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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Semivoltinism, seasonal emergence, and adult size variation in a tropical stream mayfly (Euthyplocia hecuba)
Sweeney, B.W., J.K. Jackson, and D.H. Funk. 1995. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14(1):131–146.
Maternal transfer of chlordane and its metabolites to the eggs of a stream mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer
Standley, L.J., B.W. Sweeney, and D.H. Funk. 1994. Environmental Science & Technology 28(12):2105–2111.
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.
