@article{parker_coleman_carlson_fischer_2023, title={Characterization of fish assemblages in eleven multi-use reservoirs from North Carolina, USA}, volume={38}, ISSN={["2156-6941"]}, DOI={10.1080/02705060.2023.2241494}, abstractNote={Abstract Managing impounded river systems is a recurring challenge for aquatic resource professionals because reservoirs serve multiple functions with different ecological and socioeconomic outcomes. However, research on fishes in reservoirs has disproportionally focused on recreationally and economically important species, with less attention directed toward fish assemblages despite the potential for management at the assemblage level. As such, evaluation of relationships between reservoir fish assemblages and biotic and abiotic factors and testing whether assemblage structure is affected by changing environmental conditions may deepen ecological understanding and provide insights for reservoir fisheries management. Our overall objective was to assess these relationships in 11 reservoirs from North Carolina, USA. We sampled fish assemblages in the reservoirs, which spanned five river basins representing a range of habitat conditions, using experimental gillnets and pulsed DC nighttime electrofishing. Multivariate statistical analyses indicated that taxonomic differences in fish assemblage composition among river basins followed a gradient of productivity. The top contributing species to reservoir dissimilarity were bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), and white perch (Morone americana). These four species were positively associated with factors that reflect increasing eutrophic conditions in the 11 reservoirs and could, therefore, serve as indicators of reservoir productivity, anthropogenic influence, and fish assemblage structure, in addition to their key role in reservoir fisheries management. Whereas fisheries research has historically focused on assessing fish populations, our results illustrate the ecological and management insights derived from simultaneously collecting assemblage- and population-level data. Research on reservoir fish assemblages in relation to biotic and abiotic conditions may help advance fish ecology and management alike. KEY POLICY HIGHLIGHTS Reservoir research has disproportionally focused on individual species of recreational and socioeconomic importance, rather than fish assemblages. Simultaneous collection of assemblage- and population-level fisheries data may generate both ecological and management insights that species-specific sampling cannot. As anthropogenic influences on reservoirs continue to increase, integrating environmental (biotic and abiotic conditions) and fish-assemblage data may be helpful for advancing our understanding of fish ecology and management alike.}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY}, author={Parker, Stephen W. and Coleman, Tyler Steven and Carlson, Andrew K. and Fischer, Jesse R.}, year={2023}, month={Jul} }
 @article{engman_kwak_fischer_2021, title={Big runs of little fish: first estimates of run size and exploitation in an amphidromous postlarvae fishery}, volume={78}, ISSN={["1205-7533"]}, DOI={10.1139/cjfas-2020-0093}, abstractNote={ Amphidromous postlarvae fisheries (APFs) constitute a globally widespread and distinctive class of fishery that is largely unknown to fisheries science. APFs harvest ocean-to-river migrating fishes at smaller sizes and younger ages than any other class of fishery. No quantitative estimates of run size and exploitation exist, which are needed to evaluate APF sustainability. Migrating amphidromous fishes are vectors of marine nutrients to estuaries and rivers, and run size quantification is needed to reveal the magnitude of this ecosystem function. We present a novel adaptation of trapezoidal area under the curve methods, which we apply in a Caribbean case study to yield the first simultaneous estimates of an APF run size and harvest. Run size estimates ranged 7.3–9.4 million postlarvae (926–1184 kg), and exploitation estimates (5.8%–7.0%) indicated low harvest in the Río Grande de Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Our representative run size estimates reveal that amphidromous postlarvae transport hundreds of kilograms of biomass per month to an estuary and river, the first empirical evidence that amphidromous migrations are large-magnitude material subsidies of lotic ecosystems. }, number={7}, journal={CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES}, author={Engman, Augustin C. and Kwak, Thomas J. and Fischer, Jesse R.}, year={2021}, month={Jul}, pages={905–912} }
