S90.
  • VanDusen, P.J., C.J Huckins and D.J. Flaspohler. 2005. Associations among selection logging history, brook trout, macroinvertebrates and habitat in Northern Michigan headwater streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 134:762-774.

2004

  • Auer, N.A. and J.E. Kahn. 2004. Abundance and distribution of benthic invertebrates, with emphasis on Diporeia, along the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):340-359.
  • Auer, M.T. and L.A. Bub. 2004. Selected features of the distribution of chlorophyll along the southern shore of Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):269-284.
  • Auer, M.T. and T.L. Gatzke. 2004. The spring runoff event, thermal bar formation, and cross margin transport in Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):64-81.
  • Auer, M.T. and K.D. Powell. 2004. Heterotrophic bacterioplankton dynamics at a site of the southern shore of Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):214-229.
  • Barnhisel, D.R. and W. C. Kerfoot. 2004. Fitting into food webs: Behavioral and functional response of young lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) to an introduced prey, the spiny cladoceran (Bythotrephes cederstroemi). J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):300-314.
  • Budd, J.W. 2004. Large scale transport phenomena in the Keweenaw region of Lake Superior: the Ontonagon plume and Keweenaw eddy. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):467-480.
  • Budd, J.W. and D.S. Warrington. 2004. Satellite-based sediment and chlorophyll a estimates for Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):459-466.
  • Chai, Y. and N.R. Urban. 2004. 210Po and 210Pb distributions and disequilibria in the near-shore region of Lake Superior. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C10S07, doi:10.1029/2003JC002081.
  • Churchill, J. H., W. C. Kerfoot and M. T. Auer. 2004. Exchange of water between the Keweenaw Waterway and Lake Superior: Characterstics and forcing mechanisms. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):55-63.
  • Compton, J. A. and W. C. Kerfoot. 2004. Colonizing inland lakes: Consequences of YOY fish ingesting the spiny cladoceran (Bythotrephes cederstroemi). J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):315-326.
  • Green, S. A. and B. J. Eadie. 2004. Introduction to special section: Transport and transformation of biogeochemically important materials in coastal waters. J. Geophys. Res., 109 (C10) C10S01.
  • Gons, H.J. and M.T. Auer. 2004. Some notes on water color in Keweenaw Bay (Lake Superior). J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):481-489.
  • Holtgren, J.M. and N.A. Auer. 2004. Movement and habitat of juvenile lake sturgeon in the Sturgeon River/Portage Lake Michigan. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 19(3): 419-432.
  • Jarnagin, S.T., W.C. Kerfoot and B.K. Swan. 2004. Zooplankton life cycles: Direct documentation of pelagic births and deaths relative to diapausing egg production. Limnol. Oceanogr., 49:1317-1332.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., J.W. Budd, B.J. Eadie, H.A. Vanderploeg and M. Agy. 2004. Winter storms: Sequential sediment traps record Daphnia ephippial production, resuspension and sediment interactions. Limnol. Oceanogr., 49:1365-1381.
  • Kerfoot,W.C., S.L. Harting, J. Jeong, J.A. Robbins and R. Rossmann. 2004. Local, regional, and global implications of elemental mercury in metal (copper, silver, and gold and zinc) ores: Insights from Lake Superior sediments. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):162-184.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., X. Ma, C.S. Lorence and L.J. Weider. 2004. Toward resurrection ecology: Daphnia mendotae and D. retrocurva in the coastal region of Lake Superior, among the first successful outside invaders? J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):285-299.
  • Kerfoot, W. C., G. G. Mittelbach, N. G. Hairston, Jr. and J. J. Elser. 2004. Planktonic biodiversity: Scaling up and down. Limnol. Oceanogr., 49:1225-1228.
  • Kerfoot, W.C. and L.J. Wieder. 2004. Experimental paleoecology (resurrection ecology): Chasing Van Valen’s red queen hypothesis. Limnol. Oceanogr., 49:1300-1316.
  • Li, H.Y., J.W. Budd and S. Green. 2004. Evaluation and regional optimization of bio-optical algorithms for central Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):443-458.
  • Link, J., J.H. Selgeby and R.E. Keen. 2004. Changes in the Lake Superior crustacean zooplankton community. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):327-339.
  • Ma, X.D. and S.A. Green. 2004. Photochemical transformation of dissolved organic carbon in Lake Superior - An in-situ experiment. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):97-112.
  • Oyadomari, J.K. and N.A. Auer. 2004. Inshore-Offshore distribution of larval fishes in Lake Superior off the western coast of the Keweenaw
    Peninsula, Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):369-384.
  • Perlinger, J.A., M.F. Simcik and D.L. Swackhamer. 2004. Synthetic organic toxicants in Lake Superior. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manage. Special Issue on Emerging Issues in Lake Superior Research, 7:491-505.
  • Russ, ME, N.E. Ostrom, P.H. Ostrom, H. Gandhi and N.R. Urban. 2004. Temporal and spatial variations in R:P ratios in Lake Superior, an oligotrophic freshwater environment. J. Geophys. Res., 109(C10), DOI:10.1029/2003JC001890, C10S12.
  • Urban, N.R., D.S. Apul and M.T. Auer. 2004. Planktonic respiration rates in Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):230-244.
  • Urban, N.R., J. Jeong and Y. Chai.  2004. The benthic nepheloid layer (BNL) north of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior: composition, dynamics, and role in sediment transport. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):133-146.
  • Urban, NR, X. Lu, Y. Chai and D. Apul. 2004. Sediment trap studies in Lake Superior:  Insights into resuspension, cross-margin transport and carbon cycling. J. Great Lakes Res., 30(Suppl. 1):147-161.

