Peer-reviewed publications

  • Denizman, C., and D. M. Thieme.  2018. Karst within the Confining unit of the Floridan Aquifer: A Geophysical Investigation. Journal of Geography and Geology 10(3)3.

  • Gould, M. K., A. J. Nienow, A. V. F. Nienow, and J. A. Nienow. 2019. Short term effects of Hurricane Irma on the phytoplankton of Lake Louise, Georgia, USA. Georgia Journal of Science 77(2): article 14. https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol77/iss2/14.

  • Hains, J. J., and Sebring, M. M. 1981. Description and distribution of Synedra planktonica n. sp. (Bacillariophyceae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 100: 159-164,

  • Lamb, B.D., Anderson, C.D., McDonough, C.M., Lockhart, J.M. and Butler, Z.P., 2023. A Comparison of Vertebrate Associates of Gopher Tortoise and Nine-Banded Armadillo Burrows in South Georgia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 22(2):184-196.

  • McAndrews, J. H., and King, J. E. 1976. Pollen of the North American Quaternary: the top twenty. Geoscience and Man 15: 41-49 1976. https://doi.org/10.2307/3687256

  • Miller, D. L., Mora, C. I., Grissino-Mayer, H. D., Mock, C. J., Uhle, M. E. and Sharp, Z. 2006. Tree-ring isotope records of tropical cyclone activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 103(39):14294-14297.

  • Mora, C. I., Miller, D. L., and Grissino-Mayer, H. D. 2006. Tempest in a tree ring: paleotempestology and the record of past hurricanes. Sedimentary Record 4(3): 4-8,

  • Mora, C. I., Miller, D. L., and Grissino-Mayer, H. D. 2007. Oxygen isotope proxies in tree-ring cellulose: tropical cyclones, drought, and climate oscillations. In: T. E. Dawson and R. T. W. Siegwolf, editors. Terrestrial Ecology.  Volume 1: Stable Isotopes as Indicators of Ecological Change. Elsiever, Inc, San Diego, CA. pp. 63-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1936-7961(07)01005-6

  • Pascarella, J.B., 2024. Seeds vs. Seedlings: The Long-Term Success of Seeds Versus Seedlings in the Restoration of the Federally Endangered Baptisia arachnifera (Fabaceae) During Experimental Planting. Seeds, 3(4), pp.689-704. 

  • Riggs, P.T, Pascarella, J. B., and Bechler, D. L. 2010. The ethno- and research history of the Lake Louise Field Station, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. Georgia Journal of Science 68(2):149-165.

  • Siver, P. A., Morales, E. A., Van de Vijver, B., Smits, M., Hamilton, P. B., Lange-Bertalot, H. and Hains, J.J. 2006. Observations on Fragilaria longifusiformis comb. nov. et nom. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a widespread planktic diatom documented from North America and Europe. Phycological Research 54(3): 183 – 192.

  • Smith, M. E., and Hendry, C. A. 1991. Oligochaeta and Aphanoneura from Lake Louise, Georgia, with a New Record of Aeolosoma travancorense (Aphanoneura: Aeolosomatidae) from North America. American Midland Naturalist 126: 345-352

  • Tepper, J.H., and J.A. Hyatt. 2011. Holocene trophic state history of a subtropical blackwater lake, South Georgia, USA. Journal of Paleolimnology 45:9-22.
    doi:10.1007/s10933-010-9475-8.

  • Watts, W. A., and Stuiver, M. 1980. Late Wisconsin climate of Northern Florida and the origin of species-rich deciduous forest. Science 210: 325-327.

  • Watts, W. A. 1980. The late Quaternary vegetation history of the Southeastern United States. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 11:387-409. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.11.110180.002131

  • Watts, W. A.  1971.Postglacial and interglacial vegetation history of Southern Georgia and Central Florida. Ecology 52:676-690.

  • Zimmerman, M. J., Waldron, M. C., Schreiner, S. P., Freedman, M. L., Giam­Matteo, P. A., Hains, J. J., Nestler, J. M., Speziale, B.  and Schindler, J. E. 1981. High energy exchange and mixing dynamics of lakes. Verhandlungen des Internationalen Verein Limnologie 21: 88-93, 1981.

