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Michael Parker

    Dr. Michael S. Parker, Professor

    Sciences 207

    1250 Siskiyou Blvd.

    Ashland, OR  97520

    (541) 552-6796

    email: parker@sou.edu

     

    Dr. Parker's home page

     

    Education

    PhD, University of California, Davis, 1992

    MS, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1985

    BS, Southern Oregon State College, 1981

    Teaching

    Principles of Biology (Bi 211)

    Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (Bi 427/527)

    Fishery Biology (Bi 450/550)

    Aquatic Ecology (Bi 475/575)

    Environmental Ethics (Bi 510)

    Research Interests

    • Ecology of rivers and streams
    • Ecology of western fishes and amphibians
    • Food Webs
    • Endangered species

    Publications

    • Wootton, J. T., M. S. Parker, M. E. Power. 1996. Effects of Disturbance on River Food Webs. Science. 273: 1558-1561.
    • Power, M. S., M. S. Parker, J. T. Wootton. 1995. Disturbance and food chain length in rivers. pp. 286-297. In: Polis, G. A. and K. O. Winemiller (eds.). Food Webs: Integration of patterns and dynamics. Chapman Hall Pub.
    • Parker, M. S. 1994. Feeding ecology of stream-dwelling Pacific giant salamander larvae (Dicamptodon tenebrosus). Copeia. 1994(3): 705-718.
    • Parker, M. S. 1993. Size-selective predation on benthic macroinvertebrates by stream-dwelling salamander larvae. Archiv. fur Hydrobiol. 128(4): 385-400.
    • Parker, M. S. 1993. Predation by Pacific giant salamander larvae on juvenile steelhead trout. Northwest Naturalist. 74: 77-81.
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