Mark is involved in several aspects of fisheries and limnological research.

Mark V. Hoyer

Mark Hoyer is Scientific Research Manager in the University of Florida's Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. He received a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology from lowa State University; his Master of Science in Limnology is from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has worked extensively on the interrelationships of water chemistry, aquatic macrophyte communities, fish populations, and aquatic bird populations. In lowa and Missouri, his primary interest was lake eutrophication, including nutrient leading models and the relationship between in-lake nutrients and chlorophyll a. Mark came to the University of Florida in l983; the vast range of aquatic systems he has encountered in Florida has made him aware of the state's great resources. During this time, Mark has authored several books and many technical publications.

e-mail: mvhoyer@ufl.edu

Phone: 352-392-9617 ext 227


Selected Publications

Hoyer,M.V., R.W. Bachmann and D.E. Canfield, Jr. 2008. Lake management (muck removal) and hurricane impacts to the trophic state of Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida. Lake and Reservoir Management 24:57-68  pdf

Caffrey, A.J., M.V. Hoyer and D.E. Canfield, Jr.  2007.  Factors affecting the maximum depth of colonization by submersed macrophytes in Florida lakes.  Lake and Reservoir Management 23: 287-297.

Hoyer, M.V., S.K. Notestein, T. K. Frazer and D. E. Canfield Jr.  2006. A comparison between aquatic birds of lakes and coastal rivers in Florida. Hydrobiol. 567:5-18. pdf

Hoyer, M.V., C.A. Horsburgh, D.E. Canfield, Jr. and R.W. Bachmann. 2005. Lake level and trophic state variables among a population of shallow Florida lakes and within individual lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62: :2760-2769. PDF.

Hoyer, Mark V., Thomas K. Frazer, Sky K. Notestein, Daniel E. Canfield, Jr. 2002. Nutrient, chlorophyll, and water clarity relationships in Florida'a nearshore coastal waters with comparisons to freshwater lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59(6):1024-1031. PDF

Hoyer, M. V., J. Winn, and D. E. Canfield Jr. 2001. Citizen monitoring of aquatic bird populations using a Florida lake. Lake and Reservoir Management 17(2):82-89. PDF

Bachmann, R. W., M. V. Hoyer, and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 2000. Internal heterotrophy following the switch from macrophytes to algae in Lake Apopka, Florida. Hydrobiologia 418:217-227. PDF

Brown, C. D., M. V. Hoyer, R. W. Bachmann, and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 2000. Nutrient-chlorophyll relationships: an evaluation of empirical nutrient-chlorophyll models using Florida and north-temperate lake data. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57:1574-1583. PDF

Bachmann, R. W., M. V. Hoyer, and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 2000. The potential for wave disturbance in shallow Florida lakes. Lake and Res. Manage. 16:281-291. PDF

Terrell, Julia B., David L. Watson, Mark V. Hoyer, Michael S. Allen and Daviel E. Canfield, Jr. 2000. Temporal water chemistry trends (1967-1997) for a sample (127) of Florida waterbodies. Lake and Reservoir Management 16(3):177-194. PDF

Bachmann, R. W., M. V. Hoyer, and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 1999. The restoration of Lake Apopka in relation to alternative stable states. Hydrobiologia 394:219-232. PDF

Bachmann, M.D., M.V. Hoyer, and D.E. Canfield, Jr. 1999. Living at the lake. Special Publication. University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Gainesville, Florida.

Schulz, E.J., M.V. Hoyer and D.E. Canfield, Jr. 1999. An index of biotic integrity: A test with limnological and fish data from sixty Florida lakes. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 128:564-577. PDF

Brown, C. D.., D. E. Canfield, Jr., R. W. Bachmann, and M. V. Hoyer. 1998. Seasonal patterns of chlorophyll, nutrient concentration and Secchi disk transparency in Florida lakes. Lake and Res. Manage. 14:60-76

Gasith, A. and M.V. Hoyer. 1998. Structuring role of macrophytes in lakes:changing influence along lake size and edpth gradients. In: pp. 381-292.Jeppesen, E., M. Sondergaard, M. Sondergaard and K. Christoffersen Eds. The structuring role of submerged macrophytes in lakes. Springer.. PDF

Hoyer, M.V., Binhe Gu and C.L. Schelske. 1998. Sources of organic carbon in the food webs of two Florida lakes indicated by stable isotopes. In: pp. 326-330. Jeppesen, E., M. Sondergaard, M. Sondergaard and K. Christoffersen Eds. The structuring role of submerged macrophytes in lakes. Springer. PDF

Hoyer, M. V. and D. E. Canfield, Jr., eds. 1997. Aquatic plant management in lakes and reservoirs. Prepared by the North American Lake Management Society (P.O. Box 5443, Madison, WI 53705) and the Aquatic Plant Management Society (P.O. Box 1477, Lehigh, FL 33970) for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC.

Hoyer, M.V. and D.E. Canfield, Jr. 1996. Largemouth bass abundance and aquatic vegetation in Florida lakes: An empirical analysis. Journal of  Aquatic Plant Management 34: 23-32. PDF

Hoyer, M.V., D.E. Canfield, Jr., C.A. Horsburgh, and K. Brown. 1996. Florida freshwater plants, a handbook of common aquatic plants in Florida lakes. SP 189. University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Gainesville, Florida.

Hoyer, M.V. and D.E. Canfield, J. 1994. Bird abundance and species richness on Florida lakes: influence of trophic status, lake morphology, and aqatic macrophytes. In: J.J. Kerekes (ed.). Aquatic Birds in the Trophic Web of Lakes. Hydrobiologia 297/280:107-119. PDF

Hoyer Mark V. and Daniel E. Canfield, Jr. 1994. Handbook of common freshwater fish in Florida lakes. University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Gainesville, Florida. Spec. Pub. 160.

Hoyer, M.V. and D.E. Canfield Jr.1991. A phosphorus-fish standing crop relationship for streams?
Lake and Reserv. Manage. 7(1):25-32. PDF

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