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ABSTRACTS AND PUBLICATIONS: RIVER BASINS RESEARCH INITIATIVE
(Student authors are in bold face)

• Allen, L., Kerstetter, R. E., Lesher, J., Schaffer, S., Pham, L., and Liao, Min-Ken, 2001, Effects of land use on fecal coliform levels in selected watersheds of the Enoree River, Upstate SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Andersen, C.B., Hart, M., and Sargent, K.A., 2000, Impact of sewage treatment effluent on the biogeochemistry of the Enoree River near Greenville, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 32.
• Andersen, C. Brannon, Sargent, Kenneth A., and Peterson, Melissa R., 2003, The Impact of Waste Water Treatment Effluent on the Bush River, SC During Extreme Drought Conditions, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southcentral and Southeastern Sections, v. 35.
• Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 2001, Impact of sewage treatment plant effluent on the biogeochemistry and microbiology of the Enoree River, SC: 3rd Annual South Carolina Nonpoint Source Conference Abstract Volume, p. 5.
• Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., Wheeler, J.F., and Kerstetter, R.E., 1999, Using watershed research as an interdisciplinary teaching tool: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 32, p. A387.
• Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., Worthen, W.B., and Kerstetter, R.E., 1997. The Paris Mountain Watershed Research Project: A Public Education Opportunity. Annual Symposium, American Water Resources Association and Universities Council on Water Resources, Keystone, CO.
• Badon, N., Weinstien, K., Potter, S., Roberts, M., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 2000, Fluvial geochemistry of the Enoree River Basin, I: Upper Enoree River, Beaverdam Creek, and Mountain Creek watersheds: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 32.
• Blue, T.E., Worthen, W.B., Cuddy, C., Haney, D.C., Andersen, C.B., and Wheeler, J., 2000 The abundance of Boyeria vinosa larvae in comparison to physical and chemical properties of the Enoree River of South Carolina: Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 47: 101-102.
• Brockman, C., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 1999, Mixing of stream waters in the Mountain Creek watershed: NCUR '99, Rochester, NY.
• Brown, Jonathan, Sargent, Kenneth A., and Andersen, C. Brannon, 2003, Influence of Hydrology and Distance to Sampled Site on the Response of Bacteria to Nutrient Loading Downstream of Waste Water Treatment Plants. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southcentral and Southeastern Sections, v. 35. (Selected best undergraduate poster)
• Cuddy, C., Worthen, W.B., Haney, D.C., Blue, T., Andersen, C.B., and Wheeler, S., 2000, Human impact on the ecology of the Upper Enoree River: Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 47: 180.
• Curry, B., Laughery, J., Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 2001, Impact of land cover on nitrogen concentrations in tributaries of the Enoree River: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 33.
• Cuddy, C. C., Haney, D. C., Worthen, W. B., Blue, T. , Horner, A., Andersen, C. B., and Wheeler, J., 2000, Anthropogenic impact on the biology and water chemistry of the Upper Enoree River. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ichthyology and Herpetology.
• Davis, R., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S., 2001, Mineralogical control over the fluvial geochemistry of four tributary watersheds in the Enoree River Basin, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 33.
• Felten, J., Worthen, W. B., and Andersen, C. B., 2001, Biological description of Enoree River (SC) tributaries: Effects of water chemistry and habitat on abundance of Progomphus obscurus. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Fikes, L., Porterfield, J., and Helps, C., 2001, Microhabitat use by stream fish and anthropogenic effects in the Enoree River basin, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Geddis, Marla, Heckman, Wesley, Dobson, C., and Haney, Dennis C., 2002, Effects of nitrates and sulfates on Nocomis leptocephalus and Etheostoma thalassinum in the Saluda River Basin. Southeastern Biology, Vol. 49, No. 2, April 2002.
• Hagan, Andrew, Pham, Lily, James, Kristi, and Liao, Min-Ken, 2001, Isolation and characterization of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli in freshwater streams in Upstate South Carolina. Southeastern Biology, Vol. 49, No. 2, April 2002.
• Haney, D. C., Horner, A., Worthen, W. B., Mitchum, A., Mitchell, M., Andersen, C. B., and Wheeler, J. H., 2000, A Biological study of Enoree River (SC) tributaries: Effects of land use patterns and physicochemical measures on fish diversity and abundance. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ichthyology and Herpetology.
• Haney, D. C., Mitchum, A., Worthen, W. B., Andersen, C. B., and Wheeler, J., 2001 Effects of land use on fish diversity and abundance in the Enoree River, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Haney, D.C., Worthen, W.B., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, J.F., 2000, Using watershed research as an interdisciplinary teaching tool: Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 47: 167.
