David R. Barton

Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Ohio Wesleyan, Master of Science (MSc) Akron, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Waterloo

Email: drbarton@uwaterloo.ca

Telephone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32559

Office: Biology 2 251A

Research interests

• Nearshore and benthic fauna of the Great Lakes
• Applied aquatic ecology

Selected publications

• Ozersky, T., Barton, D.R. and Evans, D.O. 2011. Fourteen years of dreissenid presence in the rocky littoral zone of a large lake effects on macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity. J.N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 30(4):913-922.
• Ozersky, T., Barton D.R., Depew, D.C., Hecky, R.E. & Guildford, S.J. 2011.  Effects of water movement on the distribution of invasive dreissenid mussels in Lake Simcoe, Ontario. J. Great Lakes Res. 37, Suppl. 3:46-54.
• Scott, R.W., Barton, D.R., Evans, M.S. & Keating, J.J. 2011. Latitudinal gradients and local control of aquatic insect richness in a large river system in northern Canada. J.N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 30(3) 621-634.
• Ozersky, T., Malkin, S.Y., Barton, D.R. & Hecky, R.E. 2009. Dreissendid phosphourous excretion can sustain C. glomerata growth along a portion of Lake Ontario shoreline. J. Great Lakes Res. 35: 321-328.
• Campbell, L.M., Thacker, R., Barton, D., Muir, D.C.G., Greenwood, D., & Hecky, R.E.  2000. Re-engineering the eastern Lake Erie littoral food web: The trophic function of non-indigenous Ponto-Caspian species. J. Great Lakes Res. 35: 224-231. 

Contributions to books

• Barton, D.R., D.R. Oliver and M.E. Dillon. 1995. A comparison of pupal exuviae and larval Chironomidae for biomonitoring of the impacts of agricultural practices on surface water quality. pp. 125-131. In: P.S. Cranston (ed.) Chironomids: From genes to ecosystems. CSIRO Australia.