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Tennessee Research Activities

Research Technician Ben Davis measuring water velocity at a mussel bed

The Tennessee Unit resides at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville between the Tennessee River and Cumberland River. Tennessee is home to one of the most diverse freshwater fish and mussel communities in the world, including numerous imperiled species. The Tennessee and Cumberland river systems have more than 30 impoundments ranging from coldwater, oligotrophic systems to warmwater, eutrophic systems, each with important sport fisheries. In addition, many impoundments also support popular coldwater tailwater fisheries. Tennessee also has thousands of miles of free-flowing streams and small rivers. With this overwhelming diversity of aquatic fauna and resources in Tennessee, the Unit does not lack for research topics.

Tennessee Active Projects

Tennessee Completed Projects

Tennessee Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Ivasauskas, T., and P.W. Bettoli. 2012. Effects of suture material and ultrasonic transmitter size on survival, growth, wound healing, and expulsion in rainbow trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141:100-106.  | Abstract | 
  • Life history of the fluted kidneyshell Ptychobranchus subtentum. American Midland Naturalist 167:79-95.
  • Peterson, J.T., J.M. Wisniewski, C.P. Shea, and C.R. Jackson. 2011. Estimation of mussel population response to hydrologic alteration in a Southeastern U.S. stream. Environmental Management 48:109-122.
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Tennessee Technical Publications

  • Russell, D.C., and P.W. Bettoli. 2011, Age, growth, and sampling of lake trout in two eastern Tennessee reservoirs. Fisheries Report 11-02, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville. 34 pages.
  • Bettoli, P.W. 2010. The recreational snag fishery for paddlefish in Cherokee Lake, Tennessee. Fisheries Report 10-06, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN. 21p.
  • Ivasauskas, T.J. and P.W. Bettoli. 2010. Movements and mortality of recently-stocked rainbow trout in Tennessee reservoirs. Fisheries Report 10-07, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN. 59p.
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Tennessee Theses and Dissertations

  • DISPERSAL OF SONIC-TAGGED LAKE STURGEON
    (Acipenser fulvescens) AND A COMPARISON OF SAMPLING GEARS IN THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER. MS THESIS, TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, COOKEVILLE. 57 PAGES.
  • SURVIVAL AND MOVEMENTS OF LARGE BROWN TROUT IN A REGULATED RIVER SYSTEM IN EAST TENNESSEE. MS THESIS, TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, COOKEVILLE. 76 PAGES.
  • Barton, S. D. 2011. Life history of the Barrens Heelsplitter (Lasmigona sp.) (Bivalvia:Unionidae). MS Thesis, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville.
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Current Staff

Federal Staff: 2

Masters Students: 8

Phd Students: 1

Post Docs: 0

University Staff: 6

5 Year Summary

Students graduated: 16

Scientific Publications: 24

Presentations: 59

 

Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Cooperators

  1. Tennessee Technological University
  2. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  4. U.S. Geological Survey