CURRICULUM VITAE March 2016
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: David R. Edds Job Title: Professor Business Address: Department of Biological Sciences Emporia State University ESU Campus Box 4050 One Kellogg Circle Emporia, KS 66801-5415 Office Telephone: 620-341-5622 Fax: 620-341-5607 E-mail: [email protected] Webpage: emporia.edu/biosci/people/david-edds.html Languages: English, Nepali
EDUCATION
Degree Year Institution & location Major field
Ph.D. 1989 Oklahoma State University Zoology Stillwater, Oklahoma (Fish ecology)
Doctoral dissertation title: Multivariate analysis of fish assemblage composition and environmental correlates in a Himalayan river – Nepal's Kali Gandaki/Narayani (Major advisor A.A. Echelle)
M.S. 1984 Oklahoma State University Zoology Stillwater, Oklahoma (Fish conservation genetics)
Master's thesis title: The genetic structure of endangered desert fishes: natural versus captive populations (Major advisor A.A. Echelle)
B.S. 1977 University of Kansas Biology Lawrence, Kansas (Systematics & Ecology) (Advisor F.B. Cross)
A.A. 1974 Independence CC Liberal Arts Independence, Kansas
HONORS
2015 ESU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Excellence in Scholarship and Creativity Award
2014 Best professional paper award from Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Edds, D., B. Smith and J. Goeckler. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita
2014 1st place poster award, McCullough, D., K. Hase and D. Edds, Fishes of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia
2014 2nd place poster award, Bilyea, J., D. Edds, S. Crupper and J. Goeckler. Early detection and distribution of the zebra mussel in La Cygne Reservoir and the Marais des Cygnes River, Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia
2014 Dean's Award for Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emporia State University
2013 Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor, Emporia State University
2013 Faculty Mentor Award, ESU Student Athlete Advisory Committee
2013 Commencement Speaker, Emporia State University
2012 1st place master’s division oral presentation. Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds and J.M. Goeckler. Lowhead dam influence on downstream zebra mussel dispersal. Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita
2012 1st place master’s division poster presentation. Smith, B.R. and D.R. Edds. Differential utilization of surfaces by colonizing zebra mussels, and the effectiveness of a foul release coating system. Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita
2012 Best student poster award – fisheries. Holoubek, N., J. Goeckler, B. Smith and D. Edds. Comparison of zebra mussel veliger sampling techniques. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Wichita
2011 Included in Ad Astra Kansas’ “Science in Kansas: 150 Years and Counting,” a project for the Kansas Sesquicentennial highlighting 150 Kansas scientists, past and present, with a series of trading cards.
2010 Robert L. Packard Outstanding Educator Award, Southwestern Association of Naturalists, presented to a member of the society who, in his or her career, has made significant contributions to the understanding of the biota of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America through teaching or presenting scientific information to the general public.
2010 Balitora eddsi, a hillstream loach from Nepal, named in my honor by Conway & Mayden (Journal of Fish Biology 76: 1466-1473). The authors stated that “The new species is named in honour of D.R. Edds, who collected the type series, in recognition of his contribution to the knowledge of the fish fauna of Nepal.”
2009 Graduate advisee Alan Butler named ESU Durst Research Award winner
2007 Undergraduate advisee James Whitney named outstanding fisheries student in Kansas by the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
2006 Pseudecheneis eddsi, a sucker catfish from Nepal, was named in my honor (Ng, 2006. Zootaxa 1254: 45-68). In the article, Ng stated that “This species is named after David Edds, who collected part of the type series and in honor of his work on Nepalese fishes.”
2004 Best professional poster award at 134th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Madison, Wisconsin, for Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on fish assemblages in the Neosho River, Kansas, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom, a federally-listed threatened species
2003 ESU President’s Award for Research and Creativity
2003 Graduate student David Gillette received Laurence C. Boylan Award for the outstanding ESU master’s thesis produced during 2001-02 academic year
2002 Graduate student Jeremy Tiemann named outstanding fisheries graduate student in Kansas by the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
2001 Graduate student David Gillette named outstanding fisheries graduate student in Kansas by the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
1999 Graduate student John Tollefson named outstanding herpetology student in Kansas by the Kansas Herpetological Society
1998 Graduate student Chris Wilkinson named outstanding fisheries student in Kansas by Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
1997 Elected at-large member of Sigma Xi
1996 Fulbright Research Scholar, Nepal
1994 Best paper award, Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Lawrence
1994 Former graduate student Paul Shipman named outstanding student of Kansas herpetology by the Kansas Herpetological Society
1993 Dean's Award for Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emporia State University
1993 Graduate student Jay Jeffrey honorable mention Skinner Memorial Award, American Fisheries Society
1993 Graduate student Jay Jeffrey named outstanding fisheries student in Kansas by the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
1993 Undergraduate advisee Daren Riedle named outstanding herpetology student in Kansas by the Kansas Herpetological Society
1992 Graduate student Linda Fuselier recipient of Skinner Memorial Award, American Fisheries Society
1992 Graduate student Linda Fuselier named outstanding fisheries student in Kansas by the Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
1989 Runner-up, Phoenix Award, Outstanding Graduate Student, Oklahoma State University
1988 Top Ten Finalist, Phoenix Award, Outstanding Graduate Student, Oklahoma State University
1987 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University
1984 Selected to Phi Kappa Phi
1984-85 Pre-doctoral Fulbright Scholar, Nepal
1983 Ken Johnston Award from National Wildlife Federation/Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation as outstanding fisheries student in Oklahoma
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
B.R. Smith, D.R. Edds and J.M. Goeckler. 2016. Distribution and density of zebra mussels in four Kansas reservoirs. Southwestern Naturalist 61(1): in press.
B.R. Smith, D.R. Edds and J.M. Goeckler. 2015. Lowhead dams and the downstream dispersal of zebra mussels. Hydrobiologia 755: 1-12.
Delmott, S.E. and D.R. Edds. 2014. Zebra mussel maturation and seasonal gametogenesis in Marion Reservoir, KS, USA. BioInvasions Records 3(4): 247-260.
Smith, B.R. and D.R. Edds. 2014. Zebra mussel colonization of construction materials, and effectiveness of a foul release coating. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 117(3-4): 159-166.
Holoubek, N.S., J.M. Goeckler, B.R. Smith and D.R. Edds. 2014. Comparison of zebra mussel veliger laboratory enumeration and sampling techniques. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 117(1-2): 69-75.
Shrestha, O.H. and D.R. Edds. 2012. Fishes of Nepal: Mapping distributions based on voucher specimens. Emporia State Research Studies 48(2): 14-74.
Conway, K.W., R.L. Mayden, J. Shrestha and D.R. Edds. 2012. Redescription of the Nepalese endemic torrent minnow Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis with comments on P. homaloptera (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23(2): 193-210.
Conway, K.W., D.R. Edds, J. Shrestha and R.L. Mayden. 2011. A new species of gravel-dwelling loach (Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae) from the Nepalese Himalayan foothills. Journal of Fish Biology 79(7): 1746-1759.
Edds, D.R. 2007. Fishes in Nepal: ichthyofaunal surveys in seven nature reserves. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(3): 277-287.
Edds, D.R. and H.H. Ng. 2007. Additions to the ichthyofauna of Nepal, with a redescription of Neoeucirrhichthys maydelli (Teleostei: Cobitidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(2): 125-132.
Gillette, D.P., J.S. Tiemann, D.R. Edds and M.L. Wildhaber. 2006. Habitat use by a Midwestern U.S.A. riverine fish assemblage: effects of season, water temperature and river discharge. Journal of Fish Biology 68(5): 1494-1512.
Gillette, D.P., J.S. Tiemann, D.R. Edds and M.L. Wildhaber. 2005. Spatiotemporal patterns of fish assemblage structure in a river impounded by low-head dams. Copeia 2005(3): 539-549.
Tiemann, J.S., D.P. Gillette, M.L. Wildhaber and D.R. Edds. 2005. Effects of lowhead dams on the ephemeropterans, plecopterans, and trichopterans group in a North American river. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20(3): 519-525.
