Charles Rabeni
Dr. Charles Rabeni holds a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Maine. He is former Leader of the Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and now Research Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri. His research addresses questions useful to the conservation or restoration of the biological integrity of streams to enhance their recreational and ecological benefits. His focus is on invertebrates and fishes as endpoints and integrators of ecological conditions. His interest is in delineating those key environmental factors influencing the biota - such as siltation, dissolved oxygen, and extreme temperatures - and to design cost effective mitigation strategies. One current effort is a series of projects aimed at producing biologically-sound sediment criteria for Missouri streams. Dr. Rabeni has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and book editorships. He has served in numerous capacities with the North American Benthological Society, including as President in 1992. For the American Fisheries Society, he served in numerous capacities including President of the Missouri Chapter and for two years as Associate Editor for the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Dr. Rabeni has served on numerous panels and boards, including: assisting the National Park Service by serving on expert panels and task forces to develop long-term monitoring protocols for their Prairie Cluster Park network, and their Heartland Park network; serving on an expert panel for the USGS’s Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center to evaluate the existing biological research and monitoring program for the Colorado River; assisting the national office of the Nature Conservancy in their project for the conservation of aquatic species and ecosystems in the Central Tallgrass Prairie Region; as a member of an interagency team advising the Mark Twain National Forest (USFS) on research necessary to evaluate cumulative effects of timber harvest on aquatic fauna; serving on a joint agency (MDC, MDNR, NRCS) work group evaluating the ecological consequences of proposed NRCS PL-566 projects; serving as the scientific advisor on the Missouri Aquaculture Task Force to review relations between private aquaculture industry and the Missouri Department of Conservation; serving on the Liaison Committee of the WRD/USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program-Ozark Region.