Alaska Center for Conservation Science

Fostering research, education, and collaboration on biological conservation and natural resource management in Alaska and the Arctic

Aquatic Publications

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Bogan, D., D. Rinella, R. Shaftel, and D. Merrigan. 2018. Macroinvertebrate and Diatom Communities in Headwater Streams of the Kvichak and Nushagak River Watersheds, Bristol Bay, Alaska. In: Woody, C. (ed). Bristol Bay Alaska Natural Resources of the Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems. J.Ross Publishing, Plantation, Florida.Aquatic Ecology2018
Rinella, D., R. Shaftel, and D. Athons. 2018. Salmon Resources and Fisheries. In: Woody, C. (ed). Bristol Bay Alaska Natural Resources of the Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems. J.Ross Publishing, Plantation, Florida.Aquatic Ecology2018
Shaftel, R., S. Mauger, J. Falke, D. Rinella, J. Davis, and L. Jones. 2018. Characterization of Stream Thermal Regimes in the Matanuska-Susitna Basin, Alaska. Prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on behalf of the Matanuska-Susitna Salmon Habitat Partnership. Alaska Center for Conservation Science, University of Alaska Anchorage. Anchorage, AK. 33 pp.Aquatic Ecology2018
Eidam, D., F. von Hippel, M. Carlson, D. Lassuy, and J. López. 2016. Trophic ecology of introduced populations of Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska. Environmental Biology of Fishes 99(6-7):557-569. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-016-0497-6Aquatic Ecology2016
Mauger, S., R. Shaftel, J. Leppi, and D. Rinella. 2016. Summer temperature regimes in southcentral Alaska streams: watershed drivers of variation and potential implications for Pacific salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0076.Aquatic Ecology2016
Mauger, S., R. Shaftel, E. J. Trammell, M. Geist, and D. Bogan. 2015. Stream temperature data collection standards for Alaska: minimum standards to generate data useful for regional-scale analyses. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 4:431–438.Aquatic Ecology2015
Mauger, S., R. Shaftel, E.J. Trammell, M. Geist, and D. Bogan. 2014. Stream temperature data collection standards and protocol for Alaska: minimum standards to generate data useful for regional-scale analyses. Cook Inletkeeper, Homer, AK and Alaska Natural Heritage Program, UAA, Anchorage, AK. 53 pp.Aquatic Ecology2014
Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C.M. Walker, C.A. Stricker, and R.A. Heintz. 2013. Seasonal persistence of marine‐derived nutrients in south‐central Alaskan salmon streams. Ecosphere, 4(10), pp.1-18.Aquatic Ecology2013
Aicher, R., G. Blair, H. Dean, J. Ebersole, S. Eckman, J. Frithsen, R. Grismala, M. Kravitz, P. North, J. Rice, D. Rinella, K. Schofield, S. Seville, G. Suter, J. Todd, and P. Wigington, Jr. 2012. An assessment of potential mining impacts on salmon ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Seattle.Aquatic Ecology2012
Leppi, J., R. Wilson, D. Rinella, B. Prucha, and W. Loya. 2012. Potential impacts of climate change on freshwater ecosystems in Alaska: Understanding how future hydrology affects coho salmon life stages. Draft report prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Aquatic Ecology2012
Rinella, D., M. Wipfli, C. Stricker, and R. Heintz. 2012. Pacific salmon runs and consumer fitness: growth and energy storage in stream-dwelling salmonids increases with salmon spawner density. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69: 73–84.Aquatic Ecology2012
Rinella, D.J. D.L. Bogan, R.S. Shaftel, and D. Merrigan. 2012. New aquatic insect (Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, and Plecoptera) records for Alaska, U.S.A.: range extensions and a comment on under-sampled habitats. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 88(4): 407-412.Aquatic Ecology2012
Reeves, M., M. Perdue, G. Blakemore, D. Rinella, and M. Holyoak. 2011. Twice as easy to catch: a toxicant and a predator cue cause additive reductions in larval amphibian activity. Ecosphere 2.Aquatic Ecology2011
Rinella, D., and D. Bogan. 2011. Testing Alaska’s macroinvertebrate- and diatom-based stream condition indices in select urbanized streams. Report prepared for Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Anchorage, Alaska.Aquatic Ecology2011
Rinella, D., R. Shaftel, and D. Athons. 2011. Fishery resources of the Bristol Bay region. Report prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Seattle.Aquatic Ecology2011
Rinella, D. 2010. Marine-derived nutrients in riverine ecosystems: developing tools for tracking movement and assessing effects in food webs on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks.Aquatic Ecology2010
Rinella, D., and D. Bogan. 2010. Ecological condition of lakes in the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska. Prepared for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.Aquatic Ecology2010
Rinella, D., M. Wipfli, and C. Stricker. 2010. Relationships among spawning salmon abundance, stable isotope measures of marine-derived nutrient assimilation, and the fitness of stream-dwelling fishes. Oral presentation to the 7th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies.Aquatic Ecology2010
Rinella, D., M. Booz, D. Bogan, K. Boggs, M. Sturdy, and M. Rinella. 2009. Large woody debris and salmonid habitat in the Anchor River basin, Alaska, following an extensive spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreak. Northwest Science. 83(1). 57-69.Aquatic Ecology2009
Rinella, D., M. Wipfli, C. Stricker, and R. Heintz. 2009. The relationship between spawning salmon abundance and the fitness of stream-dwelling fishes, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Oral presentation to the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society, Albuquerque, NM.Aquatic Ecology2009
Boggs, K., M. Sturdy, D. Rinella, and M. Rinella. 2008. White spruce regeneration following a major spruce beetle outbreak in forests on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 3571–3579.Aquatic Ecology2008
Rinella, D., and D. Bogan. 2008. Significant westward range extension for the Limnephilid cassisfly Phanocelia Canadensis (Trichoptera): first record from Alaska. Entomological News 119:295–297.Aquatic Ecology2008
Rinella, D., D. Bogan, and D. Dasher. 2008. Ecological condition of wadeable streams in the Tanana River basin, interior Alaska. Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Aquatic Ecology2008
Rinella, D., and D. Bogan. 2007. Development of Macroinvertebrate and Diatom Biological Assessment Indices for Cook Inlet Basin Streams – Final Report. Prepared for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.Aquatic Ecology2007
Rinella, D., M.Wipfli, C. Walker, C. Stricker, and R. Heintz. 2006. Marine-derived nutrients (MDN) in riverine ecosystems: developing monitoring tools for tracking MDN in Alaska watersheds. Oral presentation to the North American Benthological Society, Anchorage, AK.Aquatic Ecology2006
Rinella, D., and J. Feminella. 2005. Comparison of benthic macroinvertebrates colonizing sand, wood, and artificial substrates in a low-gradient stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20:209–220.Aquatic Ecology2005
Rinella, D., D. Bogan, K. Kishaba, B. Jessup, C. Hill, and S. Moegenburg. 2005. Development of a Macroinvertebrate Biological Assessment Index for Alexander Archipelago Streams – Final Report. Prepared for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.Aquatic Ecology2005