James R. Gammon: the Wabash River man.Mark Pyron: Aquatic Biology and Fisheries Center, Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana Muncie (IPA: [ˈmʌn.si]) is a city in Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. 47306 USA James R. Gammon has been in Indiana since 1961 as a faculty member in Biological Sciences at DePauw University DePauw University, at Greencastle, Ind.; coeducational; United Methodist; est. 1832, chartered 1837. The school opened in 1838 as Indiana Asbury College, and in 1884 the present name was adopted. . It is my pleasure to concoct con·coct tr.v. con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts 1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking. 2. a brief, but accurate, biography of Dr. Gammon. I interviewed Dr. Gammon in August 2006 to obtain the majority of information that follows. From 1967 to 1998, he surveyed the fish assemblages of the Wabash River Wabash River River, flowing westward across Indiana, U.S. After crossing Indiana, the Wabash forms the 200-mi (320-km) southern section of the Indiana-Illinois boundary below Terre Haute, Ind. , building an incredible volume of data that comprises one of few long term fish assemblage compilations. My involvement with Jim was initiated when Tom Lauer and I were fortunate enough to inherit the monitoring program on the Wabash River that Gammon signed with funding from Cinergy Corporation (previously PSI, now Duke Energy) and Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
THE EARLY YEARS James R. Gammon was born in Sparta, Wisconsin
Sparta is a city in Monroe County, Wisconsin, along the La Crosse River. It is the county seat. The population was 8,648 at the 2000 census. on 24 April 1930 to Abner James and Laverne Marie Robertson Gammon, and Jim had the honor of being the first member of his family to be born in a hospital. Dr. Gammon grew up in the nearby small village of Kendall, with his three siblings and his grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl all sharing the same house. His father owned a family business, a combination dry goods dry goods pl.n. Textiles, clothing, and related articles of trade. Also called soft goods. dry goods npl (COMM) → mercería sg dry goods and grocery store passed down from Jim's grandfather. Dr. Gammon's mother was a homemaker with organ and piano abilities. Jim's siblings have remained in the Midwest. His brother Dave has four daughters and lives in Wisconsin; his sister Barb has two children and lives in Illinois. Their youngest sister, Carol, has three sons and also lives in Wisconsin. As a child, Jim always had an avid interest in science and nature, and he still retains those interests. He attributes this interest to his father and to his outdoorsman grandfather who lived with his family. They spent a great deal of time together in the woods where the grandfather and grandson fished and hunted. When he was six years old, Jim learned to shoot a .22 rifle and to catch brook trout brook trout or speckled trout Popular freshwater game fish (Salvelinus fontinalis), a variety of char, that is valued for its flavour and its fighting qualities when hooked. The brook trout is a native of the northeastern U.S. in local streams. Together, he and his grandfather hunted squirrel, pheasant, and ruffed grouse ruffed grouse: see grouse. ruffed grouse North American species (Bonasa umbellus) of grouse, sometimes incorrectly called a partridge. Ruffed grouse live mainly on berries, fruits, seeds, and buds but also eat much animal food. (deer did not yet inhabit the southwestern Wisconsin driftless region). The Gammon family members were all interested in nature and always had many pets--mostly dogs and a few cats--and whatever stray or injured animal (including an owl and mink) they came across in the forest. Other summer activities included biking local rural roads and damming the local creek, a headwaters stream of the Baraboo River The Baraboo River (IPA: /ˈbɛrəbuː/) is a tributary of the Wisconsin River, about 70 mi (115 km) long, in south-central Wisconsin in the United States. , for swimming. Winter activities included skiing and skating. Gammon's earliest jobs were working in his father's store, baling hay, working on a pea viner, and at the Standard "filling stations" where Gammon fixed hundreds of tires during World War II. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Jim developed a deeper, more scholarly interest in wildlife from books and National Geographic magazines he found in his grandmother's attic. Several of these books were texts discarded by his Uncle Wayne, who had attended college for a short period. Jim scanned his uncle's college chemistry text and realized he had in interest in chemistry. His parents then presented him with a chemistry set that Jim established in his basement, and he learned basic chemistry while burning holes in a few rugs. Jim attended local schools in Kendall, Wisconsin Kendall is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:
