Ruth Patrick | Academic Influence

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According to Wikipedia, Ruth Myrtle Patrick was an American botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology. She authored more than 200 scientific papers, developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems and established numerous research facilities.

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Published Papers

The diatoms of the United States. (1300)
The diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii (957)
Groundwater Contamination in the United States (179)
Use of Algae, Especially Diatoms, in the Assessment of Water Quality (145)
Ground water contamination in the United States. (124)
The effect of invasion rate, species pool, and size of area on the structure of the diatom community. (121)
The Relative Sensitivity of Diatoms, Snails, and Fish to Twenty Common Constituents of Industrial Wastes (107)
THE EFFECTS OF INCREASING LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE ON THE STRUCTURE OF DIATOM COMMUNITIES (106)
Ianula: An Account of the History and Development of the Lago di Monterosi, Latium, Italy (95)
The Structure of Diatom Communities in Similar Ecological Conditions (87)
The Diatoms of the United States, Vol. I (81)
Temperature and manganese as determining factors in the presence of diatom or blue-green algal floras in streams. (76)
THE STRUCTURE OF DIATOM COMMUNITIES UNDER VARYING ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS (71)
SEDIMENTS OF LAKE PATZCUARO, MICHOACAN, MEXICO (55)
The Value of Species as Indicators of Water Quality (49)
Rivers of the United States (48)
AN ECOSYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER. (47)
Factors effecting the distribution of diatoms (39)
Variation in the Structure of Natural Diatom Communities (35)
Importance of diversity in the functioning and structure of riverine communities (33)
A proposed biological measure of stream conditions: With 4 figures in the text (27)
Effects of abnormal temperatures on algal communities (26)
10 – Streams and Lakes in the Pine Barrens (25)
The Occurrence and Cause of Iron Oxide Deposits in Tile Drains1 (21)
Managing the Risks of Hazardous Waste (19)
Aquatic Communities as Indices of Pollution (18)
The Diatom Flora of Bethany Boǵ (17)
A FURTHER STUDY OF DISMAL SWAMP PEAT (17)
Chemical and physical characteristics (16)
Some Diatoms of Great Salt Lake (15)
A Discussion of Natural and Abnormal Diatom Communities (15)
A discussion of the results of the Catherwood Expedition to the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon: With 7 tables in the text (13)
A consideration of Gomphonema parvulum Kutz (10)
Hydrology of two small river basins in Pennsylvania before urbanization, with a section on observation of stream fauna (10)
TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR STUDY OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VIA PERIPHYTON BIOMONITORS (9)
A STUDY OF THE NUMBERS AND KINDS OF SPECIES FOUND IN RIVERS IN EASTERN UNITED STATES (9)
Factors to consider in interpreting diatom change (8)
Groundwater Contamination in the United States, 2d edition (7)
25-Y STUDY OF RADIONUCLIDE MONITORING WITH TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC BIOMONITORS (7)
The Importance of Monitoring Change (7)
The gulf of Mexico (7)
The diatom community, base of the aquatic food chain, undergoes significant changes in the presence of trace metals and other alterations in water chemistry (6)
The eastern and southeastern states (5)
8. The Role of Aquatic Plants in Aquatic Ecosystems (5)
Aquatic biota in North America (4)
THE EFFECT OF AGAR ON THE GROWTH OF NITZSCHIA LINEARIS (4)
Rivers of the United States. Volume 1: Estuaries (4)
Surface Water Quality: Have the Laws Been Successful? (4)
The Diatom Flora of some Lakes of the Galapagos Islands (3)
Effects of River Physical and Chemical Characteristics on Aquatic Life (3)
Scientific and technological considerations in water resources policy (3)
Bibliography, addenda, and corrigenda for The Diatoms of the United States, Volume 1 and Volume 2, Part 1 (2)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS (2)
Discussion of paper by Charles E. Renn, ‘Ecology and fine-grained sediments’ (2)
What should be done to mitigate groundwater contamination? (2)
Two studies of Tinicum Marsh, Delaware and Philadelphia counties, Pennsylvania (2)
Twenty-five Years of Environmental Radionuclide Concentrations near a Nuclear Power Plant (2)
Book Review:The Marine Benthic Diatoms in China. Volume 1. Jin Dexiang, Cheng Zhaodi, Lin Junmin, Liu Shicheng (1)
Is Water Our Next Crisis (1)
The importance of the technical characteristics of hazardous materials in considering environmental risk. (1)
The mississippi river tributaries north of St. Louis (1)
The Algae of Illinois. (1)
THE POTENTIAL OF VARIOUS TYPES OF THERMAL EFFECTS ON CHESAPEAKE BAY (1)
Chapter 5. Federal and State Laws, Regulations and Management (0)
Chapter 2. Impacts of Human Society on the Riverine System — Past and Present (0)
6. Overview of Aquatic Ecosystems (0)
The Colorado River (0)
Book Review:Strategies of American Water Management. Gilbert F. White (0)
Chapter 8. Options for the Future (0)
A COMMENTARY ON“WHAT IS A RIVER” (0)
Chapter 4. Changes in Societal Activities and Demands (0)
Book Review:Periphyton of Freshwater Ecosystems. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Periphyton of Freshwater Ecosystems Held in Vaxjo, Sweden, 14-17 September 1982. Robert G. Wetzel (0)
Environmental Assessment (0)
A Suggested Starting-Point for the Nomenclature of Diatoms (0)
Chapter 1. What is Happening To Our Surface Waters (0)
U . S . Environmental Protection Agency 2-1953 Stream Pollution (0)
Book Review:Identifying Marine Diatoms and Dinoflagellates. Carmelo R. Tomas (0)
Chapter 3. The Impacts of Population Growth and Movement (0)
Chapter 6. Effects on Pollution of Laws and Regulations Versus Voluntary Efforts (0)
Book Review:The River Volga and Its Life. Ph. D. Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, J. Illies (0)
Chapter 7. How Have Our Surface Waters Changed (0)
Environmental assessment. (0)

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