James H Johnson, PhD
James Johnson is a Scientist Emeritus based in Cortland, NY.
My professional interests span both fisheries management and research which I attribute to a career spent working in both areas. On the management side, I especially enjoy working with Native American Tribes in helping them develop their fisheries programs. From a research perspective, I am particularly interested in the restoration of native fishes.
My interest in fisheries traces back to my early years spent on the St. Lawrence River with my great grandfather who fished commercially for lake sturgeon and other species near Ogdensburg, NY. I remember spending hours at a time in his live fish enclosure where he kept his catch, most likely annoying the heck out of the 4 – 6 ft sturgeon I was chasing around while American eels slithered around my legs. This was of course pre-Seaway, and now both of these species have greatly declined in the river and throughout much of their native range. I have been fortunate to be able to work on the restoration of both lake sturgeon and American eel, as well as other St. Lawrence River species as a member of the Fish Advisory Committee that oversees the fish mitigation funds for the upper river that came about from the FERC re-licensing process for the operation of the main stem dam at Massena, NY. My other interest in native fish restoration involves salmonids and heralds back to the decade I spent in the Pacific Northwest with the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho and the Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife knee deep in issues associated to the restoration of Pacific salmon and steelhead. My tour with the Nez Perce also began what has become over three decades of work with tribes, spanning coast – to – coast, helping them develop their fisheries programs.
Professional Experience
January 1998-Present – Eastern Great Lakes Branch Chief, USGS-Cortland, NY
July 1994-December 1997 – Laboratory Director, Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science, USGS-Cortland, NY
September 1989-July 1994 – Fish Ecology Section Leader, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wellsboro, PA
July 1984-September 1989 – Freshwater Program Manager, Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Portland, OR
June 1980-July 1984 – Director, Fisheries Dept., Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, Lapwai, ID
February 1978-May1980 – Senior Aquatic Ecologist, New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY
September 1973-June 1976 – Fish Biologist, Lake Ontario Environmental Laboratory, Oswego, NY
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. (Fisheries Science) SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 1993
M.S. (Fisheries Science) SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 1978
B.S. (Fisheries Management) University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, 1973
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Surface-current studies of Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron, 1956
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**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.
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Filter Total Items: 85Surface-current studies of Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron, 1956
No abstract available.AuthorsJames H. JohnsonNon-USGS Publications**
Johnson, J. H. and D. S. Dropkin. 1994. Biology of subyearling carp (Cyprinus carpio) in the Juniata River, Pennsylvania. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 68:34-36.Rottiers, D. V. and J. H. Johnson. 1993. Gastric evacuation rates of larval American shad by two species of cyprinids. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 2:147-151.Johnson, J. H. and D. S. Dropkin. 1993. Diel variation in diet composition of a riverine fish community. Hydrobiologia 149-158.Johnson, J. H. and D. S. Dropkin. 1992. Piscivory by the central stoneroller Campostoma anomalum (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae). Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 66:90-91.Johnson, J. H. and D. S. Dropkin. 1992. Predation on recently stocked American shad larvae in the Susquehanna River basin. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 12:504-508.Johnson, J. H., D. S. Dropkin, and P. G. Shaffer. 1992. Habitat use by a headwater stream fish community in North Central Pennsylvania. Rivers 3:69-79.Johnson, J. H., A. A. Nigro, and R. O. Temple. 1992. Evaluating enhancement of striped bass in the context of potential predation on anadromous salmonids in Coos Bay, Oregon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 12:103-108.Johnson, J. H. and D. S. Dropkin. 1991. Summer food habits of spotfin shiner, mimic shiner, and juvenile fallfish in the Susquehanna River. Journal Freshwater Ecology 6:35-42.Sheppard, J. D. and J. H. Johnson. 1985. Probability-of-use for depth, velocity and substrate type by subyearling coho salmon and steelhead trout in Lake Ontario tributaries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 5:277-282.Marsh, J. H. and J. H. Johnson. 