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Current Primary Research Projects

2018-2021
Efficacy of conservation strategies for imperiled desert fishes of the Colorado River basin
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2007 to present
Upper Colorado River Basin innovative and science-based desert tributaries restoration.
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2016-2022
An exploration of the direct and indirect effects of climatic warming on arctic lake ecosystems
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2019-2022
Adaptive management and monitoring of Lahontan cutthroat trout and tui chub Pyramid Lake, Nevada
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2018-2022
Assessing fish habitat, productivity, and nutrient enrichment in the Henry’s Fork River Headwaters
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2016-2021
Big moves by a little fish: characterizing movement patterns of the endangered rio grande silvery minnow in a fragmented river
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2020-2022
The response of fish habitat and imperiled fishes to extreme geomorphic change in a historically degraded desert river
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2001-2021
An empirically based simulation model to inform flow management for endangered species conservation
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Research Projects Archives
- Efficacy of conservation actions for native fishes in tributaries of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon.
- Assessing the impact of nutrient enrichment in the Henry’s Fork River Headwaters.
- 2018-2020Ecological effects and fishery conservation implications of a quasi-natural fish barrier on the Lower San Juan River, Utah.
- Improving estimates of vital rates of endangered fishes on the San Juan River using novel applications of PIT-tag technology.
- Assessing the ecological implications of the altered flow and sediment regimes within the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
- An exploration of the direct and indirect effects of climatic warming on arctic lake ecosystems.
- Trophic ecology and adaptive management of the aquatic ecosystem of Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
- Evaluating habitat-based niche requirements and potential recruitment bottlenecks for imperiled bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus).
- The abiotic and biotic controls of arctic lake food webs: a multifaceted approach to quantifying trophic structure and function.
- Understanding the effects of wildfire on fish populations and stream geomorphology in Twitchell Canyon.
- Development of a Science Based Restoration and Management Plan for the San Rafael River, UT: Integrating Data on Fish Distributions and Habitat Needs with Historical Analyses of Channel Change.
- Evaluating cutthroat trout performance and identifying limiting factors for the native fish community of Pyramid Lake.
- Investigating Predator Prey Interactions in Scofield Reservoir, UT.
- Weber River Metapopulation Structure and Source Sink Dynamics of Native Trout.
- Weber River Metapopulation Structure and Source Sink Dynamics of Native Trout.
- Evaluating fish growth and production potential across Ute Reservation reservoirs.
- A test of the biotic resistance hypothesis with native and exotic trout assemblages in stream ecosystems: towards a better understanding of native cutthroat trout restoration options.
- Bull trout survival and movement in the middle to lower Walla Walla River, Washington: Understanding the role of environmental stressors and signals.
- Bull trout population viability assessment in northeastern Oregon: a template for recovery planning.
- Logan River trout viability and long-term monitoring: factors affecting trout population dynamics, abundance, and distribution in the Logan River, Utah.
- Evaluating the effectiveness of Best Management Practices on ecological conditions in the Chalk Creek watershed, Utah.
- Effects of a changing physical template on the longitudinal distribution of brown trout in a mountain stream: implications for brown trout invasion success.