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Martin A Simonson, PhD

Martin Simonson is a Biologist based at the Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Martin's current position at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center involves testing whether or not Cisco (aka Lake Herring) aerobic scope and thermal tolerance differs among two populations of Cisco. One population is from northern Lake Huron whereas the other population is from a small inland lake in northern Indiana. Our hypothesis is that the southern population has been exposed to more thermal pressures and will be better adapted to warmer water temperatures compared to the northern population.

Professional Experience

  • Biologist, USGS Great Lakes Science Center (2022-Present)

  • Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University (2017-2022)

  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of Toledo (2015-2017)

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Michigan State University (2014-2015)

Education and Certifications

  • PhD (Fisheries Biology) Iowa State University 2024

  • Associate Fisheries Professional Certification, American Fisheries Society

  • MS (Biology) University of Toledo, 2017

  • BS (Fisheries and Wildlife, with Honor) Michigan State University, 2015

  • AS (Biology) Grand Rapids Community College, 2013

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • American Fisheries Society

  • International Association of Great Lakes Research

  • Trout Unlimited, Michigan Chapter

Science and Products

Field Site Locations from Phragmites Bioherbicide 2024 Field Experiment in Southeast Michigan

This dataset represents the locations of experimental plots that were used during the Phragmites bioherbicide 2024 field experiment, where a novel bio-based formula for herbicide was applied to Phragmites australis to test the efficacy of Phragmites bioherbicide as a tool to control invasive Phragmites. To meet the criteria for selection, a site must have relatively dry soil with no...
By
Great Lakes Science Center

Swim chamber respirometry, aerobic scope, and thermal tolerance experiments with two latitudinally-separated cisco (Coregonus artedi) populations 2022-2023

These data include aerobic scope and thermal tolerance measurements from two cisco (Coregonus artedi) populations to evaluate performance and potential adaptation to warming Great Lakes habitats. Cisco come from two stock sources: 1) a northern latitude Lake Huron stock collected as gametes from Les Cheneaux Islands, MI, USA in 2015 and raised in a USGS aquaculture lab in Ann Arbor, MI...
By
Great Lakes Science Center
No results found.

Comparison of cisco (Coregonus artedi) aerobic scope and thermal tolerance between two latitudinally-separated populations

The cisco Coregonus artedi is a coldwater fish that is distributed throughout much of Canada and the northern United States, including the Laurentian Great Lakes. Cisco historically supported large commercial fisheries in the Great Lakes during the late 1800s and early 1900s, but many populations declined and never recovered. Restoration efforts focusing on re-establishing cisco in the...
Authors
Martin Albert Simonson, David Bunnell, Charles P. Madenjian, Kevin Keeler, Joseph Schmitt
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Science and Products

Field Site Locations from Phragmites Bioherbicide 2024 Field Experiment in Southeast Michigan

This dataset represents the locations of experimental plots that were used during the Phragmites bioherbicide 2024 field experiment, where a novel bio-based formula for herbicide was applied to Phragmites australis to test the efficacy of Phragmites bioherbicide as a tool to control invasive Phragmites. To meet the criteria for selection, a site must have relatively dry soil with no...
By
Great Lakes Science Center

Swim chamber respirometry, aerobic scope, and thermal tolerance experiments with two latitudinally-separated cisco (Coregonus artedi) populations 2022-2023

These data include aerobic scope and thermal tolerance measurements from two cisco (Coregonus artedi) populations to evaluate performance and potential adaptation to warming Great Lakes habitats. Cisco come from two stock sources: 1) a northern latitude Lake Huron stock collected as gametes from Les Cheneaux Islands, MI, USA in 2015 and raised in a USGS aquaculture lab in Ann Arbor, MI...
By
Great Lakes Science Center
No results found.

Comparison of cisco (Coregonus artedi) aerobic scope and thermal tolerance between two latitudinally-separated populations

The cisco Coregonus artedi is a coldwater fish that is distributed throughout much of Canada and the northern United States, including the Laurentian Great Lakes. Cisco historically supported large commercial fisheries in the Great Lakes during the late 1800s and early 1900s, but many populations declined and never recovered. Restoration efforts focusing on re-establishing cisco in the...
Authors
Martin Albert Simonson, David Bunnell, Charles P. Madenjian, Kevin Keeler, Joseph Schmitt
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government

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