Richard G. Wiegert papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Richard G. Wiegert papers
Creator: Wiegert, Richard G.
Inclusive Dates: 1953-2001
Language(s): English
Extent: 9 Linear Feet 9 boxes
Collection Number: UA05-055
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Richard G. Wiegert was a professor of Zoology and Ecology at the University of Georgia. Part of his tenure in Ecology was spent as head of the Ecology faculty and graduate coordinator. In his later years he was professor with the Marine Sciences Department. His work with UGA covered a span of 40 years, during which he published over 100 books and articles and participated in 30 research grants. His research areas included ecology of southeastern intertidal wetlands, ecology of thermal spring communities, and theoretical ecology and modeling.

Wiegert was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1934, son of Arthur E. and Helen Bremford Wiegert. He grew up on a farm in Lenawee County, Michigan. He was in the U.S. Army from 1954-1956. He attended Adrian College where he received his Bachelor of Science in 1954, received his Master of Science from Michigan State University in 1958 and his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1962. He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Adrian College, and a Research Recognition Award as well as a Creative Research Award from the University of Georgia. He passed away in 2002 at the age of 70.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of research files, course materials, and publications related to Wiegert's work as professor of ecology and marine sciences.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is composed of three series: 1. Research and Related Activity; 2. Teaching; and 3. Publications.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Richard G. Wiegert papers, UA05-055, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2015.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Research and Related Activity
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1	1	Spider Feeding Beetles, undated
1	2	Mites, 1964-1973
1	3	Ant Nest Data, 1965-1985
1	4	Thermal Caloric Values, 1968
1	5	Algae Biomass, 1968-1969
1	6	Thermal Respiration, 1968-1969
1	7	Response of Thermal Algal-Bacterial Mat to Grazing by Brine Flies, 1969
1	8	Thermal Water Chemistry, 1970-1974
1	9	Ecological Principles and Environmental Pollution, 1971
1	10	Thermal Fly Data, 1973-1975
1	11	Ephydridae Life Table, 1974
1	12	Wasp and Fly Pupae Under Algae Mat, 1976
1	13	Salt Marsh: X6 and X11 Data, 1977
1	14	Coral Reef Model, 1977
1	15	Wasp Model, 1977
1	16	Grazer in the Life of the Grass, 1977-1986
1	17	Sedimentation Rate, 1977-1978
1	18	Protozoa and Nematodes, 1977-1978
1	19	Field Marsh Study, 1978-1979
1	20	Salt Marsh: Chapter 1, 1979
1	21	Salt Marsh: Chapter 5, 1979
1	22	Response of Thermal Algal Bacterial Mat to Grazing by Brine Flies, 1979
1	23	Simulation Models of Ecosystems, Manuscript, 1980
1	24	Obligate Coprophagy by the Brine Fly Paracoenia turbida, 1980
1	25	Thermal Springs, 1980
1	26	Coprophagous Nutrition in a Population of Paracoenia bisetosa, 1981
1	27	Grasses and Grazers: Is There a Mutualism?, 1981
1	28	Mutualism Between Grasses and Grazers: An Evolutionary Hypothesis, 1981
1	29	Population Dynamics (Book Review), 1981
1	30	Energy Transfer by Insects, 1982
1	31	Thermal Respiration, 1982
1	32	Nitrogen in the Marine Environment, 1982
1	33	Productivity Gradient in Salt Marshes: The Response of Spartina Alterniflora, 1982
1	34	On the Role of Chance in Biology, 1982
1	35	Salt Marsh Parameter Value Data, 1982
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2	1	Algae Data, 1982
2	2	Simulation of Simple Food Chains, 1982
2	3	Thermal Gradient Grant, 1982-1983
2	4	Scanning Electron Microscopy Filters from Thermal Study, 1983
2	5	The Influence of Water Motion on the Distribution and Transport of Materials in a Salt Marsh Estuary, 1983
