Mark Rogers, PhD
Unit Leader - Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Research Interests
Mark's research interests include fisheries ecology and management, population dynamics, and ecological modeling. He has studied fisheries in sub-tropical and temperate lakes and reservoirs, the Laurentian Great Lakes, and Australian rivers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-Present Unit Leader, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
2011-2015 Research Fishery Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Erie Biological Station, Sandusky, OH
2010-2011 Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2007-2010 Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2003-2007 Alumni Fellow, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2002-2003 Biological Scientist, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2000-2002 Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
1998-2000 High School Teacher, East Rowan High School, Salisbury, NC
1997-1998 Fishery Technician, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1996-1997 Fishery Technician, N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 2007
M.S., Natural Resources (Fisheries concentration), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2002
B.S., Fisheries and Widlife Science, North Carolina State University, 1997
Science and Products
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Reconciling catch differences from multiple fishery independent gill net surveys
Fishery independent gill net surveys provide valuable demographic information for population assessment and resource management, but relative to net construction, the effects of ancillary species, and environmental variables on focal species catch rates are poorly understood. In response, we conducted comparative deployments with three unique, inter-agency, survey gill nets used to assess walleye
Authors
Richard T. Kraus, Christopher Vandergoot, Patrick M. Kocovsky, Mark W. Rogers, H. Andrew Cook, Travis O. Brenden
Comparing life history characteristics of Lake Michigan’s naturalized and stocked Chinook Salmon
Lake Michigan supports popular fisheries for Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that have been sustained by stocking since the late 1960s. Natural recruitment of Chinook Salmon in Lake Michigan has increased in the past few decades and currently contributes more than 50% of Chinook Salmon recruits. We hypothesized that selective forces differ for naturalized populations born in the wild and h
Authors
Janice A Kerns, Mark W. Rogers, David B. Bunnell, Randall M. Claramunt, Paris D. Collingsworth
Assessing the influence of watershed characteristics on chlorophyll a in waterbodies at global and regional scales
Prediction of primary production of lentic water bodies (i.e., lakes and reservoirs) is valuable to researchers and resource managers alike, but is very rarely done at the global scale. With the development of remote sensing technologies, it is now feasible to gather large amounts of data across the world, including understudied and remote regions. To determine which factors were most important in
Authors
Whitney Woelmer, Yu-Chun Kao, David B. Bunnell, Andrew M. Deines, David Bennion, Mark W. Rogers, Colin N. Brooks, Michael J. Sayers, David M. Banach, Amanda G. Grimm, Robert A. Shuchman
The social, economic, and environmental importance of inland fish and fisheries
Though reported capture fisheries are dominated by marine production, inland fish and fisheries make substantial contributions to meeting the challenges faced by individuals, society, and the environment in a changing global landscape. Inland capture fisheries and aquaculture contribute over 40% to the world’s reported finfish production from less than 0.01% of the total volume of water on earth.
Authors
Abigail J. Lynch, Steven J. Cooke, Andrew M. Deines, Shannon D. Bower, David B. Bunnell, Ian G. Cowx, Vivian M. Nguyen, Joel K. Nohner, Kaviphone Phouthavong, Betsy Riley, Mark W. Rogers, William W. Taylor, Whitney Woelmer, So-Jung Youn, T. Douglas Beard
Developing fish trophic interaction indicators of climate change for the Great Lakes
This project addressed regional climate change effects on aquatic food webs in the Great Lakes. We sought insights by examining Lake Erie as a representative system with a high level of anthropogenic impacts, strong nutrient gradients, seasonal hypoxia, and spatial overlap of cold- and cool-water fish guilds. In Lake Erie and in large embayments throughout the Great Lakes basin, this situation is
Authors
Richard T. Kraus, Carey T. Knight, Ann Marie Gorman, Patrick M. Kocovsky, Brian C. Weidel, Mark W. Rogers
Physiological basis of climate change impacts on North American inland fishes
Global climate change is altering freshwater ecosystems and affecting fish populations and communities. Underpinning changes in fish distribution and assemblage-level responses to climate change are individual-level physiological constraints. In this review, we synthesize the mechanistic effects of climate change on neuroendocrine, cardiorespiratory, immune, osmoregulatory, and reproductive system
Authors
James E. Whitney, Robert K. Al-Chokhachy, David B. Bunnell, Colleen A. Caldwell, Steven J. Cooke, Erika J. Eliason, Mark W. Rogers, Abigail J. Lynch, Craig P. Paukert
A new method to generate a high-resolution global distribution map of lake chlorophyll
