The objective of this project is to develop a rapid, sensitive assay for detecting the exposure of fishes to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated aquatic ecosystems.

• Identify the factors responsible for variable mortality and growth of Dreissena larvae in the Illinois River and Hudson River Estuary.
• Model the interaction of flow with growth and mortality to predict the spatial and temporal patterns of settlement across systems.
• Determine how larval dynamics contribute to spatial and temporal patterns of settlement in the field.

Our overall goal is to provide quantitative  descriptions of species characteristics that increase the probability of successful invasion.

• Evaluate the polyculture of yellow perch in cages with freshwater prawns in ponds.
• Evaluate the effect of culture temperature on growth and survival of yellow perch.

The goal of this research is to purify and identify cell growth-promoting activity found in fish embryo extract.

The objective of this research is to quantify differences molecular level genetic damage to bullhead catfish in the heavily contaminated Lake George reservoir versus levels of damage in bullhead catfish from the virtually uncontaminated Jasper Pulaski reservoir using the alkaline DNA unwinding method.