Donald Huggins
Director and Senior Scientist
Central Plains Center for BioAssessment
Contact Information
| Phone | 785-864-1548 |
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| Fax | 785-864-1534 |
| Office | 35A Higuchi |
Unit Affiliations
CPCBPersonal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Detail
Specialty
Aquatic ecology and entomology
Background
Don Huggins has an MS in ecology and a Ph.D. in the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas. Much of his research focuses on the quantification of human disturbances on aquatic ecosystems. He has been a member of the KBS staff for over 34 years.
Research
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April 6, 2010 | Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri |
Published Works
Koontz, J., D. Huggins, C. C. Freeman, D. Baker. 2010. Assessment of floodplain wetlands of the lower Missouri River using an EMAP study approach, Phase II: Verification of rapid assessment tools. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 165:82 pp.
Baker, D., D. Huggins. 2010. Comparison of snag and shoreline macroinvertebrate samples--a bioassessment of the Missouri River. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 161:16 pp.
Tao, J., C. Ingersoll, N. Kemble, J. Dias, J. Murowchick, G. Welker, D. Huggins. 2010. Sediment contamination of residential streams in the metropoliltan Kansas City area, USA: Part II. Whole-sediment toxicity to the amphipod Hyalella azteca. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 59:370-381.
Tao, J., D. Huggins, G. Welker, J. Dias, C. Ingersoll, J. Murowchick. 2010. Sediment contamination of residential streams in the metropolitan Kansas City area, USA: Part I. Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and pesticide-related compounds. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 59:352-369.
Huggins, D., R. Everhart, A. Blackwood. 2010. Final report on the potential effects of Jeffrey Energy Center effluent on the fish community of Lost Creek and unnamed receiving tributary. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 163:30 pp.
Beury, J., D. Huggins. 2009. Trophic state analysis of Pottawattomie State Fishing Lake No. 1: Water quality impairment: Eutrophication, dissolved oxygen. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 154:8 pp.
Baker, D., D. Huggins, R. Everhart. 2009. Identification and characterization of reference conditions within USEPA Region 7 using EMAP methodology. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 156:77 pp.
Hayford, B.L., D. Baker, D. Huggins, M. Johnson. 2009. Congruence between nutrient water quality parameters and Chironomidae (Diptera) in delineating ecological classifications of Missouri streams at different environmental scales. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 159:19 pp.
Koontz, J., D. Huggins, N. Lim. 2009. Solomon River Basin Selenium Assessment Project: Final Report. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 155:31 pp.
Evans-White, M.A., W.K. Dodds, D. Huggins, D. Baker. 2009. Threshold patterns in aquatic biodiversity across water quality gradients in Central Plains streams and rivers. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 28(4):855-868. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.18...
Dzialowski, A., V.H. Smith, D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles, N. Lim, D. Baker, J. Beury. 2009. Development of predictive models for geosmin-related taste and odor in Kansas, USA, drinking water reservoirs. Water Research. 43:2829-2840. http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...
Huggins, D., R. Everhart, A. Dzialowski, J. Kriz, D. Baker. 2008. Effects of sedimentation on biological resources.
Dzialowski, A.R., S.H. Wang, N.C. Lim, J. Beury, D. Huggins. 2008. Effects of sediment resuspension on algal biomass and nutrient concentrations in reservoirs of the Central Plains. Lake and Reservoir Management. 24:313-320. http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/74...
Beury, J., D. Baker, D. Huggins. 2008. Wetlands in three ecoregions of the Central Plains. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-file Report No. 147:15 pp.
Jakubauskas, M., D. Huggins, R. Hagen, J. Kastens, D. Peterson, J. Whistler, E. A. Martinko. 2007. A watershed classification system for tiered diagnosis of biological impairments: A scalable, Central Plains focus with national applicability: Final report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Program. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 141.
Kriz, J., D. Huggins, C. C. Freeman, J. Kastens. 2007. Assessment of floodplain wetlands of the Lower Missouri River using a reference-based study approach. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 142:63 pp.
Dzialowski, A., D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles, M. Jakubauskas, N.C. Lim, J. Beury. 2007. Predicting taste and odor events in Kansas reservoirs. Phase I.. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 143:67 pp.
Huggins, D., N. Lim. 2007. The Arkansas River and Shunganunga Creek Project final report. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Dzialowski, A.R., S. Wang, N.C. Lim, J. Beury, D. Huggins. 2007. An integrated assessment of the effects of internal phosphorus cycling on sediment resuspension on the eutrophication of lakes and reservoirs in the Central Plains. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Smith, E.F., D. Huggins, D. Baker. 2006. Wadeable streams in Kansas, 2000-2001: Chemistry, physical habitat, and fish communities. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 138:197 pp.