Combes, M. and D. Edds. 2005. Mussel assemblages upstream from three Kansas reservoirs. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20(1): 139-148.
Haslouer, S.G., M.E. Eberle, D.R. Edds, K.B. Gido, C.S. Mammoliti, J.R. Triplett, J.T. Collins, D.A. Distler, D.G. Huggins and W.J. Stark. 2005. Current status of native fish species in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 108(1-2): 32-46.
Ng, H.H. and D.R. Edds. 2005. Two new species of Pseudecheneis, rheophilic catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal. Zootaxa 1047: 1-19.
Ng, H.H. and D.R. Edds. 2005. Two new species of Erethistoides (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from Nepal. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16(3): 239-248.
Ng, H.H. and D.R. Edds. 2004. Batasio macronotus, a new species of bagrid catfish from Nepal (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 15(4): 295-300.
Tiemann, J.S., D.P. Gillette, M.L. Wildhaber and D.R. Edds. 2004. Effects of lowhead dams on riffle-dwelling fishes and macroinvertebrates in a midwestern river. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133(3): 705-717.
Tiemann, J.S., D.P. Gillette, M.L. Wildhaber and D.R. Edds. 2004. Correlations among densities of stream fishes in the upper Neosho River, with focus on the Neosho madtom. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 107(1-2): 17-24.
Sherraden-Chance, S.A. and D.R. Edds. 2004. Mussel assemblages in a developing oxbow and a newly-cut channel of the Neosho River, Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 152(2): 347-359.
Edds, D.R., W.J. Matthews and F.P. Gelwick. 2002. Resource use by large catfishes in a reservoir: is there evidence for interactive segregation and innate differences? Journal of Fish Biology 60(3): 739-750.
Edds, D., D. Gillette, T. Maskey and M. Mahato. 2002. Hot-soda process paper mill effluent effects on fishes and macroinvertebrates in the Narayani River, Nepal. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17(4): 543-554.
Dimmick, W.W. and D.R. Edds. 2002. Evolutionary genetics of the endemic schizothoracine (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) fishes of Lake Rara, Nepal. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 30(10): 919-929.
Dean, J., D. Edds, D. Gillette, J. Howard, S. Sherraden and J. Tiemann. 2002. Effects of lowhead dams on freshwater mussels in the Neosho River, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 105(3-4): 232-240.
Bulger, A.G., C.D. Wilkinson, D.R. Edds and M.L. Wildhaber. 2002. Breeding behavior and reproductive life history of the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus (Teleostei: Ictaluridae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 105(3-4): 106-124.
Bulger, A.G., M. Wildhaber and D. Edds. 2002. Effects of photoperiod on behavior and courtship of the Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17(1):141-150.
Bulger, A.G. and D.R. Edds. 2001. Population structure and habitat use in Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus). Southwestern Naturalist 46(1): 8-15.
Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. 2001. Spatial pattern and environmental correlates of a midwestern stream fish assemblage: including spatial autocorrelation as a factor in community analyses. American Midland Naturalist 146(2): 271-289.
Stein, J. and D. Edds. 2001. White perch and yellow bass range extensions into Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist 32(4):249-252.
Tseng, C.W., J. Stein, C.R. McFall, D. Edds and S.S. Crupper. 2000. Molecular differentiation of white perch and yellow bass. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 103(3-4): 168-172.
Jeffrey, J.D. and D.R. Edds. 1999. Spring movements and spawning habitat of sauger (Stizostedion canadense) in a small midwestern USA reservoir. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 14(3): 385-397.
Edds, D.R. 1998. Geographic distribution - Testudines: Kachuga tecta (Indian Roofed Turtle). Herpetological Review 29(2): 109.
Edds, D.R. 1998. Geographic distribution - Testudines: Kachuga smithii smithii (Brown Roofed Turtle). Herpetological Review 29(2): 109.
Edds, D.R. 1998. Geographic distribution - Testudines: Kachuga tentoria flaviventer (Yellowbelly Indian Tent Turtle). Herpetological Review 29(2): 109.
Jeffrey, J.D. and D.R. Edds. 1997. A Global Positioning System for aquatic surveys. Fisheries 22(12): 16-20.
Obermeyer, B.K., D.R. Edds, C.W. Prophet and E.J. Miller. 1997. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Verdigris, Neosho, and Spring River basins of Kansas and Missouri, with emphasis on species of concern. American Malacological Bulletin 14(1): 41-55.
Obermeyer, B.K., D.R. Edds, E.J. Miller and C.W. Prophet. 1997. Range reductions of southeast Kansas unionids. Pages 108-116 in K.S. Cummings, A. C. Buchanan, C.A. Mayer, and T.J. Naimo, eds. Conservation and management of freshwater mussels II: initiatives for the future. Proceedings of a symposium, 16-18 October 1995, St. Louis, Missouri. Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee, Rock Island, IL.
Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. 1996. Seasonal variation of riffle and pool fish assemblages in a short mitigated stream reach. Southwestern Naturalist 41: 299-306.
Wilkinson, C., D. Edds, J. Dorlac, M.L. Wildhaber, C.J. Schmidt and A. Allert. 1996. Neosho madtom distribution and abundance in the Spring River. Southwestern Naturalist 41: 78-81.
Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. 1995. An artificial riffle as restored habitat for the threatened Neosho madtom. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15: 499-503.
Shipman, P.A., D.R. Edds and L.E. Shipman. 1995. Distribution of the alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 98: 83-91.
Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. 1994. Seasonal variation in habitat use by the Neosho madtom (Teleostei: Ictaluridae: Noturus placidus). Southwestern Naturalist 39: 217- 223.
Shipman, P.A., D.R. Edds and D. Blex. 1994. Macroclemys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) and Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle) agonistic behavior. Herpetological Review 25: 24-25.
Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. 1994. Habitat partitioning among three sympatric species of map turtles, genus Graptemys. Journal of Herpetology 28: 154-158.
Pfingsten, D.G. and D.R. Edds. 1994. Reproductive traits of the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus (Pisces: Ictaluridae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 97: 82-87.
Morrissey, J.R. and D.R. Edds. 1994. Metal pollution associated with a landfill: concentrations in water, sediment, crayfish, and fish. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 97: 18-25.
Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. 1993. Range extension for the southern redbelly dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster) in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 96: 227-228.
Edds, D.R. 1993. Fish assemblage structure and environmental correlates in Nepal's Gandaki River. Copeia 1993: 48-60.
Mahato, M. and D. Edds. 1993. Altitudinal distribution of odonate larvae in Nepal's Gandaki River. Odonatologica 22: 213-221.
Edds, D.R., P.A. Shipman and L.E. Shipman. 1991. Geographic distribution: Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis. Herpetological Review 22: 134.
Edds, D.R. and A.A. Echelle. 1989. Genetic comparisons of hatchery and natural stocks of small endangered fishes: Leon Springs pupfish, Comanche Springs pupfish, and Pecos gambusia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 118: 441-446.
Echelle, A.F., A.A. Echelle and D.R. Edds. 1989. Conservation genetics of a spring- dwelling desert fish, the Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis, Poeciliidae). Conservation Biology 3: 159-169.
Matthews, W.J., L.G. Hill, D.R. Edds and F.G. Gelwick. 1989. Influence of water quality and season on habitat use by striped bass in a large southwestern reservoir. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 118: 243-250.
Matthews, W.J., L.G. Hill, D.R. Edds, J.J. Hoover and T.G. Heger. 1988. Trophic ecology of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in a freshwater reservoir (Lake Texoma, USA). Journal of Fish Biology 33: 273-288.
Echelle, A.A., A.F. Echelle and D.R. Edds. 1987. Population structure of four pupfish species (Cyprinodontidae: Cyprinodon) from the Chihuahuan desert region of New Mexico and Texas: allozymic variation. Copeia 1987: 668-681.
Edds, D.R. 1987. Foods of some Nepalese fishes. Journal of the Nepal Natural History Museum 11: 1-14.
Edds, D.R. 1986. Fishes of the Kali Gandaki/Narayani River, Nepal. Journal of the Nepal Natural History Museum 10: 13-22.
