
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