Bruce Vondracek

Although I am officially retired, I have continued to pursue my interests to understand mechanisms that influence invertebrate assemblages in stream systems. Over the past several years, I have maintained contact and worked with several former students, which I advised or served on their graduate committees. On several occasions, I had the opportunity to help the students collect invertebrates from several streams. I have been fortunate to have co-authored several publications and presentations at scientific meetings with these students. I also participated in a number of presentations which included live aquatic invertebrates to grade school students and interested adults. These presentations have also provided the opportunity to discuss how water quality affects invertebrate and fish assemblages in agricultural and forested settings to assess ecosystem health or biological integrity.