Projects

Investigating the age structure, longevity, and population demographics of catostomids, holosteans, acipenserids, goodeids and other freshwater fishes in North America

Understanding the ecological interactions between native and invasive fish species including bigmouth buffalo and invasive carp

Study of bowfisheries and inland commercial fisheries in North America

Collaborations

Nicholls State University, Louisiana GarLab – study of gar and other fishes

Eastern Illinois University – study of blue sucker

University of Saskatchewan and the Water Security Agency, Canada – study of bigmouth buffalo and common carp

University of North Texas – study of smallmouth buffalo

Colorado Parks and Wildlife – study of quillback and river carpsucker

Missouri State University – study of buffalofishes

University at Buffalo, New York – catostomid genetics

University of Manitoba – bigmouth buffalo genetics

North Dakota State University – study of the critically endangered Pahrump Poolfish

Sitting Bull College, North Dakota – study of cisco

South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks – aging of bigmouth buffalo

North Dakota Game and Fish – study of bigmouth buffalo

Iowa Department of Natural Resources – study of shovelnose sturgeon, paddlefish, buffalofishes, gar, and freshwater drum