Research Ecologist
Eastern Basin Ecosystems Branch, Lake Erie Biological Station

Education:
B.A. (Biology), The Ohio State University, 1974
M.S. (Biology), Kansas State University, 1976
Ph.D. (Biology), Kansas State University, 1980

Research Interests:
Quantitative and evolutionary ecology, particularly long-term population dynamics in seasonal environments; landscape-scale effects of anthropogenic disturbances on forests; forest health monitoring; biometrics and chemometrics; avian ecology; kinesiology.

Mailing Address:
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Erie Biological Station
6100 Columbus Avenue
Sandusky, OH 44870-8329

E-mail: mstapanian@usgs.gov

Phone: (419) 625-1976, ext. 11

Fax: (419) 625-7164

Stapanian, Martin A. 2009. Burbot in Lake Erie. Pages 51-55 in Tyson, Jeffrey T., Roy A. Stein, and John M. Dettners, editors. The State of Lake Erie in 2004. Special Publication 09-02. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI.
Contribution # 1458 [Abstract] [PDF 1MB]

Stapanian, Martin A., Patrick M. Kocovsky, and Jean V. Adams. 2009. Change in diel catchability of young-of-year yellow perch associated with establishment of dreissenid mussels. Freshwater Biology 54(8): 1593-1604.
Contribution # 1523 [Abstract]

Bur, Michael T., Martin A. Stapanian, Glen Bernhardt, and Mark W. Turner. 2008. Fall diets of red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) and walleye (Sander vitreus) in Sandusky Bay and adjacent waters of western Lake Erie. American Midland Naturalist 159(1): 147-161.
Contribution # 1459 [Abstract]

Madenjian, Charles P., Robert O'Gorman, David B. Bunnell, Ray L. Argyle, Edward F. Roseman, David M. Warner, Jason D. Stockwell, and Martin A. Stapanian. 2008. Adverse effects of alewives on Laurentian Great Lakes fish communities. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28(1): 263-282.
Contribution # 1439 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A. and Yukio Kakuda. 2008. Some effects of freezing techniques on burbot meat. Pages 257-270 in Paragamian, Vaughn L. and David H. Burnett, eds. Burbot: Ecology, Management, and Culture. Symposium 59. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD. 270 pp.
Contribution # 1386 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A., Charles P. Madenjian, Charles R. Bronte, Mark P. Ebener, Brian F. Lantry, and Jason D. Stockwell. 2008. Status of burbot populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Pages 111-130 in Paragamian, Vaughn L. and David H. Burnett, eds. Burbot: Ecology, Management, and Culture. Symposium 59. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD. 270 pp.
Contribution # 1396 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A., Patrick M. Kocovsky, and Forest C. Garner. 2008. Application of two tests of multivariate discordancy in fisheries data sets. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82(4): 325-339.
Contribution # 1441 [Abstract]

Oldenburg, Kurt , Martin A. Stapanian, Phil A. Ryan, and Erling Holm. 2007. Potential strategies for recovery of lake whitefish and lake herring stocks in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(Supplement 1): 46-58.
Contribution # 1394 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A. 2007. Restoration and rehabilitation of native species in the Great Lakes: Overview. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(Supplement 1): 1-7.
Contribution # 1408 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A. and Charles P. Madenjian. 2007. Evidence that lake trout served as a buffer against sea lamprey predation on burbot in Lake Erie. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27(1): 238-245.
Contribution # 1381 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A., Charles P. Madenjian, and Jon Tost. 2007. Regional differences in size-at-age of the recovering burbot (Lota lota) population in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(Supplement 1): 91-102.
Contribution # 1393 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A., Michael T. Bur, and Jean V. Adams. 2007. Temporal trends of young-of-year fishes in Lake Erie and comparison of diel sampling periods. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 129(1-3): 169-178.
Contribution # 1372 [Abstract]

Stapanian, Martin A., Charles P. Madenjian, and Larry D. Witzel. 2006. Evidence that sea lamprey control led to recovery of the burbot population in Lake Erie. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135(4): 1033-1043.
Contribution # 1358 [Abstract]