Leandro Miranda, PhD
Unit Leader - Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Research Interests
Fish populations and fish communities in reservoirs and floodplain lakes
Teaching Interests
Fisheries science and management of standing water bodies and their watersheds
Professional Experience
Unit Leader, Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2020-
Assistant Unit Leader, Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 1986-2019
Education and Certifications
Ph D Mississippi State University 1986
MS Auburn University 1981
BS Morehead State University 1977
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 73
Supplemental habitat is reservoir dependent: Identifying optimal planting decision using Bayesian Decision Networks
Environmental management often requires making decisions despite system uncertainty. One such example is mudflat mediation in flood control reservoirs. Reservoir mudflats limit development of diverse fish assemblages due to the lack of structural habitat provided by plants. Seeding mudflats with agricultural plants may mimic floodplain wetlands once inundated and provide fish habitat and achieve h
Authors
D. M. Norris, M. E. Colvin, Leandro E. Miranda, M. A. Lashley
Fishing gear performance nearshore is substantiated by spatial analyses
We estimated whether the fish assemblages nearshore represented by electrofishing and gillnetting indexed location of reservoirs in a river basin. We expected that location in the basin would reflect a multiplicity of factors that determine fish habitat and fish assemblage composition, and therefore also anticipated a correlation between fish species composition and spatial variables if the gear t
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, Nicky M. Faucheux, Kurt M. Lakin
Selection of habitat-enhancing plants depends on predator-prey interactions
Shallow areas of drawdown reservoirs are often devoid of adequate fish habitat due to degradation associated with unnatural and relatively invariable cycles of exposure and flooding. One method of enhancing fish habitat in these areas is to sow exposed shorelines with agricultural plants to provide structure once flooded. It remains unclear if some plants may be more suitable than others to provid
Authors
G. Coppola, Leandro E. Miranda, M. E. Colvin, H. R. Hatcher, M. A. Lashley
Habitat associations of black basses in a reservoir system
The habitat associations of three species of black bass Micropterus spp. were examined in six habitat types (i.e., sediment, gravel, rock, riprap, brush, and aquatic plants) along a cascade of 10 reservoirs in the Tennessee River. We tested whether habitat selection differed among the three species and whether species’ co-occurrence depended on habitat type. We found that some species occurred in
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, K.M. Lakin, Nicky M. Faucheux
An inventory and typology of permanent floodplain lakes in the Mississippi alluvial valley: A first step to conservation planning
The alluvial valley of the Mississippi River is an extensive area harboring hundreds of lakes created by fluvial dynamics. These floodplain lakes are scattered throughout the valley and carved over thousands of years by shifting river courses and other hydro-fluvial processes associated with contemporary and prehistoric rivers. These lakes have significant ecological importance as they support a l
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, M.C. Rhodes, Y. Allen, K.J. Killgore
A bird's-eye view of reservoirs in the Mississippi Basin tips a need for large-scale coordination
Reservoirs are mostly managed at local scales as spatially independent units. A basin-scale perspective may increase awareness at a broader scope and generate insight not evident at local scales. We examined the array of reservoir attributes and fisheries in the Mississippi Basin to identify management opportunities. The basin is the third largest in the world and includes over 1,700 reservoirs >1
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, G. Coppoloa, H. R. Hatcher, M. B. Jargowsky, Z.S. Moran, M. C. Rhodes
Themes of contemporary inland fisheries goals
Goals are important for the effective execution of public trust responsibilities by state inland fisheries bureaus, but formulating meaningful goals is not simple. Often bureaus look to their past and to their sister bureaus in neighboring states when crafting goals for their own freshwater resources. Herein, we review the goal themes of fisheries bureaus using publicly available documents and gui
Authors
C.A. Aldridge, Leandro E. Miranda, M. E. Colvin
Bidirectional connectivity via fish ladders in a large Neotropical river: Response to a comment
In a recent article, we described fitting electronic tags to the fish Prochilodus lineatus to document how a fishway connected aquatic habitats downstream and upstream of a major dam. Moreover, given that tagged fish remained upstream or downstream for periods extending months and years before returning to the fishway, and that observed patterns of passage were consistent with seasonal migratory c
Authors
L.F. Celestino, F.J. Sanz-Ronda, Leandro E. Miranda, M. C. Makrakis, J. H. Pinheiro Dias, S. Makrakis
Reservoir fish habitats: A perspective on coping with climate change
Climate change is the defining environmental problem for our generation. The effects of climate change are increasingly evident and are anticipated to profoundly affect our ability to conserve fish habitats and fish assemblages. Reservoirs are important structures for coping with projected shifts in water supply, but they also provide refuge for riverine fishes and retain distinct fish assemblages
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, G. Coppola, J. Boxrucker
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). Through a
Authors
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, D. Winters, J. Waldman
Assessing establishment and growth of agricultural plantings on reservoir mudflats
Winter drawdowns in flood control reservoirs create expansive mudflats that lack the vegetation typical of littoral zones, which reduces the amount of structure available for fish habitat. This study investigated the feasibility of establishing agricultural plantings as a management action to ameliorate mudflats by providing structural cover following reservoir refilling. We tested cool-season ann
Authors
D. M. Norris, H.R. Hatcher, M. E. Colvin, G. Coppola, M. A. Lashley, Leandro E. Miranda
Longitudinal distribution of uncommon fishes in a species-rich basin
