Jean V Adams
I provide statistical expertise to research scientists at the US Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center and to the bi-national Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
I am also PhD candidate with the Quantitive Fisheries Center at Michigan State University, seeking to understand what observed sea lamprey marking rates on surviving lake trout in the Great Lakes tell us about those that perished.
Biography
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Ph.D. candidate in Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, expected 2020
M.S. in Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990
B.S. in Biology, Bradley University, 1985
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Statistician, 1995-present
U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor MI
Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor MI (2000-present)
Biometrician, 1994
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Research, Monona WI
Peace Corps Volunteer, 1992-1993
U.S. Peace Corps, Menyamya High School, Papua New Guinea
Treaty Fisheries Database Coordinator, 1991
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Management, Madison WI
Research Assistant, 1985-1990
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Research, Fitchburg WI
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Vernon C. Applegate Award, 2007 – outstanding contributions to sea lamprey control
STAR Award, 2001 – outstanding contributions to the Sea Lamprey International Symposium II
James W. Moffett Publication Award, 1998 – outstanding scientific paper published in 1997
STAR Award, 1998 – exceptional contributions to interagency cooperative study, The development and implementation of an integrated (acoustic and trawl) prey fish assessment strategy for Lake Michigan
Science and Products
Stream characteristics associated with feeding type in silver(Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) and northern brook (I. fossor) lampreys and tests for phenotypic plasticity
In most lamprey genera, “paired” species exist in which the larvae are morphologically indistinguishable but adult feeding type differs. The lack of diagnostic genetic differences in many pairs has led to suggestions that they constitute a single gene pool with environmentally influenced feeding types. To investigate whether stream characteristics...
Neave, Fraser; Steeves, Todd B.; Pratt, Thomas C.; McLaughlin, Robert L.; Adams, Jean V.; Docker, Margaret F. Site-scale disturbance best predicts moss, vascular plant, and amphibian indices in Ohio wetlands
Loss of wetland habitats and their associated biological communities is a major environmental concern. Quality assessment indices (QAIs) and indices of biological integrity (IBIs) are useful for assessing the responses of taxa to wetland habitat quality and land use in the surrounding landscape. We synthesized the results of our previous...
Stapanian, Martin A.; Micacchion, Mick; Gara, Brian; Schumacher, William; Adams, Jean V. Rapid evolution meets invasive species control: The potential for pesticide resistance in sea lamprey
Rapid evolution of pest, pathogen and wildlife populations can have undesirable effects; for example, when insects evolve resistance to pesticides or fishes evolve smaller body size in response to harvest. A destructive invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes, the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) has been controlled with the pesticide 3-...
Dunlop, Erin S.; McLaughlin, Robert L.; Adams, Jean V.; Jones, Michael L.; Birceanu, Oana; Christie, Mark R.; Criger, Lori A.; Hinderer, Julia L.M.; Hollingworth, Robert M.; Johnson, Nicholas S.; Lantz, Stephen R.; Li, Weiming; Miller, James R.; Morrison, Bruce J.; Mota-Sanchez, David; Muir, Andrew M.; Sepulveda, Maria S.; Steeves, Todd B.; Walter, Lisa; Westman, Erin; Wirgin, Isaac; Wilkie, Michael P. Biotic and abiotic factors influencing zooplankton vertical distribution in Lake Huron
The vertical distribution of zooplankton can have substantial influence on trophic structure in freshwater systems, particularly by determining spatial overlap for predator/prey dynamics and influencing energy transfer. The zooplankton community in some of the Laurentian Great Lakes has undergone changes in composition and declines in total...
Nowicki, Carly J.; Bunnell, David B.; Armenio, Patricia M.; Warner, David M.; Vanderploeg, Henry A.; Cavaletto, Joann F.; Mayer, Christine M.; Adams, Jean V. It's like night and day: Diel net-effects on Cercopagidae densities in the Laurentian Great Lakes
In the Laurentian Great Lakes, zooplankters are often sampled using standard ≤153 μm mesh nets without regard to the time of day they are collected. We sampled Cercopagidae during 2013–2014 in northern Lake Huron during day, dusk, and night using two different nets (a 0.5 m wide 153 μm mesh “standard” net and a 0.75 m wide...
Armenio, Patricia M.; Bunnell, David B.; Adams, Jean V.; Watson, Nicole M.; Woelmer, Whitney Testing for synchrony in recruitment among four Lake Michigan fish species
In the Great Lakes region, multiple fish species display intra-specific spatial synchrony in 28 recruitment success, with inter-annual climate variation hypothesized as the most likely driver. 29 In Lake Michigan, we evaluated whether climatic or other physical variables could also induce 30 spatial synchrony across multiple species, including...
