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OF SPECIAL NOTE

R.G. Wetzel and numerous graduate students have been involved in intensive research on Lawrence Lake which empties into Augusta Creek.

Refer to:
1. Wetzel, R.G. Limnology. 2nd. ed., 1983. Saunders Co.
2. Wetzel, R.G. Publications of the Lawrence Lake ecosystem investigations. 1981. Michigan State University. W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners, MI 49060.

 

 

 
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Dissertations

Creed, Robert Payson Jr. 1990. The direct and indirect effects of omnivorous crayfish on stream benthic communities. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Dept. of Zoology and Kellogg Biological Station.

Howard, Frederick Osborn. 1975. Natural history and ecology of Pycnopsyche lepida, P. guttifer and P. scabripennis (Trichoptera: limnephilidae) in a woodland stream. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Dept of Entomology.

King, Donna Kay. 1982. Community metabolism and autotrophic-heterotrophic relationships of woodland stream riffle sections. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife.

King, Robert Howard. 1978. Natural history and ecology of Stictochironomus annulicrus (Townes) (Diptera: Chironomidae), Augusta Creek, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (Ph.D.) - Michighan State University. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept. of Entomology.

Mahan, David Craig. 1980. Land-cover and coarse particulate organic influxes to a small stream. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife.

Oemke, Mark Paul. 1983. Diatom utilization by the stream grazer, Glossosoma nigrior (Banks) (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) in two southern Michigan streams. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Dept. of Entomology.

Petersen, Robert Carl. 1974. Life history and bionomics of Nigronia serricornis (Say) (Megaloptera: Corydalidae). (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Dept of Entomology.

Reice, Seth Robert. 1973. The effect of environmental patchiness on the breakdown of leaf litter in a woodland stream. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Dept. of Zoology.

Shideler, James Edward. 1952. An analysis of brown trout (Salmo trutta) angling on Augusta Creek in southwest Michigan. (M.S.) - Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept of Fisheries and Wildlife.

Snitgen, Donald A. 1964. A distribution study of the benthic fauna of a limited section of Augusta Creek, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. (M.S.) - Michigan State University. Dept. of Entomology.

Ward, Grover Milton. 1977. The influence of detrital food quality and temperature on the life history and growth of Paratendipes albimanus (Meigen) (Diptera: Chironomidae) in a Michigan headwater stream. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Dept. of Entomology.

Williams, Wells E. 1957. Creel returns of catchable rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnerii) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) from Augusta Creek, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1952-1956. (Ph.D.) - Michigan State University. Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife.

 

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Journal articles

Boling, R.H., E.D. Goodman, J.O. Zimmer, K.W. Cummins, R.C. Petersen, J.A. VanSickle, and S.R. Reice. 1975. Toward a model of detritus processing in a woodland stream. Ecology 56:141-151. (KBS contrib 286)

Cummins, K.W. 1973. Trophic relations of aquatic insects. Annual Review of Entomology 18:183-206. (KBS contrib 220)

Cummins, K.W., R.C. Petersen, F.O. Howard, J.C. Wuycheck, and V,I. Holt. 1973. Utilization of leaf litter by stream detritivores. Ecology 54:336-345. (KBS contrib 228)

Cummins, K.W. 1974. Structure and function of stream ecosystems. Bioscience 24:631-641. (KBS contrib 256)

Cummins, K.W. 1975. Macroinvertebrates. In: Whitton,B.A. ed. River ecology. Blackwell Sci.:170-198. (KBS contrib 244)

Cummins, K.W. 1977. From headwater streams to rivers. American Biology Teacher 39:305-312.

Cummins, K.W., M.J. Klug, G.M. Ward, G.L. Spengler, R.W. Speaker, R.W. Ovink, D.C. Mahan and R.C. Petersen. 1981. Trends in particulate organic matter fluxes, community processes and macroinvertebrate functional groups along a Great Lakes drainage basin river continuum. Verhandlungen. Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 21:841-849. (KBS contrib 434)

Hanson, B.J., K.W. Cummins, J.R. Barnes and M.W. Carter. 1984. Leaf litter processing in aquatic systems: a two variable model. Hydrobiologia 111:21-30.

Hart, D.D. 1983. Importance of competitive interactions within stream populations and communities. In: Barnes, J.R. and G.W. Minshall eds. Stream ecology: application and testing of general ecological theory. Plenum Press:99-136. (KBS contrib 470)

Hart, D.D. 1985. Causes and consequences of territoriality in a grazing stream insect. Ecology 66:404-414. (KBS contrib 503)

Hart, D.D. 1985. Grazing insects mediate algal interactions in a stream benthic community. Oikos 44:40-46. (KBS contrib 541a)

Hart, D.D. and S.C. Latta. 1986. Determinants of ingestion rates in filter-feeding larval blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Freshwater Biology 16:1-14. (KBS contrib 506)

Hart, D.D. 1987. Experimental studies of exploitative competition in a grazing stream insect. Oecologia 73:41-47. (KBS contrib 586)

Hart, D.D. 1987. Feeding territoriality in aquatic insects: cost-benefit models and experimental tests. American Zoologist 27:371-386. (KBS contrib 575)

Hart, D.D. 1987. Process and patterns of competition in larval black flies. In: Kim, K.C. and R.W. Merritt, eds. Black flies: ecology, population management, and annotated world list. University Park, The Pennsylvania State University:109-128. (KBS contrib 576)

Hart, D.D. 1992. Community organization in streams: the importance of species interactions , physical factors and chance. Oecologia 91:220-228. (KBS contribution 730)

Hart, D.D., and C.T. Robinson. 1990. Resource limitation in a stream community: phosphorus enrichment effects on periphyton and grazers. Ecology 71:1494-1502. (KBS contrib 648)

