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West Virginia Research Activities

MS student, Alison Anderson, collecting macroinvertebrate samples

The Cooperative Research Units Program conducts research on a wide range of disciplines, related to fish, wildlife and natural resource management. The programs offer Federal and State agencies access not only to unit scientists, but also to university expertise and facilities available at each of the 40 cooperating universities. Most research projects are carried out by graduate students participating with and/or under the direction of unit or other university scientists.

The research may be of local, regional, national or international interest. The research programs conducted by units are approved by the Coordinating Committee overseeing each unit.

Check out our current and completed research projects by clicking a link below.

West Virginia Active Projects

West Virginia Completed Projects

West Virginia Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Blazer, V.S. L.R. Iwanowicz, H. Henderson, P.M. Mazik, J.A. Jenkins, D.A. Alvarez and J. A. Young. 2011. Reproductive endocrine disruption in smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in the Potomac River basin: spatial and temporal comparisons of biological effects. Environmental Monitoring Assessment: 10.1007/s10661-011-2266-5.  | Abstract | 
  • Hafs, A.W., C.D. Horn, P.M. Mazik and K.J. Hartman. 2010. Influences of Acid Mine Drainage and Thermal Enrichment on Stream Fish Reproduction and Larval Survival. Northeastern Naturalist. 17:575-592.  | Abstract | 
  • Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, and P.J. Turk. 2011. Selection and preference of benthic habitat by small and large ammocoetes of the least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera). Environmental Biology of Fishes 91:421-428.
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West Virginia Technical Publications

  • Mizel, J. and P.B. Wood. 2011. Songbird response to reforestation of mined land with hardwood trees (abstract). Journal of the American Chestnut Foundation 2(25):11.
  • M.E. McDermott, M.B. Shumar, and Wood, P.B. 2010. Cerulean Warbler Conservation Initiative 4: Identify and Prioritize Mined Lands for Reforestation. Final Project Report. 41pp.
  • Wood, P.B., M.B. Shumar, and M.E. McDermott. 2010. Reforestation for Appalachia’s wildlife: resources for landowners. Brochure. http://arri.osmre.gov/PDFs/Reforestation4AppalachiasWildlife.pdf
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West Virginia Theses and Dissertations

  • Sheehan, K.R., 2011. Exploration of Stream Habitat Spatial Modeling; Using Geographically Weighted Regression, Ordinary Least Squares Regression, and Natural Neighbor Interpolation to Model Depth, Flow, and Benthic Substrate in Streams. PhD Dissertation, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
  • Ellery, Heather. August 2011. The effect of season and land cover on the white grub (Posthodiplostomum minimum) in the tissues of smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) from the Potomac and James river drainages and Description of two new gill myxozoans from smallmouth bass and largemouth bass (M. salmoides). MS Thesis, West Virginia University. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=12407
  • Welchert, D.M. 2011. Relationships among fish assemblages, hydroperiods, drought, and American alligators within palustrine wetlands of the Blackjack Peninsula, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas. MS Thesis, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
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Current Staff

Federal Staff: 3

Masters Students: 8

Phd Students: 10

Post Docs: 2

University Staff: 1

5 Year Summary

Students graduated: 23

Scientific Publications: 47

Presentations: 112

 

West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Cooperators

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  2. U.S. Geological Survey
  3. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
  4. West Virginia University
  5. Wildlife Management Institute