Robert Zuellig - USGS

Interdisciplinary Science

Ecologist

Duty Station:
Fort Collins Science Center
2150 Centre Ave
Bldg C
Fort Collins, CO 80525

Phone: 970-226-9419
Fax: 970.226.9230
Email: rzuellig@usgs.gov

Current Research

• Spawning-related Movements of Flathead Chub in a Prairie Stream

Data

• Macroinvertebrate and algal community sample collection methods and data collected at selected sites in the Eagle River watershed, Colorado, 2000–07

Publications

• Variance partitioning of stream diatom, fish, and invertebrate indicators of biological condition
• Diversity and distribution of mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1873-2010
• Characterizing invertebrate traits in wadeable streams of the contiguous US: Differences among ecoregions and land uses
• Critical Tissue Residue Approach Linking Accumulated Metals in Aquatic Insects to Population and Community-Level Effects
• A new species of Perlesta (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from North Carolina with additional records for North Carolina and Virginia
• A critical tissue residue approach linking accumulated metals in aquatic insects to population and community-level effects
• Are invertebrate traits influenced by natural gradients? Implications for trait based biomonitoring at national and regional-scales
• Macroinvertebrate-based assessment of biological condition at selected sites in the Eagle River watershed, Colorado, 2000–07
• Temporal change in biological community structure in the Fountain Creek basin, Colorado, 2001–2008
• Riverine science at the Fort Collins Science Center
• Distribution of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in North Carolina, with new state records for three species
• Two new species of Perlesta (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from eastern North America
• Changes in dissolved organic material determine exposure of stream benthic communities to UV-B radiation and heavy metals: Implications for climate change
• Urban-related environmental variables and their relation with patterns in biological community structure in the Fountain Creek Basin, Colorado, 2003–2005
• The influence of metal exposure history and ultraviolet-B radiation on benthic communities in Colorado Rocky Mountain streams
• The cost of tolerance: Sensitivity of stream benthic communities to UV-B and metals
• A new species of Tallaperla (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) from North Carolina, U.S.A
• Aquatic Communities and Selected Water Chemistry in St. Vrain Creek near the City of Longmont, Colorado, Wastewater-Treatment Plant, 2005 and 2006
• Chapter A. Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado and Wyoming
• An Annotated List of the Mayflies, Stoneflies, and Caddisflies of the Sand Creek Basin, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, 2004 and 2005
• Description of the adults of Maccaffertium lenati (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae), notes on its ecology and distribution, and a new North Carolina record for Isonychia arida (Ephemeroptera: Isonychiidae)
• Additions to the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, U.S.A
• Effects of urban development on stream ecosystems along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado and Wyoming
• Three new species of Perlesta (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from eastern North American and notes on new state records
• An annotated list of aquatic insects of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, excluding Diptera with notes on several new state records
• Studies on stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Colorado with eastern faunal affinities, including a new state record of the midwestern salmonfly, Pteronarcys pictetii Hagen (Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae)
• Nebraska, U.S.A.: A new state record for the shortwing snowfly, Allocapnia vivipara (Plecoptera: Capniidae)
• The effects of urban areas on benthic macroinvertebrates in two Colorado plains rivers
• An annotated list of the caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
• Life cycle of the net-spinning caddisfly, Cheumatopsyche analis (Banks) (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae), in two small front range urban streams, Fort Collins, Colorado
• A new species of Zealeuctra ricker (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) and confirmation of Hydroperla fugitans (Needham and Claassen) (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from Texas
• Benthos recovery after an episodic sediment release into a Colorado Rocky Mountain river
• The Tennessee type locality of Allocapnia perplexa and a new Kentucky location for Allocapnia cunninghami (Plecoptera: Capniidae)
• Aquatic insects of a high plains spring: Warm Springs, Guernsey, Wyoming
• An illustrated guide to the mountain stream insects of Colorado

Web Sites

• An Annotated List of the Mayflies, Stoneflies, and Caddisflies of the Sand Creek Basin, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, 2004 and 2005
• Riverine science at the Fort Collins Science Center