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| Stuart Bamforth Bamforth, S. S. 1995. Interpreting soil ciliate biodiversity. Plant and Soil, 170:159-164. Bamforth, S. S. 2000. Protozoa. In: Sumner, M.E. e.d. Handbook of Soil Science, New York, CRC Press, pp C-45-C-52. Bamforth, S.S. 2001. Proportions of active ciliates in soils. Biol. Fertil Soils, 33: 197-203. Robinson, B.S., S.S. Bamforth, and P.J. Dobson. 2002. Density and diversity of protozoa in some arid Australian soils. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol., 49: 449-453. Bamforth, S.S., 2004. Water
film fauna of microbiotic crusts of a warm desert. J. Arid. Environ.,
56: 413-423.
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| Paul Barnes http://cas.loyno.edu/biology/bios/barnes.html 504-865-2008 Global Ecology
Shinkle, J.R., A.K. Atkins, E.E. Humphrey, C.W. Rodgers, S.L. Wheeler, and P.W. Barnes. 2004. Short and long wavelength UV-B radiation induce different growth and morphological responses in cucumbers ( Cucumis sativum ) and other dicotyledonous seedlings. Physiologia Plantarum 120:240-248.
Jessup, K.E., P.W. Barnes, and T.W. Boutton. 2003. Vegetation dynamics in a Quercus - Juniperus savanna: an isotopic assessment. Journal of Vegetation Science 14:841-852.
Nelson, J.A., P.W. Barnes, and S. Archer. 2002. Leaf demography and growth responses to altered resource availability in woody plants of contrasting leaf habit in a subtropical savanna. Plant Ecology 160:193-205.
Barnes, P.W., P.S. Searles, C.L. Ballaré, R.J. Ryel, and M.M.
Caldwell. 2000. Non-invasive measurements of leaf epidermal transmittance
of UV radiation using chlorophyll fluorescence: field and laboratory
studies. Physiologia Plantarum 109:274-283.
Barnes, P.W., and S. Archer. 1999. Tree-shrub interactions in a subtropical savanna parkland: competition or facilitation? Journal of Vegetation Science 10:525-536. last updated Jan. 2005 |
| Hank Bart 504-394-1711/504-862-8283 Bart, H. L., Jr. and L.M. Page. 1992. The influence of size and phylogeny on life history variation in North American percids, pp 553-572 In: R.L. Mayden (ed.) Systematics, historical ecology and North American freshwater fishes. Stanford University Press.
Bart, H.L. Jr., P.J. Martinat, A. Abdelghani, and S. L. Taylor. 1998. Influence of taxonomy, ecology, and seasonality in river stage on fish contamination risks in floodplain swamps of the lower Mississippi River . Ecotoxicology 7:325-334.
Bart, H.L., Jr. and M.S. Taylor. 1999. A new darter of the subgenus Fuscatelum of Etheostoma from the upper Black Warrior River system, Alabama . Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 31:23-52.
Bart, H.L., Jr. 2000. Fish diversity in a heavily industrialized reach of the lower Mississippi River , pp 203-218 In: C. Colten (ed.) Centuries of Change: transformation of the lower Mississippi River and its environs. University of Pittsburgh Press. last updated Jan. 2005 |
| Charles Bell 520-504-5011 Xavier University of Louisiana 1 Drexel Drive, Box 85B New Orleans , LA 70125
Evolution Phylogentics
Bell , C. D. and M. J. Donoghue. 2003. Phylogeny and biogeography of Morinaceae (Dipsacales) based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 3: 227-237.
Davis, C. C, C. D. Bell, P. W. Fritch, and S. Mathews. 2002. Biogeography of Acridocarpus-Brachylophon (Malpighiaceae): high latitude Tertiary migration in the interchange of worldwide tropical floras and their influence on afroasian biogeograph. Evolution 56: 2395-2405.
Davis, C. C., C.
D. Bell, S. Mathews and M. J. Donoghue. 2002. Laurasian migration explains
Gondwanan disjuncts: evidence from Malpighiaceae. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences ,
USA 99: 6833-6837.
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| Rebecca Blanton 504-473-3711
Tulane University 310 Dinwiddie Hall New Orleans ,
LA 70118
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| Devin Bloom 985-215-9294
Ponchatoula. LA 70454
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| Anne S. Bradburn Curator of Tulane Herbarium Tulane University abradbu@tulane.edu http://www.tulane.edu/~darwin/Herbarium/herbarium_index.htm 504-862-8299 Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Research Interests Gulf Coast Barrier Islands, Yucatan Flora, Ethnobotany 5 Representative Publications Bradburn, A.S. and S.P. Darwin. 1993. Type specimens of vascular plants at Tulane University, with a brief history of the Tulane Herbarium. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 29: 73-95. last updated Jan. 2004 |
Sarah Brock |
| Trey Brown http://webusers.xula.edu/rbrown14/
1 Drexel Drive Xavier University of New Orleans New Orleans , LA 70125
Environmental Toxicology Invertebrate Zoology
Richmond , L, RW Brown , A Beeby. Calcium regulation as a function of lead exposure in the terrestrial snail, Helix aspersa . (In preparation).