 @article{flowers_kwak_fischer_cope_rash_besler_2019, title={Behavior and Survival of Stocked Trout in Southern Appalachian Mountain Streams}, volume={148}, ISSN={["1548-8659"]}, DOI={10.1002/tafs.10113}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY}, author={Flowers, H. Jared and Kwak, Thomas J. and Fischer, Jesse R. and Cope, W. Gregory and Rash, Jacob M. and Besler, Douglas A.}, year={2019}, month={Jan}, pages={3–20} }
 @article{engman_kwak_fischer_lilyestrom_2019, title={Fish Assemblages and Fisheries Resources in Puerto Rico's Riverine Estuaries}, volume={11}, ISSN={["1942-5120"]}, DOI={10.1002/mcf2.10072}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={2}, journal={MARINE AND COASTAL FISHERIES}, author={Engman, Augustin C. and Kwak, Thomas J. and Fischer, Jesse R. and Lilyestrom, Craig G.}, year={2019}, month={Apr}, pages={189–201} }
 @article{fischer_kwak_flowers_cope_rash_besler_2019, title={Growth, Condition, and Trophic Relations of Stocked Trout in Southern Appalachian Mountain Streams}, volume={148}, ISSN={["1548-8659"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10170}, DOI={10.1002/tafs.10170}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={4}, journal={TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Fischer, Jesse R. and Kwak, Thomas J. and Flowers, H. Jared and Cope, W. Gregory and Rash, Jacob M. and Besler, Douglas A.}, year={2019}, month={Jul}, pages={771–784} }
 @article{fischer_quist_2019, title={Understanding Fish Assemblage Structure in Lentic Ecosystems: Relative Effects of Abiotic Factors and Management Legacies}, volume={39}, ISSN={["1548-8675"]}, DOI={10.1002/nafm.10304}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={4}, journal={NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT}, author={Fischer, Jesse R. and Quist, Michael C.}, year={2019}, month={Aug}, pages={607–624} }
 @article{fischer_bakevich_shea_pierce_quist_2018, title={Floods, drying, habitat connectivity, and fish occupancy dynamics in restored and unrestored oxbows of West Central Iowa, USA}, volume={28}, ISSN={1052-7613}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/AQC.2896}, DOI={10.1002/AQC.2896}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={3}, journal={Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Fischer, Jesse R. and Bakevich, Bryan D. and Shea, Colin P. and Pierce, Clay L. and Quist, Michael C.}, year={2018}, month={Apr}, pages={630–640} }
 @article{engman_fischer_kwak_walter_2017, title={Diurnal feeding behavior of the American Eel Anguilla rostrata}, volume={13}, ISSN={2352-2496}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.FOOWEB.2017.10.003}, DOI={10.1016/J.FOOWEB.2017.10.003}, abstractNote={Despite potential to structure ecosystem food webs through top-down effects, the trophic interactions of the American Eel Anguilla rostrata remain largely understudied. All previous research on the trophic ecology of American Eel in inland aquatic ecosystems has been conducted in temperate continental regions of the species' range. These studies have led to a paradigm that American Eel is a nocturnally active benthic predator, which most commonly consumes benthic invertebrates. Tropical island streams and rivers have habitats and communities that are distinct from temperate counterparts, but comprise a large portion of the adult habitat in the American Eel's range. We documented a previously undescribed diurnal feeding behavior by American Eel in a Caribbean river and demonstrate that this behavior, and a shift toward more frequent daytime feeding, is linked to periodic mass migrations of postlarvae of amphidromous fish taxa, including the Sicydiine goby Sicydium spp. Our findings indicate that periodic mass migrations of amphidromous postlarvae could function as a potentially important food source for American Eel in tropical regions of its distribution, despite the intermittence of availability. Furthermore, this suggests that the American Eel plays an important role in the structure of tropical lotic food webs through top-down effects that are potentially augmented by instream barriers.}, journal={Food Webs}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Engman, Augustin C. and Fischer, Jesse R. and Kwak, Thomas J. and Walter, Michael J.}, year={2017}, month={Dec}, pages={27–29} }