This article consisting of geographical locations in Wisconsin is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise . His high school had about 100 students, and Jim played basketball and baseball. His mother would not sign the paperwork to allow him to play six-man football Six-man football is a variant of high school American football that is played with six players per team, instead of 11. History Six-man football was developed in 1934 by Chester (Nebraska) High School coach Stephen Epler as an alternative means for small high schools to until he weighed more than 130 pounds (he never got to play football!). MILITARY SERVICE AND HIGHER EDUCATION higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. After graduating from high school Jim went to Waukesha, Wisconsin Waukesha [ˈwɑkəˌʃɑ] is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha CountyGR6, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, Waukesha had a total population of 64,826. with a close friend, and they worked in a foundry. The boring, manual labor soon convinced them both to join the Navy, and they went through boot camp Software from Apple that enables an Intel x86-based Macintosh to host the Windows XP operating system. Boot Camp is used to divide the hard disk into Windows and Mac partitions, to install the necessary drivers and to create a dual boot environment. at the Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). Naval Training Center. Jim remained stationed at the Great Lakes Center, went through Corps school, and spent the remainder of his active duty working in a pre- and post-surgery ward of the Mainside Hospital. After serving in the Navy, Jim began college at the La Crosse La Crosse (lə krôs), city (1990 pop. 51,003), seat of La Crosse co., W Wis., at the foot of high bluffs on the Mississippi, where the La Crosse and Black rivers meet; inc. 1856. State College, a school with perhaps 1000 students. The decision to attend La Crosse was easy since many friends from his hometown were also enrolled there. Jim describes these years as an enjoyable and memorable experience. He has fond memories of all of the basic courses, including biology and math. During the summer he again found work at a foundry in Milwaukee. The following fall the Korean conflict erupted, and Jim was drafted for service in the Navy for an additional two-year stint. The majority of this time was spent at the Great Lakes Naval Center. Following his second military service, Jim transferred to the University of Wisconsin. He began a relationship with Carolyn Patricia O'Bierne who attended the UW--Whitewater campus, and they were soon married. They lived in Whitewater, and Jim took classes and graduated from UW--Whitewater in January 1956 with a BS degree. Jim has memories of many great people from this period, some of whom he still maintains close contact. Following graduation from UW--Whitewater, Jim enrolled in graduate school at the UW--Madison with the goal of getting a teaching certificate to teach high school. He commuted from Whitewater because his wife Carolyn was still in school there. His professors convinced Jim to apply for further graduate training, and he was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Danforth Foundation. Jim and his family subsequently moved to Madison, and Jim began five and a half years of graduate school. Dr. Arthur Hasler was Jim's major professor, and his major was in ecology. Hasler was famous for identifying the factors that salmon use in natal stream homing and for identifying cultural eutrophication Cultural eutrophication is the process that speeds up natural eutrophication because of human activity. Due to clearing of land and building of towns and cities, runoff water is accelerated and more nutrients such as phosphates and nitrate are supplied to the lakes and ponds. of lakes as a potential crisis. Another well-known person at the UW with whom Jim worked closely was the eminent botanist Dr. John T. Curtis. Jim's graduate work was on muskellunge muskellunge: see pike. muskellunge Species (Esox masquinongy) of somewhat uncommon pike valued as a fighting game fish and, to a lesser extent, as a food fish. It inhabits weedy rivers and lakes of the North American Great Lakes region. as predators to control panfish n. 1. Any of numerous small food fishes; especially those not available on the market. 2. Any of numerous small food fishes taken with hook and line. Noun 1. populations. The field work for this project was performed at the University of Wisconsin Trout Lake Trout Lake may refer to:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 260.0 km² (100.4 mi²). 212.2 km² (81.9 mi²) of it is land and 47. (the site for the seminal limnological lim·nol·o·gy n. The scientific study of the life and phenomena of fresh water, especially lakes and ponds. [Greek limn research of E.A. Birge and C. Juday). Jim earned a MS in 1957 and the Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Wisconsin. Jim interviewed for several faculty positions around the country but selected DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana because he wanted a position where he could teach and yet maintain an active research program. At that time, most small teaching colleges strongly discouraged research by faculty. Jim also did not like the atmosphere of a research university, so Depauw University was a good fit. Jim and Pat produced an additional two children after settling in Greencastle (the previous two children were born during Jim's graduate career). Jim's second marriage was to Sherry Garner, who brought two children, Bradley and Shannon, into the family. Sherry was employed at DePauw University until she retired in 2004. TEACHING AND RESEARCH AT DEPAUW UNIVERSITY The courses that Jim