Dr. Kyler Hecke

Assistant Professor of Fisheries Science

Research Interests

  • Fish community ecology.
  • Spatial applications in fish and mussel distributions.
  • Fish and mussel conservation.

Current Research Projects

  • Examination of mussel species distributions in the Louisiana portion of Bayou Bartholomew.
  • Competition and co-occurrence among darters.

  • Ecological niche-modeling of fish species of greatest conservation need.

Recently Taught Courses

  • FW 1001 - ORIENTATION FW SCIENCE
  • FW 2013 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMS
  • FW 4043 - FISHERIES TECHNIQUES
  • FW 4951 - UR: DARTER MERISTICS
  • FW 4953 - UR: MADTOM DIETS
  • FW 5883 - AT: BARRIERS/FISH MOVEMENT
  • FW 5883 - AT: FISHERIES TECHNIQUES
  • FW 5883 - AT: MULTI-SPECIES OCCUPANCY