Wisconsin Fish Research Activities

Wisconsin Fish Active Projects

• Initial observations on zebra mussels in two lakes in the Menominee River watershed, Wisconsin/Michigan
• Genetic structure of non-game fish species: Implications for fisheries management

Wisconsin Fish Completed Projects

• Assessing the sustainable recruitment of coarse woody structure from riparian areas to littoral zones of northern Wisconsin lakes
• Molecular marker development for estimating genetic diversity within and among populations of eastern Gulf Slope threatened and endangered freshwater mussels
• Factors influencing genetic diversity of walleye, Sander vitreus, populations in Northern Wisconsin lakes
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Wisconsin Fish Peer Reviewed Publications

• Sloss, B.L., G.W. Schuurman, R.A. Paloski, O.D. Boyle, J.M. Kapfer. Published. Novel microsatellite loci for studies of Thamnophis gartersnake genetic identity and hybridization. Conservation Genetics Resources.  | Abstract | 
• Bozek, M.A., T.J. Haxton, and J.K. Raabe. 2011. Walleye and sauger habitat. Pages 133-197 in B.A. Barton, editor. Biology, Management, and Culture of Walleye and Sauger. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
• Bozek, M.A., D.A. Baccante, N.P. Lester. 2011. Walleye and sauger life history. Pages 233-301 in B.A. Barton, editor. Biology, Management, and Culture of Walleye and Sauger. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Wisconsin Fish Technical Publications

• Sloss, B.L. 2011. Genetic identity of Wisconsin Gartersnakes using microsatellite Genetic markers. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Research Report Series. 23 p.
• Sloss, B.L., J.A. VanDeHey, T.M. Sutton, P. Peeters, and P. Schneeberger. 2007. Genetic structure among Lake Michigan’s lake whitefish spawning aggregates. Final Report to Great Lakes Fishery Commission. 118 pp.
• Sloss, B.L. and R.P. Franckowiak. 2007. Genetic identification of potential cougar (Felis concolor) dung from Michigan. Technical report submitted to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. 11p.
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Wisconsin Fish Theses and Dissertations

• Turnquist, K.N., L.P. Werner, P. Doruska, B. Sloss, T. Barta and K. Russell. 2011. An Examination of Soil Microbial Communities and Litter Decomposition Along an Urbanization Gradient. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
• Andvik, R.T. December 2011. Mixed-stock analysis of Lake Michigan's lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) commercial fishery. M.S. Thesis. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 58 p.
• Waterhouse, M.D. December 2011. The relation between demographics and genetic integrity of walleye Sander vitreus populations in northern Wisconsin. M.S. Thesis. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 90 p.
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