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Fritz, S.C., P.A. Baker, T. Lowenstein, G.O. Seltzer, C.A. Rigsby, G. Dwyer, *P. Tapia, K. Arnold, T-H Ku, S. Luo. 2004. Hydrologic variation during the last 170,000 years in the southern hemisphere tropics of South America. Quaternary Research 61: 95-104.

Chepstow-Lusty, A., M.B. Bush, M.R. Frogley, P.A. Baker, S.C. Fritz, & J. Aronson. 2004. Vegetation and climate change on the Bolivian Altiplano between 109,000 and 18,000 years ago. Quaternary Research 63: 90-98.

Fritz, S.C., S. Juggins & D.R. Engstrom. 2004. Patterns of early lake evolution in boreal landscapes: a comparison of stratigraphic inferences with a modern chronosequence in Glacier Bay, Alaska. The Holocene 14 828-840.

*Stone, J.R. & S.C. Fritz. 2004. Three-dimensional modeling of lacustrine diatom habitat areas: improving paleolimnological interpretation of planktic:benthic ratios. Limnology & Oceanography 49: 1540-1548.

*Ramstack, J.M., S.C. Fritz, & D.R. Engstrom. 2004. 20th-century water-quality trends in Minnesota lakes compared with pre-settlement limnological variability. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 561-576.

*Tapia, P.M., E.C. Theriot, S.C. Fritz, F. Cruces, & P. Rivera. 2004. Distribution and morphometric analysis of Cyclostephanos andinae comb. nov., a planktonic diatom from the Central Andes. Diatom Research 19: 311-327.

Fritz, S.C. 2003. Lacustrine perspectives on Holocene climate. In Battarbee, R.W., A. Mackay, H.J.B. Birks, & F. Oldfield (eds). Global Change in the Holocene: Approaches to Reconstructing Fine-Resolution Climate Change. Edward Arnold Press, London. pp. 227-241.

*Ramstack, J.M., S.C. Fritz, D.R. Engstrom, & S. Heiskery. 2003. The application of a diatom-based transfer function to evaluate regional water-quality trends in Minnesota since 1970. Journal of Paleolimnology 29: 79-94.

*Tapia, P.M., S.C. Fritz, P.A. Baker, G.O. Seltzer, & R.B. Dunbar. 2003. A Late Quaternary diatom record of tropical climatic history from Lake Titicaca (Bolivia/Peru). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 194: 139-164.

Paduano, G.M, M. Bush, P.A. Baker, S.C. Fritz, & G.O. Seltzer. 2003. A vegetation and fire history of Lake Titicaca since the Last Glacial Maximum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 194: 259-279.

Baker, P.A., M. Bush, S.C. Fritz, C.A Rigsby, G.O. Seltzer, M. Silman. 2003. Last Glacial Maximum in an Andean cloud forest environment (Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia): Comment on Mourguiart and Ledru. Geology 31 DOI 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)31

Rowe, H.D., Guilderson, T.P., Dunbar, R.B., Southon, J.R., Seltzer, G.O., Mucciarone, D.A., Fritz, S.C., and P.A. Baker, 2003, Timing of late Quaternary lake level change: Lake Titicaca, South America, Global and Planetary Change 38: 273-290.

Laird, K.R., B.F. Cumming, S. Wunsam, J. Rusak, R.J. Oglesby, S.C. Fritz, P.R. Leavitt. 2003. Lake sediments record large-scale shifts in moisture regimes across the northern prairies of North America during the past two millennia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100: 2483-2488.

Seltzer, G.O., D.T. Rodbell, P.A. Baker, S.C. Fritz, *P.M. Tapia, H.D. Rowe, & R.B. Dunbar. 2002. Early deglaciation in the tropical Andes. Science 298: 7a.

Seltzer, G.O., D.T. Rodbell, P.A. Baker, S.C. Fritz, *P.M. Tapia, H.D. Rowe, & R.B. Dunbar. 2002. Early warming of tropical South America at the last glacial-interglacial transition. Science 296: 1685-1686.

