Mark Richard DuFour 5066 Jamieson Dr., Toledo, Oh 43613, Apt. H-09 Mobile: (440) 813-2546 Email: mrdufour@yahoo.com Education M.S., Biology (Ecology Track), 2010 present University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio Advisor: Dr. Christine Mayer Thesis: Quantification of abundance and variability of larval walleye (Sander vitreus) in the Maumee River Current GPA: 4.0 B.S., Conservation, cum laude, 2005 Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 2000 2005 Professional Experience Graduate Research Assistant, 2010 present Department of Environmental Sciences Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio Environmental Analyst I (Fisheries), 2010 2011 (Part time), 2007 2010 (Full Time) New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, Lowell, Massachusetts. Contracted to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation s Hudson River Fisheries Unit (NYS-DEC HRFU) and Hudson River Estuary Program (HREP), New Paltz, New York. Fisheries Laborer, 2006 (Seasonal) NYS-DEC HRFU, New Paltz, New York. Publications Mohler J.W., J.A. Sweka, A. Kahnle, K. Hattala, A. Higgs, M. DuFour, M.W. Breece, D.A. Fox. 2012. Growth and survival of hatchery-produced Atlantic sturgeon released as young-of-year into the Hudson River, New York. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management x(x):xx-xx; e1944-687x. doi: 10.3996/012011-JFWM-005. D. L. Erickson, A. Kahnle, M. J. Millard, E. A. Mora, M. Bryja, A. Higgs, J. Mohler, M. DuFour, G. Kenney, J. Sweka, E. K. Pikitch. 2011. Use of pop-up satellite archival tags to identify oceanicmigratory patterns for adult Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchell, 1815. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 27(2): 356-365. Technical Reports DuFour, M.R. 2010. Standardization of the Hudson River Juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon Relative Abundance Index. Prepared for New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Fisheries Unit. New Paltz, New York.
M. DuFour Page 2 DuFour, M.R., K.A. Hattala, and A.W. Kahnle. 2008 2009. Hudson River Shortnose Sturgeon Annual Reports. Prepared for NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources in compliance with Endangered Species Act scientific research and incidental take permits. Washington D.C., U.S.A. Hattala, K.A., M.R. DuFour, R.D. Adams and A.W. Kahnle. 2008. Status of New York River Herring Stocks. Prepared for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission - River Herring Stock Assessment. Washington D.C., U.S.A. Hattala, K.A. and M.R. DuFour. 2007. Shortnose Sturgeon of the Hudson River, New York. Prepared for the NOAA Fisheries - Shortnose Sturgeon Status Review. Washington D.C., U.S.A. Public Reports Hattala, K.A., M.R. DuFour, R.D. Adams, K. McShane, J. Kindred, R. Lowenthal. 2010. Volunteer River Herring Monitoring Program Report. NYS-DEC HRFU, New Paltz, New York. DuFour, M.R., R.D. Adams, K.A. Hattala and A. Bloomfield. 2009. Volunteer River Herring Monitoring Program Report. NYS-DEC HRFU, New Paltz, New York. DuFour, M.R., R.D. Adams, K.A. Hattala and L. Abuza. 2008. Volunteer River Herring Monitoring Program Report. NYS-DEC HRFU, New Paltz, New York. Invited Presentations DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky,. March 2012. Quantification of abundance and mortality of Maumee River larval walleye: accounting for variability and uncertainty, USGS Great Lakes Science Center Brown Bag Seminar, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Presentations DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky. March 2012. Maumee River larval walleye dynamics: Production, mortality and export, Midwest Graduate Research Symposium, Toledo, Ohio. DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky. January 2012. Maumee River larval walleye dynamics: Production, mortality and export, ODNR Division of Wildlife /The Ohio State University Research Review, Columbus, Ohio. DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky. January 2012. Estimating larval walleye abundance on the Maumee River, Midwest Student Fisheries Colloquium, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky. December 2011. Estimating walleye spawning stock size and larval fish abundance on the Maumee River, Maumee River climate change research meeting, Oregon, Ohio. DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky. May 2011 (poster). Estimating larval walleye export from the Maumee River: Tracking variability through space and time (Poster), International Association of Great Lakes Research Annual Meeting, Duluth, Minnesota.