• Hart, M., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S., 1998, Weathering in the subtropical Enoree River Basin, South Carolina, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30.
• Hart, M., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 1999, Characterization of human impact on water quality in the Enoree River Basin in northwestern South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 32, p. A408.
• Helps, C., Spieth, L., Porterfield, J., and Haney, D. C., 2001, A study of body morphology and microhabitat use of several families of freshwater fish in the Enoree River Basin, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Holson, C., Cordell, J, Kerstetter, R., Mitchell, M., and Monheim, S., 2002, The effects of land use patterns on bacterial populations I. The Enoree River, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Horner, A., Mitchum, A., Haney, D.C., Worthen, W.B., Andersen, C.B., and *Aiken, A., 2000, Biological and chemical description of Enoree River (SC) tributaries: Effects of land use patterns on the Upper Enoree, Beaverdam Creek, and Mountain Creek: Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 47.
• Huestis, Diana L., Haney, Dennis C., Ryan, Travis J., and Meylan, Peter A., 2001, Environmental factors affecting plethodontid salamander abundance, distribution, and diversity in the Enoree and Saluda River Basins of upstate South Carolina. Southeastern Biology, Vol. 49, No. 2, April 2002.
• Kitchen, E., Walker, K., Lencse, A., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 2000, Fluvial geochemistry of the Enoree River basin, II: Rocky Creek and Gilder Creek watersheds: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 32.
• Krzywicki, K., Parsons, L., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S., 2001, Impact of wastewater treatment effluent on the chemical composition of Durbin Creek and the Enoree River in the Enoree River basin, SC: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 33.
• Lesher, J., Allen, L., and Kerstetter, R. E., 2001, Effect of sediment agitation on total coliform and Escherichia coli levels in the Enoree River, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Mitchell, M., Monheim, S., Haney, D.C., Worthen, W.B., Andersen, C.B., and Wheeler, S., 2000, Biological and chemical description of Enoree River (SC) tributaries: Effects of land use patterns on Rocky Creek, Gilder Creek, and Mountain Creek: Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 47: 105.
• Mitchum, A., Haney, D. C., Worthen, W. B., and Porterfield, J., 2001, Fish distribution in the Enoree River, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• O'daniel, E., Fikes, L., Worthen, W. B., Haney, D. C., and Andersen, C. B., 2001, Comparison of diversity and abundance of larval odonate populations in rural and urban streams in the Enoree River watershed, SC., Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Park. Logan, Geist, Susan, E., Andersen, C. Brannon, Wheeler, John, and Lewis, Greg P., 2002, Biogeochemical and Geographic Factors Controlling Fluvial Nitrate Hydrochemistry in the Upper Saluda River Basin, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 34, No. 2.
• Parsons, L., Shaver, L., Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 2001, Sediment transport of zinc in a contaminated stream, Travelers Rest, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 33. (Best Undergraduate Paper Award)
• Pham, L., Schaffer, S., Kerstetter, R. E., Allen, L., and Lesher, J., 2001, The impact of rain on coliform bacterial counts in the Enoree River, SC. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, v. 48.
• Pugh, J., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, J., 2001, Partial pressures of carbon dioxide in the Enoree River Basin, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 33.
• Redburn, D. E., Bundy, S., and Feindt, K., 2001, Pollution in a South Carolina River Basin: Do Residents Value Water Quality?, Southern Sociological Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
• Redburn, D. E., Bundy, S., and Feindt, K., 2001, Demographic Predictors of Concern about Water Quality: The Case of the Enoree Watershed in SC, Southern Demographic Society Meeting.
• Roberts, M.D., Weinstein, K., Andersen, C.B.,Davies, B., and Sargent, K.A., 2000, Transport and attenuation of Zn, Mn, and Al in the Upper Enoree River, SC: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 32.
• Roberts, M.D., Andersen, C.B., Davies, B.E., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 1999, Natural trace metal attenuation in a contaminated watershed, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 32, p. A407.
• Rogers, Emily D., Giardina, Julie A., and Dennis C. Haney, 2001, Factors affecting mortality and zinc uptake in the gills of freshwater fish: Southeastern Biology, Vol. 49, No. 2, April 2002.
• Sargent, K.A. and Andersen, C.B., 1997. Surface and Ground Water Hydrology Investigation Utilizing An On-campus Hydrological Field Laboratory. Annual Symposium, American Water Resources Association and Universities Council on Water Resources, Keystone, CO.
