• Research Associate (University of Michigan - School of Natural Resources and Environment) - Conduct fisheries research projects through grants from Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Fisheries Division. Complete technical documents for Division publication and peer-review journals. Serve on Division Committees and work with Division field personnel to complete comprehensive watershed assessments.

• Research Station Manager (Institute for Fisheries Research) - Develop annual work plans and budget for inclusion in Fisheries Division work cycle and Federal Aid reporting cycle. Develop long-range plans and budget for research facility. Manage human resources of facility and supervise research projects.
  
• Develop and conduct fisheries research projects. Write technical documents for Division publication and peer-review journals. Serve as educator and consultant to Division regarding data collection, analysis, and angler survey methods.
  

• Statistician 13 (Institute for Fisheries Research) - Responsible for the design of projects and experiments for fisheries research and management programs, statistical analysis, collection and interpretation of data, and preparation of various reports for publication.
  
• Present fisheries research findings to civic and professional groups.
  
• Provided expert testimony on angler survey methods for Fisheries Division, 2000 Consent Decree Treaty of 1836.
  

• Fisheries Technician Supervisor VI (Institute for Fisheries Research) - Supervised, coordinated and scheduled Fisheries Technicians on a daily basis in the office and in the field. Other responsibilities included the maintenance and construction of fisheries research equipment, and maintenance of research stations statewide, and safety officer for the fisheries research section.
  
• Assisted in preparing statistically valid survey schedules for research and fisheries division use, tabulated and summarized various survey data and developed computer programs written in FORTRAN and BASIC.
  

• Statistical Technician 7 (Institute for Fisheries Research) - Assist in the compilation and analysis of fisheries sport catch data for management and research. Prepare tables and summaries for reports, supervised and scheduled data processing by party-time clerks and work-study students. Assisted in planning surveys for field and research personnel, and developed computer programs.

• Educational leave of absence to attend Eastern Michigan University.

• Fisheries Aide 05 (Saline Fisheries Research Station) - Assisted in fisheries research experiments. Including: aging and identifying freshwater fish; collecting and processing benthic and plankton samples; collecting fish for experimental purposes using gear such as trap nets and electrofishing equipment; assisting in fish population estimates in various Michigan lakes and streams; surveying anglers for creel survey information; maintaining fisheries research equipment; assisting in testing pesticides on various fish species; constructing research equipment; maintaining a fisheries research station and ponds; operating heavy equipment such as a backhoe, bulldozer and dump truck.

• Sergeant (United States Army) - Served with the 304th Signal Battalion in Korea and supervised four radio operators.

• Fisheries Aide 03 (Saline Fisheries Research Station) - Responsibilities were the same as those performed while classified as a Fisheries Aide 05.

Bachelor of Science
December 1981
Major - Aquatic Biology
Minor - Computer Science
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Associates Degree
December 1978
General Studies
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, Michigan

American Fisheries Society
American Fisheries Society - Michigan Chapter
American Statistical Association

• Data Analysis (1994)
  
• Statistical Analysis with Missing Data (1996)
  
• Determining Sufficient Sample Size (1997)
  
• Applied Survival, Event History, and Reliability Analysis (1998)

• ArcExplorer (1998)
  
• ArcView (1999)

• Statistics - 438 (1993)
  
• Path Analysis (1996)
  
• Ecological Inference: Data and Experiments -501 (2000)
  
• Fluvial Geomorphology & Hydrology (2001)

• Creel and Angler Surveys (1996)
  
• Methods to Estimate Animal Abundance (1999)
  
• Adaptive Cluster Sampling of Aquatic Populations (2001)

Lockwood, R. N., and G. R. Rakoczy. In press. Comparison of interval and aerial count methods for estimating boating effort in Lake Michigan's MM-6. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report, Ann Arbor.

Lockwood, R. N., and K. Wehrly. In press. Sample sizes for inland lake habitat and shoreline development metrics. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, Fisheries Technical Report No. xxxx-xx, Lansing.

Madison G., and R. N. Lockwood. In press. Manistique River Assessment. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, Special Report xx, Lansing.

Clark, R. D., Jr., P. A. Hanchin, and R. N. Lockwood. 2004. The fish community and fishery of Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan with emphasis on walleye and northern pike. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, Special Report 30, Lansing.

Lockwood, R. N. 2004. Comparison of access and roving catch rate estimates under varying within-trip catch-rates and different roving minimum trip lengths. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report 2069, Ann Arbor.

Schneider, J. C., R. N. Lockwood, and J. Gapczynski. 2003. Estimating winter lake fishing pressure from ice holes. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Technical Report No. 2003-4, Ann Arbor.

Hayes, D., E. Baker, R. Bednarz, D. Borgeson, Jr., J. Braunscheidel, J. Breck, M. Bremigan, A. Harrington, R. Hay, R. Lockwood, A. Nuhfer, J. Schneider, P. Seelbach, J. Waybrant, and T. Zorn. 2003. Developing a standardized sampling program: the Michigan experience. Fisheries 28(7):18-25.

