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Name:  Meyer, Judy
Organization:
Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602

Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principal Investigator  (Retired)
Specialty:  Stream Processes
Habitat:  Streams
Organism:  Microbiota
Core Area(s):  Trophic Structure

Education:
B.A., University of Michigan, Zoology, 1968
M.A., University of Hawaii, Marine Ecology, 1971
Ph.D., Cornell University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1978

Appointments:
Director for Science, River Basin Science and Policy Center, University of Georgia, 2000-present
Distinguished Research Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1996 - present
Professor, University of Georgia, 1989-1996
Associate Professor, University of Georgia, 1983-1989
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, 1977-1983

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Meyer, J.L. 1994. The microbial loop in flowing waters. Microbial Ecology 28:195-199. 

Hall, R.O. and J.L. Meyer. 1998. The trophic significance of bacteria in a detritus-based stream food web. Ecology 79:1995-2012.

Meyer, J.L., S.L. Eggert and J.B. Wallace. 1998. Leaf litter as a source of dissolved organic carbon in streams. Ecosystems 1:240 - 249.

Meyer, J.L. and J.B. Wallace. 2001. Lost linkages and lotic ecology: rediscovering small streams. pp. 295 - 317 in M.C. Press, N. Huntly and S. Levin, eds. Ecology: achievement and challenge. Blackwell Science, Oxford UK.

Peterson, B.J., et al. (Including J.L. Meyer). 2001. Stream processes alter the amount and form of nitrogen exported from small watersheds. Science 292:86-89.

Paul, M.J. and J.L. Meyer. 2001. Streams in the urban landscape. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 32:333-365.

Synergistic Activities:
1. President, Ecological Society of America (1994-95)
2. Committee to Improve the National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAS/NRC 1999 - 2001)
3. Freshwater Work Group, Report on the State of the Nation's Ecosystems, Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment (1999 - 2001)
4. Chair, Science and Technical Advisory Committee, American Rivers (1999 - 2002)
5. Member, EPA Science Advisory Board (2001-2003)
6. Member, Advisory Committee, Development of a Statewide Water Management Plan (2000-2002)