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Richard Back
Title: Associate Professor
Education:
B.S. Syracuse University, 1982
M.S. Clemson University, 1985
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1993
Area(s) of Specialty: Plankton Ecology, Limnology, Aquatic Entomology
Research Interests: Flux of materials through aquatic ecosystems
Recent Publications:
Kennedy, A.J., R.W. Griel, R.C. Back, and T.M. Sutton. (2005) Population characteristics and spawning migration dynamics of pink salmon in the U.S. water of the St. Marys River. J. Great Lakes Res. 31:11-21.
Kreutzweiser, D.P., R.C.Back, T.M. Sutton, K.L. Pangle and D.G. Thomspon. (2004) Aquatic mesocosm assessments of neem (azadirachtin) insecticide at environmentally realistic concentrations - 2: zooplankton communtiy reponses and recovery. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 59:194-204.
Back, R.C., P.R. Gorski, L.B. Cleckner and J.P. Hurley. (2003) Mercury content and speciation in the plankton and benthos of Lake Superior. Science of the Total Environment 304-349-354.
Cleckner, L.B., R.C. Back, P.R. Gorski, J.P. Hurley and S. Byler. (2003) Seasonal and size-specific distribution of methylmercury in seston and zooplankton of two contrasting Great Lakes embayments. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 29:134-144.
Rolfhus, K.R., H.E. Sakamoto, L.B. Cleckner, R.W. Stoor, C.L. Babiarz, R.C. Back, H. Manolopoulos and J.P. Hurley. (2003) The distribution of mercury in Lake Superior. Environmental Science and Technology 37:865-872.
Back, R.C., J.P. Hurley and K.R. Rolfhus. (2002) Watershed influences on the transport, fate and bioavailability of mercury in Lake Superior: Field measurements and modeling approaches. Lakes and Reservoirs 7:210-206.
Kreutzweiser, D.P., R.C. Back, T.M.Sutton, D.G. Thompson and T.A. Scarr. (2002) Community-level disruptions among zooplankton of pond enclosures treated with neem (azadirachtin) insecticide. Aquatic Toxicology 56:257-273.
