The Entomology Group studies factors that affect the distribution and abundance of aquatic invertebrates, the functional role of invertebrates in stream and river ecosystems, and how these invertebrate communities respond to human activities in temperate and tropical watersheds.
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A new parthenogenetic mayfly (Ephemeroptera:Ephemerellidae:Eurylophella Tiensuu) oviposits by abdominal bursting in the subimago
Funk, D.H., J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. 2008. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(2):269–279.
Mesh size affects macroinvertebrate descriptions in large rivers: examples from the Savannah and Mississippi Rivers
Battle, J.M., J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. 2007. Hydrobiologia 592:329–343.
Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure
Heatherly, T., M.R. Whiles, D.J. Gibson, S.L. Collins, A.D. Huryn, J.K. Jackson, and M.A. Palmer. 2007. Oecologia 151(2):313–331.
Annual and spatial variation for macroinvertebrates in the Upper Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Battle, J.M., J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. 2007. Fundamental and Applied Limnology Archiv für Hydrobiology 168(1):39–54.
Macroinvertebrate distribution in relation to land use and water chemistry in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds
Kratzer, E.B., J.K. Jackson, D.B. Arscott, A.K. Aufdenkampe, C.L. Dow, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:954–976.
Tioga County EPA Grant to Study Effects of Acid Mine Drainage
Stroud Center scientists will investigate the relationship between acid mine drainage and the ability of streams to process nitrogen and other nutrients.
