Community interactions
Essential habitat identification
otolith research
ANALYTICAL
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emmision Spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
Ion Chromatography
Total Carbon
Isotope Mass Spectrometer
DATA COLLECTION/PREPARATION
Aqueous and sediment/rock collection using trace metal clean techniques
Hydrologic measurements (discharge etc.)
Biological sample collection (electroshocking etc.)
Clean Laboratory sample preparation for ICP-MS (column chromatography etc.)
CURRENT FIELD AREAS
Spring River Arkansas
Moldova
New zealand
TEACHING
2001 - present Environmental Geology
2001 - present General chemistry
1997 - 2000 General Biology
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
American Limnology and Oceanography
Mid-South Affiliate Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
North American Benthological Society
Research deals with use of both surrogate and resident organisms to assess water and sediment quality, optimizing measurement endpoints, indices, and assessment methods (lab and in situ exposures).
I am broad generalist interested in conservation biology of reserves and protected areas. I am interested in aquatic indicators of biological integrity. Also, theoretical aspects of dam removal.
I have been identifying benthic macroinvertebrates (arthropods, molluscs, annelids) for over 25 years. Taxonomic expertise concentrated in Great Lakes basin of North America, East Africa, British Columbia, Southeast Asia and New Zealand. Particularly interested in Baetid mayflies.
I have worked with freshwater diatoms for nearly 30 years. I wrote an identification manual for the Nashville District of the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1980's. I have a digital library of over 2,600 micrographs including 812 scanning electron micrographs of diatoms from the central Ohio River Basin. I have a permanent (HYRAX) herbarium of over 700 slides including isotype material for 16 taxa-
Jarrett, G. L. and J. M. King. 1989. The Diatom Flora (Bacillariophyceae) of Lake Barkley. Final Report to The Army Corps Of Engineers. 205 P. (Includes A Key, Annotation On 269 Taxa and Over 300 Light and Scanning Electron Micrographs).
Identification of New World Odonata, both adults and larvae; preparing a book on Anisoptera larvae of North America; preparing keys for South American families and genera; describing new species from Neotropics.
My lab's phycological expertise involves mainly algae in relative extreme environments (e.g., alpine, acidified boreal, polar) with a particular emphasis on periphytic species.
Taxonomy, systematics, distribution, and ecology of freshwater, marine, estuarine, and terrestrial Annelida (oligochaetous Clitellata, Hirudinida, Aeolosomatida, Branchiobdellida, and freshwater Polychaeta).
Annelids and other fauna associated with springs, seeps, cave streams and pools, and other groundwater sources. As a 30 year member of the NABS Literature Review Committee, I am interested in receiving reprints of your papers that discuss any and all aspects of aquatic annelids, regardless of taxonomic level of identification, and all papers that include descriptions and/or revisions of annelid taxa (exclusive of the marine and estuarine Polychaeta); review of your published papers will assure accurate inclusion in bibliographic compilations.
Taxonomic expertise with both larvae and
adults. Area of special interest New England and Atlantic Canada. Taxonomic assistance provided free to students and colleagues without major grant support. Specific requirements for accepting specimens for taxonomic analysis available upon request.
aquatic ID experience goes back to 1993; particular expertise throughout Rocky Mountains, and Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama; interest in southeast U.S. and New England; also considerable expertise (since 1990)in many terrestrial groups
Research includes stonefly, taxonomy, life history, distribution. Currently using museum specimen data to track temporal and spatial changes in stonefly assemblage of Illinois and Midwest. Use mayfly, stonefly, caddisfly (EPT) assemblage as indicator of stream condition at randomly chosen sites in Illinois. Studying the distribution of EPT species in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
I have approx. 20 years of experience with taxonomy of general stream invertebrates in eastern North America, but my specialty is Trichoptera, both larvae and adults.
Systematics and ecology of primarily freshwater mollusks, both Bivalvia and Gastropoda, of North America with secondary interest in terrestrial gastropods, molluscan taxa from other continents, and freshwater Crustacea
I'm most familiar with freshwater mussels of the family Unionidae. Most of my experience is in the upper Mississippi and Ohio River drainages, with addtional experience in the Mobil River drainage of Alabama and some northern Atlantic Slope drainages.
