| Department: | |
| Title: | Professor of Biology |
| Office: | SB 242V |
| Email: | grayla@uvu.edu |
| Phone: | (801) 863-8558 |
| Fax: | (801) 863-8064 |
| Mail Code: | 299 |
Dr. Gray has been at UVU since 1998.
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in Zoology, Arizona State University, 1980
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M.S. in Zoology, Colorado State University, 1976
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B.S. in Biology, Wichita State University, 1974
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CERTIFICATION
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Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America
(2007-2012)
Ecological Society of America
North American Benthological Society
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Spanish Fork River Coordinated Resource
Management Committee
Technical Advisory Committee
RESEARCH INTERESTS : My current research primarily concerns monitoring of aquatic macroinvertebrate populations for pollution impacts and long-term effects of land-use changes in streams and wetlands. A more complete listing of research activities is described at http://research.uvu.edu/Gray/
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Gray, L. J. 2004. Changes in water quality and macroinvertebrate communities resulting from urban stormflows in the Provo River, Utah, USA. Hydrobiologia 518: 33-46.
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Dodds, W. K., M. A. Evans-White, N. M. Gerlanc, L. Gray, D. A. Gudder, M. J. Kemp, A. L. Lopez, P. J. Mulholland, D. Stagliano, E. A. Strauss, J. L. Tank, M. R. Whiles, and W. M Wolheim. 2001. Quantification of the nitrogen cycle in a prairie stream. Ecosystems 3: 574-589.
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Evans-White, M., W. K. Dodds, L. J. Gray, and K. M Fritz. 2001. A comparison of the trophic ecology of crayfish Orconectes nais (Faxon) and Orconectes neglectus (Faxon) and central stonerollers Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque) in a tallgrass prairie stream. Hydrobiologia 462: 131-144.
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Gray, L. J., W. K. Dodds, G. L. Macpherson, and J. K. Koelliker. 1998.Hydrology and Aquatic Chemistry of Kings Creek, Konza Prairie. Chapter 10 in: Knapp, A. K, J. M. Briggs, D. C. Hartnett, and S. L. Collins (editors). Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press.
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Gray, L. J., and W. K. Dodds. 1998. Aquatic Biota of Kings Creek, Konza Prairie. Chapter 11 in: Knapp, A. K, J. M. Briggs, D. C. Hartnett, and S. L. Collins (editors). Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press.
Current Courses
BIOL 3700: General Ecology (Fall semester)
ZOOL 3200: Invertebrate Zoology (Fall semester)
BIOL 4000: Freshwater Ecology (Summer)
BIOL 2500: Environmental Biology (Spring semester)
BIOL 1010: General Biology (Fall and Spring semesters)
Previous Faculty Appointments
Instructor of Natural Science, St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, KS,1983-1984.
Lecturer in Aquatic Ecology, Department of EPO Biology, U. of Colorado, Boulder; 1982
Other Courses taught at some point in the past 28 years:
Microbiology, Animal Behavior, Ichthyology, Ornithology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Comparative Embryology, Genetics, Physical Science