Michigan Technological University

Department of Biological Sciences

Nancy A. Auer

Nancy A. Auer

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Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Director and Advisor, Graduate Program

Acting Chair

  • PhD, Michigan Technological University, 1995

Research Description

Conduct field studies with aquatic organisms. These studies involve fish feeding, reproduction, habitat and survival studies. Among the species studied are sturgeon, lake herring and lampreys. Reproductive success of both beneficial as well as deleterious species is dependent upon proper habitat condition and food availability.

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Research Interests

  • Fish Biology
  • Zooplankton ecology
  • Limnology
  • Conservation Biology

Recent Publications

  • Auer, M.T., L. A. Bub, N. A. Auer and N. R. Urban. 2009 In press. Primary production, carbon flux and the distribution of the amphipod Diporeia in Lake Superior. International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology.
  • Auer, N.A. 2009 In press. Importance of woody material in Great Lake aquatic food webs. International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. Auer, N.A. Requested Book Critique. 2009. Anadromous sturgeons – What’s in a name? Environmental Biology of Fishes. 84:153-155.
  • Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer. 2008. Transport and growth of larval cisco (Coregonus artedi) in the Keweenaw Current region of Lake Superior. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1447-1458.
  • Chiotti, J.A., Holtgren, J.M., Auer, N.A. and S.A. Ogren. 2008. Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habitat in the Big Manistee River, Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 28:1009-1019.
  • Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer. 2007. Influence of Rearing Temperature and Feeding Regime on Otolith Increment Deposition in Larval Cisco. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(3):766-777.
  • Auer, N.A. and E.A. Baker. 2007. Assessment of Lake Sturgeon Spawning Stocks Using Fixed-location, Split-beam Sonar Technology. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 23:113-121.
  • Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer. Accepted 12/30/2006. Influence of Rearing Temperature and Feeding Regime on Otolith Increment Deposition in Larval Cisco. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
  • Auer, N.A. and E.A. Baker. Proof pages returned 1/8/2007. Assessment of Lake Sturgeon Spawning Stocks Using Fixed-location, Split-beam Sonar Technology. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.
  • Auer, N.A., B.A. Cannon and M.T. Auer. Accepted Manuscript # 4154. Life History and Distribution of Diporeia near the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
  • 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.

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