Edith C. Marsh-Matthews
Associate Professor of Zoology
Associate Curator of Fishes, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

Phone: (405)325-0785
Fax: (405)325-6202

RM/Lab:SH105

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Edith C. Marsh-MatthewsCurrent Research Interests and Subject Areas Available for Graduate Research

My research focuses on evolutionary ecology of maternal investment strategies in fishes, structure of North American freshwater fish assemblages, and the interface between life history and community ecology. Current studies include the role of facultative matrotrophy in the life history of the livebearing fish, Gambusia geiseri, long-term changes in fish assemblages of the Great Plains, and the relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic factors structuring fish communities.

To learn more about this research, visit Dr. Marsh-Matthews' web page.

Curriculum Vitae

 

Ph.D., University of Texas

B.S., Duke University

 

 

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Selected publications:

  • Marsh-Matthews, E., M. Brooks, R. Deaton, and H. Tan. Effects of maternal and embryo characteristics on post-fertilization provisioning in livebearing fishes of the genus Gambusia. Oecologia (In press).

  • Matthews, W. J. and E. Marsh-Matthews. 2003. Effects of drought on fish across axes of space, time and ecological complexity. Freshwater Biology 48: 1232-1253.
  • Schaefer, J.F., E. Marsh-Matthews, D.E. Spooner, K.B. Gido, and W.J. Matthews. 2003. Effects of barriers and thermal refugia on local movement of the threatened leopard darter, Percina pantherina. Environmental Biology of Fishes 66: 391-400.

  • Marsh-Matthews, E. and W. J. Matthews. 2002. Temporal stability of minnow species co-occurrence in streams of the central United States. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (Frank Cross Memorial Issue) 105(3-4): 162-177.

  • Marsh-Matthews, E., W. J. Matthews, K. B. Gido, and R. L. Marsh. 2002. Reproduction by young-of-year red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) and its implications for invasion success. Southwestern Naturalist 47:605-610

  • Marsh-Mattthews, E., P. Skierkowski, and A. DeMarais. 2001. Direct evidence for mother-to-embryo transfer of nutrients in the livebearing fish Gambusia geiseri. Copeia 2001: 1-6

  • Marsh-Matthews, E., and W. J. Matthews. 2000. Spatial variation in relative abundance of a widespread, numerically-dominant fish species and its effect on fish assemblage structure. Oecologia (2000) 125:283-292. DOI 10.1007/s004420000452, published online 21 June 2000.

  • Marsh-Matthews, E., and W. J. Matthews. 2000.Geographic, terrestrial, and aquatic factors: Which most influence structure of midwestern USA stream fish assemblages? Ecology of Freshwater Fish 9: 13-21.

 

 

 

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