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Teaching
Interests: My interests include areas of
both Biology and
Environmental
Science. I the past I have taught Ecology, Invertebrate Biology,
Physiological Ecology and Introductory Biology. More recently my
courses have included Aquatic Ecology, Environmental Science and Lakes,
Streams and Rivers.
Research
Interests: I
was broadly trained in the area of organismal biology and ecology. My
recent research has been dealing with the biology and ecology of
freshwater mussels in river systems. In general, I am interested in
exploring the factors that influence the distribution and abundance of
these animals. In our current world, this includes examining human
impacts on the rivers that may influence the mussels that reside there.
As part of my research, I become involved in the conservation of
endangered species of mussels. As a group, mussels are one of the most
endangered groups in North America.
Selected Recent Publications:
Beekey,
MA and D.J. Hornbach. 2004. The effect of size-limited brood size in a
freshwater bivalve. American Midland Naturalist 151: 274-285.
Allen,*
D.C., M.C. Hove, B.E. Sietman, Mike Davis, D.E. Kelner, Jennifer E.
Kurth, Jeffrey L. Weiss, and D.J. Hornbach. 2007. Aspects of
reproductive biology and conservation status of Venustaconcha
ellipsiformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Minnesota. American
Midland Naturalist 157: 74-91.
Hornbach, D.J. and C.M. Way.
2007. Ecology: Population Dynamics, Energetics and Production, pp.
126-128. IN G.L. Mackie. Biology of Freshwater Corbiculid and Sphaeriid
Clams of North America. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin, New Series,
Volume XV, Number 3. Columbus, Ohio.
Baker, S.M. and D.J.
Hornbach. 2008. Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) attached to native
mussels (Unionidae) or inanimate substrates: Comparison of
physiological rates and biochemical composition. American Midland
Naturalist 160:20-28.
Hornbach, D.J., M.C. Hove, B.
Dickinson*, K. MacGregor and J.R. Medland. In press. Estimating
population size and habitat associations of two federally endangered
mussels in the St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA. Aquatic
Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Hornbach, D.J. V.J. Kurth*, and M.C. Hove. In press. Variation in freshwater mussel shell sculpture and shape along a river gradient. American Midland Naturalist.
*
indicates student co-authors
My CV is available as a PDF
document here.