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Personal Statement
"Working toward the understanding of ecological
relationships of organisms and ecosystems excites me. My research focus
involves fish reproduction, habitat, feeding and survival studies of
adult as well as larval stages. Some recent organisms studied are: lake
sturgeon, lake herring, wood turtle, Diporeia spp. My teaching focus
is on adult and larval fish ecology, biodiversity and freshwater ecosystems."
Research Focus
- Fish Biology
- Great Lakes fish biology and ecology
- Lake sturgeon ecology
- Lake Superior studies involving lower food web investigations
- Zooplankton Ecology
- Limnology
- Conservation Biology
- Biodiversity
- Ocean Fishery Resources
- Freshwater Resources
Current Projects
- Streamside
Lake Sturgeon Culture for the Ontonagon River, Michigan
Sponsor: MI DNR
$30,394 (10/1/2006 - 9/30/2008)
- Rapid Assessment
of Lake Sturgeon Spawning Stocks Using Fixed-location, Split-beam
Sonar Technology
Sponsor: Great Lakes Fishery Trust
($268,338, 2002-2005)
- Comparative
performance in early-life history of streamside-reared and wild-reared
lake sturgeon in the Manistee River
Sponsor: Great Lakes Fishery Trust
($83,893, 2005-2007)
- Status
Assessment of Remnant Lake Sturgeon Stocks in the Lake Michigan
Basin
Sponsor: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
($120,783 + 70,707, 2001-2006)
- KITES/Biological
Communities: BENTHOS AND LARVAL FISH COMMUNITIES IN: Impact of
the Keweenaw current on cross-margin transport in Lake Superior
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
($5.4 million, 1997-2004)
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Publications
- Oyadomari, J.K. and N.A. Auer. 2004. Inshore-Offshore distribution
of larval fishes in Lake Superior off the western coast of the Keweenaw
Peninsula, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research. Vol. 30, Supplement
1, 369-384.
- Auer, N.A. and J.E. Kahn. 2004. Abundance and distribution of benthic
invertebrates, with emphasis on Diporeia, along the Keweenaw Peninsula,
Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research, Vol. 30, Supplement
1, 340-359.
- J.M. Holtgren and N.A. Auer. 2004. Movement and habitat of juvenile
lake sturgeon in the Sturgeon River/Portage Lake Michigan. Journal of
Freshwater Ecology. 19(3): 419-432
- Auer, N. A. and E.A. Baker. 2002. Duration and drift of larval lake
sturgeon in the Sturgeon River, Michigan. Journal of Applied Ichthyology
18(2002) 557-564.
- Auer, N. A. 2004. Conservation. Chapter 12 In: LeBreton, G. T.O.,
F. W. H. Beamish and R. Scott McKinley (eds). Sturgeons and Paddlefish
of North America. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 323 pgs.
- Auer, N. A. 1999. Population characteristics and movements of lake
sturgeon in the Sturgeon River and Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes
Research 25(2): 282-293.
Awards, Society postions, Editorships, etc.
American Fisheries Society, 1978
Early Life History Section
- Secretary-treasurer 1981-1982, 1982-1983
- Treasurer 1983-1988
- President-elect 1988-1990
- President 1990-1992
- Regional Rep. 1995-1996
Michigan Chapter
- Chair – Resolutions Comm. 1991
- President-elect 1992
- President 1993
J. Frances Allen Committee
Display and Advertising Comm.
Service on four other AFS committees 1995-2001
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