Freshwater fisheries assessment using environmental DNA: A primer on the method, its potential, and shortcomings as a conservation tool

NT Evans, GA Lamberti - Fisheries Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Conservation of fishes is dependent on accurate and precise data about the distributions
and population status of at-risk species. Moreover, effective management of fisheries …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding environmental DNA detection probabilities: A case study using a stream-dwelling char Salvelinus fontinalis

TM Wilcox, KS McKelvey, MK Young… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA sampling (eDNA) has emerged as a powerful tool for detecting aquatic
animals. Previous research suggests that eDNA methods are substantially more sensitive …

Comparative cost and effort of fish distribution detection via environmental DNA analysis and electrofishing

NT Evans, PD Shirey, JG Wieringa, AR Mahon… - Fisheries, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Fisheries conservation requires accurate knowledge of species identities and distributions.
Fisheries are typically assessed via capture-based sampling, but managers frequently are …

Brook trout use of thermal refugia and foraging habitat influenced by brown trout

NP Hitt, EL Snook, DL Massie - Canadian Journal of Fisheries …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
The distribution of native brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in eastern North America is often
limited by temperature and introduced brown trout (Salmo trutta), the relative importance of …

Predicting brook trout occurrence in stream reaches throughout their native range in the eastern United States

JT DeWeber, T Wagner - Transactions of the American Fisheries …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis is an important species of conservation
concern in the eastern USA. We developed a model to predict Brook Trout population status …

Impacts of stream riparian buffer land use on water temperature and food availability for fish

LK Albertson, V Ouellet, MD Daniels - Journal of Freshwater …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Restoration of degraded freshwater ecosystems has gained considerable attention in the
USA over the past decades. However, most projects focus almost entirely on the restoration …

Density-dependent regulation of brook trout population dynamics along a core-periphery distribution gradient in a central Appalachian watershed

BM Huntsman, JT Petty - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Spatial population models predict strong density-dependence and relatively stable
population dynamics near the core of a species' distribution with increasing variance and …

Improved understanding and prediction of freshwater fish communities through the use of joint species distribution models

T Wagner, GJA Hansen, EM Schliep… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Two primary goals in fisheries research are to (i) understand how habitat and environmental
conditions influence the distribution of fishes across the landscape and (ii) make predictions …

Introduced, invaded and forgotten: allopatric and sympatric native snow trout life-histories indicate brown trout invasion effects in the Himalayan hinterlands

A Sharma, VK Dubey, JA Johnson, YK Rawal… - Biological …, 2021 - Springer
After 150 years of introduction of the brown trout Salmo trutta in Himalaya, the native
species' response to this globally pervasive invader, is still unknown. Here, we investigate …

Incorporating fragmentation and non‐native species into distribution models to inform fluvial fish conservation

AT Taylor, M Papeş, JM Long - Conservation Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fluvial fishes face increased imperilment from anthropogenic activities, but the specific
factors contributing most to range declines are often poorly understood. For example, the …