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From: Fischer, Jason L <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Subject: lake sturgeon habitat suitability graduate assistantship
Colleagues,

Grand Valley State University is looking to fill two graduate assistantships for a project to describe habitat use by young-of-year lake sturgeon and to evaluate the accuracy of lake sturgeon habitat suitability indices. The project is in partnership with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources and will involve a habitat mapping component to describe available habitat within the Manistee and Muskegon Rivers, MI and a telemetry and visual survey component to describe habitat selection. The incumbents will have an opportunity to conduct flow modeling, habitat suitability mapping, active tracking with radio telemetry, and habitat selection analyses. We are aiming for a January start date for the student focused on the habitat mapping component and a spring start date for the student focused on the habitat selection component.

An announcement with more details on the positions is attached, please pass along to anyone who might be interested. Interested students can contact Carl Ruetz and Sean Woznicki for more information.

Thanks,

Jason Fischer (he/him)
Fish Biologist
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