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Program Information and Faculty AchievementsFisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

NC STATE UNIVERSITY

Online at http://Cnr.nCsu.edu/Fer/FishWild/FWneWs.html VOlume 8, issue 1 marCh 1, 2011

INDEXStudent abstracts ........................4Student Fisheries Society names new leaders ....................5Jodi Mitchell selected as First Fisheries Health Scholar ............ 7Dr. Will Carr honored as CVM Alumnus of the Year ................... 8Regional Climate Science Center awarded to NCSU ..................................9Research publications and presentations ................................14-16

Photo by Dr. Chris DePernoThE fAll ClASS of 2010: Back Row (L-R) - Dr. Chris Moorman, Stephen J. Poland, Jason M. Kiser, Jonathan R. Garrow, Charles M. Nunnery, Dr. Chris DePerno, Jacob R. Fields, Justin E. Mercer, Thomas J. Haynes, Dr. Richard Lancia, (Front Row L-R) - Kyle T. Rachels, Dakota B. Hunter, Kelly A. Dempsey, Zenda J. Iannetti, Janice S. Parker, and Stephanie B. Weaver.

2010 fall, summer graduates19 stuDENts rEcEIvE bAchElor oF scIENcE DEgrEEs; 8 grADuAtE DEgrEEs AwArDED

A comPlEtE lIst oF thE summEr AND FAll grADuAtEs AND thE DEgrEEs AwArDED. page 2

I grew up in Lone Pine, PA and attended Allegheny Col-lege in Meadville, PA where I majored in Math and Envi-ronmental Science. After graduating, I moved to Ithaca, NY to work on a master’s degree in Natural Resources at Cornell University. My master’s work focused on identify-ing thermal refugia for brook trout in the Beaverkill water-shed of the Catskill Mountains. Most of my thesis focused on the development of alternative distance metrics for

beth gardner named Assistant Professor of Quantitative wildlife biology

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2Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

2010 summer and fall graduates

Dr. Chris Moorman, Katherine Golden, and Dr. Chris DePerno.

BaChelOr OF sCienCe in Fisheries, WildliFe, and COnserVatiOn BiOlOgy ► Wildlife ConcentrationKelly A. DempseyJacob R. FieldsJonathan R. GarrowErik N. GreenThomas J. HaynesDakotah B. HunterZenda J. IanettiJason M. KiserTravis L. KornegayAndrew J. LawrenceJustin B. LottJustin E. MercerCharles M. NunneryJanice S. ParkerWilliam C. PaughKyle W. Young

Graduated Summer 2010Cameron P. GatlingSusan K. KingStephanie B. Weaver

► Fisheries ConcentrationStephen J. PolandKyle T. RachelsMills W. ReaganBrock C. Sloan Graduated Summer 2010 Amos H. Williams

master’s OF Fisheries, WildliFe, and COnserVatiOn BiOlOgyCindy Carr (Advisor - Dr. Richard Lancia)

the graduates

master OF sCienCe in Fisheries, WildliFe, and COnserVatiOn BiOlOgyCarolyn Jane Anderson Dalrymple (Advisor - Dr. M. Nils Peterson)Michael Fisk (Advisor - Dr. Tom Kwak)Katherine Elizabeth Golden (Advisors - Dr. Chris DePerno/Dr. Chris Moorman)Mark Robert Sandfoss (Advisor - Dr. Chris DePerno)Brandon L. Sherrill (Advisor - Dr. Chris DePerno)Mike Waine (Advisor - Dr. Joe Hightower)Graduated Summer 2010Christopher R. DeRolph (Advisor - Dr. Stacy Nelson)


calculating spatial correlation struc-tures and kriging. As it turns out, Ithaca is a wonderful place to live and I had a great adviser, Pat Sulli-van, so I decided to stay and do my Ph.D. at Cornell as well. My Ph.D. focused on sea turtle bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery in the west-ern North Atlantic. Here I was look-ing for spatio-temporal patterns in the captures of sea turtles and rela-tionships with characteristics such as sea surface temperature, distance to fronts, and chlorophyll. Aside from just my research, I really en-joyed being in Ithaca – there are tons of places for cross-country ski-ing, hiking and jogging. I was also able to participate as a coach for the Cornell Debate team and help lead a volunteer program at a nearby max-imum secure facility.

