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Chris Eads
AECL Field Coordinator
(Chris_Eads@ncsu.edu)
Education
MS Tennessee Tech University, Biology, 2000
BS Virginia Tech, Fisheries Science, 1996
Research Interests:
Biology, ecology and life history of native freshwater mussesl. Current activities focus on their propagation, fish hosts and population augmention.
Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Bringolf, R.B., W.G. Cope, C.B. Eads, P.R. Lazaro, M.C. Barnhart, D. Shea. 2007. Assessing contaminant sensitivity of early life stages of freshwater mussels (Unionidae): Toxicity of technical grade pesticides. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. In Press.

Eads, C.B., A.E. Bogan, and J.F. Levine. 2006. Status and life history aspects of the notched rainbow (Villosa constricta) in the Upper Neuse River Basin. Southeastern Naturalist. 5(4):649-660.

Gustafson L.L., M.K. Stoskopf, W. Showers, W.G. Cope, C.B Eads, R. Linnehan, T.J. Kwak, E. Andersen, J.F. Levine. 2005. Reference ranges for hemolymph chemistries from Elliptio complanata of North Carolina. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 65:167-176.

Eads, C.B., and J.B. Layzer. 2002. How to pick your mussels out of a crowd: using fluorescence to mark juvenile freshwater mussels. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 21(3): 476-486.
Oral Presentations (2003-2007)

Eads, C.B. 2007. The use of mark-recapture to understand seasonal changes in a mussel bed. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. Little Rock, AR.

Eads, C.B. 2006. Propagation and Culture of Freshwater Mussels. Invited Speaker. Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Division of Inland Fisheries. Crossnore, NC.

Eads, C.B., P.P. Russell, T. Savidge, K.H. Pollock, A.E. Bogan, J.F. Levine. 2003. Effects of road-crossings on freshwater mussels in North Carolina piedmont streams. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. Durham, NC

Poster Presentations:

Eads, C.B., C.J. Kittel, G. Wilson, R.J. Bradford, A.E. Bogan, J.F. Levine. 2007. Propagation and Culture of Freshwater Mussels in North Carolina (2004-2006). Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society.

Eads, C.B., H.E. Boyette, A.E. Bogan, J.F. Levine. 2003. The use of shell thin-sections to determine age and growth of Villosa constricta in a North Carolina stream. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. Durham, NC

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