Brown, RW, B Joab. Toxicity of un-ionized ammonia to the development of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus , and the sand dollar, Dendraster excentricus , in sediment pore water and elutriate bioassays. (In preparation)
Brown, RW, JQ Word and SJ Klaine. Toxicity and bioaccumulation of methylmercury to the deposit-feeding polychaete, Abarenicola pacifica . (In preparation.)
Brown, RW. Evidence for nitric oxide induced effects on sodium uptake
in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss , gill cell culture.
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| John Caruso Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 310 Dinwiddie Hall Tulane University New Orleans , LA 70118
1990. Family Lophiidae. pp. 479-480. in Check list of fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic. JNICT(UNESCO), Portugal. 1989. Review of: Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. T. W. Pietsch and D. B. Grobecker. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1987, xxiv + 420 pp. In American Zoologist 29(3):1199-1200. 1989. Comments on the taxonomic status of Lophiodes guingueradiatus (Brauer), with the first record of Loophiomus setigerus from the Red Sea (Pisces: Lophiidae). Copeia 1989(4):1072. 1989. A review of the Indo-Pacific
members of the deep-water chaunacid anglerfish genus Bathychaunax,
with the description of a new species from the eastern Indian Ocean
(Pisces: Lophiiformes). Bull. Mar. Sci. 45(3):574-579. |
| Mollie F. Cashner http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~mcashner/ (504) 862-8284
310 Dinwiddie Hall Tulane University New Orleans ,
LA 70118 5 Representative Publications Cashner, M. F. 2004. Are spotted bass ( Micropterus punctulatus ) attracted to Schreckstoff? A test of the predator attraction hypothesis. Copeia 2004 (3): 592-598. Cashner, M. F. 2001. An investigation of chemical alarm systems of a coevolved assemblage of freshwater fishes in the southeastern United States . M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , MS . last updated Jan. 2005 |
| Robert C. Cashner University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 70148 Research Interests My interests are primarily in the areas of systematics and ecology of North American freshwater fishes. Teaching Interests General Ecology Stream Ecology Biology of Fishes Ichthyology 5 Representative Publications Cashner, R. C., B. M. Burr and J.
S. Rogers. 1989. Geographic
variation of mud sunfish Acantharchus pomotis (Baird). Copeia 1989:129-141. Cashner, R. C., and W. J. Matthews.
1988. Changes in the Matthews, W. J., R. C. Cashner and
F. P. Gelwick. 1988. Stability of summer fish assemblages in three midwestern
streams. Copeia 1988:942-952. Cashner, R. C., J. S. Rogers and
J. M. Grady. 1988.
A new species of Fundulus
(Xenisma) from the Grady, J. M., and R. C. Cashner.
1988. Evidence of extensive intergeneric
hybridization among the cyprinid fishes in
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| Terry Christenson Dept. Psychology Bukowski, T., Linn, C., & Christenson,
T. (in press). Copulation and sperm release in Gasteracantha cancriformis.
Animal Behaviour. Bukowski, T., & Christenson, T. (1998). Natural history and copulatory behavior of the spiny orb-weaving spider, Micrathena gracilis. Journal of Arachnology, 25, 307-320. Bukowski, T., & Christenson,
T. (1997). Determinants of sperm release and storage in a spiny orb-weaving
spider. Animal Behaviour, 53, 381-395. Christenson, T. Sperm depletion in the orb-weaving spider Nephila clavipes.
In press. Journal of Arachnology. Myers, L. and Christenson,
T. 1988. Transition
from predatory juvenile male to mate-searching adult in the orb-weaving
spider Nephila clavipes (Araneae, Araneidae).
Journal of Arachnology. 16:254-257. Hill, E. and Christenson,
T. 1988. Male
residency on juvenile female Nephila clavipes (Araneae, Araneidae)
webs. Journal of Arachnology.
