KBS Faculty & Staff Profile

James H. Thorp

Senior Scientist

Kansas Biological Survey

Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Contact Information
Phone: 785-864-1532
Fax: 785-864-1534
E-mail: thorp@ku.edu
Office:142 Higuchi Hall

Web Site: http://www.ku.edu/~eeb/faculty/Jim_thorp_web/index.htm

Download: Curriculum Vitae (.doc)

Specialty: Aquatic community and ecosystem ecology

Background: Dr. Thorp earned his Ph.D. in Zoology/Ecology from North Carolina State University in 1975.

Current research interests: Ecosystem and community ecology of aquatic ecosystems, especially large rivers; carbon cycling in aquatic food webs; regulation of benthic and planktonic food webs; rehabilitation and management of rivers; experimental effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on community structure; ecology of freshwater invertebrates.