Publications
This list of publications includes peer-review journal articles, official USGS publications series, reports and more authored by scientists in the Ecosystems Mission Area. A database of all USGS publications, with advanced search features, can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Export of pelagic fish larvae from a large Great Lakes connecting channel
The St. Clair-Detroit River System is located in the heart of the North American Laurentian Great Lakes, connecting lakes Huron and Erie, contributing over 90% of the inflow to Lake Erie, and providing spawning habitat for many fishes including walleye (Sander vitreus), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). Dredging and channelization have greatly altered th
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Edward F. Roseman, Mark DuFour, Jeremy Pritt, J. Fischer, Robin DeBruyne, David Bennion
From IgZ to IgT: A call for a common nomenclature for immunoglobulin heavy chain genes of ray-finned fish
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Alex Dornburg, Tatsuya Ota, Michael F. Criscitiello, Irene Salinas, J. Oriol Sunyer, Susana Magadán, Pierre Boudinot, Zhen Xu, Martin F Flajnik, Amy Singer, Francisco Gambón-Deza, John Hansen, Jeffrey A Yoder
Spatial extent of contemporary lake whitefish spawning in western Lake Erie
Degradation of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) spawning areas in the Detroit River, Maumee Bay, and western Lake Erie reefs and shoals has been identified as a contributing factor to Lake Erie’s population collapse in the 1950s. This decline prompted the United States and Canada to take steps to improve the aquatic ecosystem of Lake Erie. A recent increase in commercial fish harvest and ca
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Zach Amidon, Robin DeBruyne, Edward F. Roseman, Christine Mayer
Lake Ontario cisco population dynamics based on long-term surveys
Prior to European settlement, cisco (Coregonus artedi) were likely one of Lake Ontario’s most abundant fishes but currently represent a small portion of the fish community. To understand how the population has changed over the past 70 years we compared trends in annual catch rates from gillnet and bottom trawl surveys and commercial fishery landings. In surveys, cisco were generally rare, and repr
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Brian C. Weidel, James A. Hoyle, Michael Connerton, Jeremy Holden, Mark Vinson
Institutional barriers to actionable science: Perspectives from decision support tool creators
Scholars have identified a ‘usability gap’ between science and its ability to inform real-world decisions as well as a range of factors that facilitate or impede attempts to span the usability gap with information products. However, most attention has focused on barriers related to information users; much less research focuses on the unique institutional and organizational barriers experienced by
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Olivia Pearman, Amanda E. Cravens
Translational science education through citizen science
Guided by the six elements of Translational Ecology (TE; i.e., decision-framing, collaboration, engagement, commitment, process, and communication), we showcase the first explicit example of a Translational Science Education (TSE) effort in the coastal redwood ecosystem of Humboldt County, CA. Using iNaturalist, a flexible and free citizen science/crowdsourcing app, we worked with students from gr
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Allison M. Young, Elizabeth F. van Mantgem, Alexis Garretson, Christine Noel, Toni Lyn Morelli
Factors influencing the post-release movements of translocated fishers: Implications for translocation success
Long distance, post-release movements of translocated wildlife can be a key factor limiting translocation success. Yet, for many species, we have little or no understanding of factors that influence post-release movements. Translocations have been important for recovering fisher Pekania pennanti populations across the southern portion of their North American range. However, little is known abou
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Jeffrey C. Lewis, Patricia J. Happe, Kurt Jenkins, David J. Manson
A review of sea lamprey dispersal and population structure in the Great Lakes and the implications for control
Understanding the population structure of invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes basin is essential for an effective control program. We review knowledge of lake connectivity, dispersal during the parasitic stage, and results from phenotypic, demographic, and genetic studies to evaluate how sea lamprey populations are structured. There is no evidence for contemporary movement
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Margaret F. Docker, Gale Bravener, Colin J Garroway, Peter J. Hrodey, John B. Hume, Nicholas S. Johnson, Sean A. Lewandoski, Jessie L Ogden, Emily C Zollweg-Horan
Advances in the use of lampricides to control sea lampreys in the Laurentian Great Lakes, 2000–2019
The periodic application of chemical lampricides that selectively kill larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) in their nursery habitats remains a primary component of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s (GLFC) Sea Lamprey Control Program in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Lampricides include 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) and niclosamide, the 2-aminoethanol salt of 2′, 5-dichloro-4′-nitrosal
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W Paul Sullivan, Dale P. Burkett, Michael A. Boogaard, Lori A. Criger, Christopher Freiberger, Terrance Hubert, Keith Leistner, Bruce J. Morrison, Shawn M Nowicki, Shawn Robertson, Alan Rowlinson, Barry Scotland, Timothy B Sullivan
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) annual adult survival estimated from acoustic telemetry
Survival of adult fishes is critical to the conservation and management of wild populations, particularly for long-lived, slow to reproduce species. Most sturgeon species are of conservation concern, but their long lifespans and large ranges have made estimation of adult survival rates challenging. In this study, acoustic telemetry was used to track 205 lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) tagged
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Scott F. Colborne, Todd A. Hayden, Christopher Holbrook, Darryl W. Hondorp, Charles C. Krueger
Slimy sculpin depth shifts and habitat squeeze following the round goby invasion in the Laurentian Great Lakes
The collapse of Diporeia spp. and invasions of dreissenid mussels (zebra, Dreissena polymorpha; quagga, D. bugensis) and round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) have been associated with declines in abundance of native benthic fishes in the Great Lakes, including historically abundant slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus). We hypothesized that as round goby colonized deeper habitat, slimy sculpin avoided ha
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Shea L. Volkel, Kelly F. Robinson, David Bunnell, Michael J. Connerton, Jeremy P. Holden, Darryl W. Hondorp, Brian C. Weidel
Life-history attributes of Arctic-breeding birds drive uneven responses to environmental variability across different phases of the reproductive cycle
Animals exhibit varied life-history traits that reflect adaptive responses to their environments. For Arctic-breeding birds, traits related to diet, egg nutrient allocation, clutch size, and chick growth are predicted to be under increasing selection pressure due to rapid climate change and increasing environmental variability across high-latitude regions. We compared four migratory birds (black b
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Daniel R. Ruthrauff, Vijay P. Patil, Jerry W. Hupp, David H. Ward