@article{nielsen_2021, title={Want to Make Fisheries More Diverse and Inclusive? Tell New Stories!}, volume={150}, ISSN={["1548-8659"]}, DOI={10.1002/tafs.10285}, abstractNote={AbstractCreating a diverse and inclusive fisheries profession requires telling new stories. While we revere the well‐known pioneers in our profession, we must expand beyond them. New stories, like those in my book, Nature’s Allies, show that conservationists come from all walks of life, proving that anyone and everyone can be a member and leader in our field. For example, the life of Billy Frank Jr., a Native American fisherman from western Washington, shows how his passion for salmon and for Native Americans’ legitimate treaty fishing rights led to a revolution in fisheries management in the Pacific Northwest. To achieve diversity and inclusion, we must (1) confront our implicit biases, (2) recruit from different sources and communities, and (3) tell stories and show pictures of diverse people and activities.}, number={1}, journal={TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY}, author={Nielsen, Larry A.}, year={2021}, month={Jan}, pages={3–7} } @inbook{nielsen_stokes_2014, title={Let's play two: Optimism makes all things possible}, booktitle={Future of Fisheries: Perspectives for Emerging Professionals}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Stokes, G. L.}, year={2014}, pages={135–140} } @book{ecosystem management adaptive, community-based conservation_2002, publisher={Washington, DC: Island Press}, year={2002} } @book{meffe_nielsen_knight_schenborn_2002, title={Ecosystem management: Adaptive, community-based conservation}, publisher={Washington, DC: Island Press}, author={Meffe, G. and Nielsen, L. A. and Knight, R. and Schenborn, D.}, year={2002} } @inbook{nielsen_2002, title={The Problem at Pebble Beach and how to play a great round of forestry}, booktitle={Proceedings of the 2002 Penn State Forest Resources Issues Conference}, publisher={State College, PA: Pennsylvania State University}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={2002} } @article{broussard_jones_nielsen_flanagan_2001, title={Forest stewardship education: Fostering positive attitudes in urban youth}, volume={99}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Forestry}, author={Broussard, S. R. and Jones, S. B. and Nielsen, L. A. and Flanagan, C. A.}, year={2001}, pages={37–42} } @article{nielsen_knuth_2001, title={People for people: education for the human dimension}, journal={Human dimensions of wildlife management in North America}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: Wildlife Society}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Knuth, B. A.}, editor={D. J. Decker, T. L. Brown and Siemer, W. F.Editors}, year={2001}, pages={505–534} } @article{nielsen_2001, title={Science and advocacy are different?and we need to keep them that way}, volume={6}, DOI={10.1080/10871200152668689}, abstractNote={Because of my administrative role and personality, I am very suspicious of mixing science and advocacy. Science is concerned with being right, whereas advocacy is concerned with not being passive. Consequently, science by itself can seldom prescribe social decisions; this assures that when scientists advocate, they will generally go beyond the limits of their scientific knowledge. Because scientists and professionals, just like all people, are laden with values, they need to be especially cautious and self-conscious when they act as advocates. And, because natural resource scientists and professionals often work in areas where knowledge is scarce and decisions are important across society, we have special responsibilities to be explicit about our roles as advocates. We must study and minimize our biases; clearly understand our personal values; disclose our interests; seek and embrace contrary views; and regularly assess our motives.}, number={1}, journal={Human Dimensions of Wildlife}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={2001}, pages={39–47} } @inproceedings{nielsen_1999, title={Diversity rising: golden opportunity, golden arches, golden rule}, booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th National Extension Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Conference: Leading the way toward sustainability: Extension in the new millennium: Portland, Maine, September 29-October 2, 1999}, publisher={Washington, D.C.: Natural Resources and Environment Unit, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service - USDA}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, editor={R. M Timm and Dann, S. L.Editors}, year={1999}, pages={53–58} } @article{nielsen_1999, title={Leading like a stained glass window}, journal={Natural resources management: Interactive opportunities. Forest Issues Conference}, publisher={University Park, PA: School of Forest Resources, Penn State}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1999}, pages={1–3} } @article{nielsen_1999, title={Three little words}, journal={Natural resources management: Interactive opportunities. Forest Issues Conference}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1999}, pages={77–80} } @inbook{washburn_jones_nielsen_1998, title={Non-industrial private forest landowners: Building the business case for sustainable forestry}, booktitle={Michael B Jenkins (Ed.), The business of sustainable forestry: Case studies}, publisher={Chicago: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation}, author={Washburn, M. P. and Jones, S. B. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1998}, pages={10–41} } @inbook{the stakeholder satisfaction triangle: a model for successful management_1997, booktitle={Developing and sustaining world fisheries resources: The state of science and management: 2nd World Fisheries Congress proceedings}, publisher={Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing}, year={1997}, pages={183–189} } @inproceedings{nielsen_1997, title={Three views on sustainability}, booktitle={Penn State School of Forest Resources Issues Conference}, publisher={University Park, PA: Penn State}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1997}, pages={1–2} } @article{knuth_nielsen_1996, title={Content analysis of agency annual reports with recommendations for improvement}, volume={14}, number={4}, journal={Wildlife Society Bulletin}, author={Knuth, B. A. and Nielsen, L. A}, year={1996}, pages={465–473} } @article{nielsen_1996, title={Fish and marine life}, journal={Dictionary of American history. Supplement}, publisher={New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Reference Books; London: Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, editor={R. H. Ferrell and Hoff, J.Editors}, year={1996}, pages={248} } @article{taylor_ferreri_nielsen_1996, title={Great Lakes fisheries futures: using an ecosystem approach to balancing the demands of a binational resource}, journal={Developing and sustaining world fisheries resources: The state of science and management: 2nd World Fisheries Congress proceedings}, publisher={Collingwood, Vic., CSIRO Publishing}, author={Taylor, W. W. and Ferreri, C. P. