Thomas L. Beitinger
		Professor
		940-565-3598
		beitingr@unt.edu
		BS in Biological Sciences Hamline University 1967
		MS in Zoology University of Rhode Island 1969
		PhD in Zoology University of Wisconsin-Madison 1974
	Research
	Physiological, behavioral and biochemical responses of aquatic animals to environmental limiting factors, I.e., temperature, light, oxygen, pH, salinity.  Behavioral thermoregulation of fishes and other ectotherms.  Aquatic ecotoxicology.  Experimental design and biostatistics.
	Professional Experience
	University teaching >25 years including Introductory Biology, Environmental Science, Animal ecology, Ichthyology, Physiological Ecology, Biostatistics and Multivariate Biostatistics.
	Author of > 70 peer-reviewed publications
	Assistant Editior - American Midland Naturalist, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
	Awards and Honors
	UNT President's Council Teaching Award
	Representative Publications
	Beitinger, T.L. and W.A. Bennett.  2000.  Quantification of the role of acclimation temperature in temperature tolerance of fishes.  Environmental Biology of Fishes  58: 277-288.
	Beitinger, T.L.,  W.A. Bennett and R.W. McCauley.  2000.  Temperature tolerances of North American Fishes exposed to dynamic changes in temperature.  Environmental Biology of Fishes  58: 237-275.
	Bennett, W.A., R.W. McCauley and T.L. Beitinger.  1998.  Bain and loss of heat tolerance in channel catfish.  Transaction of the American Fishes Society  127: 1051-1058.
	Currie, R.J., W.A. Bennett and T.L. Beitinger.  1998.  Critical thermal minima and maxima of three game-fish species acclimated to constant temperatures.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 51: 187-200.
	Bennett, W.A., R.J. Currie, P.F. Wagner and T.L. Beitinger.  1997.  Cold tolerance and potential overwintering of red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus natterei, in the United States.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126: 841-849.