16:257-259. |
| Margaret R. Clarke University of New Orleans mclarke@uno clarke893@cox.net 504-280-1338 Dept. of Anthropology Univ. of New Orleans 2000 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans LA 70148 Research Interests My research interests are in animal behavior, specifically nonhuman primates. Population dynamics, social interactions, physiology and behavior, and environmental effects on behavior. I have maintained a field site in Costa Rica on free-ranging howling monkeys since 1978. Teaching Interests Primate Behavior, Human Evolution, Human Sociobiology, Human Variation, Primate Evolution, Observational Methods. 5 Representative Publications Zucker, E.L., Clarke, M.R. Longitudinal assessment of immature-to-adult ratios in two groups of Costa Rican mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 24(1)87-101, 2003. Clarke, M.R., Crockett, C.M., Zucker, E.L., Zaldivar, M. Mantled howler population of Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica from 1991 to 1998: Effects of deforestation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 56:155-163, 2002. Clarke, M.R., Collins, D.A., Zucker, E.L. Adaptations to deforestation in a free-ranging group of mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 23(2): 365-381, 2002. Clarke, M.R., Crockett, C.M., Zucker, E.L., Zaldivar, M. A comparison of methods to survey free-ranging monkeys in the Costa Rican dry forest. LABORATORY PRIMATE NEWSLETTER, 40(4): 4-6, 2001. Clarke, M.R., O'Neil, J.A.S. Morphometric comparison of Chinese-origin and Indian-derived rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 47(4):335-246, 1999. last updated Jan. 2004 |
| Brian I. Crother Southeastern Louisiana University bcrother@selu.edu http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/bcrother.htm 985) 549 2162 Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Biological Sciences Hammond, LA 70402 Research Interests My main research interests have been in phylogenetics and historical biogeography, mostly neotropical and mostly of herpetofauna. A key focus in the lab has recently been on snake evolution at multiple levels (origins to species questions), using both DNA and morphology. There is a collaboration on the evolution of primordial germ cell determination mechanisms, the genes involved, and the implications for macroevolution. Other current projects involve snake (fox snakes, racers) and phylogenetics and frog (gopher frogs) population genetics. I have also begun collecting baseline survey studies of herpetofauna in the Manchac and Maurepas areas as a beginning to long term studies in those areas. Teaching Interests Systematics, Biogeography, Historical Ecology, Herpetology, Genetics 5 Representative Publications in press. Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: Essays in Tribute to Jay M. Savage (co-editors are M. Donnelly, C. Guyer, M. Wake, M. White). University of Chicago Press. In press. Higher level snake phylogeny as inferred from 28S ribosomal DNA and morphology. Book chapter IN Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics (eds., B. Crother, M. Donnelly, C. Guyer, M. Wake, M. White), University of Chicago Press (with M. White, M. Kelly-Smith) 2003. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico: Update. Herp. Rev. 34: 196-203. (I am the chair of a 14 person committee and the editor and an author of the document written by that committee.) 2003. Regulative Germ Cell Specification in Axolotl Embryos: A Primitive Trait Conserved in the Mammalian Lineage. (with Andrew D. Johnson, Matthew Drum, Rosemary F. Bachvarova,Thomas Masi, Roger Patient, Mary E. White) Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London, 358: 1371-1379. 2003. Evolution of Predetermined Germ Cells in Vertebrate Embryos: Implications for Macroevolution (with Andrew D. Johnson, Matthew Drum, Rosemary F. Bachvarova,Thomas Masi, Mary E. White). Evolution and Development 5(4): 414-431 2003. Man of the Yard. IN Islands and the Sea: Essays on Herpetological Exploration in the West Indies. R. W. Henderson and R. Powell (eds.). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca. Pp.109-111. 1999. Caribbean Reptiles and
Amphibians edited by B. I. Crother (editor). Academic Press, San
Diego. Pp. i-xxx, 1-495. |
