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NORMAN MERCADO SILVA Center for Limnology University of Wisconsin – Madison 680 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53705, USA [email protected] Tel. + (608) 263 2063

Education BS: Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Honors; 1997. MS: Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison; 2001. PhD: Zoology and Limnology, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2005.

Research Interests Biology and ecology of invasive species, with special interest in freshwater ecosystems. Conservation, ecology and biology of freshwater fishes. Food web studies in freshwater ecosystems. Conservation of freshwater ecosystems with a special emphasis on Mexican lakes and rivers.

Professional Experience 2005 2004 - 05 2004- 06

2003 - 04 2003

2002-03

2000 -04 1997-99 1998

1997-98

Postdoctoral Associate. Center for Limnology (University of Wisconsin Madison) Research Assistant. North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research Project. Center for Limnology, UW– Madison. Project Assistant. Adaptive radiation in Chirostoma (Teleostomi: Atherinopsidae): A test of morphometric diversification and trophic specialization. Dr. Kyle R. Piller (PI), Dept. of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, USA. Teaching Assistant. Zoology 511, Ecology of Fishes, UW - Madison Associate Researcher. UCMEXUS- CONACYT Project: “Efectos de peces exóticos en tramas tróficas y comunidades de parásitos en el Embalse Ignacio Allende, Guanajuato, México”. Project participant and Translator. Global Livestock –CRSP, Community Planning for Sustainable Livestock-Based Forested Ecosystems in Latin America, UW- Madison. Project participant. Ictiobinae Research. Dr. Henry L. Bart (PI) Laboratory of Ichthyology, University of Tulane, New Orleans, LA. U.S. Teacher. Instituto de Humanidades y Ciencias A.C. México D.F. México. Auditor. Environmental Auditorship to the “Benito Juárez” International Airport in Mexico City, Physical Environment Group, Consultores en Tecnología Ecológica S.A de C.V (CONSULTE); GRUPO SACMAG S.A. de C.V. Project Assistant, Sistema de Información Miguel Hidalgo, Project: “Biodiversidad de la Sierra Gorda de Querétaro”. México, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.

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1991-97

General Coordinator. ODISEA. Educación y Naturaleza. Bosque de Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico

Publications Mercado-Silva N., J.D. Olden, J.T. Maxted, T.R. Hrabik, M.J. Vander Zanden, In Press, Forecasting the spread of invasive rainbow smelt in the Laurentian Great Lakes region of North America, Conservation Biology. Mercado-Silva N, J. Lyons, E. Díaz-Pardo, A. Gutiérrez-Hernández, C. Pedraza-Lara, C.P. Ornelas-García and M.J. Vander Zanden, In Press, Long term changes in the fish assemblage of the Laja River, Guanajuato, central Mexico, Aquatic Conservation, Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems. Mercado-Silva N. and E. Santana- Castellón, 2005, Áreas Naturales: Sierra de Manantlán, Revista Pronatura 12: 19-29 Mercado-Silva, N., L. M. Martínez-Rivera, J. Lyons, and L. I. Iñiguez-Dávalos, 2005, Ayuquila Armería River, west-central México. Subchapter of Chapter 22 in A. C. Benke and C. E. Cushing, editors. Rivers of North America. Elsevier Academic Press, New York. Mercado-Silva N., 2005, Condition Index of The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) in Sapelo Island Georgia: Effects of Site, Position on Bed and Pea Crab Parasitism. Journal of Shellfish Research, 24(1):121-126 Lyons J. and N. Mercado-Silva, 2004, Notropis calabazas (CYPRINIDAE; TELEOSTEI), new species from the Río Pánuco basin of central México. Copeia, 4:868-875. Salgado-Maldonado, G., G. Cabañas-Carranza, E. Soto-Galera, R. Pineda-López, J.M. CaspetaMandujano, E. Aguilar-Castellanos and N. Mercado-Silva, 2004, Helminth Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the Pánuco River Basin, East Central Mexico, Comparative Parasitology 71(2): 190-202 Bart, H.L. Jr., R. D. Suttkus, J. Lyons and N. Mercado-Silva, 2004, A Preliminary Analysis of the Taxonomic Status of Ictiobus meridionalis (Günther). In Libro Homenaje al DR. Andrés Reséndez Medina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. Salgado-Maldonado, G., N. Mercado-Silva, G. Cabañas Carranza, J. M. Caspeta Mandujano, R. Aguilar Aguilar and L. I. Iñiguez Dávalos, 2004, Helminth Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the Río Ayuquila, Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, West Central Mexico, Comparative Parasitology 71 (1):67-72. Mercado-Silva, N., J. Lyons, G. Salgado-Maldonado and M. Medina-Nava, 2002, Validation of a Fish-Based Index of Biotic Integrity for the Streams and Rivers of Central Mexico, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Special Issue on Mexican Freshwater Fish and Fisheries 12: 179-191. Lyons J. and N. Mercado-Silva, 1999, Patrones Taxonómicos y Ecológicos entre Comunidades de Peces en Ríos y Arroyos en el Oeste de Jalisco, México, Serie Zoología de los Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., México, 70(2):169-190. Lyons J. and N. Mercado-Silva, 1999, Peces Dulceacuícolas Mexicanos XVIII, Allodonthichthys (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae), Revista Zoología Informa, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D.F., México, 43: 3-16..

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Submitted Publications Mercado-Silva, N. and J. Lyons, Índices de Integridad Biótica en los Ríos Lerma y Pánuco: Una aproximación a su desarrollo. In Diversidad biológica de ríos y arroyos del centro de México; Bases para su conocimiento y conservación, Raúl Pineda-López and Edmundo Díaz Pardo (Eds.), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México. Domínguez-Domínguez O, N. Mercado-Silva and J. Lyons, Conservation Status of Mexican Goodeids: Problems, Perspectives, and Solutions. In Grier, H. and María del Carmen Uribe Eds., Proceedings of the II International Symposium on Livebearing Fishes.

Conference Participations Mercado-Silva, N., J.D. Olden, J. Lyons and S. Contreras-Balderas, 2006, A preliminary distributional assessment of introduced freshwater fishes in Mexican drainages. Ecology in an Era of Globalization; Ecological Society of America, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Mercado-Silva, N., M.J. Vander Zanden, M.R. Helmus, E. Díaz-Pardo and J. Lyons, 2005, Foodweb relations among fishes in a modified semi-desert river system in central Mexico. 37th Meeting of the Desert Fish Council. Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico. Lyons J. and N. Mercado-Silva, 2005, Have tilapias influenced Mexico's native fish fauna?. 37th Meeting of the Desert Fish Council. Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico. Mercado-Silva, N., J. D. Olden, T.R. Hrabik, J.T. Maxted, and M.J. Vander Zanden, 2005, Invasion potential of rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in the Laurentian Great Lakes region: predictions from distribution in their native range. 90th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montréal, Canada. Mercado-Silva, N., E. Díaz-Pardo, J. Lyons and M.J. Vander Zanden, 2004, Long term trends in the fish assemblage of the Laja River, Guanajuato, Mexico: an example of the decline of fish communities in Central Mexico. 36th Annual meeting, Desert Fish Council, Tucson, AZ, USA. Mercado-Silva, N., Edmundo Díaz-Pardo, Alta Gracia Hernández, Patricia Ornelas, Carlos Pedraza Lara and John Lyons, 2004, Cambios históricos en el ensamblaje de las comunidades de peces del Rio Laja (Guanajuato, México): Deterioro ambiental en Ríos del Centro de México. IX Congreso Nacional de Ictiología, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Bart, H.L., Jr., Royal D. Suttkus, John Lyons and Norman Mercado-Silva, 2004, A Preliminary Analysis of the Taxonomic Status of Ictiobus meridionalis (Günther), IX Congreso Nacional de Ictiología, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Mercado-Silva, N., J. Vander Zanden, J. Maxted, and B.M. Roth, 2004, Future Exotic Fishes Impacts: Modeling Rainbow Smelt Distribution in Wisconsin Lakes. Poster presentation at the 134th American Fisheries Society Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. Ornelas-García, C.P., E. Díaz-Pardo, N. Mercado-Silva, C. Pedraza-Lara and A. GutiérrezHernández, 2003, Cambios estacionales e históricos en la comunidad íctica de la subcuenca del Río La Laja, XVII Congreso Nacional de Zoología, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. Roth, B.M., S.A. Lischka, T.R. Hrabik, D.M. Krueger, N. Mercado-Silva, and J.J. Magnuson, 2003, Experimental removal of exotic rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) from Sparkling Lake, WI, 2003 Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Savannah, Georgia, USA

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Mercado-Silva, N., 2002, Seguimiento de la calidad ambiental del Río Ayuquila- Armería (Jalisco, México) utilizando un índice de integridad biótica basado en la comunidad de peces. VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Ictiológica Mexicana, Universidad del Mar, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, Mexico. Domínguez-Domínguez, O., E. A. Molina Domínguez, R. Pérez Rodríguez, S. Argeñal Olivera and N. Mercado-Silva, 2002, Ex-situ Conservation strategies of Mexican goodeids in the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, II International Symposium on Livebearing Fishes, Querétaro, Mexico. Clements M.D., Piller K.R., Mercado-Silva N., Bart H.L. and Hurley D.L., 2001, Molecular Variation within Scartomyzon (Teleostomi: Catostomidae): A Preliminary Study, Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, Philadelphia, 48(2): 138-139. Mercado-Silva N. and J. Lyons, 2001, Environmental Quality and Fisheries of the Ayuquila River in Jalisco, West Central Mexico, 131st American Fisheries Society Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. USA Mercado-Silva, N., L. M. Martínez, L. I. Iñiguez, E. Santana-Castellón and A.Carranza, 2001, “Diagnóstico de la Pesquería Tradicional en el Río Ayuquila”, 1er Foro del Agua, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Mercado-Silva, N. and J. Lyons, 2000, Patrones Taxonómicos y Ecológicos entre Comunidades de Peces en Ríos y Arroyos del Oeste de Jalisco, México. VII Congreso Nacional de Ictiología, Mexico City, Mexico. Mercado-Silva, N., G. Salgado Maldonado y F. Méndez de la Cruz, 1997, Helmintos de Lepidophyma pajapanensis (Xantusiidae) de la región de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México, XIV Congreso Nacional de Zoología. Guanajuato, Mexico.

Editorial and Academic Activity Academic Committee Participations 2005- Thesis Co-director. Edgar Solorio Ornelas. Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Morelia, Michoacán, México. MS Thesis: Estructura y función de la comunidad de peces en la Mintzita, Michoacán, México. 2005 Committee member. Andrés Martínez Aquino. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico. BS Thesis: Biogeografía de helmintos parásitos de peces de la familia Goodeidae (Pises: Cyprinodontiformes) del centro de México. 2005 Committee member. María Guadalupe Lara Figueroa. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico. BS Thesis: Diversidad de helmintos parásitos del Río de La Laja, Guanajuato, México. Courses Given 2005

Course organizer and lecturer. Development of Indices of Biological Integrity in Mexican Freshwater Ecosystems. Instituto de Ecología A.C. Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 2005 Guest Lecturer. Ecology of Fishes. University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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Reviewer: • • • • •

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society American Fisheries Society. Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Southwestern Naturalist, South Western Association of Naturalists North American Journal of Fisheries Management, American Fisheries Society

Other activities 2004 Member of the Board, Mexican Ichtyological Society 2004-2006 2002 Talk moderator: Symposium on Fish Community Ecology, VIII Congreso Sociedad Ictiológica Mexicana, Universidad del Mar, Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, México. 2002 Member of discussion panel on Fish Conservation in Mexico. VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Ictiológica Mexicana, Universidad del Mar, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, México. 2002 Collaborator for Publication. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2002, La Investigación Científica en la UNAM a través del Subsistema de la Investigación Científica, Coordinación de la Investigación Científica, México D.F., México, p. 141.

Scholarships and Awards 2006

Ford Foundation Travel Grant. Support for attending the Ecology in an Era of Globalization meeting (Ecological Society of America), Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. 2005 Vilas Travel Award. Graduate Student Collaborative. University of WisconsinMadison. 2004 Robert R. and Frances H. Miller Award: Best student presentation (Latin America). Desert Fish Council, 36th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA. 2004 TINKER - NAVE Summer Research Award, Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, UW – Madison. 2004 Travel Award. John Jefferson Davis Fund. Dept. of Zoology, UW – Madison. For attending the 2004 Mexican Ichthyological Society meeting in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. 2003 UCMEXUS – CONACYT. Support for collaborative project: “Efectos de peces exóticos en tramas tróficas y comunidades de parásitos en el Embalse Ignacio Allende, Guanajuato, México”. 2002 TINKER - NAVE Summer Research Award, Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, UW-Madison 2001 - 02 Travel Award. John Jefferson Davis Fund. Dept. of Zoology, UW – Madison. 2000 Graduate Research Grants, John Jefferson Davis Fund, Dept. of Zoology, UW– Madison. 2000 TINKER - NAVE Summer Research Award, Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, UW – Madison. 2000 Conservation Biology Summer Research Award, Institute for Environmental Studies, UW – Madison. 1999 Becas CONACYT para Estudios de Posgrado en el Extranjero, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de México, México.

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1997-98 1997-98 1997

Beca de Apoyo para Estudios de Licenciatura. Fundación Lorena Alejandra Gallardo. Ciudad de México, México. Beca de Apoyo para Estudiantes de Alto Desempeño Académico, Fundación UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Beca Fundación UNAM para Estudios de Intercambio en el Extranjero. Random Academic Mobility Program. Florida Institute of Technology. Melbourne. Florida. EUA.

Current Membership of Scientific Societies • • • •

Sociedad Ictiológica Mexicana A.C. Desert Fish Council Ecological Society of America Ecological Society of America – Mexico Chapter.

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