Publications, Reports, and Presentations
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Additional Publications
Links to other recent publications and reports are available on the Aquatic Research Projects page.
Amphibian Research
- Using digital photographs and pattern recognition to identify individual Boreal Toads (2015) Note: the paper available here is the revision submitted to the journal, not the version of record. If you are interested in the version of record, please contact Kevin Thompson (kevin.thompson@state.co.us) for a reprint.
- Gape Width: An Alternative to Snout-Vent Length for Characterizing Anuran Size (December 2009)
- Detecting Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Wild When Amphibians Are Absent (2009)
- Boreal Toad Reports
Bibliography of Publications, Reports, and Presentations
- 2022 - 2023
- 2021 - 2022
- 2020 - 2021
- 2019 - 2020
- 2018 - 2019
- 2017 - 2018
- 2016 - 2017
- 2015 - 2016
- Aquatic Video and Audio Presentations
Colorado Coldwater Stream Ecology Investigations
- Colorado Coldwater Stream Ecology Investigations – Job Progress Report (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Colorado River Aquatic Resources Investigations
- Colorado River Aquatic Resource Investigations - Job Progress Report (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Coldwater Lakes and Reservoir Ecology
- Lake and Reservoir Research – Job Progress Report (2023, 2024)
- Coldwater Lake and Reservoir Research – Job Progress Report (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Summer Profundal Index Netting (SPIN) (2018)
- Trophic Compression of Lake Food Webs Under Hydrologic Disturbance (2018)
- Energy Density and Dry Matter Content in Fish (2017)
- Lake and Reservoir Food Web Ecology - Job Progress Report (2012, 2013, 2014)
- Management for Coexistence of Kokanee and Trophy Lake Trout in a Montane Reservoir (2014)
- Hydroclimate Mediates Effects of a Keystone Species in a Coldwater Reservoir (2012)
2011 SONAR Surveys (2012) - Progress Report - Coldwater Reservoir Ecology – Job Progress Report (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- A Compendium of Crustacean Zooplankton and Mysid Diluviana Collections From Selected Colorado Reservoirs and Lakes (January 2010)
- Western Lake Trout Woes (September 2009)
- Elemental signatures in otoliths of hatchery rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): distinctiveness and utility for detecting origins and movement (2009)
- Forensic Applications of Otolith Microchemistry For Tracking Sources of Illegally Stocked Whirling Disease Positive Trout (2007) - Final Report
- Modeling Target Strength Distributions to Improve Hydroacoustic Estimation of Lake Trout Population Size (2006)
- Do Predators Influence the Distribution of Age-0 Kokanee in a Colorado Reservoir? (2004)
- Tracking Trophic Interactions in Coldwater Reservoirs Using Naturally Occurring Stable Isotopes (2002)
- Trophic Economics of Lake Trout Management in Reservoirs of Differing Productivity (2000)
- Postrelease Hooking Mortality of Rainbow Trout Caught on Scented Artificial Baits (1996)
- Selecting Harvest Regulations for Recreational Fisheries: Opportunities for Research/ Management Cooperation (1995)
- Some Factors Affecting a Hatchery-Sustained Kokanee Population in a Fluctuating Colorado Reservoir (1995)
- Interactions of Zooplankton, Mysis relicta, and Kokanees in Lake Granby, Colorado (1991)
- Proposed Biological Management of Mysis relicta in Colorado Lakes and Reservoirs (1989)
Cutthroat Trout
Data Management
- Statewide Fisheries Assessments and Surveys– Job Progress Report (2018, 2019, 2021)
- Aquatic Data Analysis and Database Management – Job Progress Report (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Aquatic Data Analysis – Job Progress Report (Annual reports 2006-2019)
Eastern Plains Native Fish
Fish of the Upper Colorado River Basin
- Cyprinid Fish Larvae and Early Juveniles of the Upper Colorado River Basin: Morphological Descriptions, Comparisons and Computer-Interactive Key (May 2016)
- Catostomid fish larvae and early juveniles of the Upper Colorado River Basin – morphological descriptions, comparisons, and computer-interactive key (September 2004)
Fish Telemetry
- Rogers, K. B. and G. C. White. 2007. Analysis of movement and habitat use from telemetry data. Pages 625-676 in M. Brown and C. Guy, editors. Analysis and interpretation of freshwater fisheries data. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
Fisheries Methods
- Incorporating GPS and mobile radio frequency identification to detect PIT tagged fish and evaluate habitat utilization in streams (2017)
- Raft and Floating Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Antenna Systems for Detecting and Estimating Abundance of PIT-tagged Fish in Rivers (2014)
- Addressing Depletion Failure and Estimating Gear Efficiency Using Back-calculation of Capture Probabilities (2013)
- Otolith Weight as a Predictor of Age in Kokanee Salmon from Four Colorado Reservoirs (2012)
Hydroacoustics
- Lake and Reservoir Hydroacoustic Assessments Report (April 2021) - Annual Report
Invasive Species