Lim, N., D. Huggins. 2006. Selenium and dissolved oxygen assessment project, status report. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Lim, N., D. Huggins. 2006. Biological assessment of existing TMDL streams, status report. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Baker, D., D. Huggins. 2006. Sub-sampling techniques for macroinvertebrates, fish, and benthic algae sampled in biological monitoring of streams and rivers. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-File Report No. 132:26 pp.
Dzialowski, A., D. Baker, D. Huggins. 2006. Characterization of reference conditions in wadeable streams of the Central Plains. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Dzialowski, A.R., S.H. Wang, N.C. Lim, W.W. Spotts, D. Huggins. 2005. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth in Central Plains reservoirs, USA. Journal of Plankton Research. 27(6):587-595. http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cg...
Huggins, D., J. Anderson. 2005. Dissolved oxygen fluctuation regimes in streams of the Western Corn Belt Plains ecoregion. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Bouchard, R.W. Jr., D. Huggins, J. Kriz. 2005. A review of the issues related to taxonomic resolution in biological monitoring of aquatic ecosystems with an emphasis on macroinvertebrates. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 133:38 pp.
Goodrich, C., D. Huggins, R. Everhart, E.F. Smith. 2005. Summary of state and national biological and physical habitat assessment methods with a focus on USEPA Region 7 states. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 135:87 pp.
Huggins, D., A.R. Dzialowski. 2005. Identification and quantification of reference conditions associated with lotic ecosystems of the Central Plains and surrounding regions: A summary of approaches and factors. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 134:34 pp.
Wang, S.H., D. Huggins, N. Lim, W.W. Spotts, A.R. Dzialowski. 2005. Predicting the effects of watershed management on the eutrophication of reservoirs in the Central Plains: An integrated modeling approach. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 123:104 pp.
Wang, S.H., D. Huggins, L. Frees, C.G. Volkman, N. Lim, D. Baker, V.H. Smith, J. deNoyelles. 2005. An integrated modeling approach to watershed management: Water and watershed assessment of Cheney Reservoir, Kansas, USA. Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 164:1-19. http://www.springerlink.com/content...
Haslouer, S.G., M.E. Eberle, D.R. Edds, K.B. Gido, C.S. Mammoliti, J.R. Triplett, J. Collins, D.A. Distler, D. Huggins, W.J. Stark. 2005. Current status of native fish species in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 108(1-2):32-46. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.16...
Wang, S.H., A.R. Dzialowski, J.O. Meyer, J. deNoyelles, N. Lim, W.W. Spotts, D. Huggins. 2005. Relationships between cyanobacterial production and the physical and chemical properties of a midwestern reservoir, USA. Hydrobiologia. 541:29-43. http://www.springerlink.com/content...
Wang, S.H., A. Dzialowski, W.W. Spotts, N. Lim, D. Huggins. 2004. Variability in nutrient limitation of Kansas reservoirs. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 120:45 pp.
Wang, S.H., D. Huggins, M. Tsou, G. Misgna, X.Y. Zhan, S. Liu, C. Volkman, L. Frees. 2003. GIS interface for AnnAGNPS--ArcView Extension (Vol. 1: Users manual. Vol. 2: Data preparation. Vol. 3: Modified MUUF AnnAGNPS program.). Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Wang, S.H., D. Huggins, N. Lim, D. Baker, W.W. Spotts, C.A. Goodrich, J. deNoyelles, S. Campbell, L. Frees, C. Volkman. 2003. Cheney Reservoir water quality and its watershed assessment. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 112:37 pp.
Mankin, K.L., S.H. Wang, J.K. Koelliker, D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles. 2003. Watershed-lake water quality modeling: Verification and application. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 58(4):188-197.
Huggins, D., W.W. Spotts, S.H. Wang, N. Lim, D. Baker. 2003. Validation of best management practices on eight Kansas farms. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 105.
Mankin, K.L., S. Wang, J.K. Koelliker, D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles. 2003. Water quality modeling: Verification and application. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 58:188-197.
Huggins, D., J. Anderson. 2003. Production calculator, Version 1.5 Operations manual. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 131:24 pp.
Bouchard, R.W., D. Huggins, B. Hayford. 2003. Project report on a comparison and analysis of macroinvertebrate community health between the Tyson and Alcan branches (Pettis Co., Missouri) July 2000. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 111:24 pp.
