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Paul Schueller (CV)

Contact Info:
Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, USGS/BRD
PO Box 796
Turners Falls, MA 01376

email: pschuell@nsm.umass.edu
phone: (413) 863-3822

Title: Research Assistant

Education:
B.S. – University of Wisconsin – Superior, 2005
M.S. – University of Georgia, 2008

Research Interests:
While obtaining my masters degree, I performed mark-recapture experiments to understand how environmental variation influences recruitment of juveniles and timing of adult migration of Atlantic sturgeon.  This study helped gain new insight into the population dynamics of Atlantic sturgeon at the southern extreme of their range, while further adding to my interest in aquatic population processes.  I am primarily interested in how anthropogenic activities influence aquatic population processes.  More importantly, I am interested in quantifying these effects in a manner that can help prioritize remediation.  Currently, I am researching how fragmentation of stream networks effects fish movement within headwater streams of the Connecticut River basin.  I will use both genetic techniques and radio telemetry to determine how impassable structures are limiting movement and gene flow between stream segments.  The results of this study will help managers make more informed decisions in prioritizing remediation of impassable structures.

Publications:
Peterson D.L.,P. Schueller, R. DeVries, J. Fleming, C. Grunwald, and I. Wirgin. 2008. Annual Run Size and Genetic Characteristics of Atlantic Sturgeon in the Altamaha River, Georgia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 393–401.

Schueller, P., and D.L. Peterson. 2009. Abundance and Recruitment of Juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon in the Altamaha River, Georgia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. In prep.

Schueller, P., and D.L. Peterson. 2009. Population Dynamics and Migration Timing of Adult Atlantic Sturgeon in the Altamaha River, Georgia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. In prep.