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Name:  Helfman, Gene
Organization:
Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602

Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principal Investigator  (Retired)
Specialty:  Streams
Habitat:  Streams
Organism: Fish
Core Area(s):  Primary Production

Education:
B.S., University of California, Zoology, 1967
M.S., University of Hawaii, Zoology, 1973
Ph.D., Cornell University, Ecology and Systematics, 1979
Post Doctoral, University of Georgia, Ecology, 1980-1981

Appointments:
Professor, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1999- present
Associate Professor, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1987-1999
Assistant Professor, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1982-1987
Temporary Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Georgia, 1981-1982

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Harding, J.S., E.F. Benfield, P.V. Bolstad, G.S. Helfman, and E.B.D. Jones III. 1998. Stream biodiversity: the ghost of land-use past. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. 95:14843-14847.

Helfman, G.S., editor. 1999. Behavior and Fish Conservation: Case Studies and Applications. Environmental Biology of Fishes 55 (1-2):1-201.

Jones, E.B.D., III, G.S. Helfman, J.O. Harper, and P.V. Bolstad. 1999. The effects of riparian deforestation on fish assemblages in southern Appalachian streams. Conservation Biology 13:1454-1465.

Scott, M.C. and G.S. Helfman. 2001. Native invasions, homogenization, and the mismeasure of integrity of fish assemblages. Fisheries 26 (11):6-15.

Synergistic Activities:
1. Editorial Board, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1980-present
2. Editorial Board, Copeia,1985 and December 1998-present
3. Member, Conservation Science Advisory Panel, Sustainable Ecosystems Institute, 2000-
4. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: Board of Governors, 1985-89, 1995-2000
5. Environmental Quality Committee, 1996-present (Chair, 1999-present): chair, Committee on Student Award in Conservation, 1996-97
6. Biennial Conference on Ethology, Behavioral Ecology, and Conservation of Fishes, meeting convener, 2000.