RECENT PUBLICATIONS (last 10 years or so):
(Drop me an e-mail if you are interested in any of these publications and you don't see a link to a PDF file.  I'd be glad to send reprints of published or in press papers)

Nelson, K.M.*, J. F. Gottgens and E. J. Tramer.  Environmental correlates of tree species distribution in a Great Lakes tributary floodplain forest.  Wetlands (in revision)

Benedict*, M., R.H. Fortney and J. F. Gottgens.  Successional Development of Cambarazal Forests (Vochysia divergens Pohl) in the Northern Pantanal of Brazil.  Wetlands (in revision)

Evans, J.E. and J.F. Gottgens.  2007.  Contaminant stratigraphy of the Ballville Reservoir, Sandusky River, NW Ohio: Implications for dam removal.  J. Great Lakes Research 33(2): 182-193 [Article Full Text PDF]

Gottgens, J.F. and J.E. Evans.  2007.  Dam Removals and River Channel Changes in Northern Ohio:  Implications for Lake Erie sediment budgets and water quality.  J. Great Lakes Research 33(2): 87-89 [Article Full Text PDF]

Lawrence, P., D. Eastop, S. Leblanc, J. Gottgens and T. Klinger. 2007.  The river runs through it: Planning for the Ottawa River, The University of Toledo.  Proc. Ball State University, Greening of the Campus Conference, Muncie, Indiana: 284-294 (non-reviewed) [Article Full Text PDF]

Roberts, S.J. , J.F. Gottgens, A. L. Spongberg, J.E. Evans and N.S. Levine.  2007.  An Integrated approach to assessing potential dam removals: An example from the Ottawa River, NW Ohio.  Environmental Management 39(1): 113-124. [Article Full Text PDF]

Gottgens, J.F.  2005.  What can we learn from sediment cores? The need for long-term data in environmental law, science and policy. J. Great Lakes' Law, Science & Policy 5(2): 101-105 [Article Full Text PDF ]

 

Fortney, R.H., M. Benedict, J.F. Gottgens, T. Walters, B. Leady, and J. Rentch.  2004.  Aquatic macrophyte communities along inundation gradients in two ecologically-distinct regions of the Brazilian Pantanal. Wetlands Ecology and Management 12(6): 575-585. [Article Full Text PDF ]

 

Gottgens, J.F. and R.H. Fortney.  2004.  Neotropical wetlands: Building links among wetland scientists.  Wetlands Ecology and Management 12(6): 543-546. [Article Full Text PDF ]

Fortney, R.H. and J.F. Gottgens (Editors).  2004.  Neotropical wetlands.  Special issue of Wetlands Ecology and Management containing six edited and peer-reviewed papers 12(6):  543-609. [click here]

Spongberg, A.L., J. Gottgens and B. Muller. 2004.  Pesticide Accumulation Rates in a Northwestern Ohio Marsh.  Water, Air and Soil Pollution 152:387-404. [Article Full Text PDF ]

Evans, J.E., N.S. Levine, S.J. Roberts, J.F. Gottgens, and D.M. Newman.  2002.  Assessment using GIS and sediment routing of the proposed removal of Ballville dam, Sandusky River, Ohio.  J. American Water Resources Association 38(6): 1549-1565. [Article Full Text PDF]

Leady, B.S. and J.F. Gottgens. 2001.  Mercury accumulation in sediment cores and along food chains in two regions of the Brazilian Pantanal. Wetlands Ecology and Management 9(4): 349-361. [Article Full Text PDF ]

Gottgens, J.F., J.E. Perry, R.H. Fortney, J. Meyer, M. Benedict and B.E. Rood. 2001.  The Paraguay-Paraná Hidrovia: Protecting the Pantanal with lessons from the past. Bioscience 51(4): 301-308. [Article Full Text PDF]

Gottgens, J.F. 2000. Wetland restoration along the southwestern Lake Erie coast line: Case studies and recommendations. J. Great Lakes' Law, Science & Policy 3(1): 49-65 [Article Full Text PDF]

Evans, J.E., J. F. Gottgens, W.M. Gill, and S.D. Mackey. 2000. Sediment yields controlled by intrabasinal storage and sediment conveyance over the interval 1842-1994: Chagrin River, Northeast Ohio, U.S.A. J. Soil Water Conservation 55 (3): 264-270 [Article Full Text PDF]

Rood, B.E., J.J. Delfino and J.F. Gottgens. 2000. Bathymetry, paleolimnology and mercury accumulation in a sinkhole lake in the Florida Everglades, USA. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 27: 2312-2316.

Evans, J.E., S.D. Mackey, J.F. Gottgens, and W.M. Gill. 2000. Lessons from a dam failure. Ohio J. Science 100(5): 121-131 [Article Full Text PDF]

Evans, J.E., S.D. Mackey, J.F. Gottgens, and W.M. Gill. 2000. From reservoir to wetland: The rise and fall of an Ohio dam. In: The Earth around us: Maintaining a livable planet. (Ed. J.L. Schneiderman), Freeman Publ., San Francisco, CA: 256-267.[Article Full Text PDF]

Gottgens, J.F. 2000. The Paraguay-Paraná Hidrovia: Large-scale channelization or a "tyranny of small decisions?" In: The Pantanal of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay: Selected discourses on the world’s largest remaining wetland system, (Ed. F.A. Swarts). Hudson-McArthur Publ.: 135-144

Kumar, A., V. Chigullapalli, K. Venkataraman, S. Sundaresan, B.S. Simmers, and J.F. Gottgens. 1999. Estimation of methyl mercury concentration in fish due to deposition of mercury from an urban area on water bodies. J. Great Lakes' Law, Science & Policy 2(1): 43-67.

Gottgens, J.F., B.E. Rood, J.J. Delfino, and B.S. Simmers. 1999. Uncertainty in paleoecological studies of mercury in sediment cores. Water, Air Soil Pollution. 110: 313-333. [Article Full Text PDF] 

Gottgens, J.F., B.P. Swartz, R.W. Kroll, and M. Eboch. 1998. Longterm GIS-based records of habitat changes in a Lake Erie marsh. Wetlands Ecology and Management 6: 5-17. [Article Full Text PDF]

Gottgens, J.F., R.H. Fortney, J. Meyer, J.E. Perry, and B.E. Rood. 1998. The Paraguay-Paraná waterway ("Hidrovia") and its impact on the Pantanal of Brazil. Bulletin Society Wetland Scientists 15(3): 12-18. [Article Full Text PDF]

Rood, B.E., J.F. Gottgens, and J.J. Delfino. 1998. Comparison of mercury accumulation in Lake Eden and the Savannas Marsh wetland, Florida, USA. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 26: 1365-1369.

Gottgens, J.F. and M.A. Liptak. 1998. Longterm assimilation of agricultural runoff in a Lake Erie marsh. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 26: 1337-1342 [Article Full Text PDF]

Streever, W.J., J.F. Gottgens, B.E. Rood, and T.L. Crisman. 1998. Radiolimnology of the Sim's Sink permanently flooded cave, Florida, USA. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 26: 1595-1598.

Kroll, R.W., J.F. Gottgens, and B.P. Swartz. 1997. Wild rice to rip-rap: 120 Years of habitat changes and management of a Lake Erie coastal marsh. Trans. North Amer. Wildlife Natural Res., Washington, D.C.: 490-500

Murray, T.E. and J.F. Gottgens. 1997. Historical changes in phosphorus accumulation in a small lake. Hydrobiologia 345: 39-44. [Article Full Text PDF]