Dr. Michael Eric Colvin

Dr. Michael Eric Colvin

Title

  • Associate Professor

Contact Information

mec685@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-3592
Thompson Hall, Room 215

Overview

Education

  • Iowa State University , Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), Fisheries Biology
  • University of Idaho , Master of Science (MS), Fishery Resources
  • Unity College , Bachelor of Science (BS), Aquaculture

Research Interests

Simulation
Modeling
Harvest management
Structured decision-making
Adaptive management
Ecosystem ecology

Publications

Year Publications
2023

Dunn, C., Schumann, D., Colvin, M., Jones-Farrand, T., Evans, K., Wagner, M., McRae, S., Rivenbark, E. 2023. Using resiliency, redundancy, and representation in a Bayesian belief network to assess extinction risk of riverine fish. Ecological Applications

2023

VanderBloemen, S., Miranda, L., Sass, G. G., Colvin, M., Faucheux, N. 2023. Influence of invasive bigheaded carps on abundance of Gizzard Shad in the Tennessee River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 152(6):809-818.

2023

Shamaskin, A. C., Colvin, M., Miranda, L. 2023. Evaluating regional length limits in freshwater fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(8).

2022

Norris, D. M., Colvin, M., Miranda, L., Lashley, M. A. 2022. Supplemental habitat is reservoir dependent: Identifying optimal planting decision using Bayesian Decision Networks. Journal of Environmental Management 304(114139).

2022

Aldridge, C. A., Norris, D. M., Hatcher, H. R., Coppola, G., Colvin, M., Miranda, L. 2022. Retention and dimensional changes of supplemental evergreen brush piles within a flood control reservoir. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 13(1):223-235.

2022

Jargowsky, M. J., Huerta-Beltran, B. L., Ajemian, M. J., Colvin, M., Drymon, J. M. 2022. Growth, reproduction, and age at maturity of Lessa’s butterfly ray Gymnura lessae in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Biology of Fishes 105:1237-1249.

2021

Richardson, B. M., Griffin, M. J., Colvin, M., Wise, D. J., Ware, C., Mischke, C. C., Greenway, T. E., Byars, T. S., Hanson, L. A., Lawrence, M. L. 2021. Using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and occupancy models to estimate atypical Aeromonas hydrophila (aAh) prevalence in catfish. Aquaculture 530:735687.

2021

Shirley, C. A., Colvin, M., Tiersch, T., Allen, P. J. 2021. A generalized approach for sperm cryopreservation in the Genus Poxomis: Sperm cryopreservation and fertilization efficiency of black-stripe Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus). Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 52(2):405-417.

2021

Coppola, G., Miranda, L., Colvin, M., Hatcher, H., Lashley, M. A. 2021. Selection of habitat-enhancing plants depends on predator–prey interactions. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12(2):294-307.

2021

Braaten, P. J., Fuller, D. B., Haddix, T. M., Hunziker, J. R., Colvin, M., Holmquist, L. M., Wilson, R. H. 2021. Catch rates for Sturgeon Chubs and Sicklefin Chubs in the Upper Missouri River 2004-2016 and correlations with biotic and abiotic variables. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12(2):322-337.

2021

Schumann, D. A., Colvin, M., Campbell, R. L., Wagner, M. D., Schwarz, D. E. 2021. Suitability of passive integrated transponder tags and a new monitoring technique for at-risk madtoms (Noturus spp.). Endangered Species Research 44:1-10.

2021

Aldridge, C. A., Miranda, L., Colvin, M. 2021. Themes of contemporary inland fisheries goals. Fisheries 46(1):34-39.

2020

Norris, D. M., Hatcher, H. R., Colvin, M., Coppola, G., Lashley, M. A., Miranda, L. 2020. Assessing establishment and growth of agricultural plantings on reservoir mudflats. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 40(2):394-405.

2020

Jargowsky, M. B., Cooper, P. T., Ajemian, M. J., Colvin, M., Drymon, J. M. 2020. Discerning the dietary habits of the smooth butterfly ray Gymnura lessae using two distinct methods, otolith identification and metagenetics. Journal of Fish Biology 96(2):434-443.

2020

Schumann, D. A., Colvin, M., Miranda, L., Jones-Farrand, D. T. 2020. Occurrence and co-occurrence patterns of gar in river–floodplain habitats: Methods to leverage species coexistence to benefit distributional models. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 40(3):622-637.

2020

Kroboth, P. T., Hann, D. A., Colvin, M., Hartfield, P. D., Schramm, Jr, H. L. 2020. Pallid sturgeon seasonal habitat selection in a large free-flowing river, the lower Mississippi River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 36(2):131-141.

