Steve Kelsch Contact
Dr. Steve Kelsch: steven_kelsch@und.nodak.edu
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. 1977, St. Johns University
M.S. 1979, University of North Dakota
Ph.D. 1986, Texas A&M University
Fish Biology
Physiological Ecology of Fishes
Fisheries Management
Assistant Professor (Fish Biology)
Eastern New Mexico University, 1988-1991
Visiting Assistant
Professor/Instructor Texas A&M University, 1987.
Fisheries
Research
My research interests are relatively diverse including ecology, physiological
ecology, systematics, and management of fishes. I have developed an integrated
field/laboratory approach to the study of fish biology. I have found that the
combination of these diverse approaches has yielded insight into broader theoretical
problems of biology and new approaches for management of fishes.
I have developed some theoretical models which describe behavioral responses
of fishes to temperature as functions of physiological and thermodynamic processes.
I have set up a laboratory equipped to test predictions of these models. This
work has implications for identifying and measuring environmental optima and
subsequently insight into the distribution and abundance of organisms.
I am also involved in studying fish ecology in the field. This ranges from
basic research in fish ecology to applied research in fisheries management.
Field and laboratory research each enhance the other. Difficult field questions
may be simplified when translated to the laboratory setting and also may suggest
theoretical models to be tested. Laboratory research may suggest new approaches
for fisheries management.
Currently, I am involved in studying maximum critical swimming speeds of fishes
as a function of parasite load. I am testing whether swimming
speed is a good measure of surplus power available to a fish under a given
thermal regime.
Representative Publications
Kelsch, S. W. and J. L. Wendel. 2004 Lotic habitat availability and use by channel catfish in the Red River of the North. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19:473-484.
Wendel, J. L. and S. W. Kelsch. 1999. Summer range and movement
of channel catfish in the Red River of the North. Pages 203-214 in E. R. Irwin,
W. A. Hubert, C. F. Rabeni, H. L. Schramm, Jr., and T. Coon, editors. Catfish
2000: proceedings of the international ictalurid symposium. American Fisheries
Society, Symposium 24, Bethesda, Maryland.
Johnson, J. A., and S. W. Kelsch. 1998. Effects of evolutionary thermal environment
on temperature-preference relationships in fishes. Environmental Biology of
Fishes 53:447-458.
Kelsch, S. W. 1996. Temperature selection and performance by bluegills: evidence
for selection in response to available power. Transactions of the American
Fisheries Society 125:948-955.
Kelsch, S. W., and B. Shields. 1996. Care and handling of sampled organisms.
Pages 121-155 (Chapter 5) In Fisheries Techniques, 2nd Edition, B. Murphy and
D. Willis (eds.). American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
Kelsch, S. W. 1995. Patterns of morphometric variation in the channel and
headwater catfishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 124:272-279.
Kelsch, S. W. 1994. Lotic fish-community structure following transition from
severe drought to high discharge. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 9:331-341.
Kelsch, S. W., and F. S. Hendricks. 1990. Distribution of the headwater catfish
Ictalurus lupus (Pisces: Ictaluridae). Southwestern Naturalist 35:292-297.
Kelsch, S. W., and W. H. Neill. 1990. Temperature preference vs. acclimation
in fishes: Selection for changing metabolic optima. Transactions of the
American Fisheries Society 119:601-610.
Bryan, J. D., S. W. Kelsch, and W. H. Neill. 1990. The maximum power principle
in behavioral thermoregulation by fishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries
Society 119:611-621.
Kelsch, S. W., and F. S. Hendricks. 1986. An electrophoretic and multivariate
morphometric comparison of the American catfishes Ictalurus lupus and I. punctatus.
Copeia 1986:646-652.
Amemiya, C. T., S. W. Kelsch, F. S. Hendricks, and J. R. Gold. 1986. The karyotype
of the Mexican blindcat, Prietella phreatophila Carranza (Ictaluridae). Copeia
1986:1024-1028.
Bettoli, P. W., W. H. Neill, and S. W. Kelsch. 1985. Temperature preference
and heat resistance of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes),
bighead carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Gray), and their F1 hybrid. Journal
of Fish Biology 27:239-247.
Kelsch, S. W., and F. S. Hendricks. 1982. Temporal analysis of aerial photographs
for environmental assessments. Texas Journal of Science 34:23-56.
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