Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

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Professor

Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources/Ecology Center 

Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5210 

Phone: (435) 797-2584

FAX: (435) 797-1871

E-mail: WURTS@CC.USU.EDU




 
 
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EDUCATION

Ph.D      University of California at Davis, in Ecology (1983) Dissertation: Internal and external controls 
               on plankton abundance in a large eutrophic lake.

M.S.       Oregon State University, in Fisheries, with minor in Water Resources (1973). Thesis: Effects
               of temperature, ration level, and size on the growth of steelhead trout.

B.S.       University of California at Davis, Fisheries (1970).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources, Utah State University, 1983-present.

Fulbright Research Scholar, Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 1997-98 sabbatic.

Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Limnologie, Ploen, Germany,1991 sabbatic.

Visiting Scientist, Center for Limnology, Madison, Wisconsin, 1990-91 sabbatic.

Staff Research Scientist, U. of California, Davis./ Lake Titicaca, Peru, 1980-83.

Research Assistant, Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries/Inst. of Ecology, U. of California, Davis, 1975-80.

Biologist, Clear Lake Algal Research Unit, Lakeport, California, 1973 and 1975.

Fishery Biologist, U.S. Peace Corps, Puno, Peru, 1973-74.

Water Pollution Trainee, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State U., 1970-73.

Seasonal Aid, California Fish and Game, Summer 1968, 1969.

Geological Field Assistant, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif., Summer 1967

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Landscape limnology; stream-lake interactions

- Algal-nutrient relationships; deep-chlorophyll maxima

- Saline lake limnology; eutrophication

- Ecology of endemic and threatened fishes

 

TEACHING (CURRENT)

-Freshwater Ecology (AWER 4500)

-Aquatic Ecology Practicum. ( AWER 4510)

-Water Quality and Pollution ( AWER 5500)

-Aquatic Production and Fish Ecology ( AWER 6100)

-Biogeochemistry/Stoichiometry Seminar (AWER 6910)


 

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