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200 Bray Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210
Phone: (315) 470-6606
Email: neilringler@esf.edu
EFB 132 Orientation Seminar: Environmental and Forest Biology (1 credit hour): One hour of lecture, discussion and/or exercises. Introduction to campus resources available to ensure academic success. Introduction to EFB as a field of inquiry. Fall.
EFB 385 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4 credit hours): Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. Analysis of vertebrate structure, with emphasis on comparative study of organ systems. Includes evolution of form and function, major adaptive patterns and phylogenetic relationships in vertebrates. Spring.
EFB 388 Ecology of Adirondack Fishes (3 credit hours): An integrated field and laboratory course in the identification of fish and recognition of ecological characteristics of major fish sp ecies and communities of Adirondack waters. Satisfies a component of the field study elective requirement in Environmental and Forest Biology. Two hours of lecture, and eight hours of field work and discussion each day for two weeks. Summer, Cranberry Lake Biological Station.
EFB 554 Aquatic Entomology (3 credit hours): An introduction to the identification, life histories and ecology of aquatic insects, with emphasis on genera found in the Northeastern U.S. Includes consideration of the functional role of insects in aquatic sysstems, and current avenues of research. Intended for senior and graduate students pursuing interests in entomology, fisheries and wildlife, forestry, limnology and general ecology. Fall.
EFB 796 Topics in Environmental and Forest Biology: Animal Flight (2 credit hours). Spring.
Current Graduate Advisees
Michael ConnertonGraduate Research Topic
Wild reproduction of Chinook salmon in Lake Ontario and its tributaries.
Daniel Gefell
Stephanie JohnsonGraduate Research Topic
Freshwater ecology, with a focus on aquatic macroinvertebrate community structure and food web dynamics in the Onondaga Lake Watershed.
Curtis Karboski
Lucas KirbyGraduate Research Topic
I am currently looking at the structuring role of aquatic macrophytes on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY. I am also evaluating the colonization potential of macroinvertebrates from connected waterbodies into Onondaga Lake.
Home Page
http://www.esf.edu/efb/grad/Kirby.htm
Stefanie KrollGraduate Research Topic
My work is focused on assessing human impacts to the Segura River Basin in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. This watershed is located in a Mediterranean climate and is subjected to pressures from land use and flow regulation. It is the receiving watershed of the Tajo-Segura Transfer, the largest inter-basin water transfer in Spain. More specifically, the study includes the use of traits to study the macroinvertebrate community, stable isotope analysis and projected ecosystem changes due to climate change.
Christopher Legard
Andrew MillerGraduate Research Topic
My research focuses on the role of out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon in the food web of the lower Salmon River, New York, and the implications of this predation pressure on salmon recruitment.
Home Page
http://www.esf.edu/efb/grad/Miller.htm
Mary Penney
Alexander Smith