Smallmouth Bass

Round Whitefish

Sockeye Salmon

Other research

ARL Co-Directors

Geoffrey Steinhart and Ashley Moerke

Current senior thesis projects

Variation in round goby energy density

Management of yellow perch by introducing a top predator and liming

Factors affecting largemouth bass recruitment success

Changes in smoltification project for landlocked Great Lakes salmon

Round goby mastication and digestion rates

Northern pike spawning and reproduction after dam removal

Effect of pH on muskellunge fertilization success

Suggestions for senior thesis projects

Sub-lethal effects of sea lamprey wounding

Whitefish Bay projects

1. ๏ Nearshore fish community structure near Lake Superior tributaries
   

2. ๏ Diet of lake and round whitefish
   

3. ๏ Age, growth, and phenotypic variation of ninespine stickleback
   

Hiawatha Sportsmens Club projects

1. ๏ Bioenergetic analysis of walleye consumption
   

2. ๏ Trout movement and reproduction in Three Mile Pond
   

Conservation of round whitefish

1. ๏ Genetic diversity of round whitefish in North America
   

2. ๏ Morphometric variation in round whitefish in North America
   

3. ๏ Effects of acid deposition on survival and development of whitefish
   

Reproduction, parental care and recruitment of fishes

1. ๏ Variation in smallmouth bass parental care and nest success
   

2. ๏ Variation in reproductive behaviors among sunfish species
   

Atlantic salmon research

1. ๏ Atlantic salmon movement in the St. Marys River
   

2. ๏ Natural reproduction of Atlantic salmon in the St. Marys River

Read about my past research using the links above.  See the lists below for examples of current and future research.

Examples of past senior theses

1. •Testing sea lamprey repellents and pheromones
   

2. •Fish use of the St. Marys River Rapids
   

3. •Conditioning and predator avoidance in hatcheries
   

4. •Crayfish predation on lake sturgeon eggs
   

5. •Evaluation of aging techniques
   

6. •Factors affecting the condition of lake trout in Lake Huron
   

7. •Factors affecting smallmouth bass nest abandonment
   

8. •Genetic diversity of round whitefish
   

9. •When and why do northern pike become stunted?
   

10. •Atlantic salmon diet in the St. Marys R.
    

11. •Bioenergetic estimates of walleye predatory demand