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Matthew Acre

Dr. Matthew Acre is a Research Fisheries Biologist at the Columbia Environmental Research Center.

Matthew joined the USGS research team in May 2020 at the Columbia Environmental Research Center in Missouri. He has worked on many species in many ecosystems across the United States and internationally. Matthew brings a specialty in population dynamics, behavioral ecology, and biostatistics.

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2019

  • M.S., Texas Tech University, 2015

  • B.S., Texas A&M University, 2009

Science and Products

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Tyler M. Hessler collecting blood sample from captured Grass Carp on Sandusky River, Ohio.

Use of terrestrial plant-based bait and algae attractant to improve capture efficiency of Grass Carp in Lake Erie tributaries

A team of USGS scientists is currently working with the MDNR, ODNR, USFWS, and academic institutions to evaluate the use of grass carp baits and attractants as a tool for resource managers. The science team aims to integrate the use of baits and attractants to increase aggregation of grass carp near targeted capture sites to enhance the multi-jurisdictional removal program associated with the Lake...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Use of terrestrial plant-based bait and algae attractant to improve capture efficiency of Grass Carp in Lake Erie tributaries

A team of USGS scientists is currently working with the MDNR, ODNR, USFWS, and academic institutions to evaluate the use of grass carp baits and attractants as a tool for resource managers. The science team aims to integrate the use of baits and attractants to increase aggregation of grass carp near targeted capture sites to enhance the multi-jurisdictional removal program associated with the Lake...
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Grass Carp behavioral trials

Laboratory evaluation of bait preference for Grass Carp

Michigan and Ohio Department of Natural Resources along with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) and USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (UMESC) are planning field studies to attract Grass Carp using formulated baits and algae attractants. These baits are intended to increase the density of Grass Carp in specified areas for capture and...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Laboratory evaluation of bait preference for Grass Carp

Michigan and Ohio Department of Natural Resources along with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) and USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (UMESC) are planning field studies to attract Grass Carp using formulated baits and algae attractants. These baits are intended to increase the density of Grass Carp in specified areas for capture and...
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Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) locations in earthen ponds with overhead structure

Data consists of acoustic telemetry positions for silver carp (345:2 plus or minus 17:5 millimeters total length and 377 plus or minus 64:7 grams weight) tagged with 795-LD transmitters (Innovasea Systems Inc., Boston, MA; formerly Hydroacoustic Technology Inc.) in four earthen ponds (dimensions 40 meters X 25 meters; depth 1-2 meters) at the Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, U
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Columbia Environmental Research Center

Starved Rock navigation lock fish clearing hydroacoustic data, Illinois River (2020)

These datasets (e.g., 'Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Pre-clearing_Sonar-s1.csv') include exported information (e.g., fish detection counts) from processed fixed-location multi-beam imaging sonar and mobile side-scan sonar data. Fish abundance in the navigation lock was determined using mobile side-scan surveys, while multi-beam imaging sonars were used to determine
By
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
No results found.

Flow-recruitment relationships for Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) and implications for managing environmental flows

Regulation of river flow regimes by dams and diversions impacts aquatic biota and ecosystems globally. However, our understanding of the ecological consequences of flow alteration and ecological benefits of flow restoration lags behind our ability to manipulate flows, and there is a need for broader development of flow-ecology relationships. Approaches for establishing flow-ecology relationships h
Authors
Joshuah S. Perkin, Matthew Ross Acre, Johnathan K. Ellard, Anthony W. Rodger, Joe Trungale, Kirk O. Winemiller, Lauren E. Yancy
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center

Mismatch between temperature and discharge disrupts spawning cues in a fluvial specialist, blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus

Seasonal movements cued by environmental variables are a critical component of riverine fish life history. Life-history events for species such as blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus are likely cued by discharge and temperature and may be disrupted if those life-history events and environmental regimes are mismatched. However, this effect may be dependent upon the habitat occupied when environmental c
Authors
Matthew Ross Acre, Timothy B. Grabowski, Daniel J. Leavitt, Nathan G. Smith, Allison A. Pease, Preston T. Bean, Dakus Geeslin
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Columbia Environmental Research Center

Effects of shady environments on fish collective behavior

Despite significant efforts devoted to understanding the underlying complexity and emergence of collective movement in animal groups, the role of different external settings on this type of movement remains largely unexplored. Here, by combining time series analysis and complex network tools, we present an extensive investigation of the effects of shady environments on the behavior of a fish speci
Authors
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Matthew Ross Acre, Jacob Faulkner, Leonardo R. da Cunha, Katelyn M. Lawson, James J. Wamboldt, Marybeth K. Brey, Christa M. Woodley, Robin Calfee
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Blue sucker habitat use in a regulated Texas river: Implications for conservation and restoration

