I am interested in the factors that influence population dynamics and community structure in aquatic systems. Much of my early research was focused on the role of predation in shaping littoral macroinvertebrate population and assemblage structure.  More recently, my interests have focused more on abiotic factors that influence aquatic populations.

Perhaps the most efficient way to summarize my research interests is to provide a list of recent MS theses that I have directed:

Nate Irwin. in progress. Microhabitat use by fish in restored stream reaches.

Michael LaVoie.  in progress.  Natural recolonization of a river in ecological recovery: spatial and temporal patterns of larval-fish drift in the Pigeon River, North Carolina.

Victor Agraz.  in progress.  The effect of hydrology and disturbance on the growth of Juncus effusus in a restored wetland.

Jeff Wesner.  2005.  Growth and mortality under low pH of two strains of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).  (Currently in Ph.D. program at University of Oklahoma)

J. Wes Cornelison.  2005.  An ecological comparison between two strains of wild brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis.  (Currently employed as a partner of Blue Ridge Ecological Services)

Daniel Hanks.  2004.  Short and long-term movement of benthic stream fishes.  (Currently serving as the Introductory Biology Coordinator at Presbyterian College, SC)

Maureen Kavanagh.  2004.  A comparison of fish passage through highway culverts.  (Currently working as a Fisheries Biologist for the Columbia River Fisheries Program Office, USFWS, Vancouver, WA)

Erika Yates Young.  2003.  Observations on the Odonata of a stream bog complex in Panthertown Valley, North Carolina. (Currently working as a Lecturer in Biology at UNC Pembroke)

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