2	6	Carbon Balance in a Salt Marsh, 1983
2	7	Algae Photosynthesis, Photos, 1983
2	8	Algae Photosynthesis, 1983
2	9	Spartina alterniflora in a Georgia Salt Marsh, 1983
2	10	Optimal Exploitation by Mussel Rafts of the Ria de Arosa, Spain, 1983
2	11	Body Size as a Result of Optimal Energy Allocation in Annual and Perennial Species, 1983
2	12	Darwin's Abominable Mystery, 1983
2	13	Community Profile on Tidal Marshes, 1983-1991
2	14	Community Profile on Tidal Marshes: Photographs, undated
2	15	Spanish-American Galician Shelf Program, 1984-1986
2	16	Yellowstone National Park - Continuous Thermal Gradient, 1983-1984
2	17	Aphids and Plant Fitness, 1984
2	18	Ecology of a Salt Marsh (Reviews), 1984
2	19	Leaf-eating ads Mutualism, 1984
2	20	World of Systems Ecology (Book Review), 1984
2	21	Creative Research Award Nomination, 1984
2	22	Sea Grant Proposals, 1984-1989
2	23	Optimal Allocation of Energy to Growth and Reproduction, 1984-1985
2	24	Southward Movement of Cynthia cardui in Wyoming, 1984
2	25	Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Enrichment, 1985
2	26	Indirect Causality in Ecosystems, 1985
2	27	Lindeman's Definition of Productivity, 1985
2	28	Modeling Spatial and Temporal Variability, 1985
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3	1	Modeling Spatial and Temporal Variability, 1986
3	2	Coastal Lagoon Proposal, 1986
3	3	McGraw Hill Yearbook, 1985-1989
3	4	Holism and Reductionism in Ecology, 1986
3	5	Intertidal Marsh Effects of Variation in Microbial Degradation of Organic Carbon, 1986
3	6	Graphs, undated
3	7	Community Structure: Altamaha River Proposal, undated
3	8	Georgia Sea Grant Correspondence, 1986
3	9	Ecosystem Model Selection Criteria, 1987
3	10	Environmental Biotechnology, 1987
3	11	Past, Present and Future of Ecological Energetics, 1987
3	12	International Estuarine Research Conference, 1987
3	13	Ecosystems of Florida, 1987
3	14	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Methods, 1987
3	15	Documenting Completeness: Species-Area Relations, 1987-1988
3	16	Manuscript Reviews, 1988-1990
3	17	Stability Characteristics of an Intertidal Marsh, 1987-1990
3	18	Microbial Mediation of Organic Carbon Transformations, 1988
3	19	Wasp Life Table, 1988
3	20	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Puerto Rico, 1989-1991
3	21	DOE Grant: Theoretical Models, 1989-1990
3	22	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Symposium, 1990
3	23	National Science Foundation Ecology Program Panel, 1990
3	24	Effects of System Closure on Ecosystem Dynamics, 1990
3	25	Virginia Coast Long Term Ecological Research Program (LTER), 1990
3	26	McGraw Hill Encyclopedia, 1990-1992
3	27	Thermodynamics of Growth Correspondence, 1990-1993
3	28	Institute of Ecological Studies: New York Botanical Garden, 1991
3	29	Coastal Boundaries: Interactions and Assessments, 1991
3	30	Theoretical Ecology: Progress and Prospects, 1991
3	31	Ecosystem Classification Workgroup, 1991
3	32	Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines, 1991
3	33	Ecological Risk Assessment Case Studies, 1991-1992
3	34	Yellowstone National Park Thermal Spring Ecology, 1991
3	35	Thermal Models: Transparencies, undated
3	36	Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program, 1991
3	37	Plants, Animals and Microbes (Book Review), 1992
3	38	Coastal Ocean Boundaries: Interactions and Assessments, 1992
3	39	Risk Assessment Modeling Workshop, 1992
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4	1	Juvenile Blue Crabs, 1992
4	2	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Puerto Rico, 1992
4	3	Eastern Research Group, 1992-1995
4	4	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER): Comparative Study of Transport, 1992
4	5	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER): Comparative Study of Transport Proposal, 1992
4	6	Separating Exploitative and Interference Competitive Controls in Ecological Models, 1992
4	7	Salt Regime of Georgia Estuaries, undated
