Jeremy Maikoetter, M.S.
Project Manager
Mr. Maikoetter joined Zara in 2018 and specializes in endangered and threatened species, with an emphasis on ecological research. His experience includes natural resource management and monitoring, bio monitoring, and USFWS Section 7 consultations. He holds a TPWD Scientific Collection Permit for fish, freshwater mussels, and aquatic invertebrates. He also holds a USFWS Permit for Central Texas Karst Invertebrates. The threatened and endangered species he has worked with include Texas Pimpleback (Cyclonaias petrina), Texas Fatmucket (Lampsilis bracteata) Texas Fawnsfoot (Truncilla macrodon), Fountain Darter (Etheostoma fonticola) and numerous karst invertebrate species. Mr. Maikoetter has also assisted with numerous habitat assessments and endangered species surveys for Golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia), Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis), and salamanders. Mr. Maikoetter has been performing ecological research on state-listed Texas freshwater fishes and mussels in the field since 2013. Most of his previous education and research work focused on Central Texas mussel species; however, he has performed mussel surveys in all major river basins of Texas. His experience includes natural resource management and monitoring, biomonitoring, habitat assessments, habitat mapping and modeling, and statistical analysis. He holds a TPWD Scientific Collection Permit for fish, freshwater mussels, and aquatic invertebrates. The protected mussel species he has worked with include False Spike, Guadalupe Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Louisiana Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Texas Fawnsfoot, Texas Heelsplitter, and Texas Pimpleback. Mr. Maikoetter has experience in population and community level ecology across multiple taxa and has conducted mark and recapture studies of freshwater mussels and fishes. He has led and completed over 130 transportation related freshwater mussel habitat assessments and surveys over the past 4 years, including Phase 1, Phase 2, and multiple pass depletion surveys utilizing both the TPWD-TxDOT Workplan and the recently released TPWD-USFWS joint mussel survey protocols. He has also authored or co-authored multiple consultation documents within the past 5 years for ongoing conferences and consultations with USFWS for multiple species, including federally listed freshwater mussels. He has authored or co-authored 3 peer-reviewed publications and dozens of professional presentations. Mr. Maikoetter has attended numerous fisheries and malacological conferences and identification workshops, attended Texas Freshwater Mussel Research and Coordination meetings, worked extensively in the field with Dr. Timothy Bonner (Texas State University), and has provided training and workshops for field crews to identify fishes and mussels of Texas. He holds a B.S. in Aquatic Biology and a M.S. in Aquatic Resources from Texas State University.
Select Publications
Temperature-mediated feeding between spring-associated and riverine-associated congeners
Effect of fish preservation on fish morphology over time
Texans on the Brink
Rhadine predation on cave crickets
Mr. Maikoetter joined Zara in 2018 and specializes in endangered and threatened species, with an emphasis on ecological research. His experience includes natural resource management and monitoring, bio monitoring, and USFWS Section 7 consultations. He holds a TPWD Scientific Collection Permit for fish, freshwater mussels, and aquatic invertebrates. He also holds a USFWS Permit for Central Texas Karst Invertebrates. The threatened and endangered species he has worked with include Texas Pimpleback (Cyclonaias petrina), Texas Fatmucket (Lampsilis bracteata) Texas Fawnsfoot (Truncilla macrodon), Fountain Darter (Etheostoma fonticola) and numerous karst invertebrate species. Mr. Maikoetter has also assisted with numerous habitat assessments and endangered species surveys for Golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia), Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis), and salamanders. Mr. Maikoetter has been performing ecological research on state-listed Texas freshwater fishes and mussels in the field since 2013. Most of his previous education and research work focused on Central Texas mussel species; however, he has performed mussel surveys in all major river basins of Texas. His experience includes natural resource management and monitoring, biomonitoring, habitat assessments, habitat mapping and modeling, and statistical analysis. He holds a TPWD Scientific Collection Permit for fish, freshwater mussels, and aquatic invertebrates. The protected mussel species he has worked with include False Spike, Guadalupe Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Louisiana Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Texas Fawnsfoot, Texas Heelsplitter, and Texas Pimpleback. Mr. Maikoetter has experience in population and community level ecology across multiple taxa and has conducted mark and recapture studies of freshwater mussels and fishes. He has led and completed over 130 transportation related freshwater mussel habitat assessments and surveys over the past 4 years, including Phase 1, Phase 2, and multiple pass depletion surveys utilizing both the TPWD-TxDOT Workplan and the recently released TPWD-USFWS joint mussel survey protocols. He has also authored or co-authored multiple consultation documents within the past 5 years for ongoing conferences and consultations with USFWS for multiple species, including federally listed freshwater mussels. He has authored or co-authored 3 peer-reviewed publications and dozens of professional presentations. Mr. Maikoetter has attended numerous fisheries and malacological conferences and identification workshops, attended Texas Freshwater Mussel Research and Coordination meetings, worked extensively in the field with Dr. Timothy Bonner (Texas State University), and has provided training and workshops for field crews to identify fishes and mussels of Texas. He holds a B.S. in Aquatic Biology and a M.S. in Aquatic Resources from Texas State University.
Select Publications
Temperature-mediated feeding between spring-associated and riverine-associated congeners
Effect of fish preservation on fish morphology over time
Texans on the Brink
Rhadine predation on cave crickets