In 2007, I did the unthinkable and moved from fisheries to wildlife when I started my post-doc at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. During my tenure at Patuxent, I was really very lucky to work with Andy Royle, John Sauer, Allan O’Connell and many others. In ad-dition to working on projects look-ing at the spatial distribution of scaup, black ducks, and a suite of sea bird species, I also started work on a line of research developing spatial capture recapture (SCR) models. SCR models make use of the ancillary spatial information recorded when using traps placed in some array such as camera traps, hair snare, mist nets, Sherman traps, etc. The development of such models will likely be the crux of my research program for the next few years.

2010 publications

Gardner, B., J. Reppucci, M. Lucherini, and J. A. Royle. 2010. Spatially-explicit inference for open populations: Estimating demographic parameters from camera-trap studies. Ecology.

Royle, J. A., and B. Gardner. 2010. Hierarchical spatial capture-recapture models for estimating density from trapping arrays. pp. 163-190 in O’Connell, A., Nichols, J.D., and Karanth, K.U.(eds.) Camera Traps in Animal Ecology: Methods and Analyses. Springer, New York.

Kéry, M., B. Gardner, and C. Monnerat. 2010. Predicting species distributions from checklist data using site-occupancy models. Journal of Biogeography,

Saracco, J. F., J. A. Royle, D. F. DeSante, and B. Gardner. 2010. Modeling spatial variation in avian survival and residency probabilities. Ecology, 91:1885-1891.

Zipkin, E. F., B. Gardner, A. T. Gilbert, A. F. O’Connell, J. A. Royle, and E. D. Silverman. 2010. Distribution patterns of wintering sea ducks in relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation and local environmental characteristics. Oecologia, 163(4): 893-902.

Gardner, B., J. A. Royle, M. T. Wegan, R. E. Rainbolt, and P. D. Curtis. 2010. Density estimation based on hair snare data for black bears. Journal of Wildlife Management. 74(2):318-325.

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calculating spatial correlation struc


Sea turtles must overcome nest mortality and avoidance of predators following emergence from the nest (Fowler 1979, Miller 2003). Nest mortality can occur due to nest placement, ero-sion, development of beaches, temperature, and predators (Lutz & Musick 1997, McFarlane 1963). In some locations predators, (e.g., rac-coons, foxes and crabs) are the main cause of nest mortality (Barton & Roth 2008, Engeman et al. 2003, Fowler 1979, Garmenstani 2005, Ratnaswany & Warren 1998) and may be the main cause of sea turtle hatchling mortality. Management of sea turtle nests has decreased the mortality of sea turtle nests and hatchlings by some predators in North Carolina (Cordes & Rikard 2005); however, the effect of the current predator management policy of removing rac-coons is unknown, but this practice may be causing an increase in other predator popula-tions, such as ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata).

Little is known regarding the depredation rates of sea turtle hatchlings by ghost crabs; however, the abundance and distribution of ghost crabs along Onslow Beach varies dramatically be-tween different areas of the beach (S. Fegley, pers. comm.), which may make sea turtle hatch-lings at certain areas of the beach more suscep-tible to predation. Also, beach characteristics may be responsible for increased depredation. The longer the transit time from sea turtle hatch-ling emergence to entrance into the ocean, the greater risk of predation. Therefore, our objec-tives were to determine sea turtle hatchling tran-sit time, depredation rates by ghost crabs, and relationships between nest mortality and abun-dance of ghost crabs to provide quantitative in-formation on the potential role that ghost crabs may play in sea turtle hatchling survival.

