Dr. Nancy Auer
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 1995

Research Area: Fish Biology, Zooplankton Ecology, Limnology, Conservation Biology

Research Description:

Research Description: Conduct field studies with aquatic organisms. These studies involve fish feeding, reproduction, habitat and survival studies. Among the species studied are sturgeon, lake herring and lampreys. Reproductive success of both beneficial as well as deleterious species is dependent upon proper habitat condition and food availability.

Current Publications:

Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer.  Accepted 12/30/2006. Influence of
Rearing Temperature and Feeding Regime on Otolith Increment Deposition
in Larval Cisco. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Auer, N.A. and E.A. Baker.  Proof pages returned 1/8/2007. Assessment of
Lake Sturgeon Spawning Stocks Using Fixed-location, Split-beam Sonar
Technology. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.

Auer, N.A., B.A. Cannon and M.T. Auer.  Accepted Manuscript # 4154. Life History and Distribution of Diporeia near the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Auer, M.T., L. A. Bub, N. A. Auer and N. R. Urban.   2009 In press. Primary production, carbon flux and the distribution of the amphipod Diporeia in Lake Superior.  International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology

Auer, N.A. 2009 In press. Importance of woody material in Great Lake aquatic food webs. International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology.
Auer, N.A. Requested Book Critique.  2009. Anadromous sturgeons – What’s in a name? Environmental Biology of Fishes. 84:153-155.

Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer. 2008. Transport and growth of larval cisco (Coregonus artedi) in the Keweenaw Current region of Lake Superior. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1447-1458.

Chiotti, J.A., Holtgren, J.M., Auer, N.A. and S.A. Ogren. 2008. Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habitat in the Big Manistee River, Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 28:1009-1019.

Oyadomari, J.K. and N. A. Auer.  2007. Influence of Rearing Temperature and Feeding Regime on Otolith Increment Deposition in Larval Cisco. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(3):766-777.

Auer, N.A. and E.A. Baker.  2007. Assessment of Lake Sturgeon Spawning Stocks Using Fixed-location, Split-beam Sonar Technology. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 23:113-121.

Oyadomari, J.K. and N.A. Auer. 2004. Inshore-Offshore distribution of
larval fishes in Lake Superior off the western coast of the Keweenaw
Peninsula, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research. Vol. 30.
Supplement 1, 369-384.

Auer, N.A. and J.E. Kahn. 2004. Abundance and distribution of benthic
invertebrates, with emphasis on Diporeia, along the Keweenaw Peninsula,
Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research. Vol 30. Supplement 1,
340-359.

Holtgren, J.M. and N.A. Auer. 2004. Movement and habitat of juvenile
lake sturgeon in the Sturgeon River/Portage Lake Michigan.  Journal of
Freshwater Ecology.  19(3): 419-432

Auer, N. A. and E.A. Baker.  2002. Duration and drift of larval lake
sturgeon in the Sturgeon River, Michigan. Journal of Applied
Ichthyology. 18(2002):557-564.

Auer, N. A.  1999.  Population characteristics and movements of lake
sturgeon in the Sturgeon River and Lake Superior.  Journal of Great
Lakes Research. 25(2): 282-293.