{"id":251,"date":"2024-05-08T07:33:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:25:56","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4306\" height=\"1055\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/BSU_linkedIn_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/BSU_linkedIn_1.png 4306w, https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/BSU_linkedIn_1-300x74.png 300w, 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class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96006c8f1b6143487b154790a50a6cbd\"><strong>Collin Mitchell<\/strong> (August 2023-February 2025) An approach to estimate angling effort, catch, and harvest of burbot <em>Lota lota<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Thesis.-2025.-Mitchell-C.J.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2023.-Fink-K.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f5768ce361c184c41b81a5c2d16590f5\"><strong>Abigail Fountain<\/strong> (February 2022-January 2025) Movement and activity of burbot, (<em>Mizay; Lota lota<\/em>) in a spring-fed Minnesota lake <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Thesis.-2025.-Fountain-A.M.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2023.-Fink-K.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cdc5d7b17fdce843730b12ca20d4d5f5\"><strong>Kendra Fink<\/strong> (January 2022-December 2023) The influence of rusty crayfish and zebra mussel invasion on yellow perch population dynamics in north-central Minnesota lakes <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2023.-Fink-K.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2023.-Fink-K.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43fc199d9d4fd646e552c55d19e61165\"><strong>Edward Carlson<\/strong> (August 2020-December 2022) Environmental influences on the growth of inland cisco populations in three 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wp-elements-5c2c919205a10753f09abb3b8bbc3a4d\"><strong>Tyler Orgon<\/strong> (August 2018-January 2022) Spatial and temporal variability of mercury in Upper and Lower Red Lake walleye <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2022-Orgon-T.J.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2022-Orgon-T.J.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-afb01dc1959ba691e4c9152c7381259d\"><strong>Alicia Skolte<\/strong> (August 2019-December 2021) Implications of condition shifts on shallow lakes <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2021-Skolte-A.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2021-Skolte-A.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f1b78ee77fae4a8706fd005c40f9bc54\"><strong>Kamden Glade<\/strong> (January 2019-December 2021) Feeding patterns and diet overlap of Muskellunge and co-occurring piscivores in Minnesota Lakes <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2021-Glade-K.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2021-Glade-K.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-08271aabced1728f202f5cb31197f999\"><strong>Joseph Amundson<\/strong> (January 2019-October 2021) Assessing the dispersal and recruitment of stocked walleye fry in a northern Minnesota chain of lakes <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2021-Amundson-J.W.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2021-Amundson-J.W.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66f82e9920bd2e2786a268fdc2a7659b\"><strong>Kathryn Renik <\/strong>(August 2016-August 2019) Effect of beaver on brook trout habitat in north shore, Lake Superior streams <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2019-Renik-K.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2019-Renik-K.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-875629cc64e0f38e241998c0fcc88ec8\"><strong>Steve Hauschildt<\/strong> (January 2016-January 2019) Spatial and temporal variability in post-larval yellow perch density <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2019-Hauschildt-S.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2019-Hauschildt-S.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b5a6d4ca888ecc095b12debbe0e1e77d\"><strong>Phil Oswald<\/strong> (August 2016-September 2018) Adult walleye abundance and subsequent fry production in the Tamarac River, MN <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2018-Oswald-P.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2018-Oswald-P.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a9ed40eaf563597428e00f2ecd5ff6bd\"><strong>Ethan Karppinen<\/strong> (August 2014-September 2018) Growth of pelagic age-0 yellow perch in relation to hatch dates and water temperature in north-central Minnesota lakes <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2018-Karppinen-E.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2018-Karppinen-E.pdf\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9113904a3736434987765157dd6a7830\"><strong>John Kempe <\/strong>(January 2016-May 2018) Population characteristics of a closed northern pike (<em>Esox lucius<\/em>) catch-and-release population in Minnesota <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2018-Kempe-J.M.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2018-Kempe-J.M.pdf\">Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-002f0744fae0276f362e29d6d1c00d5f\"><strong>Emily Powers<\/strong> (August 2014-March 2017) Estimating seasonal variation in condition of yellow perch <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2017-Powers-E.A.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.bemidjistate.edu\/ahafs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Thesis.-2017-Powers-E.A.pdf\">Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f63a65aa6ff940eefe7b50c916d529a0\"><strong>Jake Graham<\/strong> (January 2014-April 2016) Assessment of American white pelican predation and reproductive success of walleye in the Tamarac River, MN <a 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