Maria C Dzul, PhD
Maria develops models to estimate abundance and assess environmental drivers of fish population dynamics in the Grand Canyon ecosystem.
Maria’s research interests include: 1) evaluating links between floods, temperature, and life history of fishes, 2) developing approaches for integrating detections from autonomous PIT antennas into mark-recapture models to improve estimation of survival, movement, and abundance, 3) using population models to guide decision making, and 4) alternative life history strategies and partial migration in fishes.
Education and Certifications
2003 – B.S., Biology, University of Michigan
2011 – M.S., Wildlife Ecology, Iowa State University
2021 – PhD, Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
Science and Products
Incorporating temporal heterogeneity in environmental conditions into a somatic growth model
Survival, growth, and movement of subadult humpback chub, Gila cypha, in the Little Colorado River, Arizona
Using variance components to estimate power in a hierarchically nested sampling design improving monitoring of larval Devils Hole pupfish
Evaluation of otoliths Salt Creek pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus salinus) for use in analyses of age and growth
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Incorporating temporal heterogeneity in environmental conditions into a somatic growth model
Survival, growth, and movement of subadult humpback chub, Gila cypha, in the Little Colorado River, Arizona
Using variance components to estimate power in a hierarchically nested sampling design improving monitoring of larval Devils Hole pupfish
Evaluation of otoliths Salt Creek pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus salinus) for use in analyses of age and growth
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.