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Publications
Coughlin, D. J. "Power Production During Steady Swimming in Largemouth Bass and Rainbow Trout." Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 617-629, 2000. 

Rome, L.C., Swank, D. M. and Coughlin, D. C. "The Influence of Temperature on Power Production During Swimming II. Mechanics of Red Muscle Fibers In Vivo." Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 333-345, 2000.

Coughlin, D. J. and Rome, L. C. "Muscle Activity in Steady Swimming Scup, Stenotomus chrysops, Varies With Fiber Type and Body Position." Biol. Bull. 196, 145-152, 1999.

Coughlin, David J., Guixin Zhang and Lawrence C. Rome. "Concentration Kinetics and Power Production by Pink Muscle of the Scup (Stenotomus chrysops)." Journal of Experimental Biology 199, 2703-2712, 1996.

Coughlin, David J. and Lawrence C. Rome. "The Roles of Pink and Red Muscle in Powering Steady Swimming in Scup (Stenotomus chrysops)." American Zoologist 36,  666-667, 1996.

Coughlin, David J., Valdes, L., Rome, L. C., "Muscle Length Changes in Scup: Sonomicrometry Verifies Anatomical High-Speed Cine Technique," Journal of Experimental Biology 199: 459-463, 1996.

Coughlin, David J., Hawryshyn, C. W., "A Cellular Basis of Polarized Light Vision in Rainbow Trout," Journal of Comparative Physiology A 176:261-272, 1995.

Grant, B. W. "'Campus Ecology' Curriculum as a Means to Teach Urban Environmental Literacy." In Understanding Urban Ecosystems: A New Frontier For Science And Education. Edited by A. R. Berkowitz, C. H. Nilon, and K. S. Holweg. New York: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 2000.

Grant, B. W. "The Metaphor of 'Y2K,' and Some Predictions About Future Trends In Academia." Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 81, 134-135, 2000. 

Grant, B. W. "Some Thoughts on Indigenous Methods of Environmental Education I Learned In Spokane at ESA 1999." Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 81, 87-88, 2000.

Lamb, T., R. W. Gaul, Jr., M. L. Tripp, J. M. Horton, and B. W. Grant. "A Herpetofaunal Inventory of the Lower Roanoke River Floodplain." Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NC Academy of Sciences) (114)  43-55, 1998.

Grant, B. W. and I. Vatnick. 1997. "Environmental Correlates with Leaf Stomate Density: A Multi-week Bounded Inquiry for an Undergraduate Introductory Biology Laboratory."  Journal of College Science Teaching.(XXVIII), 109-112, 1998.

Grant, B. W. 1997. "Ecological Literacy and Problem Solving." Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America Providence, Rhode Island, August 1996. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78:88-90.

Grant, B. W., K. L. Brown, G. W. Gergunson, and J. W. Gibbons. 1994. "Changes in Amphibian Biodiversity Associated with 25 Years of Pine Forest Regeneration: Implications for Biodiversity Management," pp 354-367 in S. K. Manjumdar et al (eds.), Biological Diversity: Problems and Challenges, Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, 1994.

Grant, B. W., A. D. Tucker, J. E. Lovich, A. M. Mills, P. M. Dixon, and J. W. Gibbons. 1992. "The use of coverboards in estimating patterns of reptile and amphibian biodiversity". Pages 379-403 in D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett (eds.). Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Science Publ., Inc. London, England.

Grant, B. W., and W. P. Porter. 1992. "Modeling global macroclimatic constraints on ectotherm energy budgets." American Zoologist 32:154-178.

Madigosky, Stephen. Contributed photographs. In Amazon Insects: A Photo Guide by J. L. Castner, Feline Press, 2000. 

Madigosky, Stephen. Contributed photographs. In Explorama's Amazon, by J. L. Castner, Feline Press, 2000.

Madigosky, Stephen. "The Disappearance of the High Altitude Polylepis Forests." The Newsletter of the International Canopy Network (ICAN), 5(3), 6, 1999.

Martin, J. M., S. R. Madigosky, Z. Gu, J. Wu, D. Zhou, and J. L. McLaughlin. "Chemical Defense in the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly, Eurytides marcellus, Involving Annonaceous Acetogenins." Journal of Natural Products Vol. 62 (1), 2-4, 1999.

