Journal Publications

Breitmeyer, S. E., H. L. Walsh, V. S. Blazer, J. F. Bunnell, P. M. Burritt, J. Dragon, M. L. Hladik, P. M. Bradley, K. M. Romanok, and K. L. Smalling. 2022. Potential health effects of contaminant mixtures from point and nonpoint sources on fish and frogs in the New Jersey Pinelands. Science of the Total Environment 851 (2022) 158205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158205

Buchholz, K. and R. A. Zampella. 1987. A 30-year fire history of the New Jersey Pine Plains. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science 32:61-69.

Bunnell, J. F. and J. L. Ciraolo.  2010.  The potential impact of simulated ground-water withdrawals on the oviposition, larval development, and metamorphosis of pond-breeding frogs.  Wetlands Ecology and Management 18:495-509.

Bunnell, J. F. and R. A. Zampella. 1999. Acid water anuran pond communities along a regional forest to agro-urban ecotone. Copeia 1999:614-627.

Bunnell, J. F. and R. A. Zampella. 2008. Native fish and anuran assemblages differ between impoundments with and without non-native centrarchids and Bullfrogs. Copeia 2008:931-939.

Bunnell, J. F., R. A. Zampella, R. G. Lathrop, and J. A. Bognar. 2003. Landscape changes in the Mullica River Basin of the New Jersey Pinelands, USA. Environmental Management 31:696-708.

Bunnell, J. F., R. A. Zampella, M. D. Morgan, and D. M. Gray. 1999. A comparison of nitrogen removal by subsurface pressure dosing and standard septic systems in sandy soils. Journal of Environmental Management 56:209-219.

Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, R. Zappalorti, J. Bunnell, C. Jeitner, D. Schneider, K. Ng, E. DeVito, and J.M. Lorch. 2023. Prevalence of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola and epizootiology of snake fungal disease in free‑ranging Northern Pine Snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus) in New Jersey. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195, Article number: 662. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-023-11259-w

Campbell, L. J., J. Burger, R. T. Zappalorti, J. F. Bunnell, M. E. Winzeler, D. R. Taylor, J. M. Lorch. 2021. Soil reservoir dynamics of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, the causative agent of snake fungal disease. Journal of Fungi 7(6):461-475. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7060461

Dow, C. L. 1999. Detecting baseflow trends in Coastal Plain streams. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 35(2):349-362.

Dow, C. L. and R. A. Zampella. 2000. Specific conductance and pH as indicators of watershed disturbance in streams of the New Jersey Pinelands, U.S.A. Environmental Management. 26:437-445.

Hernandez, A. D., J. F. Bunnell, M. V. K. Sukhdeo. 2006. Composition and diversity patterns in metazoan parasite communities and anthropogenic disturbance in stream ecosystems. Parasitology 134: 91-102.

Kyle, K.E., M. C. Allen, J. Dragon, J. F. Bunnell, H. K. Reinert, R. Zappalorti, B. D. Jaffe, J. C. Angle, and J. L. Lockwood. 2022. Combining surface and soil environmental DNA with artificial cover objects to improve terrestrial reptile survey detection. Conservation Biology e13939. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13939

Laidig, K. J. 2012 Simulating the effect of groundwater withdrawals on intermittent-pond vegetation communities.  Ecohydrology 5:841-852.

Laidig, K. J. and D. S. Dobkin. 1995. Spatial overlap and habitat associations of barred owls and great horned owls in southern New Jersey. Journal of Raptor Research 29:151-157.

Laidig, K. J. and R. A. Zampella. 1999. Community attributes of Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) swamps in disturbed and undisturbed Pinelands watersheds. Wetlands 19:35-49.

Laidig, K. J., R. A. Zampella, and C. Popolizio. 2009. Hydrologic regimes associated with Helonias bullata L. (swamp pink) and the potential impact of simulated water-level reductions. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136:221-232.