4	8	EPA Global Change Research Program: All Investigators Workshop, 1992 February
4	9	Continental Shelf Modeling, 1992
4	10	Effects of Non-Point Sources of Nitrogen, undated
4	11	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER): Changes in Coastal Environments, 1992-1994
4	12	Modeling Estuarine Ecosystem Processes, 1993
4	13	Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee: Program for Ecosystem Research, 1993
4	14	Ecological Risk Assessment, 1993
4	15	Marine Institute: Sapelo Annual Report, 1992-1993
4	16	Sapelo Island Map, 1961
4	17	Sea Grant: Blue Crabs Proposal, 1992
4	18	Blue Crab Recruitment Symposium, 1993-1994
4	19	Pulsed Ecosystems, 1993
4	20	NERRP (SRD) Effects of Non-point Sources of Nitrogen on the Distribution..., 1993
4	21	Institute of Ecosystem Studies: Cary Conference, 1993
4	22	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Proposal: Tomales Bay, Ca., 1993
4	23	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Puerto Rico, 1992-1993
4	24	Soil Carbon Cycle and Related Biospheric Feedbacks, 1993-1996
4	25	Oak Ridge DOE Review, 1993
4	26	Sea Grant: Blue Crabs Proposal Revision, 1993
4	27	Sea Grant: Humic Substances in Salt Marsh (Hodson and Moran), 1993
4	28	Land Margin Ecosystem Research (LMER), 1993
4	29	McGraw Hill Yearbook and Encyclopedia, 1993
4	30	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Networking, 1993
4	31	Yellowstone Fire Tour, 1993
4	32	Marine Institute: Sapelo Annual Report, 1993-1996
4	33	Sea Grant: Blue Crabs Project Summary, 1994
4	34	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) All Scientists Meeting, 1994
4	35	Blue Crabs Workshop, 1994
4	36	Land Margin Ecological Research (LMER) Comparative Study of Transport and Transformation, 1994
4	37	NERRS: Effects of Non-point Sources of Nitrogen, 1994
4	38	NERRS Crab Proposal, 1994
4	39	Computer Programs, 1992-1993
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5	1	Ecological Analysis Center Competition, SREL, 1994
5	2	EMAP Proposal, Pt. 1, 1994 May
5	3	EMAP Proposal, Pt. 2, 1994
5	4	EPA Biotechnology Panel, 1994
5	5	Program for Ecosystem Research, 1994
5	6	Chesapeake Modeling Group, 1994
5	7	Chesapeake Bay: Trophic Interactions in Estuarine Systems, 1994
5	8	Southeast Coastal Ocean Research, 1994
5	9	Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone, 1994-1995
5	10	Estuarine Synthesis Workshop, 1994-1995
5	11	Watershed Approach to Ecological Risk Assessment, 1994
5	12	Public Service Electric and Gas Company - Estuary Enhancement Program, 1994
5	13	Georgia Rivers: Land Margin Ecosystems Research, 1994-1995
5	14	Land Margin Ecosystems Research Meetings, 1994-1997
5	15	Summer Occurrence of Benthic Macroinvertebrates off Sapelo Island, 1994
5	16	Georgia Rivers: Land Margin Ecosystems Research, 1995
5	17	Position Transfer to Marine Sciences Department (UGA), 1995
5	18	National Water Research Center (SREL), 1995
5	19	DOE Grant: Theoretical Models, 1995
5	20	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) History, 1994
5	21	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Puerto Rico, 1994-1996
5	22	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Budget, 1994-1995
5	23	Land Margin Ecosystems Research: Correspondence, 1994-1997
5	24	Land Margin Ecosystems Research - Georgia Rivers Publicity, 1994
5	25	Land Margin Ecosystems Research: Questions from NSF, 1994
5	26	Middle School Leadership Institute, 1994-1995
5	27	Sea Grant: Assessment of Microbial Community Structure (Binder), 1995
5	28	EPA Modeling Subcommittee, 1995
5	29	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Annual Report, 1994-1995
5	30	Inputs and Fates of Organic Nitrogen in Two Land Margin Ecosystems (Bronk), 1995
5	31	Land Margin Ecosystems Research Working Group Meetings, 1995
5	32	Land Margin Ecosystems Research: Tracor Acoustic Profiling (Howell and Uzes), 1995
5	33	Sapel Learning Lab Proposal with Keith Walters, 1995
5	34	Chesapeake Biological Laboratory - System Ecology Class, 1995
