NGRREC Publications

Papers are listed in reverse order, starting with the most recent.  Numbers refer to the number of the paper in the NGRREC contribution series.  Numbers do not necessarily correspond to chronological order of publication, because the time between acceptance of the manuscript (when the number is assigned) and printing of the journal (or availability on the web site) varies greatly among journals.

Italics indicate the following: (1) an NGRREC intern in the list of authors (e.g., Emily A. Dustman);  (2) a scientific name (e.g., Daphnia); (3) the name of the journal (e.g., Freshwater Biology).

*New in 2010/2011

*38. Rasmussen, Jerry L., Henry A. Regier, Richard E. Sparks, and William W. Taylor. 2012. Aquatic invasive species risks to the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins: Asian carp as a case for serious consideration of hydrologic separation. Pages xxx-xxx in William W. Taylor, Abigail J. Lynch, and Nancy J. Leonard, editors. Great Lakes Fishery Policy and Management: A Binational Perspective. 2nd Edition. (forthcoming in 2012) Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, MI. The draft chapter is available online at:  http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=429


*37. Rasmussen, Jerry L., Henry A. Regier, Richard E. Sparks, and William W. Taylor. 2011. Dividing the waters: The case for hydrologic separation of the North American Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins. Journal of Great Lakes Research. Available online: doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.05.015


*36. Aldridge, P., M. Gutierrez, D. D. Duvernell, J. Schaefer, P. Brunkow and W. Matamoros. 2011. Variability in movement dynamics of Fundulus notatus and F. olivaceus populations. Ecology of Freshwater Fishes, In Press DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00499.x

*35. Timmermann, T.R., C.R. Dolan, and J.H. Chick. In Press. Assessment of backwater lake management strategies based on the diets of five riverine fishes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.


*34. McLane, Craig R., Loretta L. Battaglia, David J. Gibson, and John W. Groninger. In press. Succession of exotic and native species assemblages within restored floodplain forests: a test of the parallel dynamics hypothesis. Restoration Ecology. 


*33. Matthews, Jeffrey W., Ariane L. Peralta, Arun Soni, Patrick Baldwin, Angela D. Kent and Anton G. Endress. 2009. Relative influence of landscape vs. local factors on plant community assembly in restored wetlands. Ecological Applications 19(8):2108-2123.


*32. Matthews, Jeffrey Wl, Ariane L. Peralta, Arun Soni, Patrick Baldwin, Angela D. Kent and Anton G. Endress.2009. Local and landscape correlates of non-native species invasion in restored wetlands. Ecolgraphy 32:1031:1039.


*31.  Sparks,  Richard E., Tracy L. Barkley, Sara M. Creque, John M. Dettmers, and Karen M. Stainbrook.   2010.  Evaluation of an electric fish dispersal barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.  Pages xxx-xxx in Duane C. Chapman and Michael H. Hoff, editors.  Invasive Asian Carps in North America.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 74.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.


*30. Richter, Lane A., Richard L. Essner, Jr., and Peter R. Minchin. In Press. A survey of bluff forest avifauna in southwestern Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science

*29. Sparks, Richard E. 2010. Forty years of science and management on the Upper Mississippi River: an analysis of the past and a view of the future. Hydrobiologia 640:3-15.  Published online: 15 January 2011, http://dx.doi.org/[DOI 10.1007/s10750-009-0069-2].


*28.  Chick, John H., A. P. Levchuk, K. A. Medley, and J. H. Havel. (accepted).  Underestimation of rotifer abundance a much greater problem than previously appreciated.  Limnology and Oceanography Methods.


*27. Soeken-Gittinger , Lori A., James A. Stoeckel, and John E. Havel. 2009. Differing effects of suspended sediments on the performance of native and exotic Daphnia. Freshwater Biology 54(3):495-504


*26. Rowe, John W., David L. Clark, Michael Price, and John K. Tucker. 2009.  Reversible melanization following substrate color reversal in midland painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) and red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans). Journal of Herpetology 43(3):402-408


25. Welch, Christopher M., and Anton G. Endress. 2008.  Successional changes in an ongoing ecological at the Grassy Slough Protected Area, Illinois. Journal of Environmental Monitoring & Restoration 4:1-10.


24. Schuyler J. Sampson John H. Chick, and Mark A. Pegg. 2009.  Diet overlap among two Asian carp and three native fishes in backwater lakes on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. Biological Invasions 11(3):483-496


23. Tucker, John K., Chad R. Dolan, James T. Lamer, and Emily A. Dustman. 2008.  Climatic warming, sex ratio, and red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Illinois.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1):60-69


22. Tucker, John K., and James T. Lamer. 2008.  Homing in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Illinois.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1):145-149


21. Tucker, John K., James T. Lamer, and Chad R. Dolan. 2008. A northern range expansion for the green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) and trends in distributions of Illinois reptiles and amphibians.  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 101(1/2):125-131


20. Chick, John H., Geddes, Pamela and Joel C. Trexler.  2008.  Periphyton mat structure mediates trophic interactions in subtropical marsh. Wetlands 28(2):378-389.


