School of Public and Environment Affairs
The Royer Labortatory
PUBLICATIONS

Warrner, T.J., T.V. Royer, J.L. Tank, N.A. Griffiths, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, and M.R. Whiles. In
            press. Dissolved organic carbon in streams from artificially drained and intensively
            farmed watersheds in Indiana, USA. Biogeochemistry

Gentry, L.E., M.B. David, F.E. Below, T.V. Royer, and G.F. McIsaac. In press. Nitrogen mass
            balance of a tile-drained agricultural watershed in east-central Illinois. Journal of
            Environmental Quality.

Griffiths, N.A., J.L. Tank, T.V. Royer, E.J. Rosi-Marshall, M.R. Whiles, C.P. Chambers, T.C.
            Frauendorf, M.A. Evans-White. 2009. Rapid decomposition of maize detritus in
            agricultural headwater streams. Ecological Applications 19:133–142. PDF

McDaniel, M.D., M.B. David, and T.V. Royer. 2009. Relationships between benthic sediments
            and water column phosphorus in Illinois streams. Journal of Environmental Quality
            38:607–617. PDF

Royer, T.V., M.B. David, L.E. Gentry, C.A. Mitchell, K.M. Starks, T. Heatherly, and M.R.
            Whiles. 2008. Assessment of chlorophyll-a as a criterion for establishing nutrient
            standards in the streams and rivers of Illinois. Journal of Environmental Quality 37:437–
            447. PDF

Das, M., T.V. Royer, and L.G. Leff. 2008. Fungal communities on decaying leaves in streams:
            A comparison of two leaf species. Mycological Progress 7:267–275. PDF

Rosi-Marshall, E.J., J.L. Tank, T.V. Royer, M.R. Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N.A.
            Griffiths, J. Pokelsek, and M.L. Stephen. 2007. Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts
            may affect headwater streams.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
            104:16204–16208. PDF

Heatherly, T., M.R. Whiles, T.V. Royer, and M.B. David. 2007. Relationships between habitat
            quality, water quality, and macroinvertebrate assemblages in Illinois streams. Journal of
            Environmental Quality 36:1653–1660. PDF

Arango, C.P., J.L. Tank, J.L. Schaller, T.V. Royer, M.J. Bernot, and M.B. David. 2007.
            Benthic organic carbon influences denitrification in streams with high nitrate
            concentration. Freshwater Biology 52:1210–1222. PDF

Das, M., T.V. Royer, and L.G. Leff. 2007. Diversity of fungi, bacteria, and actinomycetes on
            leaves decomposing in a stream.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:756–767.
            PDF

Gentry, L.E., M.B. David, T.V. Royer, C.A. Mitchell, and K.M. Starks. 2007. Phosphorus
            transport pathways to streams in tile-drained agricultural watersheds. Journal of
            Environmental Quality 36:408–415. PDF

David, M.B., L.G. Wall, T.V. Royer, and J.L. Tank. 2006. Denitrification and the nitrogen
            budget of a reservoir in an agricultural landscape. Ecological Applications 16:2177–2190.
            PDF

Royer, T.V., M.B. David, and L.E. Gentry. 2006. Timing of riverine export of nitrate and
            phosphorus from agricultural watersheds in Illinois: implications for reducing nutrient
            loading to the Mississippi River. Environmental Science & Technology 40:4126–4131.
            PDF

Figueroa-Nieves, D., T.V. Royer, and M.B. David. 2006. Controls on chlorophyll-a in nutrient-
            rich agricultural streams in Illinois, USA. Hydrobiologia 568:287–298. PDF

Morgan, A.M., T.V. Royer, M.B. David, and L.E. Gentry. 2006. Relationships among
            nutrients, chlorophyll-a, and dissolved oxygen in agricultural streams in Illinois. Journal
            of Environmental Quality 35:1110–1117. PDF

Bernot, M.J., J.L. Tank, T.V. Royer, and M.B. David. 2006. Nutrient uptake in streams
            draining agricultural catchments of the midwestern United States. Freshwater Biology
            51:499–509. PDF

Thomas, S.A., T.V. Royer, E.B. Snyder, and J.C. Davis. 2005. Organic carbon spiraling in an
            Idaho river. Aquatic Sciences 67:424–433. PDF

Royer, T.V. and M.B. David.  2005.  Export of dissolved organic carbon from agricultural
            streams in Illinois, USA.  Aquatic Sciences 67:465–471. PDF

Wall, L.G., J.L. Tank, T.V. Royer, and M.J. Bernot.  2005.  Spatial and temporal variability
            in sediment denitrification within an agriculturally influenced reservoir.  Biogeochemistry
            76:85–111. PDF

Schaller, J.L., T.V. Royer, M.B. David, and J.L. Tank. 2004.  Denitrification associated with
            plants and sediments in an agricultural stream.  Journal of the North American
            Benthological Society 23:667–676. PDF

Royer, T.V., J.L. Tank, and M.B. David. 2004. Transport and fate of nitrate in headwater
            agricultural streams in Illinois. Journal of Environmental Quality 33:1296–1304. PDF

Royer, T.V. and G.W. Minshall. 2003. Controls on leaf processing in streams from spatial-
            scaling and hierarchical perspectives. Journal of the North American Benthological
            Society 22:352–358. PDF

Royer, T.V. and G.W. Minshall. 2001. Effects of nutrient enrichment and leaf quality on the
            breakdown of leaves in a hardwater stream. Freshwater Biology 46:603–610. PDF

Royer, T.V., C.T. Robinson, and G.W. Minshall. 2001. Development of a macroinvertebrate-
            based index for bioassessment of Idaho rivers. Environmental Management 27:627–636. 

Minshall, G.W., T.V. Royer, and C.T. Robinson. 2001. Response of the Cache Creek
            macroinvertebrates during the first 10 years following disturbance by the 1988
            Yellowstone wildfires. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1077–
            1088.

Robinson, C.T., G.W. Minshall, and T.V. Royer. 2000. Inter-annual patterns in
            macroinvertebrate communities of wilderness streams in Idaho, USA. Hydrobiologia
            421:187–198.

Royer, T.V., M.T. Monaghan, and G.W. Minshall. 1999. Processing of native and exotic leaf
            litter in two Idaho (USA) streams. Hydrobiologia 400:123–128.

Royer, T.V. and G.W. Minshall. 1997. Temperature patterns in small streams following
            wildfire. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 140:237–242.

Royer, T.V. and G.W. Minshall. 1997. Rapid breakdown of autochthonous and allochthonous
            plant material in a eutrophic river. Hydrobiologia 344:81–86.

Minshall, G.W., C.T. Robinson, T.V. Royer, and S.R. Rushforth. 1995. Benthic community
            structure in two adjacent streams in Yellowstone National Park five years after the 1988
            wildfires. Great Basin Naturalist 55:193–200.