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  • Boling Jr., R. H., R. C. Petersen, and K. W. Cummins.  1975.  Ecosystem modeling for small woodland streams.  Pages 183—204 in B.C. Patten (editor).  Systems analysis and simulation in ecology. Volume 3. Academic Press, New York, New York, USA.  PDF

  • Coffman, W. P. and K. W. Cummins and J. C. Wuycheck.  1971.  Energy flow in a woodland stream ecosystem: I. tissue support trophic structure of the autumnal community.  Arch. Hydrobiol. 68: 232-276. PDF

  • Costa, R. R. and K. W. Cummins.  1969.  Diurnal vertical migration patterns of Leptodora kindtii (Focke) Crustacea: Cladocera) in a shallow eutrophic reservoir.  Amer. Midl. Nat. 86: 559-564.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1962.  An evaluation of some techniques for the collection and analysis of benthic samples with special emphasis on lotic waters.  Amer. Midl. Nat. 67: 477-504. PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1964.  A review of stream ecology with special emphasis on organism – substrate relationships.  Pymatuning Lab. Ecol. Spec. Publ. 4, 2–51.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1964.  Factors limiting the microdistribution of larvae of the caddisflies Pycnopsyche lepida (Hagen) and Pycnopsyche guttifer (Walker) in a Michigan stream (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae).  Ecological Monographs 34: 271-295.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1969.  Energy Budgets.  Michigan State University Institute of Water Research.  Technical Report No. 7, December 1969.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1969.  The Stream Ecosystem.  Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Symposium, Boston, MA., December 29, 1969. published by W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and the Institute of Water Reseach. Technical Report No. 7.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1971.  Energy relations in Cladoceran populations. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 90: 101-102.  PDF

    Cummins, K. W.  1971.  Predicting variations in energy flow through a semi-controlled lotic ecosystem. Project completion report.  Project No. B-008-Mich.  Office of Water Resources Research.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W. 1972.  What is a river? - zoological description.  pages 33-52 in Oglesby, R.T., C.A. Carlson, and J.A. McCann (eds.).  River ecology and man. Academic Press, New York, New York. 465 p.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1973.  Trophic relations of aquatic insects.  Annual Review of Entomology 18: 183-206.  PDF

    Cummins, K. W.  1973.  A worldwide directory of stream ecologists.  Michigan State University Institute of Water Research.  Technical Report No. 28.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1974.  Structure and function of stream ecosystems.  BioScience  24:631-641.  (Citation Classic)

  • Cummins, K. W.  1974.  The importance of different energy sources in freshwater ecosystems.  Pages 50-54 in Reichle, D.E., J.F. Franklin, and D.W. Goodall (eds.).  Productivity of world ecosystems. Proc. Symp. IBP General Assembly, Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, D.C. 166 p.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1975.  The ecology of running waters; theory and practice. pages 277-293 in: Baker, D.B., W.B. Jackson, and b.L. Prater. (eds.).  Proc. Sandusky River Baisn Symp. Internatl. Joint Comm. Ref. Gp. Great Lakes Pollution from Land Use Activities. U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Wash. d.C. 1976-653,346.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  1975.  Macroinvertebrates.  Pages 170-198 in Whitton, B. (ed.). River ecology. Blackwell Sci., Oxford, UK. 725 p.   PDF

  • Cummins, K. W.  2002.  Riparian-stream linkage paradigm.  Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: 49-58.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W., W. P. Coffman, and P. A. Roff.  1966.  Running waters.  Trophic relationships in a small woodland stream.  Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 16: 627-638.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W., R. R. Costa, R. E. Rowe, G. A. Moshiri, R. M. Scanlon and R. K. Zajdel.  1969.  Ecological energetics of a natural population of the predaceous zooplanker Leptodora kindtii Focke (Cladocera).  Oikos 20: 189-223.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W. and M. J. Klug. 1979.  Feeding ecology of stream invertebrates.    Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 10:147-172.  (Citation Classic)

