James W. Small, Jr.

Professor
Department of Biology
Chief Pre-Health Professions Advisor

B.S. University of North Carolina, 1968
M.S. University of Kentucky, 1970
Ph.D. University of Kentucky, 1972

Courses Taught:

General Biology
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Biological Aspects of Nutrition
Biostatistics
Animal Physiology
Human Physiology
Marine Biology
Vertebrate Histology and Microtechnique

Professional Interests:

With my colleague, Dave Richard, I have done extensive studies on the ecology of Central Florida lakes. I have also done research work in fish energetics and have supervised a number of students in their studies in fish ecology. While I am still interested in the ecology of lake fishes, I have been recently studying variation in two genes within the marine snail genus Nodilittorina.

Personal Interests:

I am an American Rose Society Horticultural Judge and a Consulting Rosarian. I grow approximately 100 rose bushes and exhibit them in rose shows throughout the state of Florida.

Selected Publications:

• Karleskint, George, Turner, Richard and Small, James. 2006.  Introduction to Marine Biology (with InfoTrac), 2nd Edition.  Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont , CA .

• Small, J. W., Jr., Richard, D. I. and Osborne, J. A. 1985.  The effects of vegetation removal by grass carp and herbicides on the water chemistry of four central Florida lakes.  Freshwater Biology, 15: 587-596.

• Richard, D. I. , Small, J. W., Jr. and Osborne, J. A. 1985.  Response of zooplankton to the reduction and elimination of submerged vegetation by grass carp and herbicide in  four Florida lakes.  Hydrobiologia, 123:97-108.

• Richard, D. I. , Small, J. W., Jr. and Osborne, J. A. 1984.  Phytoplankton responses to reduction and elimination of submersed vegetation by herbicides and grass carp in four Florida lakes.  Aquatic Botany, 20:307-319. 

• Small, J. W., Jr. 1975. Energy dynamics of benthic fishes in a small Kentucky stream. Ecology, Vol. 56(4): 827-840.

• Kuehne, R. A. and Small, J. W., Jr. 1971.  Etheostoma barbouri, a new darter (Percidae, Etheostomatini) from the Green River system with notes on the subgenus Catonotus.  Copeia 1971(1): 18-26.