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Fisheries

RMRS Fisheries research looks at watershed processes and aquatic ecology to guide management of aquatic ecosystems and water/soil resources. Scientists develop knowledge of the biophysical conditions and processes that influence water quality and quantity, aquatic habitat quality, and the distribution, diversity, and persistence of fish and other aquatic species. Fisheries scientists strive to develop knowledge of the biophysical conditions and processes that influence water quality and quantity, aquatic habitat quality, and the distribution, diversity, and persistence of fish and other aquatic species.

Claire McGrath
Ecologist

See Also: Biology, Ecology

Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab -Fisheries

Interests:

• Limnology

• Aquatic foodwebs

• Ecosystem processes

• Community ecology

• Fisheries

• Resource management

Geographical Areas: Deadwood Reservoir, Idaho; Colorado.

Bruce Rieman
Emeritus Fisheries Scientist

See Also: Stream-Riparian Environments

Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab

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Interests:

• Larger patterns in species distributions and the processes relevant to the dynamics and persistence of populations at watershed and larger scales

• Metapopulation processes and the expression of life histories as mechanisms potentially stabilizing populations in spatially and temporally variable environments

• Conservation management resources

• Decision support for aquatic ecosystem consideration in fire management planning

• Evaluation of the Tradeoffs between Native Fish Passage Restoration and Associated Threats from Invasions by Nonnative Fishes

• The effects of wildfire and ecological context on aquatic biological Diversity

• Recovery Implementation Science Team (RIST) for Pacific Salmon in Idaho, Washington and Oregon

• The effects of fire and climate change on stream temperature and the distribution of native fishes

Geographical Areas: Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Interior Columbia River Basin.

Russ Thurow
Research Fisheries Biologist

See Also: Biology

Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab

Interests:

• Biology

• Advancing understanding of salmonid habitat utilization and distribution

• Development of tools for sampling the status and distribution of native fishes and their habitats

• Advancing understanding of the structure and dynamics of salmonid populations

• Assessing the influence of landscape features and physical processes on the distribution of fishes and their habitats

Geographical Areas: Interior Columbia River Basin; Klamath River and Great Basins; Snake River.

Mike Young
Research Fisheries Biologist

See Also: Biology, Stream-Riparian Environments

Missoula Forestry Sciences Lab: Ecology and Management

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Interests:

• Conservation biology of cutthroat trout

• Life history patterns in boreal toads

• Monitoring of stream fish populations

• Dynamics of fish-stream-forest interactions: the short- and long-term roles of large wood and fire

• Consequences, characteristics, and control of nonnative brook trout invasions

Geographical Areas: Western Montana; Colorado River; South Central Wyoming; North Central Colorado.

Dale Bartos
Research Ecologist

See Also: Ecology, Forest Ecosystems

Logan Forestry Sciences Lab -Ecological Restoration of Disturbed Lands Lab

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Interests:

• Ecology

• Aspen Stands on the Dixie and Fishlake National
  Forests

• Aspen specialist

Geographical Areas: Fort Collins, Colorado; Logan, Utah.

Matthew Dare
Postdoctoral Ecologist

See Also: Ecology, Fisheries

Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab

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Interests:

• Aquatic habitat disturbance

• Fish movement

• Decision support tools

• Natural resources

• Wildland fire

• Endangered species

Geographical Areas: Panther Creek, Idaho; Rocky Mountains.

Dan Isaak
Fisheries Biologist

See Also: Atmospheric Science, Biology, Ecology, Fire/Fuel,Geomorphology, and Stream-Riparian Environments

Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab

Interests:

• Biology

• Climate change

• Bull trout monitoring

• Fire

• Brook trout

• Native salmonids

• Cutthroat trout

• Chinook salmon

• LiDAR, stream temperature and geomorphology/climate

Geographical Areas: Central Idaho streams, Interior Columbia River Basin, Snake River.

Hugo Magana
Research Fisheries Biologist

See Also: Biology, Ecology

Albuquerque Forestry Sciences Lab

Interests:

• Fish biology

• Aquatic ecology

• Aquatic trophic interactions

• Feeding behavior of Hybognathus amarus

• Aquatic habitat response to flooding

• Primary productivity

• Diatom culturing

Geographical Areas: Western Gulf of Mexico.

Interests:

• Modeling effects of spatially varying root strength on the location, frequency and size of shallow landslides

• Mechanistic analyses of the effects of climate change on aquatic physical habitat

• Understanding the responses of hill slopes to channel base level changes

• Quantitative descriptions and analyses of controls on spatial distribution of channel physical habitat

• Development and testing of a new terrestrial-aquatic LIDAR to map and monitor stream habitat

Geographical Areas: South Fork of Eel River, California; South Island, New Zealand.

Kevin McKelvey
Research Ecologist

See Also: Ecology, Wildlife Biology

Missoula Wildlife Genetics Lab

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Interests:

• Developing methods to evaluate status and trends of organisms across broad spatial and temporal domains

• Developing methods to non-invasively survey fisher, marten, cougar, and Canada lynx

• New statistical methods allow variance to be partitioned across multiple scales greatly improving our ability to evaluate habitat quality

Geographical Areas: Northern and Central Idaho; California; Northern Rocky Mountains; North-Central Washington; Northern Canada and Alaska.

Interests:

• Post-wildfire flood flows and hydrologic responses;

• Watershed hydrologic and erosion responses to spring and summer prescribed fires;

• Continued development of RMRS-OALS Web Site: “Managing Arid and Semi-arid Watersheds;

• Evaluation of restoration success in drylands;

• Best Management Practices for harvesting trees in riparian zones.

Geographical Areas: Workman Creek Watersheds, Coon Creek; Stermer Ridge Watersheds, Rodeo-Chediski; Peloncillo Mountains, New Mexico

Interests:

• Ecology

• Impact of Fire on Fish and Streams

• Integrating Ecosystem Sampling

• Gradient Modeling

• Remote Sensing

• Ecosystem Simulation to Create Spatially Explicit Landscape Inventories

Geographical Areas: Central Utah highlands and Northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana.

Interests:

• Ecosystem metabolism

• Forest productivity

• Global carbon cycle effects and forests

• Plant respiration

• Carbon/nitrogen interactions

• Decomposition of soil carbon

Geographical Areas: Colorado.

Influences of wildfire and channel reorganization on spatial and temporal variation in stream temperature and the distribution of fish and amphibians

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Bull Trout and Climate

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Bull Trout Monitoring

Fish and Aquatic Ecology Unit, USDA Forest Service

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American Fisheries Society

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Online Lake & Reservoir Information System (OLARIS)