Coulter Fish Ecology Lab
Upcoming Presentations
Had a great time at AFS 2025! See everyone at Midwest Fish and Wildlife or Dakota AFS.
Lab News
Welcome Claudia and Sylas!
Claudia (MS) and Sylas (PHD) joined the lab group over summer 2025. Looking forward to their research on aquatic invasive species.
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Role of Department in Graduate Student Experience
Graduate students in the lab group recently collaborated on a paper about the role of department in experiences a person will have in graduate school.
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AFS 2025
Had a great time at the Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Great student presentations and lots to learn!
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Left: Kelsey Crowley (MS) presents her research. Kelsey also received a Skinner Award.
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Below: Presentations by Claudia Mushel (MS), Sylas Abarr (PhD), and Kassidy Frame (MS) received Runner-up in the Student Writing Contest
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Women in Science Booth
For the second year in a row, SDSU fisheries students ran a booth called "Fishing for Facts" at the Women in Science Event in Sioux Falls, SD.
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Recent Publications
Incorporating metapopulation dynamics to inform invasive
species management: Evaluating bighead and silver carp
control strategies in the Illinois River
Published in Journal of Applied Ecology
Opportunities for regional collaboration and prevention: Assessing the risk
of the live bait trade as a pathway of invasive species
Published in Biological Conservation
Isotopic niche overlap of invasive Black Carp and native species.
Published in Biological Invasions
MetaIPM models for fisheries management
Published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Using per captia models for invasive species management
Published in Ecosphere
Receiver mount design and testing
Published in Animal Biotelemetry