 @article{fischer_koch_2017, title={Fin rays and spines}, journal={Age and Growth of Fishes: Principles and Techniques}, author={Fischer, J. R. and Koch, J. D.}, year={2017}, pages={173–187} }
 @article{engman_kwak_fischer_2017, title={Recruitment phenology and pelagic larval duration in Caribbean amphidromous fishes}, volume={36}, ISSN={["2161-9565"]}, DOI={10.1086/694176}, abstractNote={Amphidromous fishes are major components of oceanic tropical island stream ecosystems, such as those of the Caribbean island, Puerto Rico. Fishes with this life history face threats related to the requirement for connectivity between freshwater and marine environments during early life stages. Pelagic larval duration and recruitment phenology are 2 early life-history processes that are crucial for the biology, ecology, conservation, and management of amphidromous fishes. However, these processes are understudied in the Caribbean in general and have never been quantified in Puerto Rico. We quantified recruit abundance, recruitment phenology, and pelagic larval duration of several Caribbean amphidromous fish species in multiple rivers in Puerto Rico and explored the effects of environmental variables on recruit abundances. Two fish taxa—sirajo goby (Sicydium spp.) and River Goby (Awaous banana)—were exceptionally abundant as postlarvae and recruited to Caribbean rivers in pulsed migration episodes that were periodic at annual and lunar scales. Sirajo goby and River Goby recruit abundances varied among rivers, were greater at sunrise than at sunset, and were positively related to river discharge. The pelagic larval duration of 4 fish taxa ranged from a minimum of 28 d to a maximum of 103 d with means between 43 ± 7 d (SD) and 65 ± 11 d. We identified the last-quarter moon phase during the months of June through January as periods of maximum amphidromous fish recruitment to freshwater streams. The results and conclusions of our study can be applied to identify critical times to maintain river–ocean connectivity and stream flow for the benefit of the amphidromous fish population dynamics, stream ecology, and natural resources of the Caribbean.}, number={4}, journal={FRESHWATER SCIENCE}, author={Engman, Augustin C. and Kwak, Thomas J. and Fischer, Jesse R.}, year={2017}, month={Dec}, pages={851–865} }
 @inproceedings{kwak_engman_fischer_lilyestrom_2016, title={Drivers of Caribbean freshwater ecosystems and fisheries}, booktitle={Freshwater, Fish and the Future: Proceedings of the Global Cross-Sectoral Conference}, author={Kwak, T. J. and Engman, A. C. and Fischer, J. R. and Lilyestrom, C. G.}, year={2016}, pages={219–232} }
 @article{meyer_phelps_fischer_fincel_hamel_krogman_lang_neebling_pierce_stubbs_2015, title={Aiming to Support Young Professionals}, volume={40}, ISSN={0363-2415 1548-8446}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2015.1008695}, DOI={10.1080/03632415.2015.1008695}, abstractNote={To cite this article: Hilary Meyerfor the YPC Young Professional Committee Members:, Quinton Phelps (Chair), Jesse Fischer (Education Section), Mark Fincel, Marty Hamel, Rebecca Krogman (Education Section), Tom Lang, Travis Neebling, Landon Pierce (Student Subsection of the Education Section) & Tyler Stubbs (2015) Aiming to Support Young Professionals, Fisheries, 40:3, 108-108, DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2015.1008695}, number={3}, journal={Fisheries}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Meyer, Hilary and Phelps, Quinton and Fischer, Jesse and Fincel, Mark and Hamel, Marty and Krogman, Rebecca and Lang, Tom and Neebling, Travis and Pierce, Landon and Stubbs, Tyler}, year={2015}, month={Mar}, pages={108–108} }
 @article{carlson_fischer_pierce_dembkowski_colvin_kerns_fore_2015, title={Purpose, History, and Importance of the Student Angle}, volume={40}, ISSN={["1548-8446"]}, DOI={10.1080/03632415.2014.964399}, abstractNote={FisheriesVolume 40, Issue 2 p. 81-83 Student Angle Purpose, History, and Importance of the Student Angle Andrew K. Carlson, Andrew K. Carlson President of Student Subsection [email protected] NPBL 138, Box 2140 B, Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007Search for more papers by this authorJesse R. Fischer, Jesse R. Fischer Past President of Student Subsection David Clark Labs, Campus Box 7617, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695Search for