M. DuFour Page 3 DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky. April 2011. Maumee Bay ecosystem function: Effects of the Bayshore power plant and other environmental variables, Lake Erie Waterkeeper Conference, North Cape Yacht Club, La Salle, Michigan. DuFour, M.R., J. Pritt, C.M. Mayer, C. Stow, J. Tyson, E. Weimer, and P. Kocovsky. January 2011. Estimating larval walleye export from the Maumee River: Tracking variability through space and time, ODNR Division of Wildlife /The Ohio State University Research Review meeting, Columbus, Ohio. DuFour, M.R., R.D. Adams, J. Kindred, A. Bloomfield, and L. Abuza. March 2008 2010. Volunteer River Herring Monitoring Program (Presentations and Trainings), Hudson River Valley, New York. DuFour, M.R., K.A. Hattala, and A.W. Kahnle. December 2009. Habitat Use: Shortnose sturgeon, juvenile Atlantic sturgeon, and blue crabs, Fish Habitat meeting, Norrie Point Environmental Center, Staatsburg, New York. DuFour, M.R. November 2009. Life History and Management of Diadromous Fishes of the Hudson River Estuary, Monthly meeting, New Baltimore Conservancy. New Baltimore, New York. DuFour, M.D. 2009. Invasion of the Hudson River: Chinese Mitten Crab, Monthly meeting, Trout Unlimited-New York Region 3-Catskill Mountain Chapter #028. Kingston, New York. DuFour, M.D., K.A. Hattala, and A.W. Kahnle. Juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon Abundance Sampling, November 2007. Atlantic Sturgeon Sampling Protocol Workshop, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Annapolis, Maryland. DuFour, M.R., K.A. Hattala, and A.W. Kahnle. March 2007. River Herring Runs in New York State, 63 rd Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. Groton/Mystic, Connecticut. Professional Activities River Herring Stock Assessment Technical Committee Meeting (Data Workshop), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Albany, NY, 2009 River Herring Stock Assessment Technical Committee Meeting (Data Workshop), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Providence, RI, 2008 Volunteer River Herring Monitoring Program, Designed and implemented a citizen science based monitoring program to track river herring runs in Hudson River tributaries, Hudson River Estuary Program, New Paltz, NY, 2008 Atlantic Sturgeon Protocol Workshop, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Annapolis, Maryland, 2007 Striped Bass Stock Assessment Tagging Subcommittee Meeting (Tagging Model Workshop), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Manchester, New Hampshire, 2007 Shortnose Sturgeon Plan Review Team Meeting (Organizational Meeting), National Marine Fisheries Service, Kearneysville, West Virginia, 2007
M. DuFour Page 4 Teaching Guest lecture- Bayesian Statistics, Biostatistics (EEES 6400), University of Toledo, Fall 2011. Mentoring Robert Mapes Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Program, University of Toledo: Changes in the Larval Fish Community of The Maumee River, 2010 present Sean Maiorano Ossining High School Science Research Program, NYS-DEC HREP: Quantifying the relative abundance of juvenile Atlantic sturgeon in the Hudson River, 2008 2010 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 3 rd Award Winner Animal Sciences Museum of Natural History Young Naturalist Award Finalist Continuing Education Ichthyoplankton Identification Workshop, Ohio State University F.T. Stone Laboratory, 2010 Advanced Stock Assessment Training: Standardizing Indices for Use in Stock Assessment, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Miami, Florida, 2009 Calculus III, State University of New York - New Paltz, 2009 Calculus I & II, Ulster County Community College, 2008 2009 Learn R (online), United States Geological Survey and National Parks Service, 2008 Sturgeon Techniques, American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2008 Gastric Lavage Techniques, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, South Carolina, 2008 Basic Fish Stock Assessment Training (Parts I & II), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2007 Project Design and Evaluation Training, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norrie Point Environmental Center, Staatsburg, New York, 2007 Introductory Statistics, NYS-DEC Training, Hamilton, New York, 2007 Fish Ecology (summer course), Ohio State University F.T. Stone Laboratory, 2005 Awards and Fellowships Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research Long-Term Great Lakes Fellowship, 2011 present, $23,000, NOAA Estuarian of the Month, NYS-DEC Hudson River Estuary Program, June 2010
M. DuFour Page 5 Ohio State F.T. Stone Laboratory Undergraduate Research Fellowship, summer 2005, OSU Organization Memberships International Association of Great Lakes Research, 2010 2012 2010-2011 Website Committee Member American Fisheries Society, 2008-2012 World Sturgeon Conservation Society, 2008 2009 Software Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, SAS, R, OpenBUGS, ArcMap, and ArcPad References Christine Mayer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Ecology Department of Environmental Sciences University of Toledo 419-530-4570 christine.mayer@utoledo.edu Craig Stow, Ph.D. Aquatic Ecosystem Modeler Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 734-741-2268 craig.stow@noaa.gov Ed Roseman, Ph.D. Research Fisheries Biologist Western Basin Ecosystems Branch, Lake Huron Section Great Lakes Science Center United States Geological Survey 734-214-7237 eroseman@usgs.gov Kathy Hattala Fisheries Biologist Hudson River Fisheries Unit Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 845-256-3071 khattal@gw.dec.state.ny.us