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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. 

Professional Experience

  • Unit Leader - Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

  • Assistant Unit Leader - Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

  • USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center

Education and Certifications

  •  BS - Northern Arizona University 

  • MS - University of North Carolina

  • PhD - University of North Carolina

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Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples

Barcodes are used to label and track just about everything these days. Look around your office, in your medicine cabinet, at the package you just received in the mail, or on the shelves of any shop in town, and you will immediately grasp the ubiquity of their use. Interestingly, railroads and supermarkets were the early pioneers of barcode development: the former needing a way to track...
Authors
Adam J. Copp, Theodore A. Kennedy, Jeffrey D. Muehlbauer
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Southwest Biological Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

Clay, P.A., Muehlbauer, J.D., and Doyle, M.W., 2015, Effect of tributary and braided confluences on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities and geomorphology in an alpine river watershed: Freshwater Science, v. 34, no. 3, p. 845-856.
Copp, A.J., Kennedy, T.A., and Muehlbauer, J.D., 2014, Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, v. 95, no. 3, p. 293–300.
Muehlbauer, J.D., Collins, S.F., Doyle, M.W., and Tockner, K., 2014, How wide is a stream? Spatial extent of the potential “stream signature” in terrestrial food webs using meta-analysis: Ecology, v. 95, no. 1, p. 44–55.
Wang, H., Li, H., Zhang, Z., Muehlbauer, J.D., He, Q., Xu, X., Yue, C., and Jiang, D., 2014, Linking stoichiometric homeostasis of microorganisms with soil phosphorus dynamics in wetlands subjected to microcosm warming: PLoS ONE, v. 9, no. 1, p. e85575.
Riggsbee, J.A., Doyle, M.W., Julian, J.P., Manners, R., Muehlbauer, J.D., Sholtes, J.S., and Small, M.J., 2013, Influence of aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms on channel forms and processes, in Wohl, E., ed., Fluvial Geomorphology: San Diego, California, USA, Academic Press, p. 189-202.
Muehlbauer, J.D., and Doyle, M.W., 2012, Knickpoint effects on macroinvertebrates, sediment, and discharge in urban and forested streams: urbanization outweighs microscale habitat heterogeneity: Freshwater Science, p. 282–295.
Muehlbauer, J.D., Duncan, J.M., and Doyle, M.W., 2012, Benign use of salt slugs on aquatic macroinvertebrates: measuring discharge with salt during an aquatic ecology study: River Research and Applications, v. 28, no. 10, p. 1858-1863.
Muehlbauer, J.D., Doyle, M.W., and Bernhardt, E.S., 2011, Macroinvertebrate community responses to a dewatering disturbance gradient in a restored stream: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, v. 15, no. 6, p. 1771-1783.
Fuller, R.L., Griego, C., Muehlbauer, J.D., Dennison, J., and Doyle, M.W., 2010, Response of stream macroinvertebrates in flow refugia and high-scour areas to a series of floods: a reciprocal replacement study: Journal of the North American Benthological Society, v. 29, no. 2, p. 750-760.
Muehlbauer, J.D., LeRoy, C.J., Lovett, J.M., Flaccus, K.K., Vlieg, J.K., and Marks, J.C., 2009, Short-term responses of decomposers to flow restoration in Fossil Creek, Arizona, USA: Hydrobiologia, v. 618, p. 35-45.
Joseph, J.W., Odegaard, M.L., Ronnebaum, S.M., Burgess, S.C., Muehlbauer, J., Sherry, A.D., and Newgard, C.B., 2007, Normal flux through ATP-citrate lyase or fatty acid synthase is not required for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion: Journal of Biological Chemistry, v. 282, no. 43, p. 31592-31600.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples

Barcodes are used to label and track just about everything these days. Look around your office, in your medicine cabinet, at the package you just received in the mail, or on the shelves of any shop in town, and you will immediately grasp the ubiquity of their use. Interestingly, railroads and supermarkets were the early pioneers of barcode development: the former needing a way to track...
Authors
Adam J. Copp, Theodore A. Kennedy, Jeffrey D. Muehlbauer
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Southwest Biological Science Center

Non-USGS Publications**

Clay, P.A., Muehlbauer, J.D., and Doyle, M.W., 2015, Effect of tributary and braided confluences on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities and geomorphology in an alpine river watershed: Freshwater Science, v. 34, no. 3, p. 845-856.
Copp, A.J., Kennedy, T.A., and Muehlbauer, J.D., 2014, Barcodes are a useful tool for labeling and tracking ecological samples: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, v. 95, no. 3, p. 293–300.
Muehlbauer, J.D., Collins, S.F., Doyle, M.W., and Tockner, K., 2014, How wide is a stream? Spatial extent of the potential “stream signature” in terrestrial food webs using meta-analysis: Ecology, v. 95, no. 1, p. 44–55.
Wang, H., Li, H., Zhang, Z., Muehlbauer, J.D., He, Q., Xu, X., Yue, C., and Jiang, D., 2014, Linking stoichiometric homeostasis of microorganisms with soil phosphorus dynamics in wetlands subjected to microcosm warming: PLoS ONE, v. 9, no. 1, p. e85575.
Riggsbee, J.A., Doyle, M.W., Julian, J.P., Manners, R., Muehlbauer, J.D., Sholtes, J.S., and Small, M.J., 2013, Influence of aquatic and semi-aquatic organisms on channel forms and processes, in Wohl, E., ed., Fluvial Geomorphology: San Diego, California, USA, Academic Press, p. 189-202.
Muehlbauer, J.D., and Doyle, M.W., 2012, Knickpoint effects on macroinvertebrates, sediment, and discharge in urban and forested streams: urbanization outweighs microscale habitat heterogeneity: Freshwater Science, p. 282–295.
Muehlbauer, J.D., Duncan, J.M., and Doyle, M.W., 2012, Benign use of salt slugs on aquatic macroinvertebrates: measuring discharge with salt during an aquatic ecology study: River Research and Applications, v. 28, no. 10, p. 1858-1863.
Muehlbauer, J.D., Doyle, M.W., and Bernhardt, E.S., 2011, Macroinvertebrate community responses to a dewatering disturbance gradient in a restored stream: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, v. 15, no. 6, p. 1771-1783.
Fuller, R.L., Griego, C., Muehlbauer, J.D., Dennison, J., and Doyle, M.W., 2010, Response of stream macroinvertebrates in flow refugia and high-scour areas to a series of floods: a reciprocal replacement study: Journal of the North American Benthological Society, v. 29, no. 2, p. 750-760.
Muehlbauer, J.D., LeRoy, C.J., Lovett, J.M., Flaccus, K.K., Vlieg, J.K., and Marks, J.C., 2009, Short-term responses of decomposers to flow restoration in Fossil Creek, Arizona, USA: Hydrobiologia, v. 618, p. 35-45.
Joseph, J.W., Odegaard, M.L., Ronnebaum, S.M., Burgess, S.C., Muehlbauer, J., Sherry, A.D., and Newgard, C.B., 2007, Normal flux through ATP-citrate lyase or fatty acid synthase is not required for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion: Journal of Biological Chemistry, v. 282, no. 43, p. 31592-31600.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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