Biology & Chemistry
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Biology & Chemistry
Morehead State Univ.
150 University Blvd
Lappin Hall, Rm 103
Morehead, KY 40351
(606) 783-2945

Reeder GIF

            

Brian Reeder

Professor Biology
 
B.S. - Youngstown State University
M.A. - Marshall University
Ph.D. - Ohio State University
 
E-mail:  b.reeder@moreheadstate.edu
Phone:  (606) 783-2957
FAX:  (606) 783-5002
Lappin 327C

 

 

Courses:  Ecology (BIOL 461), Limnology (BIOL 409)
 
Research Interests:  Watershed monitoring and assessment

Dr. Reeder’s lab conducts research on surface waters and wetlands. Current projects include assessing primary production and nutrient cycling in wetlands, wetland restoration, fish hatchery pond management, and fate and transport of pollution in streams and rivers.

 
Selected Publications:
  • Reeder, B.C. and B.M. Binion. in press. Algal community habitat preferences in Old Woman Creek wetland, Erie County, Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science 108(5).
  • Schnieder, J., D.S. Maehr, K. Alexy, J.J. Cox, J.L. Larkin, and B.C. Reeder. 2006. Food habits of reintroduced elk in southeastern Kentucky. Southeastern Naturalist 5(3):535-546.
  • Middleton, R.J., and B.C. Reeder. 2003. Dissolved oxygen fluctuations in organically and inorganically fertilized walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) hatchery ponds. Aquaculture 219:337-345
  • Buynak, G.L., B. Mitchell, L. Kornman, A.F. Surmont, , B. Reeder., and S. Melvestuto 2001. Responses to Artificial Fertilization at Grayson Lake, Kentucky. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:393–403
  • Reeder, B.C. and B.M. Binion. 2001. Comparison of methods to assess water column production in wetlands. Ecological Engineering 17:445-449.
  • Reeder, B.C. 1996. Using environmental monitoring as a teaching tool: the Triplett Creek non-point pollution assessment project. Waterworks 2(1):1-4
  • Reeder, B.C. 1994. The role of autotrophs in nonpoint phosphorus retention in a Great Lakes coastal wetland. Ecological Engineering 3: 161-170
  • Reeder, B.C. 1994. Book Review: Evaluation and Assessment for Conservation: Ecological Guidelines for Determining Priorities for Nature Conservation. Ian F. Spellerberg, Chapman Hall, London. 1992  Ecological Engineering. 3(2) 200-201.
  • Mitsch, W.J. and B.C. Reeder. 1992. Nutrient and hydrologic budgets of a Great Lakes coastal freshwater wetland during a drought year.  Wetland Ecology and Management 1:211-222.
  • Mitsch, W.J. and B.C. Reeder. 1991. Modeling nutrient retention of a freshwater coastal wetland: estimating the roles of primary productivity, sedimentation, resuspension, and hydrology. Ecological Modeling. 54:151-187.
  • Mitsch, W.J., B.C. Reeder, and D.A. Klarer. 1989  The role of wetlands in the control of nutrients with a case study of western Lake Erie. pp. 129-157 In: Mitsch, W.J. and S.E. Jørgensen (eds.) Ecological Engineering: an Introduction to Ecotechnology. J. Wiley, New York.