Zoology

DEPARTMENT OF

Christopher Kohler

Professor
Director of SIUC Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center
Office: 171 Life Science II
Phone: 618-453-2890
email: ckohler@siu.edu

Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Courses taught: Ichthyology, Fisheries Management, Aquaulture, Advanced Aquaculture, Fish Culture Techniques, Population Ecology, General Zoology, Ecology of Poisonous Fishes, Conservation of Natural Resources

Areas of interest: Fish Population Ecology, Aquaculture, Fisheries Management

For more information on my research program, please see my lab webpage.

Recent Publications

Lewis HA, Kohler CC. 2008. Corn gluten meal partially replaces dietary fish meal without compromising growth or fatty acid composition of sunshine bass. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 70: 50-60.

O'Neal CC, Kohler CC. 2008. Effect of replacing menhaden oil with catfish oil on the fatty acid composition of juvenile channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. JOURNAL OF THE WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY 39: 62-71.

Trushenski JT, Kohler CC. 2007. Influence of stress and dietary natural-source vitamin E on nonspecific immunocompetence, tissue tocopherol composition, and postslaughter fillet oxidative stability in sunshine bass. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 69: 330-339.

Lane RL, Kohler CC. 2007. Influence of organic fertilizer source on fatty acid composition of Zooplankton and sunshine bass fingerlings. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 69: 413-418.

Lane RL, Kohler CC. 2007. Comparative fatty acid composition of eggs from white bass fed live food or commercial feed. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 69: 11-15.

Trushenski JT, Kohler CC. 2006. Modification of fillet composition and evidence of differential fatty acid turnover in sunshine bass Morone chtysops x M-saxatilis following change in dietary lipid source. LIPIDS 41: 1029-1038.

Wetzel JE, Kasper CS, Kohler CC. 2006. Comparison of pond production of phase-III sunshine bass fed 32-, 36-, and 40%-crude-protein diets with fixed energy: Protein ratios. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 68 : 264-270.

Kelly AM, Kohler CC 2006. Nutritional and physiological strategies for sustainable aquaculture. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 68: 113-115.

Trushenski JT, Kasper CS, Kohler CC. 2006. Challenges and opportunities in finfish nutrition. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 68: 122-140.

Lane RL, Kohler CC. 2006. Effects of dietary lipid and fatty acids on white bass reproductive performance, egg hatchability, and overall quality of progeny. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 68: 141-150.

Trushenski JT, Kohler CC. 2006. Evaluation of natural-source vitamin E, RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, as a micronutrient in sunshine bass feed. NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE 68: 186-191.

Wetzel JE, Kohler CC 2005. Distinction between gastric digestion and evacuation in black bass fed piscine prey. TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 134: 533-536.

Volkman, E.T., C.C. Kohler, and S.T. Kohler. 2004. Assessment of floating vertical raceways for the culture of phase-II hybrid striped bass. North American Journal of Aquaculture 66:125-132.

De Jesus, M.J. and C.C. Kohler. 2004. The commercial fishery of the Peruvian Amazon. Fisheries 28: 10-16.

Wonnacott, E.J., R.L. Lane, and C.C. Kohler. 2004. Influence of dietary replacement of menhaden oil with canola oil on fatty acid composition of sunshine bass. North American Journal of Aquaculture 66: 243-250.

Hickey, C.W. and C.C. Kohler. 2004. Comparison of bluegill consumption rates by largemouth bass and hybrid striped bass in structured and non-structured artificial environments. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 1524-1528.