• Sauer, Katherine, Andersen, C. Brannon, Lewis, Gregory P., Sargent, Kenneth A., and Niemitz, Jeffrey, 2003, Dissolved Carbon Distribution and Flux in the Forested Upper Saluda River Watershed, South Carolina, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southcentral and Southeastern Sections, v. 35.
• Shaver, L., Wheeler, S., Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 2001, The chemical composition of rain in upstate South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 33.
• Shelley, D.C., Blatzer, I.B., Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 1998, Controls on sediment composition in a small, inner Piedmont watershed, Paris Mountain, Greenville, Co. SC, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section.
• Shelley, D.C., Blatzer, L.B., Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 1998, Small-scale variation in provenance of a small mountainous watershed, Paris Mountain, Greenville County, SC: NCUR National Meeting, Salisbury, MD.
• Sims, Erin R., Bax, Tyler V., Andersen, C. Brannon, Sargent, Kenneth, A., and Lewis, Gregory P., 2003, Dynamics of Nutrient Retention by Small Ponds, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southcentral and Southeastern Sections, v. 35.
• Sims, Erin, Moeller, Sven, Peters, Chris, Sjolin, Jennifer, Andersen, C. Brannon, Lewis,
  Greg P., and Sargent, Kenneth A., 2002, Silica Retention by Small Surface Impoundments in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 34, No. 2.
• Smith, L.A., Brockman, C.W., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 1999, Geochemistry of two small watersheds, Enoree River basin, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 31, p. A68.
• Smith, L., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 1999, Chemical weathering in the Beaverdam Creek watershed, South Carolina: NCUR '99, Rochester, NY.
• Smith, L.A., Shaver, L.A., Pugh, J.D., Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 2000, Impact of anthropogenic nutrient loading on the biogeochemistry of the Reedy River and Lake Greenwood, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 32.
• Sprouse, B.E., Hart, M., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 1999, Possible effects of point sources on water quality in the Enoree River basin, South Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 31, p. A69.
• Sprouse, B., Hart, M., Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, S.K., 1999, Possible human impact on the water quality of the upper Enoree River basin, South Carolina: NCUR '99, Rochester, NY.
• Turner, J.L., Andersen, C.B., and Sargent, K.A., 1998, Biologic and lithologic control of dissolved silica concentration, Mountain Lake watershed, SC: NCUR National Meeting, Salisbury, MD.
• Volk, Sara., Irizarry, Alejandra., Andersen, C. Brannon., Lewis, Greg P., and Sargent, Kenneth A., 2002, Influence of Wetlands on Stream Nitrate and Sulfate Concentrations in the Broad Mouth Creek Watershed, South Carolina. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southeastern Section, v. 34, No. 2.
• Volk, Sara, Kendrick, Trey, Lewis, Gregory P., Andersen, c. Brannon, and Sargent, Kenneth A., 2003, Nitrate and Sulfate Retention by Wetlands in the Coronaca Creek and Broad Mouth Creek Watersheds, South Carolina, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Southcentral and Southeastern Sections, v. 35.

WORKSHOP

• Andersen, C.B. and Hluchy, Michele, 2000, Developing Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Programs: Council on Undergraduate Research 8th National Conference, Wooster , Ohio, June 22-24, 2000.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Andersen, C.B., Worthen, W.B., and Polkinghorn, B.P., in press, Humanism in the environmental sciences: A re-evaluation: Journal of College Science Teaching.
• Andersen, C.B., in revision, The problem of sample contamination in a fluvial geochemistry research experience for undergraduates: Journal of Geoscience Education.
• Andersen, C.B., Sargent, K.A., and Wheeler, J., in preparation, Fluvial geochemistry of the Enoree River Basin: I. Upper Enoree River, Beaverdam Creek, Mountain Creek, Gilder Creek, and Rocky Creek watersheds: South Carolina Geology.
• T. E. Blue, W. B. Worthen , D. C. Haney, C. C. Cuddy, C. B. Andersen, and S. Wheeler. The abundance of Boyeria vinosa larva (Odonata: Aeshnidae) in the Enoree River of South Carolina: chemical and physical correlates. Odonatologia (in preparation).
• Cuddy, C. C., D. C. Haney, W. B. Worthen, T. Blue, C. B. Andersen, and S. Wheeler. Human impact on the ecology of the Upper Enoree River. Journal of Freshwater Ecology (in preparation).