Clint Davis Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. C.H. Fritsen Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences E-Mail: Clinton.Davis@dri.edu

Education

• M.S., University of Nevada, Reno, Natural Resources and Environmental Science-Periphyton Dynamics in an Anthropogenic-influenced Great Basin Stream
• B.S., University of Nevada, Reno, Biology

Professional Interests

Algal Ecology
Stream Food Webs
Environmental Monitoring

Clint's research interests are focused on the ecological role of stream benthic (bottom) communities and their potentialas ecosystem “health” indicators. Previously, he has been involved in developing and implementing bioassessment efforts (macroinvertebrate and periphyton-based) in the Sierra-Nevada and Great Basin regions, with a primary focus on attached algal assemblages (periphyton). He hopes to integrate his knowledge of these stream producer and consumer communities to aid in efforts to monitor the ecological integrity of montane-desert streams, as well as to expand the baseline information regarding food web dynamics in these systems. Clint also wants to continue to broaden his knowledge-base of the physical, chemical and biological processes that act across a hierarchy of scales to ultimately determine the ecologicalfunction of these trophic levels.

Personal Interests

Hiking/Camping
Percussion
Upland Bird Hunting
TOOL

Awards

• General Frederick Lander Scholarship, 2004
• Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, Summer 2005

Selected Reports/Presentations/Posters

Davis, C.J. and C.H. Fritsen. (2005)

Spatial and Temporal Periphyton Distributions and Ecological Indices in an Anthropogenic-Influenced Montane-Desert Great Basin Stream. Poster Presentation. North American Benthological Society Joint Assembly Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Davis, C.J. and C.H. Fritsen. (2005)

Biological Condition Index Development for the Lower Truckee River: Periphyton Assemblage. Report submitted to Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. February 2005.

Davis, C.J. and C.H. Fritsen. (2005)

Lahontan Reservoir Phytoplankton Analysis. Report submitted to Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. February 2005.

Davis, C.J. and C.H. Fritsen. (2005)

Lahontan Reservoir Zooplankton Analysis. Report submitted to Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. February 2005.

Fritsen, C.H. and C.J. Davis. (2004)

NDEP Periphyton Data (Qualitative Assessment of Great Basin Attached Algal Assemblages). Submitted to Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. December 2004.

Davis, C.J., A.C. Mosier, and C.H. Fritsen. (2002)

Incline Creek Watershed Bioassessment, Fall 2001-Spring 2002. Report submitted to DRI Internal archives.

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