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Kevin L. Kapuscinski

304 Illick Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210

Phone: (315)
Email: klkapusc@syr.edu

Research Interests

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.

Education

Ph.D., Ecology, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF; 2011). Dissertation: Comparative Ecology of Muskellunge and Nearshore Fish Assemblages in the Great Lakes.
M.S., Natural Resources (Fisheries), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2002). Thesis: Movements of Lake Trout in U.S. Waters of Lake Superior During 1973-2001.
B.S., Water Resources (Fisheries) and Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1999)

Professional Experience

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)

Courses Taught

Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment (EFB 202, Summer 2011, Aquatics and Statistics sections, supervised student projects, served on review panel for student presentations), SUNY-ESF, Cranberry Lake Biological Station
Ecological Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment (EFB 202, Summer 2010, Aquatics and Statistics sections), SUNY-ESF, Cranberry Lake Biological Station
The Information-theoretic Approach to Model Selection: A New Paradigm in Ecological Research (EFB 797, Fall 2008), SUNY-ESF

Peer-Reviewed Publications

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

Selected Technical Reports

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

Service

Graduate committee member for MS candidate, Christina Killourhy, SUNY-ESF (2012-present)
Co-chair of the Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Management in the Great Lakes session, International Association of Great Lakes Research 55th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research (2012)
Reviewer of papers submitted to the IS.Rivers Integrative Sciences and Sustainable Development of Rivers 1st International Conference (2011)
Member of the Niagara Habitat Conservation Strategy Technical Advisory Committee (2011-present)
Panelist for a discussion on publishing while in graduate school at SUNY-ESF (2010)
American Fisheries Society Hutton Scholar Mentor (two students, 2007)
Northeast Region representative to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Lake Michigan Fisheries Team (2004-2006), Muskellunge Team (2005-2006), Non-wadable Streams Team (2004-2006), and Monitoring Toxics Team (2004-2006)
Chair of the Upper Basin Pallid Sturgeon Workgroup Stocking Plan Committee (2003-2004)
Manuscript reviewer for The American Midland Naturalist, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Fisheries Management and Ecology, Journal of Great Lakes Research, North American Journal of Aquaculture, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, and Wetlands

Memberships

The Nature Conservancy (2011-persent)
Save the River, Upper St. Lawrence RIVERKEEPER (2011-present)
International Association of Great Lakes Research (2010-present)
New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2009-present)
American Fisheries Society (1999-present)
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (1996-2001)