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Differences in macronutrient content of common aquatic macroinvertebrates available as prey for young-of-the-year Scaphirhynchus sturgeons in the lower Missouri River Differences in macronutrient content of common aquatic macroinvertebrates available as prey for young-of-the-year Scaphirhynchus sturgeons in the lower Missouri River
Nutrient availability in prey items can have important consequences for the growth, reproduction, survival, and recruitment into adulthood of juvenile fish. For young of the year sturgeon, which are highly dependent on macroinvertebrates as prey, knowing the nutritional content across various prey items within their habitats can help managers during habitat restoration. The objective of...
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Alin Gonzalez, C. L. Barnes, S. M. Wilder, James M. Long
Golden Eagle perch site use in the U.S. southern plains: Understanding electrocution risk Golden Eagle perch site use in the U.S. southern plains: Understanding electrocution risk
Electrocution on overhead electric systems is a primary cause of anthropogenic mortality for Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in North America. Distribution poles supporting energized equipment are most often involved in electrocutions, but the frequency with which Golden Eagles perch on pole supporting equipment is unknown. To resolve questions of perch frequency, and by extension...
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J.F. Dwyer, R.K. Murphy, D Stahlecker, Angela M. Dwyer, Clint W. Boal
A decision-support tool to prioritize candidate landscapes for lesser prairie-chicken conservation A decision-support tool to prioritize candidate landscapes for lesser prairie-chicken conservation
Context Development of systematic methods for conservation planning has improved effectiveness and efficiency of implementing such plans. The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is a grouse species of conservation concern native to the southwestern Great Plains of the United States. Recent lesser prairie-chicken conservation planning has involved identifying ecologically...
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Alexander R. Schindler, David A. Haukos, Christian A. Hagen, Beth Ross
Tracking fisheries through time: The American Fisheries Society as an historical lens Tracking fisheries through time: The American Fisheries Society as an historical lens
The historical context of current environment conditions offers vital guidance to North American fisheries professionals as they strive to develop effective management plans and policies. This retrospective includes understanding the remarkable historic fisheries resource and causative reasons for establishing their public fisheries agencies and the American Fisheries Society (Society)...
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G.E. Whelan, D.M Day, J. Casselman, L Gephart, C.J. Hall, J.A. Lichatowich, M. Matylewich, Leandro E. Miranda, L. Roulson, P.D. Shirey, N. Mercado-Silva, J. Waldman, D. Winters
Decision implementation and the double-loop process in adaptive management of horseshoe crab harvest in Delaware Bay Decision implementation and the double-loop process in adaptive management of horseshoe crab harvest in Delaware Bay
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Conor P. McGowan, David Smith, James E. Lyons
Good practices for species distribution modeling of deep-sea corals and sponges for resource management: Data collection, analysis, validation, and communication Good practices for species distribution modeling of deep-sea corals and sponges for resource management: Data collection, analysis, validation, and communication
Resource managers in the United States and worldwide are tasked with identifying and mitigating trade-offs between human activities in the deep sea (e.g., fishing, energy development, and mining) and their impacts on habitat-forming invertebrates, including deep-sea corals and sponges (DSCS). Related management decisions require information about where DSCS occur and in what densities...
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Arliss J Winship, James T. Thorson, M. Elizabeth Clarke, Heather M. Coleman, Bryan M. Costa, Samuel Georgian, David Gillett, Arnaud Gruss, Mark J. Henderson, Thomas F. Hourigan, David D. Huff, Nissa Kreidler, Jodi L. Pirtle, John V. Olson, Matthew Poti, Christopher N. Rooper, Michael F. Sigler, T. Shay Viehman, Curt E. Whitmire
Introduction to multi-criteria decision analysis Introduction to multi-criteria decision analysis
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Sarah J. Converse
Addressing disease risk to develop a health program for bighorn sheep in Montana Addressing disease risk to develop a health program for bighorn sheep in Montana
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Sarah N. Sells, Michael S. Mitchell, Justin A. Gude
An adaptive approach to vegetation management in native prairies of the northern Great Plains An adaptive approach to vegetation management in native prairies of the northern Great Plains
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Clinton T. Moore, Jill J. Gannon, Terry L. Shaffer, Cami Dixon
Feeding ecology of age-0 gar at Lake Texoma inferred from analysis of stable isotopes Feeding ecology of age-0 gar at Lake Texoma inferred from analysis of stable isotopes
Conservation and restoration of gar (Lepisosteidae) populations in North America are increasingly of interest to fisheries managers. Alligator Gar Atractosteus spatula are being stocked as age-0 fish in efforts to re-establish extirpated populations. However, gars are known to be highly cannibalistic in hatcheries, suggesting that age-0 Alligator Gar introduced into natural habitats may...
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Richard A. Snow, D.R. Stewart, M. J. Porta, James M. Long
A review of pathogens, diseases, and contaminants of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in North America A review of pathogens, diseases, and contaminants of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in North America
Over the last 50 years, significant muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) harvest declines have been observed throughout North America. Several theories for the decline have been proposed, including increased parasite infections and disease within muskrat populations. No existing wholistic review of muskrat exposure to pathogens, contaminants, and diseases exists. To address this knowledge gap...
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Laken S Ganoe, W. David Walter, Justin D. Brown, Michael J. Yabsley, Matthew J Lovallo
Seasonal movements and tributary-specific fidelity of blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus in a Southern Plains riverscape Seasonal movements and tributary-specific fidelity of blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus in a Southern Plains riverscape
This study used acoustic telemetry and a multistate Cormack–Jolly–Seber model to determine the seasonal movement patterns of blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus from 2015 to 2017. Several hypotheses were ranked using AICc, and it was determined that the movement patterns of blue suckers in a mainstem reach below a hydropower dam (i.e., tailwater) differed from those of blue suckers tagged in...
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J. J. Dyer, Shannon K. Brewer