RALPH CHRISTIAN JONES
Department of Environmental
Science and Policy Home:
3041 David King Hall
(703) 993-1127 or (703) 993-1616
FAX: (703) 993-1066
EMAIL: rcjones@gmu.edu
WEBSITE: http:\\mason.gmu.edu\~rcjones\index.htm
PERSONAL DATA
Date
of Birth:
Place
of Birth:
DEGREES
University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D. 1980
PRESENT POSITION
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
PAST POSITIONS
Professor, Department of Biology,
Associate Professor, Department of Biology,
Director, Graduate Programs in Environmental Science-Public Policy,
Assistant
Professor, Department of Biology,
Research Assistant, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (1977-1980)
Research
Scientist, Battelle Northwest Laboratories,
Teaching
Fellow,
Aquatic
Biologist,
FIELDS OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION
Freshwater ecology
Bioassessment
Ecology of phytoplankton and attached algae
Ecology of tidal embayments
Effects of nonpoint pollution on freshwater ecosystems
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Ecological
Society of
Societas Internationalis Limnologiae
North American Benthological Society
Estuarine Research Federation
Phycological Society of
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Society of Wetland Scientists
Society for Environmental Toxicology and Contamination
COURSES TAUGHT:
EVPP 110/111: The Ecosphere: Environmental Science I, II
-developed and coordinated
BIOL 103-104: Contemporary Biology
BIOL 307: General Ecology
BIOL 341: Phycology
EVPP 350: Freshwater Ecosystems
BIOL 377: Ecosystems Ecology
BIOL 546: Estuarine and Coastal Ecology
EVPP/BIOL 550: Waterscape Ecology (formerly Limnology)
EVPP/BIOL 607: Fundamentals of Ecology
BIOL 643: Microbial Ecology
EVPP/BIOL 645: Freshwater Ecology
EVPP/BIOL 650: Environmental Analysis and Modeling
EVPP 677: Applied Ecology and Ecosystem Management
EVPP/BIOL 692: Seminar in Environmental Biology
EVPP/BIOL 741: Advanced Topics in Environmental Biology
EVPP/BIOL 991: Advanced Seminar in Environmental Biology
PAGE 227-228: Scientific Thought and Processes
Course Coordinator, PAGE 228, 1986-1989
NCLC 220: Energy and Environment
Eagle Hill Field Research Station: Introduction to Freshwater Ecology
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Use of macroinvertebrates to assess stream ecosystem and water quality
Long-term study of the aquatic ecology of Gunston Cove
Effects of urban runoff on lake phytoplankton and stream invertebrates
Effect of riparian buffers on stream invertebrates
Land
use-water resource relationships in
Bioassays of toxicity of sewage effluent to Daphnia
Ecological
impact of Hydrilla
invasion on the
Use of plant pigments as taxonomic markers in aquatic systems
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison (1977-1980): Ph.D.
dissertation research on primary production and community composition of
epiphytic algae in
Battelle Northwest Laboratories (1977): EPA
study to assess Kepone contamination of the
Texas Water Quality Board (1973-1974): Limnological
surveys of
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Jones, R.C., J.
Jones, R.C. 1978. Algal biomass dynamics during colonization of artificial islands: experimental results and a model. Hydrobiologia 59: 165-180.
Jones, R.C. 1981. Productivity of algal epiphytes in a
Jones, R.C. and M.S. Adams. 1982. Seasonal variations in photosynthetic response of algae epiphytic on Myriophyllum spicatum L. Aquatic Botany 13: 317-330.
Jones, R.C.,
M.S. Adams, and K. Walti. 1983.
Phytoplankton as a factor in the decline of the submersed macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum L. in
Jones, R.C. 1984. Application of a primary production model to epiphytic algae in a shallow, eutrophic lake. Ecology 65:1895-1903.
Jones, R.C. 1984. Effects of urban stormwater runoff on reservoir phytoplankton. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie 22: 1486-1492.
Jones, R.C. and C.C. Clark. 1987. Impact of watershed urbanization on stream insect communities. Water Resources Bulletin 23: 1047-1055.
Edson, J.J. and R.C. Jones. 1988. Spatial, temporal, and storm-runoff related variations in phytoplankton community community structure in a small urban reservoir. Hydrobiologia 169: 353-362.
