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BERNARD W. SWEENEY
Director, President, Senior Research Scientist, Stroud Water Research Center and
Adjunct Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Stroud Water Research Center
970 Spencer Road
Avondale, PA 19311
Phone:
610-268-2153, ext. 222
Fax: 610-268-0490
E-mail: sweeney@stroudcenter.org
Population and community ecology of temperate and tropical aquatic
invertebrates, pollution assessment in temperate and tropical streams using
macroinvertebrates, the role of streamside forests in the structure and function
of stream and river ecosystems, factors affecting the growth and survivorship of
trees in riparian forests, the effects of global warming on stream ecosystems,
genetic variation and gene flow among populations of stream insects, factors
affecting the growth and development of aquatic insects, bioenergetics and
secondary production of aquatic insects, and the bioassay of toxic materials in
aquatic systems.
- Ph.D. 1976. University of Pennsylvania (Population Biology/Zoology)
- B.S. 1972. Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture (Biology)
- Vice-President, Environmental Group, Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia: 1996 — 1999.
- Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1996 — 1999
- Associate Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1988 — 1996
- Assistant Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1978 — 1988
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Zoology and The School of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 1988 —
present
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Sweeney, B. W. and J. G. Blaine. 2007. Resurrecting the in-stream side of
riparian forests. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 136:
Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 136:17-27. [View
PDF of paper (1.5MB)]
Battle, J. M., J. K. Jackson, and B. W. Sweeney. 2007. Annual and spatial
variation for macroinvertebrates in the Upper Mississippi River near Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. Fundamental and Applied Limnology Archiv fur Hydrobiology
168 (1):39-54.
Horwitz, R. J., T. E. Johnson, P. F. Overbeck, T. K. O’Donnell, W. C. Hession,
and B. W. Sweeney. 2007. Effects of riparian vegetation and landuse on fishes in
mid-Atlantic streams. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (in
press).
Sweeney, B. W., S. J. Czapka, and C. Petrow. 2007. How planting method, weed
abatement, and herbivory affect afforestation success. Southern Journal of
Applied Forestry 31(2):85-92. [View
PDF of paper (603KB)]
Arscott, D. B., C. L. Dow, and B. W. Sweeney. 2006. Landscape template of New
York City’s drinking-water supply watersheds Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 25:867-886.
Blaine, J. B., B. W. Sweeney, and D. B. Arscott. 2006. Enhanced source water
monitoring for New York City: Historical framework, political context, and
program design. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:851-866.
Sweeney, B. W., D. B. Arscott, C. L. Dow, J. G. Blaine, A. A. Aufdenkampe, T.
L. Bott, J. K. Jackson, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold. 2006. Enhanced Source Water
Monitoring for New York City: Summary and Perspective. Journal of the North
American Benthological Society 25:1062-1067.
Kratzer, E. B., J. K. Jackson, D. B. Arscott, A. K. Aufdenkampe, C. L. Dow,
L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and B. W. Sweeney. 2006. Macroinvertebrate
distribution in relation to land use and water chemistry in tributaries
providing drinking water to New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. Journal of the North
American Benthological Society 25:954-976.
Funk, D. H., J. Jackson, and B. W. Sweeney. 2006. Taxonomy and genetics of
the parthenogenetic mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer and its sexual sister
Centroptilum alamance (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Journal of the North American
Benthological Society (in press).
Jackson, J. K., A. D. Huryn, D. L. Strayer, D. L. Courtemanch, and B. W.
Sweeney. 2005. Atlantic Rivers – Northeast United States. In press in: A. C.
Benke and C. E. Cushing (eds.), Rivers of North America. Academic Press, San
Diego, California 1144 pp..
Sweeney, B.W., T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, L.J.
Standley, W.C. Hession, R.J. Horwitz. 2004. Riparian Deforestation, Stream
Narrowing, and Loss of Stream Ecosystem Services. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences 101(39):14132-14137.
Sweeney, B. W. and S. J. Czapka. 2004. Riparian forest restoration: Why each
site needs an ecological prescription. Forest Ecology and Management
192:361-373. [View PDF of paper (163KB)]
Jackson, J. K., R. J. Horwitz, and B. W. Sweeney. 2002. Effects of Bacillus
thuringiensis israelensis on Black Flies and Nontarget Macroinvertebrates and
Fish in a Large River.Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
131:910-930.
Sweeney, Bernard W., T. L. Bott, J. K. Jackson, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, L.
J. Standley, W. C. Hession, R. J. Horwitz. 2004. Riparian deforestation, stream
narrowing, and loss of stream ecosystem services. PNAS September 28, 2004,
101(39):14132-14137. [View PDF
of paper (393K)]
Sweeney, B. W. and S. J. Czapka. 2004. Riparian forest restoration: Why each
site needs an ecological prescription. Forest Ecology and Management (in press).
