Teaching involves general aquatic and stream/river ecology. Research interests include ecology of rivers and lakes, watershed management, community dynamics and population regulation, trout stream food webs, behavioral adaptations of aquatic insects, fish invertebrate interactions, and fisheries management.

Awards and Grants:
PITE Teaching Award 2004
Rooselvelt Professor of Ecosystem Management 2008-2010

Research Interests:
My interests revolve around understanding ecological processes in aquatic systems of all types; and the application ecological knowledge to practical problems of resource management.

• Watershed management
• Community dynamics and population regulation
• Trout stream food webs
• Modeling complex systems
• Fisheries management

Current/Recent Research:

• Modeling-based approaches to ecological asessment and ecosystem management [EPA/State of Michigan, Great Lakes Fisheries Trust]
• Ecological classification of rivers and riparian wetlands [State of Michigan, The Nature Conservancy]
• Comparative ecology of rivers and river food web dynamics [EPA, NSF]
• Role of microsporidian disease in stream communities [NSF]
• Groundwater influences on river temperature and fish productivity [MDNR]
• River restoration planning [Wayne County/EPA, HRWC,MDNR]
• Extent and affects of large-scale hydrologic change [Great Lakes Protection Fund].

Teaching Interests:
Aquatic ecology & management Quantitative Methods

Current/Recent Teaching:
NR311/511 Introduction to Aquatic Ecosystems NR411 Fluvial Ecosystems NR 516 Aquatic Entomology NR639 Graduate Seminar on Modeling Riverine Habitats NRE509 Ecology and Natural Science Core Course

Selected Publications:

• Riseng, C., M.J. Wiley, and R.J. Stevenson. 2004. Hydrologic disturbance and nutrient effects on the structure of benthic stream communities: A covariance structure analysis. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 23(2):309–326.
• Baker, M.E. and M.J. Wiley. 2004. Characterization of woody species distribution in riparian forests of Lower Michigan using map-based models. Wetlands: 24(3):550-561.
• Seelbach, P. W., and M. J. Wiley. 2005. Landscape-based modeling as the basis for a prototype information system for ecological assessment of Lake Michigan tributaries. In: Edsall, T. and M. Munawar, eds. State of Lake Michigan: Ecology, Health, and Management. Ecovision World Monograph Series. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society, New Delhi.
• Baker, E.A.,K.E. Wehrly, P.W. Seelbach, L. Wang,M.J. Wiley, and T. Simon. 2005. A multimetric assessment of stream condition in the Northern Lakes and Forests ecoregion using spatially explicit statistical modeling and regional normalization. Transactions of American Fisheries Society. 134:697-710.
• R. Jan Stevenson, S. T. Rier, C. Riseng, R. Schultz, and M.J. Wiley. 2006. Comparing effects of nutrients on algal biomass in streams in 2 ecoregions with different disturbance regimes. Hydrobiologia 561:149-165.
• K. E. Wehrly, M. J. Wiley, P. W. Seelbach . 2006. Influence of Landscape Features on Summer Water Temperatures in Lower Michigan Streams. In: Landscape influences on stream habitats and biological communities. American Fisheries Society Symposium 48:113-127, 2006. Bethesda, Maryland.
• D. M. Infante, M. J. Wiley, P. W. Seelbach 2006. Relationships Among Channel Shape, Catchment Characteristics, and Fish in Lower Michigan Streams. In: Landscape influences on stream habitats and biological communities. American Fisheries Society Symposium 48: 339-357, 2006.Bethesda, Maryland.
• T. G. Zorn, M. J. Wiley. 2006. Influence of Landscape Characteristics on Local Habitat and Fish Biomass in Streams of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Landscape influences on stream habitats and biological communities. American Fisheries Society Symposium 48: 375-393, 2006. Bethesda, Maryland.
• C. M. Riseng, M. J. Wiley, R. J. Stevenson, T. Zorn, P. W. Seelbach. 2006. Comparison of Coarse Versus Fine Scale Sampling on Statistical Modeling of Landscape Effects and Assessment of Fish Assemblages of the Muskegon River, Michigan In: Landscape influences on stream habitats and biological communities. American Fisheries Society Symposium 48: ,2006. Bethesda, Maryland.
• P. J. Steen, D. R. Passino-Reader, M. J. Wiley 2006. Modeling Brook Trout Presence and Absence from Landscape Variables Using Four Different Analytical Methods. In: Landscape influences on stream habitats and biological communities. American Fisheries Society Symposium 48: , 2006. Bethesda, Maryland.
• Paul W. Seelbach, Michael J. Wiley, Matthew E. Baker, Kevin E. Werhly. 2006. Initial Classification of River Valley Segments across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. In: Landscape influences on stream habitats and biological communities. American Fisheries Society Symposium 48:25-48,2006. Bethesda, Maryland.