19. Myers, Erin M., John K. Tucker and Chris H. Chandler. 2007. Experimental analysis of body size and shape during critical life-history stages of hatchling slider turtles, Trachemys scripta elegans.  Functional Ecology 21:1106-1114.


18. Tucker, John K., Gary L. Paukstis, and Fredric J. Jansen. 2007. Does predator swamping promote synchronous emergence of turtle hatchlings among nests? Behavioral Ecology, 19:35-40.


17. Changwoo Ahn, Kurt F. Moser, Richard E. Sparks & David C. White. 2007. Developing a dynamic model to predict the recruitment and early survival of black willow (Salix nigra) in response to different hydrologic conditions.   Ecological Modelling, 204(3-4):315-325.


16. Sparks, R.E. & J.B. Braden. 2007. Naturaization of developed floodplains: an integrated analysis. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 136:7-16.


15. Tucker, John K.. 2006. Comparison of clutch size from natural nests and oxytocin-induced clutches in the red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans. Herpetological Review 38(1):40.


14. Janzen, Fredric J., John K. Tucker & Gary L. Paukstis. 2007. Experimental analysis of an early life-history stage: direct or indirect selection on body size in hatchling turtles? Functional Ecology 21:162-170.


13. Reehl, Megan, Jesse Thompson & John K. Tucker. 2007 A three-year survey of aquatic turtles in a riverside pond. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 99(3/4):147-154.


12. Rowe, John W., David L. Clark, Colleen Ryan, & John K. Tucker. 2006. The effect of substrate color on pigmentation in midland painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) and red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans). Journal of Herpetology 40(3):358-364.


11. Nedovic-Budic, Z., R.G. Kan, D. M. Johnston, R.E. Sparks & D.C. White. 2006. Community VizTM-based model for assessing development impacts in a naturalized floodplain-Emiquon Viz.  Journal of Urban Planning and Development 132(4):210-210.


10. Myers, E.M., F.J. Janzen, D.C. Adams, & J.K. Tucker. 2006. Quantitative genetics of plastron shape in slider turtles (Trachemys scripta). Evolution 60(3):563-572.


9. Sparks, R.E. 2006. Rethinking, the rebuilding New Orleans.  Issues in Science and Technology 22(2):33-39.


8. Chick, J.H., M.A. Pegg, & T.M. Koel. 2006 Spatial patterns of fish communities in the Upper Mississippi River System: assessing fragmentation by low-head dams.  River Research and Applications 22:413-427.  Available online at Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI:10.1002/rra.912.


7. Ahn,C., D.M. Johnston, R.E. Sparks & D.C. White. 2006. Analysis of naturalization alternatives for the recovery of moist-soil plants in the floodplain of the Illinois River.  Hydrobiologia  is also reprinted as a book: Leuven, R. S. E. W., A.M.J. Ragas, A.J.M. Smits & G. van der Velde (eds.)2006. Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management. Developments in Hydrobiology 187. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 371 pp.


6. Sparks, R. C. Ahn, M. Demissie, A. Isserman, D. Johnston. Y. Lian, Z. Nedovic-Budic, & D. White. 2005. Linking hydrodynamics, conservation biology, and economics in choosing naturalization alternatives for the Illinois River, USA.  Archiv fur Hydrobiologie Supplement 155/1-4:521-538.  Large Rivers Volume 15: Rehabilitating Large Regulated Rivers (eds: A.D. Buijse, F. Klijn, R.S.E.W. Leuven, H. Middelkoop, F.Schniemer, J.H. Thorp and H.P. Wolfert).


5. Cosgriff, R.J., & P.M. Brown. 2004 Germination of evercup oak and bur oak following inundation. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 97(1):1-10.


4. Ahn,C.,D.C. White & R.E. Sparks. 2004. Moist-soil plants as ecohydrologic indicators for recovering the flood pulse in the Illinois River. Restoration Ecology 12(2):207-213.


3. Chick, J.H., R.J. Cosgriff, & L.S. Gittinger. 2003 Fish as potential dispersal agents for floodplain plants: first evidence in North America. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  60(12):1437-1439. http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_tocs_e?cjfas_cjfas12-03_60


2. Ahn, C., R.E. Sparks & D.C. White. 2004. A dynamic model to predict responses to millets (Echinochloa sp.) to different hydrologic conditions for the Illinois floodplain-river.  River Research and Applications 20(5):485-498. Published Online: 11 Aug 2004,http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/90010544


1. Chick, J.H., R.J. Maher, B.M. Brooks, & M.R. Thomas. 2003. First black carp captured in the U.S. Science 300:1876-1877.