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304 Illick Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210
Phone: (315)
Email: klkapusc@syr.edu
My research is focused on understanding the population characteristics and ecology of fishes inhabiting nearshore areas of the Great Lakes and their connecting waters. I am particularly interested in (1) the ecology and management of muskellunge, (2) understanding which habitat factors influence fish assemblage structure, (3) determining which environmental factors influence aquatic vegetation assemblages, and (4) understanding how herbivory by an abundant non-native cyprinid, the rudd, affects aquatic vegetation and fish assemblages. I aim to conduct research that will help guide management, conservation, and restoration of native fishes and their habitat.
Adjunct Assistant Professor – SUNY-ESF (2012-present)
Post-doctoral Associate – SUNY-ESF (2011-present)
Visiting Instructor – SUNY-ESF, Cranberry Lake Biological Station (Summer 2011)
Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate – SUNY-ESF (2006-2011)
Student Assistant – SUNY-ESF, Cranberry Lake Biological Station (Summer 2010)
Fisheries Biologist – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (2004-2006)
Pallid Sturgeon Biologist – Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks (2002-2004)
Graduate Assistant – University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2000-2002)
Project Assistant – University of Wisconsin-Madison (Summer 1999)
Kapuscinski, K. L., Farrell, J. M., and M. A. Wilkinson. Accepted pending revision, revision submitted 28 Jan 2012. Feeding ecology and population structure of an invasive cyprinid, the rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), in the Buffalo Harbor (Lake Erie) and upper Niagara River. Hydrobiologia
Kapuscinski, K. L., Farrell, J. M., and B. A. Murry. In Press. Feeding strategies and diets of young-of-the-year muskellunge in two large river ecosystems. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Kapuscinski, K. L., Farrell, J. M., and M. A. Wilkinson. In Press. First report of abundant rudd populations in North America. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Kapuscinski, K. L., Zorn, T. G., Schneeberger, P. J., O’Neal, R. P., and B. T. Eggold. 2010. The status of Lake Michigan walleye stocks. In Status of walleye in the Great Lakes: proceedings of the 2006 Symposium. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Technical Report 69. pp. 15-70
Kapuscinski, K. L., Belonger, B. J., Fajfer, S., and T. J. Lychwick. 2007. Population dynamics of muskellunge in Wisconsin waters of Green Bay, Lake Michigan, 1989-2005. Environmental Biology of Fishes 79:27-36
Kapuscinski, K. L., Hansen, M. J., and S. T. Schram. 2005. Movements of lake trout in U.S. waters of Lake Superior, 1973-2001. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:696-708
Farrell, J. M., Barry, C. C., and K. L. Kapuscinski. 2011. Muskellunge management and monitoring in the Thousand Islands section of the St. Lawrence River in 2010 Annual Report, Bureau of Fisheries, Lake Ontario Unit and St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lake Fishery Commission’s Lake Ontario Committee. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany
Kapuscinski, K. L., Wilkinson, M. A., and J. M. Farrell. 2010. Sampling for muskellunge, rudd, and the nearshore fish community of the Buffalo Harbor (Lake Erie) and the upper Niagara River, 2009. Section Q in D. Einhouse, editor. NYSDEC Lake Erie 2009 annual report. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany
Kapuscinski, K. L., Wilkinson, M. A., and J. M. Farrell. 2010. Sampling for muskellunge and the nearshore fish community of the lower Niagara River, 2009. Section 19 in 2009 Annual Report, Bureau of Fisheries, Lake Ontario Unit and St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lake Fishery Commission’s Lake Ontario Committee. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany
Kapuscinski, K. L., Wilkinson, M. A., and J. M. Farrell. 2009. Sampling efforts for young-of-year (2006-2008) and adult muskellunge (2008) in the Buffalo Harbor, Lake Erie, and the upper Niagara River. Section R in D. Einhouse, editor. NYSDEC Lake Erie 2008 annual report. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany
Kapuscinski, K. L., and M. A. Wilkinson. 2008. Adult muskellunge sampling activities in the Buffalo Harbor and upper Niagara River May and June, 2007. Section U in D. Einhouse, editor. NYSDEC Lake Erie Unit 2007 annual report. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany
Kapuscinski, K. L., and R. Lange. 2005. Status of walleye stocks in lower Green Bay and the lower Fox River. Pages 29-36 in B. Horns, editor. Lake Michigan Management Reports. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison
Kapuscinski, K. L. 2004. Evaluation of hatchery-reared pallid sturgeon recaptured in recovery-priority management area #2 during 2003. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Helena
Kapuscinski, K. L., and M. W. Baxter. 2004. Lower Missouri and Yellowstone rivers pallid sturgeon study, 2003 report. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Helena