PERSONNEL

Aquatic Biology Associates, Inc. is a small business that has been in operation since 1986, and is 51% woman owned. Principal Scientists are Mr. Robert W. Wisseman and Dr. Mary Jo Wevers.

Robert W. Wisseman, Aquatic Biology Associates, Inc. President and Senior Scientist, received his B.A. degree in Environmental Studies from The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington in 1976 and his M.S. degree in Aquatic Entomology from Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon in 1987.

Mary Jo Wevers, Aquatic Biology Associates, Inc. Secretary and Treasurer, received her B.A. degree in Aquatic Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1976, her M.S. in Fisheries from Oregon State University in 1982, and her Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University in 1993.

Taxonomic specialists from throughout North America are retained by the company on a subcontract basis when their services are required. Outside associates routinely consulted include:

Microcrustaceans	Jeff Cordell, University of Washington
Molluscs	Terrence Frest, Deixus Consulting, Seattle
Chironomid midges	James DiGiulio, Valley Venoms and Allergens, Inc., Corvallis, Oregon; Leonard Ferrington, University of Kansas; Gary Lester, EcoAnalysts, Inc., Moscow, Idaho
Oligochaete worms	Douglas Spencer, Fowlerville, Michigan; Tom Boullion, Cottonwood, California
Tipulidae	Jon Gelhouse, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Elmid beetles	Cheryl Barr, University of California, Berkeley
Stoneflies	Richard Baumann, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Odonata	Tracey Anderson, University of Minnesota
Leeches	Donald Klemm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati
Caddisflies	Glenn Wiggins & Pat Shefner, Royal Ontario Museum; Oliver Flint, U.S. Natural History Museum-Smithsonian

Other North American specialists are consulted depending on project specifications.