| Name | Group | Comment |
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| Yves Alarie | Coleoptera | Hydradephaga systematics; larvae, adult; biodiversity |
| Javier Alba-Tercedor | Ephemeroptera | |
| Brian Armitage | Trichoptera | "Primary interest: Adults of the Goeridae, Rhyacophilidae, and Limnephilidae. |
| Nicholas Aumen | Bacteria | Expertise focused on determining physiological groups of microoganisms in aquatic ecosystems. |
| Felix Baerlocher | Fungi | aquatic hyphomycetes |
| Shelley Ball | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Nate Bickford | Fish | "Community interactions
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| G. Burton | Stream invertebrates (general) | 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). |
| Yong Cao | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Namil Chung | Fungi | Aqutic Fungal Ecology and Interaction with Macroinvertebrates |
| Atilano Contreras-Ramos | Megaloptera | I have a particular interest on Neotropical Megaloptera, but a general interest on Corydalidae of the World. |
| Gregory Courtney | Diptera (Others) | |
| John Epler | Chironomidae | "Larvae, pupae or adults |
| Steve Fend | Oligochaeta | Lumbriculidae in particular; general interest in other microdriles. |
| Leonard Ferrington | Chironomidae | |
| Jerome Freilich | Stream invertebrates (general) | 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. |
| Jon Gelhaus | Diptera (Others) | crane flies, Tipuloidea: Tipulidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Cylindrotomidae |
| Christy Geraci | Trichoptera | Hydropsychidae |
| Mark Gessner | Fungi | aquatic hyphomycetes in temperate regions |
| N. Giani | Oligochaeta | |
| Frederic Govedich | Other | I work on freshwater leeches (Euhirudinea) |
| Ronald Griffiths | Stream invertebrates (general) | 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. |
| Vladislav Gulis | Fungi | aquatic hyphomycetes |
| Landis Hare | Lake invertebrates (general) | |
| Ralph Holzenthal | Trichoptera | |
| Colin Jackson | Bacteria | |
| Luke Jacobus | Ephemeroptera | Ephemerellidae |
| Donna Kashian | Other | Ecotoxicology |
| John Kingston | Algae | diatoms and freshwater algae of lakes, streams, wetlands |
| Michael May | Odonata | Behavior, systematics |
| John Morse | Trichoptera | systematics, biogeography |
| C. Riley Nelson | Plecoptera | I work especially with Capniidae. |
| Steve Ormerod | Other | General stream and river ecology, mostly Europe and Asia |
| Adrian Pinder | Oligochaeta | |
| Aga Pinowska | Algae | |
| Marina Potapova | Algae | freshwater and brackishwater diatoms |
| Aysha Prather | Trichoptera | particular expertise in: North American Rhyacophilidae, New World Calamoceratidae and Odontoceridae |
| Heather Proctor | Other | Acari: Hydracarina (Hydrachnellae/'water mites'); Oribatida, Astigmata, Mesostigmata |
| Seth Reice | Stream invertebrates (general) | I specialize in benthic macroinvertebrate biodivesity, mainly in North Carlina, but also in Israel, Canada and Brazil. |
| Barton Richard | Ephemeroptera | |
| Ole Saether | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Ole Saether | Lake invertebrates (general) | |
| Ole Saether | Chironomidae | |
| Ole Saether | Diptera (Others) | |
| Garry Scrimgeour | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Martin Spies | Chironomidae | esp. the Americas, West Palaearctic, Africa |
| R. Stevenson | Algae | I am particularly familiar with diatom taxonomy and ecology. |
| Keller Suberkropp | Fungi | |
| Kazumi Tanida | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Brad Taylor | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Brad Taylor | Plecoptera | |
| Kenneth Tennessen | Odonata | 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. |
| Sam Testa III | Coleoptera | "Hydrophilidae adults |
| Rolf Vinebrooke | Algae | 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. |
| Mark Vinson | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Mark Wetzel | Oligochaeta | "Taxonomy, systematics, distribution, and ecology of freshwater, marine, estuarine, and terrestrial Annelida (oligochaetous Clitellata, Hirudinida, Aeolosomatida, Branchiobdellida, and freshwater Polychaeta). |
| Michelle Wildsmith | Other | Taxonomy of polychaetes and amphipods from marine and estuarine waters in Western Australia |
| Bill Wolfe | Stream invertebrates (general) | aquatic Coleoptera, especially Hydradephaga |
| Name | Group | Comment |
|---|
| Debbie Arnwine | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Raynie Bambarger | Mollusca | Unionid Mussels |
| Braven Beaty | Mollusca | Proficient with mussels of upper Tennessee Basin, some knowledge of Atlantic slope mussels. |
| Mike Beiser | Trichoptera | |
| Chris Burcher | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Chris Burcher | Fish | |
| Robert Butler | Crustacea | Crayfish; particularly imperiled species |
| Charles Covell | Stream invertebrates (general) | Fauna of KY, esp. Culicidae |
| William Crouch | Stream invertebrates (general) | Aquatic insects, oligochaeta, freshwater mussels |
| Lawrence Eaton | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Damon Ely | Stream invertebrates (general) | Southern Appalachian headwater streams |
