SYLLABUS
BIOLOGY 405/505
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FISHERY BIOLOGY
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY - FALL 2023
Instructor: Neal
D. Mundahl, AFS
Certified Fisheries Scientist
Office: 250 Pasteur Hall
Telephone: (507) 457-5695
e-mail: nmundahl@winona.edu
Office hours: MWF
8-9, 11-12, MW 1-3
Course goal and objectives: The primary goal of this course is
to provide
students with an understanding of the concepts, methodologies, and
problems of
modern-day fishery management. By the conclusion of the course,
students will
be able to:
1) explain the various techniques for managing different fisheries and their habitats,
2) apply these techniques to help solve developing problems,
3) analyze new fishery data,
4) propose methods for maintaining or restoring threatened fisheries, and
5) justify management decisions in
the
face of biological, social, political, and economic conflicts.
Text: Inland Fisheries Management in North America, edition 2
or 3
Evaluation: Three essay exams (each 100 points)
Trout stream restoration work and assignments (100 points)
Various problems and small projects (100-200 points)
Additional requirements for
graduate
students only (BIOL 505):
students each must contribute a minimum of 10 hours of time to a local
stream
restoration project and perform and evaluate a small assessment of the
restoration project other than that done by the entire class (100
points)
Course
outline:
Topics Assigned reading
History, process,
communication, laws, and ecosystem mgmt. - Chapters 1-5
Lectures: Introduction,
management, communication,
legal, integrity
Assessments
and statistics
- Chapters 6-7
Lectures: Marking,
assessment
**Exam 1: Friday, 22 September 2023 -- Sample
Questions
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Habitat management: watersheds, streams, lakes, and reservoirs -
Chapters
9-11
Lectures: Watersheds,
stream habitat, lake
& reservoir habitat
Species management - Chapters 13-17
Lectures: Introduced
fishes, stocking, undesirables,
endangered fishes, regulations
**Exam 2: Wednesday, 25 October 2023 -- Sample
Questions
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Habitat-specific management practices - Chapters 18-24
Lectures: Coldwater streams, warmwater streams, large rivers, ponds,
lakes/impoundments,
Great Lakes, anadromous
fishes
**Exam 3: Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 8:00 AM -- Sample
Questions
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