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Entomology Group

600 400 Stroud Water Research Center

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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Entomology Staff

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Juliann Battle

Staff Scientist
Katie Billé

Catherine Billé

Staff Scientist
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Michael Broomall

Staff Scientist, Taxonomic Certification Program Coordinator
David Funk

David Funk

Entomologist, Director of Facilities
Adam Gochnauer

Adam Gochnauer

Staff Scientist
Courtland Hess

Courtland Hess

Staff Scientist
John Jackson, Ph.D.

John Jackson, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
Sherman Roberts

Sherman Roberts

Staff Scientist

Entomology News

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Use of cellulose acetate electrophoresis to examine the population genetics of the caddisfly Helicopsyche borealis
Jackson, J.K., and V.H. Resh. 1991. Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und angewandte Limnologie, Verhandlungen 24:2903–2907.
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Periodicity of mate attraction and flight activity of adult caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Jackson, J.K., and V.H. Resh. 1991. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 10:198–209.
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Electrophoretic analysis of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in some taeniopterygid stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Funk, D.H., and B.W. Sweeney. 1990. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 116(3):727–751.
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Disturbance, annual variability, and lotic benthos: examples from a California stream influenced by a Mediterranean climate
Resh, V.H., Jackson, J.K., and McElravy, E.P. 1990. Pages 309-329 in R. de Bernardi, G. Giussani, and L. Barbanti (editors). Scientific perspectives in theoretical and applied limnology. Memorie dell’Istituto Italiano
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Science in pictures: the mating of tree crickets
Funk, D.H. 1989. Scientific American 261(2):50–59.
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Electrophoretic study of Eastern North American Eurylophella (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae) with the discovery of morphologically cryptic species
Funk, D.H., B.W. Sweeney, and R.L. Vannote. 1988. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81(2):174–186.