Amy Schrank

Amy Schrank's portrait
Research fellow, MAISRC
Associate Extension Professor
Extension Program Leader, Minnesota Sea Grant
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MN Sea Grant: Amy Schrank
Education
  • B.S. Biology and Spanish, University of Michigan
  • M.S. Aquatic Ecology, University of Michigan
  • Ph.D. Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming
External Affiliations

Minnesota Sea Grant

Areas of Interest

How invasive narrowleaf and hybrid cattail affect lake nearshore ecosystems

Biography

Dr. Amy Schrank is a fish ecologist studying how hybrid cattail affects fish communities in lake ecosystems. Her research also focuses on how human effects such as dams and increased water temperature affect movement patterns of stream fishes. In addition to research, she also collaborates with fisheries and aquaculture researchers and stakeholders around Minnesota to provide research support and a bridge to communicate technical information to stakeholders, managers, and the public.

Research

Select Publications

Lishawa, S., Schrank, A.J., Lawrence, B., Monks, D., and Albert, D. 2023. Aquatic connectivity treatments increase fish and macroinvertebrate use of Typha-invaded Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Freshwater Biology. http://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14141

Bansal, S., Lishawa, S. C., Newman, S., Tangen, B. A., Wilcox, D., Albert, D., Anteau, M. J., Chimney, M. J., Cressey, R. L., DeKeyser, E., Elgersma, K. J., Finkelstein, S. A., Freeland, J., Grosshans, R., Klug, P. E., Larkin, D. J., Lawrence, B. A., Linz, G., Marburger, J., … Windham-Myers, L. (2019). Typha (Cattail) Invasion in North American Wetlands: Biology, Regional Problems, Impacts, Ecosystem Services, and Management. Wetlands, 39(4), 645–684. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-019-01174-7

Schrank, A. J., & Lishawa, S. C. (2019). Invasive cattail reduces fish diversity and abundance in the emergent marsh of a Great Lakes coastal wetland. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 45(6), 1251–1259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.013