Photo courtesy of sara marchhausersara studied ghost crab abundance and depredation on loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings on onslow beach in North carolina. she is shown here with leatherback hatchlings in costa rica.

ghost crab abundance and depredation on loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings

(under the direCtiOn OF dr. ChristOpher s. depernO)

aBstraCt: sara r. marChhauser


Since our last newsletter we have rung in the new year and changed the guard of the Student Fisheries Soci-ety, the student subunit of the North Carolina American Fisheries Society. Jake Hughes and Katie Pierson have taken over the co-president positions and the committee is rounded off by: co-treasurers Tamara Pandolfo and Jennifer Archambault, Jared Flowers will remain as secretary, and under-graduate vice-president Matt Still-well. We thank out-going officers Josh Raabe, Mike Waine, Bethany Galster, Sally Petre, and Benjamin Kornegay for their leadership and a fantastic year.

Our December meeting was com-prised of pizza and awards followed by our annual Fish Bowl. To assist members attending scientific meet-ings, SFS offered two travel awards. We established a Women and Minori-ties Travel Award last year, in large part due to a generous donation from Dr. Tom Kwak. The 2010 recipient was Katie Pierson. To encourage par-ticipation and experience at a profes-sional meeting, we established an Un-dergraduate Student Travel Award using fundraising proceeds. The 2010 recipient was Sally Petre. Both Katie and Sally were very deserving recipi-ents, as they have been extremely valuable to SFS this year while excel-ling in their studies. So look for them at a meeting near you!

The Student Fisheries Society is ac-tive in our community as a group, and we would like to thank every member for their commitment and pizzazz; it truly is always a team effort. That be-ing said, we do award an Annual Ser-vice Award to one member every year.

Katie Pierson was honored with this award, and her name was inscribed on the traveling award. We also estab-lished a “Lifetime Service Award”. Due to the difficulty in selecting just a single person, we chose two. Although the award is sincere, the name is some-what “tongue in cheek” given the age of the first two recipients. Julie Harris has served on the SFS Executive Committee and routinely volunteers both during her PhD degree and cur-rently as a postdoctoral researcher. Patrick Cooney, an NCSU fisheries biologist, has been extremely valuable to SFS since his arrival, always offer-ing help and providing new ideas. Thanks Julie and Patrick for all of your help.

After all of the awards it was time for Fisheries COOP unit to defend their 2009 bowling title against two formidable opponents, the Fisheries and Aquatic Science lab, but also, the

Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sci-ence department. For the 2nd year running the COOP unit walked away with the Fish Bowl trophy.

To kick off 2011, two of our members, Sarah Friedl and Zach Feiner, defended their Master’s, congrats to both of them! Our January meeting speaker was a new faculty member in the NCSU Biol-ogy department, Dr. Brian Langerhans. It was a great talk about blue holes in the Bahamas, just what we needed on a cool January evening in North Carolina. The day after our meeting a contingent of members left Raleigh for sunny Tampa and the Southern Division American Fisheries Society conference. Seven of our members presented with many more in attendance. A number of us vol-unteered as audio/visual assistants and moderators. Congratulations to Mike Waine for being the runner up in the Best Student talk Symposium. During the business meeting, Elissa Buttermore was awarded the Jimmie Pigg Memo-rial Outstanding Student Achievement award! After much anticipation, our stu-dent subunit was awarded the Outstand-ing Student Subunit award for the 4th year running. Congrats to new and old members for this great achievement. We’re sure that we speak for all of us when saying that we are truly proud and excited to be awarded this honor. The end of January found us at the Fred Olds Elementary School Science Fair judg-ing science projects that ran the gammet from a cloud in a bottle to air versus wa-ter heat conductivity experiments. Jake Hughes was also awarded the first Jo-seph E. and Robin C. Hightower Stu-

student Fisheries society changes leadership Katie piersOn and jaKe hughes taKe OVer as CO-presidents OF student suBunit

The 2nd Annual fish Bowl Winners: The COOP unit, Michael Fisk, Patrick Cooney, Jared Flowers, Joe Hightower, Josh Raabe and Jake Hughes

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dent Award in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, that he used to go to a Hydroacoustics workshop in Seattle.

