| Landscape Restoration Design Handbook (Integrative Studies in Water
Management & Land Development). Taylor & Francis (2007) |
| The Iraqi Marshlands: Restoration and Management. Sussex Academic
Press (2007) |
| Aquatic Responses to Watershed Clearcutting: Implications for Forestry
and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (2007) |
| Sustainable Redevelopment of the Iraqi Marshlands, (Edited). Routledge
(2006) |
| Singular Element, Interestingly Strange: Thoreau’s Natural History
of Water. Harvard University Press (2006) |
| Clark County Wetlands Park: Community Based Ecological Restoration
and Open Space Planning. Island Press (2006). |
| Healing Natures, Repairing Relationships: New Perspectives on Restoring
Ecological Spaces and Consciousness. (Edited) MIT Press (2006) |
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| BOOKS IN SERIES ACQUIRED AND EDITED BY ROBERT FRANCE |
| CRC Press |
| Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment.
(Gunn, J., R. Steedman and R. Ryder, eds., 2004) |
| Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management. (Vince,
S., M. Duryea, E. Macie and L. Hermansen, eds., 2004) |
| Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests. (Stanturf, J. and
P. Madsen, eds., 2004) |
| Porous Pavements. (Ferguson, B., 2005) |
| The Economics of Groundwater Remediation and Protection. (Hardisty,
P. and E. Ozdemiroglu, 2004) |
| Green Frigate Books |
| A Wanderer All My Days: John Muir in New England. (Huber, J.,
Parher; 2005). |
| Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plants.
(Steinfeld, C.; 2004). |
| Uncommon Cents: Thoreau and the Nature of Business. (Abbott, R.,
ed.; 2005). |
|
| THEMATIC PUBLICATION LISTING JOURNAL AND PROCEEDING PAPERS: |
| Water Sensitive Design |
| France, R. 2005. "Targeting causes rather than treating symptoms."
in Ferguson, B. Porous Pavements. CRC Press. |
| France, R. 2003. "Green world, gray heart? The promise and reality
of landscape architecture in sustaining nature". Harvard Design Magazine,
Spring/summer 2003: 30-36 |
| France, R. and K. Martin. 2002. "Water connections: wetlands for science
instruction" (Witchita, Kansas). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water
Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| Pouder, N. and R. France. 2002. "Restoring and protecting a small
urban lake" (Boston, Massachusetts). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook
of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "Perspectives of water management: representative
examples for the recent literature". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook
of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "New interpretations in stormwater management and
wetland park creation". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive
Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "Constraints, challenges, and opportunities in implementing
innovative stormwater management techniques". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook
of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "Moving from single-purpose treatment wetlands toward
multifunction designed wetland parks". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook
of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2000. "Smoky mirrors and unreflected vampires: From eco-revelation
to eco-relevance in landscape design". Harvard Design Magazine. Winter/Spring
2001: 36-40. |
|
| Water Sensitive Planning |
| France, R. 2004. "Integrative watershed management."
in Gunn, J. M. et al. (eds.) Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake
Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. CRC Press. |
| France, R. 2004. "Out of sight but not out of mind."
in Hardisty, P. and Ozdemiroglu. The Economics of Groundwater
Remediation and Protection. CRC Press. |
| France, R., J. Felkner, M. Flaxman and R. Rempel. 2002. "Spatial investigation
of applying timber management guidelines for riparian Areas of Concern" (Ontario,
Canada). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design.
Lewis Publ. |
| Mueller, A., R. France and C. Steinitz. 2002. "Aquifer management
recharge model: evaluating the impacts of urban development on groundwater
resources" (Galilee, Israel). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water
Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "Factors influencing sediment transport from logging
roads near boreal trout lakes" (Ontario, Canada). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook
of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "New interpretations to management of watersheds
and riparian buffers and corridors". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook
of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "Social and political issues in managing
riparian buffers and corridors". In France, R. (Ed.) Handbook
of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "Multiple objectives in watershed management through
use of GIS analysis". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive
Planning and Design. Lewis Publ. |
| France, R. 2002. "Implementing water sensitive planning and design".
in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design.
Lewis Publ. |
|
| Landscape Ecology |
| France, R. 2004. "Blurring the border between nature and culture." in
Vince, S. W., et al. (eds.) Forests at the Wildlife-Urban Interface: Conservation
and Management. CRC Press. |
| France, R. 2004. "Addressing the once and future forest."
in Stanturf, J. and P. Madsen (eds.) Restoration of Boreal
and Temperate Forests. CRC Press. |
|
| Terrestrial-Aquatic Interactions: |
| |
| France, R. 2003. "Foreword". in Gunn, J. M. et al. (eds.) Boreal
Shield watersheds: Lake trout ecosystems in a changing environment.