Laidig, K. J., R. A. Zampella, A. M. Brown, and N. A. Procopio.  2010.  Development of vegetation models to predict the potential effect of groundwater withdrawals on forested wetlands.  Wetlands 30:489-500.

Procopio, N. A. 2012.  The effect of streamflow reductions on aquatic habitat availability and fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages in coastal plain streams.  Ecohydrology 5:306-315.

Procopio, N. A.  2010.  Hydrologic and morphologic variability in streams with different cranberry agriculture histories.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association 46:527-540.

Procopio, N. A. and J. F. Bunnell. 2008. Stream and wetland landscape patterns in watersheds with different cranberry agriculture histories, southern New Jersey, USA. Landscape Ecology 23:771-786.

Roman, C. T., R. A. Zampella, and A. Z. Jaworski. 1985. Wetland boundaries in the New Jersey Pinelands: ecological relationships and delineation. Water Resources Bulletin 21:1005-1012.

Schlesinger, M. D., J. A. Feinberg, N. H. Nazdrowicz, J. D. Kleopfer, J. C. Beane, J. F. Bunnell, J. Burger, E. Corey, K. Gipe, J. W. Jaycox, E. Kiviat, J. Kubel, D. P. Quinn, C. Raithel, P. A. Scott, S. M. Wenner, E. L. White, B. Zarate, and H. B. Shaffer. 2018. Follow-up ecological studies for cryptic species discoveries: Decrypting the leopard frogs of the eastern U.S. PLOS ONE 13(11):e0205805. Public Library of Science. 10.1371/journal.pone.0205805

Smalling, K. L., S. E. Breitmeyer, J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, P. M. Burritt, M. C. Sobel, J. A. Cohl, M. L. Hladik, K. M. Romanok, P. M. Bradley. 2021. Assessing the ecological functionality and integrity of natural ponds, excavated ponds and stormwater basins for conserving amphibian diversity. Global Ecology and Conservation 30:e01765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01765

Zampella, R. A. 1994. Characterization of surface water quality along a watershed disturbance gradient. Water Resources Bulletin 30:605-611.

Zampella, R. A. 1994. Morphologic and color pattern indicators of water table levels in sandy Pinelands soils. Soil Science 157:312-317.

Zampella, R. A. and J. F. Bunnell. 2000. The distribution of anurans in two river systems of a Coastal Plain watershed. Journal of Herpetology. 34:210-221.

Zampella, R. A. and J. F. Bunnell. 1998. Use of reference-site fish assemblages to assess aquatic degradation in Pinelands streams.  Ecological Applications 8:645-658.

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and N. A. Procopio.  2006. Using multiple indicators to evaluate the ecological integrity of a coastal plain stream system. Ecological Indicators 6:644-663.

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and N. A. Procopio III.  2010. Aquatic degradation in shallow coastal plain lakes: Gradients or thresholds? Ecological Indicators 10:303-310.

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, N. A. Procopio, D. E. Bryson.  2008.  Macroinvertebrate assemblages in blackwater streams draining forest land and active and abandoned cranberry bogs.  Wetlands 28:2 390-400.

Zampella, R. A. and K. J. Laidig. 1997. Effect of watershed disturbance on Pinelands stream vegetation. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 124:52-66.

Zampella, R. A. and K. J. Laidig. 2003. Functional equivalency of natural and excavated coastal plain ponds. Wetlands 23:860-876.

Zampella, R. A. and R. G. Lathrop. 1997. Landscape changes in Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) wetlands of the New Jersey Pinelands. Landscape Ecology 12:397-408.

Zampella, R. A. and C. T. Roman. 1983. Wetlands protection in the New Jersey Pinelands. Wetlands 3:124-133.

Zampella, R. A., C. L. Dow, and J. F. Bunnell. 2001. Using reference sites and simple linear regression to estimate long-term water levels in Coastal Plain forests. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 37:1189-1201.

Zampella, R. A., K. J. Laidig, R. G. Lathrop, and J. A. Bognar. 1999. Size-class structure and hardwood recruitment in Atlantic white cedar swamps of the New Jersey Pinelands. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 126:268-275.

