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Dr.
Jason Vokoun | Associate Professor
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Education | Undergraduate Courses | Research
Interests | Work
Experience | Publications
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| Education |
| Ph.D. 2003 |
University of Missouri; Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences |
| M.S. 1999 |
University of Missouri; Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences |
| B.S. 1996 |
University of Nebraska; Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife |
| Undergraduate Courses |
| NRE 1235 |
Environmental Conservation |
| NRE 2345 |
Intro to Fisheries & Wildlife (co-taught) |
| NRE 3205 |
Stream Ecology |
| NRE 4335 |
Fisheries Management |
| Research
Interests |
| Resource selection and habitat use of aquatic species; statistical modeling of habitat use; fish movement and migration; conservation of stream ecosystems; species of special conservation concern; fisheries sampling issues dealing with sample sizes and effort |
| Work
Experience |
| 2010 - Present University of Connecticut, Associate Professor |
| 2004 - 2010 University of Connecticut, Assistant Professor |
| 1999 University of Missouri, Research Associate |
| Publications |
| Manuscripts |
| • Davis, J.P., E.T. Schultz, and J.C. Vokoun. In Press.
Striped bass consumption of blueback herring during vernal riverine migrations: does relaxing harvest restrictions on a predator help conserve a prey species of concern? Marine and Coastal Fisheries. |
| • Gahagan, B.I., J.C. Vokoun, G.W. Whitledge, and E.T. Schultz. In Press. Evaluation of otolith microchemistry for identifying natal origin of anadromous river herring in Connecticut. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. |
| • Kanno, Y., J.C. Vokoun, and B.H. Letcher. 2011. Fine-scale population structure and riverscape genetics of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) distributed continuously along headwater channel networks. Molecular Ecology 20:3711-3729. |
• Kanno, Y., J.C. Vokoun, and B.H. Letcher. 2011. Sibship reconstruction for inferring mating systems, dispersal and effective population size in headwater brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations. Conservation Genetics 12:619-628. |
| • Burchsted, D., M.D. Daniels, R.M. Thorson, and J.C. Vokoun. 2010. The river discontinuum: applying beaver (Castor canadensis) modifications
to baseline conditions for restoration of forested headwaters. BioScience 60:908-922. |
| • Kanno, Y., and J.C. Vokoun. 2010. Evaluating effects of water withdrawals and impoundments on fish assemblages in southern New England streams, USA. Fisheries Management and Ecology 17:272-283. |
| • Dixon, C.J., and J.C. Vokoun. 2010. Population structure and diet of burbot (Lota lota) in small streams near the southern extent of the species' range. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 25:49-58. |
| • Kanno, Y., J.C. Vokoun, and M. Beauchene. 2010. Development of dual fish multi-metric indices of biological condition for streams with characteristic thermal gradients and low species richness. Ecological Indicators 10:565-571. |
• Ellis, D., and J.C. Vokoun. 2009. Earlier spring warming of coastal streams and implications for alewife migration timing. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:1584-1589. |
• Kanno, Y., J.C. Vokoun, D.C. Dauwalter, R.M. Hughes, A.T. Herlihy, T.R. Maret, and T.M. Patton. 2009. Influence of rare species on electrofishing distance when estimating species richness of stream and river reaches. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:1240-1251. |
| • Dixon, C.J., and J.C. Vokoun. 2009. Burbot resource selection in small streams near the southern extent of the species range. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 18:234-246. |
• Kanno,Y., and J.C. Vokoun. 2008. Biogeography of Stream Fishes in Connecticut: defining faunal regions and assemblage types. Northeastern Naturalist 14:557-576.
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| • Bourret, S.L., R.W. Tingley III, Y. Kanno, and J.C. Vokoun. 2008. Maximum daily consumption and specific daily metabolic demand of juvenile flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23:413-419. |
| • Vokoun, J.C., and C.F. Rabeni. 2006. Summer diel activity and movement
paths of flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) in two Missouri streams. American Midland Naturalist 155:113-122. |
| • Vokoun, J.C., and C.F. Rabeni. 2005. Home range and space use patterns
of flathead catfish during the summer/fall period in two Missouri
streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:509-517. |
| • Vokoun, J.C., and C.F. Rabeni. 2005. Variation in an annual movement
cycle of flathead catfish within and between two Missouri watersheds. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:563-572. |
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| Technical Publications |
| Vokoun, J.C., and Y. Kanno. 2010. Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations in headwater channel
networks in Connecticut:
riverscape genetics and abundance
projections under climate change. Completion Report submitted to Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. University of Connecticut, Storrs. 43pp. |
•Vokoun, J.C, and D. Watrous. 2009. Determining swim speed performance characteristics for fish passage of burbot using
an experimental flume and nature-like fishway. Completion Report submitted to Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. University of Connecticut, Storrs. 27pp. |
| •Vokoun, J.C., and Y. Kanno. 2009. Evaluating effects of water withdrawals and impoundments on fish assemblages in Connecticut streams. Completion Report submitted to Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. University of Connecticut, Storrs. 31pp. |
| • Vokoun, J.C., and C. R. Perkins. 2008. Second statewide assessment of mercury contamination in fish tissue from Connecticut lakes (2005-2006). Completion Report submitted to Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. University of Connecticut, Storrs. 49pp. |
| • Vokoun, J.C., and C.F. Rabeni. 2000. Recovery of prairie fish assemblages at the transition from channelized to unchannelized: implications for conservation of natural channels. Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Completion Report. Columbia, Missouri. 25 pp |
| • Vokoun, J.C., and D.B. Noltie. 2000. Missouri state parks fish faunal survey. University of Missouri, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences. Completion Report. Columbia, Missouri. 169 pp |
| • Vokoun, J.C., S. Williams, L. Dorsey, S. Ermeling, and E. Nelson. 1997. Sampling the catfishes (Ictaluridae): an indexed bibliography. Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Columbia, Missouri. 27 pp |
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