taught at DePauw University included Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Vertebrate Biology, Ecology, Human Ecology for non-majors, Biostatistics, Introductory Zoology zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. for non-majors, and Limnology limnology Subdiscipline of hydrology that concerns the study of fresh waters, specifically lakes and ponds (both natural and manmade), including their biological, physical, and chemical aspects. . DePauw University had a graduate program when Jim was hired, and he graduated at least 24 master's degree students. The majority of Jim's students were involved in research on the Wabash River and the Ohio River, studying the effects of generation of electricity on fishes, macroinvertebrates, algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that , and aquatic plants. Thus, an obvious and strong research interest was the Wabash River ecosystem, which was nearby to Greencastle. Other funded projects that Gammon managed included the effects of agriculture and inorganic sediments on fishes. The fish community ecology work resulted in the most obvious effects of electricity generating plants and thus had the most interest for Gammon and students. Additional research projects that Gammon pursued included topics as diverse as population ecology of fishes, toxicology, fish assemblages, thermal ecology, aquatic plants, macroinvertebrate ecology, and phytoplankton phytoplankton Flora of freely floating, often minute organisms that drift with water currents. Like land vegetation, phytoplankton uses carbon dioxide, releases oxygen, and converts minerals to a form animals can use. . His research interests were wide and included natural history studies of terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Associated activities with students included field trips to the Smoky Mountains during spring breaks, many winter term trips (including studies of coral reefs) to Andros Island, Bahamas and Baja California, Mexico, and canoe excursions to the Everglades National Park, Florida, and the Boundary Waters Canoe areas in Canada. [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] While Gammon was at DePauw he undertook many projects, resulting in dozens of reports and at least 64 publications including 28 peer-reviewed articles, reports, edited chapters in texts, and one textbook that summarized 30 years of sampling in the Wabash River (Gammon 1998). Gammon's earliest Indiana publication was written in conjunction with Shelby Gerking in Natural Features of Indiana. (A brief list of some publications is appended.) Jim currently has numerous manuscripts in progress or submitted for publication. His career is far from over! A quote from Gammon's (1998) text on the Wabash River ecosystem provides a view of the humanistic interest of Gammon in studying the river: "Rivers, together with mountains, lakes, and oceans, are among the few natural features which bestow a permanence to an otherwise transitory world. There is something satisfying in the thought that a familiar nearby river once floated a birch-bark canoe and will continue to be a source of enjoyment to our children and grandchildren." One of the most impressive results of Gammon's research activities was the creation of the first multimetric index to score fish assemblage quality. Gammon's index of well-being (Iwb) was the precursor to the Index of Biotic biotic /bi·ot·ic/ (bi-ot´ik) 1. pertaining to life or living matter. 2. pertaining to the biota. bi·ot·ic adj. 1. Relating to life or living organisms. Integrity (IBI See Information Builders. ) multimetric index that currently is used throughout the world in ecosystem assessment. Gammon's Iwb is a score that combines two indices of diversity (Shannon-Weiner diversity scores for abundance and weight) and two suitable weighted indices of abundance into a single number. The index was created as a method for simplifying data to a single number that would reflect the biotic integrity of the community (Gammon 1998). The immediate need at the time was for an index that the electric power industry might use to compare fish assemblages upstream and downstream from generation facilities to test for similar abundance and diversity. Gammon was involved in many local organizations including Friends of Sugar Creek and Friends of the White River; and he was on the board for The Nature Conservancy for years. Gammon was active in numerous professional organizations including the Indiana Academy of Science (President in 1996), the Natural Areas Association, American Fisheries Society, the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, and the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography oceanography, study of the seas and oceans. The major divisions of oceanography include the geological study of the ocean floor (see plate tectonics) and features; physical oceanography, which is concerned with the physical attributes of the ocean water, such as . Local and national newspaper reporters have interviewed him frequently for his environmental knowledge related to the Wabash River and agricultural pollution in Indiana streams. Gammon was named the 2000 Environmentalist environmentalist a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment. of the Year by IPALCO IPALCO Indianapolis Power and Light Company , the parent company of Indianapolis Power & Light Company. He became a Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Science in 1968. [FIGURE 3 OMITTED] STUDENT GUIDANCE Gammon was a mentor to a huge number of undergraduate and graduate students during his career at DePauw University. Gammon's advice to students is to "try to aim for a career that you would do without being paid." A personal philosophy would include to "work hard and enjoy life." Past students include many who are currently in the public eye: Lee Bridges, Chris Yoder, John Riggs, Jerry Rud and Neil Parke. The following is a list of former students of Gammon, and the list includes the Master's thesis titles, year, and current locations where known: Ujjal Tej Singh Deol. 1967. The effect of inorganic pollution on macroinvertebrate populations. Robert S. Benda. 