Species conservation requires a clear understanding of habitat availability and subsequent use of those habitats. In cases where species declines have occurred and gone undetected by conservation managers, habitat alteration, fragmentation, and loss are often the largest contributors. River fragmentation often results in altered flow regimes, subsequently impacting the availability of riverine hab
Authors
Matthew Ross Acre, Timothy B. Grabowski, Daniel J. Leavitt, Nathan G. Smith, Allison A. Pease, Jessica E. Pease
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Columbia Environmental Research Center

Non-USGS Publications**

Acre, M.R., Perkin, J.S., and Bean, M.G., Multiple survey methods reveal greater abundance of endangered pupfish in restored habitats: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Perkin, J.S., Acre, M.R., Graham, J., and Hoenke, K., 2020, An integrative conservation planning framework for aquatic landscapes fragmented by road-stream crossings: Landscape and Urban Planning, v. 202, p. 103860.
Acre, M.R., Alejandrez, C., East, J., Massure, W.A., Miyazono, S., Pease, J.E., Roesler, E.L., Williams, H.M., and Grabowski, T.B., 2017, Comparison of the precision of age estimates generated from fin rays, scales, and otoliths of blue sucker: Southeastern Naturalist, v. 16, no. 2, p. 215-224, 210.
Acre, M.R., and Grabowski, T.B., 2015, Deployment of paired push nets from jet-propelled kayaks to sample ichthyoplankton: North American Journal of Fisheries Management, v. 35, no. 5, p. 925-929.
.D. J. Leavitt and M. R. Acre, 2014, Sceloporus arenicolus (Dunes Sagebrush Lizard). Activity patterns and foraging mode: Herpetological Review v. 45, no.4, p. 699-700.
Acre, M.R., Leavitt, D.J., and Schalk, C.M., 2012, A patternless morph of the marbled whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmorata; Squamata: Teiidae) in New Mexico: The Southwestern Naturalist, v. 57, no. 2, p. 206-207.
López-Suárez, P., Oujo, C., Acre, M., and Hazevoet, C.J., 2012, A stranding of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 on Boavista during February 2012: First record for the Cape Verde Islands: Zoologia Caboverdiana v. 3, no. 1, p. 52-55.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

Science and Products

  • Science
    link
    Tyler M. Hessler collecting blood sample from captured Grass Carp on Sandusky River, Ohio.

    Use of terrestrial plant-based bait and algae attractant to improve capture efficiency of Grass Carp in Lake Erie tributaries

    A team of USGS scientists is currently working with the MDNR, ODNR, USFWS, and academic institutions to evaluate the use of grass carp baits and attractants as a tool for resource managers. The science team aims to integrate the use of baits and attractants to increase aggregation of grass carp near targeted capture sites to enhance the multi-jurisdictional removal program associated with the Lake...
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
    link

    Use of terrestrial plant-based bait and algae attractant to improve capture efficiency of Grass Carp in Lake Erie tributaries

    A team of USGS scientists is currently working with the MDNR, ODNR, USFWS, and academic institutions to evaluate the use of grass carp baits and attractants as a tool for resource managers. The science team aims to integrate the use of baits and attractants to increase aggregation of grass carp near targeted capture sites to enhance the multi-jurisdictional removal program associated with the Lake...
    Learn More
    link
    Grass Carp behavioral trials

    Laboratory evaluation of bait preference for Grass Carp

    Michigan and Ohio Department of Natural Resources along with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) and USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (UMESC) are planning field studies to attract Grass Carp using formulated baits and algae attractants. These baits are intended to increase the density of Grass Carp in specified areas for capture and...
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
    link

    Laboratory evaluation of bait preference for Grass Carp

    Michigan and Ohio Department of Natural Resources along with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) and USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (UMESC) are planning field studies to attract Grass Carp using formulated baits and algae attractants. These baits are intended to increase the density of Grass Carp in specified areas for capture and...
    Learn More
  • Data

    Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) locations in earthen ponds with overhead structure

    Data consists of acoustic telemetry positions for silver carp (345:2 plus or minus 17:5 millimeters total length and 377 plus or minus 64:7 grams weight) tagged with 795-LD transmitters (Innovasea Systems Inc., Boston, MA; formerly Hydroacoustic Technology Inc.) in four earthen ponds (dimensions 40 meters X 25 meters; depth 1-2 meters) at the Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, U
    By
    Columbia Environmental Research Center

