Staff Member
Sheila Eyler
PhD
Phone: (410) 573 - 4504
Biography
Sheila has been a doctoral student through the Coop Unit and the FWS's National Conservation Training Center since 2007. She is an employee of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Maryland Fishery Resources Office since 1999. Her research project monitored downstream migration of silver American eels in the Shenandoah River in relation to five hydroelectric dams. . Ecology and management of the American eel
Research Publications | Publication Date |
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Eyler, S.M., S.A. Welsh, D.R. Smith and M.M. Rockey. 2016. Downstream passage and impact of turbine shutdowns on survival of silver American eels at five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145:964-976. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1176954 | October 2016 |
Presentations | Presentation Date |
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Eyler, S., S. Welsh, and D. Smith. 2015. Seasonal turbine shutdowns used to protect downstream migrating silver American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) at five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Presented at the 71st Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Meeting, New Port, Rhode Island. | April 2015 |
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Rockey. 2015. Passage method, turbine mortality, and migratory delay of silver American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) at five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Presented at the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission (CRASC) Research Forum, MADFW Westborough Field Office, Westborough, MA | March 2015 |
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Rockey. 2015. Environmental variables associated with American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) downstream migrations in the Shenandoah River. Presented at the American Fisheries Society Meeting, Portland, Oregon. | August 2015 |