Zampella, R. A., K. J. Laidig and R. L. Lowe.  2007. Distribution of diatoms in relation to land use and pH in blackwater Coastal Plain streams. Environmental Management 39:369-384.

Zampella, R. A., G. A. Moore, and R. E. Good. 1992. Gradient analysis of pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill.) lowland communities in the New Jersey Pinelands. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119:253-261.

Zampella, R. A., N. A. Procopio, R. G. Lathrop, C. L. Dow. 2007 Relationship of land-use/land-cover patterns and surface-water quality in the Mullica River Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43:594-604.

Miscellaneous Publications

Breitmeyer, S. E., Walsh, H. L., Smalling, K. L., Blazer, V. S., Boetsma, A. C., Carper, L. G., Cohl, J. A., Dietze, J. E., Iwanowicz, L. R., Lane, R. F., Raines, C. D., Schreiner, M. L., Tush, D. L., Wilson, M. C., Sperry, A. J., Bunnell, J. F., Burritt, P. M., and Dragon, J., 2021. Organic and inorganic constituents in surface water and native and non-native fish and frog health data collected from streams, impoundments and wetlands in the New Jersey Pinelands, 2017-2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release. https://doi.org/10.5066/P93VW8GX

Gibson, D. J., R. A. Zampella, and A. G. Windisch. 1999. New Jersey Pine Plains: the "true barrens" of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, in The savanna, barren and rock outcrop communities of North America, edited by R. C. Anderson, J. S. Fralish, and J. Baskin, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Golden, D. M. and J. F. Bunnell. 2002. Calls of New Jersey Frogs and Toads (CD). New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Trenton, New Jersey, USA.

Lathrop, R. G., J. A. Bognar, R. A. Zampella, and J. F. Bunnell. 1997. Monitoring landscape change in the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve. Proceedings of the 1997 ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention, April 7-10, 1997, Seattle, WA 4:88-95.

Risser, P.G., R.L. Burgess, R.T.T. Forman, J. Terborgh, J.A. Wiens, and R. Zampella. 1982. Ecosystem fragmentation in the Pinelands of New Jersey, pp. 5-10 in Ecological solutions to environmental management concerns in the Pinelands National Reserve: proceedings of a conference, edited by R.E. Good, Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ.

Romanok, K. M, K. L., Smalling, J. F., Bunnell, J., Cohl, L., Hazard, K., Monsen, K., Laidig, D., Akob, A., Hansen, M. L., Hladik, N., Abdalla, Q., Ahmed, P., Burritt, M., De Parsia, A., Griggs, M., McWayne-Holmes, N., Patel, C., Sander, M., Sobel, and S, Stout. 2018. Current-use pesticides and emerging amphibian pathogens in natural ponds, excavated ponds and stormwater basins from 24 sites varying in land-use classifications throughout the New Jersey Pinelands, 2014–2016, U.S. Geological Survey data release. https://doi.org/10.5066/F71G0K6G

Smalling, K. L., E. E. Wengrowski, K. M. Bowen, Z. J. Bunnell, M. L. Hladik, M. De Parsia, C. J. Sanders, J. F. Bunnell, P. M. Burritt, K. J. Laidig, and M. C. Sobel. 2022. Current-use pesticides, nutrients, chloride, and metals in ponds and stormwater basins of the New Jersey Pinelands, 2018-20: U.S. Geological Survey data release. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XQOEZV

Zampella, R.A. 1985. Approaches to wetlands protection in the New Jersey Pinelands, in Wetland protection: strengthening the role of states, edited by J. Kusler and R. Hamann, University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, FL.

Zampella, R. A. 1986. Crossley and the ecopolitics of endangered species protection: a New Jersey case study, pp. 279-293 in Endangered and threatened species protection in Pennsylvania and other states: causes, issues and management, edited by S.K. Majumdar, F.J. Brenner, and A.F. Rhoads, The Pennsylvania Academy of Science.

