Dr. Melissa Wuellner
Associate Professor
Office:
BHS
345 |
Phone: (308) 865-8006 |
Email: wuellnermr@unk.edu
Biography
Areas of Interest:
- Fisheries ecology and management
- Human dimensions of wildlife and fisheries
- Systems thinking and systems dynamics
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
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Publications:
- Schoenebeck, C.W., Koupal, K.D., Peterson, B.C., Uphoff, C.S., Woiak, Z., Miller, B.T., Wuellner, M.R. and Kreitman, J.W. 2024. Seasonal prey taxa and size selection and drivers of age-0 walleye ontogenetic diet shifts. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 39(1).
- Farrier, S.M., Koupal, K.D., Burger, P.R., and Wuellner, M.R. 2024. Application of a conceptual stocking model for two recreationally important species. Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aff2.70006
- Zebro, L.R., Kreitman, J.W., Jonas, J.L., Sass, G.G., Wuellner, M.R., and Koupal, K.D. 2024. Unraveling the ecological impacts of alewife in a large Midwest reservoir decades after introduction. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 39(1):2355917. DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2024.2355917
- Gravenhof, D.A., Wuellner, M.R., Renner, E.A., and Fincel, M.J. 2024. Estimating predation rates of stocked juvenile Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha using novel acoustic predation transmitters. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44:438 – 448.
- Gravenhof, D.A., Wuellner, M.R., Fincel, M.J., and Goble, C.W. 2023. Evaluation of two surgery techniques for surgical implantation of acoustic transmitters in juvenile Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. The Prairie Naturalist 55:77 – 84.
- Koupal, K.D., Miller, M., and Wuellner, M.R. 2023. Examination of Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) overwinter survival and growth in an earthen extensive culture pond. North American Journal of Aquaculture doi.org/10.1002/naaq.10311
- Mason, B.E., Koupal, K.D., Wuellner, M.R. and Kreitman, J.W. 2023. Behind the berms: A comparison of water quality parameters and zooplankton communities between coves of varying connection to Harlan County Reservoir, Nebraska. Lake and Reservoir Management doi.org/10.1080/10402381.2023.2270933
- Wallick, S., Wuellner, M., and Koupal, K. 2023. Spatial and temporal differences in fish communities following dewatering of an irrigation canal. The Prairie Naturalist 55:23-33.
- Kessler, A., Dietrich, L., Wuellner, M., and Koupal, K. 2023. Fish use of artificial and natural habitats in a borrow pit. The Prairie Naturalist 55:34-42.
- Ruoss, J., Mason, B., Wuellner, M., and Koupal, K. 2022. Resetting the clock: how a reconnection event re- shaped cove fish assemblages in a Nebraska reservoir. North American Journal of Fisheries Management https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10797
- Vanderbush, B., Wuellner, M.R., and Brown, M.L. 2022. Potential vulnerability of black bullheads to multiple predators in small impoundments: implications for biological control. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 37:373– 385. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2022.2095448
- Dembkowski, D.J., Nelson, D.T., Wuellner, M.R., Blackwell, B.G., Lucchesi, D.O., and Willis, D.W. 2022. Limited utility of early life-history indices for predicting yellow perch-class strength in eastern Souch Dakota glacial lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(2):343-351. doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10746
- Bowne, M., Wuellner, M., Hendricks, J.H., and Howard, J. 2022. Student and instructor perceptions of online teaching related to COVID-19: The need for reflective practices. Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence 5(3):27-41.
