LTRWS Peer-reviewed Publications

Findings from the NCASI Long-term Receiving Water Study have been published in numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Flinders, C.A., Ragsdale, R.L., Ikoma, J., Arthurs, W.J., and Kidd, J. 2019. Spatial and temporal patterns of diatom assemblages, and their drivers, in four US streams: evidence from a long-term dataset. Hydrobiologia 846: 159-179.

McLaughlin, D.B., and Flinders, C.A. 2016. Quantifying variability in four US streams using a long-term data set: patterns in water quality endpoints. Environmental Management 57: 368-388.

Flinders, C.A., McLaughlin, D.B., Ragsdale, R.L. 2015. Quantifying variability in four US streams using a long-term dataset: patterns in biotic endpoints. Environmental Management 56: 447-456.

Borton, D.L., Cook, D.L., Bradley, W.K., Philbeck, R., Dubé, M., Brown-Peterson, N.J., and Streblow, W.R. 2009. Responses of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) during life-cycle exposures to pulp mill effluents at four long-term receiving water study sites. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:270–282.

Flinders, C.A., Minshall, G.W., Hall, T.J., and Rodgers, J.H. 2009a. Spatial and temporal patterns of periphyton and water quality related to pulp and paper mill discharges in four U.S. receiving streams. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:259–269.

Flinders, C.A., Minshall, G.W., Ragsdale, R.L., and Hall, T.J. 2009b. Patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages in a long-term, watershed-scale study to address the effects of pulp and paper mill discharges in four U.S. receiving streams. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:248–258.

Flinders, CA, Ragsdale, RL, Ikoma, J, Arthurs, WJ, Kidd, J.  2019.  Spatial and temporal patterns of diatom assemblages, and their drivers, in four US streams: evidence from a long-term dataset.  Hydrobiologia 846: 159-179.

Flinders, C.A., Ragsdale, R.L., and Hall, T.J. 2009c. Patterns of fish community structure in a long-term watershed-scale study to address the aquatic ecosystem effects of pulp and paper mill discharges in four U.S. receiving streams. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:219–233.

Hall, T.J., Fisher, R.P., Rodgers, J.L., Minshall, G.W., Landis, W.G., Kovacs, T.G., Firth, B.K., Dubé, M.G., Deardorff, T.L., and Borton, D.L. 2009. A long-term multitrophic level study to assess pulp and paper mill effluent effects on aquatic communities in four United States receiving waters: Background and status. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:189–198.

Hall, T.J., Fisher, R.P., Rodgers, J.L., Minshall, G.W., Landis, W.G., Kovacs, T., Firth, B.K., Dubé, M., Flinders, C.A., Deardorff, T.L., and Borton, D.L. 2009. A long-term multitrophic level study to assess pulp and paper mill effluent effects on aquatic communities in four United States receiving waters: Lessons learned. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:283–290.

Hall, T.J., Ragsdale, R.L., Arthurs, W.J., Ikoma, J., Borton, D.L., and Cook, D.L. 2009. A long-term multi-trophic level study to assess pulp and paper mill effluent effects on aquatic communities in four U.S. receiving waters: Characteristics of the study streams, sample sites, mills, and mill effluents. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:199–218.

Landis, W.G., and Thomas, J.F. 2009. Regional risk assessment as a part of the long-term receiving water study. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5:234–247.

Matamoros, W., Schaefer, J., Mickle, P., Arthurs, W., Ikoma, J., and Ragsdale R. 2009. First record of Agonostomus monticola (Family: Mugilidae) in Mississippi freshwaters with notes of its distribution in the southern USA. Southeastern Naturalist 8:175–178.

Ice, G.G., Unwin, J.P., Hall, T.J., Wiegand, P., and McLaughlin, D.B. 2007. Addressing infrequent, brief, and small excursions of water quality. In Proceeding of the 4th conference on watershed management to meet water quality standards and TMDL,121–128. St. Joseph, Michigan: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Thomas, J.F., and Hall, T.J. 2006. A comparison of three methods of evaluating aquatic community impairment in streams. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21:54–63.

Thomas, J.F. 2005. How long should a long-term river study be? Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20:367–379.

Hall, T.J., Thomas, J.F., Fisher, R.P., and Borton, D.L. 2004. Status of a long-term industry-funded in-stream monitoring study to assess potential effluent effects in four U.S. receiving waters. In Pulp and paper mill effluent environmental fate and effects, ed. D.L. Borton, T.J. Hall, R.P. Fisher, and J.F. Thomas, 182–194. Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications.

Thomas, J.F., and Hall, T.J. 2004. Spatial-temporal relationships between river biota, chemistry and mill effluent on Codorus Creek, Pennsylvania. In Pulp and paper mill effluent environmental fate and effects, ed. D.L. Borton, T.J. Hall, R.P. Fisher, and J.F. Thomas, 220–231. Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications.

Landis, W.G., Bodensteiner, L.R., Obery, A.M., and Thomas, J.F. 2004. Ecological risk assessment as the framework for the prediction, confirmation and management of the Codorus Creek Watershed. In Pulp and paper mill effluent environmental fate and effects, ed. D.L. Borton, T.J. Hall, R.P. Fisher, and J.F. Thomas, 232–243. Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications.

Hall, T.J., Arthurs, W.J., Borton, D.L., Erickson, C., Ikoma, J., and Streblow, W.R. 2004. Characterization of a bleached kraft mill effluent discharging to Codorus Creek, Pennsylvania, as part of a long-term monitoring study—chemical, biological and mesocosm measurements. In Pulp and paper mill effluent environmental fate and effects, ed. D.L. Borton, T.J. Hall, R.P. Fisher, and J.F. Thomas, 208–219. Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications.

Thomas, J.F., and Hall, T.J. 2004. Pattern analysis of fish communities upstream/downstream of pulp and paper mill discharges on four U.S. receiving waters. In Pulp and paper mill effluent environmental fate and effects, ed. D.L. Borton, T.J. Hall, R.P. Fisher, and J.F. Thomas, 195–207. Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications.

Rodgers, J.H., and Thomas, J.F. 2004. Evaluations of the fate and effects of pulp and paper mill effluents from a watershed multistressor perspective: Progress to date and future opportunities. In Pulp and paper mill effluent environmental fate and effects, ed. D.L. Borton, T.J. Hall, R.P. Fisher, and J.F. Thomas, 135–145. Lancaster, PA: DEStech Publications.

Dudley, J.L., Arthurs, W., and Hall, T.J. 2001. A comparison of methods used to estimate river rock surface areas. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16:257–261.

Dudley, J.L., and Hall, T.J. 2001. Physical and chemical characteristics of Codorus Creek and Oil Creek (York County, PA). The Pennsylvania Academy of Science 75:27–34.

Norton, S.B., Boon, P.J., Gerould, S., Hall, T.J., Lubinski, K., and Verdonschot, P.F. 2000. Formulating assessment questions. In Ecological assessment of aquatic resources linking science to decision-making, ed. M.T. Barbour, S.B. Norton, H.R. Preston, and K.W. Thornton, 13–37. Pensacola, FL: SETAC Press.

Hall, T.J., and Miner, R.A. 1997. Integrated long-term receiving water study methodology development. Water Science and Technology 35:315–320.

Hall, T.J. 1996. A review of recent studies in North America using integrated monitoring approaches to assessing bleached kraft mill effluent effects on receiving waters. In Environmental fate and effects of pulp and paper mill effluents, ed. M.R. Servos, K.R. Munkittrick, J.H. Carey, and G.J. Van Der Kraak. Delray Beach, FL: St. Lucie Press.