King, D.K. and K.W. Cummins. 1989. Autotrophic-heterotrophic community metabolism relationships of a woodland stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 5:205-218. (KBS contrib 694)

King, D.K. and K.W. Cummins. 1989. Estimates of detrital and epilithon community metabolism from particle-sized riffle sediments of a woodland stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 5:231-245. (KBS contrib 696)

King, D.K. and K.W. Cummins. 1989. Factors affecting autotrophic-heterotrophic relationships of a woodland stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 5:219-230. (KBS contrib 695)

Knollenberg, W.G., R.W. Merritt and D.L. Lawson. 1985. Consumption of leaf litter by Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta) on a Michigan woodland floodplain. American Midland Naturalist 113:1-6. (KBS contrib 499)

Lemmien, W.A.. P.I. Tack and W.F. Morofsky. 1957. Results from planting brown trout and rainbow trout in Augusta Creek, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Quarterly Bulletin 40:242-249. (KBS area studies)

Manny, B.A. and R.G. Wetzel. 1973. Diurnal changes in dissolved organic and inorganic carbon and nitrogen in a hard-water stream. Freshwater Biology 3:31-43. (KBS contrib 234)

Merritt, R.W., W. Wuerthele and D.L. Lawson. 1984. Effect of leaf conditioning on the timing of litter processing on a Michigan woodland floodplain. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62:179-182. (KBS contrib 693)

Morofsky, W.F., P.I. Tack and W.A. Lemmien. 1949. Recovery of a southern Michigan trout stream. Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Quarterly Bulletin 32:59-63. (KBS area studies)

Muzzall, P.M. 1982. Parasites of Gammarus pseudolimnaeus and Hyalella azteca (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in three south-central Michigan localities. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 49:289-294.

Petersen, R.C. and K.W. Cummins. 1974. Leaf processing in a woodland stream. Freshwater Biology 4:343-368. (KBS contrib 247)

Reice, S.A. 1974. Environmental patchiness and the breakdown of leaf litter in a woodland stream. Ecology 55:1271-1282.

Speare, E.P. 1960. Growth of the central johnny darter, (Etheostoma nigrum nigrum) (Rafinesque) in Augusta Creek, Michigan. Copeia 1960:241-243. (KBS contrib 108)

Speare,E.P. 1965. Fecundity and egg survival of the central johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum nigrum) in southern Michigan. Copeia 1965:308-314. (KBS contrib 120)

Suberkropp, K.F. and M.J. Klug. 1974. Decomposition of deciduous leaf litter in a woodland stream. I. A scanning electron microscopic study. Microbial Ecology 1:96-103. (KBS contrib 255)

Suberkropp, K., M.J. Klug, and K.W. Cummins. 1975. Community processing of leaf litter in woodland streams. Verhandlungen. Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 19:1653-1658. (KBS contrib 280)

Suberkropp, K., G.L. Godshalk and M.J. Klug. 1976. Changes in the chemical composition of leaves during processing in a woodland stream. Ecology 57:720-727. (KBS contrib 300)

Suberkropp, K. and M.J. Klug. 1976. Fungi and bacteria associated with leaves during processing in a woodland stream. Ecology 57:707-719. (KBS contrib 301)

Suberkropp, K. and M.J. Klug. 1980. The maceration of deciduous leaf litter by aquatic hyphomycetes. Canadian Journal of Botany 58:1025-1031. (KBS contrib 393)

Suberkropp, K. and M.J. Klug. 1981. Degradation of leaf litter by aquatic hyphomycetes. In: Wicklow, D.T. and G.C. Carroll eds. The fungal community: its organization and role in the ecosystem. Marcel Dekker:761-776. (KBS contrib 359)

Ward, G.M. and K.W. Cummins. 1978. Life history and growth pattern of Paratendipes albimanus in a Michigan headwater stream. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71:272-284. (KBS contrib 338)

Ward, G.M. and K.W. Cummins. 1979. Effects of food quality on growth of a stream detritivore, Paratendipes albimanus (Meigen) (Diptera: Chironomidae). Ecology 60:57-64. (KBS contrib 341)

Wetzel, R.G. and B.A. Manny. 1977. Seasonal changes in particulate and dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in a hardwater stream. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 80:20-39. (KBS contrib 324)

 

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Reports

Mahan, D.C. and K.W. Cummins. [1978] A profile of Augusta Creek in Kalamazoo and Barry Counties, Michigan. Michigan State University. W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. Technical Report No. 3. 12 pp.

 

 

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Magazine Articles

National Geographic Special Edition, Nov.1993. Water - The Power, Promise, and Turmoil of North America's Fresh Water, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 120 pp. (see back page of this issue for additional resources(

National Geographic, Vol. 189, No. 4, April 1996. Trout, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., pp. 64-85.

 

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Books

Lopez, Barry, The Rediscovery of North America, 1992. Vintgage Books, Random House, Inc., New York, 58 pp.

Halpren, Daniel ed., 1986. On Nature - Nature, Landscape , and Natural History , North Point Press, San Francisco, 319 pp.

Harding, James H. and J. Alan Holman, 1992. Michigan Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders, A Field Guide and Pocket Reference . CES, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, 144 pp.

Harding, James H. and J. Alan Holman, 1990. Michigan Turtles and Lizards, A Field Guide and Pocket Reference . CES, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, 93 pp.

Holman, Alan J., James H. Harding, Marvin M. Hensley and Glenn R. Dudderar, Michigan Snakes . CES, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, 72 pp.

Michell, Mark K. and William B. Stapp, 1994. Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring - An Enviromental Education Program for Schools . Thomson-Shore, Inc. Dexter, Michigan, 272 pp.

 

 

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