Michael C. Quist

515-294-9682, Fax 515-294-5468
mcquist@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mcquist/

B.S. University of Idaho, 1996
M.S. Kansas State University, 1999
Ph.D. Kansas State University, 2002

Teaching

A Ecl 321, Fish Biology.
A Ecl 441/541, Fisheries Techniques.

Research

Dr. Quist’s research interests are fairly broad; however, all of his research focuses on issues that have direct relevance to the management of fish and their habitats. As such, his research almost always includes collaborations with biologists from state and federal management agencies. Some of his recent work has focused on determining how abiotic (e.g., habitat characteristics) and biotic (e.g., predator-prey relationships) factors interact to influence fish population dynamics (i.e., growth, recruitment, mortality) and fish assemblage structure (i.e., distribution and abundance patterns). Other recent research has focused on developing standardized methods for sampling fish and habitat in streams, developing indices for use in fisheries management (e.g., growth indices), and evaluating the role of water development and nonnative species on the conservation and management of sport and nongame fishes.

Publications

Jansen, A. C., M. C. Quist, and J. A. Kopaska.  In press.  Assessment of smallmouth bass populations in Iowa rivers.  Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science.

Jackson, Z. J., M. C. Quist, and J. G. Larscheid.  2008.  Growth standards for nine North American fish species.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 15:107-118.

Koch, J. D., W. Schreck, and M. C. Quist.  2008.  Standardized removal and sectioning locations for shovelnose sturgeon fin rays.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 15:139-145.

Jackson, Z. J., M. C. Quist, J. G. Larscheid, E. C. Thelen, and M. J. Hawkins.  2007.  Precision of scale and dorsal spines in age estimation of common carp.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:231-239.

Koch, J. D., and M. C. Quist.  2007.  A technique for preparing fin rays and spines for age and growth analysis.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:781-784.
Quist, M. C. 2007.  An evaluation of techniques used to index recruitment variation and year-class strength.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:30-42.

Quist, M. C., L. Bruce, K. Bogenschutz, and J. E. Morris.  2007. Sample size requirements for estimating species richness of aquatic vegetation in Iowa lakes.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:477-491.

Quist, M. C., M. R. Bower, and W. A. Hubert.  2007.  Infection by a black spot-causing species of Uvulifer and associated opercular alterations in fishes from a high-desert stream in Wyoming.  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 78:129-136.

Quist, M. C., Z. J. Jackson, M. R. Bower, and W. A. Hubert. 2007.  Precision of hard structures used to estimate age of riverine catostomids and cyprinids in the upper Colorado River basin.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:643-649.

Bernot, R. J., W. K. Dodds, M. C. Quist, and C. S. Guy. 2006.  Temperature and kairomone induced life history plasticity in coexisting Daphnia.  Aquatic Ecology 40:361-372.

Quist, M. C., K. G. Gerow, M. R. Bower, and W. A. Hubert.  2006.  Random versus fixed-site sampling when monitoring relative abundance of fishes in headwater streams of the upper Colorado River basin.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:1011-1019.

Quist, M. C., M. R. Bower, W. A. Hubert, and F. J. Rahel.  2006.  Spatial patterns of fish assemblage structure in a tributary system of the upper Colorado River basin.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21:673-680.

Quist, M. C., M. R. Bower, and W. A. Hubert.  2006.  Summer food habits and trophic overlap of roundtail chub and creek chub in Muddy Creek, Wyoming.  Southwestern Naturalist 51:22-27.

Quist, M. C., W. A. Hubert, M. Fowden, and S. W. Wolff.  2006.  The Wyoming habitat assessment methodology (WHAM): a systematic approach to evaluating watershed conditions and stream habitat.  Fisheries 31(2):75-81.

Quist, M. C., W. A. Hubert, and F. J. Rahel. 2006.  Concurrent assessment of fish and habitat in warmwater streams in Wyoming.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 13:9-20.

Quist, M. C., and W. A. Hubert. 2005.  Relative effects of biotic and abiotic processes: a test of the biotic-abiotic constraining hypothesis using cutthroat trout.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:676-696.

Quist, M. C., F. J. Rahel, and W. A. Hubert.  2005.  Hierarchical faunal filters: an approach to assessing the effects of habitat and nonnative species on native fishes.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 14:24-39.

Quist, M. C., W. A. Hubert, and F. J. Rahel.  2005.  Fish assemblage structure following impoundment of a Great Plains river.  Western North American Naturalist 65:53-63.