Tapper, M. A., and R. E. Hicks. 1998. Temperate viruses and lysogeny in Lake Superior bacterioplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43:95-103. [pdf]
Hicks, R. E., and D. A. Pascoe. 2001. A comparison of cyanobacterial dominance within the picoplankton of the North American Great Lakes estimated by 16S rRNA-based hybridizations and direct cell counts. Pp. 363-374 In Exploring the Great Lakes of the World: Food-web dynamics, health, & integrity, (Munawar, M. and R. Hecky, eds.) Backhuys Publishers b.v., Leiden, Netherlands
Pundsack, J., R. Axler, R. Hicks, J. Henneck, D. Nordman, and B. McCarthy. 2001. Seasonal pathogen removal by alternative on-site wastewater treatment systems. Water Environ. Res. 73:204-212. [abstract]
Maki, R. and R. E. Hicks. 2002. Salmonella typhimurium survival and viability is unaltered by suspended particles in freshwater. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1702-1709. [pdf]
Keough, B., T. M. Schmidt, and R. E. Hicks. 2003. Archaeal nucleic acids in picoplankton from great lakes on three continents. Microbial Ecology 46:238-248. [pdf]
Pascoe, D. A., and R. E. Hicks. 2004. Genetic structure and community DNA similarity of picoplankton communities from the Laurentian Great Lakes. J. Great Lakes Res. 30 (Suppl. 1):185-195. [pdf]
Hicks, R. E., P. Aas, and C. Jankovich. 2004. Annual and offshore changes in bacterioplankton communities in the western arm of Lake Superior during 1989 and 1990. J. Great Lakes Res. 30 (Suppl. 1):196-213. [pdf]
Olson, M. R., R. P. Axler, and R. E. Hicks. 2004. Effects of freezing and storage temperature on MS2 viability. J. Virological Meth. 122:147-152. [abstract]
Pundsack, J. W., R. E. Hicks, and R. P. Axler. 2005. Effect of alternative on-site wastewater treatment on the viability and culturability of Salmonella choleraesuis. J. Water and Health 3:1-14. [pdf]
Olson, M. R., R. P. Axler, R. E. Hicks, J. R. Henneck, and B . J. McCarthy. 2005. Seasonal virus removal by alternative onsite wastewater treatment systems. J. Water and Health 3:139-155. [abstract]
Ishii, S., W. B. Ksoll, R. E. Hicks, and M. J. Sadowsky. 2006. Presence and growth of naturalized Escherichia coli in temperate soils from Lake Superior watersheds. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:612-621. [pdf]
Ishii, S., D. L. Hansen, R. E. Hicks, and M. J. Sadowsky. 2007. Beach sand and sediment are temporal sinks and sources of Escherichia coli in Lake Superior. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:2203-2209.
Ksoll, W. B., S. Ishii, M. J. Sadowsky, and R. E. Hicks. 2007. Presence and sources of fecal coliform bacteria in epilithic periphyton communities of Lake Superior. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:3771-3778. [pdf]
Hansen,, D. L., J. J. Clark, S. Ishii, M. J. Sadowsky, and R. E. Hicks. 2008. Sources and sinks of Escherichia coli in benthic and pelagic fish. J. Great Lakes Res. 34(2):228-234. [pdf]
Hansen, D. L., S. Ishii, M. J. Sadowsky, and R. E. Hicks. 2009. Escherichia coli populations in Great Lakes waterfowl exhibit spatial stability and temporal shifting. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75(6):1546–1551. [pdf]
