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William Fisher
Associate Professor
206F Fernow Hall
Cornell
University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ph: 607-255-2151
Fx:
607-255-1895
e.mail: wlf9@cornell.edu
website
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William Fisher
Ph.D - University of Louisville - 1987
M.A. - DePauw University - 1979
B.S. - University of Louisville - 1976
Bill Fisher joined the Department of Natural Resources in 2008, and he is Leader of the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He is a fisheries scientist and stream ecologist with interests in applications of geographic information systems in fisheries, management of recreational fisheries, conservation of rare and declining fishes, and sustainable water resources management.
Research
My research focuses is primarily field oriented with an emphasis on modeling species-environment relationships. Current research includes (i) modeling fish-habitat relationships in streams; (ii) evaluating environmental flows in rivers; (iii) sampling design and methodology; and (iv) applying geotechnology to natural resource management and conservation.
Selected Publications
- Dauwalter, D. C., and W. L. Fisher. 2008. Spatial and temporal patterns in stream habitat and smallmouth bass populations in eastern Oklahoma. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:1072-1088.
- Dauwalter, D. C., D. K. Splinter, W. L. Fisher, and R. A. Marston. 2007. Geomorphology and stream habitat relationships with smallmouth bass abundance at multiple spatial scales in eastern Oklahoma. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:1116-1129.
- Fisher, W. L. 2007. Recent trends in fisheries geographic information systems. Pages 3-26 in T. Nishida, P. J. Kailola, and C. E. Hollingworth, editors. GIS/spatial analyses in fishery and aquatic sciences, volume 3. Fishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group, Saitama, Japan.
- Dauwalter, D. C., W. L. Fisher, and K. C. Belt. 2006. Mapping stream habitats with a global positioning system: accuracy, precision, and comparison with traditional methods. Environmental Management 37:271-280.
- Utrup, N. J., and W. L. Fisher. 2006. Development of a rapid bioassessment protocol for sampling fishes in large prairie rivers. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:714-726.
- Fisher, W. L., and F. J. Rahel, editors. 2004. Geographic information systems in fisheries. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
- Toepfer, C. S., W. L. Fisher, and W. D. Warde. 2000. A multi-stage approach to estimate fish abundance in streams using geographic information systems. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:634-645.
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