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EDUCATION
B.S. in
Fisheries and Wildlife Management Minor: Chemistry – Lake Superior State
University, 1997
M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources – West Virginia
University, 2001
Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science Minor: Applied
Statistics – Louisiana State University, 2005
COURSES TAUGHT
RNR 1002
- Issues in Natural Resource Management
RNR 4101 -
Integrated Natural Resources Management and Policy
RNR 4106
- Techniques in Limnology and Fisheries
RNR 4107
- Human Dimensions In Natural Resources
RNR 7036
- Advanced Topics in Renewable Natural Resources Biometrics and Management
RNR 7070 - Emerging techniques and current trends in data analysis in
ecology and natural resources management
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am freshwater ecologist interested in quantitatively
describing and statistically modeling the factors that structure aquatic
communities, including fish, invertebrates, and microbes, and applying these
relationships toward stewardship of natural resources. Specifically, my
research is following four research avenues:
1) I am very interested in terrestrial-aquatic
linkages, particularly between mammals, such as feral pigs and bats, and
aquatic organisms;
2) I am interested in the further refinement of stream ecology and
application of emerging
approaches to stream assessment.
3) I am interested in the integration and application of modern statistical
theory and techniques into natural resource research and management.
4) I am very interested in the environmental and biological factors
that influence aquatic microbes and invertebrates, which, in turn,
influence fishes and amphibians.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Restoration
of floodplain-river connectivity and consequences to fishes, water quality,
invertebrates, and zooplankton.
Status and
ecological implications of feral hogs (Sus scrofa) in Louisiana.
Status and
ecology of Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus
desotoi) in Louisiana waters.
The
relationship among land use, microhabitats, ecoregion, fishes, mussels, and
macroinvertebrates with regard to the development of a holistic stream
ecology approach.
Factors
influencing introgression of stocked Florida strain largemouth bass (Micropterus
salmoides floridanus) with indigenous northern strain largemouth bass (Micropterus
salmoides salmoides).
Factors
structuring water quality and fish assemblages in the Atchafalaya River Basin.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Kaller,
M.D., W.E. Kelso, B.T. Halloran, and D.A. Rutherford. 2009. Effects of spatial
scale on assessment of dissolved oxygen dynamics in the Atchafalaya River Basin,
Louisiana. Hydrobiologia In Press
Boswell,
K.M., M.D. Kaller, J.H. Cowan, Jr., and C.A. Wilson. 2008. Evaluation of target
strength-fish length equation choices for estimating estuarine fish biomass.
Hydrobiologia 610: 113-123.
Kaller, M.D., J.D. Hudson III, E.A. Achberger, and W.E.
Kelso. 2007.
Feral pig research in western Louisiana: Expanding populations and
unforseen consequences. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 1: 168-177.
Kaller. M.D.
and W.E. Kelso. 2007. And this little piggy went . . . wild. Forest Landowner
66 (2): 26-28.
Kaller, M.
D. and W. E. Kelso. 2007. Association of macroinvertebrate assemblages with
dissolved oxygen concentration and wood surface area in selected subtropical
streams of the southeastern USA. Aquatic Ecology 41: 95-110.
Kaller, M.
D. and W. E. Kelso. 2006. Short-term decompositional state does not influence
use of woody by macroinvertebrates in subtropical, coastal plain streams.
Hydrobiologia 571: 157-167.
Kaller, M.
D. and W. E. Kelso. 2006. Swine activity alters invertebrate and microbial
communities in a coastal watershed. The American Midland Naturalist 156:
165-179.
Kaller, M.
D. and W. E. Kelso. 2006. Occurrence of freshwater bivalves in a chronically
hypoxic coastal stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21: 355-357.
Kaller, M.
D. and W. E. Kelso. 2006. Effects of a small-scale clearing on habitat and
macroinvertebrates of a southwestern Louisiana coastal bottomland stream. The
Southwestern Naturalist 51: 143-151.
Hartman,
K. J., Kaller, M. D., Howell, J. W., and J. A. Sweka. 2005. How much do valley
fills influence headwater streams? Hydrobiologia 523: 91-102.
Kaller, M.
D., Hudson III, J. D., Kelso, W. E., and L. R. Williams. 2005. Freshwater
macroinvertebrate research in western Louisiana: limitations of our knowledge
base. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society 22: 587.
Kaller, M.
D. and K. J. Hartman. 2004. Evidence of a threshold level of fine sediment
accumulation for altering benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Hydrobiologia
518: 95-104.
Kaller, M.
D. and W. E. Kelso. 2003. Longitudinal effects on macroinvertebrate
communities, microbial populations, and coarse woody debris in a lowland,
subtropical river continuum. Bulletin of the North American Benthological
Society 20: 242-243.
Kaller, M.
D. and W. E. Kelso. 2003. Effects of feral swine on water quality in a coastal
bottomland stream. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 57: 291-298.
Kaller, M.
D., K. J. Hartman, and T. R. Angradi. 2001. Experimental Determination of
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Metric Sensitivity to Fine Sediment. Proceedings of
the Annual Conference of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
55:105-115.
Kaller, M.
D. and K. J. Hartman. 2000. The effects of sediment upon benthic
macroinvertebrates in forested northern Appalachian streams. Bulletin of the
North American Benthological Society 17:240-241.
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