Jones, R.C. 1990. The effect of submersed aquatic vegetation
on phytoplankton and water quality in the tidal freshwater
Jones, R.C. 1991. Spatial and temporal patterns in a cyanobacterial
phytoplankton bloom in the tidal freshwater
Fulton, R.S. and R.C. Jones. 1991. Growth and
reproductive responses of Daphnia to cyanobacterial blooms on the
Jones, R.C., C. Buchanan, and V. Andrle. 1992. Spatial, seasonal, and interannual patterns in the phytoplankton communities of a tidal freshwater ecosystem. Virginia Journal of Science 43: 25-40.
Connor, T.E. and R.C. Jones. 1993. Population dynamics of Bosmina longirostris in a tidal freshwater ecosystem. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie 25: 984-987.
Thorp, A.G., R.C. Jones, and D.P. Kelso. 1997. A
comparison of water-column macroinvertebrate
communities in beds of differing submersed aquatic vegetation in the tidal
freshwater
Jones, R.C. 1998. Seasonal and spatial patterns in phytoplankton photosynthetic parameters in a tidal freshwater river. Hydrobiologia 364: 199-208.
Connor, T.E. and R.C. Jones. 1998. Survival and reproduction by Bosmina longirostris fed two species of green algae. 25: 984-987.
Norton, S.B., S. Cormier, M. Smith, and R.C. Jones. 2000. Can biological assessments discriminate among types of stress? A case study from the Eastern Corn Belt Plains ecoregion. Environmental Toxicology and Contamination 19: 1113-1119.
Coles, J.F. and R.C. Jones. 2000. The effects of temperature and light on the growth and photosynthetic response of four freshwater phytoplankton species. Journal of Phycology 36: 7-16.
Connor, T.E. and R.C. Jones. 2000. Zooplankton
dynamics in an artificially destratified reservoir,
Jones, R.C. 2000. Long-term trends in summer phytoplankton
chlorophyll a in the tidal freshwater
Norton, S.B., S. Cormier, M. Smith, R.C. Jones, and M. Schubauer-Berigan. 2002. Predicting Levels of Stress from
Biological Assessment Data: Empirical Models from the
MONOGRAPHS
Jones, R.C.
1977. Algal biomass dynamics
during colonization of artificial islands in a freshwater lake. Master's thesis.
Jones, R.C. 1980. Primary production, biomass, nutrient
limitation, and community structure of algal communities epiphytic on Myriophyllum spicatum in
Jones, R.C. and
B.H. Holmes. 1985. Effects of Land Use Practices on Water Resources
in
Long, G.R. and R.C. Jones. 2004. Development of
Predictive Relationships between Stressors and Macrobenthic
Communities for Use in Implementing TMDL’s.
EDITED VOLUMES
Jones, R.C., G.W. Redfield, and D.P. Kelso (eds).
1982. Urbanization, Stormwater Runoff, and the
Aquatic Environment.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS
Jones, R.C., A. Gurevitch,
and M.S. Adams. 1980. Significance of the epiphyte component of the
littoral to biomass and phosphorus removal by harvesting. Pages 51-61 in J.E. Breck,
R.T. Prentki, and O.L. Loucks
(eds). Aquatic Plants,
Redfield, G.W. and R.C. Jones. 1982.
Effects of urbanization on lake ecosystems. Pages 42-60 in R.C. Jones, G.W. Redfield, and
D.P. Kelso (eds). Urbanization, Stormwater Runoff, and the
Aquatic Environment.
Jones, R.C., and K.B. Mayer.
1983. Seasonal changes in the
taxonomic composition of epiphytic algal communities in
Jones, R.C. 1988. Use of in situ nutrient addition and dilution bioassays to detect nutrient
limitation in the tidal freshwater
Jones,
R.C. 1988. Submersed aquatic weedbeds
as a habitat in the tidal freshwater
Kircher, S.R. and R.C. Jones. 1991. The temporal and spatial
distribution of sediment phosphorus and iron in
Jones, R.C., T. Grizzard, and
R.E. Cooper. 1996. The response of stream macroinvertebrates
and water quality to varying degrees of watershed suburbanization in northern
Jones, R.C., A. Via-Norton, and D. Morgan. 1997.
