Rosemary Burk | Arkansas Tech University

Rosemary A. Burk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biology
McEver Hall, Room 31
1701 North Boulder Avenue
Russellville AR 72801
Phone:479-880-4182
Fax: 479-964-0837
Email: rburk1@atu.edu
Website: http://faculty.atu.edu/rburk1

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Biology/Environmental Science, University of North Texas, 2012.
Dissertation title: "Ecology and recolonization of benthic macroinvertebrates in a
groundwater-dependent stream in North-central Texas during a supra-seasonal drought."
B.S., Dietetics & Biology, Texas Woman's University.

COURSES TAUGHT

Fall 2012

MEMBERSHIPS

American Water Resources Association, National and Arkansas Chapter
American Fisheries Society, National and Arkansas Chapter
Ecological Society of America
Society for Freshwater Science
Southwestern Association of Naturalists

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY

Publications

- Burk, R.A. & Kallberg, J. (2012). Rule of Capture and Urban Sprawl: A Potential Federal Financial Risk in Groundwater-Dependent Areas. International Journal of Water Resource Development. Published online May 8, 2012. (DOI:10.1080/07900627.2012.683765)
- Burk, R.A. & Kallberg, J. (2012). Online Accountability and Transparency in Sustainable Green Business. Sustainability - The Journal of Record. Vol. 5(2), 85-88.

Presentations

- Burk, R. A. November 2012. An analysis of groundwater-dependent urban sprawl and declining groundwater levels in the Upper Trinity Aquifer of north-central Texas. American Water Resources Association, Jacksonville, Florida. http://www.awra.org/meetings/Jacksonville2012/doc/PP/Sess%2042%20abs.pdf
- Burk, R. A. & J. H. Kennedy. May 2012. Recolonization of aquatic invertebrates following extreme drought in a perennial stream and life history attributes of species restricted to lotic habitats. Society for Freshwater Science, Louisville, Kentucky. http://www.freshwater-science.org/Other-Publications/NABStracts/2012/RECOLONIZATION-OF-AQUATIC-INVERTEBRATES-FOLLOWING-.aspx
- Burk, R. A., J. Kallberg, & J. H. Kennedy. September 2010. Spring-fed stream benthic macroinvertebrate communities as early biological indicators of groundwater tipping points. World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden. Abstract Volume: Responding to Global Changes: The Water Quality Challenge –Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement, page 349-350. http://www.siwi.org/documents/Resources/Synthesis/Abstract_Volume_2010.pdf
- Burk, R. A.& J. H. Kennedy. June 2010. Patch dynamics of hydrologically distinct refugia: recolonization of benthic macroinvertebrates after a record drought in a spring-fed semi-arid landscape. Joint international meeting of the North American Benthological Society and American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, New Mexico. https://www.benthos.org/Other-Publications/NABStracts/2010/7389.aspx

Technical Reports

- Burk, R. A., Randklev, C.R., & Kennedy, J.H. (2010). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Status of zebra mussels, an invasive freshwater mollusk, in Sister Grove Creek, Texas.
- Burk, R. A. & Kennedy, J.H. (2010). Grand Prairie Municipal Landfill, Wetland Mitigation Macroinvertebrate Assessment and Colonization Study.
- Kennedy, J. H. & Burk, R.A. (2005 & 2006) Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport, Environmental Management Department, Stream Habitat Assessment and Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment.
- Kennedy, J. H. et al. (2005). Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG). Insect Biodiversity Study (2002-2005), Fort Camp Bowie (Brown Co., TX). J.H. Kennedy & R.A. Burk, Chapters on Hymenoptera, Neuroptera and Lepidoptera.
- Kennedy, J. H. et al. (2005). Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG). Insect Biodiversity Study (2002-2005), Fort Wolters (Parker Co., TX). 2005. J. H. Kennedy & R. A. Burk, Chapters on Hymenoptera, Neuroptera and Lepidoptera.