| Steven P. Darwin Tulane University darwin@tulane.edu http://www.tulane.edu/~darwin/homepage.htm (504) 862-8286 Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Research Interests My principle interest is the evolution and systematics of flowering plants, particularly Rubiaceae of the South Pacific, Papuasia, and southeastern Asia. My publications are mainly monographic and floristic studies. I am interested in leaf venation patterns of plants and hope to use computer-assisted image analysis to collect and evaluate venation data. My responsibilities extend to the curation of the Tulane University Herbarium and its associated library. Like many other plant systematists, I am also interested in the history of Botany and the biology of cultivated plants. Teaching Interests Plant Systematics Evolution Biogeography Plant Morphology and Paleobotany Plant Anatomy History of Biology 5 Representative Publications Darwin, S. P. and S. M. Chaw. Bobea. In: W. L. Wagner, D. R. Herbst, and S. H. Sohmer, Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i. B. P. Bishop Museum Press. (in press). Smith, A. C. and S. P. Darwin. 1988. Rubiaceae. In: A. C. Smith, Flora Vitiensis Nova- A new Flora of Fiji. 4:143-376. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden. Darwin, S. P. 1983. New species of Timonius (Rubiaceae) from Papuasia. Jour. Arnold Arb. 64:611-618. White, D. A., S. P. Darwin, and L. B. Thien. 1983. Plants and plant communities of Jean Lafitte national Historical Park, Louisiana. Tulane Studies Zool. & Bot. 24:100-129. last updated 1989 |
| Kevin Delaney Xavier University kjdelane@xula.edu 504-520-5705 Department of Biology 1 Drexel Dr., Box 85B Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans , LA 70125-1098 Research Interests My current research interest falls within plant ecophysiology, where I have examined plant leaf level photosynthetic responses to insect herbivory. In some species, photosynthetic rate is not lowered on remaining tissue of injured leaves. In other species, photosynthetic rate is reduced on remaining tissue of injured leaves compared to uninjured leaves. The mechanism by which impairment occurs is of interest, as well as the influence of phenology on likelihood of photosynthetic impairment after herbivory .I would like to also examine chemical induction responses. I used to study behavioral ecology as a graduate student, where my interest was in sexual selection & communication of spiders. More specifically, I'm interesting in examining variation in female mate preference functions to try understand how that influences variation in male secondary sexual traits. Teaching Interests General biology I would like to teach biodiversity, animal behavior, evolution, invertebrate zoology, ecology, botany, entomology, and maybe plant physiology or plant ecology 5 Representative Publications Delaney, K.J., & Macedo, T.B. 2001 . The impact of herbivory on plants: yield, fitness, and population dynamics. In: Biotic Stress and Yield Loss (R.K.D. Peterson & L.G. Higley, eds.), pp. 135-158. CRC Press Basolo, A.L., & Delaney, K.J. 2001 . Male Biases for Male Characteristics in Females in Priapella olmecae and Xiphophorus helleri (Family Poeciliidae). Ethology 107 , 431-438. last updated Jan. 2005 |
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Margaret Devall USFS Southern Research Station E-mail: mdevall@fs.fed.us website: 504-897-2749 , 662-686-3161 Southern Research Station
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| Jessica R. Eberhard Louisiana State University eberhard@lsu.edu http://www.biology.lsu.edu/webfac/jeberhard/ 225-578-0068 Department of Biological Sciences 202 Life Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Research Interests My research concerns the behavior, biogeography, and molecular systematics of birds, and has involved a combination of field observation and molecular techniques. I am especially interested in using comparative approaches to study the evolution of behavior, historical biogeography, and molecular evolution, and most of my molecular work has been driven by an interest in addressing questions within a historical framework. Much of my research has focused on the behavior and evolution of parrots, but has also included studies of hummingbirds and toucans, and my interests in biogeography and behavioral evolution are not taxonomically defined. Teaching Interests General Biology, Tropical Biology, Ornithology, Biogeography & Conservation, Animal Behavior, Molecular Systematics 5 Representative Publications Eberhard, J. R. and E. Bermingham. 2004 Phylogeny and biogeography of the Amazona ochrocephala complex. The Auk (in press). Eberhard, J. R. 2002. Cavity-adoption and the evolution of coloniality. The Condor 104:240-247. Eberhard, J. R., T. F. Wright and E. Bermingham. 2001. Duplication and concerted evolution of the mitochondrial control region in the parrot genus Amazona. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18(7):1330-1342. (JRE and TFW co-first authors) Eberhard, J. R. 1998. Evolution of nest-building behavior in Agapornis parrots. The Auk 115:455-464. Eberhard, J. R. and P. W. Ewald. 1994. Effects of food availability and intrusion pressure on territory size: an experimental study of Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34(1): 11-18. last updated Feb. 2004 |
| Jean Elbers Southeastern Louisiana University jean.elbers@selu.edu 985-869-3925 Eleutherodactylus planirostris -diet, competition with native anurans, phylogenetics Snake eye anatomy Manuscript to be submitted to Herpetological Review on the geographic distribution of Eleutherodactylus planirostris in Louisiana |
