Amy Kireta
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Amy Kireta, Research Fellow

Position and Focus

Research interests include diatoms, aquatic ecology, limnology and paleolimnology at NRRI's Ely Field Station.

Background

M.S. Biology, Bowling Green State University, 2001
B.A. Psychology, University of Akron, Ohio, 1996

Current Publications

  • Kireta AR, Reavie ED, Sgro GV, Angradi TR, Bolgrien DW, Jicha TM, Hill BH. 2012. Assessing the condition of the Missouri, Ohio, and Upper Mississippi rivers (USA) using diatom-based indicators. Hydrobiologia
  • Kireta AR, Reavie ED, Sgro GV, Angradi TR, Bolgrien DW, Hill BH, Jicha TM. 2012. Planktonic and periphytic diatoms as indicators of stress on great rivers of the United States: Testing water quality and disturbance models. Ecological Indicators 13(1):222-231.
  • Sgro GV, Reavie ED, Kireta AR, Angradi TR, Jicha TM, Bolgrien DW, Hill BH. 2010. Comparison of diatom-based indices of water quality for mid-continent (USA) Great Rivers. Journal of Environmental Bioindicators 5(1):48-67.
  • Reavie ED, Kireta AR, Kingston JC, Sgro GV, Danz NP, Axler RP, Hollenhorst TP. 2008. Comparison of simple and multimetric diatom-based indices for Great Lakes coastline disturbance. Journal of Phycology 44:787-802.
  • Sgro GV, Reavie ED, Kingston JC, Kireta AR, Ferguson MJ, Danz NP, Johansen JR. 2007. A diatom quality index from a diatom-based total phosphorus inference model. Environmental Bioindicators 2(1):15-34.
  • Kireta AR, Reavie ED, Danz NP, Axler RP, Sgro GV, Kingston JC, Brown TN, Hollenhorst TP. 2007. Coastal geomorphic and lake variability in the Laurentian Great Lakes: implications for a diatom-based monitoring tool. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(3):136-153.
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