Thomas Diggins  Assistant Professor Evolution and Ecology Division Dept. of Biological Sciences Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 44555-3601 Phone: (330) 941- 3605 E-mail: tpdiggins@ysu.edu

•  Ph. D. – State University of New York at Buffalo, Biological Sciences
•  M. Sc. – State University of New York at Buffalo, Environmental Studies
•  B. A. – Kent State University, Political Science

Semester System
• BIOL 2602: Principles of Biology – Organisms and Ecology
  
• BIOL 4805: Ichthyology
• BIOL 5804: Aquatic Biology
• BIOL 6952: Experimental Design
  
  
  

I conduct applied and theoretical research on community ecology, specifically as related to human impacts on aquatic ecosystems and/or the conservation of such ecosystems. My current projects include: 1) evaluation of possible habitat restoration sites on the historically polluted Buffalo River, New York; 2) aquatic invertebrate communities as indicators of environmental health in the Mahoning River; 3) ecology of invasive species in Lake Erie, including impacts on food web dynamics; and 4) ecology and conservation of pristine riverside forests in the Zoar Valley Canyon of western New York State.

Some Current Research Projects

Selected Publications

Diggins, T. P., M. Weimer, K. M. Stewart, R. E. Baier, A. E. Meyer, R. F. Forsberg, and M. A. Goehle (in press). Epiphytic refugium: are two species of invading freshwater bivalve partitioning spatial resources? Biological Invasions 5: in press

Diggins, T. P., and R. J. Snyder (in press). Three decades of change in the macroinvertebrate community and associated water quality variables in the Buffalo River Area of Concern, 1964 – 1993. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29: in press

Diggins, T. P. 2003. A sediment-feed system to regulate suspended solids in flow-through mesocosms. North American Journal of Aquaculture 65: 62-65.

Diggins, T. P, J. Kaur, R. K. Chakraborti, and J. V. DePinto. 2002. Diet choice by the exotic round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) as influenced by prey motility and environmental complexity. Journal of Great Lakes Research 28: 411-420

Diggins, T. P., R. E. Baier, A. E. Meyer, and R. F. Forsberg. 2002. Potential for selective, controlled biofouling by Dreissena species to intercept pollutants from industrial effluents. Biofouling 18: 29-36.

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