Department of Biology

Mailing Address

Aquatic Station
206 Freeman Building
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666

Education

Ph. D. -- Fisheries Science; Texas Tech University

M. S. -- Biology/Aquatic Biology; Southwest Texas State University

B. S. -- Wildlife and Fisheries Science; Texas A&M University

Research Interests

Threatened and endangered fish management

Life history and population dynamics of warm-water fishes

Abiotic and biotic regulation of fish assemblages

Reproductive ecology

Courses Taught

Zoology (BIO 2411)

Ichthyology (BIO 4415/5415)

Fisheries Management (BIO 5335)

Other Sites of Interest: Aquatic Biology Program

Publications

Bonner, T. H., and G. R. Wilde. 2002. The effect of turbidity on prey consumption by prairie stream fishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131: 1203-1208.

Durham, B. W., T. H. Bonner, and G. R. Wilde. 2002. Occurrence of Lernaea cyprinacea on Arkansas River shiners and peppered chubs in the Canadian River, New Mexico and Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist 47: 95-98.

Wilde, G. R., T. H. Bonner, and P. J. Zwank. 2001. Diets of the Arkansas River shiner and peppered chub in the Canadian River, New Mexico and Texas. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16: 403-410.

Bonner, T. H., and G. R. Wilde. 2000. Changes in the fish assemblage of the Canadian River, Texas, associated with reservoir construction. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15: 189-198.

Wilde, G. R., and T. H. Bonner. 2000. First records of the suckermouth minnow Phenacobius mirabilis in Canadian River, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 52: 71-74.

Bonner, T. H., T. M. Brandt, J. N. Fries, and B. G. Whiteside. 1998. Temperature effects on egg production and early life stages of the fountain darter. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127: 971-978.

Theses Directed

• Chad Thomas. 2001. Effects of smallmouth bass on habitat selection by prey fishes of the Devils River, Texas.

Students & Postdocs

Students:

• Hulbert, J. Thesis title: Ontogeny and life history characteristics of the Devils River minnow.
• Leavy, T. Thesis title: Critical current velocities for various stream fishes: implications for managing road crossings in Louisiana.
• Littrell, B. Thesis title: Undecided
• Lutz-Carillo, D.J. Tentative title: The use of microsatellite DNA to identify largemouth bass subspecies.
• McDonald, D. Tentative title: Effects of fluctuating termperatures on egg production of the endangered fountain darter.
• Watson, J. Thesis title: Habitat associations for fishes of Independence Creek.
• Williams, C. Tentative title: Habitat associates and reproductive ecology of the sabine shiner.
  

Postdocs: None.

This page last updated June 17, 2003. Click here to return to the Biology front page