Chapman, S.S., J.M. Omernik, J. Freeouf, D. Huggins, J.R. McCauley, C. C. Freeman, G. Steinauer, R. Angelo. 2001. Ecoregions of Nebraska and Kansas. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Huggins, D., S.R. Donley, M.R. Lary, J. Eggen. 1999. Final assessment of the ecological integrity of Soldier Creek in the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 92.
deNoyelles, J., S.H. Wang, J.O. Meyer, D. Huggins, J.T. Lennon, W.S. Kolln, S.J. Randtke. 1999. Water quality issues in reservoirs: Some considerations from a study of a large reservoir in Kansas. Environmental Engineering Conference.
Donley, S.R., L.C. Ferrington Jr., D. Huggins. 1998. Development of biological criteria for macroinvertebrates for streams of the Western Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 90.
Beckemyer, R., D. Huggins. 1998. Checklist of Kansas damselflies. The Kansas School Naturalist. 44(1):3-15.
Huggins, D., G.L. Howick. 1998. Effects of a large Kansas reservoir on downstream groundwater quality. Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management. 14(1):86-91.
Beckemyer, R., D. Huggins. 1997. Checklist of Kansas dragonflies. The Kansas School Naturalist. 43(2):3-15.
Huggins, D., B. Menzel, D. Van Schmus, M. Lary, S.H. Wang, K. Higgins, D. Bandi, A. Cordry. 1996. Assessment of the effects of nonpoint source pollution on the biotic integrity of Walnut Creek. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 73.
Lee, K., D. Huggins, E. Thurman. 1995. Effects of hydrophyte community structure on atrazine and alachlor degradation in wetlands. Versatility of Wetlands in the Agricultural Landscape. Orlando, FL:American Water Research Association. 525-538.
Bandi. D., D. Huggins. 1994. Converting Public Land Survey information into digital maps of improved accuracy and usefulness. ASPRS Annual Meeting.
Huggins, D., D. Bandi, K. Higgins. 1994. Identifying riparian buffers that function to control nonpoint source pollution impacts to instream communities: Feasibility study in the Delaware River Basin, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 21:45 pp.
Huggins, D., M.L. Johnson, J. deNoyelles. 1994. The ecotoxic effects of atrazine on aquatic ecosystems: An assessment of direct and indirect effects using structural equation modeling. Aquatic Mesocosm Studies in Ecological Risk Assessment. Ann Arbor, MI:Lewis Publishers, Inc.. 653-692.
Johnson, M.L., D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles. 1994. Structural equation modeling and ecosystem analysis. Aquatic Mesocosm Studies in Ecological Risk Assessment. Boca Raton, FL:Lewis Publishers, Inc.. 627-652.
deNoyelles, J., S.L. Dewey, D. Huggins, W. Kettle. 1994. Aquatic mesocosms in ecological effects testing: Detecting direct and indirect effects of pesticides. Aquatic Mesocosm Studies in Ecological Risk Assessment. Boca Raton, FL:Lewis Publishers, Inc.. 577-603.
Baumgartner, D.W., D. Huggins. 1993. An integrative change detection approach utilizing remotely sensed data and geographic information systems. Proceedings, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Liechti, P., D. Huggins. 1991. Selected aquatic insects of the Kansas Ecological Reserves. Kansas Academy of Science Multidisciplinary Guidebook 4. Lawrence, KS:Kansas Geological Survey.
Johnson, M.L., D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles. 1991. Ecosystem modeling with LISREL: A new approach for measuring direct and indirect effects in ecosystem level ecotoxicological testing. Ecological Applications. 1:383-398.
Huggins, D., M.L. Johnson, P. Liechti, T. Anderson, S. Meador, E. A. Martinko. 1990. Establishment of empirical relationships between land use/land cover and nonpoint source pollution stream effects within an ecoregion. Environmental Protection Agency.
Griffith, M., D. Huggins, R. Blackburn. 1989. Ecological assessment. Remedial Investigation of the Arkansas City Dump Site, Cowley County, South-Central Kansas, Phase IIB. Lawrence, KS:U.S. Geological Survey. 65-101.
Huggins, D., P. Liechti, T. Anderson. 1988. Field evaluations of the assessment value of a Kansas biotic index on nonpoint source agricultural pollution. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 37.
Huggins, D. 1988. An ecological and air quality assessment of The Arkansas City, Kansas Superfund Site, Center for Research, Inc.. U.S. Geological Survey.
Huggins, D. 1988. An economic impact study of petition for regulatory relief from phosphorus effluent limits, City of Pana (State of Illinois). Blazer, Zeni & Co.. R87-6:82 pp.
Huggins, D., M. Moffett. 1987. Proposed biotic and habitat indices for use in Kansas streams. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 35:128 pp.
Huggins, D., G.L. Howick. 1987. Seasonal stream water quality inventory: Summer 1986. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 34:30.