CRC/Lewis Publ. |
| Steedman, R.J., R.S. Kushnerovh and R. L. France. 2001. "Littoral
water temperature response to experimental shoreline logging around small
boreal forest lakes". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1638-1647. |
| Paterson, A.M., B.F. Cumming, J.P. Smol, J.M. Blais and R.L. France. 2000. "A
paleolimnological assessment of the effects of logging on two lakes in northwestern
Ontario, Canada". Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:1214-1219. |
| France, R., R. Steedman, R. Lehmann and R. Peters. 2000. "Landscape
modification of DOC concentration in boreal lakes: implications for UV-B sensitivity", Water,
Air Soil Pollut. 122:153-162. |
| Steedman, R.J. and R.L. France. 2000. "Origin and transport of aeolian
sediment from new clearcuts into boreal lakes, northwest Ontatio, Canada". Water,
Air Soil Pollut. 122:139-152. |
| France, R., R. Steedman, R. Lehmann and R. Peters. 2000. "Influence
of catchment timber harvesting on average total phosphorus concentration in
boreal forest lakes". Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:1560-1563. |
| Paterson, A.M., B.F. Cumming, J.P. Smol, J.M. Blais and R.L. France. 1998. "Assessment
of the effects of logging, forest fires and drought on lakes in northwestern
Ontario: a 30-year paleolimnological perspective". Can. J. For. Res.,
28:1546-1556. |
| France, R.L. 1998. "Colonization of leaf litter by littoral macroinvertebrates
with reference to successional changes in boreal tree composition expected
after riparian clearcutting". Amer. Midl. Natur., 140:314-324. |
| France, R., R. Peters and L. McCabe. 1998. "Spatial relationships
among boreal riparian trees, litterfall and soil erosion potential with reference
to buffer strip management and coldwater fisheries". Ann. Bot. Fenn.,
35:1-9. |
| Steedman, R., R. France, R. Peters and R. Kushneriuk. 1998. "Effects
of riparian deforestation on littoral water temperatures in small boreal forest
lakes". Boreal Environ. Res., 3:161-169. |
| Blais, J.M., R.L. France, L.E. Kimpe and R.J. Cornett. 1998.
"Climatic changes in northwestern Ontario have had a greater
effect on erosion and sediment accumulation than logging and
fire: Evidence from 210Pb chronology in lake sediments". Biogeochemistry,
43:235-252. |
| France, R.L. 1997. "The importance of beaver lodges in structuring
littoral communities in boreal headwater lakes". Can. J. Zool.,
75:1009-1013. |
| France, R.L. 1997. "Potential for soil eriosion from decreased
litterfall due to riparian clearcutting: implications for boreal
forestry and warm- and cool-water fisheries". J. Soil
Wat. Conserv., 52:452-455. |
| France, R., H. Culbert, C. Freeborough and R. Peters. 1997. "Leaching
and early mass loss of boreal leaves and wood in oligotrophic
water". Hydrobiologia, 345:209-214. |
| France, R.L. 1997. "Land-water linkages: influence of riparian
deforestation on lake thermocline depth and possible implications
for cold stenotherms". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.,
54:1299-1305. |
| France, R.L. 1997. "Macroinvertebrate colonization of woody
debris in Canadian Shield lakes following clearcutting".
Conserv. Biol., 11:513-517. |
| France, R., H. Culbert and R. Peters. 1996. "Decreased carbon
and nutrient input to boreal lakes from particulate organic matter
following riparian clearcutting". Environ. Manag.,
20:579-583. |
| France, R.L. 1995. "Macroinvertebrate standing crop in littoral
regions of allochthonous detritus accumulation: implications for
riparian forest management". Biol. Conserv., 71:35-39. |
| France, R. and R. Peters. 1995. "Predictive model of the
effects on lake metabolism of decreased airborne litterfall through
riparian deforestation". Conserv. Biol., 9:1578-1586. |
| Culbert, H. and R. France. 1995. "Empirical prediction of phosphorus
release from deciduous leaves to urban runoff". Wat. Qual. Res. J.
