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Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principle Investigator
Specialty:  Stream Ecology
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Education:
B.A., Wabash College, Biology, 1967
Ph.D., University of Georgia, Zoology, Ecology, 1975

Appointments:
Professor, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Virginia Tech, 1987-Present
Visiting Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1981-1982
Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 1981-1987
Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 1975-1981

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Wallace, J.B., S.L. Eggert, J.L. Meyer, J.R. Webster. 1997. Multiple trophic levels of a forest stream linked to terrestrial litter inputs. Science 277:102-104.

Webster, J.R., E.F. Benfield, M.A. Schaeffer, T.P. Ehrman, J.L. Tank, J.J. Hutchens, and D.J. DeAngelo. 1999. What happens to allochthonous material that falls into streams: synthesis of new and published information from Coweeta. Freshwater Biology 41:687-705.

Mulholland, P.J., J.L. Tank, D.M. Sanzone, W. Wollheim, B.J. Peterson, J.R. Webster, and J.L. Meyer. 2000. Nitrogen cycling in a forest stream determined by a 15N tracer addition. Ecological Monographs 70:471-493.

Peterson, B.J., W. Wollheim, P.J. Mulholland, J.R. Webster, J.L. Meyer, J.L. Tank, Marti, E., W.B. Bowden, H.M. Valett, A.E. Hershey, W.H. McDowell, W.K. Dodds, S.K. Hamilton, S.V. Gregory, and D.D. Morrall.  2001. Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams. Science 292:86-90.

Webster, J.R., E.F. Benfield, J.J. Hutchens, J.L. Tank, S.W. Golladay, and J.C. Adams. 2001. Do leaf breakdown rates actually measure leaf disappearance from streams? International Review of Hydrobiology 86:417-427.

Synergistic Activities:
I teach Freshwater Ecology (senior, graduate level), Ecosystem Dynamics (graduate), and Field and Laboratory Ecology (junior level) each year at Virginia. Each of these courses is strongly oriented towards field research, and I frequently use examples from my own research. Field trips include visits to my research sites. I also teach Field Ecology at Flathead Lake Biological Station, Montana, where I involve students in field research projects that are often based on my own research experience. Advisory responsibilities include Heartland Network of National Parks Riparian/Aquatic Monitoring Program and Virginia Riparian Research Team.