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Endangered Mussels in the St. Croix

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Welcome to the Dan Hornbach Lab Webpage

Depts. of Environmental Studies and Biology

Macalester College, St. Paul, MN 55105

This Web Page belongs to Dr. Daniel J. Hornbach, Professor of Biology at Macalester College. It was primarily started in an attempt to facilitate information search and retrieval for individuals within the Macalester College Departments of Environmental Studies and Biology. Much of the content deals with our research on freshwater mussels in the St. Croix River, MN and WI. We are especially interested in mussel conservation efforts and the relationship between changing land-use patterns and the long-term health of mussel communities.

Summer 2009 Research Crew
Alumni at NABS
Summer 2009 Research Crew

Back Row - Dan Hornbach, Brandon Sampson, Carl Skarbek
Middle Row - Cara Weggler, Kelly MacGregor, Karen Jackson
Front Row - Mark Hove, Alese Colehour

 Macalester College admissions video made about our research.

Mini reunion of 3 Mac alums and me at the 2009 North American Benthological Society meeting,  Grand Rapids, MI.
From left to right - Jennifer Opdyke Wilhelm, Jamie March, me and Dan Allen. Dan Allen is class of ’03, Jamie March class of ’93, and Jennifer (Jo) Opdyke Wilhelm class of ’96. Jennifer is an ecologist with King Co. Water and Land Resource Division, Seattle WA; Jamie is an associate professor at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA; Dan Allen is a doctoral student at the University of Oklahoma.