The College of Life Sciences

Belk, Mark

Biology

Email: Mark_Belk@byu.edu

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

Professor

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

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

 Memberships
  • Ecological Society of America, 1987-Present
 Courses Taught

Fall 2011
  • BIO 494R: Mentored Research Section 002
  • BIO 559R: Adv Topics Ecology & Evolution Section 006
  • BIO 699R: Master's Thesis Section 003
Summer 2011
  • BIO 494R: Mentored Research Section 007
  • BIO 699R: Master's Thesis Section 004
  • BIO 799R: Dissertation Section 005
Spring 2011
  • BIO 350: Ecology Section 001
  • BIO 494R: Mentored Research Section 009
  • BIO 559R: Adv Topics Ecology & Evolution Section 006
  • BIO 799R: Dissertation Section 005
Winter 2011
  • BIO 100: Principles of Biology Section 002
  • BIO 220A: Biological Diversity: Animals Section 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006
  • BIO 494R: Mentored Research Section 002
  • BIO 699R: Master's Thesis Section 008
  • BIO 799R: Dissertation Section 002
  • LFSCI 494R: Mentored Research Section 009
  • REL C 324: The Doctrine & Covenants Section 022

Selected Publications
Journal Article

Wesner, J., Billman, E., Meier, A., Belk, M.  "Morphological convergence during pregnancy among predator and non-predator populations of the livebearing fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Teleostei: Poecilidae)."  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.  2nd ed.  Vol. 104.2 (2011): 386-392. 

Rasmussen, J. E., Belk, M., Habit, E., Shiozawa, D., Hepworth, R. D., Anthony, A.  "Variation in size-at-age between native cutthroat and introduced brown trout in allopatry and sympatry: implications for competitive interaction."  Aquatic Biology.  3rd ed.  Vol. 13.3 (2011): 285-292. 

Billman, E., Tjarks, B. J., Belk, M.  "Effect of predation and habitat quality on growth and reproduction of a stream fish."  Ecology of Freshwater Fish.  1st ed.  Vol. 20.1 (2011): 102-113. 

Belk, M., Nance, E. E., Johnson, J.  "Life history of Brachyrhaphis parismina: variation among and within populations."  Copeia.  Vol. 2011 (2011): 372-378.  <website>

Belk, M., Tuckfield, R. C.  "Effect of density on growth and survival of young June sucker."  Western North American Naturalist .  4th ed.  Vol. 71.4 (2011): 490-498. 

Kreitzer, J. D., Billman, E., Belk, M., Rader, R.  "Growth of young June sucker (Chasmistes liorus) is associated with zooplankton density in Utah Lake."  Western North American Naturalist.  4th ed.  Vol. 71.4 (2011): 499-506. 

Belk, M., Rader, R., Mills, M. D.  "Lake suckers in the western U.S.A.: history, ecology, natural history, and bibliography of an endangered genus."  Western North American Naturalist.  4th ed.  Vol. 71.4 (2011): 437-441. 

Rader, R., Belk, M., Hotchkiss, R., Brown, J.  "The stream–lake ecotone: potential habitat for juvenile endangered June suckers (Chasmistes liorus)."  Western North American Naturalist.  4th ed.  Vol. 70.4 (2010): 553-561.  <website>

Habit, E., Piedra, P., Ruzzante, D. E., Walde, S. J., Belk, M., Cussac, V. E., Gonzalez, J., Colin, N.  "Changes in the distribution of native fishes in response to introduced species and other anthropogenic effects."  Global Ecology and Biogeography .  5th ed.  Vol. 19.5 (2010): 697-710.  <website>

Belk, M., Tuckfield, R. C.  "Changing costs of reproduction: age-based differences in reproductive allocation and escape performance in a livebearing fish."  Oikos.  1st ed.  Vol. 119.1 (2010): 163-169.  <website>

Kreitzer, J. D., Belk, M., Gonzalez, D. B., Tuckfield, R. C., Shiozawa, D., Rasmussen, J. E.  "Ontogenetic diet shift in the June sucker Chasmistes liorus (Cypriniformes, Catostomidae) in the early juvenile stage."  Ecology of Freshwater Fish.  3rd ed.  Vol. 19.3 (2010): 433-438.  <website>

  "Effects of elevation and genetic introgression on growth of Colorado River Cutthroat Trout.."  Western North American Naturalist.  Vol. 69 (2009): 56-62. 

  "Geographic variation in somatic growth of redside shiner."  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  Vol. 135 (2006): 801-810. 

  "Response of the fish community to human-induced changes in of the Biobio River in Chile."  Freshwater Biology.  Vol. 51 (2006): 1-11.