Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Position at Coweeta LTER:
Principle Investigator (Retired)
Specialty:
Stream Processes
Habitat: Streams
Organism: Invertebrates
Core Area(s): Trophic Structure
Education:
B.S., Clemson University, 1961
M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1963
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1967
Appointments:
Visiting Scientist, University of Lund, Sweden, 1980
Professor, University of Georgia, 1977 -present
Associate Professor, University of Georgia, 1971-1977
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, 1967-1971
Publications
(Five as examples of
research foci):
Hall, R.O., J.B. Wallace, and S.L. Eggert. 2000. Organic matter flow in
stream food webs with reduced detrital resource base. Ecology 81:3445-3463.
Huryn, A.D., and J.B. Wallace. 2000. Life history and
production of stream insects. Annual Review of Entomology 4581-108.
Benke, A.C., J.B. Wallace, J.W. Harrison, and J.W. Koebel. 2001. Food web quantification using secondary production analysis:
predaceous invertebrates of the snag habitat in a tropical river.
Freshwater Biology 46:329-346.
Baer, S.G., E.R. Siler, S.L. Eggert, and J.B. Wallace.
2001. Colonization and production of macroinvertebrates on artificial
substrates: upstream-downstream responses to a leaf litter exclusion
manipulation. Freshwater Biology 46:347-365.
Wallace, J.B., J.R. Webster, S.L. Eggert, J.L. Meyer,
and E.R. Siler. 2001. Large Woody debris in a headwater stream: long-term
legacies of forest disturbance. Internat. Rev. Hydrobio. 86:501-513.
Synergistic Activities:
Results from prior NSF supported research at Coweeta have been used in
presentations to federal and state agencies, as well as universities, to
emphasize the importance of Appalachian headwater streams. Information
from our previous studies has been used in an environmental impact study (EIS)
for federal and state agencies involved in establishing an EIS for the
current coal mining practice of mountain top removal and valley filling (MTR/VF)
in the central Appalachians. These data have also been incorporated into
teaching lectures as well as popular publications, examples of which
include: BBC Wildlife (October 1997, page 58) and Popular Science
(December 1997, Newsfronts, page 18).