James E. Breck: Research Interests

Growth, reproduction and ecology of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.

Bioenergetics of fish growth; allometry; mechanisms responsible for changes in condition factor.

Foraging theory for planktivores and piscivores.

Mathematical modeling of fish communities.

Applied population biology (see also NRE 425).

Java applets to demonstrate topics in complex systems and ecology (Phase shift; Hubbell's neutral model).

Application of geographic information systems to landscape ecology of lake fishes; the Digital Water Atlas Project.

Growth and survival of juvenile lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens.

Recent Publications:

Breck, James E. 1993. Hurry up and wait: growth of young bluegills in ponds and in simulations with an individual-based model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122:467-480. [See Abstract]


James E. Breck, breck@umich.edu, http://www-personal.umich.edu/~breck/, Research Interests, revised 8/7/02