Dr. Daniel Buckley (the guy in the striped shirt)

Professor of Biology

Department of Natural Sciences

Office: 26 Ricker Hall

Phone: 778-8151

E-mail: Buckley@maine.edu

Office Hours for Spring 2008

MWF 9:15-11:30, 1:00-2:00, and Th 9:00-11:00  I will also meet with students by appointment - to set up an appointment, e-mail me at Buckley@maine.edu

Spring 2008 Courses

Biology 363- Evolutionary Biology, Lecture MWF 8:00-9:15, Laboratory Thursday 1:30-3:20

Professional Interests

Courses Taught:

Aquatic Biology - course for Environmental Science and other Science majors offered fall semesters, prerequisites are BIO 161 and Bio 172. Students taking this course are recommended to have a full year of college chemistry.

Evolutionary Biology - required course for Biology and Secondary Education Biology majors, offered once every year. Prerequisites are BIO 160 and Bio 170.

Marine Biology- elective course for Biology and Environmental Science majors,offered once every two years. , Prerequisites are BIO 160 and Bio 170.

Environmental Impact Analysis - elective course for Environmental Science majors, offered once every two years. May be taken as either Biology or Environmental Science course, , prerequisites are BIO 160 and Bio 170.

Research Interests:

My main research interest is in the areas of aquatic ecology and I specialize in freshwater molluscan biology and invasive aquatic macrophytes. I am interested in evolutionary adaptations such as to how organisms allocate resources between growth and reproduction and size and number of offspring.

Since coming to Maine I have become more interested in water quality issues including long term monitoring and protection of aquatic habitats. In particular, I am interested the impact that climate change is having upon lake temperatures and ecology and in invasive aquatic species and their impact on Maine's freshwater habitats. In my research I use high resolution globla Positioning Systems (GPS) to do bathymetric mapping of lakes and the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in mapping resources in and around aquatic ecosystems.  Below is a bathymetric map for China lake created by my interns using high resolution GPS technology and the GIS program Arcview.

The student interns on Emden Pond before starting the day's data collection.

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