- Efficacy of commercially available quaternary ammonium compounds for controlling New Zealand mudsnails, Potamopyrgus antipodarum (2016)
- Quaternary Ammonia Compound Disinfection Protocols (April 2022)
- Application of Household Disinfectants to Control New Zealand Mudsnails (August 2008)
Mercury Studies
- Effects of Prey Assemblage on Mercury Bioaccumulation in Piscivorous Sport Fish (2015)
- The Influence of External Subsidies on Diet, Growth and Concentrations of Freshwater Sport Fish (2012)
- Relative Influence of Prey Mercury Concentration, Prey Energy Density and Predator Sex on Sport Fish Mercury Concentrations (2012)
- Manipulation of Growth to Reduce Sport Fish Mercury Concentrations on a Whole-Lake Scale (2012)
Salmonid Disease Investigation
- Dual resistance to Flavobacterium psychrophilum and Myxobolus cerebralis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum) (2022)
- Evidence for the use of mucus swabs to detect Renibacterium salmoninarum in brook trout (2021)
- Efficacy of Erymicin 200 injections for reducing Renibacterium salmoninarum and controlling vertical transmission in an inland rainbow trout brood stock (2020)
- Survival of whirling-disease-resistant rainbow trout fry in the wild - A comparison of two strains (2018)
- Brown trout removal effects on short-term survival and movement of Myxobolus cerebralis-resistant rainbow trout (2015)
- Survival and Reproduction of Myxobolus cerebralis-Resistant Rainbow Trout Introduced to the Colorado River and Increased Resistance of Age-0 Progeny (2014)
- Prevalence and intensity of the parasiticcopepod on kokanee salmon in a Colorado reservoir (2014)
- Genetic Basis of Differences in Myxospore Count between Whirling Disease-Resistant and Susceptible Strains of Rainbow Trout (2012)
- The Effects of Myxobolus cerebralis on the Physiological Performance of Whirling Disease Resistant and SusceptibleStrains of Rainbow Trout (2011)
- Salmonid Disease Investigation – Job Progress Report (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Resistant Rainbow Trout in Colorado: Current Status and Uses (2009) - Research Summary
Sport Fish Studies
- Habitat associations of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and brown trout Salmo trutta fry (2021)
- Sport Fish Research Studies – Job Progress Report (2012-current annual reports)
- Colorado Hatchery Feed Experiments (2019) Add to Omeka pdfs
- Critical dissolved oxygen tolerances of whirling disease-resistant rainbow trout (2016)
- The effect of a single prerelease exposure to conspecific alarm cue on poststocking survival in three strains of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (2016)
- Behavioral responses of a highly domesticated, predator naïve rainbow trout to chemical cues of predation (2015)
- Optimizing time of initiation for triploid walleye production using pressure shock treatment (2015)
- Optimizing Triploid Walleye Production in Colorado (2015)
- Tiger Muskellunge Predation Upon Stock Sport Fish Intended for Recreational Fishing (2014)
- An Experimental Approach to Determine Esocid Preference in Replicated Pond Systems (2012)
Stream Habitat Investigations
- Stream Habitat Investigations and Assistance – Job Progress Report (2006, 2011-current annual reports)
- Multispecies fish passage evaluation at a rock-ramp fishway in a Colorado transition zone stream (2020)
- Upper Arkansas River Habitat Restoration Project: 2013-2015 Monitoring Report (March 2017)
- Post-Flood Recovery Assessment & Stream Restoration Guidelines for the Colorado Front Range (April 2015)
- Effects of Whitewater Parks on Fish Passage: A Spatially Explicit Hydraulic Analysis (Timothy Stephens thesis, 2014)
- Modeling in a Three-dimensional World: Whitewater Park Hydraulics and their Impact on Aquatic Habitat in Colorado. (Eleanor Kolden thesis, 2013)
- Eco-hydraulic Evaluation of Whitewater Parks as Fish Passage Barriers (Brian Fox thesis, 2013)
- The Effects of PIT Tagging on the Swimming Performance and Survival of Three Nonsalmonid Freshwater Fishes (2012)
- Fish Barriers and Small Plains Fishes: Fishway Design Recommendations and the Impact of Existing Instream Structures (June 2007)
Warmwater Fisheries
- Are We Doing All We Can to Stem the Tide of Illegal Fish Stocking? (2009)
- Evaluating the Power Output of the Smith-Root GPP 5.0 Electrofisher to Promote Electrofishing Fleet Standardization (2009)
- Ranking Predatory Threats by Nonnative Fishes in the Yampa River, Colorado, Via Bioenergetics Modeling (2008)
- Stable Isotope Analysis of Centrarchid Concentration Areas (2007)
- Current Status and Review of Freshwater Fish Aging Procedures Used by State and Provincial Fisheries Agencies with Recommendations for Future Directions (2007)
- Westslope Warmwater Fisheries – Job Progress Report (2006, 2007)
- Sources of Nonnative Centrarchids in the Upper Colorado River Revealed by Stable Isotope and Microchemical Analyses of Otoliths (2007)
- Stable hydrogen isotopic composition of fishes reflects that of their environment (2006)
- Colorado Nonnative Fish Stocking Regulation Evaluation (February 2004) - Final Report
- The Use of a Pattern Judgment Model to Assess Fish Habitat Suitability in Two Colorado Reservoirs (2003)
