| Mark J. Wetzel | |||||
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Email: mjwetzel@illinois.edu Title: Aquatic Oligochaetologist / Macroinvertebrate Zoologist
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| Activities | Curator and Collections Manager of the INHS Annelida Collection; Aquatic Zoologist, INHS / IL Dept. Transportation Biological Surveys and Assessment Program; 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 2008 - Award of Appreciation, 30 years: member, Literature Review Committee (Annelida), Society for Freshwater Science {at that time, North American Benthological Society} 2007 - Elected First General Secretary of the International Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaeta group. |
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| Professional affiliations |
Society for Freshwater Science (formerly, North American Benthological Society); Freshwater Biological Association; Societas Internationalis Limnologiae; Biological Society of Washington; Florida Association of Benthologists. | ||||
| Selected publications |
Reynolds, J.W., and M.J. Wetzel. 2012. Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Bermuda. III. Megadrilogica 15(8): 191-211. Stribling, J., B. Sweeney, J. Morse, G. Corkum, G. Lester, S. Miller, R. Mitchell, B. Poulton, S. Strachan, and M. Wetzel. 2012. "Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method": A rebuttal of Rogers (2012). Zootaxa (3359): 65-68. Reynolds, J.W., and M.J. Wetzel. 2011. The earthworms (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Komarekionidae, Lumbridicae, Megascolecidae, and Sparganophilidae) of Illinois, USA. Megadrilogica 15(4): 35-67. Erseus, 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. Reynolds, J.W., and M.J. Wetzel. 2008. Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Bermuda. Megadrilogica 12(12): 157-208. 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. Leveque, 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. 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. |
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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 |
Society for Freshwater Science (formerly, North American Benthological Society): Literature Review Committee (1979-; chair, 2010-); Technical Issues Committee; Taxonomic Certification Committee; Web Editorial Committee. American Fisheries Society: Committee on Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates & co-chair, CNAI Annelida Subcommittee. International Symposia on Aquatic Oligochaeta: General Secretary (2007-present). | ||||
| Education | M.S., Zoology, Eastern Illinois University, 1982 B.S., Biology, University of Illinois, 1973 A.S., Biology, Parkland College, 1971 | ||||
Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois
INRS State Scientific Surveys
