FORMER AEL GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Samantha Fedor (MS, 2007).  Dissertation: Spatial synchrony among populations of walleye in the Great Lakes and the influence of climate on recruitment.

• Chris Aman (MS, 2007).  Dissertation: Percid stocking rates in Ohio reservoirs: bioenergetic and field assessment. (Technician, Limnology Lab, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH)

• Gene Kim (PhD, 2007). Dissertation: How benthic-pelagic coupling by fish affects fate of contaminants, nutrients, and energy. (Ecosystem Research Program Coordinator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md)

• Jennell Lynn Bigrigg (MS, 2006). Dissertation: Determining stream origin and migration of four purported walleye stocks in Lake Erie using otolith elemental analysis. (College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH)

• Joseph Beuchel (MS, 2006). Dissertation: Latitudinal trends in seasonal life-history strategies: comparisons of bluegill and crappie.(Biology Instructor, Triton College, Chicago, Il)

• Geoffrey Steinhart (PhD, 2004). Dissertation: Understanding early life dynamics of smallmouth bass in Lake Erie. (Assistant Professor and Co-director of the Aquatic Research Lab, Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
   
• James Yoder (PhD, 2004). Dissertation: Ruffed grouse dispersal: correlations with landscape and consequences for survival. (Assistant Professor, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA)
   
• Jonathan C. Sieber-Denlinger (MS, 2004). Thesis: Quantifying predatory interactions between stocked saugeye and prey fishes in Ohio reservoirs. (Biology Supervisor, Inland Fisheries Research Unit, Hebron, OH)
   
• LeAnn A. Southward (MS, 2004). Thesis: Trophic transfer of heavy metals: Quantifying the role of non-native species. (National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC)
   
• Felix Martinez (PhD, 2003). Dissertation: Consequences of optimal decisions to settlement patterns in coral reef fish. (Physical Scientist, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, Silver Spring, MD)
   
• David “Bo” Bunnell (PhD, 2002). Dissertation: Exploring mechanisms underlying recruitment of white crappie in Ohio reservoirs. (Research Fishery Biologist, USGS, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI)
   
• Jeffrey A. Spoelstra (MS, 2001). Thesis: Movement of reservoir-stocked saugeye between tailwaters, streams, and rivers. (Environmental Consultant, Kieser and Associates, Kalamazoo, MI)
   
• Kristin K. Arend (MS, 2001). Thesis: Do vertical gradients affect larval fish depth distribution and prey electivity among reservoirs that vary in productivity? (PhD student, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
   
• Stuart A. Ludsin (PhD, 2000). Dissertation: Exploration of the spatiotemporal patterns in recruitment and community organization of Lake Erie fishes: A multiscale, mechanistic approach. (Research Scientist, NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI)
   
• Stephanie Micucci (MS, 2000). Thesis: Wetland habitats and their influence on fish assemblage characteristics. (Biological consultant, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, Philadelphia, PA)
   
• Richard J. Silk (MS, 2000). Thesis: Fate of stocked saugeye: movement out of reservoirs into streams. (Environmental Lawyer, Freund, Freeze, and Arnold, Dayton, OH)
   
• Mark W. Kershner (Ph.D., 1998). Dissertation: Walleye predatory demand and prey supply in Lake Erie: exploring environmental variation and its historical effects. (Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Kent, OH)
   
• Karen Blocksom (MS, Zoology; M.A.S., Statistics; 1998). Thesis: Effects of community experience on the response to a generalist invertebrate predator. (Statistician, EPA, Ecosystems Research Branch, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH)
   
• Mary T. Bremigan (PhD 1997). Dissertation: Variable recruitment of gizzard shad, a strong interactor in reservoirs: exploring causal mechanisms and implications for food webs. (Associate Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)

(MS, 1992). Thesis: Predator gape and zooplankton size: evaluating a size-dependent recruitment mechanism in fishes.

• James E. Garvey (PhD 1997). Dissertation: Strong interactors and community structure: testing predictions for reservoir food webs. (Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL)

(MS, 1992). Selective predation as a mechanism of crayfish species replacement in northern Wisconsin lakes.

• Nicholas S. Donovan (MS, 1996). Thesis: Exploring how age-0 gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) and stock date influence tradeoffs between growth and survival of reservoir-stocked saugeye (Stizostedion vitreum X S. canadense). (Research Assistant, Osteoporosis Research Group, UC-San Francisco, CA)
   
• Joseph B. Mion (MS, 1996). Thesis: River discharge drives differential survival of larval walleye. (Assistant Executive Fisheries Administrator, Ohio Division of Wildlife, Columbus, OH)
   
• Natalie Dingledine (MS, 1996). Thesis: The effect of fish on invertebrates: the importance of spatial location in streams.
   
• John M. Dettmers (PhD, 1995). Dissertation: Assessing the trophic cascade in reservoirs: the role of an introduced predator. (Associate Research Scientist and Director, Zion Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, Zion, IL)

(MS, 1991). Thesis: Food consumption by larval gizzard shad: zooplankton effects and its implications for reservoir communities.

• Thomas P. Stahl (MS, 1993). Thesis: Exploring how larval gizzard shad density influences piscivory and growth of young-of-year saugeye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum X S. canadense). (Fish Passage Coordinator, Oregon Department of Fish and Game, Salem, OR)
   
• Paula T. Edersheim (MS, 1992). Non-thesis degree
   
• J.T. Francis (MS, 1992). Thesis: Prey selectivity by walleye in Lake Erie: an historical and inter-basin comparison.
  
• David J. Berg (PhD, 1991). Dissertation: Genetics and ecology of an invading species: Bythotrephes cederstroemi in western Lake Erie.
   
• Xavier Lazzaro (Ph.D, 1991). Dissertation: Planktivorous fishes, plankton dynamics, and water quality: quantifying the effects of foraging mode and fish biomass. (Research Scientist, ORSTOM, France)
   
• Bruce Trauben. (PhD 1991). Dissertation: Potential competition among young-of-year fish in western Lake Erie.
   
• Lin Wu (PhD, 1991). Dissertation: Trophic interactions in a large-lake ecosystem: Ontogeny of fish diet, zooplankton summer dynamics, and phytoplankton succession.
  
• Steve P. Klosiewski (PhD, 1991). Dissertation: The role of pumpkinseed sunfish in structuring snails assemblages in northern Wisconsin lakes. (Research Scientist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK)

(MS, 1981). Thesis: Zooplankton-yellow perch interactions in Nebish Lake, Wisconsin (advised by Bob Carline, OCFWRU).

• Martha E. Mather (PhD 1990). Dissertation: Mechanisms of a species replacement in a benthic stream community. (Assistant Leader, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

(MS, 1985). Thesis: An experimental assessment of short-term mortality in young-of-year tiger muskellunge due to stressors associated with stocking.

• Jeffrey G. Miner (PhD, 1990). Dissertation: Turbidity-mediated predator-prey interactions among piscivorous predators, prey fishes, and zooplankton. (Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH)
   
• Lilly P. True (MS, 1990). Thesis: Food choice by native and introduced crayfishes: evaluating a potential mechanism for replacement. (Scientist, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Fairborne, OH)
   
• Dennis R. DeVries (PhD, 1989). Dissertation: Complex interactions in aquatic communities: trophic-level interactions, ontogenetic niche shifts, and the role of an open-water planktivore. (Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL)

(MS, 1985). Thesis: Searching, decision making, and learning by small bluegills foraging in patches.

• Billie L. Kerans (PhD, 1989). Dissertation: Causes and consequences of density-dependent dispersal of the caddisfly Hydropsyche slossonae. (Associate Professor, Montana State University, Bozeman)
   
• Paul K. Cunningham (MS, 1989). Thesis: Bioenergetics of freshwater drum in Lake Erie: A comparison of growth, food consumption, and diet to assess inter-basin differences in prey.
   
• Kyle J. Hartman (MS, 1989). Thesis: Western Lake Erie walleye: Predation, prey utilization, and the relationship with somatic growth. (Associate Professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV)
   
• David H. Wahl (PhD, 1988). Dissertation: Comparison of population ecology in two species of esocids and their hybrid (Associate Center Director, Center for Aquatic Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL)
   
• Donna L. Parrish (MS, 1988). Thesis: The white perch and its interaction with yellow perch in Lake Erie. (Unit Leader, Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, Burlington, VT)
   
• William J. Eckmayer (MS, 1988). Thesis: The relationship of age, size, and diet to total body lipids in young-of-the-year white bass (Morone chrysops).
   
• Robert S. Hayward (PhD, 1988). Dissertation: Eutrophication effects on bioenergetic conditions for Lake Erie yellow perch. (Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO)
   
• Brett M. Johnson (MS, 1986). Thesis: Using a quadrat rotenone technique to evaluate forage fish size and abundance for stocked piscivores. (Professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins)
   
• E. W. Chilton (PhD, 1986). Dissertation: Macroinvertebrate communities associated with selected macrophytes in Lake Onalaska: effects of plant type, predation, and selective feeding.
   
