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Ferenc A. de Szalay

Associate Professor
Education
  • Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Courses Taught
  • Entomology
  • Invertebrate Zoology
Current Research

Research in my laboratory examines factors regulating invertebrate communities in aquatic habits (wetlands, streams, and ponds). Invertebrates are important in diets of waterfowl, shorebirds, and gamefish, and some projects have studied aquatic invertebrate responses to wetland management practices. I also study mosquito ecology to develop control methods that do not adversely affect aquatic ecosystems. Other research projects have examined invertebrate communities in restored aquatic habitats, and have determined how factors such as food resources, hydrology, and plant structure affect wetland insect communities.

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

de Szalay, F.A. and V.H. Resh. 2000. Factors influencing macroinvertebrate colonization of seasonal wetlands: responses to emergent plant cover.  Freshw. Biol. 45: 295-308

de Szalay, F.A., N.H. Euliss, and D.P. Batzer.  1999.  Seasonal and semipermanent wetlands of California; invertebrate community ecology and responses to management methods.  pp 829-855 in Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management. (ed. by D.P. Batzer, R.B. Rader, S.A. Wissenger).  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, NY.

de Szalay, F.A., and V.H. Resh. 1997. Responses of wetland invertebrates and plants important in waterfowl diets to burning and mowing of emergent vegetation. Wetlands 17:149-156.

Batzer, D.P., F.A. de Szalay, and V.H. Resh. 1997. Opportunistic response of a benthic midge (Diptera: Chironomidae) to management of California seasonal wetlands. Environ. Entomol. 26:215-222.

de Szalay, F.A., and V.H. Resh. 1996. Spatial and temporal variability of trophic relationships among aquatic macroinvertebrates in a seasonal marsh. Wetlands 16:458-466.

de Szalay, F.A., D.P. Batzer, and V.H. Resh. 1996. Mesocosm and macrocosm experiments to examine effects of mowing emergent vegetation on wetland invertebrates. Environ. Entomol. 25:303-309.

de Szalay, F.A., D.P. Batzer, E.B. Schlossberg, and V.H. Resh. 1995. A comparison of small and large scale experiments examining the effects of wetland management practices an mosquito densities. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Vector Control Assoc. 63:86-90.

Research Areas
  • Responses of aquatic invertebrates to management strategies in wetlands, streams, lakes, and ponds
  • Mosquito ecology and control methods
  • Vegetational, hydrological, and trophic factors regulating invertebrate communities in aquatic ecosystems
OFFICE
Department of Biological Sciences
Center for Ecology and Natural Resources Sustainability
205 Cunningham Hall
CONTACT INFO
Phone: 330-672-7936
Fax: 330-672-3713
fdeszala@kent.edu
COURSES TEACHING
Spring 2013
  • BSCI 30560 - 001 Invertebrate Zoology
  • BSCI 40195 - 006 Special Topics In Biology
  • BSCI 40196 - 012 Individual Investigation
  • BSCI 40600 - 006 Writing In Biological Sciences
  • BSCI 50195 - 006 Special Topics In Biology
  • BSCI 80198 - 006 Research
  • BSCI 80199 - 003 Dissertation I
Summer 2013
  • BSCI 60198 - 014 Research
  • BSCI 60299 - 014 Thesis Ii
  • BSCI 80198 - 013 Research
  • BSCI 80199 - 002 Dissertation I
  • BSCI 80299 - 003 Dissertation Ii
Fall 2013
  • BSCI 30360 - 001 General Ecology
  • BSCI 40368 - 001 Wetland Ecology And Management
  • BSCI 40600 - 003 Writing In Biological Sciences
  • BSCI 50368 - 001 Wetland Ecology And Management
  • BSCI 60198 - 004 Research
  • BSCI 60299 - 004 Thesis Ii
  • BSCI 60391 - 001 Seminar In Ecology
  • BSCI 70368 - 001 Wetland Ecology And Management
  • BSCI 80198 - 009 Research
  • BSCI 80299 - 005 Dissertation Ii
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