Community Development and PCB-Induced Alterations in the Bacterial Assemblages of Benthic Nepheloid Layers. Sea Grant College Program. 1994-96.

Organic Matter Processing by Filter Feeders in Stream Ecosystems. National Science Foundation. 1994-96. (Co-PI with A. E. Hershey, R. Merritt, and M. C. Miller)

Survival and Reproduction of Pathogenic Bacteria in a Great Lakes Estuary: A Comprehensive Test of Combined Municipal and Industrial Sewage Management. Minnesota Sea Grant College Program. 1996-98.

On-Site Sewage Treatment Alternatives: Pathogen Removal/Technology Transfer. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. 1997-99. (Co-PI with G. Sabel, J Anderson, D Gustafson, B. McCarthy, R. Axler, J. Crosby, T. Bovee, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, and Minnesota OST Cotractors Association)

Comparative Analysis of Archaeal Nucleic Acids in Picoplankton from Great Lakes. University of Minnesota Graduate School. 1998-99.

Pathogen and Nutrient Removal by Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Single Home and Small Community Wastewater Flows. Minnesota Sea Grant College Program. 1998-00. (Co-PI with R. Axler and B. McCarthy)

On-Site Sewage Treatment Alternatives: Performance, Outreach & Demonstration. Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. 1999-01 (Co-PI with G. Sabel, J Anderson, B. McCarthy, R. Axler, D Gustafson, J. Crosby, T. Bovee, and P. Weidman)

Survival and Virulence of Pathogenic Bacteria within Microbial Communities Attached to Suspended Particles in a Freshwater Estuary. Minnesota Sea Grant College Program. 1999-01

Identifying the Sources of Coliform Bacteria in Coastal Ecosystems and Their Relationship to Land Use. Minnesota Sea Grant College Program. 2001-03 (PI with M. J. Sadowsky and L. B. Johnson)

Hicks, R. E., and C. J. Owen. 1991. Bacterial density and activity in benthic nepheloid layers of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 48:923-932.

Hicks, R. E., R. I. Amann, and D. A. Stahl. 1992. Dual staining of natural bacterioplankton with DAPI and fluorescent oligonucleotide probes targeting kingdom-level 16S rRNA sequences. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:2158-2163.

Aas, P., and R. E. Hicks. 1993. Biodegradation of organic particles by surface and benthic nepheloid layer microbes from Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res. 19: 310-321.

Weaver, D. T., and R. E. Hicks. 1995. Biodegradation of Azotobacter vinelandii exopolymer by Lake Superior microbes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40:1039-1045.

Hicks, R. E., D. A. Pascoe, and T. M. Schmidt. 1995. Ribosomal RNA-based probes reveal Archaea in picoplankton from the North American Great Lakes. Pp. 23-25 In Center for Microbial Ecology Research Findings, Spring 1995, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Tapper, M. A., and R. E. Hicks. 1998. Temperate viruses and lysogeny in Lake Superior bacterioplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr.: 43:95-103.

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.

Ribosomal RNA-Probes Reveal Archaea in Picoplankton from the North American Great Lakes". July 15-19, 1996. International Symposium "Exploring the Great Lakes of the World: Food-web Dynamics, Health & Integrity, Victoria Fall, Africa. (poster presentation; coauthors: D. Pascoe, and T. Schmidt)

Different Genetic Characters of Communities Across Thermal Barriers in the Great Lakes Spoil the Myth of Structurally Uniform Bacterial Plankton. October 11-12, 1996. ASM North Central Branch Annual Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.

Effects of Temperature and Suspended Particles on the Survival of Salmonella typhimurium in Freshwater Microbial Communities. November 6, 1998. Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI.

Revealing the Similarity of Bacterioplankton Assemblages in Great Lakes of the World. September 22, 1999. Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

 

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PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (past 5 years)

 

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1996. Effect of PCB Addition on Model Lake Superior Microbial Communities. Midwest Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting, April 3-5, Duluth, MN. (with first author J. S. Denny and coauthor D. Pascoe)

1997. Survival, Viability, and Reproduction of Salmonella typhimurium in an Estuarine Planktonic Community. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 10-14, Santa Fe, NM. (coauthors: F. Walsh and D. A. Pascoe)

1997. Effect of Biphenyl Exposure on Model Lake Superior Microbial Communities. Midwest Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting, April 2-4, 1997, Green Bay, WI. (with first author J. S. Denny and coautthors B. R. Sheedy and D. A. Pascoe)

1998. Molecular Evidence for Nitrogen Fixation and Seasonal Changes in Microbial Activity in Lake Michigan. 1998 American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (with first author B. J. MacGregor, and coauthors B. Van Mooy, B. Butler, D. P. Moser, R. Maki, R. Hicks, H. Paerl, K. H. Nealson, D. Hollander, and D. A. Stahl)

1998. The Effect of Suspended Clay Particles on the Survival of Salmonella typhimurium in a Freshwater Microbial Community. Minnesota Water '98: Protecting Minnesota's Water Supplies. University of Minnesota, May 5-6, 1998. (first author with coauthors: P. Aas, F. Walsh, and R. Maki)

1998. Methods for Determining Pathogen Removal of Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems. Minnesota Water '98: Protecting Minnesota's Water Supplies. University of Minnesota, May 5-6, 1998. (with first author J. Pundsack and coauthors: R. Hicks, P. Aas, R. Axler, J. Henneck, and D. Nordman)

1998. Effect of Suspended Clay on the Survival and Viability of a Pathogenic Bacterium in a Freshwater Harbor. XXVII Societas Internationale Limnologie (SIL) International Congress. August 10-14, Dublin, Ireland. (coauthors: P. Aas and R. P. Maki)

1999. Distribution of Archaeal Nucleic Acids in Picoplankton from Great Lakes of the World. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, NM. (poster with first author B. P. Keough)

1999. Effect of Different Suspended Particles on the Survival and Viability of Salmonella typhimurium in Freshwater Microbial Communities. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 1-5, 1999, Santa Fe, NM. (with first author R. P. Maki and coauthor P. Aas)

1999. Cold Climate Performance of Constructed Wetlands for Removing Pathogens and Nutrients from Domestic Wastewater in Northern Minnesota. Third International Workshop on Constructed Wetlands/BMPs for Nutrient Reduction and Coastal Water Protection, June 9-12, 1999, New Orleans, LA. (with first author J. Pundsack and coauthors R. Axler, J. Henneck, D. Nordman, B. McCarthy, S. Monson-Geertsl, J. Crosby, and P. Weidman.)

1999. Subsurface Removal of Salmonella by On-Site Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems. International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, August 1999, Vail, CO. (poster with first author J. Pundsack, R. Axler, J. Henneck, D. Nordman, B. McCarthy, and S. Monson-Geertsl.)

 

2001. Presence and Phylogenetic Affiliation of Archaeal Nucleic Acids from Picoplankton of Great Lakes. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 2001 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 12-16, 2001, Albuquerque, NM. (second author with B. Keough)

2001. Presence and Phylogenetic Affilication of Archaeal Nucleic Acids from Picoplankton of Great Lakes. International Association of Great Lakes Research 2001 Annual Meeting, June 11-14, 2001, Green Bay, WI. (second author with B. Keough)

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