I have a Ph.D. in Quantitative Biology and a Master's of Science in Biology from UT. Arlington (1998 and 2005, respectively). My Bachelor's of Science in Zoology was earned at Northern Arizona University (1994). I have been involved with a partnership between the USFWS and UT Arlington since 2000 and have been a full-time employee for the USFWS since 2004. My research interests include the physiological ecology of aquatic invasive species. In particular, I am interested in how such species respond to the varying environmental challenges of the habitats in which they live.

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Britton, D.K., & McMahon, R.F. 2006. Assessment for potential range expansion of zebra mussels on the western edge of their distribution in the United States. Aquatic Invaders 17: 1-7.

Britton, D.K., & McMahon, R.F. 2005. Analysis of trailered boat traffic and the potential westward spread of zebra mussels across the 100th meridian. American Malacological Bulletin 20: 147-159.

Britton, D.K., & McMahon, R.F. 2004. Seasonal and artificially elevated temperatures influence bioenergetic allocation patterns in the common pond snail, Physella virgata. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77: 187-196.

Britton, D.K., & McMahon, R.F. 2004. Environmentally and genetically induced shell shape variation in the freshwater pond snail Physa (Physella) virgata. American Malacological Bulletin 19½: 93-100.

Britton, D.K . 2004. Spread the Message—Not the Mussels: A Summary of the 100th Meridian Initiative Database and Website. Aquatic Invaders 15: 26-30.

Lach, L., Britton, D.K., Rundell, R.J. Cowie, R.H., 2001. Food preference and reproductive plasticity in an invasive freshwater snail. Biological Invasions 2:279-288.

Britton, D.K., & Britton, J. C., 2000. A second example of resource partitioning by two subtidal scavenging snails from Rottnest Island , Western Australia? Proceedings of the 9th International Marine Biological Workshop. The seagrass flora and fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Held at Rottnest Island, Western Australia, January 1996. Western Australian Museum. Perth. 1999: i-xv, 1-421. Chapter pagination: 163-175.

Britton, D.K., & Wetzel, M.J ., 1999. First records for freshwater oligochaetes (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Naididae) in the Hawaiian Islands with notes on their association with an alien snail (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Ampullariidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 59: 39-42.