Andre Buchheister

Ph.D. Student

Email: [[andrebuc]]
Phone: (804) 684-7461
Office: FSL 126
Department: Fisheries Science

Education

• B. S. Biology, Magna cum laude, Duke University, Durham, NC
• M.S. Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA

Research Interests

My research interests broadly revolve around fish ecology with a focus on predator-prey dynamics and how feeding behavior regulates growth, distribution, competition, and habitat use of fishes. My previous research utilized stomach content analysis to address variability in fish condition and energetics. I have also explored stable isotope dynamics in fish tissues and applied these techniques in dietary assessments. My doctoral work will examine food web structure at larger scales and elucidate temporally and spatially-explicit energy pathways, connectivity, and predatory impacts in Chesapeake Bay. Analyses will be developed to address specific needs of ecosystem based fisheries management in Chesapeake Bay, to aid in shifting towards a multi-species management framework.

Publications

• Buchheister, A. and R. J. Latour.  In review.  Trophic ecology of summer flounder in Chesapeake Bay inferred from stomach content and stable isotope analyses.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
• Buchheister, A. and R. J. Latour.  2010.  Turnover and fractionation of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in tissues of a migratory coastal predator, summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67:445-461.
• Wilson, M. T., C. Jump, A. Buchheister. 2009.  Ecology of small neritic fishes in the western Gulf of Alaska. II. Consumption of krill in relation to krill standing stock and the physical environment.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 392:239-251.
• Buchheister, A. 2008. Stable isotope dynamics in summer flounder tissues, with application to dietary assessments in Chesapeake Bay. Masters Thesis. College of William and Mary - Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA. 
• Mazur, M. M., M. T. Wilson, A. B. Dougherty, A. Buchheister, and D. A. Beauchamp. 2007. Temperature and prey quality effects on growth of juvenile walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas): A spatially explicit bioenergetics approach. Fish Biology 70: 816-836.
• Buchheister, A., M. T. Wilson, R. J. Foy, and D. A. Beauchamp. 2006. Seasonal and geographic variation in condition of juvenile walleye pollock in the western Gulf of Alaska. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135: 897-907.
• Wilson, M. T., Mazur, M. M., Buchheister, A., and J. Duffy-Anderson. 2006. Forage fishes in the western Gulf of Alaska: Variation in productivity. Project 0308 Final Report to North Pacific Research Board. 
• Buchheister, A. and M. T. Wilson. 2005. Shrinkage correction and length conversion equations for walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), capelin (Mallotus villosus), and eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus). Journal of Fish Biology 67: 541-548.