Can., 30:243-246. |
| France, R.L. 1995. "Empirically estimating the lateral tansport of
riparian leaf litter to lakes". Freshw. Biol., 34:495-500. |
|
| Stable Isotopes: |
|
| France, R.L. 2001. "Comparing ð13C
among littoral foodwebs using lake DOC". Aquatic Ecology, 34:445-448. |
| France, R.L. 2001. "Beaver alter stable carbon istopoe ratios of benthic
particulate organic matter". Hydrobiologia, 441:237-240. |
| France, R.L. and M.A. Schlaepfer 2000. "13C
and 15N depletion in components of a foodweb
from an ephemeral boreal wetland compared to boreal lakes: putative evidence
for microbial processes". Hydrobiologica. 439:1-6. |
| France, R., J. Loret, R. Mathews and J. Springer. 1998. "Longitudinal
variation in zooplankton ð13C through the Northwest Passage:
inference for incorporation of sea-ice POM into pelagic foodwebs". Polar
Biol., 20:335-341. |
| France, R. and A. Cattaneo. 1998. "ð13C variability
of benthic algae: effects of water colour via modulation by stream current". Freshw.
Biol., 39:617-622. |
| France, R. 1998. "Density-weighted ð13C analysis of
detritivory and galgivoxy in littoral macroinvertebrate communities of boreal
headwater lakes". Ann. Zool. Fenn., 35:187-193. |
| France, R.L. 1998. "Estimating assimilation of mangrove detritus by
fiddler crabs in Laguna Joyuda, Puerto Rico, with use of dual stable isotopes". J.
Trop. Ecol., 14:413-425. |
| France, R., M. Chandler and R. Peters. 1998. "Mapping trophic continua
of benthic foodwebs: body size - ð15N relationships". Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser., 174: 301-306. |
| France, R.L. 1998. "Problems, practical and psychological, using stable
carbon isotope ratios for discerning utilization of allochthonous forest detritus
by stream fauna: a tale of two studies". Land Management Practices
Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems, pp. 177-182. |
| France, R. and M. Schlaepfer. 2000. "ð13C and ð15N
depletion in components of a foodweb from an ephemeral boreal wetland compared
to boreal lakes: putative evidence for microbial processes". Hydrobiologia,
439:1-6. |
| France, R., J. Holmquist, M. Chandler and A. Cattaneo. 1998.
"ð15N evidence for nitorgen fixation associated
with macroalgae from a seagrass-mangrove-corel reef system". Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser., 167:297-299. |
| France, R.L. 1997. "ð15N examination of the Lindeman-Hutchinson-Peters
theory of increasing omnivory with trophic height in aquatic foodwebs". Res.
Pop. Ecol., 39:121-125. |
| France, R.L. and R.H. Peters. 1997. "Ecosystem differences in the
trophic enrichment of 13C in aquatic foodwebs". Can. J.
Fish. Aquat. Sci., 54:1255-1258. |
| France, R., P. del Giorgio and K. Westcott. 1997. "Productivity and
heterotrophy influences on zooplankton ð13C in northern temperate
lakes". Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 12:85-93. |
| France, R.L. 1997. "Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic evidence for
ecotonal coupling between boreal forests and fishes". Ecol. Freshw.
Fish., 6:78-83. |
| France, R.L. and J.G. Holmquist. 1997. "ð13C variability
of macroalgae: effects of water motion via baffling by seagrasses and mangroves". Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser., 149:305-308. |
| France, R.L. 1996. "Carbon-13 conundrums: limitations and cautions
for use of stable isotopes in ecotonal stream research". Can. J. Fish.
Aquat. Sci., 53:1916-1919. |
| France, R. L. 1996. "Carbon isotope ratios in logged and unlogged
boreal forests: examination of the potential for determining wildlife habitat
use". Environ. Manag., 20:249-255. |
| France, R.L. 1996. "Benthic-pelagic uncoupling of carbon flow". Trends
Ecol. Evolut., 11(11):471-472. |
|
| France, R. 1996. "Stable isotopic survey of the role of macrophytes
in the carbon flow of aquatic foodwebs". Vegetatio 124:67-72. |
| France, R. and R. Steedman. 1996. "Energy provenance for juvenile
lake trout in small Canadian Shield lakes shown by stable isotopes". Trans.
Amer. Fish. Soc., 125:512-518. |
| del Giorgio, P. and R. France. 1996. "Ecosystem-specific patterns
in zooplankton and POM or microplankton ð13C". Limnol.
