Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Studies
E-mail: weaverdm@cobleskill.edu
Office Location: CANR 129
Office Phone: 518-255-5877
Areas of Expertise: Freshwater Ecology, Fisheries Management, Nutrient Cycling, Statistics, Conservation Aquaculture, Modeling
Courses Taught: Marine Ecology, Invertebrate Zoology, Hatchery Management, Hatchery Production, Aquatic and Marine Resource Management, Fisheries Research
Publications:
Weaver, D.M., S.M. Coghlan Jr., and J. Zydlewski. In review. “Closing the loop”, the influence of sea lamprey carcass subsidies on the growth and metamorphosis of larval conspecifics. Fishery Bulletin.
Weaver, D.M., S.M. Coghlan Jr., and J. Zydlewski. In review. Effects of sea lamprey substrate modification and carcass nutrients on macroinvertebrate collector/gatherers in a small Atlantic coastal stream. Freshwater Ecology
Weaver, D.M., S.M. Coghlan Jr., H.S. Greig, A.J. Klemmer, L.B. Perkins, and J. Zydlewski. In review. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Alters Sea Lamprey Subsidies between Marine and Freshwaters. Oecologia.
Weaver, D.M., S.M. Coghlan Jr., and J. Zydlewski. 2016. Sea lamprey carcasses exert local and variable food web effects in a nutrient-limited Atlantic coastal stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73:1616–1625.
Weaver, D.M., S.M. Coghlan Jr., J. Zydlewski, R. Hogg, and M. Canton. 2015. Decomposition of sea lamprey carcasses: temperature effects, nutrient dynamics, and implications for stream food webs. Hydrobiologia 760:57-67.
Weaver, D. M., T. J. Kwak, and K. H. Pollock. 2014. Sampling characteristics and calibration of snorkel counts to estimate stream fish populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34: 1159-1166.
Weaver, D. M., and T. J. Kwak. 2013. Assessing effects of stocked trout on nongame fish assemblages in southern Appalachian Mountain streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142: 1495-1507.
Wallace, B. C., D. M. Weaver, and T. J. Kwak. 2011. Efficiency of baited hoop nets for sampling catfish in southeastern U.S. small impoundments. Pages 581-588 in P.H. Michaletz and V.H. Travnichek, editors. Conservation, ecology, and management of catfish: the second international symposium. American Fisheries Society Symposium 77, Bethesda, Maryland.
Weaver, D.M. 2010. Effects of stocked trout on native nongame riverine fishes. Final Report to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
Bradley, M., A. L. Bush, M. B. Duncan, S. E. DuRant, B. J. K. Ostby, J. H. Roberts, D. M. Weaver, and J. D. Wilson. 2008. Passage Creek Aquatic Community Assessment. Prepared for the Potomac Conservancy. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.
lborus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). VA Journal of Science 49 (3): 163 -172.
Distinguished Awards:
2017 Skinner Memorial Award, American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Tampa, FL.
2017 Penobscot Valley Audubon Society Research Award
2016 Best Student Subunit Award, University of Maine American Fisheries Society Student Subunit, presented at the 2016 American Fisheries Society meeting, Kansas City, MO.
2015 Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Scholarship Award, University of Maine.
2010 Best Student Paper, Runner-up, Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Asheville, NC.
2009 Skinner Memorial Award, Honorable Mention, American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Nashville, TN.
2009 Best Student Paper, North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Burlington, NC.
