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Steve Gutreuter

Position title: Research Statistician

Email: sgutreuter@usgs.gov
Phone: 608.781.6222
Fax: 608.783.6066

Education:
1983 Ph.D., Fisheries and Wildlife Science, University of Missouri
1983 M.A., Statistics, University of Missouri
1980 M.S., Fisheries and Wildlife Science, University of Missouri
1975 B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Primary Responsibilities/Activities:
Provide leadership to the project titled Managing Pathways of Biological Production of Large Rivers, and to the Upper Trophic component of the UMESC River Productivity Team.  Conduct quantitatively oriented research on the fishes of large rivers with emphasis on anthropogenic effects on populations and identification of river restoration strategies.  New ecological research focuses on trophically based measures of habitat quality and the intersection between channel hydraulics and fish ecology.  Develop and apply statistical models to the solution of problems in ecotoxicology.  

Research Interests:

• Fish Ecology
• Aquatic Food Webs
• Ecological Assessment
• Statistical Modeling

Active Projects:

• Managing Pathways of Biological Production of Large Rivers | Fact Sheet (.pdf 95 KB)

Select Publications:
Gutreuter, S., J. M. Dettmers, and D. H. Wahl. 2003.  Estimating mortality rates of adult fishes from entrainment through the propellers of river towboats.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:646-661.

Gutreuter, S.  2004.  Challenging the assumption of habitat limitation:  an example from centrarchid fishes over an intermediate spatial scale.  River Research and Applications 20:413-425.

Gutreuter, S., J.M. Vallazza and B.C. Knights.  2006.  Persistent disturbance by commercial navigation alters the relative abundance of channel-dwelling fishes in a large river.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:2418-2433.

Gutreuter, S. and M. A. Boogaard.  In press.  Prediction of lethal/effective concentration/dose in the presence of multiple auxiliary covariates and components of variance.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemstry 26:000-000.

Links:
Development of models for ecological investigation and management of the Upper Mississippi River System

Assessment of potential effects of increased commercial navigation on the fishes of the Upper Mississippi River System

Landscape analysis of freshwater mussels in the Upper Mississippi River System

Managing pathways of biological production of large rivers | Fact Sheet (.pdf 95 KB)

Managing pathways of biological production of large rivers (the importance of deep channels to the production of riverine fishes)

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