Jackson, J. K., A. D. Huryn, D. L. Strayer, D. L. Courtemanch, and B. W.
Sweeney. 2004. Atlantic Rivers — Northeast United States. In press in: A. C.
Benke and C. E. Cushing (eds.), Rivers of North America. Academic Press, San
Diego, California (in press).
Jackson, J. K., R. J. Horwitz, and B. W. Sweeney. 2002. Effects of Bacillus
thuringiensis israelensis on Black Flies and Nontarget Macroinvertebrates
and Fish in a Large River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
131:910-930.
Jackson, J. K., A. D. Huryn, D. L. Strayer, D. L. Courtemanch, and B. W.
Sweeney. 2002. Atlantic Rivers — Northeast United States. in: A. C. Benke and C.
E. Cushing (eds.), Rivers of North America. Academic Press, San Diego,
California (in press).
Jackson, J. K., R. J. Horwitz, and B. W. Sweeney. 2002. Replicated field
experiments examining the effects of Bti on black flies and nontarget
macroinvertebrates and fish in a large river. Transactions of the American
Fisheries Society (in press).
Sweeney, B. W., S. J. Czapka, and T. Yerkes. 2002. Riparian Forest Restoration:
Increasing success by reducing plant competition and herbivory. Restoration
Ecology 10 (2): 1 — 9. [View
PDF of paper (918K)]
Horwitz, R. J. , W. C. Hession, and B. W. Sweeney. 2000. Paired comparisons of
effects of type of riparian vegetation on stream fishes: Implications for
restoration. American Water Resources Association 197-202
Newbold, J. D., T. L. Bott, L. A. Kaplan, B. W. Sweeney, and R. L. Vannote.
1997. Organic matter dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of
the North American Benthological Society 16: 46 – 50 .
Sweeney, B. W., J. K. Jackson, and D. H. Funk. 1995. Semivoltinism, seasonal
emergence, and adult size variation in a tropical stream mayfly (Euthyplocia
hecuba). Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:131-146.
[View
PDF of paper (2.39MB)]
Standley, L. J. and B. W. Sweeney. 1995. Organochlorine pesticides in stream
mayflies and terrestrial vegetation of undisturbed tropical catchments exposed
to long-range atmospheric transport. Journal of the North American Benthological
Society 14:38-49.
Jackson, J. K. and B. W. Sweeney. 1995. Egg and larval development times for 35
species of tropical stream insects from Costa Rica. Journal of the North
American Benthological Society 14: 115-130.
Jackson, J. K. and B. W. Sweeney. 1995. Research in tropical streams and rivers.
Introduction. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:2-4.
Jackson, J. K. and B. W. Sweeney. 1995. Present status and future directions of
tropical stream research. Journal of the North American Benthological Society
14:5-11.
Newbold, J. D., B. W. Sweeney, J. K. Jackson, and L. A. Kaplan. 1995.
Concentrations and export of solutes from six mountain streams in northwestern
Costa Rica. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:21-37. [View
PDF of paper (2.34MB)]
Funk, D. H., and B. W. Sweeney. 1994. The larvae of eastern North American
Eurylophella Tiensuu (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae). Transactions of the
American Entomological Society 120: 209-286.
Standley, L. J., B. W. Sweeney, and D. H. Funk. 1994. Maternal transfer of
chlordane and its metabolites to the eggs of a stream mayfly Centroptilum
triangulifer. Environmental Science and Technology 28:2105-2111.
Newbold, J.D., B. W. Sweeney, and R. L. Vannote. 1994. A model for seasonal
synchrony in stream mayflies. Journal North American Benthological Society
13:3-18.
Sweeney, B. W. 1993. Effects of streamside vegetation on macroinvertebrate
communities of White Clay Creek in Eastern North America. Proceedings of The
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 144:291-340. [View
PDF of paper (3.5MB)]
Sweeney, B. W. 1992. Streamside forests and the physical, chemical, and trophic
characteristics of piedmont streams in Eastern North America. Water Science and
Technology 26:2653-2673. [View
PDF of paper (2.3MB)]
Sweeney, B. W., D. H. Funk, and L. J. Standley. 1992. Use of the stream mayfly,
Cloeon triangulifer as a bioassay organism: life history response and body
burden following exposure to technical chlordane. Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry 12:115-125. [View PDF
of paper (1.1MB)]
Sweeney, B. W. and D. H. Funk. 1991. Population genetics of the burrowing mayfly
Dolania americana: Geographic variation and the presence of a cryptic
species. Aquatic Insects 13 (1):17-27.
Sweeney, B. W., J. K. Jackson, J. D. Newbold, and D. H. Funk. 1990. Climate
change and the life histories and biogeography of aquatic insects. pp. 143-176.