The spatial organization of fishes in a river system was investigated to evaluate the longitudinal distribution of uncommon species. It was anticipated that overall richness of the fish community would increase in a downstream direction together with habitat extent, but that more uncommon species would occur upstream owing to greater heterogeneity among sites.Fish were collected between 1995 and 2
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, K.J. Killgore
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 73
Supplemental habitat is reservoir dependent: Identifying optimal planting decision using Bayesian Decision Networks
Environmental management often requires making decisions despite system uncertainty. One such example is mudflat mediation in flood control reservoirs. Reservoir mudflats limit development of diverse fish assemblages due to the lack of structural habitat provided by plants. Seeding mudflats with agricultural plants may mimic floodplain wetlands once inundated and provide fish habitat and achieve h
Authors
D. M. Norris, M. E. Colvin, Leandro E. Miranda, M. A. Lashley
Fishing gear performance nearshore is substantiated by spatial analyses
We estimated whether the fish assemblages nearshore represented by electrofishing and gillnetting indexed location of reservoirs in a river basin. We expected that location in the basin would reflect a multiplicity of factors that determine fish habitat and fish assemblage composition, and therefore also anticipated a correlation between fish species composition and spatial variables if the gear t
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, Nicky M. Faucheux, Kurt M. Lakin
Selection of habitat-enhancing plants depends on predator-prey interactions
Shallow areas of drawdown reservoirs are often devoid of adequate fish habitat due to degradation associated with unnatural and relatively invariable cycles of exposure and flooding. One method of enhancing fish habitat in these areas is to sow exposed shorelines with agricultural plants to provide structure once flooded. It remains unclear if some plants may be more suitable than others to provid
Authors
G. Coppola, Leandro E. Miranda, M. E. Colvin, H. R. Hatcher, M. A. Lashley
Habitat associations of black basses in a reservoir system
The habitat associations of three species of black bass Micropterus spp. were examined in six habitat types (i.e., sediment, gravel, rock, riprap, brush, and aquatic plants) along a cascade of 10 reservoirs in the Tennessee River. We tested whether habitat selection differed among the three species and whether species’ co-occurrence depended on habitat type. We found that some species occurred in
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, K.M. Lakin, Nicky M. Faucheux
An inventory and typology of permanent floodplain lakes in the Mississippi alluvial valley: A first step to conservation planning
The alluvial valley of the Mississippi River is an extensive area harboring hundreds of lakes created by fluvial dynamics. These floodplain lakes are scattered throughout the valley and carved over thousands of years by shifting river courses and other hydro-fluvial processes associated with contemporary and prehistoric rivers. These lakes have significant ecological importance as they support a l
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, M.C. Rhodes, Y. Allen, K.J. Killgore
A bird's-eye view of reservoirs in the Mississippi Basin tips a need for large-scale coordination
Reservoirs are mostly managed at local scales as spatially independent units. A basin-scale perspective may increase awareness at a broader scope and generate insight not evident at local scales. We examined the array of reservoir attributes and fisheries in the Mississippi Basin to identify management opportunities. The basin is the third largest in the world and includes over 1,700 reservoirs >1
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, G. Coppoloa, H. R. Hatcher, M. B. Jargowsky, Z.S. Moran, M. C. Rhodes
Themes of contemporary inland fisheries goals
Goals are important for the effective execution of public trust responsibilities by state inland fisheries bureaus, but formulating meaningful goals is not simple. Often bureaus look to their past and to their sister bureaus in neighboring states when crafting goals for their own freshwater resources. Herein, we review the goal themes of fisheries bureaus using publicly available documents and gui
Authors
C.A. Aldridge, Leandro E. Miranda, M. E. Colvin
Bidirectional connectivity via fish ladders in a large Neotropical river: Response to a comment
In a recent article, we described fitting electronic tags to the fish Prochilodus lineatus to document how a fishway connected aquatic habitats downstream and upstream of a major dam. Moreover, given that tagged fish remained upstream or downstream for periods extending months and years before returning to the fishway, and that observed patterns of passage were consistent with seasonal migratory c
Authors
L.F. Celestino, F.J. Sanz-Ronda, Leandro E. Miranda, M. C. Makrakis, J. H. Pinheiro Dias, S. Makrakis
Reservoir fish habitats: A perspective on coping with climate change
Climate change is the defining environmental problem for our generation. The effects of climate change are increasingly evident and are anticipated to profoundly affect our ability to conserve fish habitats and fish assemblages. Reservoirs are important structures for coping with projected shifts in water supply, but they also provide refuge for riverine fishes and retain distinct fish assemblages
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, G. Coppola, J. Boxrucker
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). Through a
Authors
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, D. Winters, J. Waldman
Assessing establishment and growth of agricultural plantings on reservoir mudflats
Winter drawdowns in flood control reservoirs create expansive mudflats that lack the vegetation typical of littoral zones, which reduces the amount of structure available for fish habitat. This study investigated the feasibility of establishing agricultural plantings as a management action to ameliorate mudflats by providing structural cover following reservoir refilling. We tested cool-season ann
Authors
D. M. Norris, H.R. Hatcher, M. E. Colvin, G. Coppola, M. A. Lashley, Leandro E. Miranda
Longitudinal distribution of uncommon fishes in a species-rich basin
The spatial organization of fishes in a river system was investigated to evaluate the longitudinal distribution of uncommon species. It was anticipated that overall richness of the fish community would increase in a downstream direction together with habitat extent, but that more uncommon species would occur upstream owing to greater heterogeneity among sites.Fish were collected between 1995 and 2
Authors
Leandro E. Miranda, K.J. Killgore