• P. L. Vandermeer (MS, 1986). Thesis: Value of nearshore and channel as larval fish nurseries within the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, Michigan and Ontario.
   
• D. L. Smith (MS, 1985). Thesis: Growth, diet, habitat selection, and harvest of stocked walleyes and walleye x sauger hybrids in Pleasant Hill Reservoir, Ohio.
   
• M. R. Headrick (PhD, 1985). Dissertation: Bioenergetic constraints on habitat use by northern pike (Esox lucius) in Ohio reservoirs
   
• Jaci F. Savino (PhD, 1985). Dissertation: Behavioral interaction between piscivorous fish and their prey as mediated by body form and plant abundance. (Branch Chief, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI)

(MS, 1981). Thesis: Predatory interaction between largemouth bass and bluegill as mediated by simulated submersed vegetation.

• Elizabeth A. Marschall (MS, 1984). Thesis: Behavior of bluegill foraging for patchily distributed prey. (Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH)
   
• J. S. Schaeffer (MS, 1984). Thesis: The white perch in Lake Erie: the ecology of an invading species.
   
• Edward T. Rankin (MS, 1984). Thesis: Behavior and microhabitat use of smallmouth bass in the Flat River, Michigan. (Research Biologist, Ohio EPA, Columbus, OH)
   
• Mark S. Bevelhimer (MS 1983). Thesis: Assessing significance of physiological differences among three esocids with a bioenenergetics model. (Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, TN)
   
• Mark J. Butler (MS, 1983). Thesis: An analysis of replacement mechanisms governing range expansion in crayfish. (Professor, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA)
   
• R. A. Beaumier (MS, 1982). Thesis: Predator influence on bluegill, yellow perch, and crayfish preference of interstitial size within artificial structure in ponds.
   
• R. S. Stewart (MS, 1982). Thesis: The effects of interstitial size and depth of artificial structure on fish attraction and angling success in C.J. Brown Reservoir, Ohio.
   
• B. J. Shields (MS, 1982). Thesis: Possible relationships between bilateral asymmetry and contaminant levels in yellow perch, Perca flavescens.
   
• W. Lynch (MS, 1982). Thesis: Preferences of bluegills for opening size within artificial structures.
   
• R. L. Knight (MS, 1982). Thesis: Piscivory by walleyes and yellow perch in western Lake Erie. (Lake Erie Fisheries Program Manager, Ohio Division of Wildlife, Sandusky, OH)
   
• R. Heitzman (MS, 1982). Thesis: DDT, Arochlor 1254, and Mercuric chloride as potential inducers of bilateral asymmetry in the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas.
   
• Cindy M. Tomcko (MS, 1982). Thesis: Use of bluegill forage by tiger muskellunge: effects of predator experience, vegetation and prey density. (Research Biologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Rapids, MN)
   
• Carolyn S. Sechnick (MS, 1981). Thesis: Microhabitat selection by smallmouth bass in a simulated stream environment. (Wildlife Education Specialist, Lake County Metroparks, OH)
   
• Barry L. Johnson (MS, 1981). Thesis: First-year growth, survival, habitat preference, and food habits of stacked walleye and walleye X sauger hybrids in Pleasant Hill Reservoir, Ohio. (Chief, Aquatic Sciences Branch, USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Center, La Crosse, WI)
   
• M. V. Hicks (MS, 1981). Thesis: Bilateral asymmetry in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) as an environmental indicator.
   
• L. M. Riley (MS, 1981). Thesis: Applicability of quantified scale shape for the identification of Lake Erie walleye stocks.
   
• J. M. Skinner (PhD, 1981). Dissertation: Stocking of a new impoundment by indigenous stream species: evaluation of a fisheries management tool.
   
• J. C. Rupert (MS, 1980). Thesis: Long term mortality of aerial stocked lake trout fingerlings.
   
• C. G. Goodman. (MS, 1980). Thesis: A comparison of energy costs and time for evaluation of optimal foraging theory and a new technique for measuring metabolic rate in fishes using 14C. (Research Biologist, Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI).
   
• Alan L. Gillen (MS, 1980). Thesis: Predation by pellet-reared tiger-muskies on cyprinid and centrarchid prey in experimental system. (Professor, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA)
   
• M. L. Gessner (MS, 1980). Thesis: Pesticide and PCB levels in fillet and whole body portions of five Lake Erie fish species.