Assistant Professor
334-844-9249
jimstoeckel@auburn.edu

Field of Specialization
Molluscan and Crustacean Ecology







  • Special Honors & Awards
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Award for outstanding achievment from the Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Aquatic Ecology, 2001

Populations must adapt to a wide array of natural and anthropogenic environmental stresses if they are to remain viable. Much of my research examines individual and population level effects of stressors on molluscs and crustaceans, and how these stressors affect population viability. Previous research projects focused on suspended sediments, advection, developmental bottlenecks, invasive species, and agrochemicals in coupled lentic-lotic systems. Aquatic systems I have worked on range from large, tidal (Hudson) and non-tidal rivers (Illinois, upper Mississippi), to small streams, reservoirs, and floodplain lakes. As a new faculty member at Auburn, I am developing a research program to study effects of stressors (invasive species, pesticides, altered flow regimes, etc.) on population dynamics of Southeastern molluscan and crustacean fauna, with an initial emphasis on native unionid mussels.

Title Journal Year
Evaluation of a Crayfish Burrowing Chamber Design With Simulated Groundwater Flow Journal of Crustacean Biology 2011
Differing effects of suspended sediments on the performance of native and exotic Daphnia Freshwater Biology 2009
A conceptual model linking demography and population genetics of freshwater mussels Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2008
ATRAZINE AND INCREASED MALE PRODUCTION BY DAPHNIA: THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBINING FIELD AND LABORATORY APPROACHES Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2008
Effects of artificial filamentous substrate on zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) settlement Biological Invasions 2006
Measurements and consequences of retention in a side embayment in a tidal river Journal of Marine Systems 2004
Heritability of Heat Tolerance in Zebra Mussel Veligers Journal of Greats Lakes Research 2004
Laboratory culture of Dreissena polymorpha
larvae: spawning success, adult fecundity, and
larval mortality patterns		 Canadian Journal of Zoology 2004
Retention and supply of zebra mussel larvae in a large river system: importance of an upstream lake Freshwater Biology 2004
Utilization of the exotic cladoceran Daphnia lumholtzi by juvenile fishes in an Illinois River floodplain lake Journal of Fish Biology 2003
Effect of turbulence on the mortality of zebra
mussel veligers		 Canadian Journal of Zoology 2003
A developmental bottleneck in dispersing larvae:
implications for spatial population dynamics		 Ecology Letters 2003
Establishment of Bighead Carp in an Illinois River Floodplain Lake: A Potential Source Population for the Illinois River Journal of Freshwater Ecology 2002
Effects of inorganic sediment and food
concentrations on energetic processes of the
zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha:
implications for growth in turbid rivers		 Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1998
Seston quality controls zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha )energetics in turbid rivers Oecologia 1998
IN SITU ESTIMATION OF ZEBRA MUSSEL METABOLIC RATES USING THE ELECTRON
TRANSPORT SYSTEM (ETS) ASSAY		 Journal of Shellfish Research 1998
A method for measuring in situ oxygen consumption rates of freshwater gastropods Journal of the North American Benthological Society 1998
Larval dynamics of a riverine metapopulation: implications for zebra mussel recruitment, dispersal, and control in a large-river system Journal of the North American Benthological Society 1997
Establishment of Daphnia lumholtzi (An Exotic Zooplankter) in the Illinois River Journal of Freshwater Ecology 1996