Todd M. Hurd, Professor
Shippensburg University
Department
of Biology
(717) 477-1751
tmhurd@ship.edu
154 Franklin Science Center
Shippensburg, PA 17257
Courses Taught (see course catalogs for descriptions)
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Ecosystems |
Wetland |
Ecology Plant Ecology |
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Principles of Biology I |
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Research
Interests
- Fluorescence methods in groundwater and contaminant tracing
- Hydrology, biogeochemistry, and general ecology of wetlands and spring creeks
- Rates, limits, cycling, and ecological effects of biological nitrogen fixation anthropogenic nutrients
Please
contact me if you would like research experience in these or related areas. The
Ecology & Environmental Biology Concentration requires 3 credits of
experiential elective that may be filled with independent research. Many
students also participate in an independent research experience regardless of
concentration requirement. There are also opportunities to write your own grants at Shippensburg to obtain supplies and travel funds,
and to at times be paid as an undergraduate research assistant. Grads, see Shippensburg
University M.S. program in Biology for general program description, and
consider these or related areas for thesis work with me at Shippensburg. There
are also funds available for graduate research at
Shippensburg University through the Institute for Public Service.
Some
Project Photos:
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Ecosystem
biogeochemistry and food web studies
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Adirondack alder wetland – Hudson River Headwaters (SUNY
ESF-Huntington Forest field station) |
Black Locust grown hydroponically without
nitrogen (Brian Lehman) |
Slaven Jesic (foodweb and hyporheic DO
studies), Big Spring, Newville, Pennsylvania |
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Fluorescent Dye Traces to delineate
source areas of carbonate springs and spring creeks |
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A
sink collapse in a sediment basin (example of rapid karst recharge feature
and sensitive karst flow systems) |
Ashley Brookhart-Rebert and Dave Miller Jr. Determining source areas for carbonate springs with fluorescent tracing techniques |
Clearing
a sediment plug in a karst swallow hole
Photo
T.P. Feeney (Renae Saum and TMH) to release tracer (Kaja Spassef) |
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Publications
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Shull,
D.R., Stewart Jr, R.L., Hurd, T.,and
T Light, 2016. A Case for Unique
Habitat Selection by Sigara mathesoni (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in South Central Pennsylvania. Northeastern Naturalist
23(1) 174-183.
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Hurd,
T.M. 2012. Determination of preferential flow patterns to Cumberland County
springs with fluorescent dye tracing. Pennsylvania
Geology 42(3):3-11. link
to DCNR source
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Hurd,
T.M., Brookhart-Rebert, A. Feeney, T.P., Otz, M.H. and Otz, I. 2010. Fast,
regional conduit flow to an exceptional value spring creek: implications for
source water protection in mantled karst of south central Pennsylvania. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies v. 72, no. 3, p.
129–136.
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Hurd,
T.M., Jesic,
S., Jerin, J.L., Fuller, N.W., and D. Miller Jr.
2008. Stable isotope tracing of trout hatchery carbon to sediments and foodwebs of limestone spring creeks. Science of the Total Environment 405: 161 -172
ABSTRACT
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Hurd, T.M., Gökkaya, K., Kiernan,
B.D. and Raynal, D.J. 2005. Nitrogen sources in
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Gökkaya, K., Hurd, T.M., and Raynal, D.J. 2005. Symbiont
nitrogenase, alder growth, and soil nitrate response
to phosphorus addition in alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugusa)
wetlands of the Adirondack
Mountains, New York State, U.S.A. Environmental
and Experimental Botany 55/1-2 pp 97-109 PDF
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Hurd,
T.M. and Raynal D.J. 2004. Comparison of nitrogen
solute concentrations within alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa)
and non-alder dominated wetlands. Hydrological Processes 18: 2681-2697 PDF
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Kiernan,
B.D., Hurd, T.M., and Raynal, D.J. 2003. Abundance of
Alnus incana
ssp. rugosa in
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Hurd,
T.M., Raynal, D.J., and Schwintzer,
C.R. 2001. Symbiotic N2-fixation of Alnus
incana ssp. rugosa
in shrub wetlands of the Adirondack Mountains, New York, U.S.A. Oecologia 126:94-103.
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Bischoff,
J.M., Bukaveckas, P., Mitchell, M.J. and Hurd, T.M.
(2001). Nitrogen storage and cycling in a forested wetland: implications for
watershed nitrogen processing. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 128
(1/2):97-114.
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Hurd,
T.M., Brach, A.R., and Raynal, D.J. 1998. Response of
understory vegetation of Adirondack forests to nitrogen additions. Canadian
Journal of
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Richey,
D.G., McDonnell, J.J., Erbe, M.W., and Hurd, T.M.
1998. Hydrograph separations based on chemical and isotopic concentrations: a
critical appraisal of published studies from
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Hurd,
T.M. and Schwintzer, C.R. 1997. Cluster root
formation and mycorrhizal status of Comptonia
peregrina and Myrica
pensylvanica in
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Hurd,
T.M. and Schwintzer, C.R. 1996. Cluster roots of Alnus incana ssp. rugosa in the field and of four Alnus
species in water culture with phosphorus and iron deficiency. Canadian
Journal of Botany 74:1684-1686.
Education
Ph.D. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.
M.S. University of Maine, Orono ME.
B.S. SUNY
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse NY.
Cranberry
Lake Biological Station of SUNY-CESF.
SUNY
College of Arts and Sciences, Geneseo NY
Some Ecology and Environmental Biology Related Links
Jobs and Internships in Ecology and Environmental Biology
Ecology
and Environmental Biology Concentration, Shippensburg University
The
U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research Network
The
Adirondack Ecological Center
Threatened and Endangered Species of
PA
Ecological
Society of America
PA-Dept.
Environmental Protection
Society
of Wetland Scientists
PA Natural Heritage Program
Pennsylvania Biological Survey
Big Spring Watershed Association
PA Bureau of Forestry, PA Fish and Boat
Commission
Links to Labs Contracted or Collaborated with for Student Research at Shippensburg
Cornell University Stable Isotope
Laboratory
Center for Cave and Karst Studies
(University of Western KY)
Otzhydro, Switzerland
Nanotrace Technologies
Some Fly Fishing Links
and Photos
PA Trout/Trout Unlimited
PA
Fly Fishing
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Big Spring Brook Trout on a Baetis dry fly |
“Sulfurs” on the Yellow Breeches |
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OTHER SIGHTS FROM COURSE OR CLUB
OUTINGS
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View of the |
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Remnant red spruce in
Pennsylvania, Bear Meadow Natural Area near State College (Graduate Wetland
Ecology)