Faculty
Paul Bukaveckas 
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University (1989)
pabukaveckas@vcu.edu
Web site: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~pabukaveckas
Research interests:
ecosystems ecology, river and estuarine ecology
Affiliations:
Center
for Environmental Studies and the
Center
for the Study of Biological Complexity
Dr. Paul Bukaveckas is an aquatic ecologist whose research addresses
basic and applied aspects of material and energy cycling in ecosystems.
He focuses on two interrelated research topics: (1) the processes
that regulate photosynthetic production in diverse aquatic habitats
and (2) the role of primary producers in carbon and nutrient cycling.
Current projects examine the interplay between hydrologic and ecological
processes in flowing waters (streams, rivers, estuaries). The goal
of this research is to address basic questions in ecosystems ecology
that are important to understanding human impacts on aquatic resources.
Recent publications:
Koch, R.W., P.A. Bukaveckas and D.L. Guelda. 2007.
Importance of phytoplankton carbon to heterotrophic bacteria in the
Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. Hydrobiologia (in press).
Bukaveckas, P.A., D. McGaha, J. Shostell and J.D. Jack. 2007.
Internal and external sources of THM precursors in a Midwestern
reservoir. Journal of the American Water Works Association
99:127-136.
Bukaveckas, P.A. 2007. Effects of channel restoration on water
velocity, transient storage and nutrient uptake in a channelized
stream. Environmental Science & Technology 41:1570-1576.
Acharya, K., P.A. Bukaveckas, J. Jack, M. Kyle and J. Elser. 2006.
Zooplankton growth linked to diet and RNA content: Response of
Bosmina to natural and experimental variation in river seston.
Limnology & Oceanography 51:1859-1869.
Acharya, K., J.D. Jack and P.A. Bukaveckas. 2005. Dietary effects on
life history traits of riverine Bosmina. Freshwater Biology
50:965-975.
Courses offered:
Fall, 2007: River & Estuarine Ecology (ENVS 691)
Fall, 2008: Ecosystems Ecology (BIOL 691)
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