Bioassessment of BMP effectiveness in mitigating stormwater impacts on aquatic biota. Pages
402-417 in Effects of Watershed
Development and Management on Aquatic Ecosystems. Larry Roesner (ed.) American Society of Civil Engineers.
WORKS IN PROGRESS:
Connor, T.E. and R.C. Jones. Submitted. The dynamics of Bosmina longirostris and Diaphanosoma brachyurum in a tidal freshwater embayment. Submitted to Proceedings of the International VIth International Symposium on Cladocera. August 2002.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (recent):
"Stormwater impacts on streams, lakes, and
ponds". Stormwater Technical Workshop.
"Use of rapid bioassessment
in assessing urban stormwater impacts." National Stormwater Coordinators Meeting.
"An evaluation of multivariate statistical methods and multimetric approaches in assessing urbanization impacts on
stream macrobenthos." Workshop
on Statistics, Metrics, and Data Analysis. North
American Benthological Society Annual Meeting.
“Urban stormwater and the aquatic biota: are
they compatible?”. New Concepts in
Urban Stormwater Management Technology Seminar.
“Gunston Cove Monitoring:
Long-term Trends in Physical, Chemical, and Biological Parameters at River and
Cove Stations, 1983-2000.” Regional Monitoring Subcommittee.
“Environmental Studies to Support NASA Facility
Management and
“3-D GIS in Urban Environment”. GIS Day at GMU.
“Graduate Programs in Environmental Management at
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS (recent):
Connor, T.E. and R.C. Jones. May 1993. Survival
and reproduction by Bosmina longirostris
fed two species of green algae.
Via-Norton, A. and R.C. Jones. May 1993. Population dynamics of Eurytemora affinis in the tidal freshwater
Jones, R.C. June 1993. Factors affecting summer phytoplankton biomass in
the tidal freshwater
Jones, R.C. and D.P. Kelso. April 1994. Effects
of nonpoint source pollution on macroinvertebrate
and fish communities in northern
Jones, R.C., D.P. Kelso, D.R. Morgan, and P.S. Winesett. May 1994. Prince William watersheds project: Stream bioassessment. Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting.
Jones, R.C., and J. Chen. June 1994. Seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton
in the tidal freshwater
Jones, R.C., A. Via-Norton, and P.S. Winesett. June 1995. A comparison
of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in streams
draining northern
Jones, R.C., A. Via-Norton, and P.S. Winesett. June 1996. The response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to watershed suburbanization and best management practices in northern Virgina. North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting.
Sklarew, D.M. and R.C. Jones. February 1997. Factors affecting interannual water quality changes in the upper
Jones, R.C., A. Via-Norton, and D. Morgan. June 1997. The relationship between habitat factors and macroinvertebrate metrics in suburban and forested Piedmont watersheds. North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting.
Sklarew, D.M. and R.C. Jones. October 1997. Inter-annual changes in
water quality along the
Jones, R.C. and J. Chen. October 1997. Use of HPLC to monitor phytoplankton community dynamics in tidal freshwater: compaison with traditional inverted microscopy. Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting.
Jones, R.C. March 1998. Long-term trends in summer phytoplankton
chlorophyll a in the tidal freshwater
Islam, S. and R.C. Jones. May 1998. Seasonal
abundance of phytoplankton in Gunston Cove: 1995.
Jones, R.C.
August 1998. Long-term trends in summer
phytoplankton chlorophyll a in the
tidal freshwater
Connor, T.E. and R.C. Jones. August 1998. Zooplankton communities in
Astin, L.E. and R.C. Jones. May 1999. Effects
of livestock exclusion on stream recovery in
Maher, A.C. and R.C. Jones. May 1999. Stream habitat and macroinvertebrate
community response to watershed suburbanization in northern
Buchanan, C. and R.C. Jones. November 1999. Further analysis of predator-prey relationships in the Potomac Estuary monitoring data. Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting. (Poster presentation).
Jones, R.C. and J. Chen. October 2000. Use of
HPLC to Monitor Phytoplankton Dyanmics in Tidal
Freshwater: Comparison with Traditional Inverted Microscopy. Atlantic
Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting.
