Michael L. Brown

Professor

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

South Dakota State University

Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory

SNP 138, Box 2140B

Brookings, SD 57007-1696

Voice: (605) 688-6121/Fax: (605) 688-4515

Dr. Brown is a Professor who joined the Department in 1994. His primary teaching responsibilities include Environmental Conservation (WL 110), Limnology (WL 370), Fish and Wildlife Biometrics (WL 440), and Quantitative Fisheries Science (WL 720). He advises and mentors both undergraduate and graduate students. His appointment is 69% teaching and 31% research. He has extensive statistical and computer responsibilities.

Dr. Brown is the principal investigator on numerous research projects, including one from the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. His areas of expertise include fishery management, fish ecology, and fish culture. His current research thrusts are focused on natural mortality, fish nutrition, and carp ecology and management.

Dr. Brown is coeditor of the book Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data published by AFS. He is a Past President of the North Central Division of the American Fisheries Society, the Dakota Chapter, and the Texas A&M Chapter. He is a co-advisor of the SDSU American Fisheries Society (AFS) Subunit.

Specialties:

Fisheries Management, Fish Ecology, Fish Culture

Education:

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1993

M.S., Texas A&M University, 1989

B.S., Arkansas Tech University, 1986

Certification: Certified Fisheries Scientist, 1997; Re-certification, 2003

Other Professional Experience :

Professor, South Dakota State University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Associate Professor, South Dakota State University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Research Associate, Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Instructor, Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Lab Instructor, Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Research Assistant, Arkansas Tech University, Department of Biological Sciences

Courses Taught at SDSU :

Recent Selected Publications :

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Hamel, M. J., M. L. Brown, and S. R. Chipps. 2008. Behavioral responses of rainbow smelt to in situ strobe lights. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:394-401.

Livings, M. E., C. W. Schoenebeck, and M. L. Brown. 2007. Long-term anchor tag retention in yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Fisheries Management and Ecology 14:365-366.

Richards, N. S., S. R. Chipps, and M. L. Brown. 2007. Stress response and avoidance behavior of fishes as influenced by high-frequency strobe lights. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:1310-1315.

Wanner, G. A., D. A. Shuman, M. L. Brown, and D. W. Willis. 2007. An initial assessment of sampling procedures for juvenile pallid sturgeon in the Missouri River downstream of Fort Randall Dam, South Dakota and Nebraska. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29:529-538.

Mangan, M. T. and M. L. Brown. 2006. Productivity responses to nutrient manipulations in eastern South Dakota hill ponds. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 84:43-54.

Soupir, C. A., M. L. Brown, C. C. Stone, and J. P. Lott. 2006. Comparison of angler survey methods on Missouri River reservoirs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:338-350.

Weimer, E. J. and M. L. Brown. 2006. Population biology of pumpkinseed in Enemy Swim Lake, South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist 38:101-111.

Weimer, E. J., J. P. Duehr, and M. L. Brown. 2006. Comparison of two external transmitter types on two sizes of bluegill and yellow perch. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:670-675.

Blackwell, B. G. and M. L. Brown. 2005. Comparison of day and night shoreline seine catches in two South Dakota glacial lakes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20(1):79-83.

Mangan, M. T. and M. L. Brown. 2005. A comparison of passive gears for selective yellow perch harvest. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1067-1072.

Mangan, M. T., M. L. Brown, and T. R. St. Sauver. 2005. Yellow perch use of introduced spawning habitat. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20(2):381-388.

Brown, M. L. and B. R. Murphy. 2004. Seasonal dynamics of direct and indirect condition indices in relation to energy allocation in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (Lacèpede). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 13:23-36.

Brown, M. L. and K. A. Smith. 2004. Temperature-dependent growth models for South Dakota yellow perch, Perca flavescens, fingerling production. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 16(1/2):105-112.

Isermann, D. A., S. R. Chipps, and M. L. Brown. 2004. Seasonal Daphnia biomass in winterkill and nonwinterkill glacial lakes of South Dakota. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:287-292.

Brown, M. L. and T. R. St. Sauver. 2002. An assessment of yellow perch, Perca flavescens, stocking contributions in eastern South Dakota lakes. Fisheries Management and Ecology 9:225-234.

Brown, M. L., J. L. Powell, and D. O. Lucchesi. 2002. In-transit oxytetracycline marking, non-lethal mark detection, and tissue residue depletion in yellow perch. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:236-242.

Smith, K. A. and M. L. Brown. 2002. Seasonal composition and abundance of ichthyoplankton entrained through Big Bend Dam, South Dakota. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17:199-207.

Blackwell, B. G. and M. L. Brown. 2001. Monthly open-water bottom trawling at two South Dakota lakes. The Prairie Naturalist 33:21-29.

Brown, M. L., J. R. Ackerson, and R. J. Mauk. 2001. Performance of sunshine bass Morone chrysops (Rafinesque) x M. saxatilis (Walbaum) intensively reared at three densities. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 80:43-50.

Fisher, S. J., M. L. Brown, and D. W. Willis. 2001. Temporal food web variability in an upper Missouri River backwater: energy origination points and transfer mechanisms. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 10:154-167.

Mauk, R. J. and M. L. Brown. 2001. Performance of walleye progeny from Missouri River tributaries in South Dakota. North American Journal of Aquaculture 63:167-170.

Mauk, R. J. and M. L. Brown. 2001. Selenium and mercury concentrations in brood-stock walleye collected from three sites on Lake Oahe. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 40:257-263.

Paukert, C. P., P. J. Chvala, B. L. Heikes, and M. L. Brown. 2001. Effects of implanted transmitter size and surgery on survival, growth, and wound healing of bluegill. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:975-980.

Pope, K. L., M. L. Brown, W. G. Duffy, and P. H. Michaletz. 2001. A caloric-based evaluation of diet indices for largemouth bass. Environmental Biology of Fishes 61:329-339.

Bister, T. J., D. W. Willis, M. L. Brown, S. M. Jordan, R. M. Neumann, M. C. Quist, and C. S. Guy. 2000. Proposed standard weight (W_s) equations and standard length categories for 18 warmwater nongame and riverine fish species. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:570-574.

Blackwell, B. G. and M. L. Brown. 2000. A comparison of fish distributions in simple and complex lake basins. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15:353-362.

Blackwell, B. G., M. L. Brown, and D. W. Willis. 2000. Relative weight (Wr) status and current use in fisheries assessment and management. Reviews in Fisheries Science 8(1):1-44.

Soupir, C. A., M. L. Brown, and L. W. Kallemeyn. 2000. Trophic ecology of largemouth bass and northern pike in allopatric and sympatric assemblages in northern boreal lakes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:1759-1766.

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