Ecologist
Ecosystem Health and Restoration Branch, Public Lands Ecology Section, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station

Education:
B.S. (Biology) Indiana University NW, Indiana, 2001

Research Interests:
Recreational water quality and public health, sources of fecal indicator bacteria in the natural environment, and microbial ecology.

Mailing Address:
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station
1100 North Mineral Springs Road
Porter, IN 46304

E-mail: dshivley@usgs.gov

Phone: (219) 926-8336, ext. 427

Fax: (219) 929-5792

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Richard L. Whitman, Dawn A. Shively, and Meredith B. Nevers. 2010. Linking non-culturable (qPCR) and culturable enterococci densities with hydrometeorological conditions. Science of the Total Environment 408(16): 3096-3101.
Contribution # 1586 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Zhongfu Ge, Meredith B. Nevers, Alexandria B. Boehm, Eunice C. Chern, Richard A. Haugland, Ashley M. Lukasik, Marirosa Molina, Kasia Przybyla-Kelly, Dawn A. Shively, Emily M. White, Richard G. Zepp, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2010. Relationship and variation of qPCR and culturable enterococci estimates in ambient surface waters are predictable. Environmental Science & Technology 44(13): 5049-5054.
Contribution # 1591 [Abstract]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Richard Sawdey, Satoshi Ishii, Dawn A. Shively, John A. Ferguson, Richard L. Whitman, and Michael J. Sadowsky. 2009. Seasonal stability of Cladophora-associated Salmonella in Lake Michigan watersheds. Water Research 43(3): 806-814.
Contribution # 1514 [Abstract]

Nevers, Meredith B., Dawn A. Shively, Gregory T. Kleinheinz, Colleen M. McDermott, William Schuster , Vinni Chomeau, and Richard L. Whitman. 2009. Geographic relatedness and predictability of Escherichia coli along a peninsular beach complex of Lake Michigan. Journal of Environmental Quality 38(6): 2357-2364.
Contribution # 1538 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Katarzyna Przybyla-Kelly, Dawn A. Shively, Meredith B. Nevers, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2009. Hand-mouth transfer and potential for exposure to E. coli and F+ coliphage in beach sand, Chicago, Illinois. Journal of Water and Health 7(4): 623-629.
Contribution # 1534 [Abstract]