Patricia M Dieter
Patricia Dieter is a Biological Science Technician based in Ann Arbor, MI.
I began working with USGS as a contractor on the GLRI funded CSMI efforts on Lake Huron in 2012. This project involved researching foodweb energy transfer from nearshore to offshore waters. I continued this research on Lakes Erie and Michigan during their intensive field years in the CSMI cycle. I am now a Biological Science Technician maintaining involvement in CSMI as well as other projects at USGS.
Professional Experience
2012 to Present, Biological Science Technician, USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Education and Certifications
M.S. Biology (Ecology) (Environmental Sciences) Education, University of Toledo, 2011
B.S. B.S. in Environmental Science (Biology track) (Environmental Sciences), University of Toledo, 2008
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Status of pelagic prey fishes in Lake Michigan, 2017 Status of pelagic prey fishes in Lake Michigan, 2017
Acoustic surveys were conducted in late summer/early fall during the years 1992-1996 and 2001-2017 to estimate pelagic prey fish biomass in Lake Michigan. Midwater trawling during the surveys as well as target strength provided a measure of species and size composition of the fish community for use in scaling acoustic data and providing species-specific abundance estimates. The 2017...
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David M. Warner, Ben Turscah, Dale Hanson, Timothy J. Desorcie, Timothy P. O’Brien, Patricia M. Dieter, Jason Smith
Biotic and abiotic factors influencing zooplankton vertical distribution in Lake Huron 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 biomass, especially after 2003. Mechanisms...
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Carly J. Nowicki, David B. Bunnell, Patricia M. Dieter, David M. Warner, Henry A. Vanderploeg, Joann F. Cavaletto, Christine M. Mayer, Jean V. Adams
It's like night and day: Diel net-effects on Cercopagidae densities in the Laurentian Great Lakes 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 285 μm mesh “Bythotrephes” net) to determine if there were any...
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Patricia M. Dieter, David B. Bunnell, Jean V. Adams, Nicole M. Watson, Whitney Woelmer
Eurytemora carolleeae in the Laurentian Great Lakes revealed by phylogenetic and morphological analysis Eurytemora carolleeae in the Laurentian Great Lakes revealed by phylogenetic and morphological analysis
In the Laurentian Great Lakes, specimens of Eurytemora have been reported asEurytemora affinis since its invasion in the late 1950s. During an intensive collection of aquatic invertebrates for morphological and molecular identification in Western Lake Erie in 2012-2013, several specimens of Eurytemora were collected. Analysis of these specimens identified them as the recently described...
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Adrian A. Vasquez, Patrick L. Hudson, Masanori Fujimoto, Kevin M. Keeler, Patricia M. Dieter, Jeffrey L. Ram
Status and trends of prey fish populations in Lake Michigan, 2013 Status and trends of prey fish populations in Lake Michigan, 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center has conducted lake-wide surveys of the fish community in Lake Michigan each fall since 1973 using standard 12-m bottom trawls towed along contour at depths of 9 to 110 m at each of seven index transects. The resulting data on relative abundance, size and age structure, and condition of individual fishes are used to estimate various...
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Charles P. Madenjian, David B. Bunnell, Timothy J. Desorcie, Melissa Jean Kostich, Patricia M. Dieter, Jean V. Adams
Status and trends of the Lake Huron offshore Demersal fish community, 1976-2013 Status and trends of the Lake Huron offshore Demersal fish community, 1976-2013
The USGS Great Lakes Science Center has conducted trawl surveys to assess annual changes in the offshore demersal fish community of Lake Huron since 1973. Sample sites include five ports in U.S. waters with less frequent sampling near Goderich, Ontario. The 2013 fall bottom trawl survey was carried out between 25 October – 21 November 2013 and included all U.S. ports as well as Goderich...
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Stephen C. Riley, Edward F. Roseman, Margret Ann Chriscinske, Taaja R. Tucker, Jason E. Ross, Patricia M. Dieter, Nicole M. Watson, Whitney Woelmer
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Status of pelagic prey fishes in Lake Michigan, 2017 Status of pelagic prey fishes in Lake Michigan, 2017
Acoustic surveys were conducted in late summer/early fall during the years 1992-1996 and 2001-2017 to estimate pelagic prey fish biomass in Lake Michigan. Midwater trawling during the surveys as well as target strength provided a measure of species and size composition of the fish community for use in scaling acoustic data and providing species-specific abundance estimates. The 2017...
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David M. Warner, Ben Turscah, Dale Hanson, Timothy J. Desorcie, Timothy P. O’Brien, Patricia M. Dieter, Jason Smith
Biotic and abiotic factors influencing zooplankton vertical distribution in Lake Huron 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 biomass, especially after 2003. Mechanisms...
Authors
Carly J. Nowicki, David B. Bunnell, Patricia M. Dieter, David M. Warner, Henry A. Vanderploeg, Joann F. Cavaletto, Christine M. Mayer, Jean V. Adams
It's like night and day: Diel net-effects on Cercopagidae densities in the Laurentian Great Lakes 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 285 μm mesh “Bythotrephes” net) to determine if there were any...
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Patricia M. Dieter, David B. Bunnell, Jean V. Adams, Nicole M. Watson, Whitney Woelmer
Eurytemora carolleeae in the Laurentian Great Lakes revealed by phylogenetic and morphological analysis Eurytemora carolleeae in the Laurentian Great Lakes revealed by phylogenetic and morphological analysis
In the Laurentian Great Lakes, specimens of Eurytemora have been reported asEurytemora affinis since its invasion in the late 1950s. During an intensive collection of aquatic invertebrates for morphological and molecular identification in Western Lake Erie in 2012-2013, several specimens of Eurytemora were collected. Analysis of these specimens identified them as the recently described...
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Adrian A. Vasquez, Patrick L. Hudson, Masanori Fujimoto, Kevin M. Keeler, Patricia M. Dieter, Jeffrey L. Ram
Status and trends of prey fish populations in Lake Michigan, 2013 Status and trends of prey fish populations in Lake Michigan, 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center has conducted lake-wide surveys of the fish community in Lake Michigan each fall since 1973 using standard 12-m bottom trawls towed along contour at depths of 9 to 110 m at each of seven index transects. The resulting data on relative abundance, size and age structure, and condition of individual fishes are used to estimate various...
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Charles P. Madenjian, David B. Bunnell, Timothy J. Desorcie, Melissa Jean Kostich, Patricia M. Dieter, Jean V. Adams
Status and trends of the Lake Huron offshore Demersal fish community, 1976-2013 Status and trends of the Lake Huron offshore Demersal fish community, 1976-2013
The USGS Great Lakes Science Center has conducted trawl surveys to assess annual changes in the offshore demersal fish community of Lake Huron since 1973. Sample sites include five ports in U.S. waters with less frequent sampling near Goderich, Ontario. The 2013 fall bottom trawl survey was carried out between 25 October – 21 November 2013 and included all U.S. ports as well as Goderich...
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Stephen C. Riley, Edward F. Roseman, Margret Ann Chriscinske, Taaja R. Tucker, Jason E. Ross, Patricia M. Dieter, Nicole M. Watson, Whitney Woelmer
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