Associate Professor
334-844-9190
irwiner@auburn.edu

Field of Specialization
Riverine Ecology








  • Professional Affiliations
  • Special Honors & Awards
  • Research
  • Publications

American Fisheries Society

-History Section; Secretary/Treasurer (2004-present)

-Catfish Technical Committee, Southern Division, Chair (2003-2006)

-Resolutions Committee, Southern Division, Chair (2000-2003)

-Ballot Committee; Parent Society, Chair (2003-2004)

-Crappie Symposium Editor (2000-2002)

-Excellence in Education Award Committee (2000-2002)

-Warmwater Streams Committee member (1998-present)

-Alabama Chapter Nominations Committee (1996-present)

-Education Section Secretary/Treasurer (1997-1999)

-Catfish 2000 Lead Editor (1997-1999)

-Program Committee Co-Chair 1996 Southern Division Mid-year Meeting

-Student Perspectives page, Fisheries, Editor (1991-1992)

Alabama Fisheries Association, Steering Committee (1995-present)

Midsouth Aquatic Plant Society Member (1996-present)

Phi Kappa Phi, Scholarship Committee (2005-present)

2003, STAR award; U.S. Geological Survey award for exemplary performance- Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
Unit

2000, Adjunct Assistant Professor status in School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Lotic fish ecology and management, adaptive management of natural resources, landscape ecology, conservation of aquatic natural resources
Title Journal Year
A Fish Health Assessment and Liver Lipid Content Examination of Catfish Populations in the Coosa River, Alabama Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies 2008
Evaluating the Potential for Predatory Control of Gizzard Shad by Largemouth Bass in Small Impoundments: A Bioenergetics Approach Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2003
Food Habits of Catfishes in Tailwater and Reservoir Habitats in a Section of the Coosa River, Alabama Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies 2003
Movements and Home Ranges of Alligator Gar in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Alabama Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies 2003
Challenges of Crappie Management Continuing into the 21st Century North American Journal of Fisheries Management 2002
Validity of Otoliths and Pectoral Spines for Estimating Ages of Channel Catfish North American Journal of Fisheries Management 2002
A Standardized Procedure for Internal Sex Identification in Lepisosteidae North American Journal of Fisheries Management 2001
Gill lesions and death of bluegill in an acid mine drainage mixing zone Enviornmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2001
An Evaluation of Soft Visual Implant Tag Retention Compared with Anchor Tag Retention in Channel Catfish North American Journal of Fisheries Management 2000
Response of Juvenile Largemouth Bass to Habitat Enhancement Through Addition of Artificial Substrates Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies 2000
Acute Toxicity of an Acid Mine Drainage Mixing Zone to Juvenile Bluegill and Largemouth Bass Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1999
Introduced clupeids in a southern reservoir: more evidence for system-specific reproductive styles Environmental Biology of Fishes 1995