The Daily Bulletin

Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center for the seminar “Complementary Fish-Tracking Approaches Reveal Conservation and Management Opportunities,” presented by Matthew Altenritter, assistant professor of environmental science and ecology at SUNY Brockport, on Monday, October 17, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214. Dr. Altenritter earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maine in 2015 and completed postdoctoral research at both Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi and the Illinois Natural History Survey. His primary research focus is fish movement and migration ecology with interest in exploring whether movement diversity enhances population resilience.

Abstract
Movement and migration are behaviors with elemental importance to many fishes. As fish do not typically live out their lives in a single location, documenting these behaviors and the diversity therein underpins both management and conservation approaches especially when such behaviors result in interactions with humans and their infrastructure. Many techniques have been used to track fish movements, and each has its limits; however, by using multiple techniques where feasible, enhanced knowledge of fish movements throughout their environments might be possible. Dr. Altenritter will discuss how simple fish surveys, otolith microchemistry, and stable isotope analysis can be used to draw inferences about important fisheries conservation and management opportunities.