Entomology: Personnel
Entomology Faculty
Darold P. Batzer Professor of Entomology Contact InformationAddress: Department of Entomology Phone: (706) 542-2301 |
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I work on various aspects of the ecology of invertebrates from freshwater wetlands. In particular, I am interested in the roles that invertebrates play in wetland food webs including predator-prey relationships and plant-invertebrate interaction. Because many wetland invertebrates are important components of bird and fish diets, I often interact with wildlife biologists. Much of my work takes place in habitats that are being managed for waterfowl and waterbirds. I have a long-standing interest in mosquito ecology, and work to devise ecologically sound strategies to manage these populations in marshes.
Students that work under my supervision will initially collaborate with me on one of my projects. They will then be given the opportunity to develop and test their own hypotheses about wetland invertebrates. Interdisciplinary work is encouraged, and projects that utilize the strong tradition of aquatic and wetland research by other faculty at University of Georgia are especially welcome.
Selected Publications
Batzer, D. P. and B. J. Palik. 2007. Variable response by aquatic
invertebrates to experimental manipulations of leaf litter input
into seasonal woodland ponds. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 168:
155-167.
Kratzer, E. B. and D. P. Batzer. 2007. Spatial ad temporal variation in
aquatic macroinvertebrates in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia,
USA. Wetlands 27: 127-140.
Reese, E. G. and D. P. Batzer. 2007. Do invertebrate communities in floodplains change predictably along a river’s length? Freshwater
Biology 52: 226-239.
Churchel, M. A. and D. P. Batzer. 2006. Recovery of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities from drought in Georgia Piedmont headwater streams. American
Midland Naturalist 156: 259-272.
Batzer, D. P. and R. R. Sharitz (eds). 2006. Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Batzer, D. P., B. M. George, and A. Braccia. 2005. Aquatic invertebrate responses to timber harvest in a bottomland hardwood wetland of South Carolina. Forest Science 51: 284-291.
Batzer, D. P., S. E. Dietz-Brantley, B. E. Taylor, and A. E. DeBiase. 2005. Evaluating regional differences in macroinvertebrate communities from forested depressional wetlands across eastern and central North America. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 23: 403-414.
Haggerty, S. M., D. P. Batzer, and C. R. Jackson. 2004. Macroinvertebrate response to logging in coastal headwater streams of Washington, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 529-537.
Rader, R. B., D. P. Batzer, and S. A. Wissinger (eds.). 2001. Biomonitoring and Management of North American Freshwater Wetlands. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Braccia, A. and D. P. Batzer. 2001. Invertebrates associated with woody debris in a southeastern forested floodplain wetland. Wetlands 21: 18-31.
Batzer, D. P., C. R. Jackson, and M. Mosner. 2000. Influences of riparian logging on plants and invertebrates in small, depressional wetlands of Georgia, U.S.A. Hydrobiologia 441: 123-132.
Batzer, D. P., C. R. Pusateri, and R. Vetter. 2000. Impacts of fish predation on marsh invertebrates: direct and indirect effects. Wetlands 20: 307-312.
Batzer, D. P., R. Rader, and S. A. Wissinger (eds.). 1999. Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Batzer, D. P. 1998. Trophic interactions among detritus, benthic midges, and predatory fish in a freshwater marsh. Ecology 79:1688-1698.
Batzer, D. P. and S. A. Wissinger. 1996. Ecology of insect communities in nontidal wetlands. Annual Review of Entomology 41: 75-100. 
Batzer, D. P., M. McGee, V. H. Resh, and R. R. Smith. 1993. Characteristics of invertebrates consumed by mallards and prey response to wetland flooding schedules. Wetlands 13: 41-49.