Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Position title: Research Aquatic Ecologist
Email: wrichardson@usgs.gov
Phone: 608.781.6231
Fax: 608.783.6066
Education:
BS 1974 Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI (Fisheries and Wildlife)
MS 1983 Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. (Aquatic Biology)
Ph.D. 1989 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (Zoology)
Primary Responsibilities/Activities:
Leader, Nutrients and Lower Trophic Productivity Team. Writes research plans, proposals for funding, and manuscripts pertaining to nutrients, foodweb interactions, and productivity of freshwater ecosystems, particularly floodplain rivers, streams, and wetlands; supervises research biologists and technical staff; analyzes data and create presentations for scientific and public audiences.
Research Interests:
Active Projects:
Select Publications:
Richardson, W., J. Schubauer-Berigan, P. Hughes, L. Bartsch, R. Kreiling, J. Cavanaugh, R. Kreiling, and J. Nissen. (In review). Evaluation of stressor attenuation through a constructed wetland in Halfway Creek Watershed, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Final Report to US EPA, 167 pp.
James, W., W.B. Richardson, and D. Soballe. In press. Contribution of sediment fluxes and transformations to the summer nitrogen budget of an Upper Mississippi River backwater system. Hydrobiologia
Cavanaugh, J.C., W.B. Richardson, E.A. Strauss and L.A. Bartsch. 2006. Nitrogen dynamics in sediment during water level manipulation on the Upper Mississippi River. River Research and Applications 22:1-17.
Strauss, E.A., W.B. Richardson, J.C. Cavanaugh, L.A. Bartsch, R.M. Kreiling, and A.J. Standorf. 2006. Variability and regulation of denitrification in an Upper Mississippi River backwater. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 596-606.
Richardson, W.B., E.A. Strauss, E.M. Monroe, L.A. Bartsch, J.C. Cavanaugh, L. Rabuck, and D. Soballe. 2004. Denitrification in the Upper Mississippi River: rates, controls and contribution to nitrate flux. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1102-1112.
Richardson, W.B. and L.A. Bartsch. 1997. Effects of zebra mussels on food webs: interactions with hydraulic retention time and juvenile bluegill. Hydrobiologia 354: 141-150.
Links:
Nutrient Loading and Effects
Managing Pathways of Biological Production in Large-River Ecosystems
Genetic Characterization of the endangered mussel Lampsilis higginsi
Farm ponds as critical habitats for native amphibians
Denitrification and sediment ammonia in the Upper Mississippi River