Jeffrey D. Muehlbauer, PhD
Unit Leader - Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Jeffrey's research focus is on linking hydrological and geomorphic conditions in rivers to the structure of aquatic communities. His work focuses on aquatic insects and macroinvertebrates, salmonid fishes and feeding ecology, and freshwater and riparian food webs. He is involved in basic and applied research in a variety of river ecosystems worldwide, including dam removal in Arizona.
His current role at USGS is at the Alaska Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit as the Unit Leader, in cooperation with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and partners. Jeffrey teaches courses in aquatic food web ecology and stream ecology. Jeff is a river and stream ecologist who specializes in macroinvertebrate communities, fisheries, and food webs. His research is focused on linking hydrological and geomorphic conditions in rivers to the structure of aquatic communities.
He is involved in wetland mitigation in North Carolina, food web studies on the Danube River in Austria/Hungary/Serbia and glacially-fed rivers in Italy, and large dam impacts on the Colorado River and on the impacts of climate change, mining, and other stressors in Alaskan streams and rivers.