Madigosky, S. R. and B. W. Grant. 1996. "Biodiversity Loss: A Problem or Symptom of Our Time?," pp 226-241 in S. K. Majumdar, et al (eds.), Forests - A Global Perspective, Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 1996.


Presentations and Abstracts
Biology Department Faculty (K. Boyer, M. Brodkin, D. Coughlin, B. Grant, K. Hornberger, S. Madigosky, R. Morris, T. O‘Tanyi, R. St. John, I. Vatnick, and F. Weaver. "Research as Curriculum in an Undergraduate Biology Major at Widener University" poster presented at the Project Kaleidoscope Workshop, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, July 1997.

Biology Department Faculty (K. Boyer, M. Brodkin, D. Coughlin, B. Grant, K. Hornberger, S. Madigosky, R. Morris, T. O‘Tanyi, R. St. John, I. Vatnick, and F. Weaver. "Using Research as Curriculum in an Undergraduate Biology Major" poster presented at the Project Kaleidoscope Workshop "Revitalizing Undergraduate Biology," Atlanta, GA, November 1996.

Coughlin, David J. "Power production in during steady swimming in largemouth bass and rainbow trout."  Presented at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO, January 1999. 

Coughlin, David J.  "Ontogenetic and thyroxine-induced changes in the red muscle of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss."  Presented at SICB, Boston, MA, January 1998. 

Rome, L., D. Swank and D. J. Coughlin.  "The effect of temperature on red muscle function in swimming scup."  Presented at SICB, Boston, MA, January 1998.

Coughlin, David J. "Muscle Mechanics and Power Production in Swimming Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss." paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Albuquerque, NM, December 1996.

Coughlin, David J., "The Role of Pink and Red Muscle in Sustained Swimming of Scup," invited talk at the American Society of Zoology, Washington, DC, 1995.

Grant, Bruce. "Ecological Literacy and Environmental Ethics: Education for a Sustainable Society." Invited presentation at Columbia University's Biosphere II Center, Oracle, AZ, March 20, 2000. 

Grant, Bruce. "The Nexus of Ecological Research, Habitat Preservation, and Environmental Education for Sustainability." Invited presentation at the Glen Helen Ecology Institute, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, March 9, 2000.

 Grant, Bruce and Susan Musante. "Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology Amidst the Digital Educational Revolution: A Project of the Ecological Society of America." Invited presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's workshop on "Facilitating a Digital Library of Learning Resources for Undergraduate Biology Educators," AAAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C., March 4-6, 2000. 

Grant, Bruce. "Some principles of curriculum design in ecological and environmental education." Invited presentation at the NSF funded workshop on developing educational programming and research at two new field stations operated by Cleveland State University, the University of Akron, and John Carroll College, Woodlake Field Station, Ohio, December 11-12, 1999. 

Grant, Bruce. "Contributions of the Ecological Society of America to National Efforts to Improve Environmental Education." Invited presentation at the workshop "Stewarding Environmental Education," San Francisco, CA, December 3-5, 1999. 

Grant, Bruce. "Campus Ecology and Environmental Stewardship: FRS 101-A Course for Freshmen Undergraduates that Teaches Urban Environmental Literacy." Poster presentation at the Northeast Regional Workshop on Education for Sustainability Shaping the Future: Best Practices in Higher Education, Second Nature, West Cornwall, CT, November 5-7, 1999.

Grant, Bruce W. "Campus Ecology as a Means to Urban Environmental Literacy." http://www.ecostudies.org/cary8/grant/grant.html. Invited poster presentation at the 8th Cary Conference, Institute of Ecosystem, Studies, Millbrook, NY, April 27-29, 1999. 

Grant, Bruce W. "Using Student-directed Ecological Research as Curriculum in an Introductory Ecology Course." Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO, January 6-10, 1999.

Grant, Bruce W., "Campus Ecology and Environmental Stewardship: FRS 101 - A course for freshman undergraduates," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD, August 1998.

Grant, Bruce W., "Using Research As Curriculum in An Undergraduate Ecology Course." talk presented at the Eleventh National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, April 1997.

Grant, Bruce W., "Using Research As Curriculum in An Undergraduate Ecology Course." talk presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Malvern, PA, April 1997.

