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

Staff Member

Will Samuel

Master's
Email: wtsamuel@alaska.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Samuel, W.T., Yancy, L.E., Hinkle, E.G., and J.A. Falke. 2024. Validating morphometrics as a non-lethal tool to determine Arctic Grayling sex. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44:70-78.

 January 2024
Project Completion Date
Wildfire effects on aquatic biodiversity measured using eDNA September 2023
Beaver and wildfire interactions in interior Alaska boreal watersheds December 2023
Presentations Presentation Date
Samuel, W. T., J. A. Falke, K. D. Tape, S. K. Panda, A. C. Seitz. 2023. When beavers get burned, do fish get fried? The role of beavers in mediating wildfire effects on freshwater fish habitat in boreal Alaska. American Fisheries Society 153<sup>nd</sup> Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI. August 20–24. August 2023
Samuel, W. T., J. A. Falke, K. D. Tape, S. K. Panda, A. C. Seitz. 2023. When beavers get burned, do fish get fried? Assessing beaver impacts on fish in a fire-dominated ecosystem using a combination of traditional fish sampling and eDNA. Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, AK. March 27-31. March 2023
Samuel, W. T., J. A. Falke, K. D. Tape, S. K. Panda, A. C. Seitz. 2022. When beavers get burned, do fish get fried? The role of beavers to mediate wildfire effects on freshwater fish habitat in boreal Alaska. American Fisheries Society 152<sup>nd</sup> Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. August 21–25. August 2022
Samuel, W. T., J. A. Falke, K. D. Tape, S. K. Panda, A. C. Seitz. 2022. When beavers get burned, do fish get fried? The role of beavers to mediate wildfire effects on freshwater fish habitat in boreal Alaska. Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society Meeting [Virtual]. 28 Feb – 4 Mar, 2022. February 2022
Muehlbauer, J.D., W.T. Samuel and V.S. Zavoico. 2024. Alaskan stream macroinvertebrate diversity between burned and unburned catchments measured using eDNA. Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Seward, Alaska, 25-29 March 2024. March 2024
Muehlbauer, J.D. and W.T. Samuel 2023. Comparison of eDNA primers for aquatic invertebrate diversity in Interior Alaska streams. Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, 27-31 March 2023. March 2023