Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Jordan Nichole Holtswarth

Master's
Email: jnholtswar42@students.tntech.edu

Education

  • BS University of Missouri 2017

Biography

In August 2017, I began my master's degree at Tennessee Technological University with Dr. Amanda Rosenberger in the Department of Biology. Currently, my M.S. uses GIS and spatial analysis to assess the transferability of a freshwater mussel habitat suitability model developed in Missouri to predict locations where mussels can colonize and form mussel aggregations, termed 'beds.'

Research Publications Publication Date
Holtswarth, J.N., F.E. Rowland, H.J. Puglisc, M.L. Hladik, and E.B. Webb. 2019. Effects of the neonicotinoid pesticide clothianidin on southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus) tadpole behavior. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 103:717-712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02703-0 November 2019
Hartman, J.N., A.E. Rosenberger, K. Key, and G. Lindner. 2023. Assessing potential habitat for freshwater mussels by transferring a habitat suitability model within the Ozark Ecoregion, Missouri. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 26:32-44. | Abstract | Download March 2023
Project Completion Date
A comprehensive understanding of mussel populations in the Duck River, Tennessee for their conservation and to establish ecological flows for ongoing water withdrawals and water management January 2030
A strategic path forward for mussel conservation in the state of Missouri July 2021
Presentations Presentation Date
Rosenberger, A.E., S. McMurray, K. Bouska, G. Lindner, K. Key, J. Holtswarth, K. Womble, M. Schrum, and L. Lueckenhoff. 2020. Towards a statewide, strategic, and spatially-explicit mussel conservation assessment and monitoring program - our vision. Virtual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, September, 2020. September 2020
Holtswarth, J.N., A.E. Rosenberger, K.N. Key, and G. Lindner. 2019. Assessing the transferability of a freshwater mussel fundamental niche model within the Ozark Ecoregion, Missouri. Oral presentation (invited), Organization of Fisheries and Wildlife Information Managers Annual Meeting, West Virginia. October, 2019. October 2019
Holtswarth, J.N., A.E. Rosenberger, K.N. Key, and G. Lindner. 2018. Do freshwater mussel beds associate with lateral channel stability and channel controls? Oral presentation (invited). Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. October, 2018. October 2018
Holtswarth, J.N., A.E. Rosenberger, G. Lindner, and K. Key. 2019. Assessing the transferability of a freshwater mussel fundamental niche model within the Ozark Ecoregion, Missouri. Tennessee American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN. March 2019
Holtswarth, J.N., A.E. Rosenberger, K.N. Key, G. Lindner. 2019. Assessing the transferability of a freshwater mussel fundamental niche model within the Ozark Ecoregion, Missouri. Master’s Seminar to the Deparment of Biology, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN. July, 2019 July 2019
Holtswarth, J.N., A.E. Rosenberger, K.N. Key, G. Lindner. 2019. Assessing the transferability of a freshwater mussel fundamental niche model within the Ozark Ecoregion, Missouri. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April, 2019. April 2019
Holtswarth, J., K. Key, G. Lindner, and A. Rosenberger. 2018. Assessing the transferability of a freshwater habitat suitability model to Ozark River drainages. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Atlantic City, NJ, 2018. August 2018
Bouska, K., A.E. Rosenberger, K. Key, J. Holtswarth, G. Lindner, and S. McMurray. 2020. Development and implementation of a strategic mussel conservation assessment in Missouri. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Resources Conference, Springfield Illinois. January, 2020. January 2020
Bajo, B., J. Holtswarth, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2020. Field validating a suitable habitat model for the Gasconade River. Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers Annual Meeting. October, 2020. October 2020
Bajo, B., J. Hartman, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2021. Freshwater mussel status assessment using a suitable habitat model for the Gasconade River, Missouri. Poster Presentation for the Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Virtual. February, 2021. February 2021