自然资源管理理学学士-水生和渔业生物学

水生生态系统产生了许多我们赖以维持健康和福祉的资源。它们不仅支持体育和商业渔业，还提供生态系统服务，例如农业用水，饮用水，废水处理和自然运输走廊。很大程度上由于我们对它们的依赖，这些系统面临着来自生境改变，干旱，取水，污染，入侵物种和其他环境变化的日益严重的威胁。该领域的自然资源管理者利用他们对影响鱼类和其他水生生物的生态和环境因素的了解，以平衡对我们水资源日益增长的需求与维持渔业和生态系统服务的需求。从非常应用（例如，了解水坝对鱼类繁殖的影响）到更基础的研究，例如致力于了解濒临灭绝的物种（例如，Peco
Aquatic ecosystems produce many resources that we rely upon for our health and welfare. They not only support sport and commercial fisheries but also provide ecosystem services like water for agriculture, drinking water, waste water treatment, and natural transportation corridors. Largely because of our reliance on them, these systems face increasing threats from habitat alteration, drought, water withdrawal, pollution, invasive species, and other environmental changes. Natural resource managers in this field use their knowledge of the ecological and environmental factors which affect fishes and other aquatic organisms in order to balance the growing demand on our water resources with the need to maintain fisheries and ecosystem services. Careers in this field range from very applied (e.g. understanding impacts of dams on fish reproduction) to more basic research such as working on understanding the biology of a threatened or endangered species (e.g. Pecos assiminea snail). Graduates work in a variety of settings, including government agencies, consulting firms, and non-governmental organizations.