Effects of Small Dams on NC Mussels
Mussel Habitats in the Appalachicola River, Fl.
Alabama State Lands Inventory and Conservation Planning 
Phylogeography of Medionidus 
New River Riparian Land Use Study
Elliptio PhylogeographyAquatic Conservation Research Lab
Dr. Michael Gangloff
Research Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
Office: 042 RSW
Lab: Southeastern USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Office Phone: 828-262-7790
Cell Phone: (334)332-1533
Research Interests: My research interests focus on how stream invertebrates (primarily imperlied mollusks and crustaceans) respond to changes in physical and chemical habitat conditions. Ongoing research projects focus on the effects of small impoundments on mussel and crayfish populations, sampling strategies for rare and elusive invertebrates, and freshwater mussel microhabitat use in the Apalachicola and lower Chipola rivers. Addtionally, I am interested in the phylogeny and biogeography of freshwater mollusks and have several ongoing projects examining species boundaries and cyptic biodiversity in unionids. Finally, my students and I recently began a benthic macroinvertebrate and stream habitat monitoring project in the South Fork New River to address changes in landuse and landcover in Watauga County.
Publications:
Gangloff, M. M. 1998. The New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in western North America; distribution and potential impacts. Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest 2(3): 27-30.
Billie L. Kerans, M. F. Dybdahl, and M. M. Gangloff. 2000. The New Zealand mudsnail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, an aquatic invader in North America. Dreissena 10(5): 1-4.
Gangloff, M. M. and D. L. Gustafson. 2000. The freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Montana. Central Plains Archaeology 8(1):121-130.
Dwyer, P. W., B. W. Kerans, and M. M. Gangloff. 2003. Effect of Acute Exposure to Chlorine, Copper Sulfate, and Heat on the Survival of the New Zealand Mud Snail (Potamopyrgusantipodarum). Intermountain Journal of Sciences 9 2/3:53-59.
Stone, J., S. Barndt, and M. Gangloff. 2004. Spatial distribution, habitat use, and population structure of the western pearlshell mussel (Margaritifera falcata) in a Washington stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19:341-352.
Fritz, K. M., M. M. Gangloff, and J. W. Feminella. 2004. Habitat modification by the stream macrophytes Justicia americana and its effects on biota. Oecologia 140:388-397. (PDF)
Kerans, B. L., M. F. Dybdahl, M. M. Gangloff, and J. E. Jannot. 2005. Potamopyrgus antipodarum: distribution, abundance and effects on native macroinvertebrates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24:123-139. (PDF)
Gangloff, M. M., J. D. Williams, and J. W. Feminella. 2006. Pleurobema athearni, a new species of freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the Coosa River Drainage, Alabama- Zootaxa 1118:43-56. (PDF)
Gangloff, M. M. and G. W. Folkerts. 2006. Occurrence of the Salamander mussel (Simpsonaias ambigua) in the Duck River, central Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist 5:53-56. (PDF)
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2007. The influence of bankfull and baseflow stream hydraulic parameters on freshwater mussel assemblages in the Coosa River Drainage, Alabama. Freshwater Biology 52:64-74. (PDF)
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2007. The distribution and status of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Upper Alabama River Drainage, Alabama Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 25:24-70. (PDF)
Sorrell, G. G., S. K. Hoss, and M. M. Gangloff. 2007. Chelydra serpentina (Common snapping turtle) Diet Herpetological Review 37(4):455.
Gangloff, M. M., J. W. Feminella and K. L. Lenertz. 2008. Analysis of the reproductive and physiological effects of parasitic mites and trematodes on freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Hydrobiologia 610:25-31.
Gangloff, M. M. and P. D. Hartfield. In Press. Seven new populations of the southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi) discovered in the Pea and Choctawhatchee river drainages, Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist.
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR March 2004. Hydraulic Ecology of freshwater mussels in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama.
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1 March 2005. Not all that dam(n) bad? Rethinking the role of impoundments in freshwater mollusk conservation.
Columbus State University Freshwater Mollusk Workshop, May 10-13 2005. Measuring hydraulic variables relevant to freshwater mussel populations.
Mobile River Basin Consortium Annual Meeting, February 2006. The Importance of Habitat to Restoration and Recovery of Endangered Species.
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. April 2006. Macroecology of Freshwater Mussels: Linking Habitat, Phylogeography, and Conservation.
Auburn University Department of Fisheries. April 2007. Integrative Strategies for Conserving Freshwater Mollusk Biodiversity.
Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Workshop. July 2008. Effects of small impoundments on freshwater mollusks in Alabama streams.
Presentations at Professional Societies
Gangloff, M. and D. L. Gustafson. 1998. A brief synopsis of the freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Montana. 56th Annual Plains Anthropological Society, 14-17 October, Bismarck, North Dakota
Kerans, B. L., M. Gangloff, and E. R. Vincent. 1999. Spatial relations between whirling disease severity and tubificids. Symposium on Salmonid Whirling Disease, 18-20 February, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Kerans, B. L. M. Gangloff, and R. Stevens. 1999. Tubificids and whirling disease: ecology and host-parasite dynamics. North American Benthological Society 47th Annual Meeting, Duluth, MN
Gangloff, M. M., B. L. Kerans, and M. F. Dybdahl. 1999. Distribution and community ecology of the exotic snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. North American Benthological Society 47th Annual Meeting, Duluth, MN
Gangloff, M. M and J. W. Feminella. 2000. Status and distribution of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Uphapee Creek sub-basin Southeast Alabama. North American Benthological Society 48th Annual Meeting, Keystone, CO.
