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:
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BIOL 514 Stream Ecology
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BIOL 532 Water Pollution Biology
Research interests:
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Water pollution biology and chemistry
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Biological monitoring of water quality
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River and wetlands ecology
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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.
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