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Dale Wrubleski, PhD

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Wrubleski, D.A. 2005. Chironomidae (Diptera) responses to the experimental flooding of prairie marshes (PDF, 371 KB). Wetlands 25: 200-209.

Grosshans, R.E., D.A. Wrubleski and L.G. Goldsborough. 2004. Changes in the emergent plant community of Netley-Libau Marsh between 1979 and 2001. (PDF, 1.7 MB). Delta Marsh Field Station (University of Manitoba) Occasional Publication no. 4, Winnipeg, MB.

Murkin, H.R., A.G. van der Valk, W.R. Clark, L.G. Goldsborough, D.A. Wrubleski, and J.A. Kadlec. 2000. Marsh Ecology Research Program: management implications for prairie wetlands. Pages 317-344 in H.R. Murkin, A.G. van der Valk, and W.R Clark, editors. Prairie Wetland Ecology: The Contribution of the Marsh Ecology Research Program. Iowa State University Press.

Wrubleski, D.A. 1999. Northern prairie marshes (Delta Marsh, Manitoba). II. Chironomidae (Diptera) responses to changing plant communities in newly flooded habitats. Pages 571-601 in D.P. Batzer, R.B. Rader, and S.A. Wissinger, editors. Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Euliss, Jr., N.H., D.A. Wrubleski, and D.M. Mushet. 1999. Wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region: invertebrate species composition, ecology, and management. Pages 471-514 in D.P. Batzer, R.B. Rader, and S.A. Wissinger, editors. Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

King, R.S., and D.A. Wrubleski. 1998. Spatial and diel availability of flying insects as potential duckling food in prairie wetlands. Wetlands 18:100-114.

Wrubleski, D.A., H.R. Murkin, A.G. van der Valk, and C.B. Davis. 1997. Decomposition of litter of three mudflat annual species in a northern prairie marsh during drawdown. Plant Ecology 129:141-148.

Wrubleski, D.A., H.R. Murkin, A.G. van der Valk, and J.W. Nelson. 1997. Decomposition of emergent macrophyte roots and rhizomes in a northern prairie marsh. Aquatic Botany 58:121-134.

Wrubleski, D.A. 1996. Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Woodworth Study Area, North Dakota. Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Sciences 50:115-118.

Murkin, H.R., D.A. Wrubleski, and F.A. Reid. 1994. Sampling invertebrates in wildlife research and management studies. Pages 349-369 in Bookhout, T.A., editor. Research and Management Techniques for Wildlife and Habitats. 5th ed. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Wrubleski, D.A., and D.M. Rosenberg. 1990. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Bone Pile Pond, Delta Marsh, Manitoba, Canada. Wetlands 10:243-275.

Wrubleski, D.A. 1989. The effect of waterfowl feeding on a chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) community. Pages 691-696 in Sharitz, R.R. and J.W. Gibbons, editors. Freshwater Wetlands and Wildlife. Conf-8603101, DOE Symposium Series No. 61. USDOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Wrubleski, D.A., and L.C.M. Ross. 1989. Diel periodicities of adult emergence of Chironomidae and Trichoptera from the Delta Marsh, Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 5:163-169.

Peterson, L.P, H.R. Murkin, and D.A. Wrubleski. 1989. Avian predation of benthic macroinvertebrates during fall drawdown of a northern prairie marsh. Pages 681-689 in Sharitz, R.R. and J.W. Gibbons, editors. Freshwater Wetlands and Wildlife. Conf-8603101, DOE Symposium Series No. 61. USDOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Murkin, H.R., and D.A. Wrubleski. 1988. Aquatic invertebrates of freshwater wetlands: function and ecology. Pages 239-249 in Hook, D.D and others, editors. The Ecology and Management of Wetlands. Croom Helm, London.

Tome, M.W., and D.A. Wrubleski. 1988. Underwater foraging behavior of canvasbacks, lesser scaups, and ruddy ducks. Condor 90:168-172.

Wrubleski, D.A. 1987. Chironomidae (Diptera) of peatlands and marshes in Canada. Pages 141-161 in Rosenberg, D.M and H.V. Danks, editors. Aquatic Insects of Peatlands and Marshes in Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 140.

Wrubleski, D.A., and S.S. Roback. 1987. Two species of Procladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from a northern prairie marsh: descriptions, phenologies and mating behaviour. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 6:198-212.

Wrubleski, D.A., and D.M. Rosenberg. 1984. Overestimates of Chironomidae (Diptera) abundances from emergence traps with polystyrene floats. American Midland Naturalist 111:195-197.

Wrubleski, D.A. 1991. Chironomidae (Diptera) community development following experimental manipulation of water levels and aquatic vegetation. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Alberta, Edmonton. 115pp.

Wrubleski, D.A. 1984. Species composition, emergence phenologies, and relative abundances of Chironomidae (Diptera) from the Delta Marsh, Manitoba, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. 115pp.