Text Box: Peer-Reviewed Publications from the Periphyton Lab:

Wachnicka, A. and E. E. Gaiser.  2007.  Morphological characterization of Amphora and Seminavis (Bacillariophyceae) from South Florida, U.S.A.  Diatom Research  22: 387-455. 
Tobias, F. A. and E. Gaiser.  2006. Taxonomy and distribution of taxa in the genus Gomphonema from the Florida Everglades, U.S.A.  Diatom Research 21: 379-405.
Trexler, J. C., E. E. Gaiser and D. L. Childers.  2006.  Interaction of hydrology and nutrients in controlling ecosystem function in oligotrophic coastal environments of South Florida.  Hydrobiologia 569: 1-2.
Gottlieb, A. D., J. H. Richards and E. E. Gaiser. 2006.  Comparative study of periphyton community structure in long and short hydroperiod Everglades marshes. Hydrobiologia 569:  195-207.
Gaiser, E. E., A. Zafiris, P. L. Ruiz, F. A. C. Tobias and M. S. Ross. 2006. Tracking rates of ecotone migration due to salt-water encroachment using fossil mollusks in coastal south Florida.  Hydrobiologia 569: 237-257.
Frankovich, T. A., E. E. Gaiser, J. C. Zieman and A. H. Wachnicka. 2006.  Spatial and temporal distributions of epiphytic diatoms growing on Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König: relationships to water quality.  Hydrobiologia 569: 259-271.
Dorn, N. J., J. C. Trexler and E. E. Gaiser. 2006.  Exploring the role of large predators in marsh food webs: evidence for a behaviorally-mediated trophic cascade.  Hydrobiologia 569:  375-386.
Thomas, S. E., E. E. Gaiser and F. A. C. Tobias.  2006.  Effects of shading on calcareous benthic periphyton in a short-hydroperiod oligotrophic alkaline wetland (Everglades, FL, U.S.A.).  Hydrobiologia 569: 209-221.
Ewe, S. M. L., E. E. Gaiser, D. L. Childers, V. H. Rivera-Monroy, D. Iwaniec, J. Fourquerean and R. R. Twilley. 2006.  Spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) in the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER (2001-2004).  Hydrobiologia 569:  459-474.
Xu, Y., A. Wachnicka, E. Gaiser and R. Jaffé.  2006.  Occurrence of C25 highly branced isoprenoids in Florida Bay:  Paleoenvironmental indicators of diatom-derived organic matter.  Organic Geochemistry.
Thomas, S., E. E. Gaiser, M. Gantar and L. J. Scinto.  2006.  Quantifying the responses of calcareous periphyton crusts to rehydration:  A microcosm study (Florida Everglades).  Aquatic Botany  84: 317-323.
Gaiser, E. E., J. H. Richards, J. C. Trexler, R. D. Jones and D. L. Childers.  2006.  Periphyton responses to eutrophication in the Florida Everglades:  Cross-system patterns of structural and compositional change.  Limnology and Oceanography 51: 617-630.
Davis, S. M., E. E. Gaiser, W. F. Loftus and A. E. Huffman.  2005.  Southern marl prairies conceptual ecological model.  Wetlands  25: 821-831.
Gaiser, E. E., K. Rosenfeld, D. Ebert-May, E. P. Weber and A. McConney. 2005.  Pathways to Scientific Teaching: Here today, not gone tomorrow? Understanding extinction. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 452-453.
Gottlieb, A., J. H. Richards and E. E. Gaiser.  2005.  The effects of desiccation resistance and rewetting on the community structure of Everglades periphyton.  Aquatic Botany  82: 99-112.
Gaiser, E. E., J. C. Trexler, J. H. Richards, D. L. Childers, D. Lee, A. L. Edwards, L. J. Scinto, K. Jayachandran, G. B. Noe and R. D. Jones.  2005.  Cascading ecological effects of low-level phosphorus enrichment in the Florida Everglades.  Journal of Environmental Quality 34: 717-723.
Gaiser, E. E., A. Wachnicka, P. Ruiz, F. A. Tobias and M. S. Ross.  2004.  Diatom indicators of ecosystem change in coastal wetlands.  In S. Bortone (Ed.) Estuarine Indicators.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.  pp. 127-144.
Donar, C. M., K. W. Condon, M. Gantar and E. E. Gaiser.  2004.  A new technique for examining the physical structure of Everglades floating periphyton mat.  Nova Hedwigia 78: 107-119.
Gaiser, E. E., L. J. Scinto, J. H. Richards, K. Jayachandran, D. L. Childers, J. D. Trexler and R. D. Jones.  2004.  Phosphorus in periphyton mats provides best metric for detecting low-level P enrichment in an oligotrophic wetland. Water Research 38: 507-516.
Thomas, S. E., E. E. Gaiser, M. Gantar, A. Pinowska, L. J. Scinto and R. D. Jones.  2002.  Growth of calcareous epilithic mats in the margin of natural and polluted hydrosystems:  phosphorus removal implications in the C-111 basin, Florida Everglades, USA.  Lake and Reservoir Management 18:  323-329.
Noe, G. B., D. L. Childers, A. L. Edwards, E. E. Gaiser, K. Jayachandran, D. Lee, J. Meeder, J. Richards, L. J. Scinto, J. C. Trexler and R. D. Jones.  2001.  Short-term changes in phosphorus storage in an oligotrophic Everglades wetland ecosystem receiving experimental nutrient enrichment.  Biogeochemistry 59: 239-267.
Ross, M. S., E. E. Gaiser, J. F. Meeder and M. T. Lewin.  2001. Multi-taxon analysis of the "white zone", a common ecotonal feature of South Florida coastal wetlands.  In Porter, J. and K.  Porter (Eds).  The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.  pp. 205-238.
Childers, D. L., R. D. Jones, J. C. Trexler, C. Buzzelli, J. Boyer, A. L. Edwards, E. E. Gaiser, K. Jayachandaran, D. Lee, J. F. Meeder, J. Pechmann, J. H. Richards and L. J. Scinto.  2001. Quantifying the effects of low level phosphorus enrichment on unimpacted Everglades wetlands with in situ flumes and phosphorus dosing. In Porter, J. and K. Porter (Eds). The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.  pp. 127-152.

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