Research Bibliography

Francoeur SN, Pillsbury RW, Lowe RL.  2015.  Benthic algal response to invasive mussels in Saginaw Bay: a comparison of historical and recent data. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. :1-15.

Lowe RL, Pillsbury RW, Schrank AJ.  2010.  Aquatic Ecosystems of Northern Michigan. The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan: A Century of Science and Nature at the University of Michigan Biological Station. :50-60.

Pillsbury RW, McGuire MA.  2009.  Factors Affecting the Distribution of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris) and the Associated Macrophyte Community. Wetlands. 29:724-734.

Nimmo DWayne R, Johnson RW, Preul MA, Pillsbury RW, Self JR, Bergey EA.  2006.  Determining site-specific toxicity of copper to daphnids and fishes in a brown-water ecosystem. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 21:481-491.

Pillsbury RW, Slavik KA.  2006.  Pinnularia aldenii sp. nov., a diatom from acidic habitats in northern Michigan. Diatom Research. 21:365-370.

Pillsbury RW, Lowe RL, Pan Y, Greenwood JL.  2002.  Changes in the benthic algal community and nutrient limitatin in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, during the invasion of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 21:238-252.

Holomuzki JR, Pillsbury RW, Khandwala SB.  1999.  Interplay between dispersal determinants of larval hydropsychid caddisflies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 56:2041-2050.

Pillsbury RW, Lowe RL.  1999.  The reponse of benthic algae to manipulations of light in four acidic lakes in northern Michigan. Hydrobiologia. 394:69-81.

Lowe RL, Pillsbury RW.  1995.  Shifts in benthic algal community structure and function following the appearance of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 21:558-566.

Pillsbury RW.  1993.  Factors influential on periphyton in acidic lakes. Doctor of Philosophy:142pp..