| William English | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| John Epler | Coleoptera | "My expertise is mainly with the water beetle fauna of Florida |
| Erin Feichtner | Stream invertebrates (general) | Collect and identify aquatic macroinvertebrates in a Metro Atlanta county. |
| Michael Gangloff | Mollusca | Specialization in Mobile and Gulf Coastal (ACF, Escambia, Yellow) Unionidae. |
| Steven Hamilton | Stream invertebrates (general) | For the past 15 years I have been involved in biomonitoring in north-central Tennessee and the surrounding region. |
| Steven Hamilton | Trichoptera | I have specialized in the Polycentropodidae and have considerable experience in Neotropical Polycentropus |
| Kathy Herring | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Richard Jacobsen | Chironomidae | "After 19 years, I can discriminate ""red midges"" from ""green midges""" |
| Robert Johnson | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Eugene Keferl | Mollusca | |
| Tom Kennedy | Other | freshwater mussel parasite (unionid larval life stage)- host fish relationship |
| David Kesler | Mollusca | Unionidae only |
| Ryan King | Other | Wetland and low-gradient stream macroinvertebrates |
| John Kominoski | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| John Kominoski | Bacteria | |
| John Kominoski | Fungi | |
| Sarah Kopplin | Mollusca | Unionids (Souhteastern Michigan & North Carolina) |
| David Lenat | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| David Lenat | Ephemeroptera | |
| David Lenat | Trichoptera | |
| David Lenat | Chironomidae | |
| Laura Line | Stream invertebrates (general) | Most experience with Chironomidae taxonomy. |
| Stephen McMurray | Mollusca | freshwater mussels, terrestrial and aquatic snails |
| Kevin Morse | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Lucie Novoveska | Algae | |
| Brett Ostby | Mollusca | |
| Michael Paul | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Greg Phillips | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Johnny Richardson | Odonata | Larval Odonata |
| Bradford Robinson | Stream invertebrates (general) | Expertise with most aquatic macroinvertbrate groups, especially Trichoptera |
| Amy Rollins | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Anthony Roux | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Allison Roy | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Sarah Roy | Stream invertebrates (general) | Florida SCI and Biorecon, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana collection and Identification |
| Allison Roy | Fish | |
| Robert Rutter | Lake invertebrates (general) | Florida |
| Guenter Schuster | Stream invertebrates (general) | I work with Trichoptera, crayfishes and freshwater mussels |
| Stephen Sefick | Stream invertebrates (general) | 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. |
| Brent Stafford | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Brent Stafford | Fish | |
| Michael Stowe | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Douglas Strom | Stream invertebrates (general) | 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. |
| Douglas Strom | Chironomidae | I have had a professional involvement with and strong interest in Chironomidae identification for over twenty years. |
| Adam Sukenick | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Charles Swart | Other | I have visited several museums across the U.S. and studied the available semi-aquatic hemiptera collections. I am particularly interested in the Belostomatidae. |
| Theresa Thom | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Joshua Tompkins | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Melvin Warren | Fish | |
| Brian Watson | Mollusca | 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. |
| Douglas Wymer | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Erika Yates | Odonata | |
| Name | Group | Comment |
|---|
| Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi | Lake invertebrates (general) | Particularly ode nymphs, culicid & chaoborid larvae |
| Jody Barbeau | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Frank Borsuk | Fish | |
| Ethan Bright | Stream invertebrates (general) | Chironomidae; also Odonata, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera |
| William Crouch | Stream invertebrates (general) | Aquatic Insects Species ID (immatures), including Chironomidae (larvae only) |
| Sara da Silva | Stream invertebrates (general) | Four years doing taxonomic ID in RI. |
| Jeremy Deeds | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Kristoffer Dramby | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Sean Dunlap | Odonata | |
| Jane Earle | Plecoptera | Updating PA stonefly species distribution list, studying pollution tolerance & habitat preferences. |
| Alan Everett | Stream invertebrates (general) | general knowledge of stream invertebrates in Southeastern Pennsylvania Piedmont |
| Alan Graham | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Richard Jacobsen | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Kurt Jirka | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Kurt Jirka | Mollusca | Primarily Unionidae |
