Hambright Lab

Publications

K. David Hambright
Associate Professor
Biological Station and Department of Zoology
HC 71, Box 205
Kingston, OK 73437-9738
(405) 325-7435

Articles in Reviewed Journals

Chumchal, M.M., and K.D. Hambright. (2008). “Ecological factors regulating mercury contamination of fish in Caddo Lake, Texas.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Hambright, K.D. (2008). “Long-term Zooplankton Body Size and Species Changes in a Subtropical Lake: Implications for Lake Management.” Fundamental and Applied Limnology.

Hambright, K.D., T. Zohary, W. Eckert, S. Schwartz, C.L. Schelske, and P.R. Leavitt. (2008). “Human engineered hydrological changes: exploitation and destabilization of the Sea of Galilee.” Ecological Applications 18:1591-1603. (pdf)

Chumchal, M.M., R.W. Drenner, B. Fry, K.D. Hambright, and L.W. Newland. 2008. “Habitat-specific differences in mercury concentrations in a top predator from a shallow lake.” Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:195-208. (pdf)

Hambright, K. D., N. G. Hairston, W. R. Schaffner, and R. W. Howarth. 2007. "Grazer control of nitrogen fixation: synergisms in the feeding ecology of two freshwater crustaceans." Fundamental and Applied Limnology 170:89-101. (pdf)

Hambright, K. D., N. G. Hairston, W. R. Schaffner, and R. W. Howarth. 2007. "Grazer control of nitrogen fixation: phytoplankton taxonomic composition and ecosystem functioning." Fundamental and Applied Limnology 170:103-124. (pdf)

Parparov, A. and K.D. Hambright. 2007. "Composite water quality: evaluation and management feedbacks." Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 42:20-25. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D., T. Zohary, and H. Güde. 2007. “Microzooplankton dominate carbon flow and nutrient cycling in a warm subtropical freshwater lake.” Limnology and Oceanography 52:1018-1025. (pdf)

Roelke, D.L., T. Zohary, and K.D. Hambright. 2007. “System hysteresis and complex selection of alternate stable community states: A case study using the 34-year plankton record from Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel.” Freshwater Biology 52:399-411. (pdf)

Parparov, A., K.D. Hambright, L. Håkanson, and A. Ostapenia. 2006. "Water quality quantification: basics and implementation". Hydrobiologia 560:227-237. (pdf)

Bruce, L.C., D. Hamilton, J. Imberger, G. Gal, M. Gophen, T. Zohary, and K.D. Hambright. 2006. “A numerical simulation of the role of zooplankton in C, N and P cycling in Lake Kinneret, Israel.” Ecological Modelling 193: 412-436. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D., W. Eckert, P. R. Leavitt, and C.L. Schelske. 2004. “Effects of historical lake level and land use on sediment and phosphorus accumulation rates in Lake Kinneret.” Environmental Science and Technology 38: 6460-6467. (pdf)

Håkanson, L., A. Ostapenia, A. Parparov, K.D. Hambright, and V.V. Boulion. 2003. “Management criteria for lake ecosystems applied to case studies of changes in nutrient loading and climate change.” Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 8: 141-155. (pdf)

Blumenshine, S.C. and K.D. Hambright. 2003. “Top-down control in Lake Kinneret: a role for invertebrate predation.” Hydrobiologia 491: 347-356. (pdf)

Eckert, W., K. D. Hambright, Y. Z. Yacobi, I. Ostrovsky, and A. Sukenik. 2002. “Internal wave induced changes in the chemical stratification in relation to the thermal structure in Lake Kinneret.” Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 28: 962-966. (pdf)

Drenner, R. and K.D. Hambright. 2002. “Piscivores, trophic cascades, and lake management.” TheScientificWorld Journal 2: 284-307. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D. and W. Eckert. 2002. “Sediment-water phosphorus dynamics in newly created Lake Agmon (Agmon-Hula wetlands), Israel.” Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 27: 4001-4004. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D., S.C. Blumenshine, and J. Shapiro. 2002. “Can filter-feeding fishes improve water quality in lakes?” Freshwater Biology 47:1173-1182. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D., T. Zohary, J. Easton, B. Azoulay, and T. Fishbein. 2001. “Effects of zooplankton grazing and nutrients on the bloom-forming, N2-fixing cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon in Lake Kinneret.” Journal of Plankton Research 23: 165-174. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D., A.R. Parparov, and T. Berman. 2000. “Indices of water quality for sustainable management and conservation of an arid region lake, Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel.” Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 10: 393-406. (pdf)

Håkanson, L., A. Parparov, and K.D. Hambright. 2000. “Modelling the impact of water level fluctuations on water quality (suspended particulate matter) in Lake Kinneret, Israel.” Ecological Modelling 128: 101-125. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D. and T. Zohary. 2000. “Phytoplankton species diversity control through competitive exclusion and physical disturbances.” Limnology and Oceanography 45:110-122. (pdf)

Drenner, R.W. and K.D. Hambright. 1999. “Biomanipulation of fish as a lake restoration technique.” Archiv für Hydrobiologie 146: 129-165. (pdf)

Zohary, T. and K.D. Hambright. 1999. “Lake Hula – Lake Agmon: Human development and nature in the Hula Valley.” Ariel 109: 71-87.

Hambright, K.D., I. Bar-Ilan, and W. Eckert. 1998. “General water chemistry and quality in Lake Agmon, Israel.” Wetlands Ecology and Management 6: 121-132. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D. and T. Zohary. 1998. “Lakes Hula and Agmon: destruction and creation of wetland ecosystems in northern Israel.” Wetlands Ecology and Management 6: 83-89. (pdf)

Zohary, T., U. Pollingher, O. Hadas, and K.D. Hambright. 1998. “Bloom dynamics and sedimentation of Peridinium gatunense in Lake Kinneret.” Limnology and Oceanography 43: 175-186.

Hambright, K.D. and J. Shapiro. 1997. “The 1993 collapse of the Lake Kinneret commercial bleak fishery.” Fisheries Management and Ecology 4: 101-109. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D., T. Zohary, and W. Eckert. 1997. “Potential influence of low water levels on Lake Kinneret: re-appraisal and modification of an early hypothesis.” Limnologica 27: 147-155.

Eckert, W. and K.D. Hambright. 1996. “Seasonal and vertical distributions of temperature, pH, oxygen and sulfide in Lake Kinneret.” Limnologica 26: 345-351.

Parparov, A. and K.D. Hambright. 1996. “A proposed framework for the management of water quality in arid-region lakes.” Internationale Revue der gessamten Hydrobiologie 81: 435-454.

Zohary, T., A.M. Pais-Madeira, R. Robarts, and K.D. Hambright. 1996. “Interannual phytoplankton dynamics of a hypertrophic African lake.” Archiv für Hydrobiologie 136: 105-126.

Sandler, A., K.D. Hambright, I. Brenner, and L. Halicz. 1994. Temporal and vertical patterns of trace and major elements in Lake Kinneret, Israel.” Israel Journal of Earth Sciences 43: 1-13.

Hambright, K.D. and S. Fridman. 1994. “CAPAS: A computer-assisted plankton analysis system for the Macintosh.” Fisheries 19(12): 6-8.

Hambright, K.D., M. Gophen, and S. Serruya. 1994. “Influence of long-term climatic changes on the thermal dynamics of a subtropical, warm monomictic lake.” Limnology and Oceanography 39: 1234‑1243. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D. 1994. “Can planktivorous fish really affect lake thermal dynamics?” Archiv für Hydrobiologie 130: 429-438.

Hambright, K.D. 1994. “Morphological constraints in the piscivore-planktivore interaction: implications for the trophic cascade hypothesis.” Limnology and Oceanography 39: 897‑912. (pdf)

Hambright, K.D. and R.O. Hall. 1992. “Differential zooplankton feeding behaviors, selectivities, and community impacts of planktivorous pumpkinseeds and fathead minnows.” Environmental Biology of Fishes 35: 401‑411.

Morin, A., K.D. Hambright, N.G. Hairston, Jr., D.M. Sherman, and R.W. Howarth. 1991. “Consumer control of gross primary production in replicate freshwater ponds.” Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 24: 1512‑1516.

Hambright, K.D., R.W. Drenner, S.R. McComas, and N.G. Hairston, Jr. 1991. “Gape-limited piscivores, planktivore size refuges, and the trophic cascade hypothesis.” Archiv für Hydrobiologie 121: 389‑404.

Hambright, K.D. 1991. “Experimental analysis of prey selection by largemouth bass: role of predator mouth width and prey body depth.” Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 120: 500‑508. (pdf)

Vinyard, G.L., R.W. Drenner, M. Gophen, U. Pollingher, D. Winkelman, and K.D. Hambright. 1988. “An experimental study of the plankton community impacts of two omnivorous filter-feeding cichlids, Tilapia galilaea and Tilapia aurea.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 685‑690.

Drenner, R.W., K.D. Hambright, G.L. Vinyard, M. Gophen, and U. Pollingher. 1987. “Experimental analysis of size-selective phytoplankton grazing by a cichlid and its impact on plankton community structure.” Limnology and Oceanography 32: 1138‑1144.

