Kyler B. Hecke
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Assistant Professor of Fisheries Science
Also affiliated: Department of Forestry (2018); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2018–2022)
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Kyler B. Hecke's research focuses on fish and mussel populations, particularly their distribution, movement, and ecological interactions. His work has investigated the status and distribution of freshwater mussels in Bayou Bartholomew and the Moro Creek Watershed in Arkansas. He has also studied the spatiotemporal distribution and movement patterns of the Sickle Darter ( *Percina williamsi* ) in the upper Tennessee River Basin. His research extends to understanding seasonal community occupancy of fishes in Arkansas headwater streams and exploring morphological variations in stream fish across environmental gradients. Hecke has also examined non-lethal diet extraction methods for darters and reassessed preserved specimens to adapt to taxonomic changes within the Etheostomatinae subfamily. He collaborates with researchers at Arkansas Tech University, including Ben S. Johnson and Autumn F. Henry.
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- h-index: 2
- Publications: 11
- Citations: 10
Selected Publications
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Morphological variation in four common stream fish across an intermittent waterfall in Arkansas, USA (2025)
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Seasonal Community Occupancy of Fishes in a Lowland (Arkansas, <scp>USA</scp> ) Headwater Stream (2025)
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Gastric Lavage Shows Promise as a Non-Lethal Diet Extraction Method for Darters (Etheostomatinae) (2025)
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Adapting to Taxonomic Change in Darters (Etheostomatinae): Reassessment of Preserved Specimens in a Natural History Collection (2024)
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Insights on the Distribution of Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in the Moro Creek Watershed, Arkansas (2023)
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Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew (2022)
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Occupancy and status of the strawberry darter in the Strawberry River drainage of Arkansas, USA (2020)
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Length, Body Depth, and Gape Relationships and Inference on Piscivory Among Common North American Centrarchids (2018)
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- Insights on the Distribution of Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in the Moro Creek Watershed, Arkansas
- Gastric Lavage Shows Promise as a Non-Lethal Diet Extraction Method for Darters (Etheostomatinae)
- Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew
- Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew
- Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew
- Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew
- Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew
- Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew
- Insights on the Distribution of Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in the Moro Creek Watershed, Arkansas
- Insights on the Distribution of Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in the Moro Creek Watershed, Arkansas
- Insights on the Distribution of Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in the Moro Creek Watershed, Arkansas
- Adapting to Taxonomic Change in Darters (Etheostomatinae): Reassessment of Preserved Specimens in a Natural History Collection
- Adapting to Taxonomic Change in Darters (Etheostomatinae): Reassessment of Preserved Specimens in a Natural History Collection
- Gastric Lavage Shows Promise as a Non-Lethal Diet Extraction Method for Darters (Etheostomatinae)
- Gastric Lavage Shows Promise as a Non-Lethal Diet Extraction Method for Darters (Etheostomatinae)
- Seasonal Community Occupancy of Fishes in a Lowland (Arkansas, <scp>USA</scp> ) Headwater Stream
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