Yu, Z., E. Ito, D.R. Engstrom, & S.C. Fritz. 2002. A 2100-year-decadal-resolution trace-element and stable-isotope record from Rice Lake in the northern Great Plains, USA. The Holocene 12:605-617.

*Saros, J.E. & S.C. Fritz. 2002. Resource competition among saline-lake diatoms: shifts in taxon abundance in response to variations in salinity, brine type, and N:P ratios. Freshwater Biology 46: 1-9.

Clark, J.S., E.C. Grimm, J. Donovan, S.C. Fritz, D. Engstrom, & J. Almendinger. 2002. Drought cycles and landscape responses to past aridity in the Northern Great Plains, USA. Ecology 83: 595-601.

D'Agostino, K., G. Seltzer, P. Baker, S.C. Fritz, & R. Dunbar. 2002. Late-Quaternary lowstands of Lake Titicaca (Peru/Bolivia): evidence from high-resolution seismic data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 179: 97-111.

Rowe, H.D., R.B. Dunbar, D.A. Mucciarone, G.O. Seltzer, P.A. Baker, and S.C. Fritz. 2002. Insolation, moisture balance and climate change on the South American Altiplano since the Last Glacial Maximum. Climatic Change 52: 175-199.

Ryves, D., S. Juggins, S.C. Fritz, &. R.W. Battarbee. 2001. Experimental diatom dissolution and the quantification of microfossil preservation in sediments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 172: 99-113.

Snyder, J.A., Wasylik, K., S.C. Fritz, & H.E. Wright, Jr. 2001. A 40,000-year diatom-based paleoclimatic record from Lake Zeribar, Iran. The Holocene 11: 735-744.

Baker, P.A., G.O. Seltzer, S.C. Fritz, R.B. Dunbar, M. Grove, *P. Tapia, S. Cross, H. Rowe, & J. Broda. 2001. The history of South American tropical climate for the past 25,000 years. Science 291: 640-643.

Baker, P.A., C.A. Rigsby, G.O. Seltzer, S.C. Fritz, T. Lowenstein, N. Bacher, & Y. Veliz. 2001. Tropical Climate Changes at Millennial and Orbital Timescales on the Bolivian Altiplano. Nature 409: 698-701.

Pawley, A., S.C. Fritz, P. Baker, G.O. Seltzer, & R. Dunbar. 2001. The biological, chemical, and physical limnology of Lake Titicaca. In Munawar, M. & R. Hecky (eds.). Great Lakes of the World. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society, Backhuys Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 195-215.

Cross, S.L., P.A. Baker, G.O. Seltzer, S.C. Fritz, & R. B. Dunbar. 2001. Isotopic and chemical modeling of Lake Titicaca. Quaternary Research 56: 1-9.

Engstrom, D.R., S.C. Fritz, J.E. Almendinger, & S. Juggins. 2000. Chemical and biological trends during lake evolution in recently deglaciated terrain. Nature 408:161-166.

Fritz, S.C., E. Ito, Z. Yu, *K.R. Laird, & D.R. Engstrom. 2000. Hydrologic variation in the northern Great Plains over the last two millennia. Quaternary Research 53: 175-184.

Fritz, S.C., S.E. Metcalfe, & W. Dean. 2000. Holocene climate patterns in the Americas from paleolimnological records. In Markgraf, V. (ed.) Interhemispheric Climate Linkages. NY: Academic Press. Pp. 241-263.

*Saros, J.E., S.C. Fritz, & A. Smith. 2000. Shifts in mid- to late-Holocene anion composition in Elk Lake (Grant Co., MN): comparison of diatom and ostracode inferences. Quaternary International 67: 37-46.

*Saros, J.E. & S.C. Fritz. 2000. Changes in the growth rate of saline-lake diatoms in response to variation in salinity, brine type, and nitrogen form. Journal of Plankton Research 22: 1071-1083.

*Saros, J.E. & S.C. Fritz. 2000. Nutrients as a link between ionic concentration/composition and diatom distributions in saline lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 23: 449-453.

Cross, S., P.A. Baker, G.O. Seltzer, S.C. Fritz, & R. Dunbar. 2000. A new estimate of the Holocene low stand level of Lake Titicaca and its implications for regional paleohydrology. The Holocene 10: 21-32.

