Hornbach is a freshwater ecologist. His research focuses on factors that influence freshwater mussels in large river systems and involves many students, some of whom have co-authored papers with him. Hornbach has been a consultant for government agencies concerned with threatened and endangered species of native mussels and the invasion by zebra mussels. EDUCATION: B.S., M.S., University of Dayton Ph.D., Miami University
Articles
Effects of flow restoration on mussel growth in a Wild and Scenic North American River (with Brandon J. Sansom, Mark C. Hove, and Jason S. Kilgore), Aquatic Biosystems (2013)
Transforming ecological science at primarily undergraduate institutions through collaborative networks (with D. R. Bowne, A. L. Downing, M. F. Hoopes, K. LoGiudice, C. L. Thomas, L. J. Anderson, T. Gartner, K. Kuers, J. Machado, B. R. Pohlad, and K. L. Shea), BioScience (2011)
Early Life History and Distribution of Pistolgrip (Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)) in Minnesota and Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist 165:338-354 (with M. C. Hove, B. E. Sietman, J. E. Bakelaar, J. A. Bury, D. J. Heath, V. E. Pepi, J. M. Davis, and A. R. Kapuscinski), American Midland Naturalist (2011)
Variation in Freshwater Mussel Shell Sculpture and Shape Along a River Gradient (with Valerie J. Kurth and Mark C. Hove), The American Midland Naturalist (2010)
Estimating population size and habitat associations of two federally endangered mussels in the St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA (with Mark C. Hove, Benjamin D. Dickinson, Kelly R. MacGregor, and Jill R. Medland), Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2010)
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