    Starved Rock navigation lock fish clearing hydroacoustic data, Illinois River (2020)

    These datasets (e.g., 'Starved Rock fish clearing_multi-beam imaging sonar fish data_Pre-clearing_Sonar-s1.csv') include exported information (e.g., fish detection counts) from processed fixed-location multi-beam imaging sonar and mobile side-scan sonar data. Fish abundance in the navigation lock was determined using mobile side-scan surveys, while multi-beam imaging sonars were used to determine
    By
    Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
  • Multimedia
    No results found.
  • Publications

    Flow-recruitment relationships for Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) and implications for managing environmental flows

    Regulation of river flow regimes by dams and diversions impacts aquatic biota and ecosystems globally. However, our understanding of the ecological consequences of flow alteration and ecological benefits of flow restoration lags behind our ability to manipulate flows, and there is a need for broader development of flow-ecology relationships. Approaches for establishing flow-ecology relationships h
    Authors
    Joshuah S. Perkin, Matthew Ross Acre, Johnathan K. Ellard, Anthony W. Rodger, Joe Trungale, Kirk O. Winemiller, Lauren E. Yancy
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center

    Mismatch between temperature and discharge disrupts spawning cues in a fluvial specialist, blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus

    Seasonal movements cued by environmental variables are a critical component of riverine fish life history. Life-history events for species such as blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus are likely cued by discharge and temperature and may be disrupted if those life-history events and environmental regimes are mismatched. However, this effect may be dependent upon the habitat occupied when environmental c
    Authors
    Matthew Ross Acre, Timothy B. Grabowski, Daniel J. Leavitt, Nathan G. Smith, Allison A. Pease, Preston T. Bean, Dakus Geeslin
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Columbia Environmental Research Center

    Effects of shady environments on fish collective behavior

    Despite significant efforts devoted to understanding the underlying complexity and emergence of collective movement in animal groups, the role of different external settings on this type of movement remains largely unexplored. Here, by combining time series analysis and complex network tools, we present an extensive investigation of the effects of shady environments on the behavior of a fish speci
    Authors
    Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Matthew Ross Acre, Jacob Faulkner, Leonardo R. da Cunha, Katelyn M. Lawson, James J. Wamboldt, Marybeth K. Brey, Christa M. Woodley, Robin Calfee
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

    Blue sucker habitat use in a regulated Texas river: Implications for conservation and restoration

    Species conservation requires a clear understanding of habitat availability and subsequent use of those habitats. In cases where species declines have occurred and gone undetected by conservation managers, habitat alteration, fragmentation, and loss are often the largest contributors. River fragmentation often results in altered flow regimes, subsequently impacting the availability of riverine hab
    Authors
    Matthew Ross Acre, Timothy B. Grabowski, Daniel J. Leavitt, Nathan G. Smith, Allison A. Pease, Jessica E. Pease
    By
    Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Columbia Environmental Research Center

    Non-USGS Publications**

    Acre, M.R., Perkin, J.S., and Bean, M.G., Multiple survey methods reveal greater abundance of endangered pupfish in restored habitats: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
    Perkin, J.S., Acre, M.R., Graham, J., and Hoenke, K., 2020, An integrative conservation planning framework for aquatic landscapes fragmented by road-stream crossings: Landscape and Urban Planning, v. 202, p. 103860.
    Acre, M.R., Alejandrez, C., East, J., Massure, W.A., Miyazono, S., Pease, J.E., Roesler, E.L., Williams, H.M., and Grabowski, T.B., 2017, Comparison of the precision of age estimates generated from fin rays, scales, and otoliths of blue sucker: Southeastern Naturalist, v. 16, no. 2, p. 215-224, 210.
    Acre, M.R., and Grabowski, T.B., 2015, Deployment of paired push nets from jet-propelled kayaks to sample ichthyoplankton: North American Journal of Fisheries Management, v. 35, no. 5, p. 925-929.
    .D. J. Leavitt and M. R. Acre, 2014, Sceloporus arenicolus (Dunes Sagebrush Lizard). Activity patterns and foraging mode: Herpetological Review v. 45, no.4, p. 699-700.
    Acre, M.R., Leavitt, D.J., and Schalk, C.M., 2012, A patternless morph of the marbled whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmorata; Squamata: Teiidae) in New Mexico: The Southwestern Naturalist, v. 57, no. 2, p. 206-207.
    López-Suárez, P., Oujo, C., Acre, M., and Hazevoet, C.J., 2012, A stranding of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 on Boavista during February 2012: First record for the Cape Verde Islands: Zoologia Caboverdiana v. 3, no. 1, p. 52-55.

    **Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.