  • Cummins, K. W., J. J. Klug, R. G. Wetzel, R. C. Petersen, K. F. Suberkropp, B. A. Manny, J. C. Wuycheck, and F. O. Howard. 1972. Organic enrichment with leaf leachate in experimental lotic ecosystems. BioScience 22(12): 719-722. PDF

  • Cummins, K. W. and G. H. Lauff.  1969.  The influence of substrate particle size on the microdistribution of stream macrobenthos.  Hydrobiologica 34: 145-181.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W. and R. W. Merritt.  2001.  Application of invertebrate functional groups to wetland ecosystem function and biomonitoring. Pages 85-111 in  Rader,R.B., D.P. Batzer, and S.A. Wissinger (eds.). Biomonitoring and management of North American wetlands. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N.Y. Chichester, UK.

  • Cummins, K. W., G. W. Minshall, and C. E.Cushing. 1975.  Introduction: an overview of stream ecosystems. Pp. 1-8 in Cushing, C.E., K.W. Cummins, and G.W. Minshall (eds.). Ecosystems of the World: Rivers. Elsiever Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 882 p.

  • Cummins, K. W., R. C. Petersen, R. O. Howard, J. C. Wuycheck, and V. I. Holt. 1973. The utilization of leaf litter by stream detritivores. Ecology 54: 336-345.   PDF

  • Cummins, K. W. and M. A. Wilzbach. 1988.  Do pathogens regulate stream invertebrate populations?  Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 23:1212-1243.

  • Cummins, K. W., M. A. Wilzbach, D. M. Gates, J. B. Perry, and W. B. Taliaferro.  1989.  Shredders and riparian vegetation. BioScience 39:24-30.  PDF

  • Cummins, K. W. and J. C. Wuycheck.  1971.  Caloric equivalents for investigations in ecological energetics.  Mitt. int. Ver. Limnol. 18. 158 p. PDF

  • Grubbs, S. A. and K. W. Cummins. 1996. Linkages between riparian forest composition  and shredder voltinism. Arch. Hydrobiol. 137:39-58.

  • Harmon, M. E., J. F. Franklin, F. J. Swanson, P. Sollins, S. V. Gregory, J. D. Lattin, N. H. Anderson, S. P. Cline, N. G. Aumen, J. R. Sedell, G. W. Lienkaemper, K. Cromack, Jr., and K. W. Cummins.  1986.  Ecology of coarse woody debris in temperate ecosystems.  Advances in Ecological Research 15: 133-302.  PDF

  • Lauff, G. H. and K. W. Cummins.  1964.  A model stream for studies in lotic ecology.  Ecology 45: 188-191. PDF

  • Lauff, G. H., K. W. Cummins, C. H. Eriksen, and M. Parker.  1961.  A method for sorting bottom fauna samples by elutriation.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 6: 462-466. PDF

  • Mecom, J. O. and K. W. Cummins.  1964.  A preliminary study of the trophic relationships of the larvae of Brachycentrus americanus (Banks) (Trichotera: Brachycentridae).  Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. LXXXIII:233-243. PDF

  • Merritt, R. W. and K. W. Cummins. 1996 (eds.).  An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America (3rd edition). Kendall/Hunt Publ. Co., Dubuque, Iowa. USA. 862 p.

  • Petersen, R. C. and K. W. Cummins.  1974.  Leaf processing in a woodland stream.  Freshwat. Biol. 4: 343-368.  PDF

  • Vannote, R. L., G. W. Minshall, K. W. Cummins, J. R. Sedell, and C. E. Cushing. 1980. The river continuum concept. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 37:130-137 (Citation Classic)

  • Wilzbach, M. A., K. W. Cummins, and J. D. Hall.  1986.  Influence of habitat manipulations on interactions between cutthroat trout and invertebrate drift. Ecology 67:898-911.

  • Wilzbach, M. A., K. W. Cummins, L. Rojas, P. Rudershausen, and J. Locascio. 2000. Establishing baseline seagrass parameters in a small estuarine bay. Pp.125-135 in Bortone, S.A. (ed.). Seagrasses: monitoring ecology, physiology, and management. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL USA.