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1996}, pages={741–746} } @misc{nielsen_1996, title={Review of "Caring for creation: An ecumenical approach to the environmental crisis" - Oelschlaeger,M}, volume={9}, number={2}, journal={Society & Natural Resources}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1996}, pages={223–224} } @inbook{guy_blankenship_nielsen_1996, title={Tagging and marking}, booktitle={Fisheries techniques (Eds.)}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: American Fisheries Society}, author={Guy, C. S. and Blankenship, H. L. and Nielsen, L. A.}, editor={B. R. Murphy and Willis, D. W.Editors}, year={1996}, pages={353–384} } @article{nielsen_1995, title={Biodiversity: its meaning and its value}, volume={10}, number={1}, journal={Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1995}, pages={76–83} } @article{nielsen_decker_1995, title={Educating natural resource professionals for ecosystem management}, volume={13}, number={1}, journal={Renewable Resources Journal}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Decker, D. J.}, year={1995}, pages={12–17} } @misc{nielsen_1995, title={Review of D. Pauly's "On the sex of fish and the gender of scientists: Collected essays in fisheries science"}, volume={5}, number={3}, journal={Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1995}, pages={384–385} } @article{nielsen_1995, title={THE PRACTICAL USES OF FISHERIES HISTORY}, volume={20}, ISSN={["0363-2415"]}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8446(1995)020<0016:TPUOFH>2.0.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract Fisheries history has four practical uses. First, it helps us avoid bad decisions by providing a long-term vision of what we have tried and how it has worked. Second, history provides an accurate perspective on the development of our profession, verifying that conditions are neither as bad nor as good as they seem. Third, history informs the inventory stage of strategic planning, providing the baselines for setting management goals and objectives. Fourth, historical information can be used as experiments to address long-term ecological and management questions. Because of these uses, we must preserve our current work—gray literature, survey data, museum specimens, personal diaries and recollections—as the history of the future.}, number={8}, journal={FISHERIES}, author={NIELSEN, LA}, year={1995}, month={Aug}, pages={16–18} } @article{nielsen_1995, title={Taking a sabbatical}, volume={20}, number={2}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1995}, pages={43–44} } @article{nielsen_scott_1994, title={An Expert survey of information needs for Ohio River sport and commcercial fishes}, volume={94}, number={3}, journal={Ohio Journal of Science}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Scott, M. T.}, year={1994}, pages={55–59} } @inproceedings{nielsen_wespestad_1994, title={Organization and implementation of the World Fisheries Congress}, booktitle={The State of the world's fisheries resources: Proceedings of the World Fisheries Congress, plenary sessions}, publisher={New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Pub. Co.}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Wespestad, V. G.}, year={1994}, pages={1–13} } @inbook{mcmullin_nielsen_1994, title={Public involvement in natural resource allocation}, booktitle={Public policy issues in wildlife management}, publisher={New York: Greenwood Press}, author={McMullin, S. L. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1994}, pages={87–108} } @article{nielsen_1993, title={Sharing success: the rationale for management effectiveness research}, volume={58}, journal={Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1993}, pages={201–205} } @inbook{nielsen_1993, title={The history of inland fisheries management in North America}, booktitle={Inland fisheries management in North America}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: American Fisheries Society}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, editor={Kohler, C. C. and Hubert, W. A.Editors}, year={1993}, pages={3–31} } @article{odom_orth_nielsen_1992, title={Field investigation of barge-associated mortality of larvae fishes in the Kanawha River}, volume={42}, journal={Virginia Journal of Science}, author={Odom, M. C. and Orth, D. J. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1992}, pages={41–45} } @inbook{garman_nielsen_1992, title={Medium-sized rivers of the Atlantic Coastal Plain}, booktitle={Biodiversity of the southeastern United States: Aquatic communities}, publisher={New York: Wiley}, author={Garman, G. C. and Nielsen, L. A.}, editor={C. T. Hackney, S. M. Adams and Martin, W. H.Editors}, year={1992}, pages={315–350} } @book{nielsen_1992, title={Methods of marking fish and shellfish}, publisher={Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1992} } @article{dean_nielsen_helfrich_garling_1992, title={REPLACING FISH-MEAL WITH SEAFOOD PROCESSING WASTES IN CHANNEL CATFISH DIETS}, volume={54}, ISSN={["0033-0779"]}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8640(1992)054<0007:RFMWSP>2.3.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract Various seafood processing wastes were collected, analyzed, and evaluated for their use as primary protein sources in catfish diets. Finfish wastes (flounder racks and mixed finfish) were higher in crude protein content (60 versus 40%) than blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) wastes. Practical diets containing menhaden (Brevoortia spp.) fish meal or one of four seafood processing wastes (flounder racks, mixed finfish, blue crab, and blue crab without carapace) amounting to 10% of the diet were fed to fingerling channel catfish (Ictalurus punciatus) for 7 weeks under controlled, laboratory conditions. Weight gain and feed efficiency did not differ among treatments. Similar diets containing Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) or blue crab meal were compared with a standard production diet containing fish meal in a 139-d field cage culture experiment. Caged channel catfish fed the control or Atlantic herring diets had greater daily gain and net production than those fed the crab diet.}, number={1}, journal={PROGRESSIVE FISH-CULTURIST}, author={DEAN, JC and NIELSEN, LA and HELFRICH, LA and GARLING, DL}, year={1992}, month={Jan}, pages={7–13} } @inbook{nielsen_mcmullin_1992, title={The fisheries and wildlife agency in 2020}, booktitle={2020 vision: Meeting the fish wildlife conservation challenges of the 21st century: Proceedings of a symposium held at the 53rd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference--Des Moines, Iowa, December 3, 1991}, publisher={West Lafayette, Ind.: Wildlife Society, North Central Section}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and McMullin, S. L.