At our February meeting, Dr. Jeff Buckel joined us from the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology in Morehead City to talk about “Identification of ‘strategic habitat areas’ for juve-nile fishes” which is an ongoing project in being run in asso-ciation with NC DMF, Sea Grant and CMAST. We had a re-cord number of people sign into the meeting via Elluminate (see website for meeting recordings and upcoming meeting links http://clubs.ncsu.edu/sfs/home.html) . Currently, many of us are ramping up for the North Carolina American Fisheries Society meeting which is February 22 and 23rd in Charlotte. At least 16 of our members are attending, with many present-ing. Our yearly fund raiser takes place at this event and we have a number of awesome items including a pair of Grun-dens, a couple fishing rods, and a printer. Let’s hope that the raffle fairy smiles down on us. Once we get back from the NC AFS meeting, seven of us will be heading to ECU to serve as a judging team for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. This is a great event where high school students compete in all aspects of oceanography, and always tend to WOW us with their knowledge!

Spring is just around the corner, or so Punxsutawney Phil tells us, and with Spring comes the start of many field seasons, and many more outreach activities. Who doesn’t like to fish on a sunny Spring Day? At our March meeting (on March 2nd at 6:30), we will be hearing from Sarah McRae about “ Strategic Habitat Conservation for the federally endangered Cape Fear shiner in North Carolina” and of course, Katie will be trying her best to herd people outside for a lively game of Backyard Bass. That same day we will also be teaching four classes at the Dixie Deer Youth Classic Days at the fairground.

Enjoy the beginnings of Spring, and if you need any help busting out your rods and reels let us know.

We invite all to join our new SFS Facebook Group that serves as a forum for pictures, updates, discussion, and to network with alumni and professional. To learn more and keep up to date with SFS, please join this group, visit our NCSU website and also join our e-mail listserv (instructions on website or e-mail one of us). If you are out in the field, or away from Raleigh, we hope to see you on Elluminate, otherwise, here’s to the fish that won’t get away this Spring,

Submitted by Katie Pierson ([email protected]) and Jake hughes ([email protected] ), SfS co-presidents

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Winners of the lifetime Service Award: Patrick Cooney and Julie Harris

Photo courtesy of Dave caughlanMike Waine, Josh Raabe and Jared Flowers receiving the Outstanding Student Subunit award from Fred Janssen, the Southern Division AFS president.

Photo courtesy of Dave caughlanElissa Buttermore receives the Jimmie Pigg Memorial Outstanding Student Achievement Award from Eric Cummins, chair of the Warmwater Streams Committee.


Jodi Mitchell, a junior majoring in Fisheries Science has been selected as the first North Carolina State Univer-sity (NCSU) Fisheries Health Scholar by the Fisheries Health Scholar Fac-ulty Committee. The selection is much more than just recognition of her outstanding scholarship and ef-forts in her fisheries major. Along with the accolades comes a hard earned early acceptance into the DVM class of 2016 at the College of Veteri-nary Medicine. Jodi will have the luxury of completing her bachelor’s degree without worrying about wheth-er or not she might be selected for the DVM program. When she matricu-lates with her new DVM class in the fall of 2012 she will be focusing on a career in fisheries and aquatic medi-cine.

The Fisheries Health Scholar pro-gram is unique at NCSU. The pur-pose is to recruit excellent students with a strong background in fisheries to become aquatic medicine veteri-narians, and the fisheries health lead-ers of the future. Fisheries students who have an interest in health and dis-ease questions are encouraged to en-roll in the innovative program, by talking with Dr. Derek Aday who serves as the advisor for Fisheries Health Scholars and indicating their desire to join the program. Students in the program include the veterinary school prerequisite courses in their curriculum plans and are helped to find fisheries health related projects and activities during their summers. Also, the students are mentored in what to expect in veterinary college. After completion of their fall semester

of their third year in the fisheries un-dergraduate program, members of the Fisheries Health Scholars program are eligible to be chosen for one of two early DVM acceptance positions of-fered each year. The top students are chosen based on their academic per-formance but equally importantly their activity and dedication to a fish-eries career by the faculty committee which includes fisheries faculty from each of the colleges in the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program. Fisheries Health Scholars receive special recognition at the Vet-erinary White Coat Ceremony which

inducts the new DVM classes and they are automatically admitted into the highly respected zoological medi-cine focus as aquatic medicine stu-dents.

