Graduate Students

Stream ecology, especially sediment buildup, macrophytes, carbon, and methane; StreamPulse project

General interest in freshwater ecosystem science, specifically problems associated with eutrophication, and roles of native freshwater mussels

Food web interactions following the removal of centrachids in a north temperate lake

Stream ecology, trophic interactions, effects of land-use and habitat changes on stream communities with a particular interest in parasites

Spiny Water Flea and its impact on predator-prey relationships

Quantifying impacts of lakeshore development on littoral habitat and fish communities in north temperate lakes

Ecology, life history, and conservation of migratory fishes; how dams and road crossing on these tributaries affect migrations

Invasive species and community ecology

Fish disease; validating an ELISA test for VHS (Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia) in fish

Bioinformatics and aquatic microbial ecology

Examining how changing lake ice-on and -off times effect lake and surrounding ecologies