Oceanogr., 41:359-365. |
| France, R., K. Westcott, P. del Giorgio, G. Klein and J. Kalff. 1996. "Vertical
foodweb structure of freshwater zooplankton assemblages estimated by stable
nitrogen isotopes". Res. Pop. Ecol., 38:283-287. |
| France, R.L. 1996. "Absence or masking of metabolic fractionations
of 13C in a freshwater benthic food web". Freshw. Biol.,
36:1-6. |
| France, R.L. 1996. "Scope for use of stable carbon isotopes in discerning
the incorporation of forest detritus into aquatic foodwebs". Hydrobiologia 325:219-222. |
| France, R. 1996. "Ontogenetic shift in crayfish ð13C
as a measure of land-water ecotonal coupling". Oecologia 107:239-242. |
| France, R. 1995. "Critical examination of stable isotope analysis
as a means for tracing carbon pathways in stream ecosystems". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 52:651-656. |
| France, R. 1995. "Carbon-13 enrichment in benthic compared to planktonic
algae: foodweb implications". Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 124:307-312. |
| France, R.L. 1995. "Source variability in ð15N of autotrophs
as a potential aid in measuring allochthony to freshwaters". Ecography 18:318-320. |
| France, R. 1995. "Stable nitrogen isotopes in fish: literature
synthesis on the influence of ecotonal coupling". Estuar.
Coast. Shelf Sci., 41:737-742. |
| France, R.L. 1995. "Carbon isotopic variability in the composite pelagic
foodweb of four oligotrophic lakes: feeding diversity or metabolic fractionations?" J.
Plank. Res., 17:1993-1997. |
| France, R. 1995. "Differentiation between littoral and pelagic foodwebs
in lakes using stable carbon isotopes". Limnol. Oceanogr., 40:1310-1313. |
| France, R. 1994. "Nitrogen isotopic composition of marine and freshwater
invertebrates". Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 115:205-207. |
|
| Arctic Light Expedition: |
|
| France, R. and J. Blais. 1998. "Lead concentrations and stable isotope
ratios for trans-polar contamination of plants in the Canadian High Arctic". Ambio,
27:506-508. (cover story) |
| France, R.L., M.D. Segstro and D.C.G. Muir. 1998. "Persistent organochlorine
and current use pesticides in lichens and saxifrage from Ellesmere Island
in the Canadian High Arctic". Chemosphere in press. |
| France, R.L. 1997. "Elevated PCB contamination of coastal plants near
polynyas in the High Arctic". Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.,
59/1:76-82. |
| France, R.L., D.C.G. Muir and M.D. Segstro. 1997. "Regional
patterns in organochlorine contamination of saxifrage from Ellesmere
Island in the High Arctic (77 - 81o N)". Environ. Sci.
Tech., 31:1879-1882. |
| France, R. and M. Coquery. 1996. "Lead concentrations in lichens from
the Canadian High Arctic in relation to the latitudinal pollution gradient". Water,
Air and Soil Pollut., 90:469-474. |
| France, R.L. and M. Sharp. 1995. "Polynyas as centers of organization
for structuring the integrity of Arctic marine communities". In To
Preserve Biodiversity - An Overview: Readings in Conservation Biology, D.
Ehrenfeld, ed., pp. 158-62. Blackwell Science Inc. Publ., Cambridge, MA. |
| France, R., J. Svoboda and H. Taylor. 1993. "Latitudinal distribution
of fallout Cesium-137 in 1990 on Saxifraga opposittifolia from Ellesmere Island,
Canada". Can. J. Bot., 71:708-711. |
| France, R. and M. Sharp. 1993. "Comparison of avian species richness
and abundance for localized oases on Ellesmere Island". Polarfushcung 61:147-152. |
|
| France, R.L. 1993. "The Lake Hazen Trough: a late-winter oasis in
a polar desert". Biol. Conserv., 63:149-151. |
| France, R.L.and M. Sharp. 1992. "First record of the Rough-legged
Hawk from Ellesmere Island". Can. Field Natur., 106:511-512. |
| France, R.L. 1992. "Garbage in Paradise". Nature 355:503. |
| France, R.L. and M. Sharp. 1992. "Polynyas as centers of organization
for structuring the integrity of Arctic marine communities". Conserv.
Biol., 6:442-446. |
| France, R.L. and M. Sharp. 1992. "Newly reported colonies of Ivory
Gulls on southeastern Ellesmere Island". Arctic 45:306-307. |
| France, R. L. 1992. "Aerial mobbing of a Gyrfalcon by Glaucous
Gulls". J. Raptor Res., 26(4):269. |
|
| Trophic Interactions: |
|
| Ramcharan, C.W., R.L. France and D.J. McQueen. 1996. "Multiple effects
of planktivorous fish on algae through a pelagic trophic cascade". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 53:2819-2828. |
| France, R., N. Yan, P. Olesiuk, R. Nero, P. del Giorgio and W. Keller.
