Rip S Shively
Biography
Education
B.S. Wildlife Science, The Pennsylvania State University,1987
M.S. Fishery Biology, Colorado State University, 1990
Professional Experience
2010-Present: Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center – Columbia, MO
2010: Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND
2008-2010: U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau Approving Official – Biology, Columbia, MO
1999-2008: Section Chief/Fishery Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Klamath Falls Field Station, Klamath Falls, OR
1992-1999: Research Fishery Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, WA
1990-1992: Fishery Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Columbia River Field Station, Cook, WA
1988-1990: Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
1986-1987: Fisheries Biologist Aide, The Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Bellefonte, PA
Science and Products
Improving inferences from fisheries capture-recapture studies through remote detection of PIT tags
Models for capture-recapture data are commonly used in analyses of the dynamics of fish and wildlife populations, especially for estimating vital parameters such as survival. Capture-recapture methods provide more reliable inferences than other methods commonly used in fisheries studies. However, for rare or elusive fish species, parameter...
Hewitt, David A.; Janney, Eric C.; Hayes, Brian S.; Shively, Rip S.Demographic analysis of Lost River sucker and shortnose sucker populations in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
We used 13 years (1995-2007) of capture-mark-recapture data to assess population dynamics of endangered Lost River suckers Deltistes luxatus and shortnose suckers Chasmistes brevirostris in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. The Cormack-Jolly-Seber method was used to estimate survival, and information theoretic modeling was used to assess variation due...
Janney, E.C.; Shively, R.S.; Hayes, B.S.; Barry, P.M.; Perkins, D.Distribution and habitat associations of radio-tagged adult Lost River sucker and shortnose sucker in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2005-2006
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Banish, N.P.; Adams, B.J.; Shively, R.S.Advances in biotelemetry technology in the Columbia River Basin and how they are providing behavioral data used to shape fisheries management
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Eiler, J.E.; Alcorn, D.J.; Adams, N.S.; Shively, R.S.; Rondorf, D.W.Techniques used to monitor radio-tagged juvenile salmonids at Columbia and Snake River Dams
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Eiler, J.E.; Acorn , D.J.; Neuman, M.R.; Adams, N.S.; Shively, R.S.; Grant, C.Nonlethal gill biopsy does not affect juvenile chinook salmon implanted with radio transmitters
Using gastric and surgical transmitter implantation, we compared radio-tagged juvenile chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (T(O)) with tagged fish also having a gill biopsy (T(B)) to determine biopsy effects on fish implanted with radio transmitters. We found no evidence during the 21-d period to suggest that a gill biopsy reduced survival,...
Martinelli-Liedtke, T. L.; Shively, R.S.; Holmberg, G.S.; Sheer, M.B.; Schrock, R.M.Growth and physiological responses to surgical and gastric radio transmitter implantation techniques in subyearling chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
We examined the effects of surgical and gastric transmitter implantation techniques on the growth, general physiology and behavior of 230 subyearling chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Walbaum) (100 mm-154 mm fork length). The transmitter weighed 1.3 g in air (0.9 g in water) and comprised, on average, 6% of the body weight of the fish (in...
Martinelli, Theresa L.; Hansel, H.C.; Shively, R.S.Seasonal distribution, movements and habitat associations of northern squawfish in two Lower Columbia River reservoirs
We tracked 335 northern squawfish implanted with radio transmitters in the Columbia River in May–December 1993 and May–September 1994. Most fish were released near The Dalles and John Day dams, with the remaining fish released into reservoir areas away from dams. We used boats with mounted Yagi antennas, fixed site receiver stations near the dams...
Martinelli, Theresa L.; Shively, Rip S.Feeding response by northern squawfish to a hatchery release of juvenile salmonids in the Clearwater River, Idaho
We collected gut contents from northern squawfish Ptychocheilus oregonensis captured in the Clearwater River, Idaho, 0–6 km from its confluence with the Snake River, following the release of 1.1 million yearling chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha from the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery. Before the hatchery release, northern squawfish gut...
Shively, R.S.; Poe, T.P.; Sauter, S.T.Criteria for reducing predation by northern squawfish near juvenile salmonid bypass outfalls at Columbia River dams
Predation by northern squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) has been documented to be significant on emigrating juvenile salmonids near juvenile bypass outfalls at hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. Criteria for siting juvenile fish bypass outfalls to reduce predation were developed using locational data from radio-tagged northern squawfish...
Shively, Rip S.; Poe, Thomas P.; Sheer, Mindi B.; Peters, RockIntegration of radio telemetry and hydraulic model data for siting and operating juvenile bypass systems on the Columbia River to reduce predation
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Shively, R.S.; Poe, T.P.; Peters, R.Ecological consequences of introduced piscivorous fishes in the lower Columbia and Snake Rivers
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Stouder, Deanna J.; Fresh, K.L.; Feller, R.J.; Poe, P.P.; Shively, R.S.; Tabor, R.A.