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Mark C. Belk

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Mark C. Belk
Biology
Email: Mark_Belk@byu.edu

175 WIDB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-4154

Professor

FishBase Website
Provo River Restoration Project

 Education
  • PhD , Zoology , University of Georgia , 1992
  • MS , Zoology , Brigham Young University , 1987
  • BS , Zoology , Brigham Young University , 1985
  • AS , Zoology , Ricks College , 1983
 Research

Evolutionary ecology, population ecology, conservation biology of native fishes, life history evolution and ecology

 Selected Publications

Articles

Belk, M.C., Benson, L.J., Rasmussen, J., and Peck, S.L.  "Hatchery-induced morphological variation in an endangered fish: a challenge for hatchery-based recovery efforts."  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.  65 (2008): 401-408. 

Mock, K.E., Bjerregaard, S., Belk, M.C., Rowe, C., and Johnson, J.B.  "Microsatellite markers for leatherside chubs Lepidomeda aliciae and Lepidomeda copei."  Molecular Ecology Resources.  8 (2008): 172-174. 

Belk, M.C., and J.B. Johnson.  "Biological status of leatherside chub: a framework for conservation of western freshwater fishes."  American Fisheries Society Symposium.  53 (2007): 67-76. 

Johnson, J.B., and M.C. Belk.  "What the status of Utah chub, Gila atraria, tells us about conserving common, widespread species."  American Fisheries Society Symposium.  53 (2007): 165-173. 

Ayala, J.R., Rader, R.B., Belk, M.C., and Schaalje, G.B.  "Ground-truthing the impact of invasive species: spatio-temporal overlap between native least chub and introduced western mosquitofish."  Biological Invasions.  9 (2007): 857-869. 

Habit, E., Belk, M.C., Victoriano, P., and Jaque, E.  "Spatio-temporal distribution patterns and conservation of fish assemblages in a Chilean coastal river."  Biodiversity and Conservation.  16 (2007): 3179-3191. 

Nannini, M.A., and M.C. Belk.  "Antipredator responses of two native stream fishes to an introduced predator: does similarity in morphology predict similarity in behavioural response?."  Ecology of Freshwater Fish.  15 (2006): 453-463. 

Habit E., M.C. Belk, and O. Parra.  "Response of the fish community to the construction and operation of a diversion hydropower plant in central Chile."  Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.  17 (2006): 37-49. 

Houston, D.D., and M.C. Belk.  "Geographic variation in somatic growth of redside shiner."  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  135 (2006): 801-810. 

Habit, E. M.C. Belk, C. Tuckfield & O. Parra.  "Response of the fish community to human-induced changes in of the BiobĂ­o River in Chile."  Freshwater Biology.  51 (2006): 1-11. 

Rogers, D. S., M. C. Belk, M. W. Gonzalez, and B. L. Coleman.  "Patterns of habitat use by bats along a riparian corridor in northern Utah."  Southwestern Naturalist.  51 (2006): 52-58. 

Rader, R.B., M.C. BELK, D.K. Shiozawa, and K.A. Crandall.  "Empirical tests for ecological exchangeability."  Animal Conservation.  8 (2005): 239-247. 

M.C. BELK, J. B. Johnson, K. W. Wilson, M. E. Smith, D. D. Houston.  "Variation in intrinsic individual growth rate among populations of leatherside chub (Snyderichthys copei Jordan & Gilbert): adaptation to temperature or length of growing season?."  Ecology of Freshwater Fish.  14 (2005): 177-184. 

D.G. Olsen, and M.C. BELK.  "Relationship of diurnal habitat use of native stream fishes of the eastern Great Basin to presence of introduced salmonids."  Western North American Naturalist.  65.4 (2005): 501-506. 

Johnson, J.B., T.E. Dowling, and M.C. Belk.  "Neglected taxonomy of rare desert fishes: congruent evidence for two species of leatherside chub."  Systematic Biology.  53 (2004). 

Mills, M.D., R.B. Rader, and M.C. Belk.  "Complex interactions between native and invasive fish: the simultaneous effects of multiple negative interactions."  Oecologia.  141:713-721 (2004). 

