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Name: Webster, Jack
Telephone: 540.231.8941
Email: jwebster@vt.edu
Organization:
Department of Biology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Position at Coweeta LTER: Principal Investigator
Specialty: Stream Ecology

Education:
B.A., Wabash College, Biology, 1967
Ph.D., University of Georgia, Zoology, Ecology, 1975

Appointments:
Professor, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Virginia Tech, 1987-Present
Visiting Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1981-1982
Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 1981-1987
Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 1975-1981

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Wallace, J.B., S.L. Eggert, J.L. Meyer, J.R. Webster. 1997. Multiple trophic levels of a forest stream linked to terrestrial litter inputs. Science 277:102-104

Peterson, B.J., W. Wollheim, P.J. Mulholland, J.R. Webster, J.L. Meyer, J.L. Tank, Martí, E., W.B. Bowden, H.M. Valett, A.E. Hershey, W.H. McDowell, W.K. Dodds, S.K. Hamilton, S.V. Gregory, and D.D. Morrall. 2001. Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams. Science 292:86-90.

Webster, J.R., P.J. Mulholland, J.L. Tank, B.J. Peterson, W.R. Dodds, H.M. Valett, W.B. Bowden, C.N. Dahm, S. Findlay, S.V. Gregory, N.B. Grimm, S.K. Hamilton, S.L. Johnson, E. Martí, W.H. McDowell, J.L. Merriam, D.D. Morrall, J.L. Meyer, S.A. Thomas, and W.M. Wollheim. 2003. Factors affecting ammonium uptake in streams – an inter-biome perspective. Freshwater Biology 48:1329-1352.

Webster, J.R. 2007. Spiraling down the river continuum: Stream ecology and the U-shaped curve. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26:375-389.

Mulholland, P.J., A.M. Helton, G.C. Poole, R.O. Hall, S.K. Hamilton, B.J. Peterson, J.L. Tank, L.R. Ashkenas, L.W. Cooper, C.N. Dahm, W.K. Dodds, S.Findlay, S.V. Gregory, N.B. Grimm, S.L. Johnson, W.H. McDowell, J.L. Meyer, H.M. Valett, J.R. Webster, C. Arango, J.J. Beaulieu, M.J. Bernot, A.J. Burgin, C. Crenshaw, L. Johnson, B. R. Niederlehner, J.M. O’Brien, J.D. Potter, R.W. Sheibley, D.J. Sobota, and S.M. Thomas. Excess nitrate from agricultural and urban areas reduces denitrification efficiency in streams. Nature, in press, Dec 2007.


Synergistic Activities:
I teach Freshwater Ecology (senior, graduate level), Ecosystem Dynamics (graduate), and Field and Laboratory Ecology (junior level) each year at Virginia. Each of these courses is strongly oriented towards field research, and I frequently use examples from my own research. Field trips include visits to my research sites. I also teach Field Ecology at Flathead Lake Biological Station, Montana, where I involve students in field research projects that are often based on my own research experience. Advisory responsibilities include Heartland Network of National Parks Riparian/Aquatic Monitoring Program and Virginia Riparian Research Team.