more papers by this authorLandon L. Pierce, Landon L. Pierce Past President of Student Subsection 302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211Search for more papers by this authorDan J. Dembkowski, Dan J. Dembkowski Past President of Student Subsection NPBL 138, Box 2140 B, Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007Search for more papers by this authorMichael E. Colvin, Michael E. Colvin Past President of Student Subsection 104 Nash Hall, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-3803Search for more papers by this authorJanice A. Kerns, Janice A. Kerns Past Secretary-Treasurer of Student Subsection Fisheries Analysis Center, Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 800 Reserve St., Stevens Point, WI, 54481Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey D. Fore, Jeffrey D. Fore Past President of Student Subsection The Nature Conservancy, West Tennessee Program Office, Jackson, TN, 38305Search for more papers by this author Andrew K. Carlson, Andrew K. Carlson President of Student Subsection [email protected] NPBL 138, Box 2140 B, Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007Search for more papers by this authorJesse R. Fischer, Jesse R. Fischer Past President of Student Subsection David Clark Labs, Campus Box 7617, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695Search for more papers by this authorLandon L. Pierce, Landon L. Pierce Past President of Student Subsection 302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211Search for more papers by this authorDan J. Dembkowski, Dan J. Dembkowski Past President of Student Subsection NPBL 138, Box 2140 B, Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57007Search for more papers by this authorMichael E. Colvin, Michael E. Colvin Past President of Student Subsection 104 Nash Hall, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-3803Search for more papers by this authorJanice A. Kerns, Janice A. Kerns Past Secretary-Treasurer of Student Subsection Fisheries Analysis Center, Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 800 Reserve St., Stevens Point, WI, 54481Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey D. Fore, Jeffrey D. Fore Past President of Student Subsection The Nature Conservancy, West Tennessee Program Office, Jackson, TN, 38305Search for more papers by this author First published: 25 February 2015 https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2014.964399Citations: 1 All authors are current or former members of the AFS Student Subsection of the Education Section Executive Committee. 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 @article{fischer_quist_2014, title={Characterizing lentic freshwater fish assemblages using multiple sampling methods}, volume={186}, ISSN={["1573-2959"]}, DOI={10.1007/s10661-014-3711-z}, abstractNote={Characterizing fish assemblages in lentic ecosystems is difficult, and multiple sampling methods are almost always necessary to gain reliable estimates of indices such as species richness. However, most research focused on lentic fish sampling methodology has targeted recreationally important species, and little to no information is available regarding the influence of multiple methods and timing (i.e., temporal variation) on characterizing entire fish assemblages. Therefore, six lakes and impoundments (48-1,557 ha surface area) were sampled seasonally with seven gear types to evaluate the combined influence of sampling methods and timing on the number of species and individuals sampled. Probabilities of detection for species indicated strong selectivities and seasonal trends that provide guidance on optimal seasons to use gears when targeting multiple species. The evaluation of species richness and number of individuals sampled using multiple gear combinations demonstrated that appreciable benefits over relatively few gears (e.g., to four) used in optimal seasons were not present. Specifically, over 90 % of the species encountered with all gear types and season combinations (N = 19) from six lakes and reservoirs were sampled with nighttime boat electrofishing in the fall and benthic trawling, modified-fyke, and mini-fyke netting during the summer. Our results indicated that the characterization of lentic fish assemblages was highly influenced by the selection of sampling gears and seasons, but did not appear to be influenced by waterbody type (i.e., natural lake, impoundment). The standardization of data collected with multiple methods and seasons to account for bias is imperative to monitoring of lentic ecosystems and will provide researchers with increased reliability in their interpretations and decisions made using information on lentic fish assemblages.}, number={7}, journal={ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT}, author={Fischer, Jesse R. and Quist, Michael C.}, year={2014}, month={Jul}, pages={4461–4474} }
