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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1990

  • Usher, H.D., and D.W. Blinn. 1990.  Influence of various exposure periods on the biomass and chlorophyll aof Cladophora glomerata (Chlorophyta).  Journal of Phycology 26:244-249.

  • Runck, C. and D.W. Blinn. 1990.  Population dynamics and secondary production by Ranatra montezuma(Heteroptera: Nepidae). Journal of the North American Benthological Society9:262-270.

  • Blinn, D.W. and R.W. Davies. 1990.  Concomitant diel vertical migration of a predatory leech and its amphipod prey. FreshwaterBiology24:401-407.

  • Blinn, D.W. and G.A. Cole. 1991.  Algae and invertebrate biota in the Colorado River: Comparison of pre- and post-dam conditions, pp. 85-104.  InNational Research Council (Eds).  Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management.  National Academy of Science Press, Washington, D.C.  238 pp.

  • Dehdashti, B. and D.W. Blinn. 1991.  Population dynamics and production of the pelagic amphipod, Hyalella montezuma in a thermally constant system.  Freshwater Biology 25:131-141.

  • Blinn, D.W. 1991.  The diatom flora of Lake Eyre South:  A large episodically filled salt lake in South Australia.  Hydrobiologia 210:101-104.

  • Tudor, E.R., D.W. Blinn, and D.M. Churchill.  1991.  Distribution of diatoms in the northern Kimberley Region, Western Australia in relation to water chemistry.  Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 73:93-99.

  • Hardwick, G.G., D.W. Blinn, and H.D. Usher. 1992.  Epiphytic diatoms on Cladophora glomeratain the Colorado River, Arizona: Longitudinal and vertical distribution in a regulated river.  Southwestern Naturalist 37:148-156.

  • Runck, C. and D.W. Blinn. 1992.  Foraging ecology of Ranatra montezuma(Heteroptera): an optimal forager in Montezuma Well, Arizona.   Issue 2.  Limnology and Aquatic Biology of the Southwest.  Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 26:119-129.

  • Blinn, D.W., C. Runck, D.A. Clark, and J.N. Rinne. 1993.   Effects of rainbow trout predation on Little Colorado spinedace. Transactionsof the American Fisheries Society122:139-143.

  • Blinn, D.W., C. Runck, and R.W. Davies.  993.  The impact of prey behaviour and prey density on the foraging ecology of Ranatra montezuma(Heteroptera): a serological examination.  Canadian Journal of Zoology71:387-391.

  • Thomas, P., D.W. Blinn, and P. Keim. 1994.  A test of an allopatric speciation model for congeneric amphipods in an isolated aquatic ecosystem.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society3:100-109.

  • Kalarani, V., D.C. Reddy, D.W. Blinn, and R.W. Davies. 1993.  Interspecific differences in respiration and energy storage reserves in two freshwater predatory leeches from ecosystems of contrasting stability.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology104A:239-242.

  • Blinn, D.W. 1993.  Diatom community structure along physicochemical gradients in saline lakes.  Ecology74:1246-1263.

  • Runck, C. and D.W. Blinn. 1993.  Seasonal diet of a threatened native cyprinid in the American Southwest: Lepidomeda vittata Southwestern Naturalist 38:157-159.

  • Runck, C. and D.W. Blinn. 1993.  Secondary productivity by Telebasis salva(Odonata) in a thermally constant aquatic ecosystem. Journal of the North American Benthological Society12:136-147.

  • Shannon, J.P., D.W. Blinn, and L.E. Stevens. 1994.  The role of trophic interactions in structuring lotic benthic communities. Freshwater Biology31:213-220.

  • Blinn, D.W., R.H. Hevly, and O.K. Davis. 1994.  Continuous Holocene record of diatom stratigraphy, paleohydrology, and anthropogenic activity in a spring-mound in southwestern United States.  Quaternary Research42:197-205.

  • Runck, C. and D.W. Blinn. 1994.  Role of Belostoma bakeri(Heteroptera) in the trophic ecology of a fishless desert spring. Limnology and Oceanography39:1800-1812.

  • Blinn, D.W., J.P. Shannon, and L.E. Stevens, and J.P. Carder. 1995.  Consequences of fluctuating discharge for lotic communities. Journal of the North American Benthological Society14:233-248.

  • Govedich, F., G. Oberlin, and D.W. Blinn. 1996.  Comparison of channel and hyporheic invertebrate communities in a Southwestern USA desert stream.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology11:201-209.

  • Shannon, J.P., D.W. Blinn, P.L. Benenati, and K.P. Wilson. 1996.  Organic drift in a regulated desert river.  CanadianJournal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences53:1360-1369.

  • Oberlin, G. E. and D. W. Blinn. 1997.  The effect of temperature on the metabolism and behavior of an endemic amphipod, Hyalella montezumafrom Montezuma Well. Freshwater Biology37:55-59.

  • Thomas, P. E., D. W. Blinn, and P. Keim. 1997.  Genetic and behavioural divergence among desert spring amphipod populations. Freshwater Biology38:137-43.

  • Minckley, T. A., O. K. Davis, D. Eastoe, V. Haynes, D. W. Blinn. 1997.  Preliminary analysis of environmental indicators from a Mastodon site in the Prescott National Forest, Yavapai County.  Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science30:23-29.

  • Shaver, M. L., J. P. Shannon, K. P. Wilson, P. L. Benenati, and D. W. Blinn. 1997.  Effects of suspended sediment and desiccation on the benthic tailwater community in the Colorado River, USA.  Hydrobiologia357:63-72.

  • Drost, C.A. and D.W. Blinn. 1997.  Invertebrate community of Roaring Springs Cave, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist42:497-500.

  • Stevens, L. E., J.P. Shannon, and D. W. Blinn. 1997.  Colorado River Benthic ecology in Grand Canyon Arizona, USA: dam, tributary, and geomorphic influences.  Regulated Rivers13:129-149.

  • Blinn, D.W., J.P. Shannon. P.L. Benenati, and K.P. Wilson. 1998.  Algal ecology in tailwater stream communities: Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona.  Journal of Phycology34:734-740.

  • Herbst, D.B. and D.W. Blinn. 1998.  Experimental mesocosm studies of salinity effects on the benthic algal community of a saline lake.  Journal of Phycology34:772-778.

  • Benenati, P.L., J.P. Shannon, and D.W. Blinn. 1998.  Desiccation and recolonization of phytobenthos in a regulated desert river: Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Arizona, USA. Regulated Rivers4:519-532.

  • Thomas, E.P., D.W. Blinn, and P. Keim. 1998.  Do xeric landscapes increase genetic divergence in aquatic ecosystems? Freshwater Biology40:587-593.

  • Blinn, D.W., J. White, T. Pradetto, and J. O'Brien. 1998.  Reproductive ecology and growth of a captive population of Little Colorado spinedace (Lepidomeda vittata: Cyprinidae).  Copeia 998:1010-1015.

  • Blinn, D.W., J.P. Shannon. K.P. Wilson, C. O'Brien, and P.L. Benenati. 1998.  Response of benthos and organic drift to a controlled flood, pp 259-271, inWebb, R.H., Schmidt, J.C., Marzolf, G.R. and Valdez, R.A.   The Controlled Flood in Grand Canyon. Washington D.C.  American Geophysical Union.   Geophysical Monograph 110.  367 pp.

  • Valdez, R.A., J.P. Shannon, and D.W. Blinn. 1998.  Biological implications of the 1996 controlled flood, pp 343-350.  inWebb, R.H.,

  • Schmidt,  J.C., Marzolf, G.R.and Valdez, R.A. The Controlled Flood in Grand Canyon.Washington D.C.  American Geophysical Union. Geophysical Monograph 110.  367 pp.

  • Oberlin, G.E., J.P. Shannon, and D.W. Blinn. 1998.  Watershed influence on the macroinvertebrate fauna of ten major tributaries of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist44:17-30.

  • Wilson, K.P., J.P. Shannon, D.W. Blinn. 1998.  Effects of suspended sediments on biomass and cell morphology of Cladophora glomerata(Chlorophyta) in the Colorado River, Arizona.  Journal of Phycology 35:35-41.

  • Govedich, F.R., D.W. Blinn. P. Keim, and R.W. Davies. 1998.  Phylogenetic relationships of three genera of Erpobdellidae (Hirudinoidea), with a description of a new genus (Motobdella)and species, M. sedonensis.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:2164-2171.

  • McLoughlin, N.J., D.W. Blinn, and R.W. Davies. 1999.  An energetic evaluation of a predator (leech)- prey (amphipod) couple in Montezuma Well, Arizona.  Functional Ecology13:45-50.

  • Govedich, F.R., D.W. Blinn, R.H. Hevly, and P.S. Keim. 1999.  Cryptic radiation in erpobdellid leeches in xeric landscapes:  A molecular analysis of population differentiation. Canadian Journal of  Zoology. 77:52-57.

  • Haden, G.A., D.W. Blinn, J.P. Shannon, and K.P. Wilson. 1999.  Driftwood: An alternative habitat for macroinvertebrates in a large desert river.  Hydrobiologia 397:179-186.

  • Haden, G.A., D.W. Blinn, J.P. Shannon, and K.P. Wilson. 1999.  Interference competition between the net-building caddisfly Ceratopsyche oslari and the amphipod Gammarus lacustris.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 4:277-280. 

  • O’Brien, C. and D.W. Blinn. 1999.  The endemic spring snail Pyrgulopsis montezumensis in a high CO2 environment: Importance of extreme chemical habitats as refugia.  Freshwater Biology 42:225-234.

  • Wetzel, M.J., G.E. Oberlin, and D.W. Blinn. 1999.  Aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) of Montezuma Well, Arizona: A near-thermally constant limnocrene. Southwestern Naturalist 44:514-518.

  • Pomeroy, K.E., J.P. Shannon, and D.W. Blinn. 2000.  Leaf breakdown in a regulated desert river: Colorado River, Arizona USA.  Hydrobiologia 434:193-199. 

  • Shepard, W.D., D.W. Blinn, R. J. Hoffman, and P.T. Kantz.  2000.  The algae of Devils Hole, Nevada, Death Valley National Park.  Western North American Naturalist 60:410-419.

  • Benenati, E.P., J.P. Shannon. D.W. Blinn, K.P. Wilson, and S. J. Hueftle.  2000.  Reservoir-River linkages:  Lake Powell and the Colorado River, Arizona.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society 19:742-755. 

  • Shannon, J.P., D.W. Blinn, T. McKinney, P.L. Benenati, K.P. Wilson, and C.O. O'Brien.

  • 2001.    Aquatic food base response to the 1996 test flood below Glen Canyon Dam: Colorado River, Arizona.  Ecological Applications 11:672-685.

  • Benenati, E.P., J.P. Shannon, J.S. Hagen, and D.W. Blinn.  2001.  Drifting fine particulate organic matter below Glen Canyon Dam in the Colorado River, Arizona.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16:235-244.

  • Shannon, J.P., D.W. Blinn, G.A. Haden, E.P. Benenati, and K.P. Wilson.  2001.  Food web implications of 13C and 15N variability over 370 km of the regulated Colorado River, USA.  Isotopes in Environmental Health Studies 37:179-191.

  •  Blinn, D.W. and P.C.E. Bailey.  2001.  Land use influence on stream water quality and diatom communities in Victoria, Australia: a response to secondary salinization.  7th International Salt Lake Symposium.  Hydrobiologia 466:231-244.

  • Miller, M.P., D.W. Blinn, and P. Keim.  2002.  Correlations between observed dispersal capabilities and patterns of genetic differentiation in populations of four aquatic insect species from the Arizona White Mountains, USA.  Freshwater Biology 47:1660-1673.

  • O’Brien, C., D.W. Blinn, and C. van Riper III. 2002.  Waterfowl, acanthocephalans, and amphipods in Montezuma Well, Arizona-  what is the role of a parasite? U.S.G.S. Research Brief:  20 November 2002.

  • Compton-O’Brien, A., R.D. Foust, Jr., F.E. Ketterer, and D.W. Blinn.  2003.  Total arsenic in a fishless desert spring:  Montezuma Well, Arizona.  American Chemical Society Symposium “Biochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements”.  ACS Series 835.  Chapter 15, pp 200-209.

  • Witt, J.D.S., D.W. Blinn, and P.D.N. Hebert.  2003.  The recent evolutionary origin of the ecologically novel amphipod Hyalella montezuma offers an ecological explanation for cryptic speciation.  Molecular Ecology 12:405-413. 

  • Rowell, K. and D.W. Blinn.  2003.  Herbivory on a chemically defended plant as a predation deterrent in Hyalella azteca.  Freshwater Biology 48:247-254.

  • Haden, G.A., J.P. Shannon, K.P. Wilson, and D.W. Blinn.  2003.  Benthic community structure of the Green and Colorado Rivers through Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.  Southwestern Naturalist 48:23-35.

  • Ellsworth, P.M. and D.W. Blinn.  2003.  Distribution and biomass of Tropocyclops prasinus mexicanus (Cyclopoida) in a near-thermally constant environment, Montezuma Well, Arizona.   Southwestern Naturalist 48:341-346.

  • Earl, S. and D.W. Blinn.  2003. Effects of wildfire ash on water chemistry and biota in southwestern USA streams.  Freshwater Biology 48:1015-1030.

  • Blinn, D.W., S.A. Halse, A.M. Pinder, R.J. Shiel, and J.M. McRae.  Diatom and micro- invertebrate communities and environmental determinants in the western Australian wheatbelt:  A response to salinization.  Hydrobiologia  IN PRESS.

  • Blinn, D.W. and N.L. Poff.  2004.  Chapter 11.  Colorado River.  In:  A. Benke and B. Cushing (eds).  Rivers of North America.  Academic Press.  SUBMITTED.

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