2019

Gallardo, J., Vilella, F. J., Colvin, M. 2019. A seasonal population matrix model of the Caribbean Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis in eastern Puerto Rico. Ibis 161:459-466.

2019

Hatcher, H. R., Miranda, L., Colvin, M., Coppola, G., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Fish assemblages in a Mississippi reservoir mudflat with low structural complexity. Hydrobiologia 841(1):163-175.

2019

Guy, E., Mischke, C. C., Colvin, M., Allen, P. J. 2019. Zooplankton selectivity by black buffalo in fertilized ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture 81:215-221.

2019

Ivey, M. R., Colvin, M., Strickland, B. K., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Reduced vertebrate diversity independent of spatial scale following feral swine invasions. Ecology and Evolution 9(13):7761-7767.

2019

Kramer, N. W., Phelps, Q. E., Pierce, C. L., Colvin, M. 2019. A food web modeling assessment of Asian Carp impacts in the Middle and Upper Mississippi River, USA. Food Webs 21(e00120).

2019

Katzenmeyer, E. D., Colvin, M., Stewart, T. W., Pierce, C. L., Grummer, S. E. 2019. Fish growth changes over time in a Midwestern U.S. lake. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 148(2):493-506.

2019

Coppola, G., Miranda, L., Colvin, M., Hatcher, H. R., Lashley, M. A. 2019. Submergence responses of cool-season annual plants and potential for fish habitat. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39(6):1269-1276.

2019

Shaw, S. B., Beslity, J. O., Colvin, M. 2019. Working toward a more holistic set of hydrologic principles to teach non-hydrologists: Five simple concepts within catchment hydrology. Hydrological Processes 33(16):2258-2262.

2018

Mangipane, L. S., Belant, J. L., Hiller, T. L., Colvin, M., Gustine, D. D., Mangipane, B. A., Hilderbrand, G. V. 2018. Influences of landscape heterogeneity on home-range sizes of brown bears. Mammalian Biology 88:1–7.

2018

Mangipane, L. S., Belant, J. L., Lafferty, D. J., Gustine, D. D., Hiller, T. L., Colvin, M., Mangipane, B. A., Hilderbrand, G. V. 2018. Dietary plasticity in a nutrient-rich system does not influence brown bear (Ursus arctos) body condition or denning. Polar Biology 41(4):763–772.

2018

Miranda, L., Bull, L., Colvin, M., Hubbard, W., Pugh, L. 2018. Segmentation of Mississippi Lakes. Lake and Reservoir Management 34(4):376-391.

2018

Keretz, K., Dinken, C., Allen, P. J., Colvin, M., Schramm, H. L. 2018. The effect of water temperature, angling time, and dissolved oxygen on the survival of Largemouth Bass subjected to simulated angling and tournament handling procedures. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38(3):606-622.

2018

Gilliland, C., Colvin, M., Rush, S. A., Reagan, S. 2018. American alligators are predators of Paddlefish: An undocumented predator-prey linkage affecting Paddlefish population dynamics. Food Webs 16:e00087.

2018

Colvin, M., Peterson, J. T., Sharpe, C., Kent, M. L., Schreck, C. B. 2018. Identifying optimal hauling densities for adult Chinook Salmon trap and haul operations. River Research and Applications 34(9):1158-1167.

2017

Colvin, M., Peterson, J. T. 2017. Preparing future fisheries professionals to make good decisions. Fisheries 41(8):473–474.

2017

DeWeber, J. T., Peterson, J. T., Sharpe, C., Kent, M. L., Colvin, M., Schreck, C. B. 2017. A hidden-process model for estimating prespawn mortality using carcass survey data. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37(1):162-175.

2017

Miranda, L., Colvin, M., Shamaskin, A. C., Bull, L. A., Holman, T., Jones, R. 2017. Length limits fail to restructure a largemouth bass population: A 28-year case history. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37(3):624–632.

2016

Dolan, B. P., Fisher, K. M., Colvin, M., Benda, S. E., Peterson, J. T., Kent, M. L., Schreck, C. B. 2016. Innate and adaptive immune responses in migrating spring-run adult chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 48:136–144.

2016

Howell, P. J., Colvin, M., Sankovich, P. M., Buchanan, D. V., Hemmingsen, A. R. 2016. Life histories, demography, and distribution of a fluvial bull trout population. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145(1):173–194.

2016

Neely, B. C., Koch, J. D., Colvin, M. 2016. Utility of reservoir characteristics to determine minimum sampling effort needed to assess sport fish populations in Kansas reservoirs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(2):285–293.

