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Alison A. Coulter

Welcome!  I am an assistant professor at South Dakota State University interested in research related to fish movement, habitat use, and invasion ecology.
 

Upcoming Presentations

We're headed to the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society in September.  Hope to see you there!

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Lab News

Welcome Kelsey!

Kelsey arrived at SDSU as a new MS student in January 24. Excited for her work on mussel host fish in the Great Plains.

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New Lab Publications

New publications out now Biological Conservation about the risk of invasive carp in the live bait trade.

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Midwest 2024

Graduate and undergraduate students presented talks at posters and this year's Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. 

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Left: Several SDSU students were finalists for the Fenske Memorial Award including Riley Mounsdon (MS student) and Maddy Siller (MS Student).

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Below: MS Student Riley Mounsdon received travel awards from the Percid and Esocid Technical Committees (AFS NCD)

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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

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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

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Opportunities for regional collaboration and prevention: Assessing the risk
of the live bait trade as a pathway of invasive species

Published in Biological Conservation

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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

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Using per captia models for invasive species management

Published in Ecosphere

Receiver mount design and testing

Published in Animal Biotelemetry

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