Hopefully, Jodi is just the first of many NCSU fisheries undergradu-ates who will take advantage of the unique opportunities provided by the Fisheries Health Scholars program. Students just interested in exploring the option are encouraged to join up as there is no commitment to proceed to veterinary college until a student accepts one of the early acceptance awards.

First Fisheries health scholar ChosenjuniOr jOdi mitChell earns early aCCeptanCe intO dVm Where she Will FOCus On aquatiC mediCine

Jodi Mitchell


Dr. Will Carr, a 1992 DVM gradu-ate who went on to become an inter-nationally recognized figure in the health management of shrimp, was honored by the NCSU Alumni Asso-ciation this January as the CVM Alumnus of the year. Dr. Carr was an outstanding student in NCSU’s DVM program who maintained a focus on the potential for aquaculture to help feed the world and a desire to contrib-ute to aquatic veterinary medicine throughout his time as a veterinary student. Upon receiving his DVM in 1992, Dr Carr took a position as a Re-search Associate at The Oceanic In-stitute in Waimanalo, Hawaii where he applied his veterinary skills to the production challenges of penaid shrimp mariculture. Promoted to Pro-gram Manager responsible for im-proving improving shrimp health in production at Ocean Institute associ-ated facilities around the world Dr. Carr introduced high level manage-ment and health technologies to facili-ties throughout South and Central America and Asia. During this time he became very interested in vaccine technology in his efforts to control and prevent viral diseases of shrimp. He decided to pursue advanced edu-cation in immunology and joined the immunogenetics laboratory of Dr. Pe-ter Parham, while maintaining a con-sultant’s role for Aquamarina De La Costa in Santa Fe, Venezuela. During this time, his interest in the challenge of vaccine development broadened and he is now working on key chal-lenges in the control of HIV. Dr. Carr currently serves on the Faculty of Medicine at the Ragon Institute of MGH (Massachusetts General Hospi-tal), Harvard and MIT in Boston,

USA, and has a joint appointment as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics at the Nelson Mandella College of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal where he also is a part of the Doris Duke Medical Re-search Institute, which seeks to train

a new generation of clinical research-ers, enhance the clinical research in-frastructure in KwaZulu-Natal, and foster collaborations between re-search groups working on similar projects in South Africa and other countries.

dr. Carr honored as CVm alumnus of the year

Dr. Will Carr receives his award, Dr. David Bristol, Interim Dean of CVM is standing to right with the award.

Dr. Will Carr with two of his mentors, Michael Stoskopf and Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf.

Last fall, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the award of the Southeast Regional Climate Science Center to NCSU. Several Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology fac-ulty, including Drs. Chris Morman, Nick Haddad, Jim Gilliam, Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf, David Eggleston, and Michael Stoskopf are among the 12 Co-investigators on the grant which cre-ates a university/USGS partnership and

a core facility dedicated to climate re-search in the southeastern, United States. Through the new partnership established by the grant led by Depart-ment of Biology head Dr. Damian Shea, up to $7.5 million per year will be avail-able to fund collaborative research and resource management projects.

The strength of North Carolina State University and the triangle more gen-erally in research areas related to cli-

mate change is key to the success of the center. The center will be accom-panied by the development of a new climate change curriculum and will lead to many new offerings for stu-dents related to research on and edu-cation in climate change science.

MoRE oNlINEfor more details visit http://www4.

ncsu.edu/~nlmccoy/press_release.html


Several presentations and activities are planned for these all-day workshops and will include: An update and discussion on the N.C. Wildlife Action Plan revision process Information about climate change impacts on North Carolina’s fish and wildlife Discussions on climate change adaptation strategies and implementation measuresNatural Heritage Program’s habitat vulnerability assessments Green Growth Toolbox, a technical assistance and GIS planning toolUsing North Carolina’s new Conservation Registry portal for your projects

The workshops will be held in regional settings to encourage wide participation by stakeholders and partners. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend one of these all-day workshops near you:

Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011; Martin Community College, Williamston Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011; N.C. Cooperative Extension Center, BurgawThursday, Apr. 14, 2011; Caldwell County Public Library, LenoirThursday, Apr. 21, 2011; N.C. Cooperative Extension Center, WaynesvilleThursday, May 5, 2011; Stedman Education Center at N.C. Zoo, Asheboro

You are encouraged to distribute the workshop information within your organization.

