Dan Gibson-Reinemer is a fish biologist with experience in invasive species biology.
Dan has examined changes in freshwater fish assemblages over extensive spatial and temporal scales, and his current work is largely focused on invasive carp in large rivers. Prior to starting with USGS, Dan analyzed data from long-term fish monitoring programs in the Upper Mississippi River System.
Professional Experience
2022 – present: Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
2018 – 2022: Assistant Professor, Adams State University (Alamosa, Colorado
2017 – 2018: Natural Resources Specialist, Permits West, Inc. (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
2014 – 2017: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Havana, Illinois)
Education and Certifications
PhD, Ecology, University of Wyoming, 2014
MS, Fish and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, 2008
BS, Biology, James Madison University, 2003
Science and Products
Multimodal invasive carp deterrent study at Barkley Lock and Dam—Status update through 2022
Development and assessment of a new method for combining catch per unit effort data from different fish sampling gears: Multigear mean standardization (MGMS)
Science and Products
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Multimodal invasive carp deterrent study at Barkley Lock and Dam—Status update through 2022
Invasive carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis [Bighead Carp], Mylopharyngodon piceus [Black Carp], Ctenopharyngodon idella [Grass Carp], and H. molitrix [Silver Carp]) continue to spread in the United States and deterrents at river navigation locks are one emerging control strategy for slowing the spread. High-head navigation dams on large rivers serve as impediments to the upstream spread of these poAuthorsAndrea K. Fritts, Daniel Gibson-Reinemer, Jessica C. Stanton, Kyle Mosel, Marybeth K. Brey, Jonathan M. Vallazza, Douglas Appel, Jacob Faulkner, Joshua Tompkins, Theodore Castro-Santos, Matthew Sholtis, Andy Turnpenny, Peter Sorensen, Rob SimmondsDevelopment and assessment of a new method for combining catch per unit effort data from different fish sampling gears: Multigear mean standardization (MGMS)
Fish community assessments are often based on sampling with multiple gear types. However, multivariate methods used to assess fish community structure and composition are sensitive to differences in the relative scale of indices or measures of abundance produced by different sampling methods. This makes combining data from different sampling gears and methods a serious challenge. We developed a meAuthorsD.K. Gibson-Reinemer, Brian Ickes, John H. Chick