Howick, G.L., D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles, M.F. Moffett. 1987. Assessment of the quality of water sources at the Milford Fish Hatchery. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 33.
Huggins, D., P. Liechti, G.W. Welker, T.D. Frazier. 1986. Biological assessment of selected water quality parameters of Prairie Creek and associated contact spring. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 30:92 pp.
Huggins, D. 1986. A recovery and pinning technique for microlepidoptera preserved in alcohol. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 59(2):387-388. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2508478...
Huggins, D. 1986. Cheyenne Bottoms: An environmental assessment. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 32:719 pp.
Howick, G.L., M.F. Moffett, J. deNoyelles, D. Huggins. 1986. The effects of atrazine on phytoplankton in Tuttle Creek Reservoir. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 31.
Huggins, D. 1985. Insects and their relatives. Natural Kansas. Lawrence, KS:University Press of Kansas. 115-128.
Huggins, D., G.L. Harp. 1985. The nymph of Gomphus (Gomphurus) ozarkensis Westfall (Odonata: Gomphlidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 58(4):656-661. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2508470...
Huggins, D. 1984. Description of the nymph of Enallagma daecki (Calvert). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 57(2):190-196. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2508450...
Mackie, G.L., D. Huggins. 1983. Sphaeriacean clams of Kansas. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 14:1-92.
Huggins, D. 1983. New Kansas records of Odonata. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 13:24-25.
Huggins, D. 1983. Description of the nymph of Somatochlora ensigera (Scudder). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 56(3):415-419. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2508442...
Huggins, D., M. DuBois. 1982. Factors affecting microdistribution of two species of burrowing dragonfly nymphs (Odonata: Gomphicae) with notes on their biology. Odonatologica. 11(1):1-14.
Huggins, D., W. Brigham. 1982. Odonata. Aquatic Insects and Oligochaetes of North and South Carolina. Mahomet, IL:Midwest Aquatic Enterprises. 4.1-4.100.
Hazel, R. , C. Burkhead, D. Huggins. 1982. Development of water quality criteria for ammonia and total residual chlorine for the protection of aquatic life in two Johnson County, KS, streams. Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment. Phiiladelphia, PA:American Society for Testing Materials. 381-388.
Huggins, D., P. Liechti, L.C. Ferrington Jr.. 1981. Guide to the Freshwater Invertebrates of the Midwest. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 11:1-221.
Huggins, D. 1981. New state and distributional records for Kansas Plecoptera. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 10:65-70.
Huggins, D. 1980. The Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) of Kansas. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 9:67-70.
Huggins, D. 1980. The occurrence of the glass shrimp, Palaemonetes kadiokensis Rathburn in Kansas. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 9:12-14.
Huggins, D., T.W. Oldham. 1979. Fleas in Kansas: Their habits and effects on man. Bulletin of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 6:1-20.
Burkhead, C., D. Huggins, R. Hazel. 1979. The development of water quality criteria for ammonia and total residual chlorine for the protection of aquatic life in two Johnson County, Kansas streams. Kansas Water Resources Research Institute. Contribution No. 209.
Klemm, K., D. Huggins, M. Wetzel. 1979. Kansas leeches (Annelidae: Hirudinea) with notes on distribution and ecology. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 8:38-46.
Huggins, D. 1978. Description of the nymph of Enallagma divagans Selys (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 51(1):140-143. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2508300...
Huggins, D. 1978. Additional records of Kansas Odonata. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 6:1-35.
Liechti, P., D. Huggins. 1977. Records of Megaloptera in Kansas. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 4:45-50.
Liechti, P., D. Huggins. 1977. Unionacean mussels of Kansas. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 4:17-30.
Brown, H., D. Huggins. 1977. Additions and corrections to the list of aquatic beetles of the families Dryopidae and Elmidae from Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 4:41-44.
Mackie, G., D. Huggins. 1976. Biological notes on Eupera cubensis (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) from Kansas. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 33:1652-1656.
Huggins, D., P. Liechti, D. Roubik. 1976. Species accounts of certain aquatic macroinvertebrates from Kansas. Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas. 1:13-77.
Huggins, D., P. Liechti, T. Oldham, S. Hamilton. 1976. Invertebrates of Woodson County State Fishing Lake and Game Management Area. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 5:40-61.
Huggins, D. 1976. The sympatric occurrence of three species of Eubranchipoda in Douglas County, Kansas. Southwestern Naturalist. 20:557-578.
Cross, F., D. Huggins. 1975. Skipjack herring, Alosa chrysochloris, in the Missouri River Basin. Copeia. 2:382-385.
Huggins, D., R. Moss. 1974. Fish population structure in altered and unaltered areas of a small Kansas stream. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 77:18-33. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3627233


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