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Joseph F.
Koonce
Professor and
Chair
308 Clapp
Hall
jfk7@po.cwru.edu |
Research
Interests
Joseph
F. Koonce is a Professor of Biology at Case Western Reserve University with a
secondary appointment as Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer and Science. He
received his A.B. Degree from Dartmouth College and M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees from
the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in Zoology. Dr. Koonce has broad research interests
in aquatic systems ecology. He has
served on a number of Boards and advisory committees for the Great Lakes Fishery
Commission, the International Joint Commission, National Research Council, and
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
He served as the Ecosystem Partnership Coordinator for the Great Lakes
Fishery Commission (1992-1993) and as U.S. Co-chair of the Habitat Advisory
Board of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (1997-1999). Currently, Dr. Koonce is the leader of
the Lake Erie
Ecological Modelling Project a co-director of the Center for the
Environment of Case Western Reserve University.
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Courses
- BIOL 310 Population Biology
- BIOL 336 Aquatic Biology
- BIOL 350 Introduction to Ecosystem Analysis and
Environmental Science
- BIOL 370 Ecology
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Vitae
Education
A.B. in Biology (1967), Dartmouth College, Hanover,
N.H.
M.A. in Zoology (1969), The
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Ph.D. in Zoology with minor in Water Chemistry (1972), The
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Selected
Professional Experience
- Research Scholar. International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis.
Laxenburg, Austria.
(1982 to 1983 Sabbatical Leave of Absence).
- Co‑Chair. Task Group on Integrated
Management of Sea Lamprey.
Board of Technical Experts.
Great Lakes Fishery Commission. (1988 to 1989).
- Co‑Chair. Task Group on Sustainability of
Intensively Managed Populations in Lake Ecosystems. Board of Technical Experts. Great Lakes Fishery
Commission. (1990 to
1993).
- Member of the Lake Ontario Pelagic Community
Health Indicators Committee.
Task group of the Binational Objectives Development Committee, US
EPA and Environment Canada (1991 to 1993).
- Member of the US/Canada Steering Committee
for the Great Lakes State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (1992 to
1994)
- Ecosystem Partnership Coordinator. Secretariat, Great Lakes Fishery
Commission. Ann Arbor,
Michigan. (1992‑93 Leave of
Absence).
- Member. Habitat Advisory Board. Great Lakes Fishery
Commission. (1994 to 1999).
Co-Chair (1997-1999).
- Member. Great Lakes Fish Habitat
Conservation Committee. Great
Lakes Fishery Commission (2000-present).
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Selected
Publications
- Koonce, J. F., R. L.
Eshenroder, and G. C. Christie.
1993. An economic injury
level approach for establishing the intensity of sea lamprey control in the
Great Lakes. N. Amer J. Fish.
Man. 13(1) 1-14.
- Jones, M. L., J. F. Koonce,
and R. O'Gorman. 1993 Sustainability of hatchery-dependent
salmonine fisheries in Lake Ontario:
the conflict between predator demand and prey supply. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 122:
1022-1028.
- Koonce, J. F. 1994. The State of Aquatic Community Health
of the Great Lakes. Working paper
for the US/Canada State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Great Lakes National Program Office.
Chicago, IL.
- Koonce, J. F., W-D. N.
Busch, T. Chapla. 1996. Restoration of Lake Erie: Contribution of Water Quality and
Natural Resource Management. Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53 (Suppl 1): 105-112.
- Koonce, J. F., V. Cairns, A.
Christie, D. Dodge, A. Hamilton, H. Lickers, B. McHattie, D. Roseboom, and C.
Wooley. 1996. A commentary on the role of
institutional arrangements in the protection and restoration of habitat in the
Great Lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci. 53 (Suppl. 1): 458-465.
- Koonce, J. F., C. K. Minns,
and H. A. Morrison. 1998. Aquatic Biodiversity Investment Areas
in the Great Lakes Basin. SOLEC
1998 Background Report. U.S. EPA
and Environment Canada. URL:
http://129.22.156.152/ABIA/Report.htm
- Koonce, J. F., A. B. Locci,
and R. L. Knight. 1999. Contributions of Fishery Management to
Changes in Walleye and Yellow Perch Populations of Lake Erie. Invited contribution In Taylor, William W. and Ferreri, C.
Paola [eds]. Great Lakes Fisheries Policy and
Management: A Binational
Perspective. Michigan State
University Press. East Lansing,
MI. p. 397-416.
- Locci, A. B. and J. F.
Koonce. 1999. A theoretical analysis of food web
constraints on walleye dynamics in Lake Erie. In Munawar, M., T. Edsall, and I.F.
Munawar. State of Lake Erie: Past, and Future. Backhuys Publishers. Leiden, The Netherlands. p. 497-510.
- Koonce, J. F. 1999. Reflections on the challenges of
the ecosystem approach: a remembrance of Jack Christie. Aq. Ecosys. Health
Man. 2: 223-227.
- Bloczynski, J. A., W. T. Bogart, B. F. Hobbs, and J.
F. Koonce. 2000. Irreversible Investment in Wetlands Preservation: Making
Optimal Decisions Under Uncertainty. Environmental Management, 26: (2)
175-193.
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