1985. The role Stevens Treaty tribes in the management of anadromous fish runs in the Columbia Basin. Fisheries 10:2-5.Johnson, J. H. and P. A. Kucera. 1985. Summer-autumn habitat utilization of sub-yearling steelhead trout in tributaries of the Clearwater River, Idaho. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63:2283-2290.Johnson, J. H. 1985. Diel feeding ecology of the nymphs of Aeshna multicolor and Lestes unquiculatus (Odonata). Freshwater Biology 15:749-755.Johnson, J. H. 1985. Comparative diets of Paiute sculpin, speckled dace, and subyearling steelhead trout in tributaries of the Clearwater River, Idaho. Northwest Science 59:1-9.Johnson, J. H. and E. Z. Johnson. 1984. Comparative diets of subyearling redbreast sunfish and northern redbelly dace in an Adirondack Lake. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 2:587-591.Johnson, J. H. 1983. Summer diet of juvenile fishes in the St. Lawrence River. New York Fish and Game Journal 30:91-99.Johnson, J. H. 1983. Food habits of recently stocked subyearling Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Lake Ontario. New York Fish and Game Journal 30:115-116.Johnson, J. H. 1983. Diel food habits of two species of setipalpian stoneflies (Plecoptera) in tributaries of the Clearwater River, Idaho. Freshwater Biology 13:105-111.Ringler, N. H. and J. H. Johnson. 1982. Diet composition and diel feeding periodicity of some fishes in the St. Lawrence River. New York Fish and Game Journal 29:65-74.Johnson, J. H. and E. Z. Johnson. 1982. Observations on the eye-picking behavior of the cutlips minnow, Exoglossum maxillinqua. Copeia 1982:711-712.Johnson, J. H. and E. Z. Johnson. 1982. Diel foraging in relation to available food in an Adirondack Mountain stream fish community. Hydrobiologia 96:97-104.Johnson, J. H. 1982. Summer feeding ecology of blacknose dace, Rhinichthys atratulus, in a tributary of Lake Ontario. Canadian Field-Naturalist 96:282-286.Johnson, J. H. 1982. Diet composition and prey selection of Cordulegaster maculata Sel. Larvae (Anisoptera: Cordulegasteridae). Notulae Odonatologicae 1:151-152.Johnson, J. H. 1982. Comparative diets of planted rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) and speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) in a prairie impoundment in North Central Idaho. Proceedings West. Assoc. Fish and Wildlife Agencies 62:611-618.Johnson, J. H. 1981. The summer diet of the cutlips minnow, Exoglossum maxillinqua, in a central New York stream. Copeia 1981:484-487.Johnson, J. H. 1981. Predation on the eggs of steelhead trout by stream salmonids in a tributary of Lake Ontario. Progressive Fish-Culturist 43:36-37.Johnson, J. H. 1981. Food interrelationships of coexisting brook, brown, and yearling rainbow trout in tributaries of the Salmon River, New York. New York Fish and Game Journal 28:88-99.Johnson, J. H. 1981. Comparative food selection of subyearling coho salmon, Chinook salmon, and rainbow trout in a tributary of Lake Ontario. New York Fish and Game Journal 28:150-161.Johnson, J. H. 1981. Food habits and dietary overlap of perlid stoneflies (Plecoptera) in a tributary of Lake Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59:2030-2037.Johnson, J. H. and E. Z. Johnson. 1981. Feeding periodicity and diel variation in diet composition of subyearling coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) in a small stream during summer. Fisheries Bulletin, U.S. 79:370-376.Johnson, J. H. and N. H. Ringler. 1981. Predation on immature midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) by recently emerged coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch). New York Fish and Game Journal 28:121.Johnson, J. H. and N. H. Ringler. 1981. Natural hybridization of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) with notes on meristic variation. Copeia 1981:720-721.Johnson, J. H. and N. H. Ringler. 1981. Natural reproduction and juvenile ecology of Pacific salmon and rainbow trout in tributaries of the Salmon River, New York. New York Fish and Game Journal 28:49-60.Johnson, J. H. and N. H. Ringler. 1980. Diets of juvenile coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) relative to prey availability. Canadian Journal of Zoology 58:553-558.Johnson, J. H. 1980. Production and growth of subyearling coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) and steelhead (Salmo gairdneri) in Orwell brook, tributary of the Salmon River, New York. Fisheries Bulletin, U.S. 78:549-554.Johnson, J. H. and N. H. Ringler. 1979. The occurrence of blow-fly larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on salmon carcasses and their utilization as food by juvenile salmon and trout. Great Lakes Entomologist 12:137-140.Johnson, J. H. and N. H. Ringler. 1979. Predation on Pacific salmon eggs by salmonids in a tributary of Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research 5:177-181.**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.
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