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1816 S.
Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
MC–652
Phone: 217-649-7414 Fax:
217-333-4949
Email:
edewalt@inhs.illinois.edu
Title: Aquatic Entomologist, Stream
Biologist
Office Location: NRB
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Activities |
Subject
Editor-Plecoptera & Megaloptera Zootaxa. |
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Research |
Taxonomy,
ecology, and conservation of aquatic insects with particular emphasis on
(Plecoptera).
*Reintroduction of aquatic insects to Illinois streams.
*Comparison of historical and contemporary stonefly assemblages in the
Midwest USA and Canada.
*Post-glacial dispersal of stoneflies into the north from glacial
refugia. |
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Recognition |
President
and Treasurer Illinois State Academy of Science |
Professional
affiliations |
North
American Benthological Society
Entomological Society of America
Society for Conservation Biology
American Entolomological Society
Illinois State Academy of Science |
Selected
publications |
*DeWalt R
E. (2009) Plecoptera (Stoneflies). In: Gene E. Likens, (Editor)
Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. volume 2, pp. 415-422 Oxford: Elsevier.
*DeWalt, R. E., Y. Cao, L. Hinz, and T. Tweddale. (in press). Modeling
of historical stonefly distributions using museum specimens. Aquatic
Insects, Vol. 00, No. 0, Month 2009, 1–15.
*DeWalt, R. E., T. Tweddale, and L. Fennema. (2008). Extirpation, Range
Loss, and Recolonization of Stoneflies in Illinois. Proceedings of the
12th Symposium on the Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland
River Valleys. The Center for Excellence for Field Biology, Austin Peay
State University, Tennessee, 12: 23-38.
*DeWalt, R. E., C. Favret, and D. W. Webb. 2005. Just how imperiled are
aquatic insects? A case study of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Illinois.
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 98: 941-950.
*Favret, C., R. E. DeWalt. 2002. Comparing the Ephemeroptera and
Plecoptera specimen databases at the Illinois Natural History Survey and
using them to document changes in the Illinois fauna. Ann. Entomol. Soc.
Am. 95: 35-40.
*Grubbs S. A. & R. E. DeWalt (2008) Taxonomic and distributional notes
on Perlesta teaysia, P. golconda, and P. shawnee (Plecoptera: Perlidae).
Illiesia 4(14):143-149. |
Program
Affiliates |
University of Illinois
*Natural Resources and Environmental Science
*Department of Entomology |
Professional
society
involvement
and activities |
Illinois
State Academy of Science.
Taxonomy Fair Participant and Student Presentation Evaluation Website.
North American Benthological Society. |
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Education |
PhD,
Aquatic Entomology, University of North Texas, 1992
MS, Biology, University of Akron, Ohio, 1986
BA, Biology, Hiram College, Ohio, 1983 |
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