1967. The fish populations of Big Walnut Creek Big Walnut Creek starts near Mount Gilead, Ohio in Morrow County. It flows south to eastern Delaware County and parallels Alum Creek. It passes to the east of Sunbury and into Hoover Reservoir. The reservoir crosses into Franklin County and flows through Gahanna and Whitehall. . (currently Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Prince William Sound Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows into Columbia Bay, in the N central portion. Community College, Valdez, Alaska) Susan C. Bell. 1969. The effects of thermal pollution on the macroinvertebrate population of the Wabash River. Randal A. Gaseor. 1971. The effect of temperature on the feeding rate and behavior of the caddisfly Hydropsyche frisoni. Russell Scott Norris. 1972. The effect of heated water effluent on aquatic biota biota /bi·o·ta/ (bi-o´tah) all the living organisms of a particular area; the combined flora and fauna of a region. bi·o·ta n. The flora and fauna of a region. of Little Three Mile Creek. (currently a dentist in Mount Vernon, Indiana Mount Vernon is a small city in southern Indiana along the Ohio River and the county seat of Posey County.GR6 As of the 2000 census, the city's population was 7,478. ) Jay T. Hatch. 1973. The responses of fish fauna of Little Three-Mile Creek and the Ohio River to a thermal effluent. (currently Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. ) Steven T. Pierce. 1973. The effects of thermal enrichment on the macroinvertebrate populations of the Wabash River. Lee Bridges. 1974. A study of the effects of the Newport Army Ammunition Plant upon the benthic ben·thos n. 1. The collection of organisms living on or in sea or lake bottoms. 2. The bottom of a sea or lake. [Greek. fauna of Little Raccoon Creek and Little Vermillion Creek (Vermillion County, Indiana Vermillion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population is 16,788. The county seat is Newport6. It is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. ). (currently at Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management, Indianapolis, Indiana) James R. King. 1974. A study of power plant entrainment entrainment /en·train·ment/ (en-tran´ment) 1. a technique for identifying the slowest pacing necessary to terminate an arrhythmia, particularly atrial flutter. 2. effects on the drifting macroinvertebrates of the Wabash River. A.P. Lesniak. 1974. The effects of the J.M. Stuart Station on fish of Little Three-Mile Creek and the Ohio River. Eugene R. Mancini. 1974. Macroinvertebrate drift of the Wabash River and its relation to Wabash Generating Station (Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute (IPA: [ˌtɛ·ɹə ˈhoʊt]) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois. ). (retired from Atlantic Richfield Co., formed own consulting company doing Superfund and ecotoxicology The term ecotoxicology was coined by Truhaut in 1969, who defined it as "the branch of toxicology concerned with the study of toxic effects, caused by natural or synthetic pollutants, to the constituents of ecosystems, animal (including human), vegetable and microbial, in an studies) Terry C. Teppen. 1975. Distribution and abundance of fish populations in the Middle Wabash River. Brandon Kulik. 1977. The abundance and distribution of fish in the Ohio River in the vicinity of the J.M. Stuart Station: 1970 through 1976. (currently Senior Fisheries Biologist with Kleinschmidt Associates, Pittsfield, Maine) Richard H. Wright. 1978. The distribution of fishes in southwestern Indiana. William L. Fisher. 1979. An assessment of the fish populations of Eagle, Stotts, and Rattlesnake rattlesnake, poisonous New World snake of the pit viper family, distinguished by a rattle at the end of the tail. The head is triangular, being widened at the base. The rattle is a series of dried, hollow segments of skin, which, when shaken, make a whirring sound. creeks in central Indiana. (currently at Cooperative Fisheries Unit, Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. , Stillwater, Oklahoma) Joseph M. Reidy. 1979. The role of tributaries in the recovery of a river from stress. (currently a lawyer in Columbus, Ohio) E.M. Rogellin. 1979. The role of seining in the analysis of the Middle Wabash River. Jerome L. Rud. 1982. The diets and inter-specific relationships of twelve species of game fish from the Middle Wabash River, west-central Indiana. (currently at Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management) David S. White. 