Mark Hoyer is the Assistant Director of the Florida LAKEWATCH program in the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, 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

Recent publications of interest:

Hoyer, M. V., T. K. Frazer, S. K. Notestein and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 2002. Nutrient, chlorophyll, and water clarity relationships in Florida's nearshore coastal waters with comparisons to freshwater lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1-8.

Hoyer, M. V., C. D. Brown, and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 2004. Relation Between water chemistry and water quality as defined by lake users in Florida. Lake and Reservoir Management. 20:1-9

Hoyer, M. V., T. K. Frazer, S. K. Notestein and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 2004. Vegetative characteristics of three low-lying Florida coastal rivers in relation to flow, light, salinity and nutrients. Hydrobiologia. 528:31-43

Hoyer, Mark V., Sky K. Notestein, Thomas K. Frazer and Daniel E. Canfield Jr.  2006.  A comparison between aquatic birds of lakes and coastal rivers in Florida. Hydrobiologia 567:5-18.