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.

Hollandsworth D, Lowe RL, Badra P.  2011.  Indigenous unionid clam refugia from zebra mussels in Michigan inland lakes. The American Midland Naturalist. 166:369-378.

Kociolek JP, Lowe RL, Stoermer EF.  2010.  Algae of Northern Michigan and the Douglas Lake Region. The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan: A Century of Science and Nature at the University of Michigan Biological Station. :85-92.

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.

Knapp J.M, Lowe RL.  2009.  Spatial distribution of epiphytic diatoms on lotic bryophytes. Southeastern Naturalist. 8:305-316.

Lowe RL.  2006.  Algology and algologists at Bowling Green, a short history. Hydrobiologia. 56:1-11.

Knapp J.M, Furey P.C, Lowe RL.  2006.  A comparison of the morphology and ultrastructure of the diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) Discostella stelligera and D. elentarii from two lakes in Fiordland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 40:429-438.

Greenwood JL, Lowe RL.  2006.  The effects of pH on a periphyton community in an acidic wetland, USA. Hydrobiologia. 561:71-82.

Lowe RL.  2006.  Frankophila biggsii (Bacillariophyceae), a new diatom species from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 44:41-46.

Luttenton MRussell, Lowe RL.  2006.  Response of a lentic periphyton community to nutrient enrichment at low N:P ratios. Journal of Phycology. 42:1007-1015.

Lowe RL.  2003.  Keeled and canalled raphid diatoms. Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. :669-684.

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.

Francoeur SN, Pinowska A, Clason TA, Makosky S, Lowe RL.  2002.  Unionid bivalve influence on benthic algal community composition in a Michigan lake. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 17:489-500.

Francoeur SN, Biggs BJF, Smith RA, Lowe RL.  1999.  Nutrient limitation of algal biomass accrual in streams: seasonal patterns and a comparison of methods. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 18:242-260.

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.

Biggs BJF, Tuchman NCrandall, Lowe RL, R. Stevenson J.  1999.  Resource stress alters hydrological disturbance effects in a stream periphyton community. Oikos. 85:95-108.

Francoeur SN, Lowe RL.  1998.  Effects of ambient ultraviolet radiation on littoral periphyton: biomass accrual and taxon-specific responses. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 13:29-37.

Biggs BJF, R. Stevenson J, Lowe RL.  1998.  A habitat matrix conceptual model for stream periphyton. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie. 143:21-56.

Francoeur SN, Biggs BJF, Lowe RL.  1998.  Microform bed clusters as refugia for periphyton in a flood-prone headwater stream. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 32:363-374.

Biggs BJF, Kilroy C, Lowe RL.  1998.  Periphyton development in three valley segments of a New Zealand grassland river: test of a habitat matrix conceptual model within a catchment. Archiv fur Mikrobiologie. 143:147-177.

Passy SI, Kociolek JP, Lowe RL.  1997.  Five new Gomphonema species (Bacillariophyceae) from rivers in South Africa and Swaziland. Journal of Phycology. 33:455-474.

Lowe RL, Pan Y.  1996.  Benthic algal communities as biological monitors. Algal Ecology. :705-739.

Lowe RL, Pan Y.  1996.  Benthic algal communities as biological monitors. Algal Ecology. :705-739.

Biggs BJF.  1996.  Patterns in benthic algae in streams. Algal Ecology. :31-56.

Lowe RL.  1996.  Periphyton patterns in lakes. Algal Ecology. :57-76.