| Troy Keller | Crustacea | |
| Jonathan Kennen | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Jonathan Kennen | Fish | |
| Robert Limbeck | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| James McGonigle | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| George Merovich | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| George Merovich | Lake invertebrates (general) | |
| George Merovich | Fish | |
| George Merovich | Amphibia | |
| Alberto Mimo | Crustacea | I also work with marine crustaceans |
| Tiffany Moore | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Ethan Nedeau | Stream invertebrates (general) | Freshwater macroinvertebrates from streams, lakes, vernal pools. Species IDs when good keys exist. |
| J Nolan | Stream invertebrates (general) | NABS TCE Level 2 Group 2 and 3 East (EPT and Chironomidae) certified taxonomist. |
| Robert Nuzzo | Stream invertebrates (general) | familiar with many aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa from wadable, fast-flowing streams in Massachusetts |
| Matthew Opdyke | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Leland Pollock | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Thomas Proch | Plecoptera | |
| Thomas Proch | Mollusca | |
| Frank Rinkevich | Stream invertebrates (general) | I am capable of identifying nearly every stream insect to genus using Merritt and Cummings 3rd Edition. |
| John Ryder | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Lynnette Saunders | Odonata | expertise in larval odonate identification |
| Annette Schloss | Stream invertebrates (general) | I study the diel behaviors of stream insects, especially in regards to light cues and interactions with predators. |
| Robert Schott | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Robert Ventorini | Stream invertebrates (general) | Moderate taxonomic expertise of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Diptera, Megaloptera, and Coleoptera genera. |
| Gerald Watson | Stream invertebrates (general) | Primary expertise: Aquatic Insect Taxonomy With a general concentration on the Northeastern U.S. |
| Melvin Zimmerman | Stream invertebrates (general) | in particular Ephemeroptera ( Hexagenia) |
| Name | Group | Comment |
|---|
| Kevin Alexander | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Janel Banks | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Randall Bernot | Mollusca | |
| Becky Blasius | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Angela Bobeldyk | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Aimee Budd | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Steven Burian | Ephemeroptera | "Taxonomic expertise with both larvae and |
| Robert Butler | Mollusca | Primarily mussels, secondarily aquatic gastropods; particularly imperiled species |
| Robert Butler | Fish | Stream fishes, particularly imperiled species |
| Alan Christian | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Charles Covell | Lepidoptera | Specialize in Geometridae of western hemisphere; aquatic insects of Kentucky; mosquitoes of Jefferson Co., KY |
| Grant De Jong | Stream invertebrates (general) | 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 |
| R. DeWalt | Plecoptera | 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. |
| Robert Dillon | Mollusca | "Coordinating the Freshwater Gastropods of North America Project. See: |
| Alice Dossett | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Richard Doucett | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Richard Doucett | Fish | |
| Richard Dufford | Algae | |
| Walter Duffy | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Sally Entrekin | Stream invertebrates (general) | southeast and central |
| Michael Floyd | Stream invertebrates (general) | 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. |
| Steve Freeling | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Ken Fritz | Stream invertebrates (general) | jack of all invertebrate groups |
| Paula Furey | Algae | |
| Paula Furey | Algae | Eunotia :) |
| Fran Gelwick | Fish | Stream Ecology, Bioassessment, Aquatic Resources Management |
| Mark Gordon | Mollusca | 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 |
| Scott Grotheer | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Scott Grubbs | Plecoptera | |
| B.J. Hann | Crustacea | " |
| Julianne Heinlein | Algae | |
| Michael Hoggarth | Mollusca | Ecology, Systematics and Life History of Freshwater Molluscs: Bivalvia and Gastropoda |
| Emily Hollingsworth | Algae | My specialty is in diatoms. |
| Ralph Holzenthal | Trichoptera | |
| C Hornig | Stream invertebrates (general) | primarily aquatic life stages |
| Thomas Horvath | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Thomas Horvath | Lake invertebrates (general) | |
| Thomas Horvath | Mollusca | |
| Thomas Horvath | Crustacea | Harpacticoida |
| Thomas Horvath | Meiofauna | |
| Chuck Howard | Mollusca | 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. |
| Donald Huggins | Odonata | |
| Donald Jackson | Fish | |
| Donna Kashian | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Joe Keiper | Diptera (Others) | Taxonomy of higher Diptera, particularly acalyptrates; taxonomy of adult and larval Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera). |
