Joseph E. Morris

515-294-4622, Fax 515-294-7874
jemorris@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jemorris

B.S., Iowa State, 1979
M.S., Texas A&M, 1982
Ph.D., Mississippi State, 1988

Research

Current research interests: fertilization regimes for fish culture ponds; zooplankton population dynamics; water quality; fish culture; fish management. Dr. Morris is currently involved in a 5-year project on fertilization regimes for fish culture ponds. This project is being funded by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and is taking place at Rathbun Fish Hatchery.

Publications

Lane, R. L. and J. E. Morris. In Press. Comparison of prepared diet versus natural feed ingestion between pond-cultured bluegill and hybrid sunfish. Submitted to The Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.

Mischke, C. C. , G. Dvorak and J. E. Morris. 2001. Growth and survival of hybrid sunfish larvae in the laboratory under different feeding and temperature regimes. North American Journal of Aquaculture 63:265-271.

Mischke, C. and J. E. Morris. Out-of-season spawning of sunfish (Lepomiss pp.) in the laboratory. 1998. The Progressive Fish-culturist 59:297-302.

Latka, D. C., J. S. Ramsey, and J. E. Morris. 1995. Selection of tributary confluence habitat by shovelnose sturgeon in the channelized Missouri River. in A.D. Gershanovich and T. I. J. Smith (eds). Second International Symposium on Sturgeon. Moscow, Russia.