King's College - Biology Department

Dr. Garrett Barr
Office: P325
Phone Number: 570-208-5900 Ext. 5729
Email: garrettbarr@kings.edu
Webpage: http://staff.kings.edu/garrettbarr/

Education:

PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science Program, University of New Hampshire.
Anticipated: May 2007 Dissertation: Stream Predator Impacts: The Effects of Prey Migration, Prey Behavior, and Spatial Scale.
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Cognate in College Teaching, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of New Hampshire. Anticipated: May 2007

MS in Natural Resources: Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire Thesis: Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Larval Plethodontid Salamanders.

BS in Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Binghamton University

Courses Taught at King's:

General Biology I, BIOL 111
General Biology I Lab, BIOL 111L
General Biology II, BIOL 112
General Biology II Lab, BIOL 112L
Biology Seminar, BIOL 370
Conservation Biology, ENST/BIOL 401A
Tropical Ecology, ENST/BIOL401I
Water Quality Analysis, ENST 401G

Research with Undergraduates:

Spring 2007:

Effects of the antidepressant, Paroxetine, on smallmouth bass feeding behavior

Fall 2006:

The effects of acid deposition on stream salamander and brook trout populations in northeastern Pennsylvania
The effects of trout on larval salamander feeding in streams

Spring 2006:

Predator-prey interactions: trout impacts on salamander foraging and morphology

Publications & Presentations:

Barr GE and KJ Babbitt 2007. Trout affect the density, activity, and feeding of a larval Plethodontid salamander. Freshwater Biology, in press.

Barr GE and KJ Babbitt 2006. Large-scale impacts of trout on stream macroinvertebrate drift and benthic density. Presented at the North American Benthological Society's annual meeting, Anchorage, Alaska.

Barr GE and KJ Babbitt 2002. Effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the distribution and abundance of Eurycea bislineata. Oecologia. 133:176-185.

Barr GE and KJ Babbitt 2001. Two methods to sample larval Plethodontid salamanders in streams. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 29(4):1238-1242.

Professional Memberships:

Ecological Society of America
National Science Teachers Association
North American Benthological Society
Society for Conservation Biology