Adjunct Associate Curators
Robert Wallus, M.S., Assistant Curator
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Phone
(812) 824-8500
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Fax
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E-mail
robertwallus111@comcast.net
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Mailing Label
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Additional Information
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Robert Wallus
6440 S. Fairfax Rd.
Bloomington, IN 47401
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Organization
Indiana Biological Survey - Aquatic Research Center
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EDUCATION
Degree Ph.D. Fisheries
Year Awarded Candidate
Granting University University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
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Department
Division of Fishes
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Specialty
Larval fishes
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Professional Status
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Practicing Professional
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Profession
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Adjunct Assistant Curator - Division of Fishes
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Geographical Expertise
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Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio, Illinois,
Kanawha, Mississippi (upper and lower), Arkansas, and Savannah
river systems, other Atlantic and Gulf coastal drainages, and
the Great Lakes
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Other Areas
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Eastern United States
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Natural Communities Expertise
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Freshwater larval fish
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Ecological Expertise
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System
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Freshwater and estuarine
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Habitat Status
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Lentic and lotic systems
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Level
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Species - Community
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Approach
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Determine limiting factors to recruitment in freshwater systems.
Research results have been applied to studies of thermal generating
facilities, hydropower facilities, dredging projects, and taxonomic
relationships among members of the family Hiodontidae, Polyodontidae,
Lepisosteidae, Percidae and Cyprinidae including the description of
early life history stages of species.
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Ecological Research
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Applied research on the taxonomy of freshwater larval fish
and the application of studies of reproductive biology of fishes
to early life history ecology. The results of these studies
have been applied to evaluating problems associated with thermal
pollution and resource management.
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Endangered &
Threatened Species
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Families Ictaluridae, Cyprinidae, and Percidae
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Systematic Expertise
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Systematic Specialty
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Reproductive biology, early life ecology, and ontogeny of fishes
Currently editor and a principle author of a seven-volume resource
document entitled “Reproductive biology and early life history of
fishes in the Ohio River drainage.” Volumes 1,2,3&4 have been published
and Volume 5 is in press.
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Systematic Research
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Polyodontidae, Hiodontidae, Cottidae, and Centrarchidae
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Methodology
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Morphometric and meristic analysis
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Biodiversity Information
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Collection - Specimen-based database
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Recent Publications
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Wallus, R. and T.P. Simon. 2006. Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Fishes from the Ohio River basin. Volume V.Gasterosteidae through Cottidae. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Simon, T.P. and R. Wallus. 2005. Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Fishes from the Ohio River basin. Volume IV. Percidae. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Simon, T.P. and R. Wallus. 2003. Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Fishes from the Ohio River basin. Volume III. Ictaluridae. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
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