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 Predators Fish Predator Diet Periphyton Genotype Salinity Lake Water Plasticity Detection Clones Dispersal Behavior New Zealand Experiments Phenotypic Plasticity Detritus Introduced Species Clone Invasive Species CrayfishMost Recent Papers
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
Alternative Energy in Pennsylvania
Edward Levri, 2019, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on p. 162-166
Predator detection and a possible dispersal behavior of the invasive New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843)
Edward P. 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
Behavior in invasive New Zealand mud snails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)is related to source population
Edward Levri, T. Clark, 2015, 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
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
A student-based investigation to assess the impacts of chemical deicers on the water quality of a headwater stream in central Pennsylvania
Lisa Emili, Dan Morrison, Celeste Huss, Carolyn Mahan, Edward Levri, 2013, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on p. 145-154
The invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) grows faster when consuming periphyton compared to detritus.
Rachel Bilka, Edward Levri, 2013, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on p. 125-128
Most-Cited Papers
Invasive genotypes are opportunistic specialists not general purpose genotypes
Devin M. Drown, Edward P. Levri, Mark F. Dybdahl, 2011, Evolutionary Applications on p. 132-143
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
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
Interpopulation variation in predator avoidance behavior of a freshwater snail to the same predator
Edward P. Levri, Andrea N. Dubensky, Ashley S. Mears, Carol A. Opiela, 2012, Canadian journal of zoology on p. 616-623
The distribution of the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in streams in the Lake Ontario and Lake Erie watersheds
Edward P. Levri, Elissa D. Colledge, Rachel H. Bilka, Brittany J. Smith, 2012, BioInvasions Records on p. 215-219
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 P. 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
The invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) not detected in wester Lakes Huron and St. Clair
Edward Levri, Carol Opiela, Rachel Bilka, 2013, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on p. 10-15
Alternative Energy in Pennsylvania
Edward Levri, 2019, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on p. 162-166