Edward Levri
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Summary
Research interests lie in the evolutionary ecology of parasitism and disease, invasion ecology, and predator-prey interactions.
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
An Introduction to "Landscape variables associated with birds in six Pennsylvania National Parks"
Edward Levri, 2025, Selections from the Fourth 25 Years of the Academy's Publications 2000-2024
An introduction to "An intestinal helminth study of Catostomus commersoni from Bushkill Creek, Northhampton County Pennsylvania, with observations on seasonal distribution of Triganodistomum sp (Trematoda) and Fessisentis sp. (Acanthocephala)."
Edward Levri, 2023, Selections form the second 25 years of the Academy's publications 1950-1975
Population influences desiccation tolerance in an invasive aquatic snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Tateidae, Mollusca)
Edward P. Levri, Sheila Hutchinson, Rebecca Luft, Colin Berkheimer, Kellie Wilson, 2023, PeerJ
Effects of the invasive aquatic snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1853) on ecosystem properties and services
Álvaro Alonso, Gonzalo A. Collado, Claudia Gérard, Edward P. Levri, Rodrigo B. Salvador, Pilar Castro-Díez, 2023, Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Periphyton growth on allochthonous input in streams may lead to higher individual growth rates of the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)
Sally Ghannam, Edward P. Levri, 2023, Journal of Limnology
Matching a snail’s pace: successful use of environmental DNA techniques to detect early stages of invasion by the destructive New Zealand mud snail
James D. Woodell, Maurine Neiman, Edward P. Levri, 2021, Biological Invasions on p. 3263-3274
No evidence for a dilution effect of the nonnative snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, on native snails
Michele D. Larson, Edward P. Levri, Snehalata V. Huzurbazar, Daniel J. Greenwood, Kara L. Wise, Amy C. Krist, 2020, PLoS One
The cost of predator avoidance behaviors in an invasive freshwater snail
Edward P. Levri, Colin Berkheimer, Kellie Wilson, Jingyi Xu, Tessa Woods, Sheila Hutchinson, Kevin Yoder, Xiaoqing Zhang, Xiaosong Li, 2020, Freshwater Science on p. 476-484
The invasive New Zealand mud snail potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray, 1843) in central Pennsylvania
Edward P. Levri, Nicholas Macelko, Bryce Brindle, James Levri, Timothy J. Dolney, Xiaosong Li, 2020, BioInvasions Records on p. 109-119
Status of wind in Pennsylvania Part II: Social and Environmental Impacts
Michael Barton, Edward Levri, 2019, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on p. 177-186
Most-Cited Papers
Variation in predator-induced behavioral changes in introduced and native populations of the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus Antipodarum gray, 1843)
Edward P. Levri, Sarah Landis, Brittany Smith, Elissa Colledge, Elizabeth Metz, Xiaosong Li, 2017, Aquatic Invasions on p. 499-508
Effects of the invasive aquatic snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1853) on ecosystem properties and services
Álvaro Alonso, Gonzalo A. Collado, Claudia Gérard, Edward P. Levri, Rodrigo B. Salvador, Pilar Castro-Díez, 2023, Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health
The invasive New Zealand mud snail potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray, 1843) in central Pennsylvania
Edward P. Levri, Nicholas Macelko, Bryce Brindle, James Levri, Timothy J. Dolney, Xiaosong Li, 2020, BioInvasions Records on p. 109-119
Matching a snail’s pace: successful use of environmental DNA techniques to detect early stages of invasion by the destructive New Zealand mud snail
James D. Woodell, Maurine Neiman, Edward P. Levri, 2021, Biological Invasions on p. 3263-3274
Predator detection and a possible dispersal behavior of the invasive New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843)
Edward Levri, Rebecca Luft, Xiaosong Li, 2019, Aquatic Invasions on p. 417-432
The cost of predator avoidance behaviors in an invasive freshwater snail
Edward P. Levri, Colin Berkheimer, Kellie Wilson, Jingyi Xu, Tessa Woods, Sheila Hutchinson, Kevin Yoder, Xiaoqing Zhang, Xiaosong Li, 2020, Freshwater Science on p. 476-484
A Periphyton-Based Diet Results in an Increased Growth Rate Compared to a Detritus-Based Diet in the Invasive New Zealand Mud Snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum).
Edward P. Levri, Sarah Landis, Brittany J. Smith, 2017, American Malacological Bulletin on p. 65-69
No evidence for a dilution effect of the nonnative snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, on native snails
Michele D. Larson, Edward P. Levri, Snehalata V. Huzurbazar, Daniel J. Greenwood, Kara L. Wise, Amy C. Krist, 2020, PLoS One
Population influences desiccation tolerance in an invasive aquatic snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Tateidae, Mollusca)
Edward P. Levri, Sheila Hutchinson, Rebecca Luft, Colin Berkheimer, Kellie Wilson, 2023, PeerJ
Periphyton growth on allochthonous input in streams may lead to higher individual growth rates of the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)
Sally Ghannam, Edward P. Levri, 2023, Journal of Limnology