1983. Effects of sediments on aquatic organisms. (currently Professor of Biology and Director of the Hancock Biological Station, Murray State University Publications Its student newspaper, The Murray State News, has been awarded two Pacemaker awards in the last decade, the highest award given to collegiate newspapers; in addition, the school yearbook, The Shield, , Murray, Kentucky) Edward S. Snizek. 1984. An evaluation of riparian riparian adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream. (See: riparian rights) forest and fish communities in an agricultural watershed. Neil Parke. 1985. An investigation on phytoplankton sedimentation in the Middle Wabash River. (currently at Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana) Chris O. Yoder. 1976. Ohio River fish communities. (currently Director of Midwest Biodiversity Institute and Center for Applied Bioassessment and Biocriteria, Columbus, Ohio) Lee Bridges mentioned that Gammon's editorial advice to students was to avoid Gammon's mistake: a draft of Gammon's dissertation included a sentence that was intended to explain the source of muskellunge gonads that were collected by native American guides. However, the first draft implied that the guides removed their own gonads. Bridges has many memories of river collecting trips where equipment failures prompted alternative operating techniques that were not safe or smart. But the net result was completed field work. Gammon had an early "mini-computer" called a Wang. Because Gammon was the only person with the ability to write the code, he was the primary user of the computer. When DePauw University acquired mainframe computers, Gammon brought his computer to the university technicians with the hope of transferring data. The only help the technical staff could offer was "Wow, that's neat." Bridges mentioned that Gammon had an ongoing love affair with Saab automobiles, purchased from a dealership in tiny Perrysville. One of the more memorable vehicles was a two-stroke Saab station wagon that was replaced by other Saab sedans. Gammon's son Bob assisted with Gammon's research projects for at least 10 years. Bob is currently working for a Cincinnati consulting firm funded by the U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. for training with hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. . Bob worked on the Wabash River, the Ohio River, and local streams collecting fishes and water quality and habitat data. Bob has many memories of experiences in the field and of his father. He sums up his impressions of his father with the statement "I can't tell you how proud I am of him." Notable memories of his father include working on a nonpoint non·point adj. Not found or located at a single, definable point, as pollution whose source cannot be ascertained. source EPA funded project on Stotts, Rattlesnake, and Eagle creeks near Zionsville in the 1970's. When the team visited one of the small tributaries of Eagle Creek to be sampled, they immediately noticed a chemical precipitate on the stream banks. Everybody scrambled for waders, and they sampled fishes with an electric seine and quantified the benthos benthos: see marine biology. and the habitat. It turned out that there was a hazardous waste site (Northside Landfill) immediately upstream. Gammon wrote the director of the Stream Pollution Control Board to complain about the stream condition. Subsequently, a landfill employee died while cleaning a toxic waste toxic waste is waste material, often in chemical form, that can cause death or injury to living creatures. It usually is the product of industry or commerce, but comes also from residential use, agriculture, the military, medical facilities, radioactive sources, and container. Jim Gammon was asked to testify about the condition of that stream at a local hearing; and, at the request of Gammon's wife, Bob went along to keep his father "safe." Gammon testified that the fish abundance was less than half of expectations and that the habitat was severely altered. Eventually the landfill was closed. Bob has proud memories of his father at that hearing and in other contexts as "fighting the good fight." [FIGURE 4 OMITTED] Bob Gammon described many of the sampling trips on the Wabash River as memorable. One notable memory was of sampling fishes near Darwin's Ferry at a time when local anglers were not catching catfish to their expectations. This was at the same time that another electrofishing Electrofishing uses electricity to stun fish before they are caught. Two electrodes are used. The boat is the cathode, and the anode is at the front. The stunned fish swim toward the anode, where they are caught alive using a dip net.