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Rex L. Lowe is affiliated with Bowling Green State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Materials Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to the subfields of Ecology, Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover several aspects of aquatic and environmental biology, including Diatoms and Algae Research, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Rex L. Lowe has coauthored publications with several researchers, including John Patrick Kociolek, Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Michael J. Paul, Ben Jessup, and Larry R. Brown.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Characterizing benthic macroinvertebrate and algal biological condition gradient models for California wadeable Streams, USA (2020), published in Ecological Indicators
  • Early changes in the benthic community of a eutrophic lake following zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion (2022), published in Inland Waters
  • The diatom genus Luticola D.G. Mann (Bacillariophyceae) in the Western Ghats of India and its biogeography (2020), published in European Journal of Phycology
  • New and interesting aerial diatom assemblages from southwestern Iceland (2020), published in Phytotaxa
  • Description of Gomphothidium gen. nov., with light and scanning electron microscopy: A New Freshwater Monoraphid Diatom Genus from Asia (2021), published in Fottea

In terms of publication venues, Rex L. Lowe has contributed articles to Ecological Indicators, Inland Waters, European Journal of Phycology, Phytotaxa, and Fottea.

Best Publications

  • A habitat matrix conceptual model for stream periphyton

    Barry J. F. Biggs;Barry J. F. Biggs;R. Jan Stevenson;R. Jan Stevenson;Rex L. Lowe;Rex L. Lowe

  • Algal Periphyton Growth on Nutrient‐Diffusing Substrates: An in situ Bioassay

    G. Winfield Fairchild;Rex L. Lowe;William B. Richardson

  • Periphyton Response to Nutrient Manipulation in Streams Draining Clearcut and Forested Watersheds

    Rex L. Lowe;Stephen W. Golladay;Jackson R. Webster

  • Quantifying mechanisms for zebra mussel effects on benthic macroinvertebrates: organic matter production and shell-generated habitat

    Timothy W. Stewart;Jeffrey G. Miner;Rex L. Lowe

  • 22 – Benthic Algal Communities as Biological Monitors

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  • Nutrient Limitation of Algal Biomass Accrual in Streams: Seasonal Patterns and a Comparison of Methods

    Steven N. Francoeur;Barry J. F. Biggs;Robert A. Smith;Rex L. Lowe

  • Shifts in Benthic Algal Community Structure and Function Following the Appearance of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron

    Rex L. Lowe;Robert W. Pillsbury

  • PHOTOSYNTHESIS-IRRADIANCE PATTERNS IN BENTHIC MICROALGAE: VARIATIONS AS A FUNCTION OF ASSEMBLAGE THICKNESS AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

    Walter K. Dodds;Barry J. F. Biggs;Rex L. Lowe

  • Artificial substrates which release nutrients: Effects on periphyton and invertebrate succession

    G. Winfield Fairchild;Rex L. Lowe

  • 3 – Periphyton Patterns in Lakes

    Rex L. Lowe

  • SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC DIATOMS IN NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN

    John C. Kingston;Rex L. Lowe;Eugene F. Stoermer;Theodore B. Ladewski

  • Lake benthic algae: toward an understanding of their ecology

    Marco Cantonati;Rex L. Lowe

  • Macroinvertebrate Communities on Hard Substrates in Western Lake Erie: Structuring Effects of Dreissena

    Timothy W. Stewart;Jeffrey G. Miner;Rex L. Lowe

  • COMPARATIVE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE VALVES OF SOME CYCLOTELLA SPECIES (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)1

    Rex L. Lowe

  • EFFECTS OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS ON THE ENDOSYMBIONT LOAD OF RHOPALODIA GIBBA AND EPITHEMIA TURGIDA (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)1

    Hudson R. DeYoe;Rex L. Lowe;Jane C. Marks

  • Primary productivity and spatial structure of phytolithic growth in streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

    Elaine D. Keithan;Rex L. Lowe

  • Humidophila gen. nov., a new genus for a group of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) formerly within the genus Diadesmis: species from Hawai'i, including one new species

    Rex L. Lowe;Patrick Kociolek;Jeff R. Johansen;Bart Van De Vijver

  • Effect of Grazing by Physa integra on Periphyton Community Structure

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  • Algal Mats and Insect Emergence in Rivers Under Mediterranean Climates: Towards Photogrammetric Surveillance

    M. Power;R. Lowe;P. Furey;J. Welter

  • Six new Actinella (Bacillariophyta) species from Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand: further evidence for widespread diatom endemism in the Australasian region

    Koen Sabbe;Koenraad Vanhoutte;Rex L. Lowe;Elizabeth A. Bergey

  • Food webs in Mediterranean rivers

    Mary E. Power;Joseph R. Holomuzki;Joseph R. Holomuzki;Rex L. Lowe

  • Benthic Stream Algae: Distribution and Structure

    Rex L. Lowe;Gina D. LaLiberte

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry J. F. Biggs
Barry J. F. Biggs National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Mary E. Power
Mary E. Power University of California, Berkeley
Eugene F. Stoermer
Eugene F. Stoermer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bart Van de Vijver
Bart Van de Vijver University of Antwerp
Wim Vyverman
Wim Vyverman Ghent University
Marco Cantonati
Marco Cantonati Drexel University
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University
Scott E. Belanger
Scott E. Belanger Procter & Gamble (United States)
R. Jan Stevenson
R. Jan Stevenson Michigan State University
Luc Ector
Luc Ector Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

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