Zampella, R. A. 1987. Atlantic white cedar management in the New Jersey Pinelands, pp. 295-311 in Atlantic white cedar wetlands, edited by A.D. Laderman, Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

Zampella, R. A. 1988. Acquisition, management, and use of public lands, pp. 214-231 in Protecting the New Jersey Pinelands: a new direction in land-use management, edited by B. Robichaud Collins and E. Russell, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ.

Reports

Bunnell, J.F., K.J. Laidig, P.M. Burritt, and M.C. Sobel. 2018. Vulnerability and comparability of natural and created wetlands. Final report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Bunnell, J. F. and J. L. Ciraolo. 2010. The potential impact of simulated groundwater withdrawals on the oviposition, larval development, and metamorphosis of pond-breeding frogs. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Bunnell, J. F., K. J. Laidig, M. C. Sobel, P. M. Burritt, J. K. Dragon, M. Enache, D. Bryson, and A. M. Signor. 2022. Comparability of natural and created wetlands – Part II. Final report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Bunnell, J. F., R. A. Zampella, R. G. Lathrop, and J. A. Bognar. 2001. Landscape changes in the Mullica River Basin. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Bunnell, J. F., R. A. Zampella, M. D. Morgan, and D. M. Gray. 1996. A field comparison of nitrogen removal by on-site standard and pressure dosing septic systems in the New Jersey Pinelands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Dow, C. L. 1996. A summary of Pinelands surface water quality data for Atlantic County, Burlington County, and Cape May County. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J. 1997. Breeding birds along wetland and upland complexes in the New Jersey Pinelands. Final report submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J. 2010. The potential impact of simulated water-level reductions on intermittent-pond vegetation. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J. and D. M. Golden. 2004. Assessing timber rattlesnake movements near a residential development and locating new hibernacula in the New Jersey Pinelands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J. and T. M. Sulikowski. 2001. A survey of beaver activity in the Mullica River Basin. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J. and R. A. Zampella. 1996. Stream vegetation data for twenty long-term study sites in the New Jersey Pinelands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J., R. A. Zampella, A. M. Brown, and N. A. Procopio. 2010. Development of vegetation models to predict the potential effect of groundwater withdrawals on forested wetlands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J., R. A. Zampella, and C. Popolizio. 2010. Hydrologic regimes associated with Helonias bullata L. (swamp pink) and the potential impact of simulated water-level reductions. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Laidig, K. J., R. A. Zampella, T. M. Sulikowski, J. F. Bunnell, and C. L. Dow. 2001. Characteristics of selected Pine Barrens treefrog ponds in the New Jersey Pinelands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Lathrop, R. G. and J. F. Bunnell. 2009. New Jersey Pinelands electric-transmission right-of-way vegetation-management plan. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Nicholson, R. S. and R. A. Zampella. 1987. Precipitation and runoff patterns in Atlantic County, New Jersey 1945-1987. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Pinelands Commission. 1988. An assessment of sewer and water supply alternatives for Pinelands growth areas in the Mullica River Basin, Camden County. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Procopio, N. A.  2003.  Streamflow trend analysis of Upper Mullica River Basin streams.  Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Procopio, N. A. 2010. The effect of streamflow reductions on aquatic habitat availability and fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages in coastal plain streams. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Procopio, N. A. 2011.  Technique to normalize water-quality data to a single time period and an evaluation of the efficacy of reduced water-quality sampling.  Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Schlesinger, M. D., J. A. Feinberg, N. H. Nazdrowicz, J. D. Kleopfer, J. Beane, J. F. Bunnell, J. Burger, E. Corey, K. Gipe, J. W. Jaycox, E. Kiviat, J. Kubel, D. Quinn, C. Raithel, S. Wenner, E. L. White, B. Zarate, and H. B. Shaffer. 2017. Distribution, identification, landscape setting, and conservation of Rana kauffeldi in the northeastern U.S. Report to the Wildlife Management Institute for Regional Conservation Needs grant RCN 2013-03. New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY, USA.