Schneider, J. C., and R. N. Lockwood. 2002. Use of walleye stocking, antimycin treatments, and catch-and-release angling regulations to increase growth and length of stunted bluegill populations in Michigan lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:1041-1052.

Lockwood, R. N., J. Peck, and J. Oelfke. 2001. Survey of angling in Lake Superior waters at Isle Royale National Park, 1998. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:471-481.

Lockwood, R. N. 2000. Sportfishing angler surveys on Michigan inland waters, 1993-1999. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Technical Report No. 2000-3, Ann Arbor.

Lockwood, R. N., and D. Hayes. 2000. Sample size for biological studies. Chapter 6 in J. C. Schneider, editor. Manual of fisheries survey methods, II. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Management Report 25, Lansing.

Lockwood, R. N., and J. C. Schneider. 2000. Stream fish population estimates by mark-and-recapture and depletion methods. Chapter 7 in J. C. Schneider, editor. Manual of fisheries survey methods, II. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Management Report 25, Lansing.

Lockwood, R. N. 1999. Evaluation of sampling techniques for the Lake Michigan angler survey. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 2050, Ann Arbor.

Lockwood, R. N., D. M. Benjamin, and J. R. Bence. 1999. Estimating angling effort and catch from Michigan roving and access site angler survey data. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 2044, Ann Arbor.

Lockwood, R. N. 1997. Evaluation of catch rate estimators from Michigan access point angler surveys. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:611-620.

Lockwood, R. N. 1997. Conducting roving and access site angler surveys. Appendix VI, A-9 in J. W. Merna, J. C. Schneider, G. R. Alexander, W. D. Alward, and R. L. Eshenroder, editors. Manual of fisheries survey methods. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Management Report 9, Lansing.

Schneider, J. C., and R. N. Lockwood. 1997. Experimental management of stunted bluegill lakes. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 2040, Ann Arbor.

Nuhfer, A. J., R. N. Lockwood, and J. L. Dexter, Jr. 1996. Selected factors affecting rate of loss of fine-fabric floy tags when applied to yearling brown and rainbow trout. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 2025, Ann Arbor.

Austen, D. J., W. Brofka, J. E. Marsden, J. Francis, J. Palla, J. Bence, R. Lockwood, J. Rakoczy, K. Smith, and B. T. Eggold. 1995. Lake Michigan creel survey methods. Report to Lake Michigan Technical Committee, Madison, Wisconsin.

Lockwood, R. N., R. D. Clark, Jr., and J. W. Merna. 1995. Evaluation of catch-and-release fishing regulations for smallmouth bass on the Huron River, Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 2016, Ann Arbor.

Lockwood, R. N., J. R. Ryckman, and J. Petersen-Price. 1994. Design and testing of fish capturing gear for population studies, study 623. Pages 21-41 in Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Federal Aid in Fish Restoration, Project F-35-R-19, Annual Report, Lansing.

Seelbach, P. W., R. N. Lockwood, and J. R. Ryckman. 1994. Efficiency of sampling river fishes with rotenone. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 2009, Ann Arbor.

Wagner, W. C., R. G. Schorfhaar, and R. N. Lockwood. 1994. Evaluation of hatchery-reared brook trout stocked in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 2008, Ann Arbor.

Fabrizio, M. C., J. R. Ryckman, and R. N. Lockwood. 1990. Evaluation of sampling methodologies of the Lake Michigan creel survey. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 12:162-176.

Clark, R. D., Jr., and R. N. Lockwood. 1989. Population dynamics of bluegills subjected to harvest within the 5- to 7-inch size range. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 1961, Ann Arbor.

Rakoczy, G. P., and R. N. Lockwood. 1988. Sportfishing catch and effort from the Michigan waters of Lake Michigan and their important tributary streams, January 1, 1985 - March 31, 1986. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Technical Report No. 88-11a, Ann Arbor.

Rakoczy, G. P., and R. N. Lockwood. 1988. Sportfishing catch and effort from the Michigan waters of Lake Michigan and their important tributary streams, January 1, 1985 - March 31, 1986 (Appendices). Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Technical Report No. 88-11b, Ann Arbor.

Ryckman, J. R., and R. N. Lockwood. 1985. On-site creel surveys in Michigan, 1975-1982. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 1922, Ann Arbor.

Seelbach, P. W., R. N. Lockwood, and G. R. Alexander. 1985. A modified inclined-screen trap for salmonids in large rivers. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 5:494-498.

Lockwood, R. N. 1984. A statistical comparison of catch per hour rates of complete and incomplete fishing trips in Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Technical Report No. 84-2, Ann Arbor.

Schneider, J. C., and R. N. Lockwood. 1979. Effects of regulations on the fisheries of Michigan lakes, 1946-65. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report No. 1872, Ann Arbor.