The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, full of forests, pristine streams and lakes, and dominated
by Lake Superior, is a natural place to find both students and faculty interested in ecology. 
Students interested in ecology have a wide range of options at NMU. We have strong programs in
stream and aquatic ecology as well as terrestrial and avian ecology. Other avenues of interest
are population, community, and behavioral ecology as well as physiological ecology. Research
interests of faculty range from Lake Superior insect communities to songbird and game bird population
biology to the effects of large mammals on plant communities to migratory fish ecology.
Students interested in ecology have a wide range of options at NMU. We have strong programs in
stream and aquatic ecology as well as terrestrial and avian ecology. Other avenues of interest
are population, community, and behavioral ecology as well as physiological ecology. Research
interests of faculty range from Lake Superior insect communities to songbird and game bird population
biology to the effects of large mammals on plant communities to migratory fish ecology.
Students interested in this area might consider any of the Biology Department majors, especially Ecology, Zoology and Botany.
Faculty involved:
Graves, Strand, Bruggink, Rebertus, Leonard, Lindsay
Related links:
Ecological Society of America, Environmental Science Department, Water Science Major.
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