Professional interests include lake and stream water quality management and restoration; phytoplankton ecology, algal taxonomy, physiology and community composition.
Background
M.S. Candidate, Water Resources Science, University of Minnesota, Anticipated graduation 2009
B.S. Biology, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, 1981
Current Publications
Keough JR, Hagley CA, Ruzycki EM, Sierszen M. 1998. *13C composition of primary producers and role of detritus in a freshwater coastal ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 43(4):734-740.
Ruzycki EM, Axler RP, Owen CJ, Martin TB. 1998. Response of phytoplankton photosynthesis and growth to the aquatic herbicide Hydrothol 191 (amine salt of endothall; liquid). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 17(8):1530-1537.
