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
Publication Tags
Snails Potamopyrgus Antipodarum Snail Mud Water Predator Predators Fish Dna Diet Periphyton Detection Crayfish Odor Odors Cost Avoidance Behavior Experiment Behavioural Change Predator Avoidance Dispersal Behavior Detritus Methodology Dilution InfectionMost Recent Publications
Effects of the invasive aquatic snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum on ecosystem properties and services.
Alvero Alonso, Gonzalo Collado, Claudia Gerard, Edward Levri, Rodrigo Salvador, Pilar Castro-Diez, 2023, Hydrobiologia
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
Alternative Energy in Pennsylvania
Edward Levri, 2019, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on p. 162-166
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
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
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
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
Most-Cited Papers
Behavior in invasive New Zealand mud snails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is related to source population
Edward P. Levri, T. J. Clark, 2014, Biological Invasions on p. 497-506
Phenotypic plasticity of the introduced New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, compared to sympatric native snails
Edward P. Levri, Amy C. Krist, Rachel Bilka, Mark F. Dybdahl, 2014, PLoS One on p. e93985
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
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 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
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
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
Effects of the invasive aquatic snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum on ecosystem properties and services.
Alvero Alonso, Gonzalo Collado, Claudia Gerard, Edward Levri, Rodrigo Salvador, Pilar Castro-Diez, 2023, Hydrobiologia