Fritz, S.C., B.F. Cumming, F. Gasse, & K.R. Laird. 1999. Diatoms as indicators of hydrologic and climatic change in saline lakes. In E.F. Stoermer & J.P. Smol, eds. The Diatoms: Applications to Environmental and Earth Sciences. London, Cambridge University Press. pp. 41-72.

Seltzer, G.O., P. Baker, S. Cross, R. Dunbar, & S.C. Fritz. 1998. High-resolution seismic reflection profiles from Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia: evidence for Holocene aridity in the tropical Andes. Geology 26: 167-170.

*Laird, K.R., S.C. Fritz, & *B.F. Cumming. 1998. A diatom-based record of drought intensity, duration, and frequency from Moon Lake, North Dakota: a sub-decadal record of the last 2300 years. Journal of Paleolimnology: 19: 161-179.

*Laird, K.R., S.C. Fritz, E.C. Grimm, & *B.F. Cumming. 1998. Early Holocene limnological and climatic variability in the northern Great Plains. The Holocene: 8: 275-285.

Valero-Garces, B., *K.R. Laird, S.C. Fritz, K.R. Kelts, E. Ito, & E.C. Grimm. 1997. Holocene climate in the northern Great Plains inferred from sediment stratigraphy, stable isotopes, carbonate geochemistry, diatoms, and pollen at Moon Lake, N.D., USA. Quaternary Research 48: 359-369.

Theriot, E.C., S.C. Fritz, & R. Gresswell. 1997. Long-term limnological data from the larger lakes of Yellowstone National Park. Arctic & Alpine Research 29: 304-314.

Covich, A.P., S.C. Fritz, P.J. Lamb, R.G. Marzolf, W. Matthews, K. Poiani, E. Prepas, & T. Winter. 1997. Potential effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems of the Great Plains of North America. Hydrologic Processes 11: 993-1021.

Gasse, F., P. Gell, P. Barker, S.C. Fritz, & F. Chalie. 1997. Diatom-inferred salinity of palaeolakes: an indirect tracer of climate change. Quaternary Science Reviews 16: 547-563.

Fritz, S.C. 1996. Paleolimnological records of climatic change in North America. Limnology and Oceanography 41: 882-889.

Fritz, S.C., D.R. Engstrom, & B.J. Haskell. 1996. Nineteenth-century climate in the Devils Lake region as reconstructed from paleolimnological proxies: a reply to Wiche et al. The Holocene 6:490-493.

*Laird, K.R., S.C. Fritz, K.A. Maasch, & *B.F. Cumming. 1996. Greater drought intensity and frequency before AD 1200 in the northern Great Plains, USA. Nature 384: 552-554.

*Laird, K.R., S.C. Fritz, E.C. Grimm, & P.G. Mueller. 1996. Century-scale paleoclimatic reconstruction from Moon Lake, N.D., a closed-basin lake in the northern Great Plains. Limnology & Oceanography 41: 890-902.

Kilham, S.S., E.C. Theriot, & S.C. Fritz. 1996. Linking planktonic diatoms and climate change using resource theory in the large lakes of the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Limnology & Oceanography 41: 1052-1062.

Haskell, B., D.R. Engstrom, & S.C. Fritz. 1996. Late Quaternary paleohydrology in the N.A. Great Plains inferred from the geochemistry of endogenic carbonates and fossil ostracodes from Devils Lake, N.D. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 124: 179-193.

Watts, W.A., J.R.M. Allen, B. Huntley, & S.C. Fritz. 1996. Vegetation history and climate of the last 15,000 years at Laghi di Monticchio, Southern Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews 15: 113-132.

Carvahlo, L., E.J. Cox, S.C. Fritz, S. Juggins, P. Sims, F. Gasse, & R.W. Battarbee. 1995. Standardizing the taxonomy of saline lake Cyclotella spp. Diatom Research 10: 229-240.

Fritz, S.C., D.R. Engstrom, & B. Haskell. 1994. "Little Ice Age" aridity in the North American Great Plains. The Holocene 4: 69-73.

