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Overview

Greg G. Sass is affiliated with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a strong emphasis on fish ecology and management.

Their work covers several specialized areas including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aquatic Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

Greg G. Sass's research topics frequently involve:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Walleye inland lake habitat: considerations for successful natural recruitment and stocking in North Central North America (2020), published in Lake and Reservoir Management
  • A GT-seq panel for walleye ( Sander vitreus ) provides important insights for efficient development and implementation of amplicon panels in non-model organisms (2020), published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Resist-accept-direct (RAD) considerations for climate change adaptation in fisheries: The Wisconsin experience (2022), published in Fisheries Management and Ecology
  • Shrinking body size and climate warming: Many freshwater salmonids do not follow the rule (2023), published in Global Change Biology
  • Frontiers in modelling social-ecological dynamics of recreational fisheries: A review and synthesis (2020), published in Fish and Fisheries

Greg G. Sass collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Stephanie L. Shaw
  • Zachary S. Feiner
  • Joseph T. Mrnak
  • Logan W. Sikora
  • Colin J. Dassow

Their publications are commonly found in journals such as:

  • North American Journal of Fisheries Management
  • Fisheries Research
  • Fisheries Management and Ecology
  • Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Best Publications

  • Reduced condition factor of two native fish species coincident with invasion of non‐native Asian carps in the Illinois River, U.S.A. Is this evidence for competition and reduced fitness?

    K. S. Irons;G. G. Sass;M. A. McClelland;J. D. Stafford

  • Fish community and food web responses to a whole-lake removal of coarse woody habitat

    Greg G. Sass;James F. Kitchell;Stephen R. Carpenter;Thomas R. Hrabik

  • Invasive bighead and silver carp effects on zooplankton communities in the Illinois River, Illinois, USA

    Greg G. Sass;Collin Hinz;Anthony C. Erickson;Nerissa N. McClelland

  • A mark-recapture population estimate for invasive silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the La Grange Reach, Illinois River.

    Greg G. Sass;Thad R. Cook;Kevin S. Irons;Michael A. McClelland

  • Whole-lake influences of littoral structural complexity and prey body morphology on fish predator–prey interactions

    G. G. Sass;C. M. Gille;J. T. Hinke;J. F. Kitchell

  • The influence of littoral zone coarse woody habitat on home range size, spatial distribution, and feeding ecology of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

    Tyler D. Ahrenstorff;Greg G. Sass;Matthew R. Helmus

  • Defining a Safe Operating Space for inland recreational fisheries

    Stephen R Carpenter;William A Brock;William A Brock;Gretchen J A Hansen;Jonathan F Hansen

  • Prospects for Fishery-Induced Collapse of Invasive Asian Carp in the Illinois River

    Iyob Tsehaye;Matthew Catalano;Greg G. Sass;David Glover

  • Drought-driven lake level decline: effects on coarse woody habitat and fishes

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  • THE LONG-TERM ILLINOIS RIVER FISH POPULATION MONITORING PROGRAM

    Michael A. McClelland;Greg G. Sass;Thad R. Cook;Kevin S. Irons

  • Inland Fisheries Habitat Management: Lessons Learned from Wildlife Ecology and a Proposal for Change

    Greg G. Sass;Andrew L. Rypel;Joshua D. Stafford

  • Linking terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems : The role of woody habitat in lake food webs

    Brian M. Roth;Brian M. Roth;Isaac C. Kaplan;Greg G. Sass;Pieter T. Johnson

  • Production dynamics reveal hidden overharvest of inland recreational fisheries

    Holly S Embke;Andrew L Rypel;Stephen R Carpenter;Greg G Sass

  • In-situ tests of sound-bubble-strobe light barrier technologies to prevent range expansions of Asian carp

    Blake C. Ruebush;Greg G. Sass;John Howard Chick;Joshua D. Stafford

  • The Effects of Satiation on Strike Mode and Prey Capture Kinematics in the Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides

    Greg G. Sass;Philip J. Motta

  • The rapid effects of a whole-lake reduction of coarse woody debris on fish and benthic macroinvertebrates

    Matthew R. Helmus;Greg G. Sass

  • Seasonally Dynamic Diel Vertical Migrations of Mysis diluviana, Coregonine Fishes, and Siscowet Lake Trout in the Pelagia of Western Lake Superior

    Tyler D. Ahrenstorff;Thomas R. Hrabik;Jason D. Stockwell;Daniel L. Yule

  • Catch-and-Release Influences on Inland Recreational Fisheries

    Greg G. Sass;Stephanie L. Shaw

  • Eroding productivity of walleye populations in northern Wisconsin lakes

    Andrew L. Rypel;Andrew L. Rypel;Andrew L. Rypel;Daisuke Goto;Greg G. Sass;M. Jake Vander Zanden

  • Walleye inland lake habitat: considerations for successful natural recruitment and stocking in North Central North America

    Joshua K. Raabe;Justin A. VanDeHey;Douglas L. Zentner;Timothy K. Cross

  • Whole-lake addition of coarse woody habitat: response of fish populations

    Greg G. Sass;Stephen R. Carpenter;Jereme W. Gaeta;James F. Kitchell

  • Fish Community and Food Web Responses to a Whole-lake Removal of

    Greg G. Sass;James F. Kitchell;Stephen R. Carpenter;Thomas R. Hrabik

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew L. Rypel
Andrew L. Rypel University of California, Davis
M. Jake Vander Zanden
M. Jake Vander Zanden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas R. Hrabik
Thomas R. Hrabik University of Minnesota
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
David H. Wahl
David H. Wahl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James F. Kitchell
James F. Kitchell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Cory D. Suski
Cory D. Suski University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stuart E. Jones
Stuart E. Jones University of Notre Dame
Olaf P. Jensen
Olaf P. Jensen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison

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