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Name: Pringle, Catherine
Telephone: 706.542.4289; Fax: 706.542.3344
Email: cpringle@uga.edu
Organization:
Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602

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

Education:
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Botany, 1976
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Natural Resources, 1979
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Aquatic Ecology, 1986
Post Doctoral, University of California, Berkeley, Botany, 1990

Appointments:
Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1992- present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Professor, 1990-1992

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Schofield, K., C.M. Pringle, J.L. Meyer, and A. Sutherland. 2001. The role of crayfish in the seasonal breakdown of a riparian evergreen shrub. Freshwater Biology 46:1-14.

Pringle, C.M., N.H. Hemphill, W. McDowell, A. Bednarek, and J. March. 1999. Linking species and exosystems: Different biotic assemblages cause interstream differences in organic matter. Ecology 80:1860-1872.

Rosemond, A.d., C.M. Pringle, A. Ramirez, M.J. Paul, and J.L. Meyer. 2002. Landscape patterns in the effects of phosphorus on dietritus-based tropical steams. Limnology and Oceanography 47:

Clark, J., S. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. Collins, A. Dobson, J. Foley, D. Lodge, M. Pascual, R. Pielke, Jr., W. Pizer, C.M. Pringle, W. Reid, K. Rose, O. Sala, W. Schlesinger, D. Wall and D. Wear. 2001. Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative. Science 293:657-660.

Pringle, C.M., and T. Hamazaki. 1998. The role of omnivory in structuring a neotropical stream: separating diurnal versus nocturnal effects. Ecology 790:269-280.

Synergistic Activities:
With D. Coleman and M. Hunter, conducting cross-site research on decomposition at Luquillo and Coweeta LTER sites (NSF-funded augmentation of Coweeta LTER grant).

With F. J. Triska, long-term project evaluating landscape patterns in ecosystem processes in detrital-based streams (NSF-funded LTREB Project)

With J. Thomlinson and F. Scatena, developing environmental outreach posters on watershed protection for the Luquillo LTER site (funding provided by USDA Forest Service)