Road Ecology: Science and Solutions. (co-author) Island Press (2003)
Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. (Ed.) CRC/Lewis Publ. (2002)
Profitably Soaked. Thoreau's Engagement with Water. Green Frigate Books. (2003)
Reflecting Heaven: Thoreau on Water. Houghton Mifflin Publ. (2001)
Deep Immersion: The Experience of Water. Green Frigate Books (2003)
Landscape Restoration Design Handbook (Integrative Studies in Water Management & Land Development). Taylor & Francis (2007)
The Iraqi Marshlands: Restoration and Management. Sussex Academic Press (2007)
Aquatic Responses to Watershed Clearcutting: Implications for Forestry and Fisheries Management. CRC Press (2007)
Sustainable Redevelopment of the Iraqi Marshlands, (Edited). Routledge (2006)
Singular Element, Interestingly Strange: Thoreau’s Natural History of Water. Harvard University Press (2006)
Clark County Wetlands Park: Community Based Ecological Restoration and Open Space Planning. Island Press (2006).
Healing Natures, Repairing Relationships: New Perspectives on Restoring Ecological Spaces and Consciousness. (Edited) MIT Press (2006)
Books in series acquired and edited
CRC Press Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. (Gunn, J., R. Steedman and R. Ryder, eds., 2004)
Forests at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management. (Vince, S., M. Duryea, E. Macie and L. Hermansen, eds., 2004)
Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests. (Stanturf, J. and P. Madsen, eds., 2004)
Porous Pavements. (Ferguson, B., 2005)
The Economics of Groundwater Remediation and Protection. (Hardisty, P. and E. Ozdemiroglu, 2004)
Green frigate books
A Wanderer All My Days: John Muir in New England. (Huber, J., Parher; 2005).
Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plants. (Steinfeld, C.; 2004).
Uncommon Cents: Thoreau and the Nature of Business. (Abbott, R., ed.; 2005).
Thematic publication listing journal and proceeding papers
Water sensitive design
France, R. 2005. "Targeting causes rather than treating symptoms." in Ferguson, B. Porous Pavements. CRC Press.
France, R. 2003. "Green world, gray heart? The promise and reality of landscape architecture in sustaining nature". Harvard Design Magazine, Spring/summer 2003: 30-36
France, R. and K. Martin. 2002. "Water connections: wetlands for science instruction" (Witchita, Kansas). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
Pouder, N. and R. France. 2002. "Restoring and protecting a small urban lake" (Boston, Massachusetts). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "Perspectives of water management: representative examples for the recent literature". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "New interpretations in stormwater management and wetland park creation". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "Constraints, challenges, and opportunities in implementing innovative stormwater management techniques". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "Moving from single-purpose treatment wetlands toward multifunction designed wetland parks". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2000. "Smoky mirrors and unreflected vampires: From eco-revelation to eco-relevance in landscape design". Harvard Design Magazine. Winter/Spring 2001: 36-40.
Water sensitive planning
France, R. 2004. "Integrative watershed management." in Gunn, J. M. et al. (eds.) Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. CRC Press.
France, R. 2004. "Out of sight but not out of mind." in Hardisty, P. and Ozdemiroglu. The Economics of Groundwater Remediation and Protection. CRC Press.
France, R., J. Felkner, M. Flaxman and R. Rempel. 2002. "Spatial investigation of applying timber management guidelines for riparian Areas of Concern" (Ontario, Canada). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
Mueller, A., R. France and C. Steinitz. 2002. "Aquifer management recharge model: evaluating the impacts of urban development on groundwater resources" (Galilee, Israel). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "Factors influencing sediment transport from logging roads near boreal trout lakes" (Ontario, Canada). in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "New interpretations to management of watersheds and riparian buffers and corridors". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "Social and political issues in managing riparian buffers and corridors". In France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "Multiple objectives in watershed management through use of GIS analysis". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
France, R. 2002. "Implementing water sensitive planning and design". in France, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design. Lewis Publ.
Landscape ecology
France, R. 2004. "Blurring the border between nature and culture." in Vince, S. W., et al. (eds.) Forests at the Wildlife-Urban Interface: Conservation and Management. CRC Press.
France, R. 2004. "Addressing the once and future forest." in Stanturf, J. and P. Madsen (eds.) Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests. CRC Press.
Terrestrial-aquatic interactions
France, R. 2003. "Foreword". in Gunn, J. M. et al. (eds.) Boreal Shield watersheds: Lake trout ecosystems in a changing environment. CRC/Lewis Publ.
Steedman, R.J., R.S. Kushnerovh and R. L. France. 2001. "Littoral water temperature response to experimental shoreline logging around small boreal forest lakes". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1638-1647.
Paterson, A.M., B.F. Cumming, J.P. Smol, J.M. Blais and R.L. France. 2000. "A paleolimnological assessment of the effects of logging on two lakes in northwestern Ontario, Canada". Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:1214-1219.
France, R., R. Steedman, R. Lehmann and R. Peters. 2000. "Landscape modification of DOC concentration in boreal lakes: implications for UV-B sensitivity", Water, Air Soil Pollut. 122:153-162.
Steedman, R.J. and R.L. France. 2000. "Origin and transport of aeolian sediment from new clearcuts into boreal lakes, northwest Ontatio, Canada". Water, Air Soil Pollut. 122:139-152.
France, R., R. Steedman, R. Lehmann and R. Peters. 2000. "Influence of catchment timber harvesting on average total phosphorus concentration in boreal forest lakes". Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:1560-1563.
Paterson, A.M., B.F. Cumming, J.P. Smol, J.M. Blais and R.L. France. 1998. "Assessment of the effects of logging, forest fires and drought on lakes in northwestern Ontario: a 30-year paleolimnological perspective". Can. J. For. Res., 28:1546-1556.
France, R.L. 1998. "Colonization of leaf litter by littoral macroinvertebrates with reference to successional changes in boreal tree composition expected after riparian clearcutting". Amer. Midl. Natur., 140:314-324.
France, R., R. Peters and L. McCabe. 1998. "Spatial relationships among boreal riparian trees, litterfall and soil erosion potential with reference to buffer strip management and coldwater fisheries". Ann. Bot. Fenn., 35:1-9.
Steedman, R., R. France, R. Peters and R. Kushneriuk. 1998. "Effects of riparian deforestation on littoral water temperatures in small boreal forest lakes". Boreal Environ. Res., 3:161-169.
Blais, J.M., R.L. France, L.E. Kimpe and R.J. Cornett. 1998. "Climatic changes in northwestern Ontario have had a greater effect on erosion and sediment accumulation than logging and fire: Evidence from 210Pb chronology in lake sediments". Biogeochemistry, 43:235-252.
France, R.L. 1997. "The importance of beaver lodges in structuring littoral communities in boreal headwater lakes". Can. J. Zool., 75:1009-1013.
France, R.L. 1997. "Potential for soil eriosion from decreased litterfall due to riparian clearcutting: implications for boreal forestry and warm- and cool-water fisheries". J. Soil Wat. Conserv., 52:452-455.
France, R., H. Culbert, C. Freeborough and R. Peters. 1997. "Leaching and early mass loss of boreal leaves and wood in oligotrophic water". Hydrobiologia, 345:209-214.
France, R.L. 1997. "Land-water linkages: influence of riparian deforestation on lake thermocline depth and possible implications for cold stenotherms". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 54:1299-1305.
France, R.L. 1997. "Macroinvertebrate colonization of woody debris in Canadian Shield lakes following clearcutting". Conserv. Biol., 11:513-517.
France, R., H. Culbert and R. Peters. 1996. "Decreased carbon and nutrient input to boreal lakes from particulate organic matter following riparian clearcutting". Environ. Manag., 20:579-583.
France, R.L. 1995. "Macroinvertebrate standing crop in littoral regions of allochthonous detritus accumulation: implications for riparian forest management". Biol. Conserv., 71:35-39.
France, R. and R. Peters. 1995. "Predictive model of the effects on lake metabolism of decreased airborne litterfall through riparian deforestation". Conserv. Biol., 9:1578-1586.
Culbert, H. and R. France. 1995. "Empirical prediction of phosphorus release from deciduous leaves to urban runoff". Wat. Qual. Res. J. Can., 30:243-246.
France, R.L. 1995. "Empirically estimating the lateral tansport of riparian leaf litter to lakes". Freshw. Biol., 34:495-500.