[1] References 1. crew had been sampling intensively in the same reaches. One fisherman pulled a rifle when Gammon's crew pulled up in view. Bob stated that "we took the hint and kept moving downstream." Other memories include boating down the river at full throttle between sites, and hitting an underwater log at such force that the motor flew off of the boat transom. Bob said that "everything was real quiet for a few moments" as the crew realized what had happened. They marked a tree on shore and returned with a sheriff rescue team to practice "dragging the bottom" to locate the missing motor. The motor was never found. Chris Yoder recalls Gammon as "an extremely easy person to work for, and he was considered a colleague by all of his students." Gammon was very diligent in field work and attending conferences. Yoder says that Gammon "... set a good example for our conduct. Who knows what would have happened to a bunch of otherwise rowdy grad students on these forays." Gammon's nickname was "Chief," and Gammon was affectionately known among his students as the leader of "Gammon's Guerillas." Yoder considers Gammon's innovative designs of large river electrofishing gear and sampling to be the precursor and significant influence on all current large river fish sampling efforts. IN "RETIREMENT" Gammon retired from DePauw University in 1993 and currently has emeritus faculty status. Although Jim says that he is retired, he appears as busy as ever. For example, he serves on the White River Citizen Advisory Council and attends local conferences regularly. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Jim Gammon was extremely helpful in generating this biography and locating other friends who provided information. I am grateful to Bob Gammon, Neil Parke, Chris Yoder, Lee Bridges, Brandon Kulik and many others for the interesting and lively stories about their colleague and mentor. Manuscript received 8 August 2006. PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1963. Conversion of food in young muskellunge. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 92:183-184. 1965. The distribution of fishes in Putnam County, Indiana Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 36,019. The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War. The county seat is Greencastle6. , and vicinity. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 74:353-359. 1965. Device for collecting eggs of muskellunge, northern pike and other scatter-spawning species. Progressive Fisheries Culturist 27:78. 1965. The effect of muskellunge on the resident fish populations of two bog lakes. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Arts and Letters (1966-1998) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by American sportsman, and noted philanthropist Paul Mellon, and trained by future Hall of Famer Elliott Burch, the colt began racing at age two. 54:249-272. (with A.D. Hasler) 1965. The effect of pesticides on the bluegill bluegill: see sunfish. bluegill Popular game fish (Lepomis macrochirus) and one of the best-known sunfishes throughout its original range, the freshwater habitats of the central and southern U.S. It has been introduced throughout the western U.S. (Lepomis macrochirus) in a northern Indiana lake. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 74:379-385. (with J.T. Hastings & M.J. Phelps) 1966. The fishes. Chap. 23. Pp. 401-425, In Natural Features of Indiana. (A.A. Lindsey, ed.) Indiana Academy of Science. 600 pp. (with S.D. Gerking) 1968. The fish populations of Big Walnut Creek. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 77:193-205. (with R.S. Benda) 1969. Determination of feeding rates in Trichoptera using [sup.60]CO. Progress in Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecology. Publication No. 320, ORNL-4446:123-125. 1970. Aquatic life survey of the Wabash River, with special reference to the effects of thermal effluents on populations of macroinvertebrates and fish: 1967-1969. Progress Report to Public Service Indiana. 65 pp. 1970. The effect of inorganic sediment on stream biota. Water Pollution Control Research Series 18050DWC DWC Division of Workers Compensation (California) DWC Daniel Webster College DWC Dubai Women's College (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) DWC Department of Workers Compensation DWC Divine Word College 12/70:1-141. 1971. The response of fish populations in the Wabash River to heated effluents. Proceedings of the 3rd National Symposium on Radioecology Radioecology The study of the fate and effects of radioactive materials in the environment. It derives its principles from basic ecology and radiation biology. . Pp. 513-523. 1973. The effect of thermal inputs on the populations of fish and macroinvertebrates in the Wabash River. Purdue University Water Resources Research Center. Technical Report No. 32. 106 pp. 1973. Effects of altitude and atmospheric windows on remote measurements of thermal effluent in the Wabash River. Proceedings of the 1st Pan-American Symposium on Remote Sensing. Pp. 147-159. (with L.A. Bartoluccci & R.M. Hoffer) 1975. Distribution and abundance of fish populations in the middle Wabash River. Thermal Ecology II (ERDA ERDA Energy Research & Development Administration Symposium Series) CONF-75045: 272-283. (with T.C. Teppen) 1975. Seasonal distribution and abundance of Ohio River fishes at the J.M. Stuart Electric Generating Station. Thermal Ecology II (ERDA Symposium Series) CONF-750245: 284-295. (with C.O. Yoder) 1976. Measurement of entrainment and predictions of impact in the Wabash and Ohio rivers. Pp. 159-176, In Third National Workshop on Entrainment and Impingement. (L.D. Jensen, ed.) 1976. The fish populations of the middle 340 km of the Wabash River. Purdue University Water Resources Research Center. Technical Report No. 86. 73 pp. 1976. Recent collections of Anepeorus simplex (Walsh) (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) from the Wabash River, Indiana. Entomological en·to·mol·o·gy n. The scientific study of insects. en  to·mo·log News 87:788:237-238. (with E.R. Mancini & P.H.
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