Edds, D.R. 1986. The fishes of Royal Chitawan National Park. Journal of the Nepal Natural History Museum 10: 1-12.
Edds, D.R. 1985. New records of fish species for Nepal. Journal of the Nepal Natural History Museum 9: 41-46.
Wagner, B.W., D.R. Edds and J. Pigg. 1983. Grass carp in Oklahoma streams. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 63: 106.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2016 “Description of a New Fish Species (Genus Badis, Family Badidae), ESU Faculty Research and Creativity Committee, $9,547
2015 “Investigating response of stream fishes to climate change in the Nepalese Himalaya: a test of the elevational range shift hypothesis.” National Geographic Committee for Exploration and Research (PI David Gillette, Co-PI Bibhuti Jha), $24,781
2015 “An assessment of climate change impacts on fishes in the Gandaki River Basin, central Nepal.” World Wildlife Fund Nepal (PI David Gillette, Co-PI Bibhuti Jha), $14,964
2015 “Himalayan fishes: biodiversity change across three decades." ESU Faculty Research and Creativity Committee, $9,547
2015 ESU Provost’s grant for faculty research and creative activities, $1000
2014 “Fishes of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.” ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program (with Marcus Portofee), $6,720
2014 “Are invasive zebra mussels reproducing in Kansas rivers?” ESU Faculty Research and Creativity Committee (with Judith Bilyea), $7,344
2013 “Zebra mussel early detection: evaluation of techniques.” Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (with Scott Crupper), $61,500
2013 “Early detection techniques for zebra mussels.” ESU Faculty Research and Creativity Committee, $11,396
2013 “Identification and description of a new fish species from Nepal.” ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program (with Brian Blake), $7,000
2012 Emporia State University, Faculty Research and Creativity Committee “Reproduction and growth of zebra mussels in Kansas.” $11,595
2012 Emporia State University, William Allen White Library “Zebra mussel literature.” Audrey S. Major Fund, $363
2011 Emporia State University, Faculty Research and Creativity Committee “Potential impacts of zebra mussel invasion into the Neosho River Basin.” $11,960
2010 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, “Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin: Potential ecological and economic impacts” $30,000 (with B. Smith)
2010 Emporia State University, Faculty Research and Creativity Committee “Biodiversity informatics mapping of fish distributions in Nepal” $11,381
2010 Emporia State University, William Allen White Library “Mapping Nepal fish distributions” Audrey S. Major Fund Award, $297
2009 Emporia State University, Faculty Research and Creativity Committee “Biodiversity of fishes in Paraguay’s Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve” $13,404
2003 Emporia State University, Faculty Research and Creativity Committee “Biodiversity of fishes in Nepal” $4,020
2003 Emporia State University, William Allen White Library “Indochinese nemacheilines” Audrey S. Major Fund Award, $55
2001 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks “Assessment of freshwater mussels in a side channel of the Neosho River, KS” $15,456 (with E. Miller, B. Obermeyer and S. Sherraden)
2001 Emporia State University, Faculty Research and Creativity Committee “Effects of dams on fishes and invertebrates in the Neosho River” $7,764
2000 National Biological Service, “Effects of low-head dams on the Neosho madtom” $20,440 (with Mark Wildhaber)
2000 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks “Mussel assemblages upstream from three Kansas reservoirs” $1,500 (with Matt Combes and Brian Obermeyer)
1999 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant “Ecology of non-native fishes in Browning Lake” $12,548
1998 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks “Development of a process to identify Morone species in Browning Oxbow, Doniphan Co., KS, using a molecular and biochemical approach” $2,500 (with S. Crupper)
1998 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant, “Evolution of fishes from the Himalaya Mountains” $8,450
1997 National Science Foundation/EPSCoR, “A collaborative facility for macroevolutionary studies of DNA sequences” $75,000 (co-PI, with W. Dimmick and E. Wiley, University of Kansas and S. Kambhampati, Kansas State University)
1996 Fulbright Grant, "Diversity of Nepal's native fishery resources” $23,500
1996 National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration, "Aquatic biodiversity and ecology in the Nepal Himalaya" $21,680
1996 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Breeding biology, growth and seasonal habitat use of the Neosho madtom" $20,000 (with C. Wilkinson)
1996 U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Neosho madtom reproductive biology" $21,300
1995 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Biology of the Neosho madtom" $15,000
1995 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "Biological survey of the Spring River Basin in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom" $20,000
1995 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant, "Fish diversity in the Spring River" $7,716
1995 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Freshwater mussel distribution in southeast Kansas rivers" $10,000 (grant renewal; with C. Prophet)
1994 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Freshwater mussel distribution in southeast Kansas rivers" $20,000 (with C. Prophet)
1994 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant, "Conservation status of three freshwater mussel species in southeast Kansas" $4,007
1994 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Biological survey of the Spring River Basin in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom" $23,000
1993 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks "Biology of the Neosho madtom" $15,000
1993 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks "Spring distribution of sauger as determined by ultrasonic telemetry in Melvern Reservoir, Kansas" $3,000
1993 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant, "Distribution of sauger in Melvern Reservoir" $5,427
1992 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Biological survey of the Spring River Basin in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom" $25,000
1992 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Neosho madtom movements and seasonal habitat use" $13,750
1992 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Aerial photo characterization of Neosho River riffles" $2,500
1992 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant, "Mitigation of habitat loss for threatened Neosho madtoms" $5,654
1991 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Neosho madtom colonization of artificial riffle habitat" $8,406
1991 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Behavior and ecology of the alligator snapping turtle in southeast Kansas" $1,990
1991 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Population status and incidence of anatomical abnormalities in riverine reptiles of the Walnut and lower Arkansas river basins" $15,300
1991 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant, "Ecology and behavior of the alligator snapping turtle in Kansas" $6,680
1990 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, "Conservation status of the map turtle in Kansas" $8,647
1990 ESU Faculty Research and Creativity grant, "Conservation status of the map turtle in Kansas" $6,256
1984-86 Wildlife Conservation International, "Ecology of fishes of Nepal" $6,000
1984-86 Oklahoma State University Graduate College, College of Arts & Sciences, Dept. of Zoology, and Office of International Programs equipment gran”t "Ecology of fishes of Nepal" $10,500
1984-85 Fulbright Grant “Ecology of fishes of Nepal" $11,400
MASTER’S RESEARCH SUPERVISED AT ESU
Bilyea, J. In progress. Early detection methods for zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha.
Blair, W. In progress. Identification and habitat use of Badis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae) from Nepal.
Portofee, M. In progress. Ecology of Cardinal Shiner (Luxilus cardinalis) in Kansas.
Delmott, S. 2013. Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) maturation and seasonal gametogenesis in Marion Reservoir, Kansas.
Smith, B. 2013. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin: ecology and economics.
Shrestha, O. 2011. Fishes of Nepal: Mapping distributions based on voucher specimens.
Tollefson, J. 2004. Spatial variation and environmental correlates of turtle assemblage structure in a Great Plains river ecosystem.
Combes, M. 2003. Mussel assemblages upstream from three Kansas reservoirs.
Gillette, D. 2002. Spatio-temporal patterns of fish assemblage structure and habitat use on gravel bars in the Neosho River, Lyon County, Kansas.
Sherraden, S. 2002. Mussel assemblages in a developing oxbow and a newly-cut channel of the Neosho River, Kansas.
Tiemann, J. 2002. Effects of low-head dams on fish and benthic invertebrate assemblage structure in the Neosho River, with comments on the threatened Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus.
Stein, J. 2001. Biology of nonindigenous white perch and yellow bass in an oxbow of the Missouri River.
Bulger, A. 1999. Population structure, habitat use and breeding behavior of the Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus).
Hesting, V. 1997. Environmental correlates of cove fish assemblage structure in Melvern Lake, Kansas.
Wilkinson, C. 1997. Spatial pattern of fish assemblage structure and environmental correlates in the Spring River basin, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus).
Obermeyer, B. 1996. Unionidae (Bivalvia) of the Arkansas River system of SE Kansas and SW Missouri: species of concern, historical change, commercial harvest, and sampling methods. (co-major advisor Carl Prophet)
Jeffrey, J. 1995. Spring movements, regional fidelity, and spawning of sauger (Stizostedion canadense) in Melvern Reservoir, Kansas, and the Global Positioning System for aquatic surveys.
Fuselier, L. 1993. Habitat restoration and seasonal habitat use by Neosho madtoms (Noturus placidus), and spatio-temporal variation of fish assemblages in the Cottonwood River, Kansas.
Shipman, P. 1993. Alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) habitat selection, movements, and natural history in southeast Kansas.
Morrissey, J. 1991. Heavy metals in an intermittent stream below a landfill: concentrations in water, sediment, crayfish and fish.
SELECTED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED AT ESU
2014 Portofee, M. Fishes of lower Fox Creek, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Stockebrand, P. Fishes of the ponds at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Child, M. Semi-aquatic turtles of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Haflich, A. Zebra mussels in LaCygne Reservoir and the Marais des Cygnes River. 2013 Blake, B. Morphological variation of Badis badis from Nepal. Jacobs, T. Crayfishes of the ESU Natural Areas. 2012 Black, J. Stream assessment of Saline Creek, Delaware and Mayes counties, Oklahoma. Lollar, A. Impact of riprap bank stabilization on Ninnescah River fish assemblages. Page, A. Fish assemblages of riffles vs. pools in Fox Creek, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Wendland, A. Microfauna in moss on sycamore trees vs. limestone rocks in Campus Woods, an ESU Natural Area. Zarnstorff, N. Restoring seagrasses in northern Gulf of Mexico waters. 2011 Finlayson, C. Economic impacts of harmful algal blooms in Marion Reservoir, KS. Hicks, S. Efficiency of baited minnow traps for catching small fishes in streams. Sweetman, J. Identification guide for turtles at the David Traylor Zoo. 2010 Robinson, J. Sex ratios of spawning Sockeye Salmon in Alaska. Delmott, S. Food web of a Kansas farm pond. Smith, B. Zebra mussel dispersal from Marion Reservoir. 2009 Manwaring, K. The effect of reservoir water releases on walleye CPUE. Zink, N. Wood Duck banding in Kansas. 2008 Janssen, C. Red River Pupfish in Kansas. Rench, L. Conservation education at Clinton Lake. Reynolds, S. Diel differences in fish species richness on three substrates in Melvern Reservoir. Warren, R. Fish assemblages upstream and downstream from Big Hill Lake. 2007 Foster, J. Effects of storm sewer runoff on macroinvertebrate communities. Whitney, J. Fishes and mussels of the Marais des Cygnes River. 2006 Gross, J. Monitoring fires in forested areas of Kansas national wildlife refuges. Peters, J. History of the spring at Big Springs, Kansas. 2005 Cline, A. Status of the Arkansas darter in Kansas. 2003 Freeman, L. Growth of wipers in six Kansas reservoirs. 2002 Westgate, M. Aquaculture of predatory fishes. 2001 Campbell, J. Fisheries management in south-central Kansas. Harkins, B. Riffle insects in the Neosho River. 2000 Hopkins, B. Fish assemblages upstream from three Kansas reservoirs. NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. Theel, B. Freshwater mussel host availability upstream from three Kansas reservoirs. NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. 1998 Stuerke, A. Fishery statistics of Browning Lake. 1997 Stamps, D. Predator-prey relationships of fishes in West KDOT Lake, Wichita Tajchman, D. Comparison of fish populations in the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers. 1995 Burgoon, D. Breeding biology of the Neosho madtom. Combes, M. Fish species diversity in tributaries of the Spring River. Haney, J. Riverine fish population estimation. Schmidt, J. Computer analysis of fish age and growth. Swan, J. Estimating fish population densities in the Cottonwood River. 1994 Criqui, J. Fish diversity in the Spring River. Hase, C. Fish population estimation in the Cottonwood River. Melson, D. Removal-depletion estimation of river fish population size. Minear, M. Electrofishing assessment of Cottonwood River fish populations. Obermeyer, B. Conservation status of freshwater mussels in southeast Kansas. Schrader, S. Reproductive habits of the Neosho madtom. Sumner, J. Diel variation in reef fish assemblages in San Salvador, Bahamas. 1993 Anderson, D. Removal-depletion estimation of fish population size. Grimm, K. Coral selection by stoplight parrotfish in San Salvador, Bahamas. Johnson, C. Comparison of age and growth of green sunfish in two farm ponds. Riedle, D. Distribution of the timber rattlesnake in southeast Kansas. Sexton, N. The effects of small-scale stream improvement on local fish diversity.
1992 Griffiths, C. Creel census of Centralia Lake. McLeod, D. Recovery from injury in red-eared slider. Pfingsten, D. Breeding biology of the Neosho madtom. 1991 Dunham, J. Distribution and abundance of the Arkansas darter in Crooked Creek. Ferman, C. Habitat suitability indices for two cavity nesting birds in eastern KS. Lindskog, T. Development of a fish management plan for a farm pond. Shipman, L. Abiotic correlates of fish assemblage structure in the Arkansas River.
INVITED SEMINARS
2016 Investigating response of stream fishes to climate change in Nepal. Emporia State University, Department of Biological Sciences.
2015 Fish diversity in Nepal. Patan Multiple Campus Research Group, Nepal.
2015 Conservation of fishes in Nepal, Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
2012 Aquatic communities in Kansas. Southwestern College Green Team and Department of Biology.
2009 Aquatic surveys in the Nepal Himalayas. University of Dubuque.
2009 Nepal: Land of contrasts. Dubuque Audubon Society, Dubuque, Iowa.
2004 Fishes in Nepal: field biology in the Himalayas. Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS.
2000 Himalayan fish assemblages: a decade of change. Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
2000 Himalayan fish assemblages: a decade of change. Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University
1998 Edds, D., J. Collins, and D. Distler. Issues in Kansas’ aquatic biodiversity. Kansas Water Resources: Past, Present and Future. Symposium, Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita.
1998 Shangri-la revisited: fish assemblage structure in the Nepal Himalaya. Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman.
1998 Fishes of Nepal. Fish Division, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
1997 Fisheries in the Nepal Himalayas. Division of Biological Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
1997 Life in Himalayan waters. Division of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University.
1997 Yaks, yetis and yo-yo loaches: Travels in the Nepal Himalaya. Graduate Studies and Research Discussion, Emporia State University.
1996 Fishes in Nepal. Tribhuvan University Center for Education and Technical Assistance, Kathmandu, Nepal.
1995 Fish ecology in the Nepal Himalaya. 24th annual Conference on South Asia. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1995 Himalayan fish ecology. Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
1995 Life in rivers and streams of southeast Kansas. Graduate Studies and Research Discussion, Emporia State University.
1994 Fish ecology in the Spring River of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Department of Biology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield.
1994 Aquatic communities in southeast Kansas. Division of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University.
1994 Neosho madtom, threatened Kansas fish. Phi Kappa Phi luncheon, Emporia State University.
1993 Himalayan fish ecology: an expedition to Nepal's Gandaki River. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
1993 Aquatic communities in southeast Kansas. Water and the Future of Kansas Conference, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
1992 Aquatic wildlife of Kansas. Kanza Audubon Society.
1992 Aquatic turtle community ecology in southeast Kansas. Emporia State University Research Forum.
1990 Investigation of aquatic turtle communities in Kansas. Workshop on the environmental health of Kansas' fish and wildlife. Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
2016 Edds, D., D. Gillette, B. Jha, and B. Mishra. Investigating response of stream fishes to climate change in the Nepalese Himalaya: a test of the elevational range shift hypothesis. Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Manhattan.
2016 Blair, W., S. van der Voort, and D. Edds. Identification, habitat use, and distribution of Badis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae) from Nepal. (poster)
2014 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on fish assemblages in the Neosho River, with emphasis on the Neosho Madtom, Noturus placidus, a federally listed threatened species. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society dam removal workshop, Portland, Maine. (poster)
2014 Bilyea, J.S., D.R. Edds, S.S. Crupper, and J.M. Goeckler. Early detection and density distribution of zebra mussels in the Marais des Cygnes River, Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Stillwater, OK.
2014 Delmott, S.W. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel maturation and seasonal gametogenesis in Marion Reservoir, Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
2014 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Stillwater, OK.
2014 Distler, D., M. Eberle, D. Edds, K. Gido, S. Haslouer, D. Huggins, T. Mosher, B. Stark, J. Tomelleri, J. Triplett, and E. Wiley. Forthcoming book on Kansas Fishes: Why a book? Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Stillwater, OK.
2014 Distler, D., M. Eberle, D. Edds, K. Gido, S. Haslouer, D. Huggins, T. Mosher, B. Stark, J. Tomelleri, J. Triplett, and E. Wiley. Forthcoming book on Kansas Fishes: process and product. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita.
2014 Bilyea, J.S., D.R. Edds, S.S. Crupper, and J.M. Goeckler. Early detection and density distribution of zebra mussels in the Marais des Cygnes River, Kansas. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita.
2014 Delmott, S.W. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel maturation and seasonal gametogenesis in Marion Reservoir, Kansas. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita.
2014 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita.
2014 McCullough, D.L., D.R. Edds, and K.J. Hase. Fish assemblages of first- and second-order streams at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita. (poster)
2014 Delmott, S.W. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel maturation and seasonal gametogenesis in Marion Reservoir. Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia.
2014 McCullough, D., D. Edds, and K. Hase. Fish assemblages of first- and second- order streams at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia. (poster)
2014 Bilyea, J.S., D.R. Edds, S.S. Crupper, and J.M. Goeckler. Early detection and density distribution of zebra mussels in the Marais des Cygnes River. Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia. (poster)
2014 Bilyea, J.S., D.R. Edds, S.S. Crupper, and J.M. Goeckler. Early detection and density distribution of zebra mussels in the Marais des Cygnes River. ESU Research and Creativity Day. (poster)
2014 McCullough, D., D. Edds, and K. Hase. Fish assemblages of first- and second- order streams at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. ESU Research and Creativity Day. (poster)
2014 Portofee, M., and D. Edds. Fishes of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. ESU Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Committee (URSCA) reception. (poster)
2013 Delmott, S. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel gametogenesis and maturity in Marion Reservoir. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita.
2013 Delmott, S. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel gametogenesis and maturity in Marion Reservoir. ESU Research and Creativity Day.
2013 Delmott, S. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel gametogenesis and maturity in Marion Reservoir, Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
2013 Holoubek, N., J. Goeckler, B. Smith, and D. Edds. Comparison of zebra mussel veliger sampling techniques. KS Nat. Res. Conf., Wichita. (poster)
2013 Holoubek, N., J. Goeckler, B. Smith, and D. Edds. Comparison of zebra mussel veliger sampling techniques. ESU Research and Creativity Day. (poster)
2013 Holoubek, N., J. Goeckler, B. Smith, and D. Edds. Comparison of zebra mussel veliger sampling techniques. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. (poster)
2013 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin: ecology and economics. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita.
2013 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin, Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
2013 Blake, B. and D. Edds. Morphology of Badis specimens from Nepal. ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program (ESURP) poster session and reception.
2013 Shrestha, O. and D. Edds. Fishes of Nepal. Biodiversity of Asian Freshwater Fishes Conference, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
2012 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Zebra mussel riverine dispersal is facilitated by lowhead dams. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Wichita. (poster)
2012 Delmott, S. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel seasonal gametogenesis in a Kansas reservoir. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Wichita. (poster)
2012 Holoubek, N., J. Goeckler, B. Smith, and D. Edds. Comparison of zebra mussel sampling techniques. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Wichita. (poster)
2012 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Lowhead dam influence on downstream zebra mussel dispersal. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
2012 Smith, B.R. and D.R. Edds. Differential utilization of surfaces by colonizing zebra mussels, and the effectiveness of a foul release coating system. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Valle de Bravo, Mexico. (poster)
2012 Delmott, S. and D.R. Edds. Investigating zebra mussel gametogenesis and reproduction in Marion Reservoir, Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Valle de Bravo, Mexico. (poster)
2012 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Lowhead dam influence on downstream zebra mussel dispersal. Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita.
2012 Smith, B.R. and D.R. Edds. Differential utilization of surfaces by colonizing zebra mussels, and the effectiveness of a foul release coating system. Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita. (poster)
2012 Delmott, S. and D.R. Edds. Investigating zebra mussel gametogenesis and reproduction in Marion Reservoir, Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita. (poster)
2012 Smith, B.R., D.R. Edds, and J.M. Goeckler. Lowhead dam influence on downstream zebra mussel dispersal. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita.
2012 Smith, B.R. and D.R. Edds. Differential utilization of surfaces by colonizing zebra mussels, and the effectiveness of a foul release coating system. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita. (poster)
2012 Delmott, S. and D.R. Edds. Investigating zebra mussel gametogenesis and reproduction in Marion Reservoir, Kansas. Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita. (poster)
2012 Smith, B.R., S. Delmott, and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussel research at Emporia State University. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, Fisheries and Wildlife Division meeting, Salina.
2011 Smith, B.R., S.E. Delmott, J.M. Goeckler, and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin, Kansas: Assessing dispersal, colonization, and reproductive chronology. Great Plains Bioassessment Symposium, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
2011 Shrestha, O. and D. Edds. Mapping the distribution of Nepalese fish species archived at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum. Great Plains Limnology Conference, University of Oklahoma Biological Station. (poster)
2011 Shrestha, O. and D. Edds. Mapping the distribution of Nepalese fish species archived at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Tyler, TX. (poster)
2011 Shrestha, O. and D. Edds. Mapping the distribution of Nepalese fish species archived at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum. Annual Emporia State University Research and Creativity Day, Emporia, KS. (poster)
2011 Edds, D., G. Zuercher, A. Butler, O. Shrestha, and B. Blake. Fishes in Paraguay’s Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Tyler, TX. (poster)
2011 Edds, D., G. Zuercher, A. Butler, O. Shrestha, and B. Blake. Fishes in Paraguay’s Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve. Kansas Natural Resource Conference, Wichita, KS. (poster)
2010 Edds, D.R. and G.L. Zuercher. Fishes of Paraguay’s Mbaracayú Forest Natural Reserve. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Junction, TX.
2010 Edds, D., G. Zuercher, A. Butler, O. Shrestha, and B. Blake. Fishes in Paraguay’s Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve. Kansas Academy of Science, Hays, KS. (poster)
2010 Edds, D., G. Zuercher, A. Butler, O. Shrestha, and B. Blake. Fishes in Paraguay’s Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve. ESU Research and Creativity forum. (poster)
2005 Haslouer, S., M. Eberle, D. Edds, K. Gido, C. Mammoliti, J. Triplett, J. Collins, D. Distler, D. Huggins, and W. Stark. Current status of native fish species in Kansas. KS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lawrence. (poster)
2004 Gillette, D., J. Tiemann, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Spatiotemporal patterns of fish assemblage structure in the Neosho River, Lyon County, Kansas. KS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Emporia. (poster)
2004 Sherraden, S. and D. Edds. Mussel assemblages in a developing oxbow and a newly-cut channel of the Neosho River, Kansas. KS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Emporia. (poster)
2004 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on fish assemblages in the Neosho River, Kansas, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom. KS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Emporia. (poster)
2004 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on fish assemblages in the Neosho River, Kansas, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus, a federally-listed threatened species. 134th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Madison, Wisconsin. (poster)
2004 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on abundance of the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus. 84th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norman, Oklahoma. (poster)
2004 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Correlations among densities of stream fishes in the upper Neosho River, Kansas, with focus on the threatened Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus). Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Champaign.
2004 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Timber! Dam… things we do to our streams. American Fisheries Society Rivers and Streams Technical Committee, Milan, Illinois.
2003 Combes, M. and D. Edds. Mussel assemblages upstream from three Kansas reservoirs. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, MO.
2003 Gillette, D., J. Tiemann, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Spatiotemporal patterns of fish assemblage structure in a river impounded by lowhead dams: temporal variation and the Serial Discontinuity Concept. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Norman, OK.
2003 Sherraden, S. and D. Edds. Mussel assemblages in a developing oxbow and a newly-cut channel of the Neosho River, Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Norman, OK. (poster)
2003 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on fish assemblages in the Neosho River, Kansas, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus, a federally-listed threatened species. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Norman, OK. (poster)
2003 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on fish assemblage structure in the Neosho River, Kansas. Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Rend Lake, IL.
2003 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on benthic invertebrate assemblages in the Neosho River. 3rd Biennial Symposium, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Durham, NC.
2002 Edds, D. Fishes in Nepal. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Kansas City, MO.
2002 Sherraden, S. and D. Edds. Mussel assemblages in an old and new channel of the Neosho River. Great Plains Limnology Conference, University of Oklahoma Biological Station. (poster)
2002 Gillette, D., J. Tiemann, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Spatiotemporal patterns of fish assemblage structure in the Neosho River, Lyon County, Kansas. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Univ. Oklahoma Biological Station. (poster)
2002 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of lowhead dams on fish assemblages in the Neosho River, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus, a federally-listed threatened species. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Univ. Oklahoma Biological Station. (poster)
2002 Wildhaber, M.L., A.L. Allert, D. Mulhern, V.M. Tabor, C.J. Schmitt, D. Edds, A. Bulger, J.L. Albers, J.S. Tiemann, D.P. Gillette, C. Wilkinson, D. Chapman, E. Callahan, J.E. Whitaker, P.J. Lamberson, and K.L. Powell. Multiple factors limit populations of the federally-listed threatened Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus). U.S. Geological Survey, National Program Review, Contaminants Program, Stevenson, WA. (poster)
2001 Edds, D. Dam removal. Kansas Pearly Mussel Workshop, Emporia.
2001 Edds, D. Nepal. International Education Week, ESU. (poster)
2001 Gillette, D., J. Tiemann, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Longitudinal and temporal patterns of fish assemblage distribution on gravel bars of the Neosho River, Lyon County, Kansas. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.
2001 Tiemann, J. D. Gillette, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Effects of lowhead dams on aquatic community structure in the Neosho River. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.
2000 Edds, D. Stream studies in Kansas. Natural Areas Conf. St. Louis, MO.
2000 Bulger, A., C. Wilkinson, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Reproductive biology and behavior of the Neosho madtom. Natural Areas Conference, St. Louis, MO. (poster)
2000 Edds, D. Aquatic turtle assemblages in southeast Kansas. Kansas mussel workshop, Independence.
2000 Theel, B. K. Hopkins, M. Combes, and D. Edds. Potential glochidial hosts upstream from three Kansas reservoirs. Kansas mussel workshop, Independence.
2000 Bulger, A., C. Wilkinson, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Reproductive biology and behavior of the Neosho madtom. Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Manhattan, KS. (poster)
2000 Bulger, A., C. Wilkinson, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Reproductive biology and behavior of the Neosho madtom. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Denton, TX. (poster)
2000 Bulger, A., C. Wilkinson, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Reproductive biology and behavior of the Neosho madtom. ESU Research and Creativity forum. (poster)
1999 Bulger, A., C. Wilkinson, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Reproductive biology and behavior of the Neosho madtom. Great Plains Limnology Meeting, Columbia, MO. (poster)
1999 Bulger, A. and D. Edds. Breeding biology and habitat use of the Neosho madtom. Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Emporia.
1999 Bulger, A. and D. Edds. Habitat use of the threatened Neosho madtom. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Monterrey, Mexico.
1999 Stein, J. and D. Edds. Trophic interactions between nonindigenous white perch and yellow bass in Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Monterrey, Mexico.
1999 Combes, M. and D. Edds. Effects of reservoirs on upstream mussel assemblages in eastern Kansas. Great Plains Limnology Meeting, Columbia, MO.
1999 Stein, J. and D. Edds. Seasonal feeding and diet overlap of white perch and yellow bass in Browning Oxbow. Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Emporia.
1998 Edds, D. Shattered Shangri-la: fish assemblage degradation in the Nepal Himalaya. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Pittsburg, KS.
1998 Bulger, A., M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Studies of Neosho madtom breeding biology. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Pittsburg, KS.
1998 Stein, J. and D. Edds. White perch and yellow bass in an oxbow of the Missouri River. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Pittsburg, KS.
1998 Wildhaber, M.L., A.L. Allert, D. Mulhern, V.M. Tabor, C.J. Schmitt, D. Edds, A. Bulger, C. Wilkinson, D. Chapman, E. Callahan, J.E. Whitaker, P.J. Lamberson, and K.L. Powell. A multifacted approach to determining the factors limiting populations of a federally-listed threatened fish species: the Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus). Fisheries and Aquatic Resources National Program Review, U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, Madison, WI. (poster)
1998 Bulger, A., M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of photoperiod on activity of the Neosho madtom. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Albuquerque, NM.
1998 Bulger, A., M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Effects of photoperiod on activity of the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus. Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita.
1997 Edds, D. Turtles in Nepal. Kansas Herpetological Society, Wichita.
1997 Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. Spatial pattern in a midwestern stream fish assemblage. American Fisheries Society, Monterrey, CA.
1997 Edds, D. Fishes in Nepal. Kansas Academy of Science, Hays.
1997 Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. Spatial pattern in the Spring River fish assemblage. Kansas Academy of Science, Hays.
1997 Bulger, A., C. Wilkinson, and D. Edds. Spawning of the threatened Neosho madtom. Kansas Academy of Science, Hays.
1997 Wilkinson, C., A. Bulger, and D. Edds. Aspects of Neosho madtom reproductive behavior and life history. Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Wichita.
1996 Obermeyer, B.K., D.R. Edds, and C.W. Prophet. Comparison of sampling methods for assessing freshwater mussel beds in the Neosho River, Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia.
1996 Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. Reproductive behavior and life history of the Neosho madtom. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Lawrence, KS. (poster)
1996 Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. Persistence in the Spring River Basin fish community. Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia.
1995 Obermeyer, B., D. Edds, C. Prophet, and E. Miller. Range reductions of Kansas unionid mussels. Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee symposium, St. Louis, MO.
1995 Obermeyer, B., D. Edds, C. Prophet, and E. Miller. Comparison of the effectiveness of qualitative versus quantitative sampling methods for unionids. Upper Miss. R. Conservation Committee symposium, St. Louis, MO. (poster)
1995 Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. Status of the Neosho madtom in the Spring River of southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Shreveport, LA.
1995 Obermeyer, B. and D. Edds. Range reduction of unionid mussel species in Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Shreveport, LA.
1994 Dorlac, J. and D. Edds. Longitudinal zonation and assemblage structure of the fishes of the Spring River -- Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Emporia.
1994 Jeffrey, J. and D. Edds. Use of biotelemetry, GPS and GIS to assess distribution of sauger in Melvern Reservoir, Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Emporia.
1994 Dorlac, J. and D. Edds. Longitudinal zonation and assemblage structure of fishes of the Spring River. Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka.
1994 Jeffrey, J. and D. Edds. Use of biotelemetry, GPS and GIS to assess distribution of sauger in Melvern Reservoir, Kansas. Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lawrence.
1994 Edds, D. Genetic comparison of hatchery and natural stocks of small endangered fishes. Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lawrence.
1993 Jeffrey, J., D. Edds, D. Gabelhouse, and J. Stephen. Use of biotelemetry, GPS, and GIS to establish distribution of sauger in a Kansas reservoir. Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, St. Louis, MO.
1993 Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. Seasonal variation of pool and riffle fish assemblages in the Cottonwood River, Kansas. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Lake Weddington, AR.
1993 Dorlac, J. and D. Edds. Historical analysis of the fishes of the Spring River - Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Lake Weddington, AR.
1993 Jeffrey, J. and D. Edds. Use of GPS to establish location of sauger in a Kansas reservoir. Great Plains Limnology Conference.
1992 Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. Mitigation of habitat loss for a threatened madtom. Great Plains Limnology Conference. Lake of the Ozarks, MO. (poster)
1992 Edds, D. Environmental correlates of aquatic turtle assemblage structure in southeast Kansas. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, El Paso, TX.
1992 Shipman, P. and D. Edds. Alligator snapping turtle movements and habitat use in southeast Kansas. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, El Paso, TX.
1992 Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. Mitigation of habitat loss for a threatened madtom. American Fisheries Society, Rapid City, SD (poster)
1992 Edds, D. Aquatic turtle communities in southeast Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Junction, TX.
1992 Edds, D. Habitat use by map turtles in Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Junction, TX.
1992 Edds, D. Arkansas River turtle community ecology. Kansas Academy of Science, Hutchinson.
1992 Shipman, P. and D. Edds. Ecology of the alligator snapping turtle. Kansas Academy of Science, Hutchinson.
1992 Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. Niche comparisons of map turtles in Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Hutchinson.
1992 Shipman, L. and D. Edds. Multivariate analysis of fish assemblage structure in the lower Arkansas and Walnut rivers. KS Academy of Science, Hutchinson.
1992 Dunham, J. and D. Edds. Distribution and abundance of the Arkansas darter in Crooked Creek, southwest Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Hutchinson.
1992 Edds, D. Aquatic turtle ecology in Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society, Newton.
1992 Edds, D. Rattlesnake roundup highlights and lowlights. Kansas Herpetological Society, Newton.
1992 Shipman, P. and D. Edds. Alligator snapping turtle movements and habitat use in Onion Creek. Kansas Herpetological Society, Newton.
1992 Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. Habitat use by map turtles in Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society, Newton.
1991 Edds, D. Ecology of aquatic turtles in southeast Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society, Pratt.
1991 Edds, D. Environmental correlates of aquatic turtle community structure in southeast Kansas. Great Plains Limnology Meeting, Omaha, NE.
1991 Shipman, P. and D. Edds. Aquatic turtle communities in Kansas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, El Paso, TX.
1991 Edds, D. Aquatic turtle communities in Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Lindsborg.
1990 Edds, D. Rediscovery of the common map turtle in Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society, Lawrence.
1990 Edds, D. Aquatic turtle communities in southeast Kansas. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Stillwater, OK.
1990 Edds, D. Multivariate analysis of fish assemblage composition and environmental correlates in a Himalayan river. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Charleston, SC.
1990 Edds, D. Ecological correlates of fish community structure in a Himalayan river. Kansas Academy of Science, Manhattan.
1990 Edds, D. Gradient analysis of environmental effects on fish assemblage structure in a saline stream. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Denton, TX.
1989 Edds, D. Physicochemical factors influencing fish assemblage structure in a Himalayan river. Great Plains Limnology Conference, Pittsburg, KS.
1989 Edds, D. Longitudinal succession of fishes in a Himalayan river. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Jonesboro, AR.
1988 Edds, D. Conservation genetics of three endangered desert fishes: natural versus captive populations. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Ann Arbor, MI.
1988 Edds, D. Conservation genetics of three endangered desert fishes. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, San Angelo, TX.
1988 Edds, D. Resources of the Oklahoma State University Department of Zoology Collection of Vertebrates. Oklahoma Academy of Science, Chickasha.
1987 Edds, D. The riverine ichthyofauna of central Nepal. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Albany, NY.
1987 Edds, D. Conservation genetics of endangered desert fishes. Oklahoma Academy of Science, Alva.
1986 Edds, D. A survey of Nepal's ichthyofauna. Oklahoma Academy of Science, Tahlequah.
1983 Edds, D. Fish community structure in a stream polluted by oilfield brine. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Little Rock, AR.
1983 Edds, D. Blue and channel catfish food habits and habitat use in Lake Texoma. Oklahoma Academy of Science, Chickasha.
1982 Edds, D. Comparative ecology of blue and channel catfish in Lake Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Corpus Christi, TX.
BOOKS/REPORTS/NON-PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Kansas Fishes Committee (Distler, D., M. Eberle, D. Edds, K. Gido, S. Haslouer, D. Huggins, T. Mosher, B. Stark, J. Tomelleri, J. Triplett, and E. Wiley.) 2014. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. 496 pages, 184 color illustrations, 121 maps, ISBN 978-0-7006-1961-0.
Edds, D.R. 2014. Fish anatomy and physiology. Pages 3−8 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Eberle, M.E., D.R. Edds, J.S. Perkin, and J. Tiemann. 2014. Kansas streams and native species conservation. Pages 9−16 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edds, D.R. 2014. Gizzard Shad; Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur 1818). Pages 129−131 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edds, D.R. 2014. Sand Shiner; Notropis stramineus (Cope 1865). Pages 222−224 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edds, D.R. 2014. Yellow Bass; Morone mississippiensis Jordan and Eigenmann 1887. Pages 355−356 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edds, D.R. 2014. Sunburst Darter; Etheostoma mihileze Mayden 2010. Pages 406−407 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edds, D.R. 2014. Slenderhead Darter; Percina phoxocephala (Nelson 1876). Pages 428−429 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edds, D.R. 2014. Threadfin Shad; Dorosoma petenense (Günther 1867). Page 441 in Kansas Fishes Committee. Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edds, D. 2014. Cover photograph of a zebra mussel and freshwater sponge: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 17(3-4).
Edds, D. 2012. Headwater streams of the Flint Hills. Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal 4: 109-115.
2012 Smith, B.R. and D.R. Edds. Zebra mussels in the Neosho River Basin: Ecology and economics. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 82 pp.
2001 Sherraden, S., B. Obermeyer, and D. Edds. Mussel assemblages in an old and new channel of the Neosho River. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 124 pp.
2001 Tiemann, J., D. Gillette, D. Edds, and M. Wildhaber. Effects of low- water dams on the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus, a state and federally- listed threatened species. Final report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 100 pp.
2001 Combes, M., B. Obermeyer, and D. Edds. Characteristics of mussel populations upstream from three federal reservoirs in Kansas: Melvern, Fall River, and Elk City. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 124 pp.
1999 Sievert, L., D. Edds, D. Moore, M. Sundberg, and R. Sobieski. Principles of Biology: Laboratory Investigations. Div. Biological Sciences, Emporia State Univ.
1998 Bulger, A., M. Wildhaber, and D. Edds. Assessment of the population viability and reproductive biology and behavior of the Neosho madtom, Noturus placidus -- a state and federally listed threatened species. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, 65 pp.
1997 Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. Breeding biology of the Neosho madtom, with assessment of population status and habitat use in the Cottonwood and Neosho rivers of Lyon and Chase counties, Kansas. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 63 pp.
1996 Obermeyer, B.K., D.R. Edds and C.W. Prophet. Distribution and abundance of federal candidate mussel species (Mollusca: Unionidae) in southeast Kansas. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 8 pp. + appendix.
1996 Edds, D. and C. Wilkinson. Population status, breeding biology, age structure and habitat use of the Neosho madtom within the Cottonwood and Neosho rivers of Lyon and Chase counties, Kansas. Final report to Ks. Dept. Wildl. & Parks, 37 pp.
1996 Wilkinson, C. and D. Edds. Biological survey of the Spring River Basin in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 41 pp.
1995 Edds, D. Biological assessment of the Neosho madtom in the Cottonwood and Neosho rivers, Chase and Lyon counties, Kansas. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 37 pp.
1995 Edds, D.R. and J.H. Dorlac. Survey of the fishes of the Spring River Basin in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, with emphasis on the Neosho madtom. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 43 pp.
1995 Obermeyer, B.K., D.R. Edds and C.W. Prophet. Distribution and abundance of federal "candidate" mussels (Unionidae) in southeast Kansas. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 129 pp.
1993 Edds, D. Neosho and Cottonwood river gravel bars on aerial photos. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 98 pp.
1993 Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. Neosho madtom colonization of artificial riffle habitat. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 49 pp.
1993 Fuselier, L. and D. Edds. Neosho madtom movements and seasonal habitat use. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 31 pp.
1993 Edds, D. Rattlesnake commercialization update. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 93: 13.
1993 Edds, D. Presentation to the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission, 21 January 1993. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 91: 13-14.
1992 Edds, D. Observations on the 1992 Sharon Springs rattlesnake roundup. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 90: 11.
1992 Edds, D. Population status and incidence of anatomical abnormalities in semi-aquatic turtles of the Walnut and lower Arkansas river basins. Final Report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 21 pp.
1991 Edds, D.R. Conservation status of the common map turtle in Kansas. Final report to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 19 pp.
1991 Shipman, P., D.R. Edds and D. Blex. Report on the recapture of an alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) in Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 85: 8-9.
1991 Voorhees, W., J. Schnell and D.R. Edds. Bait preferences of semi- aquatic turtles in southeast Kansas. Kansas Herp. Society Newsletter 85: 13- 15.
1990 Edds, D.R. Aquatic vertebrates of the Flint Hills. Ch. 11 in Aber, J.S. (ed.). Kansas Academy of Science Multidisciplinary Guidebook 3.
1990 Edds, D.R., W. Voorhees, J. Schnell and L. Shipman. Common map turtle rediscovered in Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter 82: 13.
1986 Edds, D. Fish Conservation in Nepal. U.N. Women's Organization magazine.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1989- Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, present Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas: Fisheries Management and Lab, Ichthyology and Lab, Aquatic Biology and Lab, Stream Ecology and Lab, Scientific Writing, Biology of Animals and Lab, Marine Biology, Field Ecology, Prairie Ecology-Aquatic, Tropical Field Ecology, Graduate Seminar, Seminar in Fish Ecology, General Biology lecture and Lab, Principles of Biology Lab, Honors Biology.
2004- Coordinator, Emporia State University, Department of present Biological Sciences, Biology of Animals Laboratory
1989-95 Coordinator, Emporia State University, Division of Biological Sciences, General Biology and Principles of Biology laboratories
1984-85; Guest Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal: and 1996 Ichthyology, Aquatic Ecology
1983 Teaching Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma: Principles of Biology Laboratory
NON-TEACHING PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 Consultant, Freshwater Ecology and Fish Sampling, Karnali River Basin, U.S. Forest Service International Programs, Nepal, Kathmandu
2015 Consultant, E-Flows for the Gandaki Basin, Nepal, World Wildlife Fund, Kathmandu
2000-2011 Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas Advisor, Student Advising Center
1988-89 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Museum Preparator, Department of Zoology
1986-88 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Program Counselor, Office of International Programs
1985 U.S. Peace Corps, Kathmandu, Nepal Math/Science Training Project Director
1982-83 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma Research Assistant, Department of Zoology (population genetics of endangered desert fishes)
1981-82 University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Kingston, Oklahoma Fisheries Research Specialist (trophic ecology of striped bass)
1980 U.S. Peace Corps, Kathmandu, Nepal Community Forestry Training Project Director
1979-80 U.S. Peace Corps Kathmandu, Nepal Conservation Program Developer
1977-79 U.S. Peace Corps Siraha, Nepal Peace Corps Volunteer/Volunteer Leader (fisheries extension and aquaculture)
1976-77 Kansas Forestry, Fish & Game Commission, Independence, Kansas Summer Fisheries Aide
1975 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Council Grove, Kansas Park Technician
1974 Montgomery County Conservation District, Independence, Kansas Conservation Aide
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/EDUCATIONALLY-ORIENTED TRAVEL
2015 Fish ecology research in Nepal
2015 Andaman Sea observations, Thailand
2010 Coral reef explorations in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
2010 Visiting ichthyology researcher at University of Kansas Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center, Lawrence
2009 Ichthyological exploration of Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve, Paraguay
1997 Molecular Techniques for Field Biologists class audit, University of Oklahoma Biological Station
1996 Fulbright Scholar/researcher in Nepal. Travel throughout Nepal and parts of India
1995 Visiting ichthyology researcher at Californai Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
1995, 1997, 1999, 2000 Freshwater mussel ecology workshop, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
1994 Geographic Information Systems class audit, ESU
1993, 2010 Statistical Analysis System class audit, ESU
1993-2000 Coral reef ecology explorations, San Salvador, Bahamas
1986-87 Spanish classes for faculty and graduate students, Okla. State Univ.
1986 and 1996 Coral reef explorations in Hawai’i
1987-88 Visiting ichthyology researcher at natural history museums in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
1984-86 Fulbright Scholar/doctoral research in Nepal. Travel throughout Nepal and parts of India
1977-80 U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer/Staff. Travel in parts of Nepal and India
SELECTED SERVICE EXPERIENCES
2014-16 Co-coordinator, Biology Camp, conducted by the ESU Biology Department and sponsored by the Emporia Recreation Commission
2014-15 Member, The Kansas Aquatic Workgroup (organized by Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism)
2014 Member, Topeka Shiner working group (organized by Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve)
2014 Moderated paper session on “Freshwater Molluscs” at 61st annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
2014 Moderated paper session on ecology/organismal biology at 146th annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia
2014 Judged student posters at annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia
2014 Chair, selection committee for ESU Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor
2014 Guest speaker at Emporia Middle School Habitat Day
2012 Judged Emporia Area Regional Science and Engineering Fair, ESU
2012 Assisted Village School 4th-grade teacher in designing science fair projects
2011-present Member, David Traylor Zoo of Emporia Research Committee
2011-14 Taught aquatic ecology class for Emporia Recreation Commission summer science camp
2010-12 Taught stream ecology class to Flint Hills Youth Conservation Corps
2009-present Member, Emporia State Research Studies Editorial Committee
2006-07 Guest Editor, Northeastern Naturalist
2006 Conducted aquatic ecology summer camp for Flint Hills Girl Scouts
2004-05 Guest Editor, Southeastern Naturalist
2001-2004 Board of Governors, Southwestern Association of Naturalists
2002-03 Presented field session on aquatic ecology to Flint Hills Girl Scouts
1998-2001 Associate Editor, Fish; The Southwestern Naturalist
1999-2000 President, Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
1999-2000 North Central Division of the American Fisheries Society Executive Committee
1998-99 Chair, Kansas Nongame Wildlife Advisory Council (advisory to Secretary of Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks)
1997-2000 American Fisheries Society, Endangered Species Committee
1999 Instructor, KIDS Summer Science Camp, Independence, Kansas
1998-2000 Volunteer, Kansas Amphibian Monitoring Program
1999-2000 Scientific Advisory Committee for state of Kansas Gap Analysis Project
1997-98 Lowther Intermediate School Site Council
1997 Coach, Emporia recreation league baseball
1994-present U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neosho madtom recovery team
1992-2002 Kansas Academy of Science representative Kansas Nongame Wildlife Advisory Council
1992-99 Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Co-chair, Student Scholarship Committee
1993-96 Board of Governors, Southwestern Association of Naturalists
1994-95 Assistant coach, Emporia recreation league soccer and baseball
1994 Co-chair, local committee, Southwestern Association of Naturalists, 41st annual meeting, Emporia
1992-94 Emporia State University Faculty Senate
1993-94 ESU Faculty Senate Executive Committee
1993-94 Chair, ESU Faculty Senate Committee on Campus Governance
1993 President, Kansas Herpetological Society
1993 Host, Kansas Herpetological Society annual meeting
1993 Host, Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting
1990-92 Member, Governor's Advisory Committee on KS Health and Environment
1990-present Reviewed manuscripts for the Kansas Biological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Kansas Press, Oklahoma State University Department of Zoology, Emporia State Research Studies, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Tropical Zoology, Herpetological Review, Copeia, Southwestern Naturalist, Northeastern Naturalist, Southeastern Naturalist, Journal of the North American Benthological Society, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Prairie Naturalist, American Midland Naturalist, Journal of Natural History, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Zootaxa, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Journal of Fish Biology, Fisheries, American Fisheries Society Books, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, and Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Fisheries Society, Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Kansas Academy of Science (life member), Nepal Fisheries Society (life member).