Howard Jelks
- Ecology
- Fisheries
- Population Biology
- Endangered Species
- Invasive Species
- M.S. in Wildlife and Range Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
- B.S. in Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
Howard has diverse experience from wetland plants, aquatic invertebrates, fish, and wading birds. He has studied these organisms from the estuaries of Apalachicola Bay, freshwater marshes of the Everglades, and streams of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Although he specializes in fishes, he classifies himself as a general naturalist/ecologist. How the dynamic environment structures biotic communities is his broad interest. Imperiled freshwater fishes are his speciality, but nonindigenous and marine taxa are also studied. For the past 20 years, he has been a leader of Okaloosa darter monitoring and recovery planning at Eglin Air Force Base in northwest Florida. He has developed skills in sampling design, database development, geographical information system and statistical analyses.