LEONARD A. SMOCK, PH.D.

 

E-mail: lasmock@vcu.edu

VCU departmental affiliation:
Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
Director, Ph.D. in Integrative Life Sciences program

Degrees:
Ph. D. (Environmental Science & Engineering) University of North Carolina, 1979
M.S. (Zoology) University of Illinois, 1971
B.S. (Biology) University of Illinois, 1969

Courses taught at VCU:
• BIOL 514 Stream Ecology
• BIOL 532 Water Pollution Biology

Research interests:
• Water pollution biology and chemistry
• Biological monitoring of water quality
• River and wetlands ecology
• Effects of land use patterns on water quality

Recent publications/abstracts/presentations:
Kedzierski, W.M. and L.A. Smock. 2001. Effects of logging on macroinvertebrate production in a sand-bottomed, low-gradient stream. Freshwater Biology 46:1-13.

Wright, A.B. and L.A. Smock. 2001. Macroinvertebrate community structure and production in a low-gradient stream in an undisturbed watershed. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 152:297-313.