Population dynamics of Kansas River fishes

Funding: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

Duration: 2006-2008
Personnel: Jeff Eitzmann (MS student) and Craig Paukert
Objectives 1. To determine the distribution and abundance of all fishes in the Kansas River, with an emphasis on the Species in Need of Conservation.  

2.  Determine how the food web differs spatially in the Kansas River. 

Publications and reports:

Presentations:

Eitzmann, J., and C. Paukert. 2007. Electrofishing and hoopnetting gear comparisons for fish communities in the Kansas River, Kansas. Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa Tri-State American Fisheries Society Meeting, Council Bluffs, IA. 19 January 2007.

Eitzmann, J. L., and C. P. Paukert. 2006. Comparison of electrofishing and trammel netting of shovelnose sturgeon in the Kansas River. 67th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Omaha, NE. 5 December 2006.

Eitzmann, J., A. Makinster, and C. P. Paukert. 2006. Blue sucker population dynamics in a shallow, Great Plains river. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, New York, 11 September 2006 (poster).

Eitzmann, J., A. Makinster, and C. P. Paukert. 2006. Population dynamics of blue suckers in the Kansas River, Kansas. 31 st Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Hays, KS. 11 February 2006.

Eitzmann, J., A. Makinster, and C. P. Paukert. 2005. Spatial and temporal patterns in blue suckers in the Kansas River, Kansas. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska. 14 September 2005