Additional details and registration information will be provided in the next few weeks, including a link to the updated workshop website. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Cindy Carr, Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator, [email protected] or (919) 707-0227.

SAVE ThE dATEThe North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will host one-day workshops as a follow-up to the September 2010 “Incorporating Climate Change Into North Carolina’s Wildlife Action Plan” workshop held in Raleigh.

regional Climate science Center awarded to nCsu


Dr. Greg Cope with one of the feral pigs harvested at Howell Woods.

hunting feral hogs at

howell woodsCurrent and retired FWSP faculty enjoyed

their annual feral pig hunt at Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center. The hunt was a success and great fun was had by all. Many thanks to Jamie Sasser and Dick Lancia for organization and hospitality and to the staff for all their work and good cheer.Dr. Rich Noble (retired Fisheries, Wildlife, and

Conservation Biology Professor) with harvested pigs.

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Fisheries and Wildlife friends and family participated in the 2011 Tundra Swan Outing. The event occurred at an undisclosed location in North Carolina. The eastern population of tundra swans numbers ~ 100,000

birds and has increased ~3 percent annually over the last 10 years (USFWS 2004). Historically, most of these birds wintered in the Chesapeake Bay region, but a shift began during the 1980’s, and ~75 percent of the population now winters in coastal North Carolina (Rhodes, South Carolina DNR).

Fisheries and Wildlife friends and family participated in the annual tundra swan outing.

tundra swan hunt

Dr. Chris DePerno, Colter Chitwood, Marcus Lashley, and Aimee Rockhill (all Ph.D. students) and Alexandra ‘Boo’ DePerno.

Mark your calendar for April 16, 2011 to join former classmates and other Fisheries & Wildlife Alumni for a

reunion event! The Fisheries & Wildlife Alum-ni Society Board is currently planning this event, and we want to invite you and your fam-ily to attend. Our reunion event will be held on Saturday, April 16 at the Harrell Building on the N.C. State Fairgrounds. We will be hosting alumni with a barbeque lunch.

The reunion activities will include family-oriented events such as a fishing derby, wild-life displays, and other activities for kids; digi-tal picture show with past and present students and facilities; student organization displays; and a funding-raising silent auction. Dean Robert Brown (College of Natural Resources) and Dean Johnny Wynne (College of Agricul-ture and Life Sciences) will join us to give us

their vision of N.C. State and the future of the fisheries and wildlife program. For those alumni planning to travel from out of town, we will have special hotel rates available through the Alumni Association.

Save the date reunion postcards will be sent to alumni during early 2011. Look on the College of Natural Resources website under alumni activities for details regard-ing the upcoming reunion event. We will be sending out additional information via e-mail regarding registration through the Alumni Association website. The Board would like to extend this opportunity to you and your families to visit former classmates, catch up on current events at the Universi-ty, and take the time to stroll across the campus and reflect on your education at NC State. Join us!

2011 fIShERIES & WIldlIfE AlUMNI SoCIETY REUNIoN EVENT


foR MoRE INfoRMATIoN: For further details regarding registration for the reunion event, please visit the College of Natural Resources webpage http://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/events/fw_reunion_2011.php You can also contact John Crutchfield for details at 919-757-1095 or email at [email protected].

jOin us On april 16: EvENt wIll INcluDE FIshINg DErby, wIlDlIFE DIsPlAys, AND A FuND-rAIsINg rAFFlE


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research publicationsAnderson E. T., S. Kennedy-Stoskopf, J. R. Sandy, B. Dorn, T. Boyette, and C. A. Harms. 2010. Squamous cell

carcinoma with vascular invasion in a diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus). J Zoo Wildl Med 41: 745-748.

