Faculty
Gregory C. Garman
Associate Professor and Director, Center
for Environmental Studies
Ph.D., University of Maine (1984)
gcgarman@vcu.edu
Office room: 340
Office phone:
(804) 828–7202
(804) 828-1574
Lab room: 041
Research interests:
River and stream ecology, fish ecology, anadromous fishes, ecology
of large coastal rivers, biology of migratory fishes, effects
of urbanization on system ecosystems
Recent publications:
Webb, S., G. Garman, B. Brown,
and S. McIninch. 2002. Amoebae
associated with ulcerative lesions of fish from tidal freshwater
of the James River, Virginia. J. Aquatic Animal Health.
Gooss,
K. and G. Garman. In press. Growth and condition of age-0 American
shad (Alosa sapidissima) in three coastal
rivers. Transactions of the American
Fisheries
Society.
Courses currently teaching:
Community Biology (BIOL 501)
Fish Biology (BIOL 503)
Dr. Gregory Garman received his Ph.D. from the University of
Maine in 1984 and he is a fish ecologist with a background
in both freshwater
and marine
systems.
Much of his research has involved the effects of human activities,
particularly
logging, urban development and acidic depositions (acid rain) on
stream and river fish assemblages. A recently completed project
on the fisheries
ecology
of the
James River documented the relationships between fish species richness,
habitat degradation and dominance of introduced fish taxa along
a river continuum.
Current investigations are directed toward understanding the ecological
roles of anadromous
clupeid fishes during freshwater residence, and the response of
fish communities in naturally acidic streams of the Virginia
coastal plain
to anthropogenic
acidification of surface waters. Along with teaching, Garman is
the director for the Center
for Environmental Studies.
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