Dr. Andrew M. Turner

DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Community and ecosystem ecology of rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds
Chemical communication in aquatic ecosystems, effect of pollutants on the chemosensory ability of fish and invertebrates
Ecology of inducible anti-predator defenses, community and ecosystem level consequences of predator-induced trait shifts

Troyer, R.A. and A.M. Turner. 2015. Chemosensory Perception of Predators by Larval Amphibians Depends on Water Quality. PlosOne, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131516
Williams, K.M. and A.M. Turner. 2015. Acid Mine Drainage and Stream Recovery: Effects of Restoration on Water Quality, Macroinvertebrates, and Fish. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, DOI:10.1051/kmae/2015014
Turner, A.M. and S.D. Peacor. 2012. Scaling up infochemicals: Ecological consequences of chemosensory assessment of predation risk. In the book "Chemical Ecology in Aquatic Systems." Edited by C. Brönmark and L.-A. Hansson, Oxford University Press.
Turner, A.M. and M.F. Chislock. 2010. Blinded by the stink: Nutrient enrichment impairs the perception of predation risk by freshwater snails. Ecological Applications 20:2089-2095.
Brady, J.K. and A.M. Turner. 2010. Species-specific effects of gastropods on leaf litter processing in pond mesocosms. Hydrobiologia 651: 93-100.

$20,000 Sampling unassessed waters of the Clarion River watershed. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (2012-2013)
$183,000 Inducible defenses and community ecology: the ecology of fear. National Science Foundation. (2005-2010)
$122,000 Behavioral indirect effects in food webs. National Science Foundation. (2000-2004)
$44,500 Watershed scale assessment of an acid-mine drainage abatement project in Clarion County. Center for Rural Pennsylvania. (2000)