Jan Savitz
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Professor Ph.D. 1967, Indiana University Fish Ecology Phone: 773.508.3282 Fax: 773.508.3646 E-Mail: jsavitz@luc.edu |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The present research emphasis is a study of movements with sonic transmitters of smallmouth bass in Lake Michigan. Within the last decade, smallmouth bass populations have exploded along the Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan. However, during the summer months, the fish disappear and then re-appear in the spring. The main goal is to determine movement patterns for each of what appear to be several different local populations and to uncover probable reasons for the observed patterns that would be the basis for future research. Attempts will also be made to find genetic markers to distinguish the different populations.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Savitz, J and L. Treat. 2007. Movements and site fidelity of black bass in three harbors along the Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22: 267-269.Savitz, J. 2007. An Abstract of Ecology. 2nd Edition. Thomson Brooks/Cole. Mason, Ohio. 159 pp.
Savitz, J. 2004. Review of Black Bass: Ecology, Conservation, and Management, D.P. Philipp and M.S. Ridgway (eds). American Fisheries Society, Symposium 31, Bethesda, Maryland 2002. 724 pp. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 231-232.
Savitz, J. and G. Funk. 2001. Population size and recruitment of smallmouth bass in Calumet Harbor of Lake Michigan. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16: 317-319.
Savitz, J. L.G. Bardygula-Nonn, R.A. Nonn, and G. Wojtowicz. 1998. Impingement and entrainment of fishes within a high volume-low velocity deep water intake system on Lake Michigan. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 13: 165-169.
Savitz, J. and L.G. Bardygula-Nonn. 1997. Behavioral interactions between coho (Oncorhynchus kitsutch) and chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and prey fish species. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 6: 190-195.
Savitz, J. 1996. Review of J.S. Diana's Biology & Ecology of Fishes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 125: 156-157.
Savitz, J., L.G. Bardygula-Nonn, and L. Scoma. 1996. Fish species in Chicago harbors of Lake Michigan, 1988 to 1990, as determined by electrofishing and creel surveys. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11: 469-474.
Savitz, J., L.G. Bardygula-Nonn, A. Simpson, and G. Funk. 1995. Survival of smaller sport caught chinook, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), and coho, Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum), salmon from Lake Michigan and its management implications. Fisheries Management and Ecology 2: 11-16.
Bardygula-Nonn, L.G., R. Nonn, and J. Savitz. 1995. Influence of pulsed direct current (PDC) electrofishing on mortality and injuries among four Centrarchid species. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15: 799-803.
Ross-Darrus, L.M., J. Savitz, and G. Funk. 1995. Comparison of diets of smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui)collected by sport fishing and electrofishing. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 10: 393-398.
Fig. "Gone Fishing"