}, year={1992}, pages={111–131} } @inbook{giles_nielsen_1992, title={The uses of geographic information systems in fisheries}, booktitle={Fisheries management and watershed development: Proceedings of the Symposium "Fisheries Management: Dealing with Development in the Watershed" held in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, November 12-15, 1991 (American Fisheries Society symposium ; 13)}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: American Fisheries Society}, author={Giles, R. H., Jr. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1992}, pages={81–94} } @article{angermeier_neves_nielsen_1991, title={Assessing stream values: Perspectives of aquatic resource professionals}, volume={11}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8675(1991)011<0001:asvpoa>2.3.co;2}, abstractNote={Abstract We used a multiattribute judgment technique to identify features of streams and rivers that confer ecological and fishery values as perceived by aquatic resource professionals. Four groups of professionals were surveyed: (1) fishery managers from Virginia's fisheries management agency; (2) aquatic biologists from Virginia's water quality regulation agency; (3) fishery managers from throughout the USA; and (4) fish ecologists from throughout the USA. Each professional assigned scores indicating value to a series of hypothetical streams that varied on the basis of six predetermined factors. We used multiple linear regression to examine relationships between the varying factors and the value scores assigned by professionals. Importance to rare and endemic species and species richness were major determinants of perceived ecological value, whereas fishery value was largely determined by species composition, aesthetic quality, and fish size. Although value perspectives were generally similar among grou...}, journal={North American Journal of Fisheries Management}, author={Angermeier, P. L. and Neves, R. J. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1991}, pages={1–10} } @inbook{stanovick_nielsen_1991, title={Assigning non-uniform sampling probabilities using expert opinion and multiple-use patterns}, booktitle={Creel and angler surveys in fisheries management: Proceedings of the International Symposium and Workshop on Creel and Angler Surveys in Fisheries Management held at Houston, Texas, USA, 26-31 March 1990 (American Fisheries Society symposium ; 12)}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: American Fisheries Society}, author={Stanovick, J. S. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1991}, pages={189–194} } @article{nielsen_1991, title={Back to the Future, .4.}, volume={16}, number={3}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1991}, pages={40} } @article{decker_shanks_nielsen_parsons_1991, title={Ethical and scientific judgments in management: beware of blurred distinctions}, volume={19}, number={4}, journal={Wildlife Society Bulletin}, author={Decker, D. J. and Shanks, R. E. and Nielsen, L. A. and Parsons, G. R.}, year={1991}, pages={523–527} } @article{nielsen_1991, title={From banquet table to bag lunch}, volume={61}, number={1}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1991}, pages={25} } @article{mcmullin_amend_nielsen_1991, title={Managing information about how we are managing: Multiple perspectives on the factors that determine agency effectiveness}, volume={56}, journal={Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference}, author={McMullin, S. L. and Amend, S. R. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1991}, pages={162–168} } @inbook{knuth_nielsen_1991, title={People, patches, and politics: Considering the human dimension in landscape management}, booktitle={Challenges in the conservation of biological resources: A practitioner's guide (Westview special studies in natural resources and energy management)}, publisher={Boulder: Westview Press}, author={Knuth, B. A. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1991}, pages={83–96} } @article{mcmullin_nielsen_1991, title={RESOLUTION OF NATURAL-RESOURCE ALLOCATION CONFLICTS THROUGH EFFECTIVE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT}, volume={19}, ISSN={["0190-292X"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1541-0072.1991.tb00429.x}, abstractNote={Policy Studies JournalVolume 19, Issue 3-4 p. 553-559 Resolution of Natural Resource Allocation Conflicts Through Effective Public Involvement Steve L McMullin, Steve L McMullinSearch for more papers by this authorLarry A Nielsen, Larry A NielsenSearch for more papers by this author Steve L McMullin, Steve L McMullinSearch for more papers by this authorLarry A Nielsen, Larry A NielsenSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1991 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.1991.tb00429.xCitations: 9AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. 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A.}, year={1991}, pages={43} } @inproceedings{nielsen_1991, title={The mathematics of aquatic resource education}, booktitle={Proceedings of the National Conference on Integrated Water Information Management, August 4-9, 1991, Atlantic City, New Jersey}, publisher={Blacksburg, VA: Multi-State Fish and Wildlife Information Systems Project, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1991}, pages={4–6} } @inbook{kokel_stanovick_nielsen_orth_1991, title={When to ask: Angler responses at different times in the fishing trip and year}, booktitle={Creel and angler surveys in fisheries management: Proceedings of the International Symposium and Workshop on Creel and Angler Surveys in Fisheries Management held at Houston, Texas, USA, 26-31 March 1990 (American Fisheries Society symposium ; 12)}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: American Fisheries Society}, author={Kokel, R. W. and Stanovick, J. S. and Nielsen, L. A. and Orth, D. J.}, year={1991}, pages={102–107} } @article{giles_nielsen_1990, title={A New focus for wildlife resource managers: the nature of the resource is changing}, volume={88}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Forestry}, author={Giles, R. H. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1990}, pages={21–26} } @article{nielsen_1990, title={A test we all need to pass}, volume={46}, number={3}, journal={Virginia Forests}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1990}, pages={11–13} } @article{adelman_griswold_herring_menzel_nielsen_noble_schramm_winter_1990, title={Criteria for evalutating University Fisheries programs: A report of the University Program Standards Committee}, volume={15}, number={2}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Adelman, I. R. and Griswold, B. L. and Herring, J. L. and Menzel, B. W. and Nielsen, L. A. and Noble, R. L. and Schramm, H. L. and Winter, J. D.}, year={1990}, pages={13–16} } @article{nielsen_1990, title={That dirty word}, volume={15}, number={5}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1990}, pages={31} } @article{nielsen_1990, title={The Name game}, volume={15}, number={6}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1990}, pages={48} } @article{scott_nielsen_1989, title={Big pictures and little pictures of West Virginia's big rivers}, volume={53}, number={5}, journal={Wonderful West Virginia}, author={Scott, M. T. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1989}, pages={18–21} } @article{nielsen_1989, title={Continuing education?as if it really mattered}, volume={8}, number={1}, journal={Human Dimensions in Wildlife Newsletter}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1989}, pages={5–8} } @book{nielsen_knuth_1989, title={Fisheries and wildlife planning teaching module}, publisher={Blacksburg: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Knuth, B. A.}, year={1989} } @article{nielsen_1989, title={Improving planning in agencies and universities}, volume={10}, journal={Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference of the Organization of Wildlife Planners`}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1989}, pages={7–14} } @article{tinsley_nielsen_wahl_1989, title={PUSHNET SAMPLING AS A SUPPLEMENT TO SEINE SAMPLING IN RIVERS}, volume={7}, ISSN={["0165-7836"]}, DOI={10.1016/0165-7836(89)90054-4}, abstractNote={Abstract A pushnet, a surface-fishing trawl mounted on the front of a small boat, was tested as a fish-collecting device to supplement seine sampling on the Ohio River. Both seine and pushnet catch rates were highly variable, with seine catch rates related to sampling conditions and pushnet catch rates related to habitat quality. The pushnet, which primarily sampled limnetic habitats, captured fewer species and smaller-sized individuals than the seine, which primarily sampled littoral habitats. The pushnet is a useful addition to faunal survey equipment because it samples differently from a seine and is useable where steeply-sloping shorelines, fast currents, shoreline obstructions and soft substrates prevent seining.}, number={3}, journal={FISHERIES RESEARCH}, author={TINSLEY, VR and NIELSEN, LA and WAHL, DH}, year={1989}, month={May}, pages={201–206} } @article{knuth_nielsen_1989, title={SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR WILDLIFE AND FISHERY RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS}, volume={2}, ISSN={["0894-1920"]}, DOI={10.1080/08941928909380696}, abstractNote={Abstract Following a model based on the development and use of social indicators in the field of public administration, the article describes a system of wildlife and fishery resource management indicators for all dimensions of the resource management complex. The system includes a comprehensive series of biologic, social, and institutional dimensions. These dimensions are arrayed with four management system components—inputs, processes, outputs, and impacts—to form a 16‐cell matrix containing 377 resource management indicators. Social and institutional dimensions are discussed as being most in need of explicit management attention. The indicator system has utility for improving all phases of the management process, from goal‐ and objective‐setting through evaluation. Use of the indicator system will lead to more comprehensive and explicit resource management decisions and will help identify promising new areas for research, especially in the human dimension.}, number={4}, journal={SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES}, author={KNUTH, BA and NIELSEN, LA}, year={1989}, pages={329–344} } @article{nielsen_knuth_helinski_1989, title={Thinking together: uniting the human dimensions responsibilities of universities and agencies}, volume={54}, journal={Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Knuth, B. A. and Helinski, R.}, year={1989} } @article{scott_nielsen_1989, title={Young fish distribution in backwaters and main-channel borders of the Kanawha River, West Virginia}, volume={35}, DOI={10.1111/j.1095-8649.1989.tb03042.x}, abstractNote={Fish in the Kanawha River were collected with a 0.5‐m plankton net in main‐channel borders and in open areas of backwaters and with a 1‐m2 enclosed dropbox in shallow backwater habitats. Larval emerald shiners, Notropis atherinoides, were twice as dense, and gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, 2.5 times as dense in main‐channel borders as in backwaters; larval Lepomis spp. were 20 times as dense in backwaters as in main‐channel borders. Smaller Lepomis larvae used open‐water backwater areas primarily; larger larvae migrated to vegetated backwater habitats later in the summer. Backwaters appear crucial for the maintenance of nest‐building fish species in temperate rivers, just as floodplains are necessary for the maintenance of high species diversity in tropical rivers.}, journal={Journal of Fish Biology}, author={Scott, M. T. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1989}, pages={21–27} } @article{wahl_bruner_nielsen_1988, title={TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF FRESH-WATER DRUM IN LARGE RIVERS}, volume={4}, ISSN={["0270-5060"]}, DOI={10.1080/02705060.1988.9665198}, abstractNote={Abstract We compared growth and diets of freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) collected from the Ohio and Kanawha rivers to those reported in the literature for freshwater drum in lentic systems. Diets of freshwater drum in large rivers were primarily composed of detritivores such as molluscs, crayfish and collector-gatherer invertebrates (trichopterans, ephemeropterans and dipterans) whereas zooplankton (cladoceran) and dipteran prey dominated freshwater drum collected from lakes and reservoirs. These differences were predicted by differences in energy pathways between lentic (plankton-based) and lotic (detrital-based) systems. Growth of freshwater drum was significantly higher in lotic (N=4) than in lentic (N=8) systems. Data from the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers reveal longer annual feeding cycles and greater growth in large rivers than in lentic waters. This differential growth may be caused by differences in forage base and temperature.}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY}, author={WAHL, DH and BRUNER, K and NIELSEN, LA}, year={1988}, month={Dec}, pages={483–491} } @inbook{nielsen_1988, title={The administration of the fish contaminant program in a decentralized state agency}, booktitle={Toxic contamination in large lakes}, publisher={Chelsea, Mich.: Lewis Publishers}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1988}, pages={251–265} } @article{nielsen_orth_1988, title={The hellgrammite-crayfish bait industry of the New River and its tributaries, West Virginia}, volume={8}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8675(1988)008<0317:thcbfo>2.3.co;2}, abstractNote={Abstract The bait fishery for hellgrammites Corydalus cornutus and for the crayfish Orconectes sanbornii sanbornii, O. virilis, and Cambarus sciotensis on the New River and its tributaries, West Virginia, includes commercial and angler harvests with a combined retail value of US$134,000 in 1983. Approximately 50 licensed bait dealers collected 10,812 dozen crayfish and 52,762 dozen hellgrammites, worth $2,000 per licensee in retail sales. New River anglers collected 5,640 dozen crayfish and 9,153 dozen hellgrammites in 1983. The overall commercial and recreational harvest exceeded 78,000 dozen organisms, 79% of which were hellgrammites. Most of the crayfish (70%) were bought and used locally. Only a small portion of hellgrammites (22%) were used locally; the remainder presumably supplied the statewide hellgrammite market. The commercial fishery is highly integrated, with most persons harvesting bait and selling directly to anglers. The hellgrammite–crayfish bait fishery is a “cottage industry” based on lo...