Mark " Chad " Ellinwood |
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Milton Fingerman Tulane University (emeritas) E-mail: website: 504-865-5549 Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Research Interests The research in my laboratory centers on the physiology of crustaceans, particularly the red swamp crawfish and fiddler crabs. Ongoing experiments deal with the hormones that regulate gonadal maturation in crustaceans, the neurotransmitters that trigger release of these hormones, the effects of organic and inorganic environmental pollutants on the physiology and biochemistry of these crustaceans. Teaching Interests Comparative Physiology Comparative Endocrinology Human Physiology Scientific Writing 5 Representative Publications Fingerman, M., M. Devi, P. S. Reddy and R. Katyayani, 1996. Impact of heavy metal exposure on the nervous system and endocrine-mediated processes in crustaceans. Zoological Studies, 35:1-8. Nagabhushanam, R., R. Sarojini, P. S. Reddy, M. Devi and M. Fingerman, 1995. Opioid peptides in invertebrates: Localization, distribution and possible functional roles. Current Sci., 69:659-671. Sarojini, R., R. Nagabhushanam, M. Devi and M. Fingerman, 1995. Dopaminergic inhibition of 5-hydroxytryptamine-stimulated testicular maturation in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 111C:287-292. Devi, M. and M. Fingerman, 1995. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity in the central nervous system of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, by mercury, cadmium, and lead. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 55:746-750. Sarojini, R., R. Nagabhushanam and M. Fingerman, 1995. A neurotransmitter role for red-pigment-concentrating hormone in ovarian maturation in the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. J. Exp. Biol., 198:1253-1257. last updated 1996 |
| J. Michael Fitzsimons L.S.U. Museum of Natural Science fitzsimons@lsu.edu 225-578-3079 Museum of Natural Science Louisiana State University Baton Rouge , LA 70803 Research Interests Behavior and systematics of teleost fishes. Teaching Interests Ichthyology Ethology 5 Representative Publications Fitzsimons, J. M., J. E. Parham, L. K. Benson, M. G. McRae, and R. T. Nishimoto. 2005. Biological assessment of Kahana Stream, Island of O'ahu , Hawai'i : An application of PABITRA survey methods. Pacific Science 59: 273-281. Fitzsimons, J. M., M.G. McRae, and R. T. Nishimoto. 2006. Behavioral ecology of indigenous stream fishes in Hawai'i . Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries. N. L. Evenhuis and J. M. Fitzsimons, eds. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 11-21. Fitzsimons, J. M. 2006. A biological basis for stream-use decisions in Hawai’i . Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai’i . 18 pp. Nishimoto, R. T. and J. M. Fitzsimons. 2006. Status of native Hawaiian stream fishes, a unique amphidromous fauna. American Fisheries Society Sympos. 53:21-27. Parham, J. E., G. R. Higashi, E. K. Lapp, D. G. K. Kuamo’o, R. T. Nishimoto, J. M. Fitzsimons, D. A. Polhemus, and W. S. Devick. 2006. Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and Their Aquatic Resources. Five volumes: Islands of Hawai’i (786 pp.), Maui (471), Moloka’i (224), O’ahu (336), and Kaua’i (359). Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai’i . |
| William F. Font Southeastern Louisiana University wffont@selu.edu http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/wfont.htm 985-549-2901 Department of Biological Sciences Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA 70402 Research Interests Ecology and Systematics of Parasites. My current research is an analysis of the community structure of helminth parasites of bats. I am studying the parasites of Teaching Interests Parasitology Invertebrate Zoology Evolutionary Biology 5 Representative Publication Lasee, B. A., W. F. Font, and D. R.
Sutherland. 1988. Culaeatrema
inconstans gen. n., sp. n. (Digenea: Allocreadiidae)
from the Brook Stickleback (Culaea
inconstans) in Font, W. F. 1987. Partial Life Cycle and Fish Hosts of Bolbogonotylus corkumi gen. et. Sp. n. and
Cryptogonimus chyli Osborn,
1903 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) in Lotz, J. M. and W. F. Font.
1985. Structure and Enteric Helminth
Communities in Two Populations of Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera). Font, W. F., R. W. Heard, and R. M. Overstreet.
1984. Taxonomy and Biology of Phagicola
nana (Digenea: Heterophyidae).
Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 103:408-422. Font, W. F., R. W. Heard, and R. M. Overstreet.
1984. Life Cycle of Ascocotyle
gemina n. sp. a Sibling
of A. sexidigita (Digenea: Heterophyidae) Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 103:392-407.
