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Dr.
Scott Grubbs
Associate
Professor
Department
of Biology
Western
Kentucky University.
Bowling
Green, KY 42101
(270)
745-5048 (office)
(270)
745-6856 (fax)
email:
scott.grubbs@wku.edu |
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Education:
B.S.,
Biology. 1990 - Central Michigan University
Ph.D.,
Biology. 1997- University of Pittsburgh
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Research
Interests:
My
current research projects pertain to one of five themes:
- Biogeography,
conservation, and taxonomy of North American Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
- Comparative
life cycle strategies of Plecoptera
- Landscape-level
distribution of fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages of the
Upper Green
River Basin, Kentucky
- Ecology
and constancy of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages at Mammoth
Cave National Park
- Influence
of alternative forestry harvesting practices on headwater stream
structure and function
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Students:
- Eva
Ngulo, M.S.
- Brian Lewis,
M.S.
- Robin Brotherton
- Mary
Penick
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Recent Publications:
- Grubbs
S. A., C. M. Thomas, B. T. Hutchins, and J. M. Taylor.
2006. Life cycles of Leuctra spp. and Allocapnia recta (Plecoptera:
Leuctridae
and Capniidae) across a flow gradient in a headwater karst
valley. Southeastern Naturalist (in press).
- Tarter,
D. C., D. L. Chafee, and S. A. Grubbs. 2006. An updated
checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Kentucky.
Entomological News (in
press).
- Grubbs S.
A. 2005. Distributional notes on Leuctra alta (Plecoptera:
Leuctridae). Entomological News 116: 189-190.
- Grubbs S.
A. 2005. Perlesta shawnee (Plecoptera: Perlidae), a new stonefly
species
from eastern North America. Aquatic
Insects 27:
63-69.
- Grubbs S.
A. 2005. Zealeuctra talladega, a new species of Leuctridae
(Plecoptera) from Alabama, U.S.A. Illiesia
1: 40-42.
- Grubbs S.
A., C. M. Thomas, B. T. Hutchins, and J. M. Taylor. 2005. Comparative
life history study of
two species
of
Nemouridae (Plecoptera)
from an intermittent-perennial stream continuum
from the central Kentucky karst region, U.S.A. Verhandlungen
Internationale
Vereinigung
für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie
29: 912-916.
- Grubbs S.
A. 2004. Studies on Indiana stoneflies
(Plecoptera), with an annotated and revised state
checklist. Proceedings
of the Entomological
Society of Washington 106: 864-875.
- Grubbs S.
A. and B. P.Stark. 2004. Acroneuria covelli (Plecoptera:
Perlidae), a new stonefly
species
from eastern North America.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of
Washington 106: 797-800.
- Grubbs S.
A. and J. M.Taylor. 2004. The influence of flow impoundment
and river regulation on
the distribution of
riverine macroinvertebrates
at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky,
U.S.A . Hydrobiologia
520: 19-28.
- Grubbs S.
A. 2003. Notes on the distribution of Leuctra carolinensis
and L. variabilis
in Maryland
with amended
and new state records.
Entomological News 114: 51-53.
- Grubbs S.
A. and E. Bright. 2003. Arcynopteyrx compacta (Plecoptera:
Perlodidae), a Holarctic
stonefly confirmed
from Lake Superior, with
a review and first checklist of the stoneflies
of Michigan. Great Lakes Entomologist
34: 77-84.
- Grubbs S.
A. and B. P. Stark. 2001. Notes on Perlesta (Plecoptera: Perlidae)
from
eastern North America.
Aquatic Insects 23:
119-122.
- Grubbs,
S. A. 1997. New records, zoogeographic notes, and a revised
checklist of the
stoneflies (Plecoptera)
of Maryland.
Transactions
of the American Entomological Society 123:
71-84.
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Comments
or questions on the format of this page should be directed
to Scott.Grubbs@wku.edu
Last Modified:
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