}, number={3}, journal={North American Journal of Fisheries Management}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Orth, D. J.}, year={1988}, pages={317–324} } @book{helfrich_bromley_nielsen_1988, title={Virginia's valuable fisheries and wildlife resources}, publisher={Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Cooperative Extension Service}, author={Helfrich, L. A. and Bromley, P. T. Bromley and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1988} } @article{tinsley_nielsen_1987, title={Administrative arrangements for managing fisheries on interstate borders}, volume={6}, journal={Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law}, author={Tinsley, V. R. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1987}, pages={263–321} } @book{le cren_nielsen_1987, title={Case studies in fisheries management}, publisher={Blacksburg: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences}, author={Le Cren, E. D. and Nielsen, L.A.}, year={1987} } @article{nielsen_1987, title={Designing natural resource education: Lessons from real professions}, volume={52}, journal={Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1987}, pages={714–721} } @article{nielsen_kapetsky_1987, title={FAO: extension on a worldwide scale}, volume={12}, number={1}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Kapetsky, J. A.}, year={1987}, pages={6–9} } @article{knuth_nielsen_1986, title={A content analysis of fish and wildlife agency reports}, volume={14}, journal={Wildlife Society Bulletin}, author={Knuth, B. A. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1986}, pages={465–473} } @article{dean_garling_nielsen_1986, title={EFFECTS OF DIETARY-PROTEIN QUANTITY AND PROTEIN-QUALITY ON GROWTH-RATE AND ON SELECTED ENZYME-ACTIVITIES IN CHANNEL CATFISH}, volume={83}, ISSN={["0305-0491"]}, DOI={10.1016/0305-0491(86)90380-9}, abstractNote={1. Growth rate and tissue activities of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), aspartate aminotransferase (GOT) and alanine aminotransferase (GPT) increased with dietary protein quantity in fingerling channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). 2. Growth rate and GOT activity increased, and GDH activity decreased with increased quality of dietary protein. 3. The GOT:GDH ratio appears useful as an index of protein utilization and of growth rate in channel catfish.}, number={2}, journal={COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY}, author={DEAN, JC and GARLING, DL and NIELSEN, LA}, year={1986}, pages={355–363} } @article{hershfield_orth_nielsen_1986, title={Fish production in the Kanawha River and its relation to barge traffic}, volume={33}, journal={Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii = Polish Archives of Hydrobiology}, author={Hershfield, D. C. and Orth, D. J. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1986}, pages={295–304} } @article{nielsen_sheehan_orth_1986, title={Impacts of navigation on riverine fish production in the United States}, volume={33}, journal={Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii = Polish Archives of Hydrobiology}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Sheehan, R. J. and Orth, D. J.}, year={1986}, pages={277–294} } @article{wahl_nielsen_1985, title={Feeding Ecology of the Sauger (Stozpstedion-Canadense) in a Large River}, volume={42}, DOI={10.1139/f85-015}, abstractNote={ In stomachs of 550 sauger (Stizostedion canadense) collected by gillnetting in the Ohio River during June 1980 through August 1981, Dorosoma cepedianum were the most abundant prey (42% of all identified prey), followed by Notropis atherinoides (28%), Aplodinotus grunniens (16%), and Ictalurus punctatus (12%). Annual food consumption of sauger averaged 1.1% of the body weight per day. Growth and daily ration followed similar patterns, being high from September to January (maximum in October) and low from March to August. Rapid growth and high food consumption throughout fall and early winter were related to an extended period of high temperatures and increased availability of Dorosoma cepedianum. The annual period of growth and food consumption was longer and peaked later in the year in the river than those previously observed in other types of aquatic systems. }, number={1}, journal={Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences}, author={Wahl, D. H. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1985}, pages={120–128} } @article{nielsen_1985, title={Fishing contests: Here today and here tomorrow}, volume={9}, number={3}, journal={Wisconsin Natural Resources}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1985}, pages={10–12} } @article{nielsen_1985, title={Journey through the mind of a fishery manager}, volume={9}, number={3}, journal={Wisconsin Natural Resources}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1985}, pages={40–42} } @article{nielsen_1985, title={Philosophies for Managing Competitive Fishing}, volume={10}, number={3}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1985}, pages={5–7} } @article{knuth_nielsen_1984, title={Monitoring the fisheries and wildlife enterprise: A content analysis of agency annual reports}, volume={38}, journal={Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies}, author={Knuth, B. A. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1984}, pages={671–681} } @article{nielsen_1984, title={UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA OF INLAND FISHERIES SCHOOLS}, volume={9}, ISSN={["0363-2415"]}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8446(1984)009<0005:UCOIFS>2.0.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract The undergraduate curricula of 17 fisheries programs were examined from lists of required courses. Only 15% of coursework was elective for the average curriculum. Humanities, general biology, and physical sciences made up over 70% of the average requirements. Total requirements for humanities and general biology were inversely proportional to total requirements for forestry and agriculture courses. Total requirements for fisheries and aquatic biology courses were inversely proportional to total requirements for wildlife and fisheries-wildlife courses. Plans for curricular revision indicate that combined fisheries-wildlife programs will increase and that multiple-option fisheries programs may become more common.