1) Degree-days<\/u>: The degree-day is an index of thermal energy that is underutilized in aquatic ecology. Degree-days permeate much of our work because they allow us to account for temperature effects and scale life history traits across broad spatial scales (e.g., Venturelli et al. 2010<\/a>). We are developing best practices (ChezikEtal2014a<\/a>,b<\/a>; Honsey et al. 2019<\/a>), and gaining insight into life history variation (Venturelli et al. 2010<\/a>) that helps to shed light on sustainable harvest (Lester et al. 2014<\/a>), thermal adaptation, and climate change.<\/p>\n 2) Biphasic growth<\/u>: Biphasic theory describes fish growth in a way that reveals life history traits and constraints. We have used biphasic theory to predict sustainable harvest (Lester et al. 2014<\/a>), estimate maturity (Chavarie et al. 2015<\/a>, Honsey et al. 2017<\/a>), assess fisheries-induced evolution (Uusi- Heikkil\u00e4 et al. 2015<\/a>), and estimate shark and sea turtle mortality (Moe 2015<\/a>, Schroeder 2017<\/a>). A future grant will use methods that we developed (Honsey et al. 2017<\/a>, Wilson et al. 2018<\/a>) to glean historical data from historical data.<\/p>\n 3) Angler-generated data in the digital age<\/u>: My lab published the first analysis of data from an angler smartphone application (app; Papenfuss et al. 2015<\/a>). Digital media are an opportunity to efficiently collect conventional and novel data about the resource and its users, and to engage anglers through citizen science (Venturelli et al. 2017<\/a>, Skov et al. 2021<\/a>). Current research focuses on comparisons to conventional data (e.g., Gundelund et al. 2021<\/a>), and laying the groundwork for a diversity of novel applications.<\/p>\n 4) Population modeling<\/u>: Population models are an efficient way to explore and evaluate alternative scenarios, and predict outcomes at large scales. We use age- or stage-structured and individual-based population models to address a range of questions, often at the request of collaborators. For example, we have assessed two endangered species (Venturelli et al. 2010b<\/a>,c<\/a>), shed light on the ecology of invasive common carp (Bajer et al. 2015<\/a>), evaluated methods for controlling invasive smallmouth bass (Loppnow and Venturelli 2014<\/a>), and developed strategies for mitigating the impacts of chemical pollutants on walleye (Vaugeois et al. 2021<\/a>). Our modeling projects tend to be interdisciplinary; we have worked with, civil engineers and economists to model the effects of wastewater estrogens on various fishes (Rearick et al. 2018<\/a>); and disease specialists to estimate the impact of an invasive disease (Tomamichel et al. 2018<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An assessment of three sources of data for predicting the presence\/absence and human-mediated spread of AIS throughout the UMRB<\/span> Effects of invasive hydrilla on largemouth bass fishing inferred from state data and digital catch logs<\/span> Enhancing Rockfish Recovery through Citizen Science, Outreach, and Field Experimentation<\/span> Evaluating Fishbrain data as a spatial surrogate for recreational lake use and connectivity across Great Lakes states<\/span> Global assessment of the distribution and importance of coastal and marine recreational fishing<\/span> Improving Fisheries Management with Digital Data Sources<\/span>Current funded projects<\/h3>\n
\nFunder: <\/a>U.S. Geological Survey<\/a>
\nLead: Aaron Muehler<\/a>
\nCollaborator(s): Lindsay Chadderton<\/span><\/span><\/a>, Wes Daniel<\/a>, Amy Kinsley<\/a>, Nick Phelps<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFunder: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/a>
\nLead: Rocco Boyd<\/a>
\nCollaborator(s): Adam Berland<\/a>, Amber Collins, Alex Dew<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFunder: British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund<\/a> via the University of Victoria<\/a>
\nLead: <\/a>Paul Venturelli<\/a>
\nCollaborator(s): Natalie Ban<\/a>, Dana Haggarty<\/a>, Francis Juanes<\/a>, Chessi Miltner<\/a>, Sean Simmons<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFunder: U.S. Geological Survey<\/a> via The Nature Conservancy<\/a>
\nLead: Paul Venturelli<\/a>
\nCollaborator(s): Amy Kinsley<\/a>, Nick Phelps<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFunder: The Nature Conservancy<\/a>
\nLead: Paul Venturelli<\/a>
\nCollaborator(s): Kate Longley-Wood<\/a>, Mark Spalding<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFunder: USFWS-WSFR Sport Fish Restoration Program<\/a> via the Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/a>
\nLead: Josh Hrabowski<\/a>
\nCollaborator(s): Sandy Clark-Kolaks<\/a>, Drew Holloway<\/a><\/p>\n
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