Sarah Huck
Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) Movement on the Wabash River (Expected Graduation: Fall 2013).She is assessing habitat preference, range, large scale movements, small scale movements, and diel movements of flathead catfish in the Wabash River.
Vaskar Nepal KC
Demographics of Commercially Exploited Population of Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Lower Wabash River (Expected Graduation: May 2014). He is studying the population characteristics of the fish in the River. He is also assessing the optimal harvest of the fish as well as the diet structure of the fish in the River.
Ryan Hastings
Impact of Dam Removal on Fish and Macroinvertebrate Community Assemblage (Expected Graduation: May 2014). He is assessing fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages as well as physical habitat at Vermilion River prior to dam removal.
Manisha
Pant
Impacts of Restoration on Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Physical
Habitat in Kickapoo Creek, Charleston, IL (Expected Graduation: May
2014). She is assessing the impacts of instream habitat
restoration on the fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Creek.
She is also studying the changes in the physical habitat of the creek.
Sharon
Rayford
Assessment of
Larval and Young of Year Sport Fish Assemblages in the Wabash River (Expected Graduation: May
2014). She is assessing larval
assemblages between habitat
types and across seasons in the Wabash River. She is also surveying
small bodied fishes in the River to compare community composition
across the seasons and habitat types.
Clint
Morgeson
Reproductive
Success of Silver Carp in Tributaries of the Illinois River (Expected Graduation: May
2015). He is
studying the spawning and recruitment of invasive Asian Carps
in tributaries of the Illinois River.
Current Undergraduate Students
Undergraduates are helping graduates students in both field work and lab work. Some of them are doing their own research also.
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| Evan Boone | Ashley Stanley | Steven Castiglia |
Joe McDonald
He is a research technician helping mainly with lab and field work.
Past Graduate Students
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Name: Candice Miller Research: Comparing the Demographics of White Crappie Populations from Three Central Illinois Reservoirs Graduated: December 2011 Current Status: PhD Candidate at Oklahoma State University |
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Name:John West Research: Impacts of Stream Habitat Restoration on the Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Graduated: May 2013 Current Status: Fish Biologist at Missouri Department of Conservation |
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Name: Cassi Moody Carpenter Research: Demographics of the Flathead Catfish in the Wabash River Graduated: May 2013 Current Status: Faculty Research Assistant at Eastern Illinois University |
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Name: Anthony Porreca Research: Impacts of a Thermal Effluent on Largemouth Bass Spawning Graduated: May 2012 Current Status: PhD Candidate at Southern Illinois University |
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Name: Jason Stuck Research: Comparing the Demographics of the Silver Carp in the Illinois and Wabash Rivers Graduated: May 2012 Current Status: Shellfish Biologist at South Carolina Fish and Game |
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Name: Amanda Wildenberg Research: Impacts of Waste Water Effluent on Freshwater Mussel Population Graduated: May 2014 (Expected) Current Status: |
