Professor
Department of Biology
B.S. University of North Carolina, 1968
M.S. University of Kentucky, 1970
Ph.D. University of Kentucky, 1972
Office: Bush Science Center, Room 209
Phone: (407) 646-2433
E-Mail: jsmall@rollins.edu
Courses Taught:
- General Biology
- Biostatistics
- Animal Physiology
- Human Physiology
- Marine Biology
- Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- Biological Aspects of Nutrition
- Biology Journal Club
Professional and Personal Interests:
I am an ecological physiologist, combining these disciplines in the study of fish energetics and ecology in lakes and streams. I have done extensive studies on the ecology of Central Florida lakes and the management of exotic plants with grass carp. I am an American Rose Society Horticultural Judge and Consulting Rosarian, growing approximately 90 rose bushes in a home garden and exhibiting them in rose shows throughout the state of Florida.
Selected Publications:
- Karleskint, George, Turner, Richard and Small, James. 2010. Introduction to Marine Biology, 3nd Edition. Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 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.