2003

  • Churchill, J.H., E.A. Ralph, A.M. Cates, J.W. Budd, N.R. Urban. 2003. Observations of a negatively buoyant river plume in a large lake. Limnol. Oceanogr., 48(2):884-894.
  • Jeong, J. 2003. Solid-phase speciation of copper mine wastes. Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 24(2):209-218.
  • Jeong, J. and S.D. McDowell. 2003. Characterization and transport of contaminated sediments in the southern central Lake Superior. J. Minerals & Materials Characterization & Engineering, 2(2):111-135.

2002

  • Auer, N. A. and E.A. Baker. 2002. Duration and drift of larval lake sturgeon in the Sturgeon River, Michigan. J. Applied Ichthyology, 18(2002):557-564.
  • Bogdan, J.J., J.W. Budd and K.C. Hornbuckle. 2002. The effect of a large resuspension event in southern Lake Michigan on the short-term cycling of organic contaminants. J. Great Lakes Res., 28(3):338-351.
  • Budd, J.W., W.C. Kerfoot, S. Green and M. Julius. 2002. Donuts in the Desert? Winter production in Lake Michigan shows unexpected vertical structure. Ocean Color Spectrum, Spring/Summer:33-34.
  • Chen, C., J. Zhu, K. Kang, H. Liu, E. Ralph, S.A. Green and J.W. Budd. 2002. Cross-frontal water transport along the Keweenaw coast in Lake Superior: A Lagrangian model study. Dynamics of Atmosphere and Oceans, 36:83-102.
  • Chen, C., R. Ji, D. Schwab, D. Beletsky, D. Fahanenstial, M. Jiang, T.H. Johengen, H. Lavrentyev, B. Eadie, J.W. Budd, M. Bundy, W. Gardner, J Cotner and P.J. Lavrentyev. 2002. A coupled biological and physical model study of the ecosystem in Lake Michigan Part I: A 1-D experiment. Ecological Modeling, 152:145-168.
  • Diehl, S.F., J.W. Budd, D. Ullman and J-F. Cayula. 2002. Geographic window sizes applied to remote sensing sea surface temperature front detection. J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19:1,105-1,113.
  • Ji, R., C. Chen, J. Budd, D. Schwab, D. Beletsky, D. Fahanenstial, T. H. Johengen, H. Lavrentyev, B. Eadies, J. Cotner, W. Gardner and M. Bundy. 2002. A coupled biological and physical model study of the ecosystem in Lake Michigan Part II: Influence of suspended sediment. Ecological Modeling, 152:169-190.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., S.L. Harting, R Rossmann, and J.A. Robbins. 2002. Elemental mercury in copper, silver, and gold ores: An unexpected contribution to Lake Superior sediments with global implications. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 2:185-202.