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| Cliff Fontenot Southeastern Louisiana University cfontenot@selu.edu http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/cfontenot.htm 985-549-3466 Department of Biological Sciences Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA 70402 Research Interests My research interests are fairly broad, but are generally in the behavioral and evolutionary ecology of amphibians and reptiles. Much of my work has focused on salamander (Amphiuma) reproduction, alligator nesting and foraging ecology, turtle conservation, and garter snake ecology. My studies on the behavior and evolutionary ecology of garter snakes (Thamnophis) have led me in unexpected directions, i.e., how California paleogeology has influenced the evolution of California amphibians and reptiles. My garter snake foraging behavior studies have also led me to investigate how animals (snakes) that have independently evolved eyes on land, have adapted to foraging underwater (because of the difference in refractive index). I am also presently involved in a long-term study (with Brian Crother) to monitor changes in amphibian and reptile assemblages along Highway 51 (LaPlace to Ponchatoula), a road that runs between Lake Maurepas and Lake Ponchartrain. Teaching Interests Human Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Ecology, Behavior, Herpetology 5 Representative Publications Fontenot, C. L., Jr. (In press). Cajun-French Common Names for Louisiana Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Review. Fontenot, C. L., Jr. (In review). Ecological Assessment of Secondary Contact in the Garter Snakes Thamnophis atratus and T. hammondii. Ecology. Fontenot, C. L., Jr. (In review). Experimental Laboratory Comparison of Garter Snake (Thamnophis) Foraging Behaviours in the Presence of Different Prey Types. Animal Behaviour. Fontenot, C. L., Jr. 1999. Reproductive biology of the aquatic salamander Amphiuma tridactylum from southern Louisiana. J. Herpetol. 33:100-105. Jennings, W. B., and C. L. Fontenot, Jr. 1993. Observations on the feeding behavior of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, Kern County, California. Proc. Symp. Desert Tortoise Council. 1993:69-81.
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| Kyle E. Harms Louisiana State University kharms@lsu.edu http://www.biology.lsu.edu/webfac/kharms/index.htm 225-578-7566 Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University 202 Life Science Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Research Interests The focus of my research is diversity, ranging from the ecological and evolutionary processes that generate and maintain myriad phenotypes and life-history strategies to the mechanisms that create and maintain temporal and spatial patterns of organismal distribution, relative abundance, and species richness. Members of my research group strive for mechanistic understanding of plant strategies and species interactions, per se and to provide explanations for the structure and dynamics of plant populations and communities, primarily within tropical and sub-tropical latitudes (e.g., tropical forests and sub-tropical pine savannahs). Teaching Interests General Biology, Population & Community Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology 5 Representative Publications 2004 Harms, Kyle E., Jennifer S. Powers & Rebecca A. Montgomery. Variation in small sapling density, understory cover and resource availability in four Neotropical forests. Biotropica (in press). 2003 Harms, Kyle E. & C. E. Timothy Paine. Regeneración de árboles tropicales e implicaciones para el manejo de bosques naturales. Ecosistemas 3 [electronic journal: http://www.aeet.org/ecosistemas/revision2.htm]. 2001 Harms, Kyle E., Richard Condit, Stephen P. Hubbell & Robin B. Foster. Habitat associations of trees and shrubs in a 50-ha neotropical forest plot. Journal of Ecology 89:947-959. 2001 Gilbert, Gregory S., Kyle E.
Harms, David N. Hamill & Stephen P. Hubbell. Effects of seedling
size, El Niño drought, seedling density, and distance to nearest
conspecific adult on 6-year survival of Ocotea whitei seedlings
in Panama. Oecologia 127:509-516.
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| Don Hauber Loyola University hauber@loyno.edu www.loyno.edu/~hauber 504-865-2769 Department of Biological Sciences Loyola University 6363 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118 Research Interests I study the population genetics of local native and invasive plant species using isozyme and DNA markers. Recent work has focused on Salvinia minima, Sagittaria graminae complex, and Phragmites australis. I am also interested in polyploidy in plant species particularly as it pertains to meiosis. I have lately used the synaptonemal complex spreading technique to observe synapsis during prophase I. Teaching Interests My teaching focus is in genetics: Population Genetics, Genetic Analysis, Evolutionary Biology, Cell and Molecular laboratory 5 Representative Publications Tercek, M.T., D.P. Hauber, S.P. Darwin. 2003. Genetic and historical relationships among geothermally adapted Agrostis ("Bentgrass") of North America and Kamchatka: evidence for a previously unrecognized thermally-adapted taxon. American Journal of Botany 90:1306-1312 Hauber, D.P., A. Reeves, and S. Stack. 1999. Synapsis in a natural autotetraploid. Genome 42:936-949. Hauber, D.P. and L. Legé. 1999. A survey of allozymic variation among three members of the Sagittaria graminea complex (Alismataceae) from southeastern U.S. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 126:181-187. Pellegrin, D., and D.P. Hauber. 1999. Isozyme variation among populations of the clonal species, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steudel. Aquatic Botany 63:241-259. Jackson, R.C., and D.P. Hauber. 1994. Quantitative cytogenetic analyses of autoploid and alloploid taxa in the Helianthus ciliaris group (Compositae). American Journal of Botany 81:1063-1069. Hauber, D.P., D.A. White, S.P. Powers, and F.R. DeFrancesch. 1991. Isozyme variation and correspondence with unusual infrared reflectance patterns in Phragmites australis (Poaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 178: 1-8. Keywords population genetics, polyploids, invasive (exotic) species, phragmites, Salvinia, Sagittaria last updated Dec. 2003 |