Brittingham, K.D., J.R. Keough, and R.C. Jones.
June 2001. Food web analysis of a tidal freshwater embayment
of the
Arciszewski, J. and R.C. Jones. June 2001. Bioassessment of the
Jones, R.C. and G.R, Long. November 2001. Use of
existing databases to develop a predictive model of macroinvertebrate-stressor
relationships for
Arciszewski, J. and R.C. Jones. November 2001. Bioassessment of the
Jones, R.C. December 2001. Gunston Cove
monitoring: long-term trends in physical, chemical, and biological parameters
at river and cove stations: 1983-2000.
Norton, S.B., S.M. Cormier, M. Smith, and R.C. Jones.
June 2002. Predicting levels of stress from biological
assessment data: regional models from the Eastern Corn Belt Plains of
Connor, T.E. and R.C. Jones. August 2002. The dynamics of Bosmina longirostris and Diaphanosoma brachyurum in a tidal freshwater
embayment. VIth International Symposium on Cladocera,
Jones, R.C. April 2003. Long-Term Trends in Water Quality
in the Tidal Freshwater
MAJOR REPORTS
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1984, Final Report. August 1985. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso and P.L. deFur. 208 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1985-86, Final Report. July 1986. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso and P.L. deFur. 164 pp. (includes section on Daphnia bioassays).
Data on
Physical, Chemical, and Biological Characteristics of Hydrilla
Beds, Mixed Vegetation Beds, and Unvegetated Sites in
the Tidal
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1986-87,
Final Report. September 1987. Co-authored with G.F. Warner, P.L. DeFur, and
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1987-88, Final Report. October 1988. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1988-89, Final Report. November 1989. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 250 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1989-90, Final Report. August 1990. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 285 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1990-91, Final Report. January 1992. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 159 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1991-92, Final Report. December 1992. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 147 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1992-93, Final Report. December 1993. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 145 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove - 1993-94, Final Report. February 1995. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 139 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 1994-95, Final Report. December 1995. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 136 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 1995-96, Final Report. December 1996. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 144 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 1996-97, Final Report. December 1997. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 98 pp.
Bioassessment of Occoquan Filter
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 1997-98, Final Report. August 1998. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 98 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 1998-99, Final Report. September 1999. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 98 pp.
Bioassessments of the
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 1999-2000, Final Report. November 2000. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 112 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 2000-2001, Final Report. December 2001. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 169 pp.
Bioassessment of Page Brook, Final Report. January 2002. Submitted to
Bioassessment of
An Ecological Study of Tidal Powells
Creek and the Adjacent
Bioassessment of Spout Run,
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 2001-2002, Final Report. April 2003. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso. 181 pp.
An Ecological Study of Gunston Cove 2002-2003, Final Report. December 2003. Co-authored with D.P. Kelso.
Aquatic Survey of
Riparian Buffer Studies:
RESEARCH GRANTS
University Research Grants Program,
University Research Grants Program,
Subcontract on EPA grant to NUSAC, Inc.,
Subcontract on EPA grant to NUSAC, Inc.,
NSF Multiuser Equipment Request for a scintillation counter. (Co-PI). January 1981. Funded: $15,660.
University Research Grants Program,
University Research Grants Program,
Greendale Development Company. "An Ecological Analysis of the Kingstowne Ponds Area". August 1985-September 1985. Funded: $2,982.
Metropolitan
Metropolitan
National Park Service. "Submerged
Aquatic Vegetation as a Biological Habitat in the Tidal Freshwater
Virginia Beef Corporation. "Monitoring of Benthic Invertebrates in Bolling Branch." April 1987-April 1989. Funded: $2,657.
Metropolitan
National Science Foundation. Instrumentation and Instrument Development Program. "Acquisition of a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography System". June 1992-May 1993. Approved, but not funded due to prior SRIF acquisition: $42,000.