Grant, B. W., "Ecological Literacy, Problem Solving, and the Next Environmental Revolution." Invited seminar given at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, October 23, 1996.

Grove, Barbara F., and B. W. Grant, "Ecological Research as Curriculum in Elementary and Secondary Environmental Education: Results of an In-service Workshop," presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, White Haven, PA, March 1995.

Grant, B. W. 1995. "Using Student-directed Ecological Research as Curriculum in an Undergraduate Ecology Course." Supplement to the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (#3, part 3): p. 334.

Grant, B. W., "Research as Curriculum in an Undergraduate Ecology Course," presented at the Ecological Society of America meeting, Snowbird, Utah, August 1995.

Grant, B. W., and B. F. Grove, "A Field Guide to Using Ecological Research as Curriculum: K-16," poster presented at the Ecological Society of America meeting, Knoxville, TN, August, 1994.

Grove, B. F., and B. W. Grant. 1995. "Ecological research as curriculum for environmental education: grades 2-12." Supplement to the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (#3, part 3): p. 337.

Grove, Barbara F., and B. W. Grant, "Ecological Research as Curriculum in Elementary and Secondary Environmental Education: Results of an In-service Workshop," presented at the Ecological Society of America meeting, Snowbird, Utah, August 1995.

Hornberger, Kathleen, "Impact of Urbanization on Woody Species in a Southwestern PA Forest and its Implications on Diversity," presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Statesboro, GA, April 1996.

Hornberger, Kathleen, "Blue-eyed-grasses (Sisyrinchium: Iridaceae) of the eastern United States, with special emphasis on the Tri-state area." Invited talk for the Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, April 1995.

Hornberger, Kathleen, "Vegetational Analysis of Woody Species in a Southeastern Pennsylvania Forest," presented at the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences annual meeting, White Haven, PA, April 1995.

Augensen, H., S. Madigosky, and W.D. Heintz. "Misconceptions in the Astronomy Classroom-Can They Be Overcome in One Semester?" Presented at the annual meeting of Central Pennsylvania Astronomers Consortium, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, April 29, 2000.

Madigosky, Stephen. "Secrets of the Rain Forest." Presented at the Tenth Annual International Rain Forest Workshop for Teachers, Lima, Peru, July 2000.

Madigosky, Stephen. "Microclimate Characteristics of a Primary Tropical Rainforest, Iquitos, Peru: Implications for Teachers." Presented at the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association, Hershey, PA, December, 1999.

Madigosky, Stephen. "Secrets of the Rainforest: Key to Its Survival." Eighth Annual International Rainforest Workshop for Teachers, Miami, FL, July 1998. 

Madigosky, Stephen. Two presentations creating an award winning leadership portfolio: "Insights from Rainforest Scholars" & "NSTA Travel Opportunities for Educators." National Science Teachers Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1998.

Madigosky, S. R., "Biodiversity: How to Keep it," presented at the National Science Teachers Association meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 1996.

Madigosky, S. R., "Educational/Research Opportunities for Teachers in the Amazon Rainforest," presented at the National Science Teachers Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 1995.

Madigosky, S. R., "Biodiversity," presented at the National Science Teachers Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 1995.

Madigosky, S. R., "Education Opportunities in the Rainforest," presented at the National Science Teachers Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 1995.

Madigosky, S. R., "Research Opportunities in the Rainforest," presented at the National Science Teachers Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 1995.

Madigosky, S. R., "Opportunities at the ACEER," presented at the National Science Teachers Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 1995.

Madigosky, S. R., "The Value of an Immersion Experience for Teachers," presented at the Ecological Society of America meeting, Snowbird, Utah, August 1995.

Morris, Robert, "Innovations in the Teaching of Nutrition to Non-Science Majors," presented at the National Science Teachers Association meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 1995.

St. John, Richard T., and Linda R. Betz. "Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) Chromatography of Antibiotics Produced by Streptomyces Isolated in an Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory." Abstracts 99th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 669. Poster (W-30) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology on June 2, 1999 in Chicago, Illinois.

Vatnick, I., Frances Weaver, and Bruce Grant. "Research Experiences Within the Curriculum of a One Semester Course for Non-Science Majors." Poster presented at the Project Kaleidoscope National Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, October 1999.