Bunnell, David B.; Höök, Tomas O.; Troy, Cary D.; Liu, Wentao; Madenjian, Charles P.; Adams, Jean V. An automated approach to Litchfield and Wilcoxon's evaluation of dose–effect experiments using the R package LW1949
The authors developed a package, LW1949, for use with the statistical software R to automatically carry out the manual steps of Litchfield and Wilcoxon's method of evaluating dose–effect experiments. The LW1949 package consistently finds the best fitting dose–effect relation by minimizing the chi-squared statistic of the observed and...
Adams, Jean V.; Slaght, Karen; Boogaard, Michael A. Tradeoff between assessment and control of aquatic invasive species: A case study of sea lamprey management in the St. Marys River
Allocating resources between the gathering of information to guide management actions and implementing those actions presents an inherent tradeoff. This tradeoff is evident for control of the Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus in the St. Marys River, connecting Lakes Huron and Superior and a major source of parasitic Sea Lampreys to Lake...
Robinson, Jason M.; Wilberg, Michael J.; Adams, Jean V.; Jones, Michael L. Moss and vascular plant indices in Ohio wetlands have similar environmental predictors
Mosses and vascular plants have been shown to be reliable indicators of wetland habitat delineation and environmental quality. Knowledge of the best ecological predictors of the quality of wetland moss and vascular plant communities may determine if similar management practices would simultaneously enhance both populations. We used Akaike's...
Stapanian, Martin A.; Schumacher, William; Gara, Brian; Adams, Jean V.; Viau, Nick Factors associated with the deposition of Cladophora on Lake Michigan beaches in 2012
Deposition of the macroalgae Cladophora spp. was monitored on 18 beaches around Lake Michigan during 2012 at a high temporal frequency. We observed a high degree of spatial variability in Cladophora deposition among beaches on Lake Michigan, even within local regions, with no clear regional pattern in the intensity of Cladophora deposition. A...
Riley, Stephen C.; Tucker, Taaja R.; Adams, Jean V.; Fogarty, Lisa R.; Lafrancois, Brenda Moraska Evaluating the importance of abiotic and biotic drivers on Bythotrephes biomass in Lakes Superior and Michigan
The ability of planktivorous fishes to exert top-down control on Bythotrephes potentially has far-reaching impacts on aquatic food-webs, given previously described effects of Bythotrephes on zooplankton communities. We estimated consumption of Bythotrephes by planktivorous and benthivorous fishes, using bioenergetics and daily ration models at...
Keeler, Kevin M.; Bunnell, David B.; Diana, James S.; Adams, Jean V.; Mychek-Londer, Justin G.; Warner, David M.; Yule, Daniel; Vinson, Mark Sea lamprey mark type, marking rate, and parasite-host relationships for lake trout and other species in Lake Ontario
We examined how attack frequency by sea lampreys on fishes in Lake Ontario varied in response to sea lamprey abundance and preferred host abundance (lake trout > 433 mm). For this analysis we used two gill net assessment surveys, one angler creel survey, three salmonid spawning run datasets, one adult sea lamprey assessment, and a...
Lantry, Brian F.; Adams, Jean V.; Christie, Gavin; Schaner, Teodore; Bowlby, James; Keir, Michael; Lantry, Jana; Sullivan, Paul; Bishop, Daniel; Treska, Ted; Morrison, Bruce
R/V Arcticus, Vessel Launch
Having completed the build, the R/V Arcticus is launched and is now ready for its sea trials.
Director Kimball at Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science
Acting Director Kimball Visits the Great Lakes Science Center Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science
R/V Arcticus Build Part 4
With all but one deck in place, it's beginning to look like a ship. In this video, the pilot house is installed.
R/V Arcticus Build Part 3
The hull of the vessel is complete. Burger Boat Co. removes the hull from the construction bay and uses cranes to flip it over. Then, it's taken back to the bay to continue working.
R/V Arcticus Build Part 2
Part 2 of our series on the R/V Arcticus construction covers the frame and fuel tank completion.
The NEW Great Lakes Wet Lab - Ann Arbor
The capabilities of the Great Lakes Science Center's new aquatic wet lab are highlighted. Note:Music: "See You Later" by Pitx featuring Fireproof Babies, Bmccosar. Available at http://ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/17154. Creative Commons License: http://
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Jean Adams Speaks at Sea Lamprey Wound Assessment Workshop
Scientists Learn to Categorize Sea Lamprey Wounds