 @article{fischer_quist_2014, title={Erratum to: Characterizing lentic freshwater fish assemblages using multiple sampling methods}, volume={186}, ISSN={0167-6369 1573-2959}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/S10661-014-3782-X}, DOI={10.1007/S10661-014-3782-X}, number={7}, journal={Environmental Monitoring and Assessment}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Fischer, Jesse R. and Quist, Michael C.}, year={2014}, month={May}, pages={4475–4477} }
 @article{fischer_quist_2014, title={Gear and Seasonal Bias Associated with Abundance and Size Structure Estimates for Lentic Freshwater Fishes}, volume={5}, ISSN={["1944-687X"]}, DOI={10.3996/082013-jfwm-054}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT}, author={Fischer, Jesse R. and Quist, Michael C.}, year={2014}, month={Dec}, pages={394–412} }
 @article{fischer_krogman_quist_2013, title={Influences of native and non-native benthivorous fishes on aquatic ecosystem degradation}, volume={711}, ISSN={0018-8158 1573-5117}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/S10750-013-1483-Z}, DOI={10.1007/S10750-013-1483-Z}, abstractNote={Invasive common carp Cyprinus carpio has long been identified as a contributor to water quality deterioration, disrupted ecosystem processes, and shifts in biological assemblage structure. In contrast, little information is available regarding the effects of native benthivorous species on aquatic systems despite their functional similarity to common carp. Effects of common carp and the native black bullhead Ameiurus melas on sediment resuspension, nutrient concentrations, macrophytes, and assemblage structure of zooplankton and macroinvertebrates, were experimentally evaluated. We observed decreased water clarity, increased nutrient concentrations, decreased macrophyte biomass, and decreased benthic macroinvertebrate abundance and biomass associated with common carp, regardless of the presence of black bullhead. In contrast, black bullhead increased total phosphorus, and chlorophyll a concentrations and copepod abundance, but had little or no effect on other measured water quality and biological variables when compared to control conditions. Overall, experimental results suggest that although black bullhead tend to be tolerant of degraded ecosystems, they are not a source of physical changes to the environment known to be responsible for perpetuating degraded water quality (e.g., stable state shifts). Therefore, increased abundance of native species, such as black bullhead, following the invasion of common carp, may serve as an indicator of ecological conditions and should not to be assumed as causative.}, number={1}, journal={Hydrobiologia}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Fischer, Jesse R. and Krogman, Rebecca M. and Quist, Michael C.}, year={2013}, month={Mar}, pages={187–199} }
 @article{mork_bisping_fischer_quist_2009, title={Population Characteristics of Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas) in Iowa Natural Lakes}, volume={24}, ISSN={0270-5060 2156-6941}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2009.9664341}, DOI={10.1080/02705060.2009.9664341}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Black bullhead (Ameiurus mefas) populations in three natural lakes in northwestern Iowa were sampled to describe abundance, size structure, condition, mortality, recruitment variability, and growth in relation to a range of physical and limnological conditions. Six-hundred-and-fifty-three black bullhead were sampled with modified fyke nets during summer 2008 from Silver Lake, Lake Minnewashta, and West Okoboji Lake. Catch-per-unit-effort of black bullhead in Silver Lake (21.9 fish per net-night; fish/NN) was significantly higher than in Lake Minnewashta (P<0.0l; 10.4 fish/NN) and West Okoboji Lake (P<0.01: 5.6 fish/NN). Proportional size distribution (PSD) was similar among populations, but PSD of preferred-length fish in Silver Lake was much greater