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REPORTS (R), ABSTRACTS (A), PUBLICATIONS (PB), POSTERS (P):
Wear D, Gordon, J. 2016. Reproductive status of the shoals spider lily, Hymenocallis coronaria (Le Conte) Kunth (Liliaceae) in the Savannah River Basin, Augusta, GA, USA. Botany Conference. Savannah, GA. (PR and A)
Wear D, Sayre J. 2016. Mercury accumulation and endocrine disruption in largemouth bass in the Rae's Creek watershed, Augusta, GA. GA and AL Conference of the American Fisheries Society. Columbus, GA. (P)
Hobbs N, Wear D. 2013. Is phytoremediation consistent with concentrations of mercury in largemouth bass in the Rae’s Creek Watershed? CURS Brown Bag. (PR)
Wear D, Fernandez-Rundel J., Thiruvaiyaru D. 2012. Mercury concentrations in largemouth bass in the Rae’s Creek watershed. Southeastern Lake and Watershed Management Conference. Columbus, GA. (PR)
2011 - Gordon, JE, Wear DJ. Parameters affecting the success of protected shoals spider
lily, Hymenocallis coronaria, in the Savannah River Basin, Georgia. Natural Areas Journal. 31:34-42. (PB)
2010 - Quarles B, Hayden D, Campbell J, and Wear DJ. Epiphytic diatom diversity: indicators
of water quality. Phi Kappa Phi Symposium. Augusta State University, Augusta, GA. (P)
2009 - Ingram RJ, Wear DJ. Effects of a summer prescription burn on gopher tortoise forage. 31st Annual Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting. Gainesville, FL. (A)
2007 - Singleton WD, Benson BL, Banks SL, Andrus J, Wear DJ. Isolation of antimicrobial resistant
bacteria in Rae's Creek. Phi Kappa Phi Symposium. Augusta State University, Augusta,
GA. (P)
2007 - Crews PP, McGrath G, Wear DJ. Mercury bioaccumulation in fish of various trophic levels
in Rae's Creek. Phi Kappa Phi Symposium. Augusta State University, Augusta, GA. (P)
2007 - Dunn LT, Saul BM, Wear DJ. A study of the population density on the intertidal salt
marsh periwinkle. Phi Kappa Phi Symposium. Augusta State University, Augusta, GA. (P)
2007 - Gordon JE, Wear DJ. Assessing the status of the Savannah Shoals Spider Lily, Hymenocallis
coronaria (La Conte) Kunth. 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, GA. (A)
2005 - Thornhill RJ, Wear DJ. A health assessment of Hymenocallia coronaria on the Savannah River. The Nature Conservancy. Savannah, GA. (R)
2004 - Wear DJ. Patterns of dispersion and burrowing activity of waif gopher tortoises. Non-Game Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Social Circle, GA. (R)
2002 - Wear DJ, Hawkins BC and Dowd JW. A preliminary analysis of forest vegetation associated
with the ectomycorrhizal fungus, Tricholoma magnivelare, Veracruz, Mexico. Latin American Monograph Series.(PB)
2002 - Wear DJ, Kiel DE and Altig R. Interobserver survey comparisons: stream frogs in southeastern
Madagascar and a lab test. Herpetological Natural History. (PB)
2000 - Sullivan MJ, Wear DJ. Effects of nutrient enrichment on the production dynamics
and community structure of epiphytic seagrass diatom assemblages. International Diatom
Symposium, Athens, Greece. (A)
1999 - Wear DJ, Sullivan MJ, Moore AD, Millie DF. Effects of nutrient enrichment on the
production dynamics of three seagrass species and their epiphytic algae. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 179:201-213 (PB)