Flecker, Alexander S
Associate Professorresearch
primary investigator of
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF FISH IN SOUTHWESTERN STREAMS: MICHAEL T. BOOTH | Research Grant
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: LINKING HYDROLOGIC DISTURBANCE AND STOICHIOMETRIC BALANCE IN BENTHIC SYSTEMS | Research Grant
- FIBR: LINKING GENES TO ECOSYSTEMS: HOW DO ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES INTERACT IN NATURE? | Research Grant
research areas
- aquatic science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biodiversity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biogeochemistry | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ecology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- ecosystem biology | collaborative research area (CALS)
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Conservation and Sustainable Development | minor graduate field
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | graduate field
- International Development | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity (BEB) | academic program office
teaching
teaches
- BIOEE 2610 - Ecology and the Environment (MWF 11:15:AM-12:05:PM) | fall 2009 class
- BIOEE 4560 - Stream Ecology (TR 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 4990 - Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 4560 - Stream Ecology (TR 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
service
event host
background
featured in
- Cornell ecologist shares in federal grant to study how a species might affect its own evolution | Cornell Chronicle feature
- From fruit-eating fish to ice storm damage in forest streams, Cornell researchers explore ecological issues at annual meeting | news release
- Merrill Scholars honor influential high school, CU teachers | Cornell Chronicle feature
- The decline of just one fish species can disrupt an entire ecosystem, study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature
- When fish become extinct, the cycling of critical nutrients in ecosystems changes, Cornell study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
linked articles
speaker at Cornell event
Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, ecology, ecosystem, ecosystems, fish, nutrients, stream, stream ecology, watershed, watersheds