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Frank McCormick

Program Manager, located at the Boise Aquatic Sciences Laboratory

 

email: fmccormick[at]fs.fed.us

phone: 208-373-4351

 

Frank McCormick

 
Personal Research Program
  • Evolution, ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes
  • Stressor-response relationships of stream fishes
  • Ecological effects of non-indigenous species
  • Nutrient dynamics in small, headwater streams
  • Land use effects on aquatic ecosystems

 

 

Recent Publications

 

 

McCormick, Frank H.; Riemen, Bruce E.; Kershner, Jeffrey L. 2010. Biological responses to stressors in aquatic ecosystems in western North America: Cumulative watershed effects of fuel treatments, wildfire, and post-fire remediation. In: Elliot, William J.; Miller, Ina Sue; Audin, Lisa, eds. Cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-231. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 206-233.

McCormick, Frank H.; Contreras, Glen C.; Johnson, Sherri L.  2010.  Effects of nonindigenous invasive species on water quality and quantity.   In: Dix, Mary Ellen; Britton, Kerry, editors. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79/83. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development. p. 111-120.

 

Hill, Brian H.; McCormick, Frank H.; Harvey, Bret C.; Johnson, Sherri L.; Warren, Melvin L.; Elonen, Colleen M. 2010. Microbial enzyme activity, nutrient uptake and nutrient limitation in forested streams. Freshwater Biology. 55: 1005-1019. 

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Bookter, Andy; Woodsmith, Richard D.; McCormick, Frank H.; Polivka, Karl M. 2009. Water Quality Trends in the Entiat River Subbasin: 2007-2008. Research Note PNW-RN-563. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 26 p.

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2008. Walters, D., K. Fritz, B. Johnson, J. Lazorchak, and F. McCormick. Influence of spatial location and trophic position on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) bioaccumulation in a stream food web. Environmental Science and Technology 42: 2316 - 2322

 

2008. Eric R. Waits, ER, MJ Bagley, MJ Blum, FH McCormick, and JM Lazorchak. Source-sink dynamics sustain Central Stonerollers (Campostoma anomalum) in a heavily urbanized watershed. Freshwater Biology. 53: 2061–2075

 

2008 McCormick, F., G. Contreras, and S. Johnson. (In review.) Ecosystem Effects of Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species: Invasive Impacts from Water as a Vector.

 

2008 Jelks, HJ, SJ Walsh, NM Burkhead, S Contreras-Balderas, E Diaz-Pardo, DA Hendrickson, J Lyons, NE Mandrak, F McCormick, JS Nelson, SP Platania, BA Porter, CB Renaud, JJ Schmitter-Soto, EB Taylor, and ML Warren, Jr. Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes. Fisheries Volume 33(8): 372-407. 

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Michael B. Griffith, Brian H. Hill, Frank H. McCormick, Philip R. Kaufmann, Alan T. Herlihy, Anthony R. Selle. Comparative application of indices of biotic integrity based on periphyton, macroinvertebrates, and fish to southern Rocky Mountain streams, Ecological Indicators. Volume 5, Issue 2. May 2005. Pages 117-136.

 

2005. Thomas, J.A., E.B. Emery, and F.H. McCormick. Temporal changes in the Ohio River fish community. In: Rinne, JN, RM Hughes, and B Calamusso (eds.). Historical changes in large river fish assemblages of the Americas. American Fisheries Society Symposium, Bethesda, MD.

 

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

 

2005. McCormick, F.H., B.E. Rieman, and J.L. Kershner. Biological responses to stressors in aquatic ecosystems in western North America: cumulative watershed effects of fuel treatments, wildfire, and post-fire remediation. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ft. Collins, CO. General Technical Report.

 

Thomas, J. A., E. B. Emery, AND F. H. McCormick. Detection of temporal trends in Ohio River fish assemblages based on lockchamber surveys. Chapter 22, American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, 45:431-450, (2005).

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

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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. (2003) "USEPA biomonitoring and bioindicator concepts needed to evaluate the biological integrity of aquatic systems" In: Markert, B. A, Breure, A. M., Zechmeister, H. G. eds. , Bioindicators and biomonitors: Principles, concepts and applications, Elsevier, Boston, pp 831-874.

 

2003. Lazorchak, J.M., F.H. McCormick, A.T. Herlihy, and T.R. Henry. Contamination of Fish in Streams of the Mid-Atlantic Region: An Approach to Regional Indicator Selection and Assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22: 545-553.

 

2003. Emery, E.B., T.P. Simon, F.H. McCormick, P.L. Angermeier, C.O. Yoder, J.E. DeShon, R.E. Sanders, W.D. Pearson, G.D. Hickman, R.J. Reash,, and J.G. Shulte.. 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.

 

2003. Trebitz, A.S., F.H. McCormick, and B.H. Hill. Sensitivity of Indices of Biotic Integrity to Simulated Fish Assemblage Changes. Environmental Management 32: 499-515. 

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McCormick, F. H., R. M. Hughes, P. R. Kaufmann, D. V. Peck, J. L. Stoddard, AND A. T. Herlihy. Development of an Index of Biotic Integrity for the Mid-Atlantic Highlands Region. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 130(5):857-877, (2001).

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McCormick, Frank H., Peck, David V., Larsen, David P. Comparison of geographic classification schemes for Mid-Atlantic stream fish assemblages. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 2000 19: 385-404.

 

 

Research Scientists

 

bulletBuffington, John

bulletDare, Matt

bulletDwire, Kate

bulletElder, Kelly

bulletElliot, William

bulletFoltz, Randy

bulletGoode, Jaime

bulletHubbard, Robert

bulletIsaak, Daniel

bulletLuce, Charlie

bulletMagana, Hugo

bulletMcCormick, Frank

bulletMcKean, James

bulletMusselman, Bob

bulletNeary, Daniel

bulletOverton, Kerry

bulletRhoades, Chuck

bulletRieman, Bruce

bulletRinne, John

bulletRobichaud, Pete

bulletRyan-Burkett, Sandra

bulletThurow, Russ

bulletWagenbrenner, Joe

bulletWagenbrenner, Natalie

bulletYoung, Mike


RESEARCH SUBJECT AREAS

 

 

Resources

 

Stream Temperature Modeling Website

 

Bull Trout and Climate Change - Risks, Uncertainties and Opportunities for Mapping the Future

 

Technology Transfer Program

 

Western Watersheds and Climate Change Workshop - November 17-19, 2009


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