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Weber Fisheries Ecology and Management Lab

 

Welcome to the Weber Fisheries Ecology and Management Lab at Iowa State University!  My research interests are in fisheries management and ecology and focus on mechanisms that regulate fish populations, food webs, and community structure and dynamics.  I strive to direct my research toward resource management problems to aid state agencies in developing informed decisions. Through this process, I have used a variety of approaches including whole-lake manipulations, exclosure and enclosure experiments, large mesocosms, natural experiments, laboratory experiments, and theoretical modeling.  Recently, my research has focused on four broad but interconnected areas. 1) Linkages among watersheds, aquatic ecosystems, and fish communities. 2) Mechanisms regulating survival during early life stages and recruitment dynamics.  3) Effects of invasive species on aquatic ecosystems.    4)  Effects of bottom up (i.e. resources) and top down (i.e. predation) processes on aquatic ecosystems.

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