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Keller Suberkropp, Professor Emeritus Dept. of Biological Sciences University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0204 email: ksuberkp (at) bama.ua.edu

Publications: (recent)

Kuehn, K. A., M. J. Lemke, K. Suberkropp, and R. G. Wetzel. 2000. Microbial biomass and production associated with decaying leaf litter of the emergent macrophyte Juncus effusus. Limnology and Oceanography 45:862-870.

Suberkropp, K. 2000. Estimating production of litter-decomposing fungi in streams from rates of acetate incorporation into ergosterol. Verhandlungen der Inernationale Vereinigung fur theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 27:2426-2429.

Grattan, R. M. and K. Suberkropp. 2001. Effects of nutrient enrichment on yellow poplar leaf decomposition and fungal activity in streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 20:33-43.

Suberkropp, K. 2001. Fungal growth, production, and sporulation during leaf decomposition in two streams. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:5063-5068.

Gulis, V. and K. Suberkropp. 2003. The effect of excluding plant litter on the aquatic hyphomycete conidia in a headwater stream. Czech Mycology 54:249-260.

Gulis, V. and K. Suberkropp. 2003. Leaf litter decomposition and microbial activity in nutrient-enriched and unaltered reaches of a headwater stream. Freshwater Biology 48:123-134.

Gulis, V. and K. Suberkropp. 2003. Interactions between stream fungi and bacteria associated with decompoing leaf litter at different levels of nutrient availability. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 30:149-157.

Gulis, V. and K. Suberkropp. 2003. Effect of inorganic nutrients on relative importance of fungi and bacteria in carbon flow from submerged decomposing leaf litter. Microbial Ecology 45:11-19.

Methvin B. R. and K. Suberkropp. 2003. Annual production of leaf-decaying fungi in 2 streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 22:554-564.

Suberkropp, K. 2003. Methods for examining interactions between freshwater fungi and macroinvertebrates. Fungal Diversity Research Series 10:159-171.

Gulis, V. and K. Suberkropp. 2004. Effects of whole-stream nutrient enrichment on aquatic hyphomycete conidia in transport. Mycologia 96: 57-65.

Carter, M. D. and K. Suberkropp. 2004. Respiration and annual fungal production associated with decomposing leaf litter in two streams. Freshwater Biology 49: 1112-1122.

Gulis, V., A. D. Rosemond, K. Suberkropp, H. S. Weyers, and J. P. Benstead. 2004. The effect of nutrient enrichment on the decomposition of wood and associated microbial activity in streams. Freshwater Biology. 49:1437-1447.

Benstead, J. P., L. A. Deegan, B. J. Peterson, A. D. Huryn, W. B. Bowden, K. Suberkropp, K. M. Buzby, A. C. Green, and J. A. Vacca. 2005. Responses of a beaded Arctic stream to short-term N and P fertilisation. Freshwater Biology 50:277-290

Suberkropp, K. 2005. Pectin-degrading enzymes: polygalacturonase and pectin lyase. In M. A. S. Graça, F. Bärlocher, & M. O. Gessner (eds.), Methods to study litter decomposition. A practical guide. Springer

Suberkropp, K. and M. O. Gessner. 2005. Acetate incorporation into ergosterol to determine fungal growth rates and production. In M. A. S. Graça, F. Bärlocher, & M. O. Gessner (eds.), Methods to study litter decomposition. A practical guide pp 197-202. Springer.

Gulis, V. and K. Suberkropp. 2006. Fungi: biomass, production and sporulation of aquatic hyphomycetes. In R. Hauer and G. Lamberti (eds.) Methods in Stream Ecology pp 311-325. Elsevier.

Gulis, V., K. A. Kuehn, and K. Suberkropp. 2006. The role of fungi in carbon and nitrogen cycles in freshwater ecosystems. In G. M. Gadd (ed.), Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles. pp 404-433. Cambridge University Press.

Gessner, M. O., V. Gulis, K. A. Kuehn, E. Chauvet, and K. Suberkropp. 2007. Fungal decomposers of plant litter in aquatic ecosystems. In C. P. Kubicek and I. S. Druzhinina (eds.), The Mycota IV, pp 301-324.

Suberkropp, K. 2008. Fungal biomass and growth. In S. Sridhar, F. Baerlocher, and K. D. Hyde (eds.). Novel techniques and ideas in mycology. Fungal Diversity Research Series 20.

Gulis, V., K. Suberkropp, and A. D. Rosemond. 2008. Comparison of fungal activities on wood and leaf litter in unaltered and nutrient-enriched headwater streams. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:1094-1101.

Chung, N. and K. Suberkropp. 2008. Influence of shredder feeding and nuturients on fungal activity and community structure in headwater streams. Fundamental and Applied Limnology Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 173:35-46.

Benstead, J. P., A. D. Rosemond, W. F. Cross, J. B. Wallace, S. L. Eggert, K. Suberkropp, V. Gulis, J. L. Greenwood, and C. J. Tant. 2009. Nutrient enrichment alters storage and fluxes of detritus in a headwater stream ecosystem. Ecology 90:2556-2566.

Chung, N. and K. Suberkropp. 2009. Effects of aquatic fungi on feeding preferences and bioenergetics of Pycnopsyche gentilis (Trichoptera: Limniphilidae). Hydrobiologia 630:257-269.

Chung, N. and K. Suberkropp. 2009. Contribution of fungal biomass to the growth of the shredder, Pycnopsyche gentilis (Trichoptera: Limniphilidae). Freshwater Biology 54:2212-2229.

Gulis, V., K. A. Kuehn, and K. Suberkropp. 2009. Fungi. In G. E. Likens (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Vol. 3, pp233-243. Elsevier, Oxford.

Suberkropp, K., V. Gulis, A. D. Rosemond, and J. P. Benstead. 2010. Ecosystem and physiological scales of microbial response to nutrients in a detritus-based stream: results of a 5-year continuous enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography 55:149-160.

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Keller Suberkropp, ksuberkp (at) bama.ua.edu Last updated March 8, 2010