Research Publications

Publications Utilizing the Field Station, Bath Nature Preserve, and Associated Properties

2015

Letcher, Peter M., Martha J. Powell, and William J. Davis. 2015. A new family and four new genera in Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota). Mycologia 107(4): 808-830.

2013

Boutry, C., & Blackledge, T. A. 2013. Wet webs work better: humidity, supercontraction and the performance of spider orb webs. Journal of Experimental Biology 216(19): 3606-3610.

Kurz, D. J., McGinty, N. A., Stankavich, S. A., Nowakowski, A. J., & Smith, G. A. 2013. Restored Wetlands Can Support Mammalian Assemblages Comparable to Those in Nonmitigated Reference Wetlands. The American Midland Naturalist 170(2): 260-273.

Lankau, R. A. 2013. Species invasion alters local adaptation to soil communities in a native plant. Ecology 94(1): 32-40.

Marhabaie, M., Leeper, T. C., & Blackledge, T. A. 2013. Protein composition correlates with the mechanical properties of spider (Argiope trifasciata) dragline silk. Biomacromolecules 15(1): 20-29.

Sensenig, A. T., Kelly, S. P., Lorentz, K. A., Lesher, B., & Blackledge, T. A. 2013. Mechanical performance of spider orb webs is tuned for high-speed prey. Journal of Experimental Biology 216(18): 3388-3394.

2012

Nunziata, S. O., Karron, J. D., Mitchell, R. J., Lance, S. L., Jones, K. L., & Trapnell, D. W. 2012. Characterization of 42 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae) using Illumina sequencing. American Journal of Botany 99(12): e477-e480.

Sensenig, A. T., Lorentz, K. A., Kelly, S. P., & Blackledge, T. A. 2012. Spider orb webs rely on radial threads to absorb prey kinetic energy. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 9(73): 1880-1891.

2011

Boutry, C., M. Řezáč, TA Blackledge. 2011. “Plasticity in Major Ampullate Silk Production in Relation to Spider Phylogeny and Ecology.” PLoS ONE 6(7):e22467.

Ingianni, E. A., C. R. McGhee, JW Schultz. 2011. “Taxonomy of the
Leiobunum calcar species-group (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae).” Journal of Arachnology 39(3): 454-481.

Pan, JJ, D Ammerman, RJ Mitchell. 2011. Nutrient amendments in a temperate grassland have negative impacts on early season and exotic plant species. Plant Ecology 212:853-864.

Sensenig A., Agnarsson I. & Blackledge T.A. 2011. Adult spiders use tougher silk: ontogenetic changes in web architecture and silk biomechanics in the orb-weaver spider. Journal of Zoology. 285: 28-38.

Kelly, S. P., A. Sensenig, KA Lorentz, TA Blackledge. 2011. “Damping capacity is evolutionarily conserved in the radial silk of orb-weaving spiders.” Zoology 114(4):233-238.

Weijers, J. W. H., B. Bernhardt, et al. 2011. “Absence of seasonal patterns in MBT–CBT indices in mid-latitude soils.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75(11):3179-3190.

2010

Boutry, C. and T. A. Blackledge 2010. “Evolution of supercontraction in spider silk: structure–function relationship from tarantulas to orb-weavers.” Journal of Experimental Biology 213(20): 3505.

D’Alba, L., A. Oborn, MD Shawkey. 2010. “Experimental evidence that keeping eggs dry is a mechanism for the antimicrobial effects of avian incubation.” Naturwissenschaften: 1-7.

Eliason, C.M., Shawkey M.D. 2010. Rapid, reversible response of iridescent feather color to ambient humidity. Opt. Express 18, 21284-21292.

Nor, R. M., M. Nesterenko, PJ Lavrentyev. 2010. “Oxybuoy: Constructing a Real-Time Inexpensive Hypoxia Monitoring Platform.” Ad Hoc Networks: 795-804.

Pan, J. J., B. Widner, D. Ammerman, R.E. Drenovsky. 2010. “Plant community and tissue chemistry responses to fertilizer and litter nutrient manipulations in a temperate grassland.” Plant Ecology 206(1): 139-150.

Sensenig, A., I. Agnarsson, et al. 2010. “Behavioural and biomaterial coevolution in spider orb webs.” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23(9): 1839-1856.

2009

Boutry, C. and T. A. Blackledge. 2009. “Biomechanical variation of silk links spinning plasticity to spider web function.” Zoology 112(6): 451-460.

Purrenhage, JL, Niewiarowski PH, Moore FB-G. 2009. Population structure of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in a fragmented landscape. Molecular Ecology 18:235-237.

2008

Boutry, C. and T. A. Blackledge. 2008. “The common house spider alters the material and mechanical properties of cobweb silk in response to different prey.” Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 309(9): 542-552.

