Thomas H. Martin
Department of Biology
Associate Professor
Phone: 828-227-3660
FAX: 828-227-7066
Email: tmartin@wcu.edu
Office Address: Natural Science Building 333
Education:
- Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1990
- M.S., East Tennessee State University, 1980
- B.S., Lincoln Memorial University, 1986
Courses Taught:
- BIOL 103: Environmental Biology
- BIOL 304: General Ecology
- BIOL 373: Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 435/535: Aquatic Ecology
- BIOL 467/567: Biostatistics
- BIOL 476/576: Contemporary Fisheries
- BIOL 693: Classic Papers in Ecology
Publications:
- Galbreath, P.F., N.D. Adams, L.W. Sherrill III, and T.H. Martin.. 2006. Thermal tolerance of diploid versus triploid rainbow trout and brook trout assessed by time to chronic lethal maximum. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 75:183-193.
- Galbreath, P.F., N.D. Adams, and T.H. Martin. 2004. Influence of heating rate on measurement of time to thermal maximum in trout. Aquaculture 241:587-599.
- McPherson, R.J., F.K. Ammer, T.H. Martin, and L. Bernatchez. 2002. Use of single strand conformation polymorphism analysis to identify sequence variation In a 356-base region of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) mitochondrial DNA. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 76(1):22-26.
- Johnson, D.M., T.H. Martin, M. Mahato, L.B. Crowder, and P.H. Crowley. 1996. Link strength in lake littoral food webs: net effects of small sunfish and larval dragonflies. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 15:271-288.
- Wright, R.A., L.B. Crowder, and T.H. Martin. 1996. Selective predation by blue crabs on the gastropod, Bittium varium: confirmation from opercula found in the sediments. Estuaries 19(1):75-81.
- Martin, T.H., L.B. Crowder, C.F. Dumas, and J.M. Burkholder. 1992. Indirect effects of fish on macrophytes in Bays Mountain Lake: Evidence for a littoral trophic cascade. Oecologia 89: 476-481.
- Martin, T.H., R.A. Wright, and L.B. Crowder. 1989. Non-additive impact of blue crabs and spot on their prey assemblages. Ecology 70(6): 1935-1942.