Jared J Homola

• BSc, Fisheries and Wildlife; MSc, Biology
• Fellow at University of Maine

Lake whitefish recruitment has declined in several management zones within Lake Michigan, yet recruitment is sustained in southern Green Bay where a resurgence of tributary-spawning stocks occurred beginning in the late 1990s. Tributaries could represent an important source of recruitment to the overall stock and understanding factors associated wi...

Many species of reptiles and amphibians (herpetofauna) rely on wetlands that are being degraded and lost at a high rate. Characterization of herpetofauna diversity in different wetland types may help guide conservation strategies. However, traditional survey methods often involve sampling within small temporal windows, and the gear deployed may be...

The establishment and spread of invasive species are directly related to intersexual interactions as dispersal and reproductive success are related to distribution, effective population size, and population growth. Accordingly, populations established by r‐selected species are particularly difficult to suppress or eradicate. One such species, the r...

Harvest in walleye Sander vitreus fisheries is size‐selective and could influence phenotypic traits of spawners; however, contributions of individual spawners to recruitment are unknown. We used parentage analyses using single nucleotide polymorphisms to test whether parental traits were related to the probability of offspring survival in Escanaba...

The Fisheries Working Group of WICCI (the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts) is made up of academic, tribal, state, and federal researchers and managers across Wisconsin. We investigate the effects of a changing climate on Wisconsin’s cold, cool, and warmwater fisheries, and seek to identify climate adaptation options for agencies and...

Intraspecific variation in host infectiousness affects disease transmission dynamics in human, domestic animal, and many wildlife host-pathogen systems including avian influenza virus (AIV); therefore, identifying host factors related to host infectiousness is important for understanding, controlling, and preventing future outbreaks. Toward this go...

Intraspecific variation in pathogen shedding impacts disease transmission dynamics; therefore, understanding the host factors associated with individual variation in pathogen shedding is key to controlling and preventing outbreaks. In this study, ileum and bursa of Fabricius tissues of wild-bred mallards ( Anas platyrhynchos ) infected with low-pat...

Fish population structure in previously glaciated regions is often influenced by natural colonization processes and human-mediated dispersal, including fish stocking. Endemic populations are of conservation interest because they may contain rare and unique genetic variation. While coregonines are native to certain Michigan inland lakes, some were s...

Geometric morphometrics provides a powerful means of evaluating differences in phenotypic traits among specimens. However, inferences of trait variability can be confounded when measurements are based on preserved samples. We evaluated effects of ethanol preservation on morphology over a 22-week time period for a Laurentian Great Lakes invasive fis...

Information regarding site occupancy of fish that migrate long distances during nonspawning periods together with estimates of recruitment trends for individual populations can be informative for management, especially when individuals from different spawning populations intermix and are sampled or harvested together. Tendencies for individuals fro...

Intraspecific variation in pathogen shedding impacts disease transmission dynamics; therefore, understanding the host factors associated with individual variation in pathogen shedding is key to controlling and preventing outbreaks. In this study, ileum and bursa of Fabricius tissues of mallards ( Anas platyrhynchos ) infected with low-pathogenic av...

Populations of stream organisms across trophic levels, including microbial taxa, are adapted to physical and biotic stream features, and are sentinels of geological and hydrological landscape processes and anthropogenic disturbance. Stream bacterial diversity and composition can have profound effects on resident and migratory species in Great Lakes...

The blue-winged teal (Anas discors) is a recreationally and ecologically important dabbling duck species in North America. Transcriptomic data of this species can be used in public and animal health studies given its role as a natural reservoir host for avian influenza, which can be a zoonotic disease of high concern. Ileum and bursa of Fabricius t...

Abstract Genomic tools are lacking for invasive and native populations of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Our objective was to discover single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci to conduct pedigree analyses to quantify reproductive contributions of adult sea lampreys and dispersion of sibling larval sea lampreys of different ages in Great Lakes t...

The Lake Michigan brown trout (Salmo trutta) fishery is sustained by the stocking of five hatchery strains by four state natural resource agencies. In the absence of exhaustive marking programs, strain-specific measures of stocking success are lacking for brown trout in Lake Michigan. We used microsatellite-based genetic assignment testing and gene...

Natural rates of straying are difficult to quantify over large spatial scales using direct observations, particularly for long-lived fish species characterized by delayed sexual maturity and long interspawning intervals. Using multilocus microsatellite genotypes and likelihood-based statistical methods, we quantified rates of immigration and emigra...

The ability of fishery managers to quickly and effectively answer stakeholder questions using the best available science is crucial for successful management. The 2009 capture of a potential world record brown trout (Salmo trutta) and the 2010 capture of a potential world record land-locked Atlantic salmon (S. salar) in Michigan required managers t...

Mortality that occurs during larval dispersal as a consequence of environmental, maternal, and genetic effects and their interactions can affect annual recruitment in fish populations. We studied larval lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) drift for two consecutive nights to examine whether larvae from different females exposed to the same environm...

Natal philopatry in lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) has been hypothesized to be an important factor that has lead to genetically distinct Great Lakes populations. Due to declining abundance, population extirpation, and restricted distribution, hatchery supplementation is being used to augment natural recruitment and to reestablish populations....

Reproductive isolation resulting from natal philopatry often results in genetically distinct populations in fishes, as exhibited by Great Lakes populations of lake sturgeon. Little is known regarding inter-population movement of wild and hatchery-reared individuals or habitat use during prolonged non-spawning periods. Identification of habitats use...