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Fish and
Wildlife Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1136

Office Phone:
(208) 885-7218
Office Fax:
(208) 885-9080

email: fwilhelm@uidaho.edu

Frank M. Wilhelm

Associate Professor

Post-doc, 1999-2001, University of Otago, New Zealand
Ph.D., 1999, University of Alberta, Canada
M.Sc., 1994, Trent University, Canada
B.Sc. (Honors), 1991, Trent University, Canada

My research interests include:

whole-lake management, restoration
nutrient cycling through benthic-pelagic coupling
ecology of aquatic macroinvertebrates
influence of temperature on life history and reproductive strategies
predator-prey relationships (invert.-invert., fish-invert.)

Current Graduate Students

Elliott Reams PhD (ream0421@vandals.uidaho.edu) (2011 -

Spatial distribution of mysid shrimp and zooplankton in Lake Pend Oreille

Ted Harris MS (harr4191@vandals.uidaho.edu) (2010 -

Response of cyanobacteria abundance and toxicity to manipulations in N and P in large enclosures

Cindy Adams MS (adam4707@vandals.uidaho.edu) (2008- )

Nutrient inputsbudget of Willow Creek Reservoir, OR,
Response of zooplankton communities and cyanobacteria to long distance circulation

Lab Graduates

Tim Caldwell MS (cald3105@vandals.uidaho.edu) (2008-2010)

Role of Mysis relicta in the cycling of nutrients in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho
Mysis life history
Diet of mysids during different portions of their diel migration cycle
Currently employed with Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Dan Nelson MS (nels2906@vandals.uidaho.edu) (2008-2010)

Analysis of cave food webs
using stable isotopes. Development of a
rearing protocol for the endangered Illinois Cave Amphipod
Currently pursuing PhD at U Alabama

Darrin Martin MS (DLMartin@owrb.ok.gov) (2005-2007)

The zooplankton community succession and phosphorus dynamics in a newly dredged Midwestern pond. Watershed management strategies to reduce nutrient input to Campus Lake.

Currently employed with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board

Mike Venarsky MS (Vesuccio@siu.edu) (2003-2005)

The lifespan, reproductive timing and population genetics of the endangered Illinois cave amphipod Gammarus acherondytes, (Gammaridae).
Currently pursuing PhD at the University of Alabama on cave ecosystems.
Currently pursuing PhD at U Alabama

Undergraduate Students

Kristen Gilbert (summer 2011)

Research assistant

Rosalinda Gonzalez (summer 2010)

Diurnal depth distribution of zooplankton in Lake Pend Oreille in relation to migration of mysids
UI Environmental Science REU

Jackie Amante (summer 2010)

Spatial and temporal distribution of zooplankton in enclosures
Size distribution of zooplankton over time in enclosures
UI Environmental Science REU

Sue Burry (Summer 2009)

Similarity of plankton communities in replicated large (10' diam. * 35' deep) lake enclosures.
UI Environmental Science REU

Leah Arneson (Summer 2008)

Effect of lake aeration on sediment
organic content with increasing
distance form aerator discs.
UI Environmental Science REU

Stacie Flood

Effect of chloride on benthic macroinvertebrates in a small pond impacted by a brine spill from oil and gas development.

Kurt Seifert

Using 3D software to visualize the diel vertical migration of Chaoborus in the SIUC wildlife pond.

Mike Lencioni

Predation rates and size selectivity of Chaoborus larvae in Campus Lake

Nick Gaskill

Effects of juvenile Lepomis sunfish predation on the littoral invertebrate community of a shallow eutrophic lake in the Midwestern United States

Alicia Jacobs

The impact of Chaoborus larvae on zooplankton abundance and size structure in a shallow Midwest U.S. Lake.