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David J. Jude

Research Scientist Emeritus
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About

David J. Jude, Ph.D., research scientist in the School for Environment and Sustainability, retired from active faculty status on January 18, 2012.

Dr. Jude began his career as a statistician and computer programmer at Michigan State University in 1972. In 1973 he joined the Great Lakes Research Division at the University of Michigan as a research investigator. He was promoted to assistant research scientist in 1976, associate research scientist in 1978, and research scientist in 1984. In 2002 Dr. Jude joined the School for Environment and Sustainability where he continued as a research scientist until his retirement.

Dr. Jude has taught courses on Great Lakes aquatic field methods and Great Lakes aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Jude's outgoing personality and wonderful sense of humor have engaged many students who have passed through his lab and have gone on to have successful careers in fisheries biology.

Publications

  • Adult, juvenile and larval fish populations in the vicinity of the J.H. Campbell Power Plant, eastern Lake Michigan, 1979

  • Diver assessment of the inshore southeastern Lake Michigan environment near the D.C. Cook Nuclear Plant, 1973-1982

  • Drift of zooplankton, benthos, and larval fish and distribution of macrophytes and larval fish in the St. Marys River, Michigan, during winter and summer, 1985

  • Effects of heated discharge and entrainment on benthos in the vicinity of the J.H. Campbell Plant, eastern Lake Michigan, 1978-1981 

  • Impingement losses at the D.C. Cook Nuclear Plant during 1975-1979 : with a discussion of factors responsible and relationships to field catches 

Read more publications here.

Research

Dr. Jude is well known for his research work on the Great Lakes and connecting tributaries including research in Lake Michigan on yellow perch larvae, lake trout reproduction on offshore reefs, and exotic species such as round and tubenose gobies and zebra and quagga mussels. In the Muskegon River, Dr. Jude's research focused on toxic substances, burbot, deep-water sculpin, and larval fish distributions. Dr. Jude's work has greatly expanded our understanding of fish population dynamics and provided vital clues to understanding entire life cycles. He is a well-known scientist to fishery ecologists nationally and internationally.

Education

PhD, Michigan State University (1973)MS, Iowa State University (1968)BS, University of Minnesota (1966)

In the News
SEAS Scientists Discover New Clues to Collapse of Great Lakes Food Web
March 29, 2021

SEAS Scientists Discover New Clues to Collapse of Great Lakes Food Web

The introduction of zebra mussels and the closely related quagga mussel to the Great Lakes changed everything. Beaches are now covered with shells, algae, and dead birds...

In the Media
04/18/2022
David J. Jude
I Speak for the Fish: How the round goby changed the Great Lakes, twice (Great Lakes Now)
11/01/2021
David J. Jude
Great Lakes Moment: Endangered catfish indicates improving health of the Detroit and St. Clair rivers (Great Lakes Now)
03/25/2021
David J. Jude
Stateside: Pharmacists’ role in vaccinations; Great Lakes sculpin; pandemic fatigue in 1918-19 (Michigan Radio)
03/25/2021
David J. Jude
In the otherworldly deepwater of the Great Lakes, scientists make a big discovery about a tiny fish (Michigan Radio)
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