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Shannon K. Brewer
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Education
BS: Missouri Western University, 2001; Biology
MS: University of Missouri, 2004; Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
PhD: University of Missouri, 2008; Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Teaching
NREM 5464 Stream Ecology

Research Interests:

My research addresses questions useful to the conservation, management, and restoration of aquatic systems.  Most of my work has involved quantifying fish and crayfish-habitat relations at multiple spatial scales, with an emphasis on instream flows and habitat restoration.  I am particularly interested in assessing the movement and population and fitness responses (especially reproduction) of fishes and their invertebrate prey (primarily crayfish) to changes in habitat conditions due to restoration activities, land-use conversions, and other anthropogenic impacts. 

Recent Publications (since 2005)

Brewer, S.K. 2011. Groundwater influences on the distribution and abundance of riverine smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu, in pasture landscapes of the Midwestern United States. River Research and Applications DOI: 10.1002/rra.1595

Brewer, S.K. and C.F. Rabeni. 2011. Interactions between natural-occurring landscape conditions and land use influencing the abundance of riverine smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68:1922-1933.

Brewer, S.K. and M.R. Ellersieck. 2011. Evaluating two observational sampling techniques for determining the distribution and detection probability of age-0 smallmouth bass in clear, warmwater streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31: 894-904.

Rettig, A.V. and S.K. Brewer. In Press. Seasonal habitat shifts by benthic fishes in headwater streams. Proceedings of the Southeast Association of Fisheries and Wildlife Agencies.

Brewer, S.K. 2011. Patterns of young-of-year smallmouth bass microhabitat use in multiple stream segments with contrasting land uses. Fisheries Management and Ecology DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00806.

Brewer, S.K., R.J. DiStefano, and C.F. Rabeni. 2009. The influence of age-specific habitat selection by a stream crayfish community (Orconectes spp) on secondary production. Hydrobiologia 619: 1-10.

Musselman, W.C. and S.K. Brewer. 2009. Winter habitat use by organgethroat darter, Etheostoma spectabile, at multiple spatial scales: Journal of Freshwater Ecology 24:77-83.

Brewer, S.K. and C.F. Rabeni. 2008. Seasonal and diel habitat shifts by juvenile ictalurids in a flow-regulated prairie river. The American Midland Naturalist 159: 42-54.

Brewer, S.K., C.F. Rabeni, and D.M. Papoulias. 2008. Comparing histology and gonadosomatic index for determining spawning condition of small-bodied riverine fishes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17: 54-58.

Brewer, S.K., C.F. Rabeni, S.P. Sowa, and G. Annis. 2007. Natural landscape and stream segment attributes influencing the distribution and relative abundance of riverine smallmouth bass in Missouri. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27: 326-341.

Brewer, S.K., D.M. Papoulias, and C.F. Rabeni. 2006. Spawning habitat associations and selection by fishes in a regulated prairie river. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135: 763-778.

Brewer, S.K., C.F. Rabeni, and D.C. Heimann. 2005. The importance of day versus night fish sampling for instream-flow determinations. Proceedings of the Southeast Association of Fisheries and Wildlife Agencies 59: 336-347.

Heimann, D.C., J.M. Richards, S.K. Brewer, and R.D. Norman. 2005. Quantification of fish habitat in selected reaches of the Marmaton and Marais des Cygnes Rivers, Missouri. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5180.
Office: 433 Life Sciences West
Address: 404 Life Sciences West
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: (405) 744-6342
Fax: (405) 744-3530
Email:  
shannon.brewer@okstate.edu

 

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