Research
- Nutrient and carbon cycling in aquatic systems
- Limnology and paleolimnology of the African Great Lakes
- Phytoplankton-nutrient interactions
- Nutrient biogeochemistry
- Stable isotope applications to ecology
- Hg and organochlorine contamination of food webs
Courses
- BIOL 5861 Lake Ecology
- BIOL 5869 Great Lakes Ecology and Management
Recent Publications
175 total (including 75 on African lakes) Complete list available upon request. Some recent publications below:
Guildford, S.J., Bootsma, H.A., Taylor, W.D., Hecky, R.E. 2007. High variability of phytoplankton photosynthesis in response to environmental forcing in oligotrophic Lake Malawi/Nyasa. J. Great Lakes Res. 33:170-185.
Gondwe, M. J., Guildford, S.J., Hecky. 2007. Planktonic nitrogen fixation in Lake Malawi/Nyasa. In press. Hydrobiologia.
Gondwe, M.J., Guildford, S.J., Hecky, R.E. 2007. Sandy shore benthic N2-fixation in Lake Malawi, Africa. Accepted. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol.
Higgins, S.N., Malkin, S. Y., Howell, E. T., Guildford, S.J., Campbell, L., Hiriart-Baer, V., Hecky, R. E. 2007. An ecological review of Cladophora glomerata (Chlorophyta) in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Accepted J. Phycology.
Guildford, S.J., Bootsma, H.A., Taylor, W.D., Hecky, R.E. 2007. High variability of phytoplankton photosynthesis in response to environmental forcing in oligotrophic Lake Malawi/Nyasa. J. Great Lakes Res. 33:170-185.
Campbell, L., R.E. Hecky, D.G. Dixon and L. Chapman.2006. Food web structure and mercury transfer in two contrasting Ugandan highland crater lakes (East Africa). African Journal of Ecology 44:337-346.
Boesch, D.F., R.E. Hecky, C. O’Melia, D.W. Schindler, and S. Seitzinger. 2006. Eutrophication of Swedish Seas. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Report 5509:67 p.
Hecky, R.E., H.A. Bootsma, and E. Odada. 2006. African Lake Management Initiatives: The Global Connection. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 11:203-213.
Tamatamah, R., R.E. Hecky and H.C. Duthie. 2006. Phosphorus and suspended sediment loading from two rivers flowing into Lake Victoria Tanzania. Verh. Verein. Theor. Angew. Limnol. 29:1697-1701.
Higgins, S.N., R.E. Hecky and S.J. Guildford. 2006. Environmental Controls on Cladophora growth dynamics in eastern Lake Erie: Application of the Cladophora growth model. J. Great Lakes Research 32:629-644.
André, E.R., H.C. Duthie, and R.E. Hecky. 2006. Energy and nutrient dynamics of rock dwelling cichlids grazing on epilithic periphyton of the littoral zone of Lake Malawi, Africa. Verh. Verein. Theor. Angew. Limnol.29.
Silsbe, G.R., S.J. Guildford and R.E.Hecky. 2006. Variability in chlorophyll a and photosynthetic parameters in Lake Victoria a nutrient saturated Great Lake. Limnology and Oceanography 51(5):2052-2063.
Guildford, S.J., R.E. Hecky, R.E.H. Smith, M.N. Charlton, W.D. Taylor, L. Barlow-Busch and R.L. North. 2005. Phytoplankton nutrient status in Lake Erie in 1997. J. Great Lakes. Res. 31 (suppl. 2): 72-88.
Luis F. León, Jörg Imberger, Ralph E.H. Smith, Robert E. Hecky, David C.L. Lam and William M. Schertzer. 2005. Modeling as a Tool for Nutrient Management in Lake Erie: a Hydrodynamics Study. J. Great Lakes Res. 31 (suppl. 2): 309-318.
Davies, J.M. and R.E. Hecky. 2005. Initial measurements of benthic photosynthesis in Lake Erie: Community, spatial and temporal variability. J. Great Lakes. Res. 31(suppl. 2).
Campbell, L.M., S.B. Wandera, R. Thacker, G.D. Dixon and R.E. Hecky. 2005. Trophic niche segregation in the Nilotic icthyofauna of Lake Albert (Uganda, Africa). Environmental Biology of Fishes 74:247-260.
Higgins, S.N., R.E. Hecky and S.J. Guildford. 2005. Modeling the growth, biomass, and tissue phosphorus concentration of Cladophora glomerata in eastern Lake Erie: Model description and field testing. J. Great Lakes Res. 31:439-455.
Higgins, S.N., E.T. Howell, R.E. Hecky, S.J. Guildford and R.E.H. Smith. 2005. The wall of green: The status of Cladophora glomerata on the northern shores of Lake’s eastern basin, 1995-2002. J. Great Lakes Res. 31:547-563.
Williams, A.E., H.C. Duthie and R.E. Hecky. 2005. Water hyacinth in Lake Victoria: Why did it vanish so quickly and will it return. Aquatic Botany 81:300-314.
Gikuma-Njuru, P. and R.E. Hecky 2005. Nutrient Concentrations in Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya: Light limits Algal Demand and Abundance. Hydrobiologia 534:131-140.
Vollmer, Martin K., Harvey A. Bootsma, Robert E. Hecky, Graeme Patterson, John D. Halfman, John M. Edmond, David H. Eccles, Ray F. Weiss. 2005. Deep-water warming trend in Lake Malawi, East Africa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50:727-732.
Tamatamah, R.L., H.C. Duthie and R.E. Hecky. 2005. The importance of atmospheric deposition to the phosphorus loading of Lake Victoria. (East Africa). Biogeochemistry 73:325-344.
Hecky, R.E., R.E.H. Smith, D.R. Barton, S.J. Guildford, W.D. Taylor, M.N. Charlton, T. Howell. 2004. The near shore phosphorus shunt: a consequence of ecosystem engineering by dreissenids in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 61:1285-1293.
Campbell, L.M., J. S. Balirwa, D. G. Dixon and R. E. Hecky. 2004. Biomagnification of mercury in fish from Thruston Bay, Napoleon Gulf, Lake Victoria (East Africa). African Journal of Aquatic Science 29(1): 91-96.
Halafo, J., R.E. Hecky and W.D. Taylor. 2004. The artisanal fishery of Lake Malawi/Niassa, East Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science 29 (1): 83-89.
Hecky, R.E. 2003. What does the future hold for the Great Lakes of Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science 28(1): iii-vi (Invited Guest editorial).
Guildford, S.J., R.E. Hecky, W.D. Taylor, R. Mugidde, and H.A. Bootsma. 2003. Nutrient enrichment experiments in tropical Great Lakes Malawi/Nyasa and Victoria. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2):89-106.
Ramlal, P.S., R.E. Hecky, H.A. Bootsma, S.L. Schiff, and M.J. Kingdon. 2003. Transport and turnover of dissolved organic matter in Lake Malawi. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2): 107-120.
Mugidde, R., R.E. Hecky, L. Hendzel and W.D. Taylor. 2003. Pelagic nitrogen fixation in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2):76-88.
Lindenschmidt, K.-E., G. Ollesch, M. Rode, A.S. Kerzhentsev, and R.E. Hecky. 2003. A comparative study of substance transport behavior in two Ugandan and one Russian catchment areas. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2):159-168.
Kidd, K.A., H.A. Bootsma, R.E. Hecky, and R.H. Hesslein. 2003. Mercury concentrations in the food web of Lake Malawi, East Africa. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2):258-266.
Verburg,P. and R.E. Hecky. 2003. Wind patterns, evaporation, and related physical variables in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2):48-61.
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