Aquatic and Land Interactions Program

Publications by F.H. McCormick

McCormick, F.H. 1993. Fish communities as indicators of stream condition. In: Hughes, R.M., ed. EMAP streams bioassessment workshop. Report of the proceedings. EPA/600/R-93/138. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR: 29-36.

McCormick, F.H.; Hill, B.H.; Parrish , L.P.; Willingham, W.T. 1994. Mining impacts on fish assemblages in the Arkansas and Eagle Rivers, Colorado. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 9: 175-179.

Lattier, D.L; Gordon, D.A.; Silbiger, R.N.; McCormick, F.H.; Smith, M.K. 1996. Extremely RAPD fingerprinting: a versatile tool for population genetics. In: Ostrander, G., ed. Techniques in aquatic toxicology. West Palm Beach, FL: CRC Press: 569-576. Chapter 30.

Hill, B.H.; Lazorchak, J.M.; McCormick, F.H.; Willingham, W.T. 1997. The effects of elevated metals on benthic community metabolism in a Rocky Mountain stream. Environmental Pollution. 95: 183-190. [Science and Technology Achievement Award recipient]

McCormick, F.H.; Hughes, R.M. 1998. Aquatic vertebrates. In: Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J.; Peck, D.V., eds. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: field operations and methods for measuring the ecological condition of wadeable streams. EPA/620/R-94/004F. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 161-182. Section 12.

Hill, B.H.; McCormick, F.H.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J.; Lewis, P.A.; Rogers, V.C.; McDowell, M.K. 1998. Overview of field operations. In: Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J.; Peck, D.V., eds. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: field operations and methods for measuring the ecological condition of wadeable streams. EPA/620/R-94/004F. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 17-26. Section 2.

Klemm, D.J., B.H. Hill, F.H. McCormick and M.K. McDowell. 1998. Base location activities. In: Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J.; Peck, D.V., eds. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: field operations and methods for measuring the ecological condition of wadeable streams. EPA/620/R-94/004F. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 27-44. Section 3.

Yeardley, R.B.; Lazorchak, J.M.; McCormick, F.H. 1998. Fish tissue contaminants. In: Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J.; Peck, D.V., eds. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: field operations and methods for measuring the ecological condition of wadeable streams. EPA/620/R-94/004F. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 183-191. Section 13.

Silbiger, R.; Christ, S.; Leonard, A.; Garg, M.; Lattier, D.; Dawes, S.; Dimsoski, P.; McCormick, F.; Wesssendarp, T.; Gordon, D.; Roth, A.; Smith, M.; G. Toth, G. 1998. Preliminary studies on the population genetics of the central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) from the Great Miami River Basin, Ohio. Environmental Monitoring Assessment. 51: 481-495.

McCormick, F.H.; Peck, D.V. 2000. Application of the indicator evaluation guidelines to a multimetric indicator of ecological condition based on stream fish assemblages. In: Jackson, L.; Fischer, W.; Kurtz, J., eds. EPA /620/R-99/005. Research Triangle Park, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development: 4-1 to 4-45.

McCormick, F.H.; Peck, D.V.; Larsen, D.P. 2000. A comparison of ecological classification hierarchies for mid-Atlantic stream fish assemblages. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 19: 385-404. [Science and Technology Achievement Award recipient]

Hill, B.H.; Herlihy, A.T.; Kaufmann, P.R.; Stevenson, R.J.; McCormick, F.H. 2000. The use of periphyton assemblage data as an index of biotic integrity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 19: 50-64.

McCormick, F.H.; Hughes, R.M.; Kaufmann, P.R.; Herlihy, A.T.; Peck, D.V.; Stoddard, J.L. 2001. Development of an index of biotic integrity for the Mid-Atlantic Highlands Assessment Project. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 130: 857-877. [Science and Technology Achievement Award recipient]

Hill, B.H.; McCormick, F.H.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J.; Cappaert, M. 2002. Overview of field operations. In: Peck, D.V.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J., eds. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: Western Pilot Study: Field operations manual for wadeable streams. Research Park Triangle, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 19-31. Section 2.

Klemm, D.J.; Hill, B.H.; McCormick, F.H.; Cappaert, M. 2002. Base location activities. In: Peck, D.V.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: Western Pilot Study: Field operations manual for wadeable streams. Research Park Triangle, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 33-56. Section 3.

