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Marcy Anderson
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| Undergraduate
Education: |
B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries
Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. 9/94-5/98
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| Undergraduate
Research: |
Marcy conducted
research on larval yellow perch to evaluate an early index of yellow perch
recruitment in eastern South Dakota glacial lakes. |
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| Graduate School: |
M.S. in Natural
Resources Management and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
CT. 5/00 |
| Thesis Title: |
Landlocked Alewives
in Connecticut: Factors Influencing Population Structure and Dynamics |
| Thesis Summary: |
For her thesis
research, Marcy focused on the population dynamics of landlocked alewives
from 12 Connecticut lakes to determine which physiochemical lake parameters
were important in structuring the alewife population. In addition, she assessed
spawning duration and egg development in two alewife populations. Additional
research focused on mercury and chlordane contamination in fish tissue from
Connecticut lakes. |
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| Graduate School: |
Ph.D. Fisheries
and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, VA. |
| Dissertation Topic: |
Population Dynamics
of Brown Trout in the Smith River, Virginia, with an Assessment of Bioenergetic
Constraints |
| Dissertation Summary: |
Marcy's research
on the Smith River aims to determine which factors may be limiting the growth
rates of brown trout in the Smith River. Results of this study will allow
greater understanding of the population dynamics of the trout in the tailwater
system and determine which management strategy would be beneficial to the
fishery. |
| Dissertation
Research Topics: |
- Population dynamics and growth
rates: Marcy is currently evaluating the trout population in the Smith
River tailwater in four reaches to assess abundance and growth of brown
trout.
- Brown trout diets: Marcy is
assessing the diet composition of brown trout from four reaches to assess
longitudinal and seasonal trends in the diet. In addition, 24-hour sampling
is being conducted to determine composition rates of trout for later
use in bioenergetics models.
- Metabolic response of fluxing
thermal regimes: A laboratory study is designed to assess the metabolic
response of brown trout under two fluxing thermal regimes.
- Bioenergetics modeling: Bioenergetics
models will be used to evaluate the known and hypothetical scenarios
to determine the bioenergetic constraints on brown trout growth in the
tailwater.
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