- Stable Isotope Signatures of Native and Nonnative Fishes in Upper Colorado River Backwaters and Ponds (2001)
- Fish species composition before and after construction of a main stem reservoir on the White River, Colorado (1994)
- Evaluation of an Introduction of Colorado Squawfish in a Main Stem Impoundment on the White River, Colorado (1993)
- Fabrication of Stainless Steel Spherical Anodes for Use with Boat-Mounted Boom Electroshockers (1992)
- White River Taylor Draw Project (June 1986)
Water Pollution Studies
- Water Pollution Studies – Job Progress Report (1994-current annual reports)
- Increasing copper concentrations do not affect Myxobolus cerebralis triactinomyxon viability (2019)
- Chronic Toxicity of Ammonia to Early Life Stage Rainbow Trout (March 2009)
- Exposure to 17Β-estradiol alters reproduction of the adult red shiner (Cyprinella Lutrensis) (Michelle McGee thesis, 2008)
- Acute Toxicity of Aqueous Copper, Cadmium, and Zinc to the Mayfly (2007)
- Toxicity of Cadmium of Early Life Stages of Brown Trout At Multiple Water Hardness (2007)
- Zinc Toxicity to the Mottled Sculpin In High-Hardness Water (2004)
- Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Zinc to the Mottled Sculpin (2001)
- Identification of gas supersaturation sources in the Upper Colorado River, USA (1999)
West Slope Three Species Investigations
- Native three-species research – Job Progress Report (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Three-species research project summary – Job Progress Report (2019, 2020)
- Species composition and hybridization among native and nonnative catostomid fishes in two streams of the Gunnison River basin, Colorado (2020)
- Present Distribution of Three Colorado River Basin Native Non-game Fishes and Their Use of Tributaries (2019)
- Temperature – Not Flow – Predicts Native Fish Reproduction with Implications for Climate Change (2019)
- An Intermittent Stream Supports Extensive Spawning of Large-River Native Fishes (2018)
- Inconsistent reproductive isolation revealed by interactions between Catostomus fish species (2017)
- Short-term Passive Integrated Transponder tag retention in wild populations of Bluehead and Flannelmouth suckers (2017)
- Tributary use by imperiled Flannelmouth and Bluehead suckers in the upper Colorado River basin (2017)
- Three species investigations – Job Progress Report (2014, 2017)
- Movement patterns, reproduction, and potential impacts of climate change on three native fishes in the upper White River drainage, Colorado (2015)
Whirling Disease
- Fishery management interventions to eliminate Myxobolus cerbralis infection in Lower Square Top Lake, Clear Creek County, Colorado (1998-2014) (2014)
- Fishery management interventions to eliminate Myxobolus cerbralis infection in Placer Creek, Costilla County, in the San Luis Valley, Colorado (2003-2013) (2014)
- Fishery management interventions to reduce Myxobolus cerbralis infections in fish ponds on the Cap K Ranch (2000-2013) (2014)
- Evaluation of Small-scale Habitat Manipulation to Reduce the Impact of the Whirling Disease Parasite in streams (2011)
- Whirling Disease Investigations – Job Progress Report (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Whirling Disease Habitat Interactions– Job Progress Report (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- Use of Site Occupancy Models to Estimate Prevalence of Myxobolus cerebralis Infection in Trout (2007)
- Inheritance of Myxobolus cerebralis Resistance Among F1-Generation Crosses of Whirling Disease Resistant and Susceptible Rainbow Trout Strains (2006)
- Efficacy of passive sand filtration in reducing exposure of salmonids to the actinospore of Myxobolus cerebralis (2003)
- Using Sediment Core Samples to Examine the Spatial Distribution of Myxobolus cerebralis Actinospore Production in Windy Gap Reservoir, Colorado (2003)
- Response of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss to exposure to Myxobolus cerebralis above and below a point source of infectivity in the upper Colorado River (2002)
- Evaluation of Risk of High Elevation Colorado Waters to the Establishment of Myxobolus cerebralis (2002)
- Comparison of single-round polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and pepsin-trypsin digest (PTD) methods for detection of Myxobolus cerebralis (2001)
- Effects of Multiple Stressors on Morbidity and Mortality of Fingerling Rainbow Trout Infected with Myxobolus cerebralis (2000)
- A Simple Technique Used to Filter and Quantify the Actinospore of Myxobolus cerebralis and Determine Its Seasonal Abundance in the Colorado River (2000)
- Gill Ectoparasites of Juvenile Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout in the Upper Colorado River (1999)
- Evaluation of Chronic Gas Supersaturation on Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality of Fingerling Rainbow Trout Infected with Myxobolus cerebralis (1999)
Whitefish Investigations
New Technical Publications
2020 Colorado Angler Survey Summary Report (2021)
History and Outcomes of Opossum Shrimp Introductions in Colorado (2021)
Observations of Parasites of the Fishes of Colorado (2020)
Upper Arkansas River Habitat Restoration Project (2017)