- Rowles, G., Wuellner, M.R., and Koupal, K.D. 2022. Spatial distinction and temporal stability of water microelements in the North Platte River and Lake McConaughy, Nebraska. River Research and Application 38(1):36-43. doi.org/10.1002/rra.3873
- Rowles, G.W., Koupal, K.D., Roberg, B.A., and Wuellner, M.R. 2021. Examination of non-game fish use of a Denil fishway on the Ceder River, Nebraska. The Prairie Naturalist 53:N1-N8
- Carlson, A.K., Taylor, W.W.,...Wuellner, M.R.,...and Zydlewski, G.B. 2021. Stepping up: a U.S. perspective on the ten steps to responsible inland fisheries. Fisheries Magazine doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10695
- Turner, B.L., Wuellner, M., Cortus, E., and Chumbley, S.B. 2021. A multi-university cohort model for teaching complex and interdisciplinary problem-solving using system dynamics. Systems Research and Behavioral Science doi.org/10.1002/sres.2778
- Menendez, H.M., Wuellner, M.R., Turner, B.L., Gates, R.N., Dunn, B.H., and Tedeschi, L.O. 2020. A spatial landscape scale approach for estimating erosion, water quantity, and quality in response to South Dakota grassland conversion. Natural Resource Modeling 33(1) e12243. doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12243
- Carlson, A.K, Taylor, W.W.,...Wuellner, M.R.,...and Harrell, R.M. 2019. Threats to freshwater fisheries in the United States: perspectives and investments of state fisheries administrators and agricultural experiment station directors. Fisheries Magazine 44(6):276-287. doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10238
- Turner, B.L, Wuellner, M.R., Malo, D.D., Herrick, J.E., Dunn, B.H, Gates, R. 2018. Ecosystem functions in mixed cropland-grassland systems influenced by soil legacies of past crop cultivation decisions. Ecosphere 9(12) e02521. doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2521
- Grote, J.D., Wuellner, M.R., Blackwell, B.G. and Lucchesi, D.O. 2018. Evaluation of potential overwinter mortality of age-0 walleye and appropriate age-1 sampling gear. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9(1):65-74. doi.org/10.3996/082017-JFWM-062
- Turner, B.L., Fuhrer, J., Wuellner, M., Menendez, H.M., Dunn, B.H. and Gates, R. 2018. Scientific case studies in land-use driven soil erosion in the central United States: why soil potential and rish concepts should be included in the principles of soil health. International Soil and Water Conservation Research 6(1):63-78. doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.12.004
- Wuellner, M.R., Gates, R., Turner, B. and Menendez, H.M. 2018. Shaping soil watershed stewardship through combined producer and influencer education: a pilot program. Journal of Extension 56(6).
- Dembkowski, D. J., Weber, M. J., and Wuellner, M. R. 2017. Factors influencing recruitment and growth of age-0 yellow perch in eastern South Dakota glacial lakes. Fisheries Management and Ecology doi: 10.1111/fme.12240.
- Turner, B.L., Wuellner, M., Nichols, T., Gates, R., Tedeschi, L.O., and Dunn, B.H. 2017. A systems approach to forecast agricultural land transformation from economic, policy, and cultural scenarios in the north central United States (2012 – 2062). International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 15(2):102-123. doi: 10.1080/14735903.2017.1288029
- Wuellner, M.R., Vincent, L., and Felts, B. 2017. Environmental mental models of college students. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education 12:105-115.
- Smith, B.J., Blackwell, B.G., Wuellner, M.R., Graeb, B.D.S., and Willis, D.W. 2017. Contact selectivity for four fish species sampled with North American standard gill nets. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37:149-161.
- Wuellner, M.R., Grote, J.D., and Fincel, M.J. 2016. Spatial and temporal distinction of microelemental signatures of Missouri River tributaries. River Research and Applications doi: 10.1002/rra.3115.
- Bogner, D.M., Kaemingk, M.A., and Wuellner, M.R. 2016. Consequences of hatch phenology on stages of fish recruitment. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0164980.
- Dembkowski, D.J., Wuellner, M.R., and Willis, D.W. 2016. Synchrony in larval yellow perch production: the influence of the Moran Effect during early life history. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73(10):1567-1574.
- Turner, B.L., Wuellner, M., Nichols,T., Gates,R., Tedeschi, L.O., and Dunn, B.H. 2016. Development and evaluation of a system dynamics model for investigating agriculturally driven land transformation in the north central United States. Natural Resource Modeling 29(2):179-228.
- Smith, B.J., Dembkowski, D.J., James, D.A., and Wuellner, M.R. 2016. A simple method to increase precision, reduce error, and facilitate the aging of otoliths: the otolith illumination device. The Open Fish Science Journal 9:1-7.
- Smith, B.J., Blackwell, B.G., Wuellner, M.R., Graeb, B.D.S., and Willis, D.W. 2016. Escapement of fishes from modified fyke nets with varying throat configurations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(1):96-103.