Other Species and Systems

The majority of the research in the lab has to do with fish and ecology, but we have a lot of interest in studying a range of different species and systems when the opportunity presents itself. We have helped with several studies on turtles, in addition to some work on birds and CO2, among other topics.

Primary Collaborators

• Dr. Leigh Anne Harden
• Dr. Amanda Southwood Williard

Select Publications

• Turtles

  • L.A. Harden, S.R. Midway, J.W. Gibbons (2021). Terrapin Station: Individual, Sex, and Site Factors Related to Turtle Growth Variability. Journal of Herpetology 55:411–421.
  • A.S. Williard, L.A. Harden, T.T. Jones, S.R. Midway (2019). Effects of temperature and salinity on body fluid dynamics and metabolism in the estuarine diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). Journal of Experimental Biology 222:jeb202390.
  • T. Benjamin, R. Brasso, S.R. Midway, D. Thompson, L.A. Harden (2018). Using Non-destructive Techniques to Measure Mercury (Hg) Concentrations in Gravid Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Northeastern Illinois. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 101(3):295–299.
  • L.A. Harden, J. Fernandez, J.R. Milanovich, B.P. Struecker, S.R. Midway (2018). Blood Biochemical Reference Intervals for Wild Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) during the Active Season. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(3):587–591.
  • L.A. Harden, S.R. Midway, A. Southwood Williard (2015). The blood biochemistry of overwintering diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 466:34–-41.

• Birds

  • E.D. Stein, S.R. Midway, B.D. Linkhart (2023). Year-round weather alters nest-provisioning rates in a migratory owl. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10333.
  • P.C. Stouffer, V. Jirinec, C.L. Rutt, A. Hernandez-Palma, E.I. Johnson, S.R. Midway, L.L. Powell, J.D. Wolfe, T.E. Lovejoy (2021). Long-term change in the avifauna of undisturbed Amazonian rainforest: ground-foraging birds disappear and the baseline shifts. Ecology Letters 24:186–195.

• Other

  • M.G. Gambill, S.R. Midway (2024). History and ecology of wild-captured crawfish in Louisiana. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44:706–713.
  • T.R. Toavs, C.T. Hasler, C.D. Suski, S.R. Midway (2023). A 30-year dataset of CO2 in flowing freshwaters in the United States. Scientific Data 10, 20.
  • A.S. Rovai, R.R. Twilley, E. Castaneda-Moya, S.R. Midway, D.A. Friess, C.C. Trettin, J.J. Bukoski, A.E.L. Stovall, P.R. Pagliosa, A.L. Fonseca, R.A. Mackenzie, A. Aslan, S.D. Sasmito, M. Sillanpää, T.G. Cole, J. Purbopuspito, M.W. Warren, D. Murdiyarso, W. Mofu, S. Sharma, P.H. Tinh, P. Riul (2021). Macroecological patterns of forest structure and allometric scaling in mangrove forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:1000–1013.