| David C. Heins Heins, D. C. and J. A. Baker. 1988. Egg sizes in fishes: Do mature oocytes accurately demonstrate size statistics of ripe ova? Copeia 1988:238-240. Heins, D. C. and J. A. Baker. 1987. Analysis of factors associated with intraspecific variation in propagule size of a stream-dwelling fish, p. 223-231. In: W. J. Matthews and D. C. Heins (eds.). Community and evolutionary ecology of North American stream fishes. Univ. Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma. Matthews, W. J. and D. C. Heins (eds.). 1987. Community and Evolutionary Ecology of North American Stream Fishes. Univ. Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma. 310p. Heins,
D. C. and F. G. Rabitio, Jr. 1986. Spawning performance in North American
minnows: direct evidence of the occurrence of multiple clutches in the
genus Notropis. J. Fish Biol. 28:343-357. |
| Mark Hester Hester, M. W., K. L. McKee, D. M. Burdick, M. S. Koch, K. M. Flynn, S. Patterson, and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1994. Clonal integration in Spartina patens across a nitrogen and salinity gradient. Canadian Journal of Botany 72:767-770. Hester, M. W., B. J. Wilsey, and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1994. Grazing of Panicum amarum in a Louisiana Barrier Island Dune Plant Community: Management Implications for Dune Restoration Projects. Ocean and Coastal Management 23:213-224. Hester, M. W. and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1991. Expansion patterns and soil physiochemical characterization of three Louisiana populations of Uniola paniculata (sea oats). Journal of Coastal Research 7:387-401. Hester,
M. W. and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1989. Water relations and growth responses
of Uniola paniculata (sea oats) to soil moisture and water-table
depth. Oecologia 78:289-296. |
| Trenton W. Holliday Ph.D. / Prof. Researcher-Educator Tulane University thollid@tulane.edu http://www.tulane.edu/~anthro/ 504) 862-3066; (504) 865-5336 Department of Anthropology Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Research Interests I am a paleoanthropologist/human paleontologist who specializes in Late Pleistocene human evolution. My research interests include examining evolutionary changes in body size and shape among fossil hominids, recent humans, and extant nonhuman hominoids. My ongoing research involves assessing differences in limb proportions related to climatic adaptation and/or locomotion, as well as inferring phylogenetic relationships from postcranial and cranial metrics Teaching Interests Human paleontology, paleoanthropology, human anatomy and physiology, human population biology, adaptations to extreme environments. 5 Representative Publications Holliday TW (1998) The ecological context of trapping among recent hunter-gatherers: Implications for subsistence in terminal Pleistocene Europe. Current Anthropology 39:711-720. Holliday TW (1997) Postcranial evidence of cold adaptation in European Neandertals. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 104:245-258. Holliday TW (1997) Body proportions in Late Pleistocene Europe and modern human origins. Journal of Human Evolution 32:423-448. Ruff CB, Trinkaus E, and Holliday TW (1997) Body mass and encephalization in Pleistocene Homo. Nature 387:173-176. Franciscus
RG, and Holliday TW (1992) Hindlimb skeletal allometry in Plio-Pleistocene
hominids with special reference to AL 288-1 ("Lucy"). Bulletins et Mémoires
de la Société d'Anthropologie! de Paris n.s., 4, série
1-2:5-20. |
| Craig S. Hood Department
of Biological Sciences Guill, J.M., C.S. Hood, & D.C. Heins. 2003. Female body shape variation within and among three species of darters. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 12: 134-140. Hood, C. S. 2002. [Review of] Ontogeny, Functional Ecology and Evolution of Bats. (RA. Adams & S.C. Pedersen, eds.). Journal of Mammalogy. 83: 628-630. Hood, C.S., and D.C. Heins. 2000. Ontogeny and allometry of body shape in the blacktail shiner, Cyprinella venusta. Copeia, 2000 (1), 270-275. Hood,
C. S. 2000. Geometric morphometric approaches to the study of sexual
size dimorphism in mammals. Hystrix. 11: 77-90. |
Jerry
Howard
University of New Orleans 2000 Lakeshore Dr . New Orleans , LA 70148
I am primarily interested in plant-animal interactions, at all scales from molecules and behavior to communities and ecosystems. I have worked on foraging and diet selection in leafcutting ants (Atta and Acromyrmex) for a number of years; my current research emphasizes division of labor during foraging and the behavioral optimization of leaf harvest. Since moving to Louisiana I have also become interested in how human-caused disturbance, especially the introduction of invasive species, affects the integrity of plant-animal and other ecological interactions. My students and I are studying impacts of the invasive species Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) on insect communities and the food webs that rely on them. Finally, I am interested in the importance of behavioral ecology for conservation biology, and have advised students working on wolf behavior and captive primate populations.
