Patrick Joseph Rivers

Research Assistant (M.S. Candidate)- Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, Office 436 Hodson Hall

Background

I completed my undergraduate degree in Fisheries and Wildlife at the University of Minnesota in 1994. During my undergraduate work, I gained experience aging fish and electrofishing. I spent 18 months working for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, where I worked trying to control the exotic species Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum ) and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria ). I was the Senior Author for the otolith technology class offered by Dr. George Spangler during spring quarter 1994. I am the teaching assistant this year for the Fisheries Population Analysis class.

Research

I spent the summer of 1996 in Siberia --yes, there is a summer in Siberia-- collecting scales and otoliths from fishes of that region, namely common carp (Cyprinus carpio ), arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus ), northern pike (Esox lucius ), ide (Leuciscus idus ), ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus ), European yellow perch (Perca fluviatilis ), powan (Coregonus lavaretus ) and roach(Rutillis rutillis ). I also collected scales from a collection that dates back to 1973. I will develop growth histories ("Biochronology") for some of these species. Other biochronological analyses have been conducted by Todhunter (nee West), Ogle and Cyterski, of our Biochronology Laboratory . Other academic interests include: exotic species and factors limiting fish populations.

Activities/Interests

I am a Golden Gopher Hockey fan

and I pursue many outdoor activities. I enjoy golf (when my putter and driver are working), camping

and hiking. I am an avid angler (mostly for bass and fly-fishing for trout), hunter (birds and deer)--recently for sandhill cranes --, and am beginning to learn the art of fly-tying. I am also enjoying the trials and tribulations of being the owner of a great labrador retriever named Kip. I hope he retrieves many a bird for me, if I ever get that crooked shotgun of mine straightened...

Sandhill crane vocalizations from the Peterson Field Guide recordings, CD-ROM version, 1992. Houghton-Mifflin Co. Boston.

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Date created: 12/11/96
Last modified: 10/11/96
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 pjr@finsandfur.fw.umn.edu