Indiana Biological Survey

Board of Trustees

• Paul E. Rothrock, Ph. D., Vice President

  
  

  Phone (765) 998-5152	Fax (765) 998-4976	E-mail plrothroc@taylor.edu
  Mailing Label		Additional Information
  Dr. Paul E. Rothrock Randall Environmental Center Taylor University 236 W. Reade Avenue Upland, IN 46989-1001		Organization Taylor University
  EDUCATION Degree Ph.D Year Awarded 1976 Granting University Pennsylvania State University		Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
  		Specialty Aquatic vascular plants
  Professional Status	Practicing professional / educator
  Profession	College professor with courses in Plant Systematics and Wetland Ecosystems
  Geographical Expertise	Great Lakes region, especially Indiana
  Other Areas	Eastern North America
  Natural Communities Expertise	Wetland and lake systems
  Ecological Expertise
  System	Freshwater
  Habitat Status	Natural - Human disturbed
  Level	Species - Community
  Approach	InWRAP (Indiana Wetlands Rapid Assessment Protocol), Floristic Quality Assessment and Plant Index of Biotic Integrity
  Ecological Research	Development of bioindicators and sampling protocols with emphasis upon vascular plants
  Endangered & Threatened Species	Vascular plants, especially Cyperaceae
  Systematic Expertise
  Systematic Specialty	Cyperaceae
  Systematic Research	Systematics of section Ovales, genus Carex
  Methodology	Karyotype and morphometric analysis
  Biodiversity Information	Collection - Specimen-based database
  Recent Publications	Rothrock, P.E., T.P. Simon, and P.M. Stewart. 2008. Development, calibration, and validation of a littoral zone plant index of biotic integrity (PIBI) for lacustrine wetlands. Ecological indicators, 8: 79-88. Rothrock, P.E., T.P. Simon, and P.M. Stewart. 2006. Macrophyte species of coastal Lake Michigan and attributes for use in the development of indices of biological integrity for drowned river mouth wetlands. Pp. 298-311, In T.P. Simon and P.M. Stewart (Eds). Coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Health, Habitat, and Indicators. Authorhouse Press, Bloomington, IN. Rothrock, P.E., and T.P. Simon. 2006. A plant index of biotic integrity for drowned river mouth wetlands of Lake Michigan. Pp. 228-237, In T.P. Simon and P.M. Stewart (Eds). Coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Health, Habitat, and Indicators. Authorhouse Press, Bloomington, IN. Rothrock, P.E. and M.A. Homoya. 2005 "An Evaluation of Indiana's Floristic Quality Assessment." Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 114: 9-18. Simon, T.P., P.M. Stewart, and P.E. Rothrock. 2001 Development of multimetric indices of biotic integrity for riverine and palustrine wetland plant communities along southern Lake Michigan. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management, 4: 293-309.


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