Steve Chipps, Ph.D.
Steve serves as the Unit Leader of the South Dakota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit. His research interests include feeding ecology and energetics of fishes, and he and his students are currently working on trout management in the Black Hills, and pallid sturgeon ecology in the Missouri River.
Biography
For more information about Steve, including a full publications list, visit his profile page on the South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit web site.
Steve also can be reached at his South Dakota State University email address: steven.chipps@sdstate.edu
Education
- Ph D University of Idaho 1997
- MS West Virginia University 1992
- BS Davis & Elkins College 1989
Research Interests
Steve's research focuses primarily on the feeding ecology and bioenergetics of fishes. He and his students use quantitative tools such as energy budgets, diet analysis, stable isotopes, and foraging models to help address fisheries management questions.
Teaching Interests
Steve teaches graduate-level courses in Aquatic Trophic Ecology and Ecology of Aquatic Invertebrates at South Dakota State University.
Science and Products
Invertebrate composition and abundance associated with Didymosphenia geminata in a montane stream
Didymosphenia geminata, a relatively new aquatic nuisance species that can form extensive, mucilaginous mats on stream substrates, was reported from Rapid Creek, South Dakota in 2002. To examine the association between D. geminata and the invertebrate community in Rapid Creek, macroinvertebrates were quantified using three gear types in...
James, Daniel A.; Ranney, Steven H.; Chipps, Steven R.; Spindler, Bryan D. Influence of drought conditions on brown trout biomass and size structure in the Black Hills, South Dakota
We evaluated the influence of drought conditions on the biomass of brown trout Salmo trutta in Spearfish Creek, upper Rapid Creek, and lower Rapid Creek in the Black Hills of western South Dakota. Stream discharge, mean summer water temperature, the biomass of juvenile and adult brown trout, and brown trout size structure were compared...
James, Daniel A.; Wilhite, Jerry W.; Chipps, Steven R.