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Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Dr.Cecil Jennings

Dr. Cecil A. Jennings

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Contact Information

  • Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
  • Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
  • Athens, Georgia 30602
  • Room:3-428
  • Phone:706.542.4837
  • Fax:706.542.8356
  • jennings@uga.edu

For more information about classes, programs, and other professors in water resources at UGA, please see www.uga.edu/water

Education

B.A. Biology, Natural Science, and Conservation Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin

M.S. Wildlife Ecology (Fisheries Management Option) Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi

Ph.D. Forest Resources Conservation (Fishseries Science) University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Area of Specialization

  • Fish Ecology
  • Fisheries Biology and Management
  • Fish Population Dynamics

Prior Positions

  • Research Fisheries Biologist: Upper Mississippi Science Center, La Crosse, WI

Courses Taught

  • FORS 8210 - Scientific Communication
  • FORS 8000 - Life History of Teleost Fishes

Recent Publications

Mosley, D. L. and C. A. Jennings. 2007. Flow preferences for juvenile robust redhorse in an experimental mesocosm: implications for developing sampling protocols. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 27:1383-1392.

Peterson, R. C. and C. A. Jennings. 2007. Effects of river discharge on abundance and instaneous growth of Age-0 Carpsuckers in the Oconee River, Georgia, USA. River Research and Application 23:1016-1025.

DeVries D.R., G.G. Grossman, D.H. Wahl, J.A. Stone, F.M. Utter, C.A. Jennings, and D.M. Kimball. 2007. A perspective on the decision to establish an AFS marine journal. Fisheries 32(1):30.

Peterson, D. L., P. J. Vecsei, and C. A. Jennings. 2007. Ecology and biology of the lake sturgeon: a synthesis of current knowledge of a threatened North American Acipenseridae. Reviews in Fish biology and Fisheries 17:59-76.

Jennings, C. A., T. A. Will, and T. R. Reinert. 2005. Efficacy of a high- and low-frequency ultrasonic probe for measuring ovary volume and estimating fecundity of striped bass Morone saxatilis in the Savannah River Estuary. Fisheries Research 76(3):445-453.

Whiteman, E. A., C. A. Jennings, and R. S. Nemeth. 2005. Sex structure and potential fecundity in a Epinephelus guttatus spawning aggregation: applying ultrasonic imaging. Journal of Fish Biology 66:983-995.

Reinert, T. R., C. A. Jennings, T. A. Will, and J. E. Wallin. 2005. Decline and recovery of striped bass in a Southeastern US Estuary. Fisheries 30(3):18-25.

Steven J. Cooke, S. T., C. M. Bunt, S. J. Hamilton, C. A. Jennings, M. P. Pearson, M. S. Cooperman, and D. F. Markle. 2005. Threats, conservation strategies, and prognosis for suckers (Catostomidae) in North America: insights from regional case studies of a diverse family of non-game fishes. Biological Conservation 121:317-331.

Baker, T. L. and C. A. Jennings. 2005. Striped bass survival in Lake Blackshear, GA during drought conditions: implications for restoration efforts in Gulf of Mexico drainages. Environmental Biology of Fishes 72:73-84.

Looney, G. L. and C. A. Jennings. 2004. Description of larval and juvenile robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum). Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 23:1-8.

Wirgin, I, D. D. Currie, J. Stabile, and C A. Jennings. 2004. Development and use of a simple DNA test to distinguish larval redhorse species in the Oconee River, Georgia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:293-298.

Reinert, T. R., T. A Will, C. A. Jennings, and W. T. Davin. 2004. Use of egg surrogates to estimate sampling efficiency of striped bass eggs in the Savannah River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:704-710.

Belcher, C. N. and C. A. Jennings. 2004. Evaluation of Stock-Recruitment Curves for White Shrimp in Georgia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 24:654-661.

Weyers, R. S. C. A. Jennings, and M. C. Freeman. 2003. Effects of Pulsed, High-Velocity Water Flow on Larval Robust Redhorse and V-Lip Redhorse. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:84-91.

For more information about Dr. Jennings's work see the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.

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