Research and Publications

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Dr. James Bandoli:

• Parental Investment in Spottail Darters
  Field and laboratory investigations into patterns of energy investment by nest-guarding male spottail darters (right), a local stream fish that practices resource-defense polygyny.
• Teaching Evolution in Public High Schools
  A survey of students in Ohio (weak standards) and Indiana (strong standards) to compare the time given to evolution in introductory biology courses in public high schools and the degree to which high school teachers emphasize evolution as an explanation for the diversity of life.

      Most Recent Publications

           Bandoli, J. 2008. Do state standards matter? Comparing student perceptions of the coverage of

                evolution in Indiana and Ohio public high schools.  American Biology Teacher, 70:212-216

 

          Bandoli, J. 2006. Male spottail darters (Etheostoma squamicoeps) do not use chemical or

                 positional cues to discriminate between sired and foster eggs.  Behavioral Ecology and

                 Sociobiology, 59:606-613.

 

          Bandoli, J. 2002 Brood defense and filial cannibalsim in the spottail darter (Etheostoma

                 squamiceps): the effects of parental status and prior experience.  Behavioral

                 Ecology and Sociobiology, 51:222-226.

               

     

Dr. Cindy DeLoney-Marino:

Research interests
Characterizing the chemotactic behavior of the bioluminescent marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri. I aim to determine if this microbial symbiont is chemotactically attracted to its squid host, Euprymna scolopes, and whether or not such an attraction is required for the bacteria to initially colonize the squid light organ.

    Most Recent Publications

Yip, E.S., Geszvain, K., DeLoney-Marino, C. R.,  and Visick, K.L. 2006. The symbiosis regulator RscS controls the syp gene locus, biofilm formation and symbiotic aggregation by Vibrio fischeri. Molecular Microbiology 62 (6): 1586-1600.

Bartley, T. M., DeLoney-Marino, C. R., Shataba, S., Aizawa, S., Wolfe, A. J. and Visick, K. L. 2005. Magnesium promotes flagellation of Vibrio fischeri. Journal of Bacteriology 187(6):2058-2065.

DeLoney-Marino, C. R., Wolfe, A.J., and Visick, K. L. 2003. Chemoattraction of Vibrio fischeri to serine, nucleosides, and N-acetylneuraminic acid, a component of squid light-organ mucus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(12):7527-7530.

DeLoney, C. R., Bartley, T. M., and Visick, K. L. 2002. Role for phosphoglucomutase in Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes symbiosis. Journal of Bacteriology 184(18):5121-5129.

 

Dr. R. Brent Summers:

• Bioassessment of Blue River, IN.
  In the summer and fall of 2006 I, along with several undergraduate research students will be conducting a bioassessment of the Blue River in Harrison, Washington, and Clark Counties of Indiana. We will be specifically sampling fish and macroinvertebrate communities to look for long term trends in water quality and watershed health.

• Physiological Ecology of the Indiana Crayfish (Orconectes indianensis).
  I currently have two undergraduate students who are working a project to investigate the physiological ecology of the Threatened Indiana Crayfish (Orconectes indianensis). In particular they are measuring the respiratory rates of crayfish under varying physiological stressors such as increased temperatures, turbidities, and salinities.

• Effects of a Dam Re-operation on Green River, KY.
  I also have a continuing project to investigate the effects of a new dam re-operation agreement between the Army Corps of Engineers (on the Green River in central Kentucky) and the Kentucky Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. In the past several years I have completed several studies investigating the secondary production of several macroinvertebrates in Green river below the dam.
  
  I currently have a student who in the spring of 2006 is developing a revised method for extracting and characterizing lipid fractions in key macroinvertebrates found in Green River. From this we will implement a study to determine the effects of dam re-operation on energy reserves and bioenergetics of several key species of macroinvertebrates in the Green River.
  



• Most Recent Publications
  Summers, R. B., Alexander, J. E., Thorp, J. H., and R. D. Fell. 1996. Respiratory adjustment of Dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis) in response to chronic turbidity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 53(7): 1626-1631.

  Summers, R. B., Delong, M.D., and J. H. Thorp. 1996. Ontogenetic and temporal shifts in the diet of the riverine amphipod Gammarus fasciatus. American Midland Naturalist. 137:329-336.

  Summers, R. B., 1999. Status of fish and macroinvertebrate communities in Blue River, Indiana. Report Submitted to the Indiana Nature Conservancy 1999.

  Greenwood, K. S., J.H. Thorp, R.B. Summers, and D. L. Guelda. 2001. Effects of an exotic bivalve mollusc on benthic invertebrates and food quality in the Ohio River. Hydrobiologia. 462: 167-172

  Summers, R. B. , 2003. Bioassessment of habitat, fish, and macroinvertebrate communities in Blue River, Indiana (1995-2003). Report Submitted to the Indiana Nature Conservancy 2003.

  
  

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