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Welcome

Welcome to the newly updated Research Unit website. Feel free to look around the site and see all the new additions it has to offer.

News

In March 2012, Jason Fischer defended his Master's thesis, "Influence of Sand Dredging and Other Anthropogenic Disturbances on Fish and Habitat in the Kansas River."

In January 2012, Amanda Goldberg defended her Master's thesis titled, "Apparent Survival, Dispersal, and Abundance of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs."

In October 2011, David Haukos presented a paper, "Use of grazing management to restore lesser prairie-chicken habitat in eastern New Mexico" at the 29th Prairie Grouse Technical Council meeting Hays, KS.

Right: Black-tailed prairie dog with a radio collar at Fort Larned National Historic Site.

Featured Research Project

Left: Fisheries students using a seine to collect fish from the Kansas River, as part of a study to determine the influence of sand dredging on fish communities.

Sand dredging effects on fishes and fish habitat in the Kansas River

Investigator: Jason Fischer

Progress and Results: Sand dredging is an invasive procedure, which removes sediment directly from the river bed and can disturb fish communities and geomorphic processes with in the river. We are investigating the role these potential habitat alterations play in the structure of fish communities and habitat availability within the Kansas River. To see all of the details of this project, click here.

Site last updated on March 28, 2012