Amy Schrank

Amy Schrank
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Educator, MN Sea Grant
[email protected]
Minnesota Sea Grant
Education

PhD Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming 2002
MS Resource Ecology and Management: Aquatic Ecology, University of Michigan 1997
BS Biology and Spanish, University of Michigan 1995

Areas of Interest

I am an aquatic ecologist with specific research interests in 1) fish movement patterns and community dynamics, 2) aquatic terrestrial links, and 3) the effects of human impacts on aquatic systems.

Select Publications

  • Bump, J., Bergman, B., Schrank, A., Macarelli, A., Kane, E., Risch, A., Scheutz, M. In Press. Nutrient release from moose bioturbation in aquatic ecosystems. Oikos.
  • Schrank, A.J., S.C. Resh, W. J. Previant, and R.A. Chinmer. 2015. Characterization and classification of vernal pool vegetation, soil, and amphibians of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The American Midland Naturalist 174(1): 161-179
  • Bump, J, Tischler, K., Schrank, A.J., Peterson, R., and Vucetich, J. 2009. Large herbivores and aquatic-terrestrial links in southern boreal forests. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 338-345.
  • Schrank, A.J. and F.J. Rahel. 2006. Factors influencing summer movement patterns of cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki utah. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 660-669.
  • Schrank, A.J. and Rahel, F.J. 2004. Movement patterns in inland cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah): management and conservation implications. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1528-1537.