Peter Koetsier

Associate Professor of Biology

(on faculty since August 23, 1995)

[updated: 8 June 2007]

 

 
Contact Information
Office: Science & Nursing 217-C
Phone: (208) 426-3817 (voice mail)
FAX: (208) 426-4267
E-mail: pkoet@boisestate.edu
 
Education:
          B.S.  1982    Fisheries Management    Michigan State University
          M.S.  1986    Fisheries Science    Louisiana State University
          Ph.D. 1993    Aquatic Ecology    Idaho State University
          Post-Doc    Savannah River Ecology Lab    University of Georgia
Teaching Responsibilities:

BIOL-100

 Concepts of Biology (non-majors core course)

BIOL-192

 General Biology II     (zoology portion)

BIOL-323

 Ecology

BIOL-427/527

 Stream Ecology

ZOOL-425/525

 Aquatic Entomology

ZOOL-497/597

 Fisheries Biology

BIOL-561

 Advanced Topics in Aquatic Biology

BIOL-598

 Biology Graduate Seminars (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)

 
IBrook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Representative Publications (peer-reviewed)
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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Dicosmoecus sp.

Dytiscid water beetle
Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
 
 

Scientific Society Memberships
       American Fisheries Society
       Ecological Society of America
       North American Benthological Society
       Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
 

Snake River through Hells Canyon, Idaho

 
 

   My graduate students mentally preparing
   themselves for a day in the field.
     

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