John Rinne
Research Fisheries Biologist at the Flagstaff Laboratory

e-mail: jrinne[at]fs.fed.us
phone: 928-779-2993

• Aquatic Ecology | Fisheries | Watershed Processes
  • Determine the specific interrelationships among hydrologic, geomorphic, and biotic processes that affect fish distributions, abundance, habitat and assemblages.
  • Determine the effect of watershed-scale activities such as prescribed fire, grazing, and vegetation management on the functioning and quality of riparian ecological systems. 
  • Determine the  natural and human caused disturbance factors that influence populations and habitats of TES fishes, invasive  fishes and other  biota in southwestern riparian ecological systems.
  • Adapt and utilize long term data bases on southwestern rivers for development of Research Application Areas.

Fish assemblage relationships with vegetation, hydrology and geomorphology.  Collaborators:  Alvin Medina (USFS) and Dennis Miller (W. NM University)

Rinne, John N.; Carter, Codey D.  2008.  Short-term effects of wildfires on fishes in the southwestern United States, 2002: management implications.   In: Narog, Marcia G., tech. coord. 2008. Proceedings of the 2002 Fire Conference: Managing fire and fuels in the remaining wildlands and open spaces of the Southwestern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-189. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. p. 167-174.

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Carter, C. and J. N. Rinne. Fire effects on Southwestern Fishes: LC-50s for Ash. International J. of Wildland Fire.

Rinne, J. N.  Long term trends in  hydrology and fish assemblages in the upper Verde River, Arizona.  J. Freshwater Ecology.

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Rinne, J. N. and B. Calamusso.   2006.  Southwestern trouts.  Conservation with reference to physiography, hydrology, distribution and threats. American Fisheries Society Symposium 53:  63- 77.  Bethesda, MD.

Rinne, J. N. and D. Miller. 2006. Hydrology, geomorphology and management: Implications for sustainability of southwestern native fishes. Reviews in Fisheries Biology.

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Rinne J. N and G. Jacoby.  2005. Aquatic Biota, Fishes. Invertebrates.   Pp 135-143.  In:  Neary D. G., Ryan, K.;  Landsberg, J.; Debano, L. F. (technical editors). Wildland Fire in Ecosystems:  Effects of on soil and water.  USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-42, Fort Collins CO.

Rinne, J. N., R. M. Hughes, and B. Calamusso. (editors).  2005.  Historical changes in fish assemblages of large rivers in the Americas. American Fisheries Society Symposium 45.     American Fisheries Society,  Bethesda, MD.  611 pp.

Rinne, J. N.  2005.  Changes in Fish assemblages in the Verde River, Arizona, pp 115-126. In, Rinne, J. N.; Hughes, R. M.; Calamusso, B. (editors)  . Historical changes in fish assemblages of large rivers in the Americas.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 45.   Bethesda, MD   611 pp.

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