1995. "Secondary analysis of zooplanktivorous macroinvertebrates and
phytoplankton and water clarity associations". Freshw. Biol.,
34:255-261. |
| France, R., D. McQueen, A. Lynch and M. Dennison. 1992. "Statistical
comparison of seasonal trends for autocorrelated data: a test of consumer
and resource mediated trophic interactions". Oikos 65:45-51. |
| De Melo, R., R. France and D. McQueen. 1992. "Biomanipulation: hit
or myth? Limnol". Oceanogr., 37:192-207. |
| McQueen, D., R. France and C. Kraft. 1992. "Confounded impacts of
planktivorous fish on freshwater biomanipulations". Archiv. Hydrobiol.,
125:1-24. |
|
|
| General Perspectives: |
| France, R. 1999. "Grappling with greed and Gaia". Land Forum, 04:42. |
| France, R. and C. Rigg. 1998. "Survey of the global distribution of
biodiversity research published in five international journals: is there a
tropical bias?" Trop. Biodiv., 5:161-166. |
| France, R. and C. Rigg. 1998. "Examination of the 'founder effect'
in conservation biology: patterns and imbalances in the published research". Diversity
Distrib., 4:77-86. |
| France, R., R. Peters and C. Rigg. 1998. "Comparative assessment of
regional representation and research productivity of conservation biologists
and applied ecologists". Ecoscience, 5:561-567. |
| France, R. 1998. "Putting genes back into their lab bottles: much
ado about nothing". Cons. Biol., 12:500-501. |
France, R.L. and T.C. Weiskel. 1997. "Water and ecological integrity:
some basic conceptual and measurement problems". Harvard Seminar Environ.
Ethics Public Policy Prog., Center Stud. Values Public Life.
(see http://ecoethics.net/bib/1997/enca-009.htm). |
| France, R.L. 1993. "Gaian integrity: a clarion precept for global
preservation". The Trumpeter 9(4):159-163. |
| Regier, H.A. and R.L. France. 1990. "Perspectives on the meaning of
ecosystem integrity in 1975". p. 1-16. In Edwards, C.J. and H.A. Regier
[eds.]. An ecosystem approach to the integrity of the Great Lakes in turbulent
times. Grt. Lakes Fish. Comm. Spec. Pub. 90-4. |
| France, R.L. 1989. "Recommended use of the terms 'production', 'production
dynamics', and 'production ecology'". Bull. N.A. Benthol. Soc.,
6(2):196-199. |
|
| Biogeography: |
| France, R.L. 1998. "Refining latitudinal gradient analysis: do we
live in a climatically symmetrical world?" Glob. Ecol. Biogeog. Lett.,
7:295-296. |
| France, R.L. 1992. "The North American latitudinal gradient in species
richness and geographical range of freshwater amphipods and crayfish". Amer.
Natur., 139:342-354. |
| France, R.L. 1992. "Climatic governance of the latitudinal trend in
seasonality of freshwater phytoplankton production". Internat. J.
Biometerol., 36:243-244. |
| France, R.L. 1992. "Biogeographical variation in size-specific fecundity
of the amphipod Hyalella azteca". Crustaceana 62:240- 248. |
| France, R.L. 1991. "Empirical methodology for predicting changes in
species range extension and richness through climate warming". Internat.
J. Biometerol., 34:211-216. |
|
| Seasonal Variability: |
| France, R., R. Peters and R. Rishikof. 1995. "Optimal sampling period
for predicting phosphorus and chlorophyll concentrations in north-temperate
lakes". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 52:1812-1815. |
| France. R., R. Peters and Y. Prairie. 1994. "Adjusting chlorophyll
estimates through temporal weighting based on the seasonal development of
phytobiomass". Aquat. Sci., 56/2:106-114. |
| France, R. and R. Peters. 1992. "Temporal variance function
for total phosphorus concentration". Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci., 49:975-977. |
|
| Field Autecology: |
| France, R.L. 1996. "Biomass and production of amphipods in low alkalinity
lakes affected by acid precipitation". Environ. Pollut. Ser. A.,
94:189-194. |
| France, R.L. 1993. "Inter-relationships among variables comprising
amphipod production". Hydrobiologia 271:71-74. |
| France, R.L. 1993. "Production and turnover of Hyalella azteca in
central Ontario, Canada compared with other regions". Freshw. Biol.,
30:343-349. |
| France, R. 1993. "Influence of lake pH on the distribution, abundance
and health of crayfish in Canadian Shield lakes". Hydrobiologia 271:66-70. |
| France, R.L. and N.C. Collins. 1993. "Extirpation of crayfish in a
lake affected by long-range anthropogenic acidification". Conserv.
Biol., 7:184-188. |
| France, R.L. 1993. "Effect of experimental lake acidification on crayfish Orconectes
virilis population recruitment and age composition in northwestern Ontario,
Canada". Biol. Conserv., 63:53-59. |
| France, R.L. 1992. "Use of sequential sampling of amphipod abundance
to classify the biotic integrity of acid-sensitive lakes". Environ.
