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Education
Research Interests
Most of my research projects deal with fisheries
ecology and aquaculture in the Midwest. Current projects
include topics such as fish pond trophic dynamics,
development of new cultured fish strains, new
aquaculture technologies, aquatic diseases, and lake
surveys. Additionally, I have current projects
using GIS-based analyses to examine Wisconsin
aquaculture site locations, zooplankton surveys of county lakes in Central Wisconsin, and
a collaborative project with the WI-DNR monitoring Viral
Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) throughout WI. As
Co-Director of the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration
Facility (NADF) I oversee research projects such as a collaboration with
the Ohio State University field testing a new genetic
strain of yellow perch, development of hybrid walleye
grown in recirculating aquaculture systems, and feed
comparison trials for various cultured fish. I
also co-administer the aquaculture outreach and
extension program at the NADF where we strive to get
applied research projects results directly to fish
farmers. This includes projects involving
aquaponics, online
education, beginning aquaculture workshops, technology
transfer, and biosecurity. I also continue
to work with the feeding ecology of the early
life-history stages (i.e. larval) of yellow perch
(fry) in fish culture
ponds and the use of pond fertilization to improve the production
of farm-raised fish.
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