Duff, RJ, H Ball,P. J. Lavrentyev. 2008. “Application of combined morphological–molecular approaches to the identification of planktonic protists from environmental samples.” Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55(4): 306-312.

Patrick, L. B., N. Dupérré, and C. D. Dondale.  2008.  Review of the Nearctic genus Scyletria Bishop & Crosby (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with a transfer of S. jona to Mermessus O. Pickard-Cambridge.  Zootaxa 1744:31-40.  (Full-text PDF file)

Fraser, L. H., and E. B. Madson.  2008.  The interacting effects of herbivore exclosures and seed addition in a wet meadow.  Oikos 117:1057-1063.

Maruyama, M., L. B. Patrick, and J. Klimaszewski.  2008.  First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new species.  Zootaxa 1716:35-43.  (Full-text PDF file)

Patrick, L. B., L. H. Fraser, et al. 2008. “Large-scale manipulation of plant litter and fertilizer in a managed successional temperate grassland.” Plant Ecology 197(2): 183-195.

Shultz, J. W. 2008. “Leiobunum nigripes is a junior synonym of Leiobunum verrucosum (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae).” Journal of Arachnology 36(1): 184-186.

Zevenbergen, J. M., N. K. Schneider, et al. 2008. “Fine dining or fortress? Functional shifts in spider web architecture by the western black widow Latrodectus hesperus.” Animal Behaviour 76(3): 823-829.

2007

Hausman, C. E., L. H. Fraser, et al. 2007. “Plant community establishment in a restored wetland: Effects of soil removal.” Applied Vegetation Science 10(3): 383-390.

2006

Carlyle, C. N. and L. H. Fraser. 2006. “A test of three juvenile plant competitive response strategies.” Journal of Vegetation Science 17(1): 11-18.

Blackledge, T. A. and J. M. Zevenbergen. 2006. “Mesh width influences prey retention in spider orb webs.” Ethology 112(12): 1194-1201.

2005

Picard, C.R., Fraser, L.H. and Steer, D. 2005. The interacting effects of temperature and plant community type on nutrient removal in wetland microcosms. Bioresource Technology 96: 1039-1047.

Steer, D. Fraser, L.H. and Siebert, B. 2005. Cell-to-cell pollution reduction effectiveness of domestic treatment wetlands. Bioresource Technology 96: 969-976.

Miletti, T., Carlyle, C., Picard, Landaw, A., and Fraser, L.H. 2005. Hydrology, water chemistry and vegetation characteristics of a tamarack bog in Bath Township, Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science 105: 21-30.

Fraser, L.H. and Karnezis, J.P. 2005. A comparative assessment of seedling survival and biomass accumulation for fourteen wetland plant species grown under minor water-depth differences. Wetlands 25: 520-530.

Fraser, L.H. and Feinstein, L.M. 2005. Effects of mycorrhizal inoculant, N:P supply ration, and water level on the growth and biomass allocation of three wetland plant species. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 1117-1125.

2004

Fraser, L.H., Carty, S., Picard, C. and Steer, D. 2004. Phytoremediation: wetland plants and their relative efficiency at treating agricultural runoff. Recent Res. Develop. Crop Sci. 1: 379-391.

Fraser, L.H., Carty, S. and Steer, D.N. 2004. A test of four plant species to reduce total nitrogen and total phosphorus from soil leachate in subsurface wetland microcosms. Bioresource Technology 94(2): 185-192.

2003

Keddy, P. and Fraser, L.H. 2003. The management of wetlands for biological diversity. In Modern Trends in Applied Aquatic Ecology (Ed R.S.Ambasht and N.K.Ambasht), pp 21-42, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.

Steer, D., Aseltyne, T. and Fraser, L.H. 2003. Life-cycle economic model of small treatment wetlands for domestic wastewater disposal. Ecological Economics 44: 359-369.

Fraser, L.H., Bradford, M.E. and Steer D.N. 2003. Human appropriation and treatment of fresh water: a global hydrology model incorporating treatment wetlands. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 2: 174-183.

2002

Steer, D., Fraser, L.H., Boddy, J. and Seibert, B. 2002. Efficiency of small constructed wetlands for subsurface treatment of single family domestic effluent. Ecological Engineering 18: 429-440.

Miller, SR, R Gaebel, RJ Mitchell, M Arduser. 2002. Occurrence of two species of old world bees, Anthidium manicatum and A. oblongatum (Apoidea: Megachilidae) in northern Ohio and southern Michigan. Great Lakes Entomologist 35:65-69.

2001

Wallace, RL, Ott, D.W., S.L. Stiles, & C.K. Oldham-Ott. 2001. Bed and Breakfast: the parasitic life of Proales werneckii (Ploimida: Proalidae) within the alga Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae: Vaucheriales). Hydrobiologica 446/447: 129-137

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