Research Fishery Biologist
Western Basin Ecosystems Branch, Lake Huron Section

Education:
A.A.S. (Fisheries and Wildlife Technology) S.U.N.Y. Cobleskill, 1989
B.S. (Natural Resources), Cornell University, 1992
M.S. (Fisheries Science), Michigan State University, 1997
Ph.D. (Fisheries Science), Michigan State University, 2000

Research Interests:
Fish population dynamics and ecology in large lakes, age and growth of fishes, predator-prey interactions, fish early life history, spatial relationships of fish populations and their habitat, freshwater reef ecology.

Mailing Address:
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2807

E-mail: eroseman@usgs.gov

Phone: (734) 214-7237

Fax: (734) 994-8780

O'Brien, Timothy P., William W. Taylor, Andrew S. Briggs, and Edward F. Roseman. 2012. Influence of water temperature on rainbow smelt spawning and early life history dynamics in St. Martin Bay, Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38(4): 776-785.
Contribution # 1714 [Abstract]

Pothoven, Steven A., David B. Bunnell, Charles P. Madenjian, Owen T. Gorman, and Edward F. Roseman. 2012. Energy density of bloaters in the upper Great Lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141(3): 772-780.
Contribution # 1679 [Abstract]

Roseman, Edward F., Greg Kennedy, Bruce A. Manny, James Boase, James McFee. 2012. Life history characteristics of a recovering lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis stock in the Detroit River, North America. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. Special Issues. Advances in Limnology. 63: 477–501.
Contribution # 1612 [Abstract]

Stott, Wendylee, Mark P. Ebener, Lloyd Mohr, Jeff Schaeffer, Edward F. Roseman, William J. Harford, James E. Johnson, Cherie-Lee Fietsch. 2012. Genetic structure of lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, populations in the northern main basin of Lake Huron. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. Special Issues. Advances in Limnology. 63: 241–260.
Contribution # 1619 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Bruce M. Davis, David M. Warner, Margret A. Chriscinske, and Edward F. Roseman. 2011. Planktivory in the changing Lake Huron zooplankton community: Bythotrephes consumption exceeds that of Mysis and fish. Freshwater Biology 56(7): 1281-1296.
Contribution # 1626 [Abstract]

Roseman, E. F., B. Manny, J. Boase, M. Child, G. Kennedy, J. Craig, K. Soper, and R. Drouin. 2011. Lake sturgeon response to a spawning reef constructed in the Detroit River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27(Suppl. 2)(2011): 66-76.
Contribution # 1640 [Abstract]

Roseman, E. F., J. Boase, G. Kennedy, J. Craig, and K. Soper. 2011. Adaption of egg and larve sampling techniques for lake sturgeon and broadcast spawning fishes in a deep river. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27(Suppl. 2)(2011): 89-92.
Contribution # 1639 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Jean V. Adams, Owen T. Gorman , Charles P. Madenjian, Stephen C. Riley, Edward F. Roseman, and Jeffrey S. Schaeffer . 2010. Population synchrony of a native fish across three Laurentian Great Lakes: evaluating the effects of dispersal and climate. Oecologia 162(3): 641-651.
Contribution # 1556 [Abstract]

Manny, Bruce A. , Gregory W. Kennedy, James C. Boase, Jeffrey D. Allen, and Edward F. Roseman. 2010. Spawning by walleye (Sander vitreus) and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) in the Detroit River: implications for spawning habitat enhancement. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36(3): 490-496.
Contribution # 1590 [Abstract]

French, John R.P. III, Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, Edward F. Roseman, Courtney S. Kiley and Alexandria Fouilleroux. 2009. Abundance and distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in offshore soft sediments in Western Lake Huron, 2001–2007. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(1): 120-127.
Contribution # 1512 [Abstract]

Hebert, Craig E., D.V. Chip Weseloh, Abde Idrissi, Michael T. Arts, and Edward Roseman. 2009. Diets of aquatic birds reflect changes in the Lake Huron ecosystem. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 12(1): 37-44.
Contribution # 1496 [Abstract]

O'Brien, Timothy P., Edward F. Roseman, Courtney S. Kiley, and Jeffrey S. Schaeffer. 2009. Fall diet and bathymetric distribution of deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii) in Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(3): 464-472.
Contribution # 1542 [Abstract]

Roseman, Edward F. and Stephen C. Riley. 2009. Biomass of deepwater demersal forage fishes in Lake Huron, 1994-2007: Implications for offshore predators. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 12(1): 29-36.
Contribution # 1520 [Abstract] [PDF 619 KB]

Roseman, Edward F., Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, and Paul J. Steen. 2009. Review of fish diversity in the Lake Huron basin. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 12(1): 11-22.
Contribution # 1472 [Abstract]

Roseman, Edward F., Wendylee Stott, Timothy P. O'Brien, Stephen C. Riley, and Jeffrey S. Schaeffer. 2009. Heritage strain and diet of wild young of year and yearling lake trout in the main basin of Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(4): 620-626.
Contribution # 1546 [Abstract]

Zhao, Yingming, Michael L. Jones, Brian J. Shuter, and Edward F. Roseman. 2009. A biophysical model of Lake Erie walleye (Sander vitreus) explains interannual variations in recruitment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66(1): 114-125.
Contribution # 1487 [Abstract]