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              <text>&lt;strong&gt;Aquatic Research Scientist &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eastern Plains Native Fishes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact Information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Aquatic Research Group&lt;br /&gt;Colorado Parks and Wildlife&lt;br /&gt;317 West Prospect Road&lt;br /&gt;Fort Collins, CO 80526&lt;br /&gt;Phone: (970) 472-4336&lt;br /&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:ryan.fitzpatrick@state.co.us"&gt;ryan.fitzpatrick@state.co.us&lt;/a&gt;​&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Education&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;​Ph.D. Candidate, Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology – Colorado State University, Present&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;M.S., Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology – Colorado State University, 2008&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;B.S., Finance and Management – Iowa State University, 2000​&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Areas of Interest/Expertise&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;My primary research examines plains fish ecology, native species conservation, anthropogenic impacts to streams, fish movement, and otolith microchemistry. However, I am also involved in projects dealing with optimal sampling protocols, endocrine disrupting compounds, irrigation recharge, and fish passage.​&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Current or Recent Positions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;​Aquatic Research Scientist, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2011-Present&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Aquatic Conservation Biologist, Colorado Division of Wildlife, 2007-2011&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Aquatic Technician, Colorado Division of Wildlife, 2006&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Research Associate, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2004-2008&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Aquatic Technician, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2003-2004&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Current or Recent Research Projects&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;​Anthropogenic impacts affect probability of persistence for eastern plains native fishes in Colorado&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Flathead chub (&lt;em&gt;Platygobio gracilis&lt;/em&gt;) movement in Fountain Creek, Colorado&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Spatial and optimal monitoring for plains fishes in Colorado&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Endocrine disrupting compounds impact on Colorado’s eastern plains native fishes&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Improving rock ramp fishways for small-bodies plains fishes&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;li&gt;Training of hatchery reared fish to enhance antipredator behavior and increase &amp;nbsp;survival&lt;/li&gt;&#13;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Selected Publications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Adams, C. A., D. L. Winkelman, and &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2023. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1120412"&gt;Impacts of wastewater treatment plant effluent on the winter thermal regime of two urban South Platte tributaries&lt;/a&gt;. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11:457.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Baum, C. M., D. L. Winkelman, and &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick. &lt;/strong&gt;2023. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14100"&gt;Temperature and winter duration requirements for reproductive success in Johnny Darter &lt;em&gt;Etheostoma nigrum &lt;/em&gt;in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado&lt;/a&gt;. Freshwater Biology 68(7): 1238-1251.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fitzpatrick, R. M&lt;/strong&gt;., D. Longrie, R. Friebertshauser, and P. Foutz. 2023. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080403"&gt;Evaluation of a prefabricated fish passage structure for Great Plains fishes&lt;/a&gt;. Fishes 2023, 8, 403.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Kopack, C. J., E. D. Broder, E. R. Fetherman, &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;, and L. M. Angeloni. 2023. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/naaq.10281"&gt;Assessing antipredator behavior and the potential to enhance it in a species of conservation concern&lt;/a&gt;. North American Journal of Aquaculture 85:136-145.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Kopack, C. J., E. R. Fetherman, E. D. Broder, &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;, and L. M. Angeloni. 2023. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12999"&gt;The effects of abiotic enrichment and predator training on the behavior,morphology, and survival of a species of conservation concern&lt;/a&gt;. Conservation Science and Practice, e12999.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Swarr, T. R., C. A. Myrick, and &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2023. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10902"&gt;Design, construction, and hydraulic evaluation of a model rock ramp fishway&lt;/a&gt;. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 43(4): 935-946.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Adams, C. M., D. L. Winkelman, P. A. Schaffer, D. L. Villeneuve, J. E. Cavallin, M. Ellman, K. S. Rodriguez, and &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2022&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7060361"&gt;. Elevated winter stream temperatures below wastewater treatment plants shifts reproductive development of Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum: a field and histological approach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Fishes 7:361.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Ciepiela, L. R., &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;, S. T. Lewis, and Y. Kanno. 2021. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes6040075"&gt;Behavioral interactions between a native and an invasive fish species in a thermally heterogeneous experimental chamber&lt;/a&gt;. Fishes 2021(6):1–13.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fitzpatrick, R. M&lt;/strong&gt;., D. L. Winkelman, and B. M. Johnson. 2021. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes6040067"&gt;Using isotopic data to evaluate &lt;em&gt;Esox lucius &lt;/em&gt;(Linnaeus, 1758) natal origins in a hydrologically complex river basin&lt;/a&gt;. Fishes 2021(6):1–14.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Swarr, T. R., C. A. Myrick, and &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2021. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14984"&gt;Tag effects in and effects of passive integrated transponder tagging on survival and swimming performance of a small-bodied darter&lt;/a&gt;. Journal of Fish Biology 2022:1–10.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Gibson-Reinemer, D. K., F. J. Rahel, S. E. Albeke, and &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2017. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12576"&gt;Natural and anthropogenic barriers to climate tracking in river fishes along a mountain-plains transition zone&lt;/a&gt;. Diversity and Distributions 7:761-770.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Bestgen, K. R., H. J. Crockett, M. Haworth, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2016. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.3996/022016-JFWM-018"&gt;Production of non-adhesive eggs by flathead chub and implications for downstream transport and conservation&lt;/a&gt;. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 7(2): 434-443.​&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Broms, K. M., M. B. Hooten, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2016. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1471.1"&gt;Model selection and assessment for multi-species occupancy models&lt;/a&gt;. Ecology 97(7):1759-1770.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Gibson-Reinemer, D. K., F. J. Rahel, S. E. Albeke and &lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2017. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12576"&gt;Natural and anthropogenic barriers to climate tracking in river fishes along a mountain-plains transition zone&lt;/a&gt;. Diversity and Distributions 23(7):761-770.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Broms, K. M., M. B. Hooten, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2015. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12296"&gt;Accounting for imperfect detection in Hill numbers for biodiversity studies&lt;/a&gt;. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6:99-108.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Walters, D. M., R. E. Zuellig, H. C. Crockett, J. F. Bruce, P. M. Lukacs, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;R. M. Fitzpatrick&lt;/strong&gt;. 2014. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2013.824921"&gt;Barriers impede upstream spawning migration of flathead chub&lt;/a&gt;. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143:17-25.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;strong&gt;Fitzpatrick, R. M&lt;/strong&gt;. 2008. &lt;a href="https://usgs-cru-individual-data.s3.amazonaws.com/ryan.fitzpatrick/thesis_dissert/Fitzpatrick_Thesis-1.pdf"&gt;Use of otolith elemental signatures in estimating sources of northern pike recruitment in the Yampa River&lt;/a&gt;, Colorado. Master’s thesis. Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, Colorado</text>
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