5	35	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER), 1995
5	36	NOAA Correspondence, 1995
5	37	Congressional Correspondence, 1995
5	38	El-Mar Trip, 1995
5	39	MacArthur Award, 1995-1996
5	40	McGraw Hill Encyclopedia, 1995-1996
5	41	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Cruises, 1995-1997
5	42	Ecological Risk Assessment: University of Minnesota, 1996
5	43	Land Margin Ecosystems Research Collecting Permit, 1995-1996
5	44	Sea Grant: Size of Restored and Created Salt Marsh Habitats (Walters and Wiegert), 1995-1996
5	45	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Supplement (Moran and Alben), 1996
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6	1	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) All Scientists Meeting, 1996
6	2	Symposium on Synthesis, Science and Ecosystem Management, 1996
6	3	Netherlands Institute of Ecology, 1996
6	4	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER): Overheads (Washington Meeting), 1996
6	5	Sea Grant: Zooplankton and Food Web (DeCurtis) Unfunded, 1996
6	6	Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions, 1996
6	7	LMER/LTER Meeting, 1996 July
6	8	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Workshop, 1996 July
6	9	Ecological Society of America Certification Program, 1996
6	10	Cornell - Biogeochemistry and Environmental Change Site Visit, 1996 May
6	11	Sea Grant: Food Webs in Tidally Influenced Areas of Georgia Rivers (DeCurtis and Wiegert), 1996
6	12	MacArthur Award Committee, 1996
6	13	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Proposal (Text only), 1997
6	14	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Proposal (Unabridged), 1997
6	15	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Annual Report, 1996-1997
6	16	Atlanta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Proposal, 1997
6	17	Land Margin Ecological Research (LMER) Related Reprints, 1997
6	18	Human Impacts on the Salinity Regimes of Coastal Georgia, 1997
6	19	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Chemistry Sources and Fluxes of Carbon Dioxide in Estuarine Coastal Waters, 1997
6	20	Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Puerto Rico, 1997
6	21	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Award Documents, 1997
6	22	Sea Grant Proposals, 1997
6	23	Land Margin Ecological Research (LMER) Annual Report, 1997-1998
6	24	Classification of Heterotrophic Organisms, 1997
6	25	Marsh Plot Computer Program, 1998
6	26	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER), 1998
6	27	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) Conflict of Interest Forms, 1998
6	28	Changes in Salt Distribution in the Altamaha Estuary Due to Fluctuations..., 1998
6	29	Salt Marsh Model, 1998
6	30	Salt Marsh Model, 1999
6	31	Ecological Modeling Computer Program, 1999
6	32	Long Term Ecological Research (Hollibaugh), 1999
6	33	Impacts of Land Use on Salt Regimes in Georgia Estuaries, 2000
6	34	Salt Marsh Model, 2000
6	35	Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER), Georgia, 2000
6	36	Ultrasonic Telemetry ... to Determine Blue Crab Populations, 2001
6	37	Global Warming Conference, 2001 April
6	38	Coastal Incentive Sea Grant Project, 2001
6	39	Department of Natural Resources Grant, 2001

 

2. Teaching
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7	1	Nature Study, 1953
7	2	Limnology, 1957
7	3	Plant Ecology, 1957
7	4	Ecology Discussion Group, 1958
7	5	Marine Ecology, 1958
7	6	Population Ecology, 1960
7	7	Population Ecology, 1961
7	8	Ecology Seminar, 1961
7	9	Radiation Ecology, 1962
7	10	Information Theory, 1963
7	11	Ecology Teaching Labs, 1965
7	12	Aquatic Primary Production - Methods, 1966
7	13	Ecology Seminar, 1968
7	14	Metabolism, 1968
7	15	Microbial Ecology, 1969
7	16	Population Ecology, 1970
7	17	Ecosystems, 1960
7	18	Biol 302 Organization, 1968
7	19	Biol 302 Lecture Material, 1969-1971
7	20	Biol 302 Exams, 1970-1972
7	21	Biol 302 Lab Outlines, 1970-1972