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2001. Interactions between freshwater mussels and parasitic mites in Opintlocco Creek, Alabama. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society 2nd Biennial Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2002. Hydraulic ecology of freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Unionidae) in tributaries of the Alabama River drainage. North American Benthological Society 49th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2003. The status of freshwater mussels in the Coosa and Tallapoosa river drainages in Alabama and the role of channel morphology, hydrology, and land-use. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society 3rd Biennial Symposium, Raleigh, NC
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2003. Hydraulic ecology and management implications for freshwater mussels in the Upper Alabama River drainage. North American Benthological Society, 50th Annual Meeting, Athens, GA.
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2004. Reproductive and physiological effects of parasitic mites and trematodes on freshwater mussels in an Alabama stream. North American Benthological Society, 51st Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Gangloff, M. M. and J. W. Feminella. 2005. Size matters: North American freshwater mussel extirpations reflect landscape scale alteration of riverine hydrogeomorphology. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, 4th Biennial Symposium, St. Paul, MN
Gangloff, M. M., P. D. Johnson, S. A. Ahlstedt, and J. Sides. 2005. Not all that dam(n) bad: changing perspectives on the role of impoundments in freshwater mollusk conservation. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, 4th Biennial Symposium, St. Paul, MN
Gangloff, M. M. and J.W. Feminella. 2006. Size Matters: Body size and endemism predict extinction risk of North American freshwater mussels. North American Benthological Society, 52nd Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK.
Gangloff, M. M., Siefferman, L.M. & Halanych, K. M. January 2007. Cryptic biodiversity and phylogenetic patterns in the wide-ranging freshwater mussel genus Elliptio in southeastern North America. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
Gangloff, M.M., Siefferman, L. M., Campbell, D. C. and Halanych, K.M. March 2007. Cryptic biodiversity and phylogenetics of the wide-ranging freshwater mussel genus Elliptio in southeastern North America. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, 5th Biennial Symposium, Little Rock, AR.
Gangloff, M. M., E. Hartfield, S. Butler, J. Hankes, D. Werneke, and J. W. Feminella. March 2007. The Alabama Mill Dam Inventory: A broad-scale evaluation of the effects of mill and low-head dams on mollusk, fish, and crayfish assemblages. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, 5th Biennial Symposium, Little Rock, AR.
Zimmerman, G. F., M. M. Gangloff, and J. D. Williams. March 2007. Macrohabitat use by endangered freshwater mussels in the Apalachicola and Lower Chipola rivers in Florida and implications of hydrologic modifications. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, 5th Biennial Symposium, Little Rock, AR.
Gangloff, M. M., Siefferman, L.M., Seesock, W.A., and Webber E.C. May 2007. Impacts of a municipal-wastewater impacted tributary on water chemistry, habitat quality, and freshwater mussels in a Piedmont (USA) stream. Poster presented at the North American Benthological Society, 53rd Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC.
Gangloff, M. M. February 2007. Not all that damn bad? Re-evaluating the impacts of mill and low-head dams on freshwater assemblages. Talk presented at the ASU Chapter of Sigma Xi.
Gangloff, M.M., Hartfield, E.E., White, K.L. Werneke, D.C., and Feminella, J.W. 2008. Effects of small dams on habitat conditions and mollusk, crayfish, and fish assemblages in Alabama streams. North American Benthological Society, 54th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
White, K.L. and Gangloff, M.M. 2008. Examination of the ability of qualitative versus quantitative sampling to detect rare mussel species in diverse southeastern streams. North American Benthological Society, 54th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Hartfield, E.E., Feminella, J.W., and Gangloff, M.M. 2008. Effects of low-head dams on crayfish assemblages in Alabama streams. North American Benthological Society, 54th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Gangloff, M.M., Hartfield, E.E., Feminella, J.W. Do small dams enhance freshwater mollusk habitats? To be presented at the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Soceity 6th Biennial Symposium, Baltimore, MD, April 2009.
Singer, E.E. and Gangloff, M.M. Mill dams enhance mussel growth rates in Alabama streams. To be presented at the North American Benthological Society, 55th Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2009.
Helms, B.S., Werneke, D.W., Gangloff, M.M., and Feminella, J.W. Effects of small dams on fish assemblages across Alabama. To be presented at the North American Benthological Society, 55th Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2009.
Hartfield, E.E., Gangloff, M.M., Feminella, J.W., and Santos, S.R. Effects of low-head dams on crayfish assemblages and gene flow in Alabama streams. To be presented at the North American Benthological Society, 55th Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2009.
Gangloff, M.M., Hartfield, E.E., and Feminella, J.W. Influence of small dams on Alabama freshwater mollusk populations. To be presented at the North American Benthological Society, 55th Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2009.