| Tom Kennedy | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Tom Kennedy | Fish | |
| Ray Kepner | Protist | |
| Grace Kilbane | Stream invertebrates (general) | Eastern and Western EPT, General Invertebrates (excluding Chironomidae and Oligochaeta). |
| David Klein | Stream invertebrates (general) | I am interested in invertebrate identification and how they are affected my pollutants |
| Ely Kosnicki | Chironomidae | I have worked and studied from coast to coast in the USA and I have had opportunities to discuss specimens with experts. I have also authored and coauthored a couple range extension papers. |
| Kenneth Krieger | Lake invertebrates (general) | Primary expertise in Lake Erie drainage |
| Kenneth Krieger | Oligochaeta | Naididae and Tubificidae of Lake Erie |
| Thomas La Point | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Gina LaLiberte | Algae | |
| Michael Lemke | Bacteria | |
| Norman Leonard | Amphibia | I work with temporary pond breeders in the southeast US, riparian salamanders, and (ocassionally) tailed frogs |
| Norman Leonard | Other | structure of vertebrate assemblages (primarily amphibians and reptiles) in small streams, temporary ponds, and other ephemeral habitats |
| Gary Lester | Chironomidae | I am available to work on larval and pupal Chironomidae for N. America. |
| Craig Logan | Stream invertebrates (general) | I deal with both lake and stream invertebrates occuring throughout Canada and the Northern United States. |
| Kevin Lunde | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Stuart Lynde | Stream invertebrates (general) | "ES&C is a certified HUBZone small business providing taxonomic expertise and analytical support to public and private sector clients nationwide." |
| Stuart Lynde | Lake invertebrates (general) | "ES&C is a certified HUBZone small business providing taxonomic expertise and analytical support to public and private sector clients nationwide." |
| Kate Macneale | Plecoptera | |
| Kalina Manoylov | Algae | diatom and algal taxonomic identification |
| Brett Marshall | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| William Mason | Chironomidae | 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). |
| Robin Matthews | Algae | |
| Stephen McMurray | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Ashley Moerke | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Ashley Moerke | Fish | |
| James Moore | Diptera (Others) | Culicidae |
| Stephen Moulton | Trichoptera | |
| Armin Namayandeh | Chironomidae | |
| Richard Neves | Stream invertebrates (general) | freshwater mussels |
| Teresa Newton | Mollusca | |
| Dwight Osmon | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Dwight Osmon | Lake invertebrates (general) | |
| Yangdong Pan | Algae | Freshwater algae/periphyton |
| Charles Parker | Trichoptera | |
| Manuel Pescador | Ephemeroptera | Systematics |
| Carlos Pinkham | Stream invertebrates (general) | Not an expert at all, but interested in taxa found in northern temperate deciduous and boreal streams of N America |
| Barry Poulton | Plecoptera | 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 |
| Trefor Reynoldson | Oligochaeta | |
| Moriya Rufer | Lake invertebrates (general) | Benthic macroinvertebrates, especially Chironomidae. |
| David Ruiter | Trichoptera | |
| John Sandberg | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Brandi Sangunett | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Thomas Schultz | Odonata | |
| Jeffrey Simmons | Algae | |
| Geoffrey Smith | Stream invertebrates (general) | Presently working on the stream ecology of Indian River, Sitka, Baranof Island, Southeast Alaska. |
| Alexander Smith | Chironomidae | |
| Thomas Smith | Algae | |
| Charles Staines | Coleoptera | |
| Arthur Stewart | Algae | I can identify a few algae and appreciate and have some understanding of their modes of life, but I am not a taxonomic specialist, for any group. |
| Ben Stout | Stream invertebrates (general) | My taxonomic expertise includes general aquatic insect taxonomy of all aquatic orders. |
| Jason Sweet | Fish | Stream Fish |
| Jason Sweet | Fish | Stream Fish |
| Steven Taylor | Other | Semiaquatic Hemiptera |
| John Thiele | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Lusha Tronstad | Stream invertebrates (general) | I can identify aquatic invertebrates, including larval and adult chironomids. |
| Nancy Tuchman | Stream invertebrates (general) | I study global change impacts on multiple trophic levels including the microorganisms, algae, and macroinvertebrates. |
| Andrew Turner | Mollusca | |
| Charles Watson | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Charles Watson | Lake invertebrates (general) | |
| Charles Watson | Chironomidae | |
| Carl Way | Mollusca | sphaeriid clams |
| Matt Whiles | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Matt Whiles | Trichoptera | larvae |
| Matt Whiles | Amphibia | |
| Mark Wipfli | Stream invertebrates (general) | "Food webs |
| Daelyn Woolnough | Stream invertebrates (general) | |
| Daelyn Woolnough | Mollusca | |
| Daelyn Woolnough | Fish | |