Schock, D. A. 1990. An assessment of the hydrologic impact resulting from development in regional growth areas in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Smalling, K. L., J. F. Bunnell, J. Cohl, K. M. Romanok, L. Hazard, K. Monsen, D. M. Akob, A. Hansen, M. L. Hladik, N. Abdallah, Q. Ahmed, A. Assan, M. De Parsia, A. Griggs, M. McWayne-Holmes, N. Patel, C. Sanders, Y. Shrestha, S. Stout, and B. Williams. 2018. An initial comparison of pesticides and amphibian pathogens between natural and created wetlands in the New Jersey Pinelands, 2014–16: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1077, 18 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181077

Windisch, M.A. 1990. An assessment of the nitrogen removal efficiency and performance of RUCK septic systems in the New Jersey Pinelands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Windisch, M.A. 1990. New Jersey Pinelands surface water quality data, 1988-1990. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Windisch, M.A. 1991. New Jersey Pinelands surface water quality data, 1990-1991. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Windisch, M.A. and R.A. Zampella. 1989. New Jersey Pinelands surface water quality data, 1983-1988. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R.A. 1991. New Jersey Pinelands Commission manual for identifying and delineating Pinelands Area wetlands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R.A. 1992. Long-term Pinelands monitoring program, Task 1: Study area selection. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R.A., J.F. Bunnell, L.J. Craig, and K. J. Laidig. 1994. Long-term Pinelands Monitoring Program. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R.A., J.F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and C.L. Dow. 1997. Monitoring the long-term ecological integrity of forested wetland plant and animal communities in the New Jersey Pinelands. Final report submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and C. L. Dow. 2001. The Mullica River Basin: A report to the Pinelands Commission on the status of the landscape and selected aquatic and wetland resources. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and N. A. Procopio. 2003. The Rancocas Creek Basin: A report to the Pinelands Commission on the status of selected aquatic and wetland resources. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and N. A. Procopio.  2005.  The Great Egg Harbor River Watershed Management Area: A report to the Pinelands Commission on the status of selected aquatic and wetland resources. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella,R.A., J.F.Bunnell, K.J.Laidig, and N.A.Procopio.  2006.  The Barnegat Bay Watershed: A Report To The Pinelands Commission On The Status Of Selected Aquatic And Wetland Resources. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA. 

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and N. A. Procopio. 2006. Monitoring the ecological integrity of Pinelands wetlands: A comparison of wetland landscapes, hydrology, and stream communities in Pinelands watersheds draining active-cranberry bogs, abandoned-cranberry bogs, and forest land. Final report submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and N. A. Procopio. 2007. Monitoring the ecological integrity of Pinelands wetlands: variations in shallow, coastal plain lake Communities associated with land-use-degradation gradients and thresholds. Final report submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., L. Craig, and M. Windisch. 1994. Water quality characteristics of Ocean County Pinelands Streams. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R.A., C.L. Dow, R. G. Lathrop, J. A. Bognar, J. F. Bunnell, K. J. Laidig, and N. A. Procopio. 2002. Using multiple regression to quantify the effect of land use on surface-water quality and aquatic communities in the New Jersey Pinelands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., R. G. Lathrop, J. A. Bognar, L. J. Craig, and K. J. Laidig. 1994. A watershed-based wetland assessment method for the New Jersey Pinelands. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A. and N. A. Procopio 2009.  Landscape patterns and water-quality relationships in New Jersey Pinelands streams.  Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., N. A. Procopio, M. U. Du Brul, J. F. Bunnell.  2008.  An ecological-integrity assessment of the New Jersey Pinelands. A comprehensive assessment of the landscape, aquatic and wetlands systems of the region. New Jersey Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.

Zampella, R. A., N. A. Procopio, K. J. Laidig, and J. F. Bunnell. 2004. The essential character of the Oyster Creek watershed. Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, New Jersey, USA.