Montana Fish Research Activities

Montana Fish Active Projects

• Predicting effects of climate change on native fishes in northern Great Plains streams
• Use of Mobile Electrofishing to Induce Mortality in Lake Trout Embryos
• Exploitation, Abundance and Large-Scale Movements of Burbot in the Upper Wind River Drainage
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Montana Fish Completed Projects

• Destruction of lake trout embryos in natural settings to enhance persistence of native trout
• Stream-Network Assessment of Thermal Habitat for Arctic Grayling and Non-Native Salmonids in the Upper Big Hole River Watershed, Montana
• Landscape-scale Effects of Wildfire on Aquatic Systems in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
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Montana Fish Peer Reviewed Publications

• Mullen, J. A., R. G. Bramblett, C. S. Guy, and A. V. Zale. 2011. Determinants of fish assemblage structure in northwestern Great Plains streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140:271-281.
• Dux, A. M., C. S. Guy, and W. A. Fredenberg. 2011. Spatiotemporal distribution and population characteristics of a nonnative lake trout population, with implications for suppression. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31:187-196.
• Meeuwig, M. H., C. S. Guy, and W. A. Fredenberg. 2011. Use of cover habitat by bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, and lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, in a laboratory environment. Environmental Biology of Fishes 90:367-378.
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Montana Fish Technical Publications

• Vatland, S., R. E. Gresswell, and A. V. Zale. 2009. Evalaution of habitat restoration for the fluvial Arctic grayling in the Big Hole River, Montana. Final report to the Wild Fish Habitat Initiative, Montana University System Water Center, Bozeman, Montana. 36 pages.
• Brown, P., and A. V. Zale. 2009. Evaluation of the efficiency and efficacy of piscicides for non-native fish eradication. Final report to the Wild Fish Habitat Initiative, Montana University System Water Center, Bozeman, Montana. 38 pages.
• Shepard, B. B., M. L. Taper, and A. V. Zale. 2009. Evaluation of habitat restoration for the conservation of cutthroat trout. Final report to the Wild Fish Habitat Initiative, Montana University System Water Center, Bozeman, Montana. 94 pages.
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Montana Fish Theses and Dissertations

• Drinan, D. P. 2010. Thermal adaptation of westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi. MS thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman.
• Cox, B. S. 2010. Assessment of an invasive lake trout population in Swan Lake, Montana. Master's thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman.
• Syslo, J. M. 2010. Demography of lake trout in relation to population suppression in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park. Master's thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman.
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