Conference Proceedings

  • Mihail R. P., W. I. Cook, B. M. Griffin, T. A. Uyeno, and C. D. Anderson. 2018. Vegetation density estimation in the wild. Proceedings of the ACMSE 2018 Conference

Student Theses 

  • Lamb, B., 2021. Comparison of Gopher Tortoise and Nine-Banded Armadillo Associate Fauna. Master's Thesis, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia.

  • Ward, D. M. 2020. Investigation of the Deep Chlorophyll Maximum in Lake Louise, Georgia. Master’s Thesis, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia.

  • "Investigating Physical and Chemical Properties of Sediments in Relation to Spatial Variability Across Lake Louise, Georgia.", Amie Leandro, James A. Hyatt (Advisor).

Conference posters/presentations

  • Anderson, C. D. 2015. Variation in the spatial distribution of Spanish moss (Tilliandsia usneoides) in different forest communities: stand level patterns. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2015, West Palm Beach, FL.

  • Anderson, C. D., C. M. McDonough, N. Bhandari, G. W. Lee, and J. M. Lockhart. 2018. The spatial co-distribution of burrows in two syntopic populations of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) and gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Annual Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

  • Cook, W.  (C. D. Anderson and P. Mihail, faculty advisors). 2017. Automatic segmentation of Spanish moss in natural imagery. 23rd Annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research, Valdosta, GA. (Best poster award: Computer Science).

  • Diaz, M. W. (C. D. Anderson, faculty advisor). 2019. The spatial co-distribution of armadillo and gopher tortoise burrows in a burn-managed pine stand at the Lake Louise Research Station in Lowndes County, Georgia. 25th Annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research, Valdosta, GA. (Best poster award: Sciences).

  • Farley, B. S. (C. D. Anderson, faculty advisor). 2014. Varying patterns of Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) abundance within and between different forest communities at the Lake Louise Research Center. 20th Annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research, Valdosta, GA.

  • Gould, M. G., Nienow, A. J., and Nienow, J. A. 2018. Short term effects of Hurricane Irma on the phytoplankton of Lake Louise, Georgia. 95th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, April 13-14, 2018 (poster).

  • Jones, P. R., Burroughs, S. W., Nienow, T. E., and Nienow, J. A. 2003. Seasonal changes in the phytoplankton of Lake Louise. 80th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia, March 21-22, 2003.

  • Kwawuvi, D. and Nienow, J. A. 2025. Impacts of environmental conditions on phytoplankton assemblages in Lake Louise, Georgia.  102nd  Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Young Harris College, Young Harris, Georgia, March 7-8, 2025 (oral presentation).

  • Kwawuvi, D., Calestani, C., and Nienow, J. A. 2024. Impacts of environmental conditions on phytoplankton assemblages in Lake Louise, Georgia. 46th  Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, South Carolina Marine Resources Institute, University of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, October 19, 2024 (poster).

  • Pascarella, J. 2017. Ecological restoration of an endangered plant, Baptisia arachnifera (Fabaceae): a 10-year reintroduction study. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.   

  • Rivera, M., and Cornely B. (E. E. Grabarczyk, faculty advisor). 2025. Stress Test: Traffic Noise Increases Spider Heart Rate. VSU Graduate Research Symposium (Poster).

  • Schwartz, A., and N. Keyes (C. D. Anderson, faculty advisor). 2017. The spatial distribution of Spanish moss in a pine-dominated stand is driven by the distance to source populations on old-growth hardwood trees. 23rd Annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research, Valdosta, GA. (Best poster award: Biological Sciences).

  • Ward, D. M., and Nienow, J. A. 2019. Investigating the deep chlorophyll maximum in Lake Louise, Georgia. 96th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, University of North Georgia, Gainesville, Georgia, March 15-16, 2019. (Best Graduate student paper for Section 1: Biology).

  •  Ward, D. M., and Nienow, J. A. 2019.  Investigating the deep chlorophyll maximum in Lake Louise, Georgia. Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, October 20, 2018 (poster).