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George R. Cline
113B Martin Hall
256-782-5798
e-mail: 
gcline@jsucc.jsu.edu

                           Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, 1990

Curriculum Vitae (Link to downloadable Adobe pdf file)

Professional Societies

Alabama Academy of Science – 2nd Vice-President

Association of Southeastern Biologists

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Reviewer

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

Southeastern Naturalist – Board of Governors

 

Classes Taught

Introductory Biology II

Field Zoology

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

Ecology

Animal Behavior

Experimental Ecology

Tropical Biology

Herpetology

Community Ecology

 

Research Interests

Herpetology

         Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
             Current projects – hellbender distribution, ecology, and conservation
             status
              habitat use and natural history of green salamanders

Amphibian Community Structure
             Current project – streamside salamander community in northeastern
             Alabama
             Turtle Morphology – correlation between turtle shape and ecology
             Frog Call Analysis
             Amphibian Ecology
                   Current project – respiration rates of 24 hr post-hatching tadpoles
             Amphibian Ecotoxicology (w/ Dr. Rayburn)

 Ecology
            Analysis of community structure
            Quantitative vegetation analysis
            Lizardfish dietary studies 

Invertebrates
            Distribution, life history, and population genetics of the freshwater jellyfish
                         (w/ Drs. Rayburn, Hamissou, Romano, Meade)
            Population structure of ghost crabs on Dauphin Island, AL

  

 

Last Updated: April 27, 2006