A new method was developed, evaluated, and applied to generate a global dataset of growing-season chlorophyll-a (chl) concentrations in 2011 for freshwater lakes. Chl observations from freshwater lakes are valuable for estimating lake productivity as well as assessing the role that these lakes play in carbon budgets. The standard 4 km NASA OceanColor L3 chlorophyll concentration products generated
Authors
Michael J Sayers, Amanda G. Grimm, Robert A. Shuchman, Andrew M. Deines, David B. Bunnell, Zachary B Raymer, Mark W. Rogers, Whitney Woelmer, David Bennion, Colin N. Brooks, Matthew A. Whitley, David M. Warner, Justin G. Mychek-Londer
A review of the global relationship among freshwater fish, autotrophic activity, and regional climate
The relationship between autotrophic activity and freshwater fish populations is an important consideration for ecologists describing trophic structure in aquatic communities, fisheries managers tasked with increasing sustainable fisheries development, and fish farmers seeking to maximize production. Previous studies of the empirical relationships of autotrophic activity and freshwater fish yield
Authors
Andrew M. Deines, David B. Bunnell, Mark W. Rogers, T. Douglas Beard, William W. Taylor
Fisheries research and monitoring activities of the Lake Erie Biological Station, 2014
In 2014, the USGS LEBS successfully completed large vessel surveys in all three of Lake Erie’s basins. Lake Erie Biological Station’s primary vessel surveys included the Western Basin Forage Fish Assessment and East Harbor Forage Fish Assessment as well as contributing to the cooperative multi-agency Central Basin Hydroacoustics Assessment, the Eastern Basin Coldwater Community Assessment, and LTL
Authors
Betsy L. Bodamer Scarbro, William Edwards, Carrie Gawne, Patrick M. Kocovsky, Richard T. Kraus, Mark W. Rogers, Taylor Stewart
Designing long-term fish community assessments in connecting channels: Lessons from the Saint Marys River
Long-term surveys are useful in understanding trends in connecting channel fish communities; a gill net assessment in the Saint Marys River performed periodically since 1975 is the most comprehensive connecting channels sampling program within the Laurentian Great Lakes. We assessed efficiency of that survey, with intent to inform development of assessments at other connecting channels. We evaluat
Authors
Jeff Schaeffer, Mark W. Rogers, David G. Fielder, Neal Godby, Anjanette K. Bowen, Lisa O'Connor, Josh Parrish, Susan Greenwood, Stephen Chong, Greg Wright
Lake Michigan offshore ecosystem structure and food web changes from 1987 to 2008
Ecosystems undergo dynamic changes owing to species invasions, fisheries management decisions, landscape modifications, and nutrient inputs. At Lake Michigan, new invaders (e.g., dreissenid mussels (Dreissena spp.), spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus), round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)) have proliferated and altered energy transfer pathways, while nutrient concentrations and stocking rate
Authors
Mark W. Rogers, David B. Bunnell, Charles P. Madenjian, David M. Warner
Trade-offs in experimental designs for estimating post-release mortality in containment studies
Estimates of post-release mortality (PRM) facilitate accounting for unintended deaths from fishery activities and contribute to development of fishery regulations and harvest quotas. The most popular method for estimating PRM employs containers for comparing control and treatment fish, yet guidance for experimental design of PRM studies with containers is lacking. We used simulations to evaluate t
Authors
Mark W. Rogers, Andrew B Barbour, Kyle L Wilson
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Reconciling catch differences from multiple fishery independent gill net surveys
Fishery independent gill net surveys provide valuable demographic information for population assessment and resource management, but relative to net construction, the effects of ancillary species, and environmental variables on focal species catch rates are poorly understood. In response, we conducted comparative deployments with three unique, inter-agency, survey gill nets used to assess walleyeAuthorsRichard T. Kraus, Christopher Vandergoot, Patrick M. Kocovsky, Mark W. Rogers, H. Andrew Cook, Travis O. BrendenComparing life history characteristics of Lake Michigan’s naturalized and stocked Chinook Salmon
Lake Michigan supports popular fisheries for Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that have been sustained by stocking since the late 1960s. Natural recruitment of Chinook Salmon in Lake Michigan has increased in the past few decades and currently contributes more than 50% of Chinook Salmon recruits. We hypothesized that selective forces differ for naturalized populations born in the wild and hAuthorsJanice A Kerns, Mark W. Rogers, David B. Bunnell, Randall M. Claramunt, Paris D. CollingsworthAssessing the influence of watershed characteristics on chlorophyll a in waterbodies at global and regional scales
Prediction of primary production of lentic water bodies (i.e., lakes and reservoirs) is valuable to researchers and resource managers alike, but is very rarely done at the global scale. With the development of remote sensing technologies, it is now feasible to gather large amounts of data across the world, including understudied and remote regions. To determine which factors were most important inAuthorsWhitney Woelmer, Yu-Chun Kao, David B. Bunnell, Andrew M. Deines, David Bennion, Mark W. Rogers, Colin N. Brooks, Michael J. Sayers, David M. Banach, Amanda G. Grimm, Robert A. ShuchmanThe social, economic, and environmental importance of inland fish and fisheries
