Stuart Welsh, PhD
Assistant Unit Leader - West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Research Interests
- Systematics
- Ecology
- Conservation of freshwater fishes
Teaching Interests
- Ichthyology
- Zoogeography
- Systematics
Professional Experience
Assistant Unit Leader, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2000-
Education and Certifications
Ph D West Virginia University 1997
MS Frostburg State University 1994
BS West Virginia University 1990
Science and Products
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Prevalence of Anguillicoloides crassus and growth variation in migrant yellow-phase American eels of the upper Potomac River drainage Prevalence of Anguillicoloides crassus and growth variation in migrant yellow-phase American eels of the upper Potomac River drainage
Prevalence of the non-native swim bladder nematode Anguillicoloides crassus has recently increased in American eels from estuaries of the North American Atlantic coast, but little is known about parasite prevalence or conditions of previous infection in upstream migrant eels within upper watersheds. This study is the first to confirm presence of A. crassus in the upper Potomac River...
Authors
Jennifer L. Zimmerman, Stuart A. Welsh
Community-level response of fishes and aquatic macroinvertebrates to stream restoration in a third-order tributary of the Potomac River, USA Community-level response of fishes and aquatic macroinvertebrates to stream restoration in a third-order tributary of the Potomac River, USA
Natural stream channel design principles and riparian restoration practices were applied during spring 2010 to an agriculturally impaired reach of the Cacapon River, a tributary of the Potomac River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Aquatic macroinvertebrates and fishes were sampled from the restoration reach, two degraded control, and two natural reference reaches prior to...
Authors
Stephen M. Selego, Charnee L. Rose, George T. Merovich, Stuart A. Welsh, James T. Anderson
Available benthic habitat type may influence predation risk in larval lampreys Available benthic habitat type may influence predation risk in larval lampreys
Population declines of lamprey species have largely been attributed to habitat degradation, yet there still remain many unanswered questions about the relationships between lampreys and their habitats (Torgensen & Close 2004; Smith et al. 2011). One scarcely researched area of lamprey ecology is the effect of predation on lampreys (Cochran 2009). Specifically, the influence of available...
Authors
Dustin M. Smith, Stuart A. Welsh, Philip J. Turk
Selection and preference of benthic habitat by small and large Ammocoetes of the Least Brook Lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera) Selection and preference of benthic habitat by small and large Ammocoetes of the Least Brook Lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera)
In this laboratory study, we quantified substrate selection by small (
Authors
Dustin M. Smith, Stuart A. Welsh, Philip J. Turk
Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia
Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax is a stream-dwelling crayfish that appears to be endemic to the Greenbrier River basin in the Valley and Ridge province of West Virginia. Within the Greenbrier system it occurs primarily in tributaries to the Greenbrier mainstem, with stable populations in the East and West Fork, and Thorny, Knapp, and Deer creeks. The new species is morphologically most...
Authors
Zachary J. Loughman, Thomas P. Simon, Stuart A. Welsh
Forward to the conservation, biology, and natural history of North American crayfishes Forward to the conservation, biology, and natural history of North American crayfishes
No abstract available.
Authors
Zachary J. Loughman, Thomas P. Simon, Stuart A. Welsh
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Prevalence of Anguillicoloides crassus and growth variation in migrant yellow-phase American eels of the upper Potomac River drainage Prevalence of Anguillicoloides crassus and growth variation in migrant yellow-phase American eels of the upper Potomac River drainage
Prevalence of the non-native swim bladder nematode Anguillicoloides crassus has recently increased in American eels from estuaries of the North American Atlantic coast, but little is known about parasite prevalence or conditions of previous infection in upstream migrant eels within upper watersheds. This study is the first to confirm presence of A. crassus in the upper Potomac River...
Authors
Jennifer L. Zimmerman, Stuart A. Welsh
Community-level response of fishes and aquatic macroinvertebrates to stream restoration in a third-order tributary of the Potomac River, USA Community-level response of fishes and aquatic macroinvertebrates to stream restoration in a third-order tributary of the Potomac River, USA
Natural stream channel design principles and riparian restoration practices were applied during spring 2010 to an agriculturally impaired reach of the Cacapon River, a tributary of the Potomac River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Aquatic macroinvertebrates and fishes were sampled from the restoration reach, two degraded control, and two natural reference reaches prior to...
Authors
Stephen M. Selego, Charnee L. Rose, George T. Merovich, Stuart A. Welsh, James T. Anderson
Available benthic habitat type may influence predation risk in larval lampreys Available benthic habitat type may influence predation risk in larval lampreys
Population declines of lamprey species have largely been attributed to habitat degradation, yet there still remain many unanswered questions about the relationships between lampreys and their habitats (Torgensen & Close 2004; Smith et al. 2011). One scarcely researched area of lamprey ecology is the effect of predation on lampreys (Cochran 2009). Specifically, the influence of available...
Authors
Dustin M. Smith, Stuart A. Welsh, Philip J. Turk
Selection and preference of benthic habitat by small and large Ammocoetes of the Least Brook Lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera) Selection and preference of benthic habitat by small and large Ammocoetes of the Least Brook Lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera)
In this laboratory study, we quantified substrate selection by small (
Authors
Dustin M. Smith, Stuart A. Welsh, Philip J. Turk
Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia
Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax is a stream-dwelling crayfish that appears to be endemic to the Greenbrier River basin in the Valley and Ridge province of West Virginia. Within the Greenbrier system it occurs primarily in tributaries to the Greenbrier mainstem, with stable populations in the East and West Fork, and Thorny, Knapp, and Deer creeks. The new species is morphologically most...
Authors
Zachary J. Loughman, Thomas P. Simon, Stuart A. Welsh
Forward to the conservation, biology, and natural history of North American crayfishes Forward to the conservation, biology, and natural history of North American crayfishes
No abstract available.
Authors
Zachary J. Loughman, Thomas P. Simon, Stuart A. Welsh