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Mark J. Wetzel
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-2108 Fax: 217-244-0729 Email: mjwetzel@illinois.edu Title: Aquatic Oligochaetologist / Macroinvertebrate Zoologist Office Location: 468 N.R.B. | ||
| Activities | Curator and Collections Manager of the INHS Annelida Collection; Aquatic Zoologist, INHS / IL Dept. Transportation Further Studies Group; INHS Collections Committee |
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| Research |
Taxonomy, systematics, and ecology of North American freshwater Annelida / presentation of taxonomic workshops focusing on these groups; biodiversity, hydrogeology, and water quality of Holarctic springs and caves; preservation of habitat utilized by federal- and state-listed endangered, threatened, and/or rare species of aquatic organisms; distribution, ecology, and taxonomy of aquatic macroinvertebrates, particularly the non-insectan groups. |
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| Recognition | 1976 - Phi Sigma Society 1977 - Sigma Xi Scientific Society 1983 - H. H. Ross Memorial Award - 1st Recipient 2003 - Award of Appreciation, 25 years: member, North American Benthological Society Literature Review Committee (Annelida) 2008 - Elected First General Secretary of the International Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaeta |
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| Professional affiliations |
North American Benthological Society; Freshwater Biological Association; Societas Internationalis Limnologiae; Biological Society of Washington; Florida Association of Benthologists; Xerces Society. | ||
| Selected publications |
Erséus, C., M.J. Wetzel, and L. Gustavsson. 2008. ICZN rules – a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata). Zootaxa 1744: 66-68. [9 April]. A downloadable PDF of this paper is available free (through open access) by clicking HERE. Readel, A.M., C.A. Phillips, and M.J. Wetzel. 2008. Leech parasitism in a turtle assemblage: effects of host and environmental characteristics. Copeia 2008(1): 225-231. Martin, P., E. Martinez-Ansemil, A. Pinder, T. Timm, and M.J. Wetzel. 2008. Global diversity of oligochaetous clitellates (“Oligochaeta”; Clitellata) in freshwater. Pp. 117-127, In E. V. Balian, C. Lévêque, H. Segers & K. Martens, eds. Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Hydrobiologia 595(1). Wetzel, M.J., and M.A.P. Morgan. 2007. Aquatic microdrile oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee. Pp. 153-158, In P. Cox, (Ed.). The Great Smoky Mountains National Park All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory: A Search for Species in Our Own Backyard. Southeastern Naturalist 6 (Special Issue 1). 238 pp. Reynolds, J.W., and M.J. Wetzel. 2004. Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America north of Mexico. Megadrilogica 9(11):71-98. Kathman, R.D., and M.J. Wetzel. 2003. Allonais inaequalis (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) in North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(3):548-556. Wetzel, M.J., and S.J. Taylor. 2001. First records of freshwater oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) from caves in Illinois and Missouri, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 63(3): 99-104. Webb, D.W., M.J. Wetzel, P.C. Reed, L.R. Phillippe, and T.C. Young. 1998. The macro-invertebrate biodiversity, water quality, and hydrogeology of ten karst springs in the Salem Plateau Section of Illinois, USA. Pages 39-48, In: L. Botosaneanu (ed.). Studies in Crenobiology - The biology of springs and springbrooks. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 261 pp. ISBN 90-73348-04-8. |
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| Program Affiliates |
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Data Steward, Oligochaeta Cadre of Taxonomic Experts - NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Early Detection of Invasive Species Program. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
North American Benthological Society - Literature Review Committee; Computer / Public Information and Publicity Committee; Technical Issues Committee; Taxonomic Certification Committee; Web Editorial Committee American Fisheries Society - Committee on Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates, and co-chair, CNAI Annelida Subcommittee International Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology - membership secretary; organizing committee member; First General Secretary (2008- ) |
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| Education | MS, Zoology, Eastern Illinois University, 1982 BS, Biology, University of Illinois, 1973 AS, Biology, Parkland College, 1971 | ||