Hanks, J.H., and M.C. Belk.  "Threatened fishes of the world: Iotichthys phlegethontis Cope, 1874 (Cyprinidae)."  Environmental Biology of Fishes.  71:378 (2004). 

Hart, E.B., M.C. Belk, E. Jordan, and M.W. Gonzalez.  "Zapus princeps."  Mammalian Species.  749:1-7 (2004). 

Johnson, J.B, and M.C. Belk.  "Temperate Utah chub form valid otolith annuli in the absence of fluctuating water temperature."  Journal of Fish Biology.  65:293-298 (2004). 

Mills, M.D., M.C. Belk, R.B. Rader, and J.E. Brown.  "and growth of least chub, Iotichthys phlegothontis, in wild populations."  Western North American Naturalist.  64:409-412 (2004). 

Bell, A., and M.C. Belk.  "Diet of leatherside chub, Snyderichthys copei, in the fall."  Western North American Naturalist.  64:413-416 (2004). 

Rader, R.B., M. C. Belk, and M. J. Keleher.  "The introduction of an invasive snail (Melanoides tuberculata) to spring ecosystems of the Bonneville Basin, Utah."  Journal of Freshwater Ecology.  18 (2003): 647-657. 

Kremer, S.R., and M.C. Belk.  "Effects of habitat disturbance on diets of great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) in a cold desert."  Western North American Naturalist.  63 (2003): 56-62. 

Belk, M.C., and D.D. Houston.  "Bergmann's rule in ectotherms: a test using freshwater fishes."  The American Naturalist.  160 (2002): 803-808. 

Schaalje, G.B., Shaw, J.L., and M.C. Belk.  "Using nonlinear hierarchical models for analyzing annulus-based size-at-age data."  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.  59 (2002): 1524-1532. 

Smith, M.E., and M.C. Belk.  "Risk-assessment in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis): do multiple cues have additive effects?."  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.  51 (2001): 101-107. 

Belk, M.C., M. Whitney, and G. B. Schaalje.  "Complex effects of predators: determining vulnerability of the endangered June sucker to an introduced predator."  Animal Conservation.  4 (2001): 251-256. 

Johnson, J.B., and M.C. Belk.  "Predation environment predicts divergent life-history phenotypes among populations of the livebearing fish Brachyraphis rhabdophora."  Oecologia.  126 (2001): 142-149. 

Kristine W. Wilson, and Mark C. Belk.  "Habitat characteristics of leatherside chub (Gila copei) at two spatial scales."  Western North American Naturalist.  36-42 (2001): 61. 

Mike Whitney, and Mark C. Belk.  "Threatened fishes of the world:Chasmistes liorus Jordan, 1878 (Catostomidae)."  Environmental Biology of Fishes.  57 (2000): 362. 

Jerald B. Johnson, and Mark C. Belk.  "Effects of predation on life-history evolution in Utah chub (Gila atraria)."  Copeia.  1999 (1999): 948-957. 

Chris Walser, Mark C. Belk, and Dennis Shiozawa.  "Habitat use by leatherside chub (Gila copei) in the presence of predatory brown trout (Salmo trutta)."  Great Basin Naturalist.  59 (1999): 272-277. 

 Experience

Professional

  • Professor of Biology , Brigham Young University , 2006-Present
  • Editor , Western North American Naturalist , 2006-Present
  • Associate Professor of Integrative Biology , BYU , 1998-Present
  • Assistant Professor of Zoology , BYU , 1992-1998

 Awards
  • College Outstanding Mentor Award , BYU , 2002
  • Fellowship in General Education, Teaching Excellence Award , BYU , 1998
  • Fellowship Award , Savannah River Ecology Laboratory , 1991
  • Fellowship Award , Oak Ridge Associated Universities , 1989
  • President, Zoology Graduate Student Association , University of Georgia , 1988
  • Research Internship Award , BYU , 1987
  • D. Elden Beck Scholarship Award , BYU , 1986
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