}, number={2}, journal={FISHERIES}, author={NIELSEN, LA}, year={1984}, pages={5–7} } @article{nielsen_schroeder_1983, title={A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF TEXTBOOKS FOR MAN-ENVIRONMENT COURSES}, volume={14}, ISSN={["0095-8964"]}, DOI={10.1080/00958964.1983.9943474}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION}, author={NIELSEN, LA and SCHROEDER, M}, year={1983}, pages={7–11} } @inproceedings{knuth_nielsen_1983, title={A fisheries and wildlife indicator system for improved decision-making in natural resource management}, booktitle={Renewable resource inventories for monitoring changes and trends: Proceedings of an international conference, August 15-19, 1983, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.}, publisher={Corvallis, OR: College of Forestry, Oregon State University}, author={Knuth, B. A. and Nielsen, L. A.}, editor={J. F. Bell and Atterbury, T.Editors}, year={1983}, pages={166–170} } @article{nielsen_johnson_1983, title={Effect of item order on exam scores}, volume={27}, number={2}, journal={NACTA Journal}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Johnson, D. L.}, year={1983}, pages={28–30} } @book{fisheries techniques_1983, publisher={Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society}, year={1983} } @inbook{nielsen_johnson_1983, title={Sampling considerations}, booktitle={Fisheries techniques}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: American Fisheries Society}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Johnson, D. L.}, editor={L. A. Nielsen and Johnson, D. L.Editors}, year={1983}, pages={1–21} } @article{murphy_nielsen_turner_1983, title={USE OF GENETIC TAGS TO EVALUATE STOCKING SUCCESS FOR RESERVOIR WALLEYES}, volume={112}, ISSN={["0002-8487"]}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8659(1983)112<457:UOGTTE>2.0.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract In recent years, recruitment of walleyes Stizostedion vitreum vitreum in Claytor Lake, Virginia, has resulted from both natural reproduction and periodic stockings of age-0 fish from the midwestern United States. Malate dehydrogenase (MDH) allele frequencies of six walleye cohorts were assessed by starch gel electrophoresis. Augmented cohorts were found to possess MDH allele frequencies significantly different from unstocked cohorts, and both augmented and unstocked cohorts differed in allele frequencies from the juvenile fish that had been stocked during that period. Success of supplemental stocking was evaluated by quantifying shifts in cohort allele frequencies due to the stocking of juvenile fish with allele frequencies different from resident fish. Supplemental stocking of juvenile walleyes contributed an average 67% of year-class strength to augmented cohorts in Claytor Lake during 1976–1979. This investigation demonstrates the utility of genetic tags for evaluating stocking efficiency, eve...}, number={4}, journal={TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY}, author={MURPHY, BR and NIELSEN, LA and TURNER, BJ}, year={1983}, pages={457–463} } @article{nielsen_1983, title={VARIATION IN THE CATCHABILITY OF YELLOW PERCH IN AN OTTER TRAWL}, volume={112}, ISSN={["1548-8659"]}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8659(1983)112<53:VITCOY>2.0.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract Changes in the catchability of yellow perch Perca flavescens in an otter trawl were examined by comparing annual catch per unit effort (CPUE) in Oneida Lake to mark-recapture population estimates over a series of years. Catchability was similar among age groups of adult yellow perch. Annual catchability was similar in 4 of 5 years, but threefold higher in the fifth, presumably due to lower water clarity in that year. Examination of within-season changes in CPUE indicate that other, undetermined environmental factors also affect catchability.}, number={1}, journal={TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY}, author={NIELSEN, LA}, year={1983}, pages={53–59} } @article{farman_nielsen_norman_1982, title={Estimating fish abundance using creel and tournament data in the fishing success method}, volume={2}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8659(1982)2<249:elbauc>2.0.co;2}, abstractNote={Abstract The fishing-success or depletion method of calculating abundance was applied to largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) data from a 1980 creel survey and bass tournaments on Back Bay, Virginia. Catch-per-unit-effort of all anglers was regressed against total catch after several adjustments of the data. First, recruitment of fish smaller than 305 mm was accounted for by analysis of age and length composition of the catch. Second, catch-per-unit-effort data were adjusted for variation in catchability based on catch rates in bass fishing tournaments. Third, the slope of the regression between catch per unit effort and cumulative catch was adjusted according to similar calculations for a known number of tagged fish in the bay. After all adjustments, the method provided an estimate of about 72,000 largemouth bass longer than 305 mm. This estimate was about 45% lower than the mark-recapture estimate and 70% lower than cove-rotenone estimates. The fishing-success estimate is considered a minimum useful ...}, journal={North American Journal of Fisheries Management}, author={Farman, R.S. and Nielsen, L. A. and Norman, M. D.}, year={1982}, pages={249–256} } @inbook{nielsen_wahl_tinsley_1982, title={Investigation of the feasibility of commercial bait-minnow fishing on the Ohio River}, booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Inland Commercial Fisheries Association}, publisher={Bethesda, Md.: American Fisheries Society}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Wahl, D. H. and Tinsley, V. R.}, year={1982}, pages={22–42} } @article{nielsen_1982, title={Longitudinal variation in fish fauna of Brumley Creek, Virginia}, volume={36}, journal={Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1982}, pages={386–393} } @article{vaughan_russell_gianessi_nielsen_1982, title={Measuring and predicting water quality in recreation related terms}, volume={15}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Environmental Management}, author={Vaughan, W. J. and Russell, C. S. and Gianessi, L. P. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1982}, pages={363–380} } @article{garman_nielsen_1982, title={PISCIVORITY BY STOCKED BROWN TROUT (SALMO-TRUTTA) AND ITS IMPACT ON THE NON-GAME FISH COMMUNITY OF BOTTOM CREEK, VIRGINIA}, volume={39}, ISSN={["1205-7533"]}, DOI={10.1139/f82-117}, abstractNote={ The magnitude of fish consumption by brown trout (Salmo trutta) was assessed by experimentally stocking large (> 280 mm) and small (< 280 mm) brown trout in separate sections of a Virginia stream. Large brown trout ate five species of fish consistently during the May–November, 1979, experimental period; by November, every trout stomach examined contained fish remains. Small trout rarely ate fish. Effects of fish consumption were apparent in trout growth and in abundance of prey species. Large trout grew 9.4% in length and 21.3% in weight, whereas small trout grew 4.5% in length and 4.7% in weight. Abundance of the major prey species, torrent sucker (Moxostoma rhothoecum), decreased between April and October in the stream section containing large trout, but remained constant in a comparable reference section; estimates of total consumption of torrent suckers by brown trout accounted for a large portion of the decrease in abundance. Predation on torrent suckers was selective for smaller individuals. The field experiment indicates that stocking large-sized brown trout may enhance growth and survival of brown trout, but that standing crops of nongame species are likely to decline.Key words: brown trout, nongame fishes, predation, stocking strategy, stream ecology }, number={6}, journal={CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES}, author={GARMAN, GC and NIELSEN, LA}, year={1982}, pages={862–869} } @book{dean_nielsen_flick_1982, title={Seafood processing wastes as fish meal substitutes in catfish feeds}, publisher={Blacksburg: Sea Grant Program, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University}, author={Dean, J.C. and Nielsen, L.A. and Flick, G.J.}, year={1982} } @article{nielsen_1982, title={The bait-fish industry in Ohio and West Virginia, with special reference to the Ohio River sport fishery}, volume={2}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8659(1982)2<232:tbiioa>2.0.co;2}, abstractNote={Abstract Characteristics of the 1979 bait-fish industry in Ohio and West Virginia were assessed via a mail questionnaire to 201 retail dealers and a telephone survey of 17 wholesale dealers. The 60% response from the mail survey indicated 85 of 219 license-holders (39%) in West Virginia and 720 of 956 (75%) in Ohio were active dealers. Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and shiners (Notropis spp. and Notemigonus crysoleucas) were the principal bait fishes sold. More than 90% of all 1979 sales in the two states occurred in Ohio. On the average, retail dealers in Ohio sold 550 lb of bait fish, paid $3.66 per lb, were active for 6.6 months, and grossed $5,194. The average West Virginia retailer sold 374 lb, paid $4.46 per lb, was active for 6.4 months, and grossed $4,304. Retail sales in the two states exceeded 400,000 lb and $4 million. Wholesale dealers consisted of importers (who received bait fish primarily from Minnesota and Arkansas and reside in Ohio) and jobbers, who distributed bait fish to retai...}, journal={North American Journal of Fisheries Management}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1982}, pages={230–236} } @article{nielsen_1981, title={A comparison of the relative effectiveness of a videotape and a slide set for illustrating outdoor activities}, volume={9}, journal={International Journal of Instructional Media}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1981}, pages={83–89} } @inbook{nielsen_1981, title={A dichotomous key to fishery education in the United States}, booktitle={Proceedings: The second British Freshwater Fisheries Conference held at Life Sciences Building, the University, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, 13, 14 and 15 April 1981}, publisher={Chislehurst [England]: Janssen Services, Conference Reporting Division}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, editor={O'Hara., K. and Barr, C. DicksonEditors}, year={1981}, pages={3–10} } @article{nielsen_1981, title={Accreditation: To be or not to be}, volume={6}, number={1}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1981}, pages={9–11} } @article{nielsen_kendall_helfrich_1981, title={Comparison of angler use and characteristics at three catchable trout fisheries in Virginia}, volume={34}, journal={Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Kendall, W. T. and Helfrich, L. A.}, year={1981}, pages={330–340} } @article{nielsen_1981, title={No fishery is an island}, volume={16}, number={2}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1981}, pages={48} } @article{nielsen_1981, title={THE CASE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MODERATION (OR WHY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RECYCLED BOTTLES SHOULDNT THROW STONES)}, volume={43}, ISSN={["0002-7685"]}, DOI={10.2307/4447229}, abstractNote={I am an environmentalist. I turn off the water while I brush my teeth, and I only buy beer in returnable bottles. I started a paper-recycling system in my department at the university. And, as soon as I can afford it, I'm going to trade my roomy, comfortable station wagon for a car that gets conscience-soothing gas mileage. Perhaps, though, I'm not an environmentalist at all. Perhaps I'm just overly conscientious. I use my turn signals when no one is around to notice. I always flush in public toilets, and I contribute a dime every time I get coffee from the departmental pot (well, almost every time). Maybe it's even worse than just being conscientious-I may be attracted to environmental arguments because I am an unreasoning idealist. I've been a Chicago Cubs fan for thirty years (next year they will win the pennant). I believe most people would not deliberately harm other people or destroy others' property, and my confidence in the American way remains high despite an awareness of public life that began when John Kennedy was assassinated. Considering why I act the way I do has convinced me that I am not much of an environmentalist at all. By profession I am a professor in a natural resources discipline, and I have been conditioned to restrain my actions and thoughts based on an ecological overview. Nevertheless. other criteria affect my actions, and the environment, like money, isn't everything. I am no more of an environmentalist than I am a husband, or a sports fan, financier, and Christian; at times I am mostly one of these, at all times I am a bit of each. Extending my conception of personal action to society has greatly pacified my fears about the environmental crisis. The question of who is or isn't an environmentalist has become irrelevant, and the illusion of bitter rivals battling to either destroy or preserve nature has evaporated like the steam from a power-plant cooling tower. A friend once told me that where the environment was concerned, one could either be part of the problem or part of the solution. Nonsense. No one is totally devoted to preserving the environment. To paraphrase Descartes, "I am, therefore I pollute." The alternative to polluting the environment is to stop living; and then, as every Agatha Christie fan knows, someone still must dispose of the corpse. In practice, we all compromise environmental quality for the benefit of other desires-for wealth and convenience usually, but for other reasons as well, including the relief of human misery. Consider the paper recycling program in my department. The idea was endorsed enthusiastically: collection boxes in all offices, weekly transfer to largercontainers, and monthly trips to the recycling plant 40 miles away. The system worked fine for several months (except for a few professors who couldn't distinguish a collection box from a trash can and so used one or the other for everything). The students running the program, however, began to feel their own constraints. As research projects, exams, and graduation approached, collections became sporadic and eventually nonexistent. The price of paper fell, the price of gasoline rose, the containers were declared a fire hazard, and the recycling program died. The example is insignificant, but the principle is universal. Within each of us there is a desire for environmental quality-Aldo Leopold (1966) called it a land ethic-but the strength of that desire varies from individual to individual, from time to time, and from circumstance to circumstance. When focused on any single issue, the wide range in the intensity of that ethic is the cause of most environmental antagonism. I believe, however, that if we accept this natural diversity of opinions, both the environmental movement and the environment will benefit.}, number={4}, journal={AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER}, author={NIELSEN, LA}, year={1981}, pages={208-&} } @article{nielsen_1980, title={EFFECT OF WALLEYE (STIZOSTEDION-VITREUM-VITREUM) PREDATION ON JUVENILE MORTALITY AND RECRUITMENT OF YELLOW PERCH (PERCA-FLAVESCENS) IN ONEIDA LAKE, NEW-YORK}, volume={37}, ISSN={["1205-7533"]}, DOI={10.1139/f80-002}, abstractNote={ The abundance of 12 year-classes of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Oneida Lake, New York, was estimated at intervals between ages 0 and II from catch and area swept by trawls. Rankings of abundance of year-classes changed between the ends of the first and third growing seasons, suggesting that ultimate year-class strength was influenced strongly by mortality of age I and II fish. Predation by walleyes was probably the principal cause of mortality of age I and II perch. Although frequency of occurrence of age I and II perch in stomachs of walleyes was low, several lines of evidence suggested that density of juvenile perch also was low and that walleyes consumed a large proportion of each perch cohort. Rates of mortality were modified by perch length, perch density, and density of age 0 perch, all of which relate to intensity of walleye predation.Key words: yellow perch, walleye; mortality, predation; Oneida Lake }, number={1}, journal={CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES}, author={NIELSEN, LA}, year={1980}, pages={11–19} } @article{nielsen_schoch_1980, title={ERRORS IN ESTIMATING MEAN WEIGHT AND OTHER STATISTICS FROM MEAN LENGTH}, volume={109}, ISSN={["0002-8487"]}, DOI={10.1577/1548-8659(1980)109<319:EIEMWA>2.0.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract Computer simulations of length-weight data indicated that the error incurred by estimating mean weight from mean length is a function of the exponent in the length-weight relationship and the coefficient of variation in the length-frequency distribution. Errors were less than 10% for exponents up to 4.0 if the coefficient of variation were less than 0.1, but error increased to near 90% of actual mean weight for large exponents and coefficients of variation. Similar errors arise for other exponential relationships, such as length-fecundity, that commonly are developed in fisheries work.}, number={3}, journal={TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY}, author={NIELSEN, LA and SCHOCH, WF}, year={1980}, pages={319–322} } @article{murphy_nielsen_turner_1980, title={Electrophoretic assessment of walleye ( Stizostedion vitreum ) stock structure in Claytor Lake, Virginia}, volume={13}, journal={Isozyme Bulletin}, author={Murphy, B. R. and Nielsen, L. A. and Turner, B. J.}, year={1980}, pages={100} } @article{helfrich_nielsen_1980, title={Should you fertilize your fish pond?}, volume={41}, number={1}, journal={Virginia Wildlife}, author={Helfrich, L. A. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1980}, pages={16–17} } @article{nielsen_1980, title={Video-tape programs for fisheries and wildlife education}, volume={33}, journal={Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1980}, pages={767–770} } @book{nielsen_ney_1979, title={Cove rotenone [videorecording]}, journal={Field methods in fisheries}, publisher={Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Ney, J. J.}, year={1979}, pages={12 1/2 min.} } @inproceedings{pardue_nielsen_1979, title={Invertebrate biomass and fish production in ponds with added attachment surface}, booktitle={Response of fish to habitat structure in standing water: Proceedings of a symposium entitled Interrelationships between fish and cover in standing water held during the 40th Annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA, December, 1978 (Special publication (American Fisheries Society. North Central Division); no. 6).}, publisher={Columbus, Ohio?]: North Central Division, American Fisheries Society}, author={Pardue, G. B. and Nielsen, L. A..}, editor={Johnson, D. L. and Stein, R. AEditors}, year={1979}, pages={34–37} } @article{nielsen_summers_1979, title={Journal use in fisheries as determined by citation analysis}, volume={4}, number={2}, journal={Fisheries}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Summers, P. B.}, year={1979}, pages={10–1121} } @article{potter_dickson_nielsen_1979, title={Numerical production of larval sportfish in the New River as determined by drift sampling}, volume={32}, journal={Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies}, author={Potter, W.A. and Dickson, K. L. and Nielsen, L.A.}, year={1979}, pages={672–679} } @book{nielsen_ney_1979, title={Stream sampling [videorecording]}, journal={Field methods in fisheries}, publisher={Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Ney, J. J.}, year={1979}, pages={7 min.} } @article{nielsen_1979, title={Symposia and the opportunity to communicate}, volume={60}, journal={Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1979}, pages={166} } @inproceedings{clady_nielsen_1978, title={Diversity of a community of small fishes as related to abundance of the dominant percid fishes}, booktitle={Selected coolwater fishes of North America: Proceedings of a symposium held in St. Paul, Minnesota, March 7-9, 1978}, author={Clady, M. D. and Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1978}, pages={109–113} } @article{nielsen_reynolds_1977, title={Population characteristics of a freshwater shrimp, Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun}, volume={10/11}, journal={Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Reynolds, J. B.}, year={1977}, pages={44–57} } @article{nielsen_1976, title={Evolution of fisheries management philosophy}, volume={38}, number={12}, journal={Marine Fisheries Review}, author={Nielsen, L. A.}, year={1976}, pages={15–22} } @article{nielsen_reynolds_1975, title={Freshwater shrimp: natural food for pond fishes}, volume={9}, number={2}, journal={Farm Pond Harvest}, author={Nielsen, L. A. and Reynolds, J. B.}, year={1975}, pages={8–924} }