Anderson E. T., M. K. Stoskopf, J. A. Morris, E. O. Clarke, and C. A. Harms. 2010. Hematology, plasma bio-chemistry, and tissue enzyme activities of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) off North Carolina, USA. J Aquat Anim Health 22: 266-273.

Chinnadurai, S. K., A. J. Birkenheuer, H. L. Blandon, R. G. Maggi, N. Belfiore, H. S. Marr, E. B. Breitschwerdt, and M. K. Stoskopf. 2010. Prevalence of selected vector-borne organisms and identification of bartonella spe-cies DNA in North American rriver otters (Lontra canadensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 947-950.

Cleland, T. P., M. K. Stoskopf, and M. H. Schweitzer. 2011. Histological, chemical, and morphological reexamina-tion of the ‘heart’ of a small late Cretaceous Thescelosaurus. Naturewissenschaften DOI 10.1007/s00114-010-0760-1

Cope, W. G., F. M. Holliman, T. J. Kwak, N. C. Oakley, P. R. Lazaro, D. Shea, T. Augspurger, J. M. Law, J. P. Henne, and K. M. Ware. 2011. Assessing water quality suitability for shortnose sturgeon in the Roanoke River, North Carolina, USA with an in situ bioassay approach. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 27(1):1-12.

Lee, H., A. Tikunov, M. Stoskopf, and J. M. Macdonald. 2010. Application of chemical shift imaging to marine sciences. Marine Drugs. 8(8):2369-2383; doi:10.3390/md8082369

Peterson, M. N., H. P. Hansen, M. J. Peterson, and T. R. Peterson. 2010. How hunting strengthens social awareness of coupled human-natural systems. Wildlife Biology in Practice 6: 127-143.

Peterson, M. N., T. R. Peterson, A. Lopez, and J. Liu. 2010. Views of private land stewardship among Latinos on the Texas-Tamaulipas border. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 4:406-421.

Rosypal, A. C., S. Tripp, S. Lewis, J. Francis, M. K. Stoskopf, R. S. Larsen, and D. Lindsay. 2010. Survey of antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in gray and red fox populations from North Carolina and Virginia. J. Parasitol. 96(6):1230-1231.

Riddle, J. D., and C. E. Moorman. 2010. The importance of agriculture-dominated landscapes and lack of field bor-der effect for early-succsion songbirds. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(2):9. [online] URL http://www.ace-eco.org/vol5/iss2/art9/.

Stoskopf, M. K. 2010. Marine Mammals. The Merck Veterinary Manual, Tenth Edition Pp. EXL 81-96.

Stoskopf, M. K., D. Mulcahy, and D. Esler. 2010. Evaluation of a portable automated serum chemistry analyzer for ffield assessment of harlequin ducks, Histrionicus histrionicus. Veterinary Medicine International 2010: ID 418596 DOI 10.4061/2010/418596


publications & presentations


Publications & Presentations

Stringer, E., M. Stoskopf, E. Anderson, A. Waldstein, J. O’Connell, and T. Simons. 2010. Evaluation of body condition in Raccoon. International Journal of Zoology vol. 2010, Article ID 972380, 6 pages, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/972380

Tikunov, A. P., C. B. Johnson , H. Lee, M. K. Stoskopf, and M. Macdonald. 2010. Metabolomic investigations of American oysters using 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Marine Drugs. 8(10):2578-2596; doi:10.3390/md8102578

Whittier, C. A., M. R. Cranfield, and M. K. Stoskopf. 2010. Real-time PCR detection of Campylobacter spp. in free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46:791-802.

research presentationsButtermore, E. N., T. J. Kwak, W. G. Cope, P. B. Cooney, D. Shea, and P. R. Lazaro. 2011. Contaminants and food

web dynamics in Puerto Rico stream ecosystems. Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Chapter of the Amer-ican Fisheries Society. February 22-23, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cope, W. G., T. J. Kwak, N. C. Oakley, F. M. Holliman, R. B. Bringolf, and K. J. Dockendorf. 2011. Recovery of shortnose sturgeon and American shad in the Roanoke River: water quality implications. Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. February 22-23, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cooney, P. B., and T. J. Kwak. 2011. Influence of dams, big and small, on tropical diadromous fishes. Annual Meet-ing of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. February 22-23, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cooney, P. B., and T. J. Kwak. 2011. Influence of dams, big and small, on tropical diadromous fishes. Annual Meet-ing of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society. January 13-16, Tampa, Florida.