In P. Firth and S. Fisher (eds.) Global warming and freshwater ecosystems.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 321 pp. [View
PDF of paper (1.6 MB)]
Funk, D. H. and B. W. Sweeney. 1990. Electrophoretic analysis of species
boundaries and phytogenetic relationships of taeniopterygid stoneflies
(Plecoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 116(3):
727-751.
Funk, D. H., B. W. Sweeney, and R. L. Vannote. 1988. Electrophoretic study of
Eastern North American Eurylophella (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae) with
the discovery of morphologically cryptic species. Annals of the Entomological
Society of America 81:174-186.
Sweeney, B. W., D. H. Funk, and R. L. Vannote. 1987. Genetic variation in stream
mayfly (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) populations in eastern North America. Annals of
the Entomological Society of America 80:600-612.
Sweeney, B. W. and R. L. Vannote. 1987. Geographic parthenogenesis in the stream
mayfly Eurylophella funeralis in eastern North America. Holarctic Ecology
10:52-59. [View
PDF of paper (<1MB)]
Sweeney, B. W., D. H. Funk, and R. L. Vannote. 1986. Population genetic
structure of two mayflies (Ephemerella subvaria, Eurylophella verisimilis)
in the Delaware River drainage basin. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 5:253-262.
Sweeney, B. W. and R. L. Vannote. 1986. Growth and production of a stream
stonefly: Influences of diet and temperature. Ecology 67:1396-1410 [View
PDF of paper (2MB)].
Sweeney, B. W., R. L. Vannote, and P. J. Dodds. 1986. Effects of temperature and
food quality on growth and development of a mayfly, Leptophlebia intermedia.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:12-18.
Sweeney, B. W., R. L. Vannote, and P. J. Dodds. 1986. The relative importance of
temperature and diet to larval development and adult size of the winter stonefly
Soyedina carolinensis (Plecoptera: Nemouridae). Freshwater Biology 16:39-48
[View PDF of paper (2MB)].
Vannote, R. L. and B. W. Sweeney. 1985. Larval feeding and growth rate of the
stream cranefly Tipula abdominalis in gradients of temperature and
nutrition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
137:119-128. [View PDF
of file (600KB)]
Sweeney, B. W. and R. L. Vannote 1984. Influence of food quality and temperature
on life history characteristics of the parthenogenetic mayfly Cloeon
triangulifer. Freshwater Biology 14:621-630. [View
PDF of file (801KB)]
Sweeney, B. W. l984. Factors influencing life history patterns of aquatic
insects, pp. 56-100. In. V. H. Resh and D. Rosenberg (eds.) Ecology of aquatic
insects. Praeger Scientific Publishers, New York, New York. USA 625 pp. [View
PDF of chapter (2MB)]
Sweeney, B. W. and R. L. Vannote 1982. Population synchrony in mayflies: A
predator satiation hypothesis. Evolution 36:8l0-82l.
Sweeney, B. W. and R. L. Vannote 1981. Ephemerella mayflies of White
Clay Creek: Bioenergetic and ecological relationships among six coexisting
species. Ecology 62:l353-1369.
Harvey, R., R. L. Vannote, and B. W. Sweeney 1980. Life history, developmental
processes, and energetics of the burrowing mayfly Dolania americana.
pp.211-230. In. J. Flannagan ed. Proc. Third Int. Conf. Ephemeroptera. 552 pp.
Vannote, R. L. and B. W. Sweeney 1980. Geographic Analysis of Thermal
Equilibria: A conceptual model for evaluating the effect of natural and modified
thermal regimes on aquatic insect communities. American Naturalist
115(5):667-695. [View PDF of
file (1.8MB)]
Sweeney, B. W. and R. L. Vannote 1978. Size variation and the distribution of
hemimetabolous aquatic insects: Two thermal equilibrium hypotheses. Science 200
(4340):444-446. [View PDF of file
(350KB)]
Sweeney, B. W. 1978. Bioenergetic and developmental response of a mayfly to
thermal variation. Limnology and Oceanography 23(3):461-477. [View
PDF of file (1.2MB)]
Schnack, J. A., B. W. Sweeney, and R. L. Vannote 1978. Biology, ecophysiology,
and energetics of Sigara alternata (Say) in White Clay Creek. Physis,
Seccion, Buenos Aires, 37(93):89-98.
Sweeney, B. W. and J. A. Schnack 1977. Egg development, growth and metabolism of
Sigara alternata (Say) (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in fluctuating thermal
environments. Ecology 58(2):265-277.
Sweeney, B. W. 1976. A diurnally fluctuating thermal system for studying the
effect of temperature on aquatic organisms. Limnology and Oceanography
21(5):758-763. [View PDF of
file (310KB)]
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- Ecological Society of America
- North American Benthological Society (President 2001-2002)
- Society of the Study of Evolution
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
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