McCormick, F.H.; Hughes, R.M. 2002. Aquatic vertebrates. In: Peck, D.V.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: Western Pilot Study: Field operations manual for wadeable streams. Research Park Triangle, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 193-210. Section 12.

Yeardley, R.B.; McCormick, F.H.; Hughes, R.M.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Peterson, S.A. 2002. Fish tissue contaminants. In: Peck, D.V.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: Western Pilot Study: Field operations manual for wadeable streams. Research Park Triangle, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 213-218. Section 13.

Averill, D.K.; Herlihy, A.T.; Hill, B.H.; McCormick, F.H.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J.; Monaco, P.A.; Cappaert, M.R. 2002. Overview of field operations. In: Peck, D.V.; Averill, D.K.; Lazorchak, J.M.p; Klemm, D.J. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: Western Pilot Study: Field operations and methods for non-wadeable rivers and streams.

Hughes, R.M.; McCormick, F.H. Aquatic vertebrates. 2002. In: Peck, D.V.; Averill, D.K.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: Western Pilot Study: Field operations and methods for non-wadeable rivers and streams.

Lazorchak, J.M.; Hughes, R.M.; McCormick, F.H.; Peterson, S.A. 2002. Fish tissue contaminants. In: Peck, D.V.; Averill, D.K.; Lazorchak, J.M.; Klemm, D.J. Environmental monitoring and assessment program surface waters: Western Pilot Study: Field operations and methods for non-wadeable rivers and streams.

Emery, E.B.; McCormick, F.H.; Simon, T.M. 2002. Response patterns of Great River fish assemblage metrics to outfall effects from point source discharges. In: Simon, T.P., ed. Biological response signatures: patterns in biological indicators for assessing freshwater aquatic assemblages. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press: 481-493.

Lazorchak, J.M.; Hill, B.H.; Brown, B.S.; McCormick, F.H.; Engle, V.; Lattier, D.J.; Bagley, M.J.; Griffith, M.B.; Maciorowski, A.F.; Toth, G.P. 2002. USEPA biomonitoring and bioindicators for the evaluation of the biological integrity of aquatic systems. In: Markert, B.; Breure, A.M.; Zechmeister, H., eds. Bioindicators & biomonitors: principles, concepts, and applications. Boston, MA: Elsevier Science, Ltd.: 831-874.

Lazorchak, J.M.; McCormick, F.H.; Herlihy, A.T.; Henry, T.R. 2003. Fish tissue contamination in streams of the Mid-Atlantic Region: an approach to regional indicator selection and assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 22: 545-553. [Science and Technology Achievement Award recipient]

Emery, E.B.; Simon, T.P.; McCormick, F.H.; Angermeier, P.L.; Yoder, C.O.; DeShon, J.E.; Sanders, R.E.; Pearson, W.D.; Hickman, G.D.; Reash, R.J.; Shulte, J.G. 2003. Development of a multimetric index for the assessment of the biological condition of the Ohio River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 132: 791-808.

Trebitz, A.S.; McCormick, F.H.; Hill, B.H. 2003. Sensitivity of indices of biotic integrity to simulated fish assemblage changes. Environmental Management. 32: 499-515.

Hill, B.H.; McCormick, F.H. 2004. Nutrient uptake and community metabolism in streams draining harvested and old growth watersheds: a preliminary assessment. In: Guldin, J.M., ed. Ouachita and Ozark Mountain symposium: ecosystem management research. GTR-SRS-074. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 321 p.

Thomas, J.A.; Emery, E.B.; McCormick, F.H. 2005. Detection of temporal trends in the Ohio River fish assemblages based on lockchamber surveys (1957-2001). In: Rinne, J.N.; Hughes, R.M.; Calamusso, B., eds. Historical changes in large river fish assemblages of the Americas. Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society, Symposium: 431-450.

Griffith, M.B.; Hill, B.H.; McCormick, F.H.; Kaufmann, P.R.; Herlihy, A.T.; Selle, A.R. 2005. Comparative application of indices of biotic integrity based on periphyton, macroinvertebrates, and fish to southern Rocky Mountain streams. Ecological Indicators. 5: 117-136.

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