Black and Veatch Engineers
& Architects. "Ecological Assessment of
Occoquan Water Plant
GKY Associates. “Analysis of
Interstate Commission on the
GKY Associates. “Analysis of
Metropolitan
Interstate Commission on the
Metropolitan
Piedmont Environmental Council. “Baseline Ecological Survey of Tidal Powells Creek”. May 2001-January 2002. Funded: $7,909.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
“Studies to Support NASA’s Committment to
Environmental Quality at its Facilities Within the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed”.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “Studies to Support NASA’s Committment to Environmental Quality at its Facilities Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed”. September, 2002 - September, 2003. Funded: $98,500.
USGS
National Park Service. “Summary Compendium of Watershed Condition Assessment Methods”. October 2003-April 2005. (with Candy Bartoldus) $247,571.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Executive Committee, 2000-2001.
Interim Chair, 2001-2002.
CAS Council Representative, Fall 2001
Chair, 2002-date
Department of Biology
Seminar Committee, 1980-81.
Undergraduate Committee, 1981-82.
Biology Chair Search Committee, 1981-82.
Library Committee, Member: 1981-82; Chairman: 1982-84.
Library Liaison, 1984-85.
Environmental Biology-Public Policy Ph.D. Curriculum Committee, 1980-present.
Computer Committee, 1986-87.
Teaching and Peer Evaluation Committee, 1985-86.
Seminar Organizer, Department of Biology, 1988-89.
Biology Chair Search Committee, 1988-89.
By-Laws Committee, 1990-91.
Environmental Science-Public Policy Executive Committee, 1992-95.
Long-range Planning Committee, 1992-93
Ad-hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee for M.Walbridge, Chair, 1994
Biology Chair Review Committee, 1995
Committee on Committees, Chair, 1996
Chair’s Annual Review Committee, 1997
Ad-hoc Contract Renewal Committee for J. Megonigal, 1997
Space Committee, 1997
Ad-hoc Contract Renewal Committee for C. Hamblin-Katnik, 1998
Committe on Committees, 1999
Chair’s Advisory Committee, 1999
Bylaws Committee, 2000
Chair, Search Committee, Lab Supervisor (Dhia Marcavage hired)
Chair, Search Committee, EVPP 110/111 Course Leader (Kim Largen hired)
Chair, Search Committee, Human Ecologist term position (Emily Harwell hired)
Search Committee, Wetland Ecologist tenure track position (Changwoo Ahn hired)
Planning Committee for Talbot Festschrift
University Committees
Compensation and Benefits Committee, CAS, 1982-84.
University Library Committee, 1988-90.
Graduate Dean Search Committee, 1987.
Graduate Dean Search Committee, 1989.
Coordinating Committee, Southeastern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Review, 1990.
Ad-hoc Committee on
General Education,
Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Arts and Sciences: 1995-96.
Corresponding Secretary, CAS Council, 1997-98.
CAS Scholarly Committee, 1997-98.
Chair,
Faculty Senate, 1999-2002
Faculty Senate Academic Policies Committee, 1999-2001
ESP Representative to Science Ring
Chair, Committee for Restructuring of the Biosciences (a.k.a, Biocommittee)
Worked with Hal Gortner to obtain MOU of cooperation with ESRI
Search
Committee, Professor and
Chair, Geography Chair Search Committee
Committee to plan GIS lab for Innovation Hall
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
National Science Foundation, Review Panel, Ecology Program, 1985.
Virginia Air Control Board, Technical Advisory Committee, 1985-86.
Virginia Water Control Board, Technical Advisory Committee, Nutrient Control Standards, 1987.
Potomac Regional Monitoring Committee, 1987-present
National Science Foundation, Proposal Reviewer, 1990.
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Meeting Mentor for minority students, 1991.
Potomac Technical Studies Committee, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 1991-present
. Senate of the Commonwealth of
Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal Article Reviewer, 1996-97.
External Reviewer, Environmental Science major,
Biomonitoring Subcommittee of the Virginia Water Quality Academic Advisory Committee, 1999-present.
Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Chair, Endowment Committee, 2000-present.
Host and Reviewer, Participant Selection Committee for Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Coastal and Estuarine Science (DIACES), Summer 2002
GRADUATE STUDENTS DIRECTED
Ph.D.
Larry Puckett. 1988. Biological, chemical, and physical factors controlling the chemistry of throughfall precipitation.