Drenner, R.W., G.L. Vinyard, K.D. Hambright, and M. Gophen. 1987. “Effects of removal of gill rakers and microbranchiospines on particle ingestion by Galilee Saint Peter's fish.” Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 116: 272‑276.

Hambright, K.D., R.J. Trebatoski, R.W. Drenner, and D. Kettle. 1986. “Experimental study of the impacts of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) on pond community structure.” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43: 1171‑1176. (pdf)

Articles Published in Proceedings and Book Chapters
Hambright, K.D., F.J. Ragep, and J. Ginat. 2005. “Introduction:Water – A Conduit for Peace.” Hambright, K.D., F.J. Ragep, and J. Ginat (eds.), Water in the Middle East: Cooperation and Technical Solutions in the Jordan Valley; University of Oklahoma Press and Sussex Press.

Hambright, K.D. and T. Zohary. 2005. “Lake Kinneret and water supply in Israel: ecological limits to operational supply.” Hambright, K.D., F.J. Ragep, and J. Ginat (eds.), Water in the Middle East: Cooperation and Technical Solutions in the Jordan Valley; University of Oklahoma Press and Sussex Press.

Hambright, K.D. and T. Zohary. 1999. “The Hula Valley (Northern Israel) wetland rehabilitation project.” Streever, W. (ed.), An International Perspective on Wetland Rehabilitation. Kluwer Academic Press. 173-180.

Parparov, A. and K.D. Hambright. 1996. “Limnological studies as part of the management framework for lakes with variable morphometry.” Steinberger, Y. (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences 6B: 577-579.

Hambright, K.D. and I. Bar-Ilan. 1996. “General water chemistry of the New Hula Lake.” Steinberger, Y. (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences 6B: 664-667.

Zohary, T., A.M. Pais-Maderia, R.D. Robarts, and K.D. Hambright. 1995. “Cyanobacteria-phytoplankton dynamics of a hypertrophic African lake.” Water Science and Technology 32: 103-104.

Edited Books and Special Issues
Hambright, K.D., F.J. Ragep, and J. Ginat (eds.). 2005. Water in the Middle East: Cooperation and Technical Solutions in the Jordan Valley; University of Oklahoma Press and Sussex Press.

Berman, T., K.D. Hambright, S. Gafny, J. Gat, and M. Tilzer (eds.). 2000. “Lake Management for the year 2000+.” Archiv für Hydrobiologie Beiheft Ergebnisse der Limnologie, vol. 55.

Hambright, K.D. and R. Herschcovitch (eds.). 1998. Kinneret Limnological Laboratory bibliography, 1968-1998. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research.

Hambright, K.D. (ed.). 1998. “Destruction and creation of wetland ecosystems in northern Israel.” Wetlands Ecology and Management, volume 6, issues 2-3.

Arad, V., Y. Bartov, and K.D. Hambright (eds.). 1998. Lake Kinneret research: bibliography. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research and the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures.

Computer Software
Hambright, K.D., T. Zohary, and M. Shneor. 2003. PlanktoMetrix, version 1.0. © 2003, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research.

Other Publications
Hambright, K.D. and J. Shapiro. 1997. “The collapse of the Kinneret Sardine fishery and remedial actions.” Kinneret News 20: 28-35. (in Hebrew)

Zohary, T. and K.D. Hambright. 1996. “Ecological consequences of lowering minimum Lake Kinneret water levels.” Water and Irrigation 354: 38-40. (in Hebrew)

Zohary, T. and K.D. Hambright. 1995. “Ecological consequences of lowering Lake Kinneret water levels to –214m.” Kinneret News 18: 3-8. (in Hebrew)

Hambright, K.D. and T. Zohary. 1995. “The history of water level fluctuations in Lake Kinneret.” Ecology and Environment 2: 97-100. (in Hebrew)

Zohary, T. and K.D. Hambright. 1994. “Aquatic studies within the Hula project.” Water and Irrigation 338: 38,41. (in Hebrew)

Zohary, T. and K.D. Hambright. 1994. “Aquatic studies within the Hula restoration project.” Agamit 88: 9-10. (in Hebrew)

Levanon D., T. Zohary, and K.D. Hambright. 1994. “The research accompanying the Hula restoration project.” Ecology and Environment 1: 225-228. (in Hebrew)

Hambright, K.D., M. Gophen, and S. Serruya. 1992. “Long-term changes in Lake Kinneret’s thermal structure.” Kinneret News 14: 6-8. (in Hebrew)