Julie Marie Reichert

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research,
University of Windsor,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4
ph. (734)-741-2272
email: Julie

Supervisor(s): 
Dr. Brian Fryer, Dr. Stuart Ludsin

Hometown:    
Westland, Michigan  USA

Education:
Wayne State University, B.Sc.
 Major: Biological Sciences
 Minor: Chemistry                                                                                      

Research Title:                                                                                                             
River plume effects on yellow perch growth, survival, and recruitment in Lake Erie

Research Summary:                                                                           
My research involves examining the effects of river plumes on larval yellow perch growth, survival, and ultimately recruitment in Lake Erie.  My expectation is that plumes with higher phosphorus levels and temperatures (i.e., Maumee River plume) will support greater prey (zooplankton) biomass than those with lower phosphorus levels and temperatures (i.e., Detroit River plume), which in turn, will provide a more suitable habitat for larval yellow perch growth, survival, and ultimately, recruitment success to the new year-class.  To test this, I am comparing larval growth rates (via otolith daily increment widths) and past larval habitat use of juvenile survivors (via otolith elemental analysis) of yellow perch from the Maumee River and Detroit River plumes in the western basin of Lake Erie.

Contributions to Research                                             

Reichert, J., Ludsin, S., Fryer, B., Johnson, T., Tyson, J., Johengen, T., Hawley, N.  River plume effects on yellow perch growth, survival, and recruitment in Lake Erie.  2008. International Association for Great Lakes Research 51st Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Peterborough, Ontario. (invited speaker)

Reichert, J., Ludsin, S., Fryer, B., Milanowski, G., Johengen, T., Johnson, T., Tyson, J., Hawley, N.  2007.  Role of river plumes in mediating larval yellow perch foraging, growth, and survival in Lake Erie.  The American Fisheries Society 137th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.