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 Fisheries & Aquatic Science

Chapman Lake

Develop and disseminate knowledge about aquatic animals and their habitats, including aquaculture; interactions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; and fates and effects of pollutants; and appropriate management practices for the protection and use of aquatic ecosystems.

Faculty
Paul Brown Aquatic animal nutrition, physiology, biochemistry
Andrew DeWoody Population genetics, molecular ecology and evolution
Reuben Goforth Aquatic ecology, fish and insect species and communities in streams, species persistence, community ecology
Höök,Tomas Fisheries ecology focusing on recruitment processes, ecological effects of hypoxia, fish life history trait variation
Krista Nichols Genetic basis of the phenotypic diversity observed within and among populations of fishes
Maria Sepulveda Ecotoxicology, development and application of molecular biomarkers of exposure and effects to environmental contaminants in vertebrate and invertebrate animal models
Rod Williams Ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles, education and outreach, genetics
Undergraduate Graduate Areas of Specialization

Downloadable Plan of Study for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

  • Fisheries Biology
  • Aquaculture
  • Aquatic Animal Nutrition
  • Aquatic Animal Physiology
  • Aquatic Toxicology
Lab Links

Aquatic Molecular Biology and Analytical Lab

Aquatic Ecology Research Lab

Fish Ecology Lab

Aquaculture Research Lab

 

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