Clint Muhlfeld, PhD

Expertise:

• Hybridization between native and nonnative salmonids
• Nonnative aquatic species invasions
• Fish habitat relationships
• Life history and movement of native fishes
• Demographic and stochastic population modeling
• Watershed and stream habitat restoration
• Impacts of hydroelectric dams on aquatic ecosystems
• Bioenergetics modeling of aquatic systems

Research Interest:

• Rainbow trout invasion and the spread of hybridization with westslope cutthroat trout.
• Risk based viable population modeling of bull trout.
• Instream Flow Investigations: Influence of winter and summer flow augmentation and ramping rates on native salmonids downriver of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams.
• Non-native lake trout invasion and impacts on native salmonids in the western United States.
• Using geochemical analysis of fish scales and otoliths to understand natal origin and life history of salmonids.
• Research and monitoring of aquatic biota associated with proposed gas and oil development in the upper Flathead River, Canada.
• Genetic structure and paternity analysis of salmonids.
• Using bioenergetics modeling and stable isotope analysis to investigate community interactions.
• Suppression of introduced rainbow and hybrid trout in the upper Flathead River system.
• Stream habitat and watershed restoration in the upper Flathead River system.
• The potential influence of changing climate on the persistence of native salmonids "at risk".