than in the other lakes. Mean relative weights were generally high across all lakes (90–92) but were highest in Silver Lake. Total annual mortality was highest in Lake Minnewashta (79%) and lowest in Silver Lake (24%). Recruitment variability of black bullhead, measured with the recruitment variability index, was 0.69 in West Okoboji Lake, 0.62 in Lake Minnewashta, and 0.47 in Silver Lake. Black bullhead length at age 3 differed (P<0.01) among lakes and was highest in Silver Lake (274 mm) followed by Lake Minnewashta (247 mm) and West Okoboji Lake (228 mm). Silver Lake is considered to have the poorest water quality of the study lakes due to high nutrient concentrations and low water clarity. The influence of black bullhead on water quality conditions is unknown, but our results suggest that these conditions are ideal for black bullhead populations in Iowa lakes.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Freshwater Ecology}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Mork, Matthew D. and Bisping, Scott M. and Fischer, Jesse R. and Quist, Michael C.}, year={2009}, month={Dec}, pages={635–644} }
 @article{paukert_schloesser_fischer_eitzmann_pitts_thornbrugh_2008, title={Effect of Instream Sand Dredging on Fish Communities in the Kansas River USA: Current and Historical Perspectives}, volume={23}, ISSN={0270-5060 2156-6941}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2008.9664250}, DOI={10.1080/02705060.2008.9664250}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Relatively few studies have examined the ecological effects of instream sand and gravel mining which occurs in many streams and rivers worldwide. The objective of this study was to evaluate fish community composition at sand dredged and unmodified (control) sites in the Kansas River, Kansas. Fish and habitat sampling were conducted at two control sites and one dredged site in September 1979 and 1980. The same sites and one additional dredged site were sampled in September 2006. In 2006, dredged sites were deeper and had slower current velocities than control sites. Similarity indices determined that fish community at control sites in 2006 were 80% similar to the same sites in 1979 and 1980, despite 26 years between sampling. Dredged sites had more variable species composition, but one site still had large-river species (blue sucker shovelnose sturgeon), which were sampled above the actual dredge in fast shallow water. Native river fish species were similarly present in 1979–1980 and 2006, but lentie and non-native fishes (e.g., centrarchids), although still in low abundance, increased in 2006 particularly in dredged sites. These results suggest that sand dredging provided habitats that were suitable for lentic fishes, but other anthropogenie effects (reservoir construction urbanization) also likely contributed to fish assemblage changes in the Kansas River}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Freshwater Ecology}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Paukert, Craig and Schloesser, Joshua and Fischer, Jesse and Eitzmann, Jeff and Pitts, Kristen and Thornbrugh, Darren}, year={2008}, month={Dec}, pages={623–633} }
 @article{brinkley_fischer_paukert_2008, title={The Effect of Fixative an Total Length of Small-Bodied Stream Fishes}, volume={23}, ISSN={0270-5060 2156-6941}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2008.9664227}, DOI={10.1080/02705060.2008.9664227}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataructae). red shiner (Cyprinella futrensis), and green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) were fixed in 5% and 10% fonnalin and 70% and 95% ethyl alcohol to determine fixative effects on total length (TI,). Total length reduced over the first 24h for all species (P<0.0001) but then stabilized. Longnose dace and green sunfish TL reduction was less for 5% formalin than for either 70% or 95% ethanol (both P<0.0001), whereas the fixative solution had no effect on red shiner TL (P=0.347). A greater percentage of change in TL was observed in green sunfish and red shiner than in longnose dace, suggesting that body form (compressiform vs. fusiform) may affect shrinkage rate among adult stream fishes.}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Freshwater Ecology}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Brinkley, Phillip D. and Fischer, Jesse R. and Paukert, Craig P.}, year={2008}, month={Sep}, pages={471–473} }