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Dan Hornbach


DeWitt Wallace Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Chair, Environmental Studies Department

Olin-Rice 248
(651) 696-6160 office
hornbach@macalester.edu
Professor Hornbach's website

Professor Hornbach is an aquatic ecologist. He has taught Aquatic Ecology, Ecology, Invertebrate Biology and Seminar in Physiological Ecology.  Dan has spent the past 12 years researching freshwater mussel populations in the St. Croix River, a National Wild and Scenic River.  His work has been funded by the EPA, Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service.  Over 50 students have been involved in the project.  Dan has also been a member of two Endangered Species Recovery Teams sponsored by the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Current Courses:
BIOL344 Aquatic Ecology

Education:
BS University of Dayton, 1974
MS University of Dayton, 1976
PhD Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), 1980

Research Interests:
Mussel ecology in river systems

Selected Publications:
(* indicates Macalester student)

Allen DC*, Hove MC, Sietman BE, Davis M, Kelner DE, Kurth JE, Weiss JL, Hornbach DJ (2007) Aspects of reproductive biology and conservation status of Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist 157: 74-91.

Beekey MA, Hornbach DJ (2004) The effect of size-limited brood size in a freshwater bivalve. American Midland Naturalist 151: 274-285.

Cope WG, Hove MC, Waller DL, Hornbach DJ, Bartsch MR, Cunningham LA*, Dunn HL, Kapuscinski AR (2003) Evaluation of relocation of unionid mussels to in situ refugia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 69: 27-34.




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