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Dr. Timothy H Bonner

  • Professor - Endowed Professorship - Biology
Portrait of Dr. Timothy H Bonner

Biography and expertise

I earned a PhD in Fisheries Science from Texas Tech University in 2000. My dissertation and subsequent publications addressed water quantity issues within prairie streams of central USA.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Fisheries Science

Texas Tech University, 2000

Master's Degree

MS in Biology

Texas State University, 1996

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Texas A&M University, 1992

Research Interests

  • Bonner, Timothy H (Co-Principal), Oborny, Ed (Co-Principal), Doyle, Robert (Co-Principal). San Marcos and Comal Rivers Habitat Conservation Plan—Biological Monitoring, Edwards Aquifer Authority, $2000000. (Submitted: 2018, Funded: 2019 - 2023). Grant.
  • Bonner, Timothy H. Aquatic biota of Delaware River (Culberson County, Texas), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, $92000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Dutton, Jessica (Principal), Bonner, Timothy H (Co-Principal). Mercury levels in fish caught in the Gulf of Mexico and the risk to human health, Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: January 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017). Grant.
  • Bonner, Timothy H (Co-Principal), Oborny, Ed (Co-Principal), Doyle, Robert (Co-Principal). San Marcos and Comal Rivers Habitat Conservation Plan—Biological Monitoring, Edwards Aquifer Authority, $2080000. (Funded: 2014 - 2018). Grant.
  • Schwalb, A, Forstner, M, Bonner, Timothy H. Texas Department of Transportation, $180000. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.
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  • Irwin, K. B., Aspbury, A., Bonner, T. H., & Gabor, C. (2024). Habitat structural complexity predicts cognitive performance and behaviour in western mosquitofish. Biology Letters, 20(7), 20230394.
  • Irwin, K. B., Andrea  Aspbury, S. ., Bonner, T. H., & Gabor, C. (2024). Habitat structural complexity predicts cognitive performance and behaviour in western mosquitofish. Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0394
  • Lopez, S. G., Aspbury, A., Fritts, S. R., Tidwell, T. L. R., & Bonner, T. H. (2023). Long-term patterns in inland fish kills associated with cold-shock and winter stress: a regional case study from Texas. Journal of Fish Biology, 103(3), 472–480. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15435
  • Kolonin, A., Bokony, V., Bonner, T. H., Jaime Zuniga-Vega, J., Aspbury, A., Guzman, A., … Gabor, C. (2022). Coping With Urban Habitats Via Glucocorticoid Regulation: Physiology, Behavior, and Life History in Stream Fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62(1), 90–103. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac002
  • Sotola, V. A., Sullivan, K. T., Littrell, B. M., Martin, N. H., Stich, D. S., & Bonner, T. H. (2020). Short-term responses of freshwater mussels to floods in a southwestern USA river estimated using mark-recapture sampling. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13642
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Fisheries Worker of 2017 in Fisheries Research, Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society, Texas State University. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society, Texas State University. 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society, Texas State University. 2002
  1. Other

    TxState BassCats--Tournament Fishing club

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    TxState Aquatic Biology Society

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    Port Mansfield Chamber of Commerce Fishing Tournament

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