Presented By: University of Michigan Biological Station
Restoration Toward Robust Native Fisheries in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron
Dr. Scott Koenigbauer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
As part of the 2025 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station, an alumnus will return to the research and teaching campus nestled along Douglas Lake in northern Michigan to give a free, public talk focused on conservation of Great Lakes native fishes.
Dr. Scott Koenigbauer, a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Alpena Conservation Office in Alpena, Michigan, will describe multiagency efforts to restore degraded rock reef spawning habitat and re-establish a once abundant native mesotrophic fish, cisco (Coregonus artedi), in Saginaw Bay. He will characterize a pre- and post-restoration assessment of fish spawning utilization at Coreyon Reef, and contextualize results with potential benefits to population genetic structure. Koenigbauer also will describe the Saginaw Bay cisco reintroduction program and its comprehensive monitoring at all life stages. Finally, he will conclude with restoration outlooks for the Saginaw Bay fish assemblage and future research priorities.
Koenigbauer received his bachelor of science in ecology and evolutionary biology from University of Michigan, and his master of science and Ph.D. in aquatic ecology from Purdue University. His research focuses on Great Lakes fishes, examining ecological phenomena through synthesis of long- term monitoring, characterizing phenotypic variation in different environments, and evaluating restoration efforts to increase or sustain native fish abundance.
The U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M's campuses at more than 10,000 forested acres surrounded by lakes — is one of the nation's largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.
Founded in 1909, the Biological Station supports long-term research and education. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.
The Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so our community can learn about our natural world.
The free, public talks are on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge.
Dr. Scott Koenigbauer, a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Alpena Conservation Office in Alpena, Michigan, will describe multiagency efforts to restore degraded rock reef spawning habitat and re-establish a once abundant native mesotrophic fish, cisco (Coregonus artedi), in Saginaw Bay. He will characterize a pre- and post-restoration assessment of fish spawning utilization at Coreyon Reef, and contextualize results with potential benefits to population genetic structure. Koenigbauer also will describe the Saginaw Bay cisco reintroduction program and its comprehensive monitoring at all life stages. Finally, he will conclude with restoration outlooks for the Saginaw Bay fish assemblage and future research priorities.
Koenigbauer received his bachelor of science in ecology and evolutionary biology from University of Michigan, and his master of science and Ph.D. in aquatic ecology from Purdue University. His research focuses on Great Lakes fishes, examining ecological phenomena through synthesis of long- term monitoring, characterizing phenotypic variation in different environments, and evaluating restoration efforts to increase or sustain native fish abundance.
The U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M's campuses at more than 10,000 forested acres surrounded by lakes — is one of the nation's largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.
Founded in 1909, the Biological Station supports long-term research and education. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.
The Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so our community can learn about our natural world.
The free, public talks are on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge.
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