Burd, M. and J. J. Howard . Central-place foraging continues beyond the nest entrance: the underground performance of leaf-cutting ants. In press, Animal Behaviour.
Hull-Sanders, H. M. and J. J. Howard. 2003. Impact of Atta colombica colonies on understory vegetation and light availability in a Neotropical forest. Biotropica 35: 441-445.
Howard, J. J. 2001. Costs of trail construction and maintenance in the leaf-cutting ant Atta columbica . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49: 348-356.
Snyder, M. J., Champagne , D. E., Cohen, M. B., and Howard, J. J. 1998. Effects of plant diet on the detoxification enzyme activities of two grasshoppers, Melanoplus differentialis and Taeniopoda eques . Journal of Chemical Ecology 24: 2151-2165.
Armbruster, W. S., J. J. Howard, T. P. Clausen, E. Debevec, J. Loquvam, M. Matsuki, B. Cerendolo, and F. Andel. (1997) Do biochemical exaptations link evolution of defense and pollination systems? Historical hypotheses and experimental tests with Dalechampia vines. American Naturalist 149: 461-484.
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| Norman E. Leonard Tank,
J.L., J.L. Meyer, D.M. Sanzone, P.J. Mulholland, J.R. Webster, B.J.
Peterson, W.M. Wolheim, and N.E. Leonard. 2000. Analysis of nitrogen
cycling in a forest stream during autumn using a N-15-tracer addition.
Limnology and Oceanography 45:1013-1029. |
| Martin T. O'Connell O'Connell, M.T. with G.N. Fuentes and R.C. Cashner. 2002. Application of a diffusion model to describe a recent invasion; observations and insights concerning early stages of expansion for the introduced Rio Grande cichlid, Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum, in southeastern Louisiana. Aquatic Invaders 13 (4): 1-5. O'Connell, M.T. 2002. Dangerous Wildlife in the Southeast: A Guide to Safe Encounters at Home and in the Wild, by F. Lynn Bachleda - Book Review. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings Number 43:20. Ross, S.T. with M.T. O'Connell, D.M. Patrick, C.A. Latorre, W.T. Slack, J.G. Knight, and S.D. Wilkins. 2001. Stream erosion and densities of Etheostoma rubrum (Percidae) and associated riffle-inhabiting fishes - biotic stability on a variable habitat template. Copeia 2001(4): 916-927. Ross, S.T. with W.M. Brenneman, W.T. Slack, M.T. O'Connell, and T.L. Peterson. 2001. The Inland Fishes of Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. 624 pp. O'Connell,
M.T. and R.C. Cashner. 2000. Drought conditions attract rare visitors
in Lake Pontchartrain. Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Bulletin
10(2): 1-3. |
| Meg O'Connell 504-280-4037
University of New Orleans New Orleans , LA 70148
O'Connell, A.M.U. and P.L. Angermeier. 1999. Habitat relationships for alewife and blueback herring in a Virginia stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 14(3): 357-370.
O'Connell, M.T., A.M.U. O'Connell, and J.D. Williams. In press. Assessment
of rarity of the blackmouth shiner Notropis melanostomus (Cyprinidae)
based on museum and recent survey data. Southeastern Naturalist. |
| Pamela O'Neil O'Neil, P., and J. Schmitt. 1993. Genetic constraints on the independent evolution of male and female reproductive characters in the tristylous plant Lythrum salicaria. Evolution 47(5):1457-1471. O'Neil, P. 1992. Variation in male and female reproductive success among floral morphs in the tristylous plant Lythrum salicaria L. (Lythraceae). American Journal of Botany 79(9):1024-1030. Jennersten, O., D. H. Morse, and P. O'Neil. 1991. Movements of male and worker bumblebees on and between flowers. Oikos 62:319-324. O'Neil, P. Natural selection on
genetically correlated phenological characters in Lythrum salicaria
L. (Lythraceae). In review at Evolution. |
| Kyle R. Piller Piller, K. R., H. L. Bart Jr., and J. A. Tipton. In Press. Decline of the frecklebelly madtom in the Pearl River based on contemporary and historical surveys. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Piller, K. R., H. L. Bart, Jr. and J. A. Tipton. 2002. Spawning in the black buffalo Ictiobus niger (Teleostomi: Catostomidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater. 14:145-150. Piller, K. R., H. L. Bart Jr., and C. A. Walser. 2001. Morphological variation of the redfin darter, Etheostoma whipplei, with comments on the status of the subspecific population |