Publications

Journal Articles

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Campbell, A.A., D. W. Meritt, R. B. Franklin, E.L. Boone, C.T. Nicely, K. Stephenson, and B.L. Brown. In review. Effects of biofilm age and composition on oyster larval setting. Biofouling.

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Franklin, R.B., A.A. Hart*, C.B. Higgins*, and B.L. Brown. In review. A method for enumerating bacterial cells on bio-adhesive coated slides." Journal of Microbiological Methods.

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Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills. 2009. Importance of spatially structured environmental heterogeneity in controlling microbial community composition at small spatial scales in an agricultural field. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41:1833-1840

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Krumins, J.A., J. Dighton, D. Gray, R.B. Franklin, P.J. Morin, and M.S. Roberts. 2009. Soil microbial community response to nitrogen enrichment in two scrub oak forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 258:1383-1390.0

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Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills. 2006. Structural and functional responses of a sewage microbial community to dilution-induced reductions in diversity." Microbial Ecology, 52:280-288.

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Giannotti, A.L., R.B. Franklin and T.N. Tysall. 2005. Down Under! Incorporating cave and karst research into primary and secondary education. Proceedings of the 17th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium pp 136-138.

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Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills. 2003. Multi-scale variation in spatial heterogeneity for microbial community structure in an eastern Virginia agricultural field. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 44:335-346.

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Franklin, R. B, L.K. Blum, A.C. McComb**, and A.L. Mills. 2002. A geostatistical analysis of small-scale spatial variability in bacterial abundance and community structure in salt-marsh creek bank sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 42:71-80.

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Franklin, R. B., C.H. Bolster, J.L. Garland, and A.L. Mills. 2001. The impact of dilution on microbial community structure and functional potential: Comparison of numerical simulations and batch culture experiments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67:702-712.

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Franklin, R. B., D.R. Taylor, and A.L. Mills. 1999. The distribution of microbial communities in anaerobic and aerobic zones of a shallow coastal plain aquifer. Microbial Ecology, 38:377-386.

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Franklin, R. B., D.R. Taylor, and A.L. Mills. 1999. Characterization of microbial community structure using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Journal of Microbiological Methods, 35:225-235.

Books and Chapters

Jenkins, D.G., K.A. Medley, and R.B. Franklin. Book chapter in press. Microbes as a test of biogeographical principles. In: “Biogeography of microscopic organisms: Is everything small everywhere?” D. Fontaneta (editor), Cambridge Scientific Publishers. ISBN-13: 9780521766708

Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills. 2007. Invited editors for book: “The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment.” Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 331 pages. ISBN 978-1- 4020-6215-5.

Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills. 2007. The importance of microbial distribution in space and spatial scale to microbial ecology. In: Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills (eds.), The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment, Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2007, 1-30.

Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills. 2007. Statistical analysis of spatial structure in microbial communities. In: Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills (eds.), The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment, Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2007, 31-60.