2015

Colvin, M., Pierce, C. L., Stewart, T. W. 2015. A food web modeling analysis of a Midwestern, USA eutrophic lake dominated by non-native Common Carp and Zebra Mussels. Ecological Modelling 312:26–40.

2015

Carlson, A. K., Fischer, J. R., Pierce, L. L., Dembkowski, D. J., Colvin, M., Kerns, J. A., Fore, J. D. 2015. Purpose, history, and importance of the "student angle". Fisheries 40(2):81-83.

2015

Colvin, M., Peterson, J. T., Kent, M. L., Schreck, C. B. 2015. Occupancy modeling for improved accuracy and understanding of pathogen prevalence and dynamics. PloS one 10(3):e0116605.

2014

Koch, J. D., Neely, B. C., Colvin, M. 2014. Evaluation of precision and sample sizes using standardized sampling in Kansas reservoirs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34(6):1211–1220.

2014

Collymore, C., Watral, V., White, J. R., Colvin, M., Rasmussen, S., Tolwani, R. J., Kent, M. L. 2014. Tolerance and efficacy of emamectin benzoate and ivermectin for the treatment of Pseudocapillaria tomentosa in laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish 11(5):490–497.

2014

Mayfield, M., Schultz, L., Wyss, L., Colvin, M., Schreck, C. 2014. Using spatial resampling to assess redd count survey length requirements for Pacific Lamprey. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34(5):923–931.

2013

Colvin, M., Bettoli, P. W., Scholten, G. D. 2013. Predicting paddlefish roe yields using an extension of the Beverton–Holt equilibrium yield-per-recruit model. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33(5):940–949.

2012

Colvin, M., Pierce, C. L., Stewart, T. W., Rose, K. 2012. Semidiscrete biomass dynamic modeling: an improved approach for assessing fish stock responses to pulsed harvest events. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69(10).

2012

Colvin, M., Pierce, C. L., Stewart, T. W., Grummer, S. E. 2012. Strategies to control a Common Carp population by pulsed commercial harvest. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32(6):1251–1264.

2009

Colvin, M., Moffitt, C. M. 2009. Evaluation of irrigation canal networks to assess stream connectivity in a watershed. River Research and Applications 25(4):486–496.

2009

Ebersole, J. L., Colvin, M., Wigington, Jr, P. J., Leibowitz, S. G., Baker, J. P., Church, M. R., Compton, J. E., Cairns, M. A. 2009. Hierarchical modeling of late-summer weight and summer abundance of juvenile coho salmon across a stream network. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138(5):1138–1156.

2009

Ebersole, J. L., Colvin, M., Wigington, Jr, P. J., Leibowitz, S. G., Baker, J. P., Church, M. R., Compton, J. E., Miller, B. A., Cairns, M. A., Hansen, B. P., La Vigne, H. R. 2009. Modeling stream network-scale variation in coho salmon overwinter survival and smolt size. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138(3):564–580.

2009

Colvin, M., Kopaska, J. 2009. The role of the member in the AFS Fisheries Information and Technology section. Fisheries 34(6):305–306.

2006

Wigington, Jr., P. J., Ebersole, J. L., Colvin, M., Leibowitz, S. G., Miller, B., Hansen, B., Lavigne, H. R., White, D., Baker, J. P., Church, M. R., Brooks, J. R., Cairns, M. A., Compton, J. E. 2006. Coho salmon dependence on intermittent streams. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(10):513–518.

Graduate Students

  • Jordan Besson

Awards & Honors

  • Robert M. Jenkins Scholarship award
    Southeastern Fishes Council
  • 3rd place best student presentation
    MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • Boschung Student Travel Awards
    Southeastern Fishes Council
  • Friends of the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Scholarship
    Friends of the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
  • David H. Nabi Award
    Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
  • Ernest A. Gluesing Outstanding Wildlife and Fisheries Ph.D. Student
    Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture,
  • Excellence in Public Outreach
    Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • Travel Award
    Mississippi Chatper of the American Fisheries Society
  • Undergraduate Research Award
    MS Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • Travel Award
    MSState Subunit of the American Fisheries Society
  • Boschung Student Travel Awards
    Southeastern Fishes Council
  • AFS Fish Culture Section Best Student Abstract/Travel Award
    AFS Fish Culture Section
  • Best Student Presentation
    American Fisheries Society
  • David H. Nabi Award
    WFA
  • Outstanding Undergraduate student award
    CFR
  • Best Student Presentation
    Graduate School Research Symposium
  • Best Student Presentation
    Graduate School Research Symposium
  • Best Student Presentation
    Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • Best Student Presentation (3rd place)
    Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • Excellence in Public Outreach
    Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • Best Student Presentation
    Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
  • CFR Early Career Achievement
    College of Forest Resources