Daniel E. Shoup
Assistant Professor
Office: 242 Ag Hall
Address: 008C Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74077
Phone: 405-744-9671
Fax: (405) 744-3530
Email: daniel.shoup@okstate.edu
Education
PhD: Ph.D., 2001, Kent State University
M.S: Zoology, 1994 University of Oklahoma
B.S. Zoology, 1991 Miami University
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Research Interests:
My research focuses on the role of predation risk, competition, and abiotic factors in structuring foodwebs in aquatic systems. I am particularly interested in how fish optimize their habitat selection and diet in the face of competitive and predatory pressures, and how changes in habitat selection or diet by a species affects (directly or indirectly) other species in the system. In addressing these issues, I use basic ecological theory as a framework for addressing contemporary issues in fish management and aquatic ecology, using both laboratory and field experiments.
Teaching:  
NREM 4414 Fisheries Management
NREM 4424 Fisheries Techniques
NREM 5424 Fisheries Techniques
NREM 5433 Fisheries Science
NREM 5030 Design of Ecological Experiments
Recent Publications (since 2000)

Bodine, K.A., and Shoup, D.E.  Optimal sampling duration and of low-frequency electrofishing for blue catfish.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management In Review.

Shoup, D.E., Nannini, M.A., and Wahl, D.H.  The effect of vegetation density on juvenile bluegill diet and growth in the absence of fish predators.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  In Review.

Mahasuweerachai, P., Boyer, T.A., Balsman, D.M., and Shoup, D.E.  Estimating Demand for Urban Fisheries Management:  an illustration of conjoint analysis as a tool for fisheries managers.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management  Accepted with Revision.

Bodine, K.A., and Shoup, D.E.  Temperature- and habitat-specific length bias and catch rate of electrofishing for blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus).  North American Journal of Fisheries Management  Accepted with Revision.

Carter, M. W., Dettmers, J.M., Wahl, D.H., and Shoup, D.E.  Effects of turbidity and cover on prey selectivity of adult smallmouth bass.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  In Press.

Shoup, D.E. and D.H. Wahl.  2009.  The effect of turbidity on prey selection by piscivorous largemouth bass.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 138:1018-1027.

Shoup, D.E., and Wahl, D.H.  2009.  Evaluation of fish population diversity and reproduction in floodplain lakes of the lower Kaskaskia River, Illinois.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 138:1076-1092.

Balsman, D.M., and Shoup, D.E.  2008.  Opportunities for urban fishing:  Developing urban fishing programs to recruit and retain urban anglers.   Pages 31-40 in R.T. Eades, J.W. Neal, T.J. Lang, K.M. Hunt, and P. Pajak, editors.  Urban and community fisheries programs: development, management, and evaluation.  American Fisheries Society, Symposium 67, Bethesda, Maryland.

Shoup, D.E., and D.H. Wahl.  2008.  The effect of largemouth bass predation on overwinter survival of two length classes of age-0 bluegill.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:  1063–1071.

Shoup, D.E., Callahan, S.P., Wahl, D.H., and Pierce, C.L.  2007.  Growth of Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, and Channel Catfish in Relation to Prey Availability and Limnological Variables in Illinois Reservoirs.  Journal of Fish Biology 70:21-34.

Whitlock, K.G.†, Shoup, D.E., Wahl, D.H., and Thomas, D.L.  2006.  The Fish Communities of Oxbow Lakes in the Lower Kaskaskia River Basin from 1960 to 2003 and Their Effect on Nutrient Cycling.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61(3):212.  (Published abstract).

Aday, D.D., Shoup, D.E., Neviackas, J.†, and Wahl, D.H.  2005.  Prey Community Responses to Bluegill and Gizzard Shad Foraging: Implications for Growth of Juvenile Largemouth Bass.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:1091-1102.

Claramunt, R.M., Shoup, D.E., and Wahl, D.H.  2005.  Comparison of push and tow nets for sampling larval fish:  Implications for assessing littoral habitat utilization.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:86-92.

Shoup, D.E., Carlson, R.E., and Heath, R.T.  2004. Diurnal periodicity in trap net catch of Centrarchid fishes from Sandy Lake, Portage Co., Ohio.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:1245-1250.

Shoup, D.E., R.E. Carlson, and R.T. Heath.  2003.  The effect of predation risk and foraging return on the diel use of vegetated habitat by two size classes of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:590-597.

Shoup, D.E., Carlson, R.E., Heath, R.T., and Kershner, M.W.  2003.  Comparison of the catch rate, species composition and length distribution of the catch from trap nets with three different mesh and throat size combinations.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:462-469.

Shoup, D.E., R.E. Carlson, and R.T. Heath.  2000.  Selectivity of fish size and species composition for three trap net designs.  The Ohio Journal of Science 100(1):A43.  (Published abstract).

Heath, R.T., R. Sturtevant, D. Shoup, and P. Enflo.  2000.  Modeling the effects of nutrient concentrations on ecosystem stability:  Framework for a Great Lakes model.  in:  Great Lakes Modeling Summit: Focus on Lake Erie, L. Tulen, and J. dePinto, Eds., published by Int. Joint Commission, Windsor, ONT., ISBN 1-894280-17-2.  pp 37 - 50.