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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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Larval feeding and growth rate of the stream cranefly Tipula abdominalis in gradients of temperature and nutrition
Vannote, R.L., and B.W. Sweeney. 1985. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 137:119–128.
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Factors influencing life history patterns of aquatic insects
Sweeney, B.W. 1984. Pages 56–100 in V.H. Resh and D. Rosenberg (editors). Ecology of aquatic insects. Praeger Scientific Publishers, New York, New York.
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Population synchrony in mayflies: a predator satiation hypothesis
Sweeney, B.W., and R.L. Vannote. 1982. Evolution 36:810–821.
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Life history, developmental processes, and energetics of the burrowing mayfly Dolania americana
Harvey R.S., R.L. Vannote, and B.W. Sweeney. 1980. Pages 211–230 in J.F. Flannagan and K.E. Marshall (editors). Advances in Ephemeroptera biology. Springer, Boston, Massachusetts.