| 2025 |
Amelia McReynolds, University of Vermont, Population dynamics and mechanisms of coexistence between native and invasive forage fishes in large lake systems: analysis of a long-term acoustic and net survey
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| 2025 |
Max Moran, Purdue University, Ecomorphological Diversity in Lake Charr (Salvelinus namaycush) Morphology and Visual Sensory System at Klondike Reef, Lake Superior
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| 2024 |
Justin Hubbard, University of Toronto, Predicting freshwater invasion risks under current and future conditions
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| 2024 |
Zach Jones, University of Windsor, Determining the effect of winter duration on a warmwater fish: using inland lakes to inform Great Lakes management
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| 2023 |
Alexander Koeberle, Cornell University, Modeling native fish restoration in the Great Lakes basin via a unique inland lake
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| 2023 |
Scott Koenigbauer, Purdue University, Surveying spawning utilization of a restored reef in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron
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| 2022 |
Morgan Piczak, Carleton University, Advancing foundations of restoration ecology for fish habitat of the Laurentian Great Lakes
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| 2022 |
Christopher Rounds, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Who, what, when, where and how: Optimizing eDNA sampling for detecting multiple aquatic invasive species
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| 2021 |
L. Zoe Almeida, Ohio State University, Do early-life conditions set lifetime trajectories in fish? Evaluating how experiential legacies influence individual and population responses to changing environments
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| 2021 |
Graceanne Tarsa, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, abundance and productivity in the rocky nearshore zone of Lake Michigan
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| 2020 |
Taylor Brown, Cornell University, Contemporary spatial extent and ecological drivers of larval coregonine distributions across Lake Ontario.
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| 2020 |
Jordan N. Holtswarth, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, An integrative taxonomic and ecological assessment of banded killifish across the Great Lakes Basin
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| 2019 |
Ellen George, Cornell University, Genetic and habitat limitations to cisco restoration in Lake Ontario
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| 2019 |
Robert Sheffer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point , Movements and habitat use of muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan
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| 2018 |
Corey Krabbenhoft, Wayne State University, Round Goby Invasion and the Impact on Native Michigan Fishes
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| 2018 |
Hannah Lachance, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School, Climate Change, Cisco (Coregonus artedi) and Gene Expression
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| 2017 |
Jill Brooks, Carleton University, Drivers of the Spatial Ecology of Fish in a Coastal Embayment on the Laurentian Great Lakes
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| 2017 |
Katherine O’Reilly, University of Notre Dame, Quantifying the importance of Great lakes coastal wetlands for supporting native fishes
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| 2016 |
Lisa Peterson, Michigan State University, Evaluating methods for estimating mortality components of Great Lakes walleye using acoustic telemetry
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| 2015 |
Heather Siersma, Wayne State University, The capacity of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron sediments to support the nymphal development of Hexagenia spp.
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| 2014 |
Cassandra J. May, The Ohio State University, Larval Walleye recruitment and zooplankton availability: testing the match-mismatch hypothesis in Lake Erie
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| 2013 |
Zachary S. Feiner, Purdue University, Eco-evolutionary dynamics of life history trait variation in Great Lakes percids
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| 2012 |
Troy Farmer, The Ohio State University, Meteorological effects on yellow perch reproduction and recruitment in Lake Erie
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| 2011 |
Kari J. Dammerman, Michigan State University, Developmental plasticity and behavior of larval lake sturgeon in an anthropogenically-modified habitat
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| 2010 |
Amanda E. Haponski, University of Toledo, Spatial and Temporal Population Genetic Relationships of Walleye: Implications for Conservation Biology and Fishery Management
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| 2009 |
Timothy Caldwell, University of Idaho, The role of Mysis relicta (freshwater opossum shrimp) in the nutrient dynamics of Lake Pend Oreille and its relationship to Onchorhynchus nerka (kokanee salmon) populations
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| 2008 |
Meaghan Proctor, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point , Genetics of lake trout populations from a mid-lake reef complex, Lake Michigan
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| 2007 |
Julie Reichert, University of Windsor, River Plume Effects on Larval Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Growth, Survival, and Recruitment in Lake Erie
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| 2006 |
Michael Rennie, University of Toronto at Mississauga, The role of invasive invertebrates on energy allocation, life history and contaminant accumulation in Ontario lake whitefish populations
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| 2005 |
Heather Dawson, Michigan State University, Recruitment variation in Great Lakes sea lamprey populations - measurement and management implications
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| 2005 |
Juliette Smith, State University of New York, Syracuse, Accumulation of microcystin-LR and its detoxification products in the Lake Erie food web
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| 2004 |
Chelsey Lumb, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor , Bioenergetic and elemental analysis to compare lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) growth in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
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| 2004 |
Michael Wilberg, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, Improving and applying stock assessment methods for the Great Lakes
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| 2003 |
Lisa Corradin, University of Wisconsin
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| 2003 |
Titus Seilheimer, McMaster University
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| 2002 |
Candace Parks, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba
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| 2002 |
Katherine Smith, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University
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| 2001 |
Norine Dobiesz, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, Predator-prey dynamics in Lake Huron
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| 2001 |
Stephen Hensler, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Trophic changes in Lake Michigan and their relation to the lack of yellow perch recruitment
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