Though reported capture fisheries are dominated by marine production, inland fish and fisheries make substantial contributions to meeting the challenges faced by individuals, society, and the environment in a changing global landscape. Inland capture fisheries and aquaculture contribute over 40% to the world’s reported finfish production from less than 0.01% of the total volume of water on earth.AuthorsAbigail J. Lynch, Steven J. Cooke, Andrew M. Deines, Shannon D. Bower, David B. Bunnell, Ian G. Cowx, Vivian M. Nguyen, Joel K. Nohner, Kaviphone Phouthavong, Betsy Riley, Mark W. Rogers, William W. Taylor, Whitney Woelmer, So-Jung Youn, T. Douglas BeardDeveloping fish trophic interaction indicators of climate change for the Great Lakes
This project addressed regional climate change effects on aquatic food webs in the Great Lakes. We sought insights by examining Lake Erie as a representative system with a high level of anthropogenic impacts, strong nutrient gradients, seasonal hypoxia, and spatial overlap of cold- and cool-water fish guilds. In Lake Erie and in large embayments throughout the Great Lakes basin, this situation isAuthorsRichard T. Kraus, Carey T. Knight, Ann Marie Gorman, Patrick M. Kocovsky, Brian C. Weidel, Mark W. RogersPhysiological basis of climate change impacts on North American inland fishes
Global climate change is altering freshwater ecosystems and affecting fish populations and communities. Underpinning changes in fish distribution and assemblage-level responses to climate change are individual-level physiological constraints. In this review, we synthesize the mechanistic effects of climate change on neuroendocrine, cardiorespiratory, immune, osmoregulatory, and reproductive systemAuthorsJames E. Whitney, Robert K. Al-Chokhachy, David B. Bunnell, Colleen A. Caldwell, Steven J. Cooke, Erika J. Eliason, Mark W. Rogers, Abigail J. Lynch, Craig P. PaukertA new method to generate a high-resolution global distribution map of lake chlorophyll
A new method was developed, evaluated, and applied to generate a global dataset of growing-season chlorophyll-a (chl) concentrations in 2011 for freshwater lakes. Chl observations from freshwater lakes are valuable for estimating lake productivity as well as assessing the role that these lakes play in carbon budgets. The standard 4 km NASA OceanColor L3 chlorophyll concentration products generatedAuthorsMichael J Sayers, Amanda G. Grimm, Robert A. Shuchman, Andrew M. Deines, David B. Bunnell, Zachary B Raymer, Mark W. Rogers, Whitney Woelmer, David Bennion, Colin N. Brooks, Matthew A. Whitley, David M. Warner, Justin G. Mychek-LonderA review of the global relationship among freshwater fish, autotrophic activity, and regional climate
The relationship between autotrophic activity and freshwater fish populations is an important consideration for ecologists describing trophic structure in aquatic communities, fisheries managers tasked with increasing sustainable fisheries development, and fish farmers seeking to maximize production. Previous studies of the empirical relationships of autotrophic activity and freshwater fish yieldAuthorsAndrew M. Deines, David B. Bunnell, Mark W. Rogers, T. Douglas Beard, William W. TaylorFisheries research and monitoring activities of the Lake Erie Biological Station, 2014
In 2014, the USGS LEBS successfully completed large vessel surveys in all three of Lake Erie’s basins. Lake Erie Biological Station’s primary vessel surveys included the Western Basin Forage Fish Assessment and East Harbor Forage Fish Assessment as well as contributing to the cooperative multi-agency Central Basin Hydroacoustics Assessment, the Eastern Basin Coldwater Community Assessment, and LTLAuthorsBetsy L. Bodamer Scarbro, William Edwards, Carrie Gawne, Patrick M. Kocovsky, Richard T. Kraus, Mark W. Rogers, Taylor StewartDesigning long-term fish community assessments in connecting channels: Lessons from the Saint Marys River
Long-term surveys are useful in understanding trends in connecting channel fish communities; a gill net assessment in the Saint Marys River performed periodically since 1975 is the most comprehensive connecting channels sampling program within the Laurentian Great Lakes. We assessed efficiency of that survey, with intent to inform development of assessments at other connecting channels. We evaluatAuthorsJeff Schaeffer, Mark W. Rogers, David G. Fielder, Neal Godby, Anjanette K. Bowen, Lisa O'Connor, Josh Parrish, Susan Greenwood, Stephen Chong, Greg WrightLake Michigan offshore ecosystem structure and food web changes from 1987 to 2008
Ecosystems undergo dynamic changes owing to species invasions, fisheries management decisions, landscape modifications, and nutrient inputs. At Lake Michigan, new invaders (e.g., dreissenid mussels (Dreissena spp.), spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus), round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)) have proliferated and altered energy transfer pathways, while nutrient concentrations and stocking rateAuthorsMark W. Rogers, David B. Bunnell, Charles P. Madenjian, David M. WarnerTrade-offs in experimental designs for estimating post-release mortality in containment studies
Estimates of post-release mortality (PRM) facilitate accounting for unintended deaths from fishery activities and contribute to development of fishery regulations and harvest quotas. The most popular method for estimating PRM employs containers for comparing control and treatment fish, yet guidance for experimental design of PRM studies with containers is lacking. We used simulations to evaluate tAuthorsMark W. Rogers, Andrew B Barbour, Kyle L Wilson