Stable isotopes
France, R.L. 2001. "Comparing ð13C among littoral foodwebs using lake DOC". Aquatic Ecology, 34:445-448.
France, R.L. 2001. "Beaver alter stable carbon istopoe ratios of benthic particulate organic matter". Hydrobiologia, 441:237-240.
France, R.L. and M.A. Schlaepfer 2000. "13C and 15N depletion in components of a foodweb from an ephemeral boreal wetland compared to boreal lakes: putative evidence for microbial processes". Hydrobiologica. 439:1-6.
France, R., J. Loret, R. Mathews and J. Springer. 1998. "Longitudinal variation in zooplankton ð13C through the Northwest Passage: inference for incorporation of sea-ice POM into pelagic foodwebs". Polar Biol., 20:335-341.
France, R. and A. Cattaneo. 1998. "ð13C variability of benthic algae: effects of water colour via modulation by stream current". Freshw. Biol., 39:617-622.
France, R. 1998. "Density-weighted ð13C analysis of detritivory and galgivoxy in littoral macroinvertebrate communities of boreal headwater lakes". Ann. Zool. Fenn., 35:187-193.
France, R.L. 1998. "Estimating assimilation of mangrove detritus by fiddler crabs in Laguna Joyuda, Puerto Rico, with use of dual stable isotopes". J. Trop. Ecol., 14:413-425
France, R., M. Chandler and R. Peters. 1998. "Mapping trophic continua of benthic foodwebs: body size - ð15N relationships". Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 174: 301-306.
France, R.L. 1998. "Problems, practical and psychological, using stable carbon isotope ratios for discerning utilization of allochthonous forest detritus by stream fauna: a tale of two studies". Land Management Practices Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems, pp. 177-182.
France, R. and M. Schlaepfer. 2000. "ð13C and ð15N depletion in components of a foodweb from an ephemeral boreal wetland compared to boreal lakes: putative evidence for microbial processes". Hydrobiologia, 439:1-6.
France, R., J. Holmquist, M. Chandler and A. Cattaneo. 1998. "ð15N evidence for nitorgen fixation associated with macroalgae from a seagrass-mangrove-corel reef system". Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 167:297-299.
France, R.L. 1997. "ð15N examination of the Lindeman-Hutchinson-Peters theory of increasing omnivory with trophic height in aquatic foodwebs". Res. Pop. Ecol., 39:121-125.
France, R.L. and R.H. Peters. 1997. "Ecosystem differences in the trophic enrichment of 13C in aquatic foodwebs". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 54:1255-1258.
France, R., P. del Giorgio and K. Westcott. 1997. "Productivity and heterotrophy influences on zooplankton ð13C in northern temperate lakes". Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 12:85-93.
France, R.L. 1997. "Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic evidence for ecotonal coupling between boreal forests and fishes". Ecol. Freshw. Fish., 6:78-83.
France, R.L. and J.G. Holmquist. 1997. "ð13C variability of macroalgae: effects of water motion via baffling by seagrasses and mangroves". Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 149:305-308.
France, R.L. 1996. "Carbon-13 conundrums: limitations and cautions for use of stable isotopes in ecotonal stream research". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 53:1916-1919.
France, R. L. 1996. "Carbon isotope ratios in logged and unlogged boreal forests: examination of the potential for determining wildlife habitat use". Environ. Manag., 20:249-255.
France, R.L. 1996. "Benthic-pelagic uncoupling of carbon flow". Trends Ecol. Evolut., 11(11):471-472.
France, R. 1996. "Stable isotopic survey of the role of macrophytes in the carbon flow of aquatic foodwebs". Vegetatio 124:67-72.
France, R. and R. Steedman. 1996. "Energy provenance for juvenile lake trout in small Canadian Shield lakes shown by stable isotopes". Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc., 125:512-518. del Giorgio, P. and R. France. 1996. "Ecosystem-specific patterns in zooplankton and POM or microplankton ð13C". Limnol. Oceanogr., 41:359-365.
France, R., K. Westcott, P. del Giorgio, G. Klein and J. Kalff. 1996. "Vertical foodweb structure of freshwater zooplankton assemblages estimated by stable nitrogen isotopes". Res. Pop. Ecol., 38:283-287.
France, R.L. 1996. "Absence or masking of metabolic fractionations of 13C in a freshwater benthic food web". Freshw. Biol., 36:1-6.
France, R.L. 1996. "Scope for use of stable carbon isotopes in discerning the incorporation of forest detritus into aquatic foodwebs". Hydrobiologia 325:219-222.
France, R. 1996. "Ontogenetic shift in crayfish ð13C as a measure of land-water ecotonal coupling". Oecologia 107:239-242.
France, R. 1995. "Critical examination of stable isotope analysis as a means for tracing carbon pathways in stream ecosystems". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 52:651-656.
France, R. 1995. "Carbon-13 enrichment in benthic compared to planktonic algae: foodweb implications". Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 124:307-312.
France, R.L. 1995. "Source variability in ð15N of autotrophs as a potential aid in measuring allochthony to freshwaters". Ecography 18:318-320.
France, R. 1995. "Stable nitrogen isotopes in fish: literature synthesis on the influence of ecotonal coupling". Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 41:737-742.
France, R.L. 1995. "Carbon isotopic variability in the composite pelagic foodweb of four oligotrophic lakes: feeding diversity or metabolic fractionations?" J. Plank. Res., 17:1993-1997.
France, R. 1995. "Differentiation between littoral and pelagic foodwebs in lakes using stable carbon isotopes". Limnol. Oceanogr., 40:1310-1313.
France, R. 1994. "Nitrogen isotopic composition of marine and freshwater invertebrates". Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 115:205-207.
Arctic light expedition
France, R. and J. Blais. 1998. "Lead concentrations and stable isotope ratios for trans-polar contamination of plants in the Canadian High Arctic". Ambio, 27:506-508. (cover story)
France, R.L., M.D. Segstro and D.C.G. Muir. 1998. "Persistent organochlorine and current use pesticides in lichens and saxifrage from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic". Chemosphere in press.
France, R.L. 1997. "Elevated PCB contamination of coastal plants near polynyas in the High Arctic". Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 59/1:76-82.
France, R.L., D.C.G. Muir and M.D. Segstro. 1997. "Regional patterns in organochlorine contamination of saxifrage from Ellesmere Island in the High Arctic (77 - 81o N)". Environ. Sci. Tech., 31:1879-1882.
France, R. and M. Coquery. 1996. "Lead concentrations in lichens from the Canadian High Arctic in relation to the latitudinal pollution gradient". Water, Air and Soil Pollut., 90:469-474.
France, R.L. and M. Sharp. 1995. "Polynyas as centers of organization for structuring the integrity of Arctic marine communities". In To Preserve Biodiversity - An Overview: Readings in Conservation Biology, D. Ehrenfeld, ed., pp. 158-62. Blackwell Science Inc. Publ., Cambridge, MA.
France, R., J. Svoboda and H. Taylor. 1993. "Latitudinal distribution of fallout Cesium-137 in 1990 on Saxifraga opposittifolia from Ellesmere Island, Canada". Can. J. Bot., 71:708-711.
France, R. and M. Sharp. 1993. "Comparison of avian species richness and abundance for localized oases on Ellesmere Island". Polarfushcung 61:147-152.
France, R.L. 1993. "The Lake Hazen Trough: a late-winter oasis in a polar desert". Biol. Conserv., 63:149-151.
France, R.L.and M. Sharp. 1992. "First record of the Rough-legged Hawk from Ellesmere Island". Can. Field Natur., 106:511-512.
France, R.L. 1992. "Garbage in Paradise". Nature 355:503.
France, R.L. and M. Sharp. 1992. "Polynyas as centers of organization for structuring the integrity of Arctic marine communities". Conserv. Biol., 6:442-446.
France, R.L. and M. Sharp. 1992. "Newly reported colonies of Ivory Gulls on southeastern Ellesmere Island". Arctic 45:306-307.
France, R. L. 1992. "Aerial mobbing of a Gyrfalcon by Glaucous Gulls". J. Raptor Res., 26(4):269.
Trophic interactions
Ramcharan, C.W., R.L. France and D.J. McQueen. 1996. "Multiple effects of planktivorous fish on algae through a pelagic trophic cascade". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 53:2819-2828.
France, R., N. Yan, P. Olesiuk, R. Nero, P. del Giorgio and W. Keller. 1995. "Secondary analysis of zooplanktivorous macroinvertebrates and phytoplankton and water clarity associations". Freshw. Biol., 34:255-261.
France, R., D. McQueen, A. Lynch and M. Dennison. 1992. "Statistical comparison of seasonal trends for autocorrelated data: a test of consumer and resource mediated trophic interactions". Oikos 65:45-51.
De Melo, R., R. France and D. McQueen. 1992. "Biomanipulation: hit or myth? Limnol". Oceanogr., 37:192-207.
McQueen, D., R. France and C. Kraft. 1992. "Confounded impacts of planktivorous fish on freshwater biomanipulations". Archiv. Hydrobiol., 125:1-24.
General perspectives
France, R. 1999. "Grappling with greed and Gaia". Land Forum, 04:42.
France, R. and C. Rigg. 1998. "Survey of the global distribution of biodiversity research published in five international journals: is there a tropical bias?" Trop. Biodiv., 5:161-166.
France, R. and C. Rigg. 1998. "Examination of the 'founder effect' in conservation biology: patterns and imbalances in the published research". Diversity Distrib., 4:77-86.
France, R., R. Peters and C. Rigg. 1998. "Comparative assessment of regional representation and research productivity of conservation biologists and applied ecologists". Ecoscience, 5:561-567.
France, R. 1998. "Putting genes back into their lab bottles: much ado about nothing". Cons. Biol., 12:500-501.
France, R.L. and T.C. Weiskel. 1997. "Water and ecological integrity: some basic conceptual and measurement problems". Harvard Seminar Environ. Ethics Public Policy Prog., Center Stud. Values Public Life.(see http://ecoethics.net/bib/1997/enca-009.htm).
France, R.L. 1993. "Gaian integrity: a clarion precept for global preservation". The Trumpeter 9(4):159-163.
Regier, H.A. and R.L. France. 1990. "Perspectives on the meaning of ecosystem integrity in 1975". p. 1-16. In Edwards, C.J. and H.A. Regier [eds.]. An ecosystem approach to the integrity of the Great Lakes in turbulent times. Grt. Lakes Fish. Comm. Spec. Pub. 90-4.
France, R.L. 1989. "Recommended use of the terms 'production', 'production dynamics', and 'production ecology'". Bull. N.A. Benthol. Soc., 6(2):196-199.
Biography
France, R.L. 1998. "Refining latitudinal gradient analysis: do we live in a climatically symmetrical world?" Glob. Ecol. Biogeog. Lett., 7:295-296.
France, R.L. 1992. "The North American latitudinal gradient in species richness and geographical range of freshwater amphipods and crayfish". Amer. Natur., 139:342-354.
France, R.L. 1992. "Climatic governance of the latitudinal trend in seasonality of freshwater phytoplankton production". Internat. J. Biometerol., 36:243-244.
France, R.L. 1992. "Biogeographical variation in size-specific fecundity of the amphipod Hyalella azteca". Crustaceana 62:240- 248.
France, R.L. 1991. "Empirical methodology for predicting changes in species range extension and richness through climate warming". Internat. J. Biometerol., 34:211-216.
Seasonal variability
France, R., R. Peters and R. Rishikof. 1995. "Optimal sampling period for predicting phosphorus and chlorophyll concentrations in north-temperate lakes". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 52:1812-1815.
France. R., R. Peters and Y. Prairie. 1994. "Adjusting chlorophyll estimates through temporal weighting based on the seasonal development of phytobiomass". Aquat. Sci., 56/2:106-114.
France, R. and R. Peters. 1992. "Temporal variance function for total phosphorus concentration". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 49:975-977.
Field autecology
France, R.L. 1996. "Biomass and production of amphipods in low alkalinity lakes affected by acid precipitation". Environ. Pollut. Ser. A., 94:189-194.
France, R.L. 1993. "Inter-relationships among variables comprising amphipod production". Hydrobiologia 271:71-74.
France, R.L. 1993. "Production and turnover of Hyalella azteca in central Ontario, Canada compared with other regions". Freshw. Biol., 30:343-349.
France, R. 1993. "Influence of lake pH on the distribution, abundance and health of crayfish in Canadian Shield lakes". Hydrobiologia 271:66-70.
France, R.L. and N.C. Collins. 1993. "Extirpation of crayfish in a lake affected by long-range anthropogenic acidification". Conserv. Biol., 7:184-188.
France, R.L. 1993. "Effect of experimental lake acidification on crayfish Orconectes virilis population recruitment and age composition in northwestern Ontario, Canada". Biol. Conserv., 63:53-59.
France, R.L. 1992. "Use of sequential sampling of amphipod abundance to classify the biotic integrity of acid-sensitive lakes". Environ. Manag., 16:157-166.
France, R.L., J. Holmes and A. Lynch. 1991. "Use of size-frequency data to estimate the age composition of crayfish populations". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 48:2324-2332.
France, R.L. and P.M. Welbourn. 1991. "Abundance of Rana clamitans tadpoles in Canadian Shield lakes". Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 24:2965-2969.
France, R.L. 1987. "Test of biotic and abiotic environmental determinants of amphipod (Hyalella azteca) preamplexus". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44:478-482.
France, R.L. 1987. "Aggregation in littoral amphipod populations: transformation controversies revisited". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44:1510-1515.
France, R.L. 1987. "Reproductive impairment of the crayfish Orconectes virilis in response to experimental acidification of Lake 223". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44(Suppl. 1):97-106.
France, R.L. 1987. "Calcium and trace metal composition of the crayfish Orconectes virilis in relation to experimental lake acidification". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44(Suppl. 1):107-113.
France, R.L. 1985. "Relationship of crayfish (Orconectes virilis) growth to population abundance and system productivity in small oligotrophic lakes in the Experimental Lakes Area, northwestern Ontario". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 42:1096-1102.
France, R.L. and L Graham. 1985. "Increased microsporidian parasitism of the crayfish Orconectes virilis in an experimentally acidified lake". Water, Air and Soil Pollut., 26:129-136.
France, R.L. 1983. "Response of the crayfish Orconectes virilis to experimental acidification of a lake with special reference to the importance of calcium". p. 98-111 In Goldman, C.R. [Ed.]. Proc. Fifth Internat. Conf. Freshwat. Crayfish. Davis, Ca.
Metaphyton and macrophytes
France, R.L., Y-K. Yung and P.M. Welbourn. 1993. "Identification of metaphytic Zygnematcean algae in acid-sensitive Canadian Shield lakes". Archiv. Hydrobiol., Suppl. 94 (Algol. Stud.66):99-103.
France, R.L. and P.M. Welbourn. 1992. "Influence of lake pH and macrograzers on the distribution and abundance of nuisance metaphytic algae". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 49:185-195.
France, R.L., E.T. Howell, M.J. Paterson and P.M. Welbourn. 1991. "Relationship between littoral grazers and metaphtic algae in five softwater lakes". Hydrobiologia 220:9-27.
Howell, E.T., M.A. Turner, R.L. France and P.M. Stokes. 1990. "Comparison of Zygnematacean (Chorophyta) algae in the metaphyton of two acidic lakes". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 47:1085-1092.
France, R. L. 1990. "Epiphytic zoobenthos density and biomass within low alkalinity, oligotrophic lakes on the Canadian Shield". Archiv. Hydrobiol., 118:477-499.
France, R.L. and P.M. Stokes. 1988. "Isoetid-zoobenthos associations in acid sensitive Ontario, Canada lakes". Aquat. Bot., 32:99-114.
France, R. L. 1988. "Biomass variance function for aquatic macrophytes in Ontario (Canada) Shield lakes". Aquat. Bot., 32:217- 224.
Laboratory ecotoxicological research
France, R.L. and P.M. Stokes. 1987. "Life stage and population variation in resistance and tolerance of Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) to low pH". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44:1102-1111.
France, R.L. and B.D. LaZerte. 1987. "Empirical hypothesis to explain the limited abundance of Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) in anthropogenically acidified lakes". Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44:1112-1121.
France, R.L. and P.M. Stokes. 1987. "Influence of manganese, calcium and aluminum on hydrogen-ion toxicity to the amphipod Hyalella azteca". Can. J. Zool., 65:3171-3078.
France, R.L. 1987. "Differences in H-ion sensitivity among Hyalella azteca populations: an illative hypothesis invoking natural selection. Ecophysiology of acid stress in aquatic organisms". Antwerp, Belgium. Annals Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg., 117(Suppl 1):129-137.
Graham, L. and R. France. 1986. "Attempts to transmit experimentally the microsporidian Thelohania contejeani in freshwater crayfish". Crustaceana 51:208-211.
Mierle, G., K. Clark and R. France. 1986. "The impact of acidification on aquatic biota in North America: a comparison of field and laboratory results". Water, Air and Soil Pollut., 31:593-604.
France, R.L. 1985. "Low pH avoidance by crayfish (Orconectes virilis): evidence for sensory conditioning". Can. J. Zool., 63:258-262.
France, R.L. 1985. "Preliminary investigation of the effects of sublethal acid exposure on the maternal behavior of the crayfish Orconectes virilis". Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 35:641-645.
France, R.L. 1984. "Comparative tolerance to low pH of three life stages of the crayfish Orconectes virilis". Can. J. Zool., 62:2360- 2363.
France, R.L. 1982. "Comment on Daphnia respiration in low pH water. Re: the importance of carbon dioxide in laboratory acidification experiments".
Hydrobiologia 94:195-198.
Other scientific publications
France, R.L. 1990. "Theoretical framework for developing and operationalizing an index of biological integrity: application to biomonitoring with zoobenthos communities in the Great lakes". p. 169-194. In Edwards, C.J. and H.A. Regier [Ed.]. An ecosystem approach to the integrity of the Great Lakes in turbulent times. Great Lakes Fish. Comm. Spec. Publ., 90-4.
Stokes, P.M. and R.L. France. 1988. "Manganese and terrestrial plants". p. 65-80 In Stokes, P.M. [Ed.] Manganese in the Canadian Environment. Nat. Res. Coun. Can. Publ. No. 26193, Ottawa, Ont.
France, R.L. 1988. "Relationship between acidification and manganese for aquatic biota". p. 88-89. in Stokes, P.M. [Ed.] Manganese in the Canadian Environment. Nat. Res. Coun. Publ. no. 26193, Ottawa, Ont.
France, R.L. 1986. "Current status of methods of toxicological research on freshwater crayfish". Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 1404:1v + 20p.
Environmental publications
France, R.L. 1999. "Bounded people, Boundless Lands: Envisioning a New Land Ethic. A review". Land Forum 04. pp. 43.
France, R.L. 1989. "Ecophilosophy: thoughts for a world on the edge". J. Wild culture, 11:14-23.
France, R.L. 1987. "Monteverde: critical reflections on saving rainforests". Private circulation.
Environmental journalism
France, R. 2002. "Celebrating stormwater". Landscape Architecture Magazine. May: 42-46.
France, R. 2002. "Waterscapes. A review". Landscape Architecture Magazine. Feb. 82-83.
France, R. 2001. "(Stormwater) leaving Las Vegas". Landscape Architecture Magazine. Aug. 38-42.
France, R. 2000. "When looks can kill". The Globe and Mail, February 2000.
"Forest fires and clearcutting on the Canadian Shield". The Globe and Mail, June 1995.
"Dangers of 'birding'", CBC Radio Quebec, July 1991.
"Engineering techno-fix solutions to environmental problems". W5, CTV National Televison. May 1991.
"Garbage consciousness: rating University of Toronto's recycling programs". The Newspaper, April 1988.
"Wasting away: environmental jingle-ism = conservative jingoism?" Probe Post, Spring 1987.
"Acid rain and Armageddon". Manitoban, February 1982.
"Acid rain, the coal connection". Manitoban, February 1982.
"Manitoba: doing acid?" Manitoban, February 1982.
"Outrage at experiments aimed at wrong target". Winnipeg Free Press, December 1981.
"Acid rain, part I: causes and consequences". Manitoban, February 1979.
"Acid rain, part II: political musical chairs". Manitoban, March 1979.
Extended abstracts
France, R.L and P.M. Stokes. 1989. "Influence of lake pH and macrograzers on the distribution of nuisance metaphytic algae in central Ontario, Canada". p. 234-238 In Environ. Res. Proc. Wat. Qual. Environ. Ont. Tech. Trans. Conf., Toronto.
Stokes, P.M., R.L. France and E.T. Howell. 1988. "Characterization of the grazing fauna within five softwater lakes with respect to metaphytic filamentous algae". p.333-335. In Environ. Res. Proc. Wat. Qual. Environ. Ont. Tech. Trans. Conf., Toronto.
Published abstracts
France, R.L. 1985. "Biotic changes in acidified systems: direct toxic effects or complex interspecific relationships". SLANT, Shield Lakes Acidification Network Telegraph. No. 6. Inst. Environ. Stud., University Toronto.
Non-professional writings
"Because it's there." Winnipeg Free Press, September 1995; Morningside, CBC Radio, October 1995.
France, R. and P. Aitchison. 1994. "To climb an oxymoron: the 1992 Mount Manitoba Expedition". Can. Alpine Journal 77:63-66.
"Affirmative action: ends and means". Morningside, CBC Radio, March 1991.
"Turmoils of confusion in Israel". Toronto Star, April 1988.
"Zen and granite, rock climbing in the Canadian Shield". Manitoba Nature, Spring 1982:28-33.
"Let El Salvador be El Salvador". Winnipeg Sun, April 1982.
Invited presentations
"Deep immersion: The experience of water and water management". Utah State University, April 2004.
"Ecological integrated water management". Harvard University, October 2003.
"Environmental restoration and landscape design". University of Minnesota, September 2003.
"Deep imersion: the experience of water". University of Massachusetts, October 2002.
"Post-industrial wetlands: Restoration and design". Bayona Wetlands Federation; Colorado Wetlands Scientists, May and June 2002.
"Ecotonal coupling: reliance of aquatic foodwebs on riparian forests - implications for buffer strip management". Harvard Graduate School of Design, March 1997; Harvard Forest, December 1997.
"Dionysus, dollars and dragons: reviewing conservation biology's and applied ecology's literatures". McGill University, March 1997.
"Ecotoxicological responses of organisms to long-range atmospheric deposition of contaminants". Concordia University, June 1996.
"Evolutionary relationships among algae". Okanagan College, May 1996.
"Use of stable carbon isotopes in tracing material flow within and between ecological systems. University of Toronto", October 1995; McGill University, December 1994.
"Effects of deforestation on aquatic ecosystems". B.C. Min. Environ., September 1995; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, September 1994.
"Ecotones of terrestrial and aquatic coupling: implications of clearcutting". University of Toronto, May 1993.
"Effects of riparian clearcutting on the functional ecology of Canadian Shield lakes". Queens University, November 1993; University de Montreal, December 1993.
"From lab to field: prediction and understanding in acidification research". McGill University April 1987.
"Acid rain doom and gloom". Symp. on Environ. Prob. and the Work Force. Can. Labour Conf., University Winnipeg, April 1983.
Journal or magazine articles concerning research or activities
Harvard Magazine, Jan.–Feb. 2007, An “Oracle of Aqua” By Christopher Reed. Harvard Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 2005 (cover story)
Landscape Architecture Magazine: September 2003, (lead editorial); October 2003 (letters to editor); Novermber 2003 (letters to editor); December 2003 (book review); November 2002 (book review).
Boston Globe: March 5, 2002, Jan. 26, 2003
Trend. Ecol. Evolut. 1996, 11(11):472.
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1996, 53:1913-1915.
The Calgary Herald: March 24, 1990; April 8, 1990; May 13, 1990; June 18, 1990; July 4, 1990; July 6, 1990; July 9, 1990.
The Winnipeg Free Press: December 27, 1989; July 15, 1990; January 5, 1992, May 2, 1992; May 3, 1992; May 7, 1992; May 8, 1992; May 9, 1992; May 15, 1992; May 16, 1992; May 18, 1992; May 19, 1992, May 20, 1992; May 31, 1992; December 13, 1992; September 2, 1995.
The Toronto Star: March 25, 1990.
The Canadian Geographic: October/November 1990; January/February 1995.
The Globe and Mail: January 8, 1992, March 28, 1992; April 11, 1992.
BBC Wildlife Magazine: Spring 1992; Spring 1998.
National Science Magazine of The Netherlands: Spring 1992.
The London Times: March 1992.
The Kingston Wig-Standard: January 1992.
The Ottawa Citizen: January 1992.
Focus: St. John Ravenscourt Alumni Magazine: Autumn 1992.
The Whiteshorse News: January 1992.
Working for Wildlife (The World Wildlife Fund): Winter 1991.
The University of Toronto Faculty Bulletin: October 9, 1990.
Explore Magazine: Autumn 1990; Spring 1991; Spring 1996.