Vatnick, I, M. Brodkin, and M. Simon.  "The effect of an acidic environment on mortality, natural defense mechanisms and standard metabolism of adult Northern Leopard frogs (Rana pipiens)." The FASEB Journal vol. 13 no. 4, 1999.

Vatnick, Itzick. "How to Build a Multimedia Laboratory Facility or What Do You Do in Your Reproductive System Labs?" Workshop presented at the 13th annual conference of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, Baltimore, MD, May 22-28, 1999.

Itzick Vatnick and Bruce W. Grant, "Environmental Correlates with Leaf Stomata Density: A Multi-week Bounded Inquiry for an Undergraduate Introductory Biology Laboratory," paper presented at the Undergraduate Research Network at NCUR 98, Salisbury State University, Salisbury MD, April 1998.

Itzick Vatnick, "Active and Interactive teaching with multimedia in large Anatomy and Physiology lectures," workshop presented at the 10th Annual Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Meeting, Portland OR/Vancouver WA, June, 1997.

Vatnick, Itzick, "Active and Interactive Teaching with Multimedia in Large Anatomy and Physiology Lectures," workshop presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, Portland, OR, June 1996.

Vatnick, Itzick, "The development of Metabolic and Respiratory Functions of Pigeons (Columba Livia)," presented at the annual meeting of the American Physiological Society, Washington, DC, April 1996.

Vatnick, Itzick, "Special lessons for special Senses," workshop presented at the national Human Anatomy and Physiology Society meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1995.

Weaver, F. E. "Hands-on Exploration of the Biology Place" invited presentation at "Strategies for Successful Classroom Interaction" sponsored by the Benjamin Cummings Publishing Company, University of Richmond, Richmond VA, November 8, 1999, and at Valencia Community College Orlando Florida, April 15, 2000.

Weaver, Frances E. "Strengthening the Student-Faculty Research Community at Widener University" Presentation at the annual meeting of the Thirteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research-Undergraduate Research Network, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, April 8, 1999.

Weaver, Frances and Carl J. Schmidt, "Identification of a Novel Protein that Interacts with Mammalian Groucho-related (GRG) Protein," presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting on Developmental Biology, UMDNJ-SOM, Stratford, NJ, October 1997.

Weaver, Frances, "Morphing out, a Simple Exercise for Improvement of Spatial Skills and Written Communication in Undergraduate Developmental Biology Classes," presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting on Developmental Biology, UMDNJ-SOM, Stratford, NJ, October 1997.


Grants Awarded
Brodkin, Marc, NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award, "The Role of T Cells in Immunity to Salmonella typhimurium," $89,536, 1991.

Coughlin, David, NSF RUI Research Grant, "Swimming in Rainbow Trout: Ontogeny and Muscle Function," $99,514, 1997.

"Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE): Developing web and CD-ROM based educational material through the Ecological Society of America." Bruce Grant Co-PI with Charlene D’Avanzo (Hampshire College) and Susan Musante (ESA). NSF DUE, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program: Educational Materials Development – Proof of Concept (January – December, 2000, NSF DUE 99-53/ $75,000).

Grant, B. W., and B. F. Grove."Experimenting to Teach Scientific Thinking and the Human Ecology of Watersheds." in collaboration with the Widener University Science Teaching Center.1995-1997: Grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency, Program in Environmental Education. $9,403.

Grant, Bruce and Itzick Vatnick, NSF-ILI equipment grant, "Physiological Ecology," $14,241, 1995.

Grant, Bruce and B. F. Grove. "Conservation Education: Field Ecology for Teachers" in collaboration with the Widener University Science Teaching Center. 1994-1995: Grant from US Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service, Urban Forestry Division, (OMB 0348-0043) $7,585.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education, Office of Education Technology, Division of Federal Programs, Technology Literacy Challenge Fund Grant 2000, Consortium School District Category. Stephen Madigosky with the Ridley School District. Amount funded $232,000, 2000.

Madigosky, Stephen and Scott Van Bramer, NSF-ILI equipment grant, "Experimental Laboratory Approaches to Teach Environmental Science," $8,010, 1995.

Madigosky, Stephen, Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education grant, "Introduction of Operation Chemistry to Pennsylvania," $104,755, 1992-1993.