Jack Harper. 1988. Effects of summer storms on the phytoplankton of a tidal
Claudia Hamblin-Katnik. 1993. An examination of
U.S. EPA water quality criteria with reference to the exceedence
of criteria within
James Coles. 1994. The effects of temperature and light intensity on the
dynamics of dominant
Roy Jacobsen. 1995. Modeling functional properties of constructed wetlands for treating acid mine drainage. (co-directed with Mark Brinson).
Julie Mann. 1997. Riverine wetland function and human-induced ecological disturbance: a watershed perspective.
Susan Norton. 1999. Using biological monitoring data to distinguish among types of stress in streams of the Eastern Corn Belt Plains ecoregion.
Daniel Sklarew. 2000. Tidal freshwater
Nancy Rybicki. 2000. Relationships between environmental variables and species of submersed aquatic vegetation in the Potomac River, 1985-1997.
Saiful Islam, Fall 2001.
Seasonal dynamics of micro-, nanno-,
and picoplankton in the tidal freshwater
Allyson M. Via, Spring 2003. The effects of
watershed development on the structural and functional ecology of forested
Leslie Orzetti, Summer 2004. Stream community
structure: an analysis of riparian forest buffer restoration in the
Cindy Smith, Fall 2004. Distribution and abundance of macroinvertebrate communities in artificial beds of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV).
Theresa Connor, Spring 2005.
In progress students: Ryan Albert, Jack Blevins, Kevin Brittingham, Lisa Englemann.
Masters (thesis)
William Swietlik. 1981. The effects of acute acidification upon benthic insects in headwater streams in the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
Jeanne Jabara Edson.
1983. Phytoplankton succession in
Herbert Ray. 1986. The effects of acidification on the benthic insect community of Mill Run, Virginia.
Sue Anne Touart. 1988. Seasonal and spatial distribution of ichthyoplankton of Gunston Cove, a freshwater tidal embayment.
John Galli. 1988. A limnological study of an urban stormwater management pond and stream ecosystem.
Kathy Monk. 1988. The influence of submerged aquatic vegetation on
zooplankton abundance and diversity in the tidal freshwater
Allan Hide. 1989. The effects of zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton biomass and species composition in an hypereutrophic tidal freshwater river.
Susan R. Kircher. 1990. The effect of pH on the
release of phosphorus from the sediments of
William Oerlein. 1990. Sediment phosphorus
available to phytoplankton as a function of pH in
Steve Blumenshine. 1992. Spatial and temporal
variation in the diet of the White Perch, Morone
Angela
Thorp. 1992. The role of submersed aquatic vegetation in structuring macroinvertebrate communities in the tidal
Theresa Connor. 1992. Field and laboratory studies of the population dynamics, survival, and reproduction by Bosmina longirostris.
Mike Nicklesburg. 1995. A water quality
assessment of the Huntley Meadows watershed,
Steve Winesett. 1996. The impact of heavy metals on Diptera: Chironomidae in the
tidal freshwater
Amy Maher. 1999. The effect of land use on stream quality in
Joanna Arciszewski. 1999. Biological assessment
of
Demson Fuller. 1999. Project student.
LeAnne Astin. 2000. Bioassessment of BMP effectiveness in an agriculturally
impacted watershed in
Gary Long. Summer 2001.Determination of environmental stressors influencing benthic invertebrate community structure : a multivariate statistical approach.
Stephanie Backer. Spring 2002. Project. Quantitating the abundance of iron-reducing and iron-oxidizing bacteria in the rhizosphere of Typha latifolia. Co-directed with Pat Megonigal.
Rebecca Thomas. Summer 2002. Benthic
macroinvertebrate variations due to different stream
impacts in the
Ryan Hansen. Summer 2003. Aquatic macroinvertebrate
communities in two agriculturally impacted streams in
Jeanet Ewing. Spring 2004.
A quantitative analysis of phytoplankton in the tidal
freshwater
Shannan Wheat. Spring 2004. Seasonal patterns of stratification, nutrient concentrations, and chlorophyll a in a mid-Atlantic pond.
Laura McGee. Spring 2005. Effects of watershed
land use on benthic macroinvertebrate biotic
integrity in northern
Jenny Cordrey. Spring 2005.
Current M.S. Students: Danielle Derwin, Sara Clark, Brian Brittain.
Rev: