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Jack Feminella, Ph.D., Professor
Graduate Program Officer

 

 

Office Location: 
331 Funchess Hall

Mailing Address:
Biological Sciences
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-3906
Fax: (334) 844-9234
feminjw@auburn.edu

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Education
1976- SUNY, College at Oneonta, BSc, Biology
1983- University of North Texas, MSc, Biological Sciences
1990- University of California, Berkeley, PhD, Aquatic Ecology/Entomology


Research & Teaching Interests
• Effects of watershed disturbance and restoration on stream communities
• Ecology of benthic invertebrates in temporary habitats
• Biological interactions and life history patterns of aquatic invertebrates
• Influence of aquatic invertebrate grazers on stream ecosystems
• Experimental design and analysis of aquatic ecological studies


Recent Publications
Gangloff, M.M. and J.W. Feminella. 2007. Stream channel geomorphology influences mussel abundance in southern Appalachian streams, U.S.A. Freshwater Biology 52:64-74.

Maloney K.O. and J.W. Feminella. 2006. Evaluation of single- and multi-metric benthic macroinvertebrate indicators of catchment disturbance at the Fort Benning Military Installation, Georgia, USA. Ecological Indicators 6:469-484.

Maloney K.O. and J.W. Feminella. 2006. Evaluation of single- and multi-metric benthic macroinvertebrate indicators of catchment disturbance at the Fort Benning Military Installation, Georgia, USA. Ecological Indicators 6:469-484.

Fritz, K.M. and J.W. Feminella. 2006. Differential response of stream periphyton and invertebrate grazers to habitat modification by the emergent macrophyte Justicia americana. Marine and Freshwater Research 57:207-214.

Feminella, J.W. 2000. Correspondence between stream macroinvertebrate assemblages and four ecoregions of the southeastern USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 19:442-46.

Feminella, J.W. and C.P. Hawkins. 1995. Interactions between stream herbivores and periphyton: a quantitative analysis of past experiments. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:465-509.


Courses:

Undergraduate Graduate
BIOL1030 - Organismal Biology BIOL7370 - Stream Ecology
BIOL3060 - Principles of Ecology  
BIOL4010 - Invertebrate Biodiversity