Publications

Books and Book Chapters

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• Introductory Fisheries Analyses with R
• Growth Estimation: Growth Models and Statistical Inference in Age and Growth of Fishes: Principles and Techniques

 

Journal Articles

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Age and Growth - Modeling

• Evaluating the performance of methods used to estimate growth parameters from subsampled age data
• Use and misuse of a common growth metric: guidance for appropriately calculating and reporting specific growth rate
• Estimating age at a specified length from the von Bertalanffy growth function, with R Supplement
• An Algorithm for the von Bertalanffy Seasonal Cessation in Growth Function of Pauly et al. (1992), with R Supplement
• Clarification of Somer’s Seasonal Growth Model
• Temporal Signatured Introduction
• Probabilistic Age Assignments with Temporal Signatures

Age and Growth - Life History

• A synthesis of the biology and ecology of sculpin species in the Great Lakes (with student)
• Size and Age of Stonecats in Lake Champlain
• Age, year-class strength variability, and partial age validation of Coregonus kiyi from Lake Superior Data repository (with student)
• Age, Growth, and Size of Lake Superior Pygmy Whitefish (with student)
• Hatchery Lake Trout Scale Characteristics

Ruffe Research

• Effect of Removing Ruffe on Ruffe Populations
• Ruffe Weight-Length Relationships with a Proposed Standard Weight Equation
• Freezing Effect on Ruffe Length-Weight Relationships
• Larval Ruffe Diet (with student)
• Overview of Ruffe
• Ruffe Diet and Diel Movements
• Predation on Ruffe

Miscellaneous

• A comparison of fish catch rates among local, non-local, and non-resident anglers of three northern Wisconsin lakes (with student)
• Life history variation in Arctic charr from Cumberland Sound, Nunavut
• Production dynamics reveal hidden overharvest of inland recreational fisheries
• Recent Declines in Gray Jays on Christmas Bird Counts in Northern Wisconsin (with student)
• Mayfly Populations in Chequamegon Bay: 2002 and 2012 (with student)
• Misuse of “Gender”” in Fisheries Publications
• Crayfish Trap Defense (with student)
• Community and Place in Outdoor Orientation Programs - pub 1, pub 2 (with student)