Heise, R. J., B. K. Jones, J. M. Fisk, II, T. J. Kwak, and T. D Ewing. 2011. Research and relicensing on the Pee Dee River, North Carolina. Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Feb-ruary 22-23, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Kwak, T. J., P. B. Cooney, E. N. Buttermore, W. G. Cope, P. R. Lazaro, D. Shea, and C. G. Lilyestrom. 2011. Urbanization impacts in tropical stream ecosystems: fish, habitat, and contaminants in Puerto Rico. Invited speaker to a symposium on “Urbanization and its Impacts on Tropical Aquatic Systems” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. February 13-18, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Smith, W. E., and T. J. Kwak. 2011. Population modeling to guide Caribbean freshwater riverine fishery manage-ment. Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. February 22-23, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Smith, W. E., and T. J. Kwak. 2011. Population modeling to guide Caribbean freshwater riverine fishery manage-ment. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society. January 13-16, Tampa, Florida.

popular pressBlackman, E., C. S. DePerno, N. Peterson, and C. E. Moorman. Agricultural wintering habitat as a limiting factor

for woodcock in the Southeast: thirty years of agroecosystem change. Timberdoodle.org 4 February 2011. http://www.timberdoodle.org/science

extension and OutreachDePerno, C. S. 2011. Ecology and management of coyotes and feral dogs in the Piedmont. Presented to 75 individu-

als at the Caswell County Cattlemen’s Association Meeting, Yanceyville, North Carolina.

Marschhauser, S. R., C. S. DePerno, and S. R. Fegley. 2010. Ghost crab distribution and depredation of Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings on Onslow Beach, North Carolina. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Grizzly bears in a raindrop lecture series, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Moorman, C. E. 2010. Wildlife Management in an Urbanizing Region. Presentation to Beijing City Foresters and Wildlife Managers, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Rockhill, A. P., and C. S. DePerno. 2010. Life as a graduate student and wildlife researcher in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University. Presented to 21 individuals at the Museum of Natural Resources, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Rockhill, A. P., and C. S. DePerno. 2010. Bobcat ecology in Coastal North Carolina. Presented to 12 individuals at the Research in Progress Seminar Series, Department of Biology; East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

Rutledge, M. E., C. S. DePerno, and C. E. Moorman. 2011. Assessing Canada goose movements around PTI airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. Presented to 50 individuals at the Piedmont Bird Club, Price Park Library, Greensboro, North Carolina.


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sChOlarships and OppOrtunitiesPlease see the NC State Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology website for additional scholarship opportunities. http:www.cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/fishwild/fwschol.html

Bull neCK sWamp sChOlarship

The Bull Neck Swamp Scholarship will provide $2,000/semester ($4,000 an-nually) to a qualified Fisheries and Wildlife student. This scholarship will be awarded to students who have demonstrated strong academic achievement. For incoming freshmen, a high school grade point average of at least 3.5 and a total SAT score of 1150 are required. For transfer students and current students at NC State, a total grade point average of at least 3.2 is required. Applications are due 1 May 2011.

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summer Camp student endOWments

Please consider giving to our two Summer Camp student endowments. These endowments help undergraduate students attend the Fisheries and Wildlife Sum-mer Camp. For more information on how to contribute, contact Dr. Chris Moor-man at 919-515-5578 or [email protected]

phil dOerr endOWment Fund

Also, you may consider giving to the Phil Doerr Endowment Fund. The en-dowment, established with the North Carolina Natural Resources Foundation, will be used to fund an annual award to assist undergraduate or graduate student(s) in gaining valuable field experience. For more information on how to contribute, contact Dr. Chris Moorman at 919-515-5578 or [email protected]

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