- Research Associate
- Department of Biology
- SUNY College at Buffalo
- Science Building 264
- Buffalo, New York 14222
- Telephone: 716-878-4105
- Fax: 716-878-6644
- E-mail: pennutcm@buffalostate.edu
EDUCATION:
1985: B.S.; Biology, Iowa State University
1988: M.Sc.; Zoology, North Dakota State University
1994: Ph.D., Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas
GRANTS/CONTRACTS RECEIVED:
2007-2011: URM: The watershed as a model for training minority undergraduate Biology majors for graduate careers. $721K. Pennuto (PI), with 11 co-PI's from Buffalo State College. National Science Foundation, Division of Biological Infrastructure.
2009-2010: The Nearshore/Offshore Lake Erie Nutrient Study (NOLENS). $150K. Pennuto (PI), with 8 co-PI's from 5 institutions. EPA, GLNPO.
2008-1009: Lake Ontario Nearshore Nutrient Study (L. O. N. N.). Subcontract through SUNY Brockport. $57.2K. Pennuto (co-PI), with 4 other PI's from 4 institutions. J. Makarewicz, SUNY Brockport as overall PI.
2008-2009: Verification of Cladophora biomass near the FitzPatrick nuclear power facility, Lake Ontario. $55.46K. Pennuto (PI). Senes Consulting, Ltd.
2006-2007: Assessing Aquatic/Terresstrial Metal Flux. Great Lakes Research Consortium.
2006-2007: Assessing Barriers to Round Goby Invasion of Great Lakes Tributary Streams. NY Sea Grant.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Freshwater macroinvertebrate ecology; stream ecology; invasive species in the Great Lakes; ecological stoichiometry; mercury in the environment; insect behavioral ecology
REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
Pennuto, C.M. 2009. Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies). In: Likens, G. E. (ed) The Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Vol. 2: 356-360.
Pennuto, C.M., and D.A. Keppler. 2008. Short-term predator avoidance behavior by invasive and native amphipods in the Great Lakes. Aquatic Ecology. 42: 629-641. PDF
Krakowiak, P.J., and C.M. Pennuto. 2008. Fish and macroinvertebrate communities in tributary streams of Western Lake Erie with and withough round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus Pallas, 1814). Journal of Great Lakes Research. 34: 675-689. PDF
Riley, C., S. Inamdar, and C. Pennuto. 2007. Use of benthic macroinvertebrate indices to assess aquatic health in a mixed-landuse Great Lakes watershed. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 22(4): 539-551. PDF
Pennuto, C.M., O. Lane, D.C. Evers, R.J. Taylor, and J. Loukams. 2005. Mercury in the northern crayfish, Orconectes virilis (Hagen), in New England, USA. Ecotoxicology. 14: 149-162. PDF
Pennuto, C.M. 2003. Seasonal differences in predator-prey behavior in experimental stream. American Midland Naturalist. 150(2): 254-267. PDF
Pennuto, C.M. 2003. Population dynamics and intraspecific interactions of an ectosymbiotic midge from a river in southern Maine, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 22: 249-262. PDF
Pennuto, C.M., C.A. Wooster-Brown, and C.L. Belisle. 2002. Prevalence and infestation intensity of an ectosymbiotic midge under varying host and environmental conditions. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 80: 2061-2071. PDF
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Stream Ecology
Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Ecology
Stream Ecology
Environmental Biology
Introduction to Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Master’s Project
