Central Plains Center for Bioassessment
Debbie Baker

CPCB Assistant Director & Informatics Specialist
Central Plains Center for BioAssessment
Contact Information
Phone | 785-864-1551 |
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Fax | 785-864-1534 |
Office | 41B Higuchi |
Unit Affiliations
CPCBPersonal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Detail
Specialty
Informatics and aquatic ecology
Background
Debbie Baker earned an M.S. in wildlife biology from the University of Nebraska and a Master of Historical Administration and Museum Studies from the University of Kansas. She is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the CPCB, coordinating field activities, and developing databases of lake, stream, and wetland nutrient parameters and biocriteria for EPA Region 7.
Research Interests
Collection management of aquatic specimens, nutrient levels and bioassessment of waterbodies of the Central Plains.
Research
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CPCB Sampling Sites |
April 6, 2010 | Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri |
Published Works
Baker, D., R. Everhart, D. Huggins, L. Bennett, A. Blackwood. 2014. Biological impairment in three Kansas reservoirs and associated lotic ecosystems due to sediment and nutrients. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS 178:39.
Martinko, E. A., J. deNoyelles, K. Bosnak, M. Jakubauskas, D. Huggins, J. Kastens, Apollonia Shreders, D. Baker, A. Blackwood, S. Campbell, Chrisopher Rogers. 2014. Atlas of Kansas Lakes: A resource for communities, policy makers and planners. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS 242.
Huggins, D., S. Tammareddi, D. Baker. 2012. Assessment of the Great Bend Station (Sunflower Electric Power Corporation) Selenium Discharge on a Tributary of Dry Walnut Creek (Barton Co., KS). Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 172:44 pp.
Estimating historic biological integrity in wadeable streams of the Central Plains – a disturbance gradient approach. Baker and Huggins. 2010 Kansas Natural Resources Conference. Wichita, KS.
Koontz, J., D. Huggins, C. C. Freeman, D. Baker. 2010. Assessment of floodplain wetlands of the lower Missouri River using an EMAP study approach, Phase II: Verification of rapid assessment tools. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 165:82 pp.
Baker, D., D. Huggins. 2010. Comparison of snag and shoreline macroinvertebrate samples--a bioassessment of the Missouri River. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 161:16 pp.
Huggins, D., M. Jakubauskas, D. Baker, T. Hammer. 2010. Determining the Utility and Adaptability of Remote Sensing in Monitoring and Assessing Reservoir Eutrophication and Turbidity for TMDL Assessments. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 171:58 pp. http://www.cpcb.ku.edu/datalibrary/...
Baker, D., D. Huggins, R. Everhart. 2009. Identification and characterization of reference conditions within USEPA Region 7 using EMAP methodology. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 156:77 pp.
Hayford, B.L., D. Baker, D. Huggins, M. Johnson. 2009. Congruence between nutrient water quality parameters and Chironomidae (Diptera) in delineating ecological classifications of Missouri streams at different environmental scales. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 159:19 pp.
Evans-White, M.A., W.K. Dodds, D. Huggins, D. Baker. 2009. Threshold patterns in aquatic biodiversity across water quality gradients in Central Plains streams and rivers. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28(4):855-868. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.18...
Dzialowski, A., V.H. Smith, D. Huggins, J. deNoyelles, N. Lim, D. Baker, J. Beury. 2009. Development of predictive models for geosmin-related taste and odor in Kansas, USA, drinking water reservoirs. Water Research 43:2829-2840. http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...
Beury, J., D. Baker, D. Huggins. 2008. Wetlands in three ecoregions of the Central Plains. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Open-file Report No. 147:15 pp.
Huggins, D., R. Everhart, A. Dzialowski, J. Kriz, D. Baker. 2007. Impact of Sedimentation on Biological Resources: A Sediment Issue White Paper Report prepared for the State of Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 146:23 pp.
Smith, E.F., D. Huggins, D. Baker. 2006. Wadeable streams in Kansas, 2000-2001: Chemistry, physical habitat, and fish communities. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 138:197 pp.
Dzialowski, A., D. Baker, D. Huggins. 2006. Characterization of reference conditions in wadeable streams of the Central Plains. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS 28 pp.
Wang, S.H., D. Huggins, L. Frees, C.G. Volkman, N. Lim, D. Baker, V.H. Smith, J. deNoyelles. 2005. An integrated modeling approach to watershed management: Water and watershed assessment of Cheney Reservoir, Kansas, USA. Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 164:1-19. http://www.springerlink.com/content...
Baker, D., D. Huggins. 2005. Sub-sampling techniques for macroinvertebrates, fish, and benthic algae sampled in biological monitoring of streams and rivers. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Open-File Report No. 132:26 pp.
Wang, S.H., D. Huggins, N. Lim, D. Baker, W.W. Spotts, C.A. Goodrich, J. deNoyelles, S. Campbell, L. Frees, C. Volkman. 2003. Cheney Reservoir water quality and its watershed assessment. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 112:37 pp.
Huggins, D., W.W. Spotts, S.H. Wang, N. Lim, D. Baker. 2003. Validation of best management practices on eight Kansas farms. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS Report No. 105:88 pp.
Baker, D., C. Morse. 2001. Disaster recovery in the herbarium. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections 15:26-35.
Converse, S.S., D. Baker. 2000. Geographic distribution, Lampropeltis triangulum multistrata. Herpetological Review 31:186.