Juggins, S, R.W. Battarbee, S.C. Fritz, and F. Gasse. 1994. The CASPIA project: diatoms, salt lakes, and environmental change. Journal of Paleolimnology 12: 191-196.

Engstrom, D.R., C. Whitlock, S.C. Fritz, and H.E. Wright, Jr. 1994. Reinventing erosion in Yellowstone's northern range: reply to Hamilton. Journal of Paleolimnology 10: 159-161.

Fritz, S.C., S. Juggins, & R.W. Battarbee. 1993. Diatom assemblages and ionic characterization of lakes in the northern Great Plains, N.A.: a tool for reconstructing past salinity and climate fluctuations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 50:1844-1856.

Fritz, S.C., J.C. Kingston, & D.R. Engstrom. 1993. Quantitative trophic reconstruction from sedimentary diatom assemblages: a cautionary tale. Freshwater Biology 30: 1-23.

Fritz, S.C., S. Juggins, R.W. Battarbee, & D.R. Engstrom. 1991. A diatom-based transfer function for salinity, water-level, and climate reconstruction. Nature 352: 706-708.

Whitlock, C., S.C. Fritz, & D.R. Engstrom. 1991. A prehistoric perspective on the Northern Range. In Keiter, R. & M. Boyce (eds.) The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Redefining America's Wilderness Heritage. Yale University Press pp. 289-305.

Engstrom, D.R., C. Whitlock, S.C. Fritz, & H.E. Wright. 1991. Recent environmental changes inferred from the sediments of small lakes in Yellowstone's Northern Range. Journal of Paleolimnology 5:139-174.

Fritz, S.C. 1990. Twentieth-century salinity and water-level fluctuations in Devils Lake, N.D.: test of a diatom-based transfer function. Limnology & Oceanography 35:1771-1781.

Munro, M.A.R., S.C. Fritz and 14 others. 1990. Diatom quality control and data handling. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London B 327: 257-261.

Flower, R.J., N. Cameron, N. Rose, S.C. Fritz, R. Harriman, & A.C.Stevenson. 1990. Post-1970 water chemistry and diatom changes at several acidified upland lakes in the U.K. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London B 327: 427-438.

Fritz, S.C., A.M. Kreiser, P.G. Appleby, & R.W. Battarbee. 1990. Recent acidification of upland lakes in North and Mid-Wales: paleolimnological evidence. In R.W. Edwards, A.S. Gee, & J.H. Stoner (eds.), Acid Waters in Wales. Kluwer Academic Pub., Dordrecht. pp. 27-37.

Fritz, S.C., A.C. Stevenson, S.T. Patrick, P.G. Appleby, F. Oldfield, B. Rippey, J. Natkanski, & R.W. Battarbee. 1989. Paleolimnological evidence for the recent acidification of Llyn Hir, Dyfed, Wales. Journal of Paleolimnology 2: 245-262.

Fritz, S.C. 1989. Lake development and limnological response to prehistoric and historic land-use in Diss, Norfolk, England. Journal of Ecology 77: 182-202.

Peglar, S.M., S.C. Fritz, & H.J.B. Birks. 1989. Vegetation and land-use history in Diss, Norfolk, England. Journal of Ecology 77: 203-222.

Fritz, S.C. & R.W. Battarbee. 1988. Sedimentary diatom assemblages in freshwater and saline lakes of the Northern Great Plains, N. America: preliminary results. Proceedings, IX International Symposium on Living and Fossil Diatoms, Bristol, England. J. Cramer Publishers, Stuttgart. pp. 246-252.

Foster, D.R. & S.C. Fritz. 1987. Mire development, pool formation, and landscape processes of patterned fens in Dalarna, central Sweden. Journal of Ecology 75: 409-437.

Peglar, S.M., S.C. Fritz, T. Alapieti, M. Saarnisto, and H.J.B. Birks. 1984. Composition and formation of laminated sediments in Diss Mere, Norfolk, England. Boreas 13: 13-28.

Fritz, S.C. & R.E. Carlson. 1982. Stratigraphic diatom and chemical evidence for acid strip-mine lake recovery. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 17: 151-163.