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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The larvae of Eastern North American Eurylophella Tiensuu (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)
Funk, D.H., and B.W. Sweeney. 1994. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 120(3):209–286.
A model for seasonal synchrony in stream mayflies
Newbold, J.D., B.W. Sweeney, and R.L. Vannote. 1994. Journal North American Benthological Society 13:3–18.
Effects of streamside vegetation on macroinvertebrate communities of White Clay Creek in eastern North America
Sweeney, B. W. 1993. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 144:291–340.
Use of the stream mayfly Cloeon triangulifer as a bioassay organism: life history response and body burden following exposure to technical chlordane
Sweeney, B.W., D.H. Funk, and L.J. Standley. 1993. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 12(1):115–125.
Variation in genetic structure among populations of the caddisfly Helicopsyche borealis from three streams in northern California, U.S.A.
Jackson, J.K., and V.H. Resh. 1992. Freshwater Biology 27:29–42.
Climate change and the life histories and biogeography of aquatic insects in eastern North America
Sweeney, B.W., J.K. Jackson, J.D. Newbold, and D.H. Funk. 1992. Pages 143–176 in Firth and S. G. Fisher (editors). Global climate change and freshwater ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York.