Cambaridae My research focuses on understanding how fish habitat relates to the productive capacity of aquatic ecosystems, and in a broader context, ecosystem health. I work in stream ecology and study the effects of human alterations such as water diversions and mining. In my work, I emphasize an understanding of physical and ecological river processes, the habitat template, and the need to approach restoration projects with scientific rigor so that we may learn from our successes and failures.
I work with temporary pond breeders in the southeast US, riparian salamanders, and (ocassionally) tailed frogs structure of vertebrate assemblages (primarily amphibians and reptiles) in small streams, temporary ponds, and other ephemeral habitats
Stream invertebrates (general) Lake invertebrates (general)
ES&C is a certified HUBZone small business providing taxonomic expertise and analytical support to public and private sector clients nationwide. ES&C is a certified HUBZone small business providing taxonomic expertise and analytical support to public and private sector clients nationwide.
Author of the first largely pictorial guide to the identification of NA chironomid larvae (1968 FWQA, USDI; rev. 1969, FWPCA; USEPA 1973; Ecology Support, Inc. 1998, 5th Printing 2000).
Research includes biogeography, ecology, life history, taxonomy, community structure, and pollution tolerances of Plecoptera as related to applied studies such as bioassessments, evaluation of natural resource damages, food habit studies, and effects of anthropogenic disturbances
Particular experience with larval species ID of EPTO taxa in TN & Cumberland River systems. Dipteran taxonomic skills limited mostly to family level. Also familiar with mussel taxonomy in TN/OH basin.
For the past 15 years I have been involved in biomonitoring in north-central Tennessee and the surrounding region. I have specialized in the Polycentropodidae and have considerable experience in Neotropical Polycentropus
I would by no means call myself and expert, but I have had almost three years of experience with Chironomidae- and have a continuing interest in this group.
I have worked with macroinvertebrates in the Southeast for over 20 years. I have identified all freshwater groups, and prepared and authored many reports, including peer-reviewed scientific articles. I have had a professional involvement with and strong interest in Chironomidae identification for over twenty years.
I have visited several museums across the U.S. and studied the available semi-aquatic hemiptera collections. I am particularly interested in the Belostomatidae.
Over 12 years experience with TN River basin and Atlantic slope freshwater mussels in Virginia and North Carolina. Also proficient with freshwater gastropods in same area.
Studied unionoid mollusks of the Upper
Mississippi River System since 1969.
Identification of juvenile and other unionids from Central USA
Faunal surveys in large and small rivers.
And I like mayflies, particularly the Siphlonuroidea and Leptophleboidea. But I am no expert. I have a developing interest in Chironomidae and Ceratopogoninae.
In contexts of trophic function, lotic ecology, and anthropogenic disturbance and related reclamation of threatened salmonid fisheries. Particular interest in anadromous fisheries. Contract taxonomist for your project's benthic samples from Rocky Mountain, Great Basin, and Pacific Coast states. (Click name for details.)
BMI Taxonomy Lab, Canadian Rivers Institute. Certified Taxonomist - Kristie Heard (kheard@unb.ca) offering a variety of collection, sorting, and analytical services (www.unb.ca/cri)
I am not a taxonomist rather I am a community ecologist who prefers to correctly identify the fishes, crustaceans (mainly decopods), and molluscs (mainly bivalves)that show up in predator stomachs.
I am not an expert in taxonomy of aquatic invertebrates, but as a tropical benthologist, I have acquired some skills to identify a significant diversity of benthic invertebrates (mostly aquatic insects).
Biomonitoring of ecological conditions of High altitude Andean Streams. Microdistribution of stream invertebrates under different hydrological conditions Aquatic Gastropoda
Epilithic meiofauna communities with focus on nematodes Since meiofauna organisms in periphyton communities in lakes have greatly been neglected, I focus on these communities with main emphasis on nematodes.
Most of tne invertebrate fauna in freshwater systems in Nigeria have not been described. alot need to be done in this direction. We are just doing the best we can with very limited resources.
I have authored the principal guide used to identify aquatic insects in New Zealand. I also have expertise in identifying freshwater Mollusca of NZ and to an extent the lotic Crustacea.
