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Peter Koetsier
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Department: Biological Sciences
Year arrived at BSU: 1995
Mailing Address:

Department of Biology
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725-1515
Office Location: Science/Nursing 217-C
Office Number: 208-426-3817
Fax Number: 208-426-4267
E-Mail Address: pkoet@boisestate.edu
Academic Degrees | Teaching | Reseach Interests | Recent Publications | Scientific Society Memberships
   
ACADEMIC DEGREES
 
  • B.S. Fisheries Management, Michigan State University, 1982
  • M.S. Fisheries Science, Louisiana State University, 1986
  • Ph.D. Aquatic Ecology, Idaho State University, 1993
  • Post-Doc., Svannah River Ecology Lab, University of Georgia
TEACHING
 
  • BIOL 100 Concepts of Biology [Non majors core course]
  • BIOL 192 General Biology II
  • BIOL 323 Ecology
  • BIOL 427/527 Stream Ecology
  • ZOOL 425/525 Aquatic Entomology
  • ZOOL 497/597 Fisheries Biology
  • BIOL 561 Advanced Topics in Aquatics Biology
  • BIOL 598 Biology Graduate Seminar [periodic with varying topics]Diversion Dam on the Boise River, Idaho

RESEARCH INTERESTS
 

Community/ecosystem ecology related to the structure and function of flowing waters

  • Fish / Macroinvertebrate / Algal Ecology

  • Riparian Ecology

  • Disturbance theory as it applies to stream recovery and restoration

    • Effects of wildfire on food webs
    • Invasive / endangered aquatic species
    • Urban stream restoration

  • Predator-Prey relationships

  • Ecology of extreme aquatic environments (temporary streams, sink holes, vernal pools) Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS [click to open]
  • Koetsier, P. The relationship between macroinvertebrate drift and benthos: irrigation canals as stream
    mesocosms. Hydrobiolgia: Submitted.
  • Koetsier, P. The effects of predator type on the structure and function of a small headwater
    stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Submitted.
  • Tuckett, Q., and P. Koetsier. Macroinvertebrate community structure in small forested headwater streams
    following disturbance by wildfire and scouring. Journal of the North American Benthological Society: Submitted.
  • Tuckett, Q., and P. Koetsier. The effects of wildfire and debris flows on stream ecosystem metabolism
    in central Idaho stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Submitted.
  • Koetsier, P.,  Q. Tuckett, and J. White. 2007. Current effects of a past wildfire on stream fish diet.
    Western North American Naturalist. In Press.
    Monnot, L., J.B. Dunham, T. Hoem, and P. Koetsier. 2007. Influences of body size and environmental
    factors on autumn downstream migration of bull trout in the Boise River, Idaho.  North American
    Journal of Fisheries Management. In Press
  • Lysne, S., and P. Koetsier. 2006. Experimental studies on habitat preference and tolerances of three species
    of snails from the Snake River of southern Idaho, USA.  American Malacological Bulletin 21: 77-85.
  • Lysne, S., and P. Koetsier. 2006. Growth rate and thermal tolerance of two endangered Snake River snails.
    Western North American Naturalist 66: 230-238.
  • Lysne, S., and P. Koetsier. 2006. The life history of the Utah (desert) valvata, Valvata utahensis, in the
    Snake River, Idaho. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21: 285-291.
  • Koetsier, P. 2005. The effects of disturbance time interval on algal biomass in a small Idaho stream.
    Northwest Science 79: 211-217.
  • Koetsier, P. 2005. Response of a stream diatom community to top predator manipulations.
    Aquatic Sciences 67: 517-527 (invited paper).
  • Koetsier, P.  2002.  Short-term benthic colonization dynamics in an agricultural stream recovering from
    slaughterhouse effluents.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38 (5): 1-14.
  • Koetsier, P. and J V. McArthur. 2000. Organic matter retention by macrophyte beds in two southeastern USA,
    low-gradient, headwater streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 19: 633-647
  • Koetsier, P., J V. McArthur, and L.G. Leff. 1997. Spatial and temporal response of stream bacteria to sources
    of dissolved organic carbon in a blackwater stream. Freshwater Biology 37: 79-89.
  • Koetsier, P., and J V. McArthur. 1997. New concepts in stream ecology: proceedings of a symposium.
    Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16: 303-305.
  • Koetsier, P., G.W. Minshall, and C.T. Robinson. 1996. Benthos and macroinvertebrate drift in six streams
    differing in alkalinity. Hydrobiologia 317: 41-49
  • Koetsier, P., and C.F. Bryan. 1996. Is invertebrate drift a density-dependent mechanism of the benthos?
    Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11: 1-10.
  • Koetsier, P., and C.F. Bryan. 1995. Effects of abiotic factors on macroinvertebrate drift in the lower Mississippi
    River, Louisiana (USA). American Midland Naturalist 134: 63-74.\
  • Koetsier, P., and C.F. Bryan. 1992. Diel, size-differential drift patterns of three macroinvertebrate species in the
    lower Mississippi River, Louisiana (USA). Hydrobiologia 228: 225-230.
  • Koetsier, P., P.D. Dey, G. Mladenka, and J.W. Check. 1990. Rejecting equilibrium theory: a cautionary note.
    Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 71: 229-230.
  • Koetsier, P. 1989. The effects of fish predation and algal biomass on insect community structure in an
    Idaho stream.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 5: 187-196.
  • Koetsier, P., and C.F. Bryan. 1989. Winter and spring macroinvertebrate drift in an outpocketing of the lower
    Mississippi River, Louisiana (USA). Hydrobiologia 185: 205-209.
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