Species Diversity and Life History

USGS scientists study the diversity of aquatic species and their varied life histories and species interactions that represent complex aquatic communities in unique aquatic habitats.

Clupeids and Herring

• Effects of Stress and Fatigue on Migration and Spawning Success of Anadromous Clupeids (Anadromous clupeids) (LSC) (also related to Fish and Aquatic Organism Health, Fish Passage and Dams)

Crustaceans

• Free-Living and Parasitic Copepods (Including Branchiurans) of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Keys and Details on Individual Species (Copepods) (GLSC)

Eels

• Investigation of migratory behaviors and passage technologies for American eels (American eel) (LSC)

Lamprey

• Effects of Swimming and Exhaustive Stress in Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata): Implications
  for Upstream Migrations Past Dams  (Pacific lamprey) (WFRC)
  
  
• Sea Lamprey, Invasive Species (UMESC)

Minnows

• Investigations into the Early Life Histories of the Razorback Sucker and Bonytail in Cibola High Levee Pond, Arizona (Bonytail, Razorback sucker) (FORT)

Mussels

• Ecology and Biology of Declining Freshwater Mussels (Freshwater mussels, Unionids) (LSC)

• Understanding Fragmentation: A Comparison of Population Structure Between Rare and Common Species of Freshwater Mussels in the Upper Delaware River (Alasmidonta heterodon, Alasmidonta implicata, Elliptio complanata, Unionids) (LSC) (also related to Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology)

Native Fishes

• Biographies of Southeastern Freshwater Fishes: Northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus), Crescent shiner (Luxilus cerasinus), Yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), Rainbow shiner (Notropis chrosomus), Saffron shiner (Notropis rubricroceus) (FISC)
  
  
• The Case of the Red Shiner: What Happens When a Fish Goes Bad? - Behavioral Interaction between the Nonindigenous Red Shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) and the Threatened Blue Shiner (Cyprinella caerulea): An Experimental Study of Reproductive Competition (Red shiner, Blue shiner) (FISC)
  

Salmon and Trout

• Alagnak River Rainbow Trout Research: The Seasonal Distribution, Migratory Behavior, and Habitat Use by Alagnak River Rainbow Trout (Rainbow trout) (ASC)

• Assessing the Risk Posed to Native Atlantic Salmon in Maine by Escapement of European Salmon with Emphasis on the Potential for Outbreeding Depression (Atlantic salmon, European salmon) (LSC)

• Evaluating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Restoration Effort: Genetic Variability, Stocking Success and Habitat Quality (Atlantic salmon) (LSC) (also related to Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology; Restoration Science and Technology)

• Fish Populations Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River sucker, Salmonids, Shortnose sucker, Steelhead, White sturgeon) (WFRC) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams)

• Individual-Based Approach to Evaluating the Relationship Between Habitat Choice, Life History Strategies, and Smolt Production (Atlantic salmon) (LSC)

• Juvenile Atlantic Salmon Growth and Life History in a Maine Stream (Atlantic salmon) (LSC)
  

• Transcriptional Profiling of the Parr-Smolt Transformation in Atlantic Salmon and the Effect of Nonylphenol on Gene Expression During Smolt Development (Atlantic salmon) (LSC) (also related to Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology)

• Wandering Wildlife: Tracking Animal Movements with Radio Telemetry (Sockeye salmon) (ASC) (Also related to Imperiled Aquatic Species, Restoration Science and Technology)

Shad

• Evaluation of Passage Performance of Adult American Shad at Lower Connecticut River Mainstem Fish Passage Facilities (American shad) (LSC)

Sturgeons

• Biological Studies of Shortnose and Other Sturgeons (Shortnose sturgeon, Sturgeons) (LSC)
  
  
• Conceptual Life-History Model for Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon (CERC)

• Development of Methods to Determine the Reproductive Status of Pallid Sturgeon in the Missouri River (Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) and shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) (CERC)
  
  
• Habitat Use and Movement of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the Upper Mississippi River: Effects of Navigation (Lake sturgeon) (UMESC)

• Life History Behavior and Fish Passage of Shortnose and Other Sturgeons (Chinese  sturgeon, Lake sturgeon, Pallid sturgeon, Russian sturgeon, Shortnose sturgeon, Stellate sturgeon, White sturgeon) (LSC) (Also related to Fish Passage and Dams)
  

• Seasonal Habitat Use and Movements of White Sturgeons (White sturgeon) (WFRC)

Suckers

• Fisheries Investigations for Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in Upper Klamath Lake (Lost River sucker, Shortnose sucker) (WFRC)
  
  
• Fish Populations Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River sucker, Salmonids, Shortnose sucker, Steelhead, White sturgeon) (WFRC) (also related to Fish Passage and Dams)

• Near-Shore Habitat Use by Endangered Juvenile Suckers
  in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon (Lost River sucker, Shortnose sucker) (WFRC)

• Investigations into the Early Life Histories of the Razorback Sucker and Bonytail in Cibola High Levee Pond, Arizona (Bonytail, Razorback sucker) (FORT)
  

Turtles

• Genetic Population Structure Among Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in Chesapeake Bay and a Comparison Among Representative Populations Throughout the Species’ Range (Diamondback terrapins) (LSC) (also related to Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology)

• Identification of Population Structure, Metapopulation Extent, and Evolutionarily Significant Lineages in the Spotted Turtle: Implications for Restoration (Spotted turtle) (LSC) (also related to Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology)