Selected publications

Fuelling, L.J.,
J.A. Adams, K. Badik, R.J. Bixby,
C.L. Caprette, H.E. Caprette, W.B. Chiasson, C.L. Davies, M.M. Hall, W.L.
Perry, E.R. Schultz, D.A. Taylor, M.L. Vis, and R.G. Verb. In press. Occurrence of freshwater red algal
chantransia on rusty crayfish. Nova Hedwigia.
Small, G.E., R.J. Bixby, C. Kazanci, and C.M. Pringle. 2011. Partitioning isotopic and stoichometric components of epilithic biofilm using algebraic mixing models. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 9: 185-193.
Bixby, R.J. and E.C. Zeek. 2010. A simple method for calculating valve curvature. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 160:73-81.
Bixby, R.J., J. P. Benstead., M.M. Douglas and C.M. Pringle. 2009. Relationships of stream algal community structure to catchment deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:196-209.
Gardiner, N., Sutherland, A., R.J. Bixby, M.C. Scott, J.L. Meyer, G. Helfman, F. Benfield, C.M. Pringle, P.V. Bolstad, and D.N. Wear. 2009. Linking stream and landscape trajectories in the southern Appalachians. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 156: 17-36.
Connelly, S., C.M. Pringle, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, S. Kilham, and A.D. Huryn. 2008. Changes in stream primary producer communities resulting from loss of tadpoles: Can small-scale experiments predict effects of large-scale catastrophic amphibian declines? Ecosystems 11: 1262-1276.
Melim, L.A., Northup, D.E., Spilde, M.N., Jones, B., Boston, P.J., and R.J. Bixby. 2008. Reticulated filaments in cave pool speleothems: Microbe or mineral? Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70: 135-141.
Verb, R.G., R.J. Bixby, D.A. Casamatta, W.B. Chiasson, N.R. Filkin, M.M. Hall, S.E. Hamsher, Taylor, D.A., and M.L. Vis. 2006. Checklist of Algal Taxa from the Unglaciated Western Allegheny Plateau Exclusive of the Ohio River. Ohio Biological Survey Miscellaneous Contribution Number 11, 51 pp. (ISBN 0-86727-157-4)
Whiles, M., K. Lips, C. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, S. Connelly, J.C.C. Gaud, M. Hunte-Brown, A.D. Huryn, C. Montgomery, and S. Peterson. 2006. The consequences of amphibian population declines to the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 27-34 (cover photo, invited contribution).
Bixby, R.J. and R. Jahn. 2005. Hannaea arcus (Ehrenb.) R.M. Patrick: lectotypification and nomenclatural history. Diatom Research 20: 210-226.
Bixby, R.J., M.B. Edlund, and E.F. Stoermer. 2005. Hannaea superiorensis sp. nov., an endemic diatom from the Laurentian Great Lakes. Diatom Research 20: 227-240.
Ranvestel, A.W., K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, M.R. Whiles, and R.J. Bixby. 2004. Neotropical tadpoles influence stream benthos: evidence for ecological consequences of amphibian declines. Freshwater Biology 49: 274-285.
Edlund, M.B. and R.J. Bixby. 2001. Intra- and inter-specific differences in gametangial and initial cell size in diatoms. In Economou-Amilli, A. (Ed.) Proceedings of the XVIth International Diatom Symposium, Amvrosiou Press, Athens, Greece, pp. 169-190.
Book Chapters
Pringle, C.M., E.P. Anderson, M. Ardón, R.J. Bixby, S. Connelly, J.H. Duff, A.P. Jackman, P. Paaby, A. Ramírez, G.E. Small, M.N. Snyder, and F.J. Triska. In press. Rivers of Costa Rica. In: M. Kappelle (ed.) Costa Rican Ecosystems. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Small, G.E., R.J. Bixby, C. Kazanci, and C.M. Pringle. 2011. Partitioning isotopic and stoichometric components of epilithic biofilm using algebraic mixing models. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 9: 185-193.
Bixby, R.J. and E.C. Zeek. 2010. A simple method for calculating valve curvature. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 160:73-81.
Bixby, R.J., J. P. Benstead., M.M. Douglas and C.M. Pringle. 2009. Relationships of stream algal community structure to catchment deforestation in eastern Madagascar. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28:196-209.
Gardiner, N., Sutherland, A., R.J. Bixby, M.C. Scott, J.L. Meyer, G. Helfman, F. Benfield, C.M. Pringle, P.V. Bolstad, and D.N. Wear. 2009. Linking stream and landscape trajectories in the southern Appalachians. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 156: 17-36.
Connelly, S., C.M. Pringle, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, M.R. Whiles, K.R. Lips, S. Kilham, and A.D. Huryn. 2008. Changes in stream primary producer communities resulting from loss of tadpoles: Can small-scale experiments predict effects of large-scale catastrophic amphibian declines? Ecosystems 11: 1262-1276.
Melim, L.A., Northup, D.E., Spilde, M.N., Jones, B., Boston, P.J., and R.J. Bixby. 2008. Reticulated filaments in cave pool speleothems: Microbe or mineral? Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70: 135-141.
Verb, R.G., R.J. Bixby, D.A. Casamatta, W.B. Chiasson, N.R. Filkin, M.M. Hall, S.E. Hamsher, Taylor, D.A., and M.L. Vis. 2006. Checklist of Algal Taxa from the Unglaciated Western Allegheny Plateau Exclusive of the Ohio River. Ohio Biological Survey Miscellaneous Contribution Number 11, 51 pp. (ISBN 0-86727-157-4)
Whiles, M., K. Lips, C. Pringle, S.S. Kilham, R.J. Bixby, R. Brenes, S. Connelly, J.C.C. Gaud, M. Hunte-Brown, A.D. Huryn, C. Montgomery, and S. Peterson. 2006. The consequences of amphibian population declines to the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 27-34 (cover photo, invited contribution).
Bixby, R.J. and R. Jahn. 2005. Hannaea arcus (Ehrenb.) R.M. Patrick: lectotypification and nomenclatural history. Diatom Research 20: 210-226.
Bixby, R.J., M.B. Edlund, and E.F. Stoermer. 2005. Hannaea superiorensis sp. nov., an endemic diatom from the Laurentian Great Lakes. Diatom Research 20: 227-240.
Ranvestel, A.W., K.R. Lips, C.M. Pringle, M.R. Whiles, and R.J. Bixby. 2004. Neotropical tadpoles influence stream benthos: evidence for ecological consequences of amphibian declines. Freshwater Biology 49: 274-285.
Edlund, M.B. and R.J. Bixby. 2001. Intra- and inter-specific differences in gametangial and initial cell size in diatoms. In Economou-Amilli, A. (Ed.) Proceedings of the XVIth International Diatom Symposium, Amvrosiou Press, Athens, Greece, pp. 169-190.
Book Chapters
Pringle, C.M., E.P. Anderson, M. Ardón, R.J. Bixby, S. Connelly, J.H. Duff, A.P. Jackman, P. Paaby, A. Ramírez, G.E. Small, M.N. Snyder, and F.J. Triska. In press. Rivers of Costa Rica. In: M. Kappelle (ed.) Costa Rican Ecosystems. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.