David Fischer

Manager of Hudson River Studies/Education Associate Research Specialist and Data Coordinator

2801 Sharon Turnpike; P.O. Box AB
Millbrook, NY 12545-0129 USA

845 677-7600 x178

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David Fischer manages Cary Institute's Hudson River research program which included routine monitoring of the pelagic and benthic communities from Troy to Haverstraw as well as a number of more focused short term studies of the many habitats and communities associated with the river ecosystem. He is also involved in collaborative efforts with NYSDEC including HRECOS river monitoring stations and a citizen science research program monitoring submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the estuary.

In addition David is now a member of the Cary science education team.

Sources of dissolved organic carbon supporting planktonic bacterial production in the tidal freshwater Hudson River
Findlay, Stuart E. G., Robert L. Sinsabaugh, David T. Fischer, and P. Franchini. 1998. “Sources of Dissolved Organic Carbon Supporting Planktonic Bacterial Production in the Tidal Freshwater Hudson River”. Ecosystems 1: 227-39.
Consumption, selectivity, and use of zooplankton by larval striped bass and white perch in a seasonally pulsed estuary
Limburg, K. E., Michael L. Pace, David T. Fischer, and K.K. Arend. 1997. “Consumption, Selectivity, and Use of Zooplankton by Larval Striped Bass and White Perch in a Seasonally Pulsed Estuary”. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 126: 607-21.
Enzymatic analysis of riverine bacterioplankton production
Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Stuart E. G. Findlay, P. Franchini, and David T. Fischer. 1997. “Enzymatic Analysis of Riverine Bacterioplankton Production”. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 29-38.
Zebra mussel invasion in a large, turbid river: phytoplankton response to increased grazing
Caraco, Nina F., Jonathan J. Cole, Peter A. Raymond, David L. Strayer, Michael L. Pace, Stuart E. G. Findlay, and David T. Fischer. 1997. “Zebra Mussel Invasion in a Large, Turbid River: Phytoplankton Response to Increased Grazing”. Ecology 78: 588-602. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/zebra_mussel_phyto.pdf.
Arrival, spread, and early dynamics of a zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) population in the Hudson River estuary
Strayer, David L., J. Powell, P. Ambrose, L. C. Smith, Michael L. Pace, and David T. Fischer. 1996. “Arrival, Spread, and Early Dynamics of a Zebra Mussel (Dreissena Polymorpha) Population in the Hudson River Estuary”. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 53: 1143-49.
Spatial and temporal variability in the lower food web of the tidal freshwater Hudson River
Findlay, Stuart E. G., Michael L. Pace, and David T. Fischer. 1996. “Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Lower Food Web of the Tidal Freshwater Hudson River”. Estuaries 19: 866-73.