Manag., 16:157-166. |
| France, R.L., J. Holmes and A. Lynch. 1991. "Use of size-frequency
data to estimate the age composition of crayfish populations". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 48:2324-2332. |
| France, R.L. and P.M. Welbourn. 1991. "Abundance of Rana clamitans tadpoles
in Canadian Shield lakes". Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 24:2965-2969. |
| France, R.L. 1987. "Test of biotic and abiotic environmental determinants
of amphipod (Hyalella azteca) preamplexus". Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci., 44:478-482. |
| France, R.L. 1987. "Aggregation in littoral amphipod populations:
transformation controversies revisited". Can. J. Fish.
Aquat. Sci., 44:1510-1515. |
| France, R.L. 1987. "Reproductive impairment of the crayfish Orconectes
virilis in response to experimental acidification of Lake 223". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44(Suppl. 1):97-106. |
| France, R.L. 1987. "Calcium and trace metal composition of the crayfish Orconectes
virilis in relation to experimental lake acidification". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44(Suppl. 1):107-113. |
| France, R.L. 1985. "Relationship of crayfish (Orconectes virilis)
growth to population abundance and system productivity in small oligotrophic
lakes in the Experimental Lakes Area, northwestern Ontario". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 42:1096-1102. |
| France, R.L. and L Graham. 1985. "Increased microsporidian parasitism
of the crayfish Orconectes virilis in an experimentally acidified lake". Water,
Air and Soil Pollut., 26:129-136. |
| France, R.L. 1983. "Response of the crayfish Orconectes virilis to
experimental acidification of a lake with special reference to the importance
of calcium". p. 98-111 In Goldman, C.R. [Ed.]. Proc. Fifth Internat.
Conf. Freshwat. Crayfish. Davis, Ca. |
|
| Metaphyton and Macrophytes: |
| France, R.L., Y-K. Yung and P.M. Welbourn. 1993. "Identification of
metaphytic Zygnematcean algae in acid-sensitive Canadian Shield lakes". Archiv.
Hydrobiol., Suppl. 94 (Algol. Stud.66):99-103. |
| France, R.L. and P.M. Welbourn. 1992. "Influence of lake pH and macrograzers
on the distribution and abundance of nuisance metaphytic algae". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 49:185-195. |
| France, R.L., E.T. Howell, M.J. Paterson and P.M. Welbourn. 1991.
"Relationship between littoral grazers and metaphtic algae
in five softwater lakes". Hydrobiologia 220:9-27. |
| Howell, E.T., M.A. Turner, R.L. France and P.M. Stokes. 1990.
"Comparison of Zygnematacean (Chorophyta) algae in the metaphyton
of two acidic lakes". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 47:1085-1092. |
| France, R. L. 1990. "Epiphytic zoobenthos density and biomass within
low alkalinity, oligotrophic lakes on the Canadian Shield". Archiv.
Hydrobiol., 118:477-499. |
| France, R.L. and P.M. Stokes. 1988. "Isoetid-zoobenthos associations
in acid sensitive Ontario, Canada lakes". Aquat. Bot., 32:99-114. |
| France, R. L. 1988. "Biomass variance function for aquatic macrophytes
in Ontario (Canada) Shield lakes". Aquat. Bot., 32:217- 224. |
|
| Laboratory Ecotoxicological Research: |
| France, R.L. and P.M. Stokes. 1987. "Life stage and population variation
in resistance and tolerance of Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) to low pH". Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44:1102-1111. |
| France, R.L. and B.D. LaZerte. 1987. "Empirical hypothesis to explain
the limited abundance of Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) in anthropogenically
acidified lakes". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44:1112-1121. |
| France, R.L. and P.M. Stokes. 1987. "Influence of manganese, calcium
and aluminum on hydrogen-ion toxicity to the amphipod Hyalella azteca". Can.
J. Zool., 65:3171-3078. |
| France, R.L. 1987. "Differences in H-ion sensitivity among Hyalella
azteca populations: an illative hypothesis invoking natural selection.
Ecophysiology of acid stress in aquatic organisms". Antwerp, Belgium. Annals
Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg., 117(Suppl 1):129-137. |
| Graham, L. and R. France. 1986. "Attempts to transmit experimentally
the microsporidian Thelohania contejeani in freshwater crayfish". Crustaceana 51:208-211. |
| Mierle, G., K. Clark and R. France. 1986. "The impact of acidification
on aquatic biota in North America: a comparison of field and laboratory results". Water,
Air and Soil Pollut., 31:593-604. |
| France, R.L. 1985. "Low pH avoidance by crayfish (Orconectes virilis):
evidence for sensory conditioning". Can. J. Zool., 63:258-262. |
| France, R.L. 1985. "Preliminary investigation of the effects of sublethal
acid exposure on the maternal behavior of the crayfish Orconectes virilis". Bull.
Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 35:641-645. |
| France, R.L. 1984. "Comparative tolerance to low pH of three
life stages of the crayfish Orconectes virilis". Can.
J. Zool., 62:2360- 2363. |
| France, R.L. 1982. "Comment on Daphnia respiration in low pH
water. Re: the importance of carbon dioxide in laboratory acidification experiments". Hydrobiologia 94:195-198. |
|
| OTHER SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: |
| France, R.L. 1990. "Theoretical framework for developing and operationalizing
an index of biological integrity: application to biomonitoring with zoobenthos
communities in the Great lakes". p. 169-194. In Edwards, C.J.
and H.A. Regier [Ed.]. An ecosystem approach to the integrity of the Great
Lakes in turbulent times. Great Lakes Fish. Comm. Spec. Publ.,
90-4. |
| Stokes, P.M. and R.L. France. 1988. "Manganese and terrestrial plants".
p. 65-80 In Stokes, P.M. [Ed.] Manganese in the Canadian Environment. Nat.
Res. Coun. Can. Publ. No. 26193, Ottawa, Ont. |
| France, R.L. 1988. "Relationship between acidification and manganese
for aquatic biota". p. 88-89. in Stokes, P.M. [Ed.] Manganese in the
Canadian Environment. Nat. Res. Coun. Publ. no. 26193, Ottawa, Ont. |
| France, R.L. 1986. "Current status of methods of toxicological
research on freshwater crayfish". Can. Tech. Rep. Fish.
Aquat. Sci., 1404:1v + 20p. |
|
| ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLICATIONS: |
| France, R.L. 1999. "Bounded people, Boundless Lands: Envisioning a
New Land Ethic. A review". Land Forum 04. pp. 43. |
| France, R.L. 1989. "Ecophilosophy: thoughts for a world on the edge". J.
Wild culture, 11:14-23. |
| France, R.L. 1987. "Monteverde: critical reflections on saving rainforests".
Private circulation. |
|
| ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM: |
| France, R. 2002. "Celebrating stormwater". Landscape
Architecture Magazine. May: 42-46. |
| France, R. 2002. "Waterscapes. A review". Landscape Architecture
Magazine. Feb. 82-83. |
| France, R. 2001. "(Stormwater) leaving Las Vegas". Landscape
Architecture Magazine. Aug. 38-42. |
| France, R. 2000. "When looks can kill". The Globe and Mail,
February 2000. |
| "Forest fires and clearcutting on the Canadian Shield". The
Globe and Mail, June 1995. |
| "Dangers of 'birding'", CBC Radio Quebec, July 1991. |
| "Engineering techno-fix solutions to environmental problems".
W5, CTV National Televison. May 1991. |
| "Garbage consciousness: rating University of Toronto's recycling
programs". The Newspaper, April 1988. |
| "Wasting away: environmental jingle-ism = conservative jingoism?" Probe
Post, Spring 1987. |
| "Acid rain and Armageddon". Manitoban, February 1982. |
| "Acid rain, the coal connection". Manitoban, February
1982. |
| "Manitoba: doing acid?" Manitoban, February 1982. |
| "Outrage at experiments aimed at wrong target". Winnipeg Free
Press, December 1981. |
| "Acid rain, part I: causes and consequences". Manitoban,
February 1979. |
| "Acid rain, part II: political musical chairs". Manitoban,
March 1979. |
|
| EXTENDED ABSTRACTS: |
| France, R.L and P.M. Stokes. 1989. "Influence of lake pH and macrograzers
on the distribution of nuisance metaphytic algae in central Ontario, Canada".
p. 234-238 In Environ. Res. Proc. Wat. Qual. Environ. Ont. Tech. Trans.
Conf., Toronto. |
| Stokes, P.M., R.L. France and E.T. Howell. 1988. "Characterization
of the grazing fauna within five softwater lakes with respect to metaphytic
filamentous algae". p.333-335. In Environ. Res. Proc. Wat. Qual.
