Research Projects Funded through the Fishery Research Program since 2002

Principal Investigator	Title	Theme Area	Year funded
McAdam, A.	Evolution of trophic linkages in an invaded food web	Exotic Invertebrates and Foodweb Disruption	2007
Goetz, F.	The reproductive cycle of Lake Superior siscowet lake trout	Restoration of Great Lakes Native Fishes	2007
Hansen, M.	Life history differentiation between deep-water and shallow-water forms of lake trout in large lakes of North America	Restoration of Great Lakes Native Fishes	2007
Riley, S.	Food web dynamics and Thiamine Deficiency Complex: Identifying trophic pathways	Fish Health and Ecosystem Dysfunction	2007
Mandrak, N.	Aquatic protected areas in the Great Lakes: Inventory, evaluation, and gap analysis	Aquatic Protected Areas(under development)	2007
McLaughlin, R.	Understanding life history and ecology to support the management and conservation of migratory brook trout in Lake Superior	Non-theme area	2007
Morbey, Y.	Chinook salmon stock composition in Lake Huron: using otolith microchemisty as a natural marker of stream origin	Non-theme area	2007
Stockwell, J.	Evaluation of Mysis relicta as a keystone species in native fish communities of the Great Lakes	Non-theme area	2007
Mayer, C.	Experimental and spatial modeling of environmental factors affecting foraging success of age-0 yellow perch	CLC-endorsed	2007
Whitledge, G.	Assessment of otolith chemistry as an indicator of fish movement or transfer between the Illinois River system and Lake Michigan	Pilot Project	2007
Guildford, S.	Bioaccumulation of Microcystin in the Bay of Quinte Food-web	Non-Theme Area	2006
Hansen, M.	Lake Herring Recruitment Dynamics in Lake Superior	Non-Theme Area	2006
Ludsin, S.	River Discharge as a Predictor of Lake Erie Yellow Perch Recruitment	Non-Theme Area	2006
Corkum, L.	Test of Pheromone Traps to Capture the Invasive Round Goby	CLC Endorsed	2006
May, B.	Assessment of the Population Genetic Structure of Lake Sturgeon	CLC Endorsed	2006
Czesny, S.	Pelagic and Benthic Food Web Shifts Affect Availability of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids to Lake Trout, Implications for Early Life Stages Survival	Fish Health Committee	2006
Sprules, G.	Effects of Exotic Species on the Potential for Lake Ontario to Support a Re-introduced Bloater Population	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2005
Bentzen, P.	Comparative Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Lake Trout Morphotypes in Representative North American Lakes: Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, Lake Nipigon, and Lake Superior ($39,228 CDN)	Restoration of Native Great Lakes Fish	2005
Mandrak, N.	Conservation Genetics of Deepwater Sculpin in the Great Lakes ($21,000 CDN)	Restoration of Native Great Lakes Fish	2005
Lupi, F.	Collecting Angler Behavior Data from Great Lakes Creel Surveys	Human Dimensions	2005
Adlerstein, S.	Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Lake Huron Fish Communities, 1970-2004: An Integrative Analysis	CLC Endorsed	2005
Sloss, B.	Genetic Stock Structure of Lake Whitefish in Northern Lake Michigan and Green Bay	CLC Endorsed	2005
Starliper, C.	Development of an Improved Medium for Primary Isolation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, Cause of Bacterial Coldwater Disease	Fish Health Committee	2005
Peacor, S.	Effect of Exotic Cercopagids on Fish: Food Web Disruption Through Density- and Trait-Mediated Effects	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2004
Shuter, B.	Research Co-ordination for the Theme of ‘Exotic Invertebrates and Food Web Disruption in the Great Lakes’	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2004
Vander Zanden, J.	Preserved Fish as a Restoration Tool: Use of Stable Isotopes to Reconstruct Historical Great Lakes Food Webs	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2004
Turgeon, J.	Identification of a Genetically Diverse and Compatible Source of Bloater (Coregonus hoyi) for Reintroduction in Lake Ontario	Restoration of Native Great Lakes Fish	2004
Mumford, K.	Governing Across Jurisdictions: The Role of the Lake Michigan Committee in Sustaining Collaboration Among State, Federal, and Tribal Fishery Authorities	Human Dimensions	2004
Koops, M.	The Applicability of Life History Invariants in the Great Lakes	Non-Theme Area	2004
McKinley, S.	Integration of Acoustic Technologies: Sonars and Telemetry	Non-Theme Area	2004
Brown, S.	EMS Research and Information Coordination Meetings	CLC Endorsed	2004
Honeyfield, D.	Effect of Thiamine Deficiency on Disease Resistance in Lake Trout	CLC Endorsed	2004
Wiegmann, D.	Round Goby and Dreissenid Effects on Young-of-Year Smallmouth Bass	CLC Endorsed	2004
McAllister, P.	Epizootic Epitheliotrophic Disease (EED) of Lake Trout:  Detection and Identification of the Causative Virus (EEDV)	Fish Health Committee	2004
Arts, M.T.	The effects of food quantity/quality on growth rates and nutritive condition of the opossum shrimp Mysis relicta and the amphipod Diporeia	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2003
Vanderploeg, H.A	Disruption of fish recruitment in Lake Michigan by Cercopagis pengoi and Bythotrephes longimanus	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2003
Fitzsimons, J.	Workshop to assess factors limiting Great Lakes lake herring stocks with an emphasis on Lake Ontario	Restoration of Native Great Lakes Fish	2003
McAllister, P.E.	Virulence assessments of isolates of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) endemic and exotic to the Great Lakes basin	CLC Endorsed	2003
Faisal, M.	Mycobacteriosis: A potential threat to Great Lakes fisheries	CLC Endorsed	2003
Sutherland, D.R.	Host-specificity, modes of transmission and pathogenicity of...Heterosporis sp.	CLC Endorsed	2003
Fryer, B.J.	Exploration of the existence of natural reproduction in Lake Erie lake trout using otolith microchemistry	CLC Endorsed	2003
Mason, D.	Quantifying the impact of exotic invertebrate invaders on food web structure and function in the Great Lakes:  a network analysis approach	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2002
Millard, S.	Comparative modeling of the ecosystem impacts of exotic invertebrates and productivity changes on fisheries in the Bay of Quinte and Oneida Lake	Exotic Invertebrates & Food Web Disruption	2002
Stevens, D.	Effect of ambient pressure on oxygen uptake in bloaters	Restoration of Native Great Lakes Fish	2002
Dobson, T.	Analyzing legal/policy rules and frameworks for fisheries management in the Great Lakes basin:  identifying and assessing overlaps, conflicts, and gaps	Human Dimensions	2002
Riley, S.	Improving use of human dimensions information in Great Lakes fishery management	Human Dimensions	2002
Rudstam, L.	Study group on fisheries acoustics in the Great Lakes	Non-theme Area	2002
Stapanian, M.	Population dynamics of burbot in Lake Erie	CLC Endorsed	2002
Stott, W.	Natural lake trout strain identification in Lake Huron	CLC Endorsed	2002
McLaughlin, R.	Assessing Gains and Losses of Aquatic Habitats in the Great Lakes	Habitat Classification and Inventory	2002