The University of Toledo

Water Quality Research Publications and Abstracts

 

Publications

• Chaffin, J.D., Bridgeman, T.B., Heckathorn, S.A. and Mishra, S. 2011. Assessment of Microcystis growth rate potential and nutrient status across a trophic gradient in western Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 37(1):92-100.
• Bridgeman, T.B. and W.A. Penamon. Lyngbya wollei in Western Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 36:167-171. (2010)
• Bridgeman, T.B., D.W. Schloesser, and A.E. Krause. Recruitment of Hexagenia mayfly nymphs in western Lake Erie linked to environmental variability. Ecological Applications, 16:601-611. (2006)
• Moorhead, D.L, T.B. Bridgeman, and J. Morris. Changes in water quality of Maumee Bay (1928-2003) in The Pulse of Lake Erie. (2008)
• Schloesser, D.W., R.G. Stickel, and T.B. Bridgeman. Potential oxygen demand of sediments from Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 31 (Suppl. 2) 272-283. (2005)
• Rinta-Kanto, J.M., A.J.A. Ouellette, M.R. Twiss, G.L. Boyer, T.B. Bridgeman, and S.W. Wilhelm. 2005. Quantification of toxic Microcystis spp. during the 2003 and 2004 blooms in Western Lake Erie. Environmental Science and Technology 39, 4198-4205.
• Vincent, R. K., X. Qin, R. M. McKay, J. Miner, K. Czajkowski, J. Savino, and T.B. Bridgeman, 2004, Phycocyanin Detection from Landsat TM data for mapping Cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie, Remote Sensing of Environment, 89:381-392.
• Bridgeman, T.B., C. D. Wallace, G. S. Carter, R. Carvajal, L. C. Schiesari, S. Aslam, E. Cloyd, D. Elder, A. Field, K. L. Schulz, P. M. Yurista, and G. W. Kling. 2000. A limnological survey of Third Sister Lake, Michigan with historical comparisons. Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management. 16:253-267.
• Bridgeman, T.B., G. Messick, and H. A. Vanderploeg. 2000. Sudden appearance of cysts and ellobiopsid parasites on zooplankton in a Michigan lake: a potential explanation of tumor-like anomalies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 57(8):1539-1544.
• Bridgeman, T. B., G. L. Fahnenstiel, G. A. Lang, and T. F. Nalepa. 1995. Zooplankton grazing during the zebra mussel (Driessena polymorpha) colonization of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 21:567-573.
• Fahnenstiel, G. L., T. B. Bridgeman, G. A. Lang, M. J. McCormick, and T. F. Nalepa. 1995. Phytoplankton productivity in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron: Effects of zebra mussel (Driessena polymorpha) colonization. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 21:465-475.

 

Abstracts

 

 

 

• Bridgeman, T.B., D.W. Schloesser, J.J. Cibrowski, S.A. Ruberg, and M.A. Thomas. 2005. Hypoxia and benthic ecology in western Lake Erie. Estuarine Research Federation, Biennial Conference. 16-20 October, Norfolk, VA. (Symposium).
• Bridgeman, T.B. 2005. The Microcystis blooms of western Lake Erie 2003-2004. Internatinoal Association of Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference. 23-27 May 2005, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Schloesser, D.W. , R.G. Stickel, and T.B. Bridgeman. 2004. Potential Oxygen Demand of Sediments from Lake Erie. International Association of Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, 24-28 May, Waterloo, Ontario.
• Bridgeman, T.B. and D.W Schloesser. 2003. Summer Stratification, hypoxia, and mayfly recruitment in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. International Association of Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, 22-26 May, Chicago, IL. Pg 142.
• Moorhead, D.L., Bridgeman, T.B., and Morris, J. 2003. Changes in water quality of Maumee Bay, Lake Erie: 1974-2002. International Association of Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, 22-26 May, Chicago, IL. Pg 129.
• Bridgeman, T. B. 2002. Historical Response of Zooplankton Communities to Ecological Change in Lake Victoria (East Africa). American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, National Meeting, 10-14 June, Victoria, B.C. pg. 27.
• Bridgeman, T. B. 1998. Recent changes in zooplankton communities of Lake Victoria (East Africa) inferred from the sediment record. International Association of Great Lakes Research, Annual Conference, 18 - 22 May, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Bridgeman, T. B., G. L. Fahnenstiel, and G. A. Lang. 1993. Primary productivity in Saginaw Bay/ Lake Huron from 1990 to 1992 and comparisons to 1974-1975. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, National Meeting, 30 May - 3 June, Edmonton, Alberta. pg. 96.
• Bridgeman, T. B., and D. A. Culver. 1990. Spatial and temporal genetic variation of Daphnia in the western and central basins of Lake Erie. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, National Meeting, 10-15 June, Williamsburg, VA. pg. 11.