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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Genetic variation in stream mayfly (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) populations in eastern North America
Sweeney. B.W., D.H. Funk, and R.L. Vannote. 1987. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80:600–612.
Geographic parthenogenesis in the stream mayfly Eurylophella funeralis in eastern North America
Sweeney, B.W., and R.L. Vannote. 1987. Holarctic Ecology 10:52–59.
Population genetics of the burrowing mayfly Dolania americana: geographic variation and the presence of a cryptic species
Sweeney. B.W., and D.H. Funk. 1987. Aquatic Insects 13:1–11.
Population genetic structure of two mayflies (Ephemerella subvaria, Eurylophella verisimilis) in the Delaware River drainage basin
Sweeney, B.W., D.H. Funk, and R.L. Vannote. 1986. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 5(4):253-262.
Growth and production of a stream stonefly
Sweeney, B.W., and R.L. Vannote. 1986. Ecology 67:1396–1410.
Effects of temperature and food quality on growth and development of a mayfly, Leptophlebia intermedia
Sweeney, B.W., R.L. Vannote, and P.J. Dodds. 1986. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:12–18.