7	22	Biol 302 Lecture Material, 1974-1975
7	23	Preparing Lectures and Slides, 1965
7	24	Sampling Distributions, undated
7	25	Biol 108 Marine Ecology, 1995
7	26	Zool 353 Labs, undated
7	27	Zool 353 Miscellaneous, 1964
7	28	Zool 353 Lectures, 1967
7	29	Zool 353 Exams, 1966
7	30	Zool 499 Outline, 1975
7	31	Zool 613 Slide Listing, 1990
7	32	Zool 800 Reading Lists, undated
7	33	Zool 800 Lectures, 1965
7	34	Zool 800 Schedules, 1980
7	35	Zool 800 Exams, 1978
7	36	Zool 850 Proposal, 1979
7	37	Zool 850 Course Evaluations, 1980
7	38	Zool 851 Exams, 1986-1992
7	39	Zool 851 Course Evaluations, 1987
7	40	Zool 851 Schedule, 1993
7	41	Zool 851 Handouts, 1994
7	42	Instructions for Use of the Phillipson Microbomb Calorimeter, 1982
7	43	Instructions for Use of the Gilson Differential Respirometer, undated
7	44	CDC Seminar, 1972
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8	1	Ecol 100 Exercises, undated
8	2	Ecology Teaching Outline (Jaslin), undated
8	3	Gull Lake Ecology Exercises, 1966
8	4	Gull Lake Ecology Course, 1965
8	5	Gull Lake Ecology Course, 1966
8	6	Gull Lake Ecology Course Lectures, 1965-1966
8	7	Systems Engineering, 1972-1973
8	8	Systems Ecology: Linear - Nonlinear Stability, 1973
8	9	Systems Ecology, 1968
8	10	Ecol 350 Computer Modeling Labs, 1995
8	11	Ecol 350 Lectures, Pt. 1, 1996
8	12	Ecol 350 Lectures, Pt. 2, 1996
8	13	Ecol 350 Pickering Lecture, 1996
8	14	Ecol 350 Ecosystem Modeling, 1996
8	15	Ecology Energetics Notes, 1981
8	16	Ecol 800 Modeling, 1994
8	17	Ecol 800 Topics, 1994
8	18	Ecol 800 Modern Concepts in Ecology Lectures, 1994
8	19	Ecol 800 Transparencies and Materials, undated
8	20	Ecol 800 Global Change, 1994
8	21	Ecol 850 Theoretical Ecology - Outline, Seminars, 1973
8	22	Ecol 850 Theoretical Ecology, 1978-1987
8	23	Ecol 850 Theoretical Ecology Lectures, 1988
8	24	Ecol 850 Theoretical Ecology Senior Seminar, 1989
8	25	Ecol 850 Theoretical Ecology Miscellaneous, 1993
8	26	Ecol 850 Theoretical Ecology Lectures and Handouts, 1995
8	27	Ecol 850 Theoretical Ecology Readings
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9	1	Ecol 851 Transparencies, undated
9	2	Ecol 851 Handout 1, 1999
9	3	Ecol 851 Handout 2, 1999
9	4	Ecol 851 Handout 3, 1999
9	5	Ecol 851 Handout 4, 1999
9	6	Ecol 851 Handout 5, 1999
9	7	Ecol 851 Handout 6, 1999
9	8	Ecol 851 Handout 7, 1999
9	9	Ecol 851 Handout 8, 1999
9	10	Ecol 851 Handout 9, 1999
9	11	Ecol 851 Handout 11, 1999
9	12	Ecol 851 Ecosystem Modeling, 1977
9	13	Ecol 851 Lecture 1, 1999
9	14	Ecol 851 Lecture 2, 1999
9	15	Ecol 851 Lecture 3, 1999
9	16	Ecol 851 Lecture 4, 1999
9	17	Ecol 851 Lecture 5, 1999
9	18	Ecol 851 Lecture 6, 1999
9	19	Ecol 851 Lectures 7 and 8, 1999
9	20	Ecol 851 Lectures 9 and 10, 1999
9	21	Ecol 851 Lecture 11, 1999
9	22	Ecol 851 Lectures 12 and 13, 1999
9	23	Ecol 851 Lecture 14, 1999
9	24	Ecol 851 Lecture 15, 1999
9	25	Ecol 851 Schedule, 1999
9	26	Ecol 851 Exercise 1, 1999
9	27	Ecol 851 Exercise 2, 1999
9	28	Ecol 851 Exercise 3, 1999
9	29	Ecol 851 Exercise 4, 1999
9	30	Ecol 851 Exercise 5, 1999
9	31	Ecol 851 Midterms, 1999
9	32	Ecol 851 Projects, undated
9	33	Model Building Software, 1997
9	34	Ecological Modeling Special Problems, 1996
9	35	Calibrating Envelope Models, undated
9	36	Landscape Modeling, 1997
9	37	Current Approaches for Modeling Estuaring Ecosystem Processes, undated
9	38	Ecological Modeling, 1993
9	39	Short Course on Ecosystem Modeling, 1992
9	40	Computer Programs, undated
9	41	Modeling course, 2000-2001

 

3. Publications/Vitae
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9	42	Publications, 1960s, 1962, 1964, 1968
9	43	Publications, 1970s, 1972, 1974-1977, 1979
9	44	Publications, 1980-1985, 1982-1983
9	45	Publications, 1986-1989, 1986-1988
9	46	Publications, 1990-1995, 1990, 1992-1993, 1995
9	47	Publications, 1996-1997, 1996-1997
9	48	Publications, 1999-2001, 1999-2001
9	49	Ecological Energetics: Reviews, Contract, Royalties, 1977
9	50	Vitae, 1997
9	51	Transcripts, 1958-1962