2001

  • Budd, J.W., A.M. Beeton, D.A. Culver, W.C. Kerfoot and R.P. Stumpf. 2001. Satellite observations of Microcystis blooms in western Lake Erie. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol,. 27:3787-3793.
  • Chen, C., E. Ralph, S.A. Green, J.W. Budd and F.Y. Zhang. 2001. Prognostic Modeling Studies of the Keweenaw Current in L. Superior. Part I: Formation and Evolution. J. Physical Oceanography, 31:379-395.
  • Budd, J.W., T.D. Drummer, G.L. Fahnenstiel and T. Nalepa. 2001. Remote sensing of biotic effects: Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) influence on water clarity in Saginaw Bay. Limnol. Oceanogr., 46(2):213-223.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., A.S. McNaught and S.T. Jarnagin. 2001. Invertebrate predators and fish: Biogeographic patterns and a case of resting egg dispersal. Intern. Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol., 21:1841-1850.
  • Zhu, J., C. Chen, E. Ralph, S.A. Green, J.W. Budd and F.Y. Zhang. 2001. Prognostic modeling studies of the Keweenaw Current in Lake Superior. Part II: Simulation. J.Physical Oceanography, 31:396-410.

2000

  • Jarnagin, S.T., B.K. Swan and W.C. Kerfoot. 2000.  Fish as vectors in the dispersal of Bythotrephes cederstroemi: diapausing eggs survive passage through the gut. Freshwater Biology, 43(4):579-589.

 
1999

  • Auer, N. A. 1999. Population characteristics and movements of lake sturgeon in the Sturgeon River and Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(2):282-293.
  • Auer, N. A. 1999. Chapter 17, Lake sturgeon: A unique and imperiled species in the Great Lakes. in: William Taylor and C.P. Ferreri (eds): Great Lakes Fishery Policy and Management: A binational perspective. Michigan State University Press, 551 p.
  • Budd, J, W.C. Kerfoot, A. Pilant and  L.M. Jipping. 1999. The Keweenaw current and ice rafting: Use of satellite imagery to investigate copper-rich particle dispersal. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4):642-662.
  • Cusack, C.C. and J.R. Milhelcic. 1999. Sediment toxicity from copper in the Torch Lake (MI) Great Lakes Area of Concern. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4):735-743.
  • Jeong, J., N.R. Urban and S. Green. 1999. Release of copper from mine tailings on the Keweenaw Peninsula. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4):721-734.
  • Kerfoot, W.C. and J.O. Nriagu. 1999. Copper mining, copper cycling and mercury in the Lake Superior ecosystem: An introduction. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4):594-598.
  • Kerfoot, W.C. and J.A.  Robbins. 1999. Nearshore regions of Lake Superior: Multi-element signatures of mining discharges and a test of Pb-210 deposition under conditions of variable sediment mass flux. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4): 697-720.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., J.A. Robbins and L.J. Weider. 1999. A new approach to historical reconstruction: combining descriptive and experimental paleolimnology. Limnol. Oceanogr., 44(5):1232-1247.
  • Kerfoot, W.C., R Rossmann, S. Harting, J.W. Budd and J. Robbins. 1999. Anthropogenic copper inventories and mercury profiles from Lake Superior: evidence for mining impacts. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4):663-682.
  • Kolak, J.J.  D.T. Long, W.C. Kerfoot, T.M. Beals and S.J. Eisenreich. 1999. Near-shore versus off-shore copper loading in Lake Superior sediments: Implications for transport and cycling. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4):611-624.
  • Lytle, R.D. 1999. In situ copper toxicity tests: applying likelihood ratio tests to Daphnia pulex incubations in Keweenaw Peninsula waters. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4) 744-759.
  • Van Luven, D.M., Huntoon, J.E. and Maclean, A.L. 1999. Determination of the influence of wind on the Keweenaw Current in the Lake Superior Basin as identified by Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery. J. Great Lakes Res., 25(4):625-641.

1998

  • Budd, J.W., W.C. Kerfoot and A.L. Maclean. 1998.  Documenting complex surface temperature patterns from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. J. Great Lakes Res., 24(2):582-594.