A. Scott McNaught, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Limnology, Aquatic Ecology

 

Check out the following web site made by
Dr. McNaught’s students.

Zooplankton of the Great Lakes

Contact Information

Department of Biology

2407 BioSciences

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI  48859

Email:  scott.mcnaught@cmich.edu

Phone:  (989) 774-1335

FAX:  (989) 774-3462

Office hours

Tuesday: 12:00 am to 2:00 pm

Wednesday: 1:00 am to 3:00 pm

 

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Courses Taught

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Summer

BIO 110      Concepts of Biology

BIO 340      General Ecology

BIO 526      Limnology  (odd year)

BIO 527      Limnological Methods  (odd year)

BIO 658      Zooplankton Biology  (even year)

BIO 500      Biological Statistics

BIO 600      Experimental Design

 

BIO 397    Marine ecosystems of Bermuda

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Current Research

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Nursery habitats for larval fish in the St. Clair-Detroit River System

Role of the invasive bloody red shrimp in Great Lakes near shore food webs

Ecological requirements and population structure of Wild Rice (Zizania spp.) in Michigan

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Michigan Water Research Center

                                                                                                                       

Past graduate student projects:

Alicia McGrew

Andrya Whitten

David Branson

Molly Gordon

scenedesmus

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Herbivorous and omnivorous feeding by the Great Lakes invader, Hemimysis anomala

A mesocosm investigation of the direct effect of quagga mussels on Lake Michigan zooplankton

Diet and feeding behavior of Hemimysis anomala

Water Quality Analysis of the North Branch Chippewa River and Coldwater River, Isabella County, Michigan

Sara Thoma

Sara Friedline

Doug Larson

Allison Smart

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The role of Hemimysis anomala in the nearshore food webs of Lakes Michigan and Huron

Genetic Structure and Morphometric Variation in Fragmented Michigan Wild Rice Populations

Assessment of Nursery Habitat Use by Larval Fishes in the St. Clair River Delta, MI

Ecological requirements of wild rice (Zizania sp.) populations in Michigan.

 

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Awards and Honors

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Dr. McNaught (l) receiving Research Professorship Award from Provost Davenport - March 2000

Dr. McNaught received the CMUTeaching Excellence Award in 2008

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Personal Interests

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Cross-country skiing

Expelliarmus!

Bermuda

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Last Revised:     October 2016