Environ. Ont. Tech. Trans. Conf., Toronto. |
|
|
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS: |
| France, R.L. 1985. "Biotic changes in acidified systems: direct toxic
effects or complex interspecific relationships". SLANT, Shield Lakes
Acidification Network Telegraph. No. 6. Inst. Environ. Stud., University
Toronto. |
|
| NON PROFESSIONAL WRITINGS: |
| "Because it's there." Winnipeg Free Press, September 1995; Morningside,
CBC Radio, October 1995. |
| France, R. and P. Aitchison. 1994. "To climb an oxymoron: the 1992
Mount Manitoba Expedition". Can. Alpine Journal 77:63-66. |
| "Affirmative action: ends and means". Morningside,
CBC Radio, March 1991. |
| "Turmoils of confusion in Israel". Toronto Star, April
1988. |
| "Zen and granite, rock climbing in the Canadian Shield". Manitoba
Nature, Spring 1982:28-33. |
| "Let El Salvador be El Salvador". Winnipeg Sun, April
1982. |
|
| INVITED PRESENTATIONS: |
| "Deep immersion: The experience of water and water management".
Utah State University, April 2004. |
| "Ecological integrated water management". Harvard University,
October 2003. |
| "Environmental restoration and landscape design". University
of Minnesota, September 2003. |
| "Deep imersion: the experience of water". University of Massachusetts,
October 2002. |
| "Post-industrial wetlands: Restoration and design". Bayona Wetlands
Federation; Colorado Wetlands Scientists, May and June 2002. |
| "Ecotonal coupling: reliance of aquatic foodwebs on riparian forests
- implications for buffer strip management". Harvard Graduate School
of Design, March 1997; Harvard Forest, December 1997. |
| "Dionysus, dollars and dragons: reviewing conservation biology's and
applied ecology's literatures". McGill University, March 1997. |
| "Ecotoxicological responses of organisms to long-range atmospheric
deposition of contaminants". Concordia University, June 1996. |
| "Evolutionary relationships among algae". Okanagan College, May
1996. |
| "Use of stable carbon isotopes in tracing material flow within and
between ecological systems. University of Toronto", October 1995; McGill
University, December 1994. |
| "Effects of deforestation on aquatic ecosystems". B.C. Min. Environ.,
September 1995; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, September 1994. |
| "Ecotones of terrestrial and aquatic coupling: implications of clearcutting".
University of Toronto, May 1993. |
| "Effects of riparian clearcutting on the functional ecology of Canadian
Shield lakes". Queens University, November 1993; University de Montreal,
December 1993. |
| "From lab to field: prediction and understanding in acidification
research". McGill University April 1987. |
| "Acid rain doom and gloom". Symp. on Environ. Prob. and the Work
Force. Can. Labour Conf., University Winnipeg, April 1983. |
|
| JOURNAL OR MAGAZINE ARTICLES CONCERNING RESEARCH OR ACTIVITIES: |
|
| Harvard Magazine, Jan.–Feb. 2007, An
“Oracle of Aqua” By Christopher Reed. |
| Harvard Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 2005 (cover story) |
| Landscape Architecture Magazine: September 2003, (lead editorial);
October 2003 (letters to editor); Novermber 2003 (letters to editor);
December 2003 (book review); November 2002 (book review). |
| Boston Globe: March 5, 2002, Jan. 26, 2003 |
| Trend. Ecol. Evolut. 1996, 11(11):472. |
| Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1996, 53:1913-1915. |
| The Calgary Herald: March 24, 1990; April 8, 1990; May 13, 1990;
June 18, 1990; July 4, 1990; July 6, 1990; July 9, 1990. |
| The Winnipeg Free Press: December 27, 1989; July 15, 1990; January
5, 1992, May 2, 1992; May 3, 1992; May 7, 1992; May 8, 1992; May 9, 1992;
May 15, 1992; May 16, 1992; May 18, 1992; May 19, 1992, May 20, 1992; May
31, 1992; December 13, 1992; September 2, 1995. |
| The Toronto Star: March 25, 1990. |
| The Canadian Geographic: October/November 1990; January/February
1995. |
| The Globe and Mail: January 8, 1992, March 28, 1992; April 11,
1992. |
| BBC Wildlife Magazine: Spring 1992; Spring 1998. |
| National Science Magazine of The Netherlands: Spring 1992. |
| The London Times: March 1992. |
| The Kingston Wig-Standard: January 1992. |
| The Ottawa Citizen: January 1992. |
| Focus: St. John Ravenscourt Alumni Magazine: Autumn 1992. |
| The Whiteshorse News: January 1992. |
| Working for Wildlife (The World Wildlife Fund): Winter 1991. |
| The University of Toronto Faculty Bulletin: October 9, 1990. |
| Explore Magazine: Autumn 1990; Spring 1991; Spring 1996. |
| Mountain Equipment Co-op: Winter 1992. |
| The Hamilton Monthly: Winter 1991. |
| — plus over a dozen radio and television interviews or features. |
