Since the initial SBOE Grant that helped create CRISSP, numerous studies have been published by CRISSP faculty and graduate students.  Below is a list of publications to date.  To view the full text, download the pdf file (where available) associated with the publication .

Anlauf, K. and C. Moffitt.  2008.  Models of stream habitat characteristics associated with tubificid populations in an intermountain watershed.  Hydrobiologia. 603:147-158.

 

Bruce, R. L., C. M. Moffitt. Quantifying risks of volitional consumption of New Zealand mudsnails by steelhead and rainbow trout.  Aquaculture Research.

 

Colvin, M. E., and C. M. Moffitt.  2008.  Evaluation of irrigation canal networks to assess stream connectivity in a watershed.  River and Research Applications.

 

Drennan, J.D., S. Ireland, S.E. LaPatra, L. Grabowski, T. Carrothers, and K.D. Cain. 2005. High densityrearing of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) induces white sturgeon iridovirus disease among asymptomatic carriers. Aquaculture Research 36, 824-827.

 

Drennan, J.D., LaPatra, S.E., Siple, J.T., Ireland, S., and Cain, K.D.  2006.  Transmission of white sturgeon iridovirus in Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus).  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 70, 37-45.

 

Drennan, J.D., LaPatra, S.E., Swan, C.M., Ireland, S., and Cain, K.D.  Detection of serum and mucosal antibodies in white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus Richardson) following immunization.  Fish and Shellfish Immunology.

Drennan, J.D., LaPatra, S.E., Samson, C.A., Ireland, S., Eversman, K.F., and Cain, K.D. 2007. Evaluation of lethal and non-lethal sampling methods for the detection of WSIV infection in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus Richardson. Journal of Fish Diseases 29, 1-13.

 

Dungan, F. and G. Newcombe. 2007.  New records for powdery mildews and Taphrina species in Idaho and Washington.  Pacific Northwest Fungi 2(8): 1-5. pdf

Estes-Zumpf, W.A. and J.L. Rachlow.  (in press)  Natal dispersal by the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). Journal of Mammalogy.

 

Estes-Zumpf, W.A., J.L. Rachlow, and L.P.Waits. 2008. Ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). Molecular Ecology Resources 8:360-362. pdf

Estes-Zumpf, W.A. and J.L. Rachlow. 2007. Evaluation of radio transmitters on juvenile rabbits: application to the semi-fossorial pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). Western North American Naturalist 67:133-136. pdf

 

Ganley, R.J., Sniezko, R.A., and G. Newcombe.  2007.  Endophyte-mediated resistance against white pine blister rust in Pinus monticola.  Forest Ecology and Management.  255:  2751-2760. pdf

  


Struggling whitebark pine in the Seven
Devils Mountains of Idaho.
 
Photo courtesy of George Newcombe.

Jensen, N. R., Williams, S. R., Ireland, S. C., Siple, J. T., Cain, K. D. Evaluation of egg incubation methods and larval feeding regimes for North American burbot.  North American Journal of Aquaculture.

Jensen, N. R., Zuccarelli , M. D., Patton, S. J., Williams, S. R., Ireland, S. C. and Cain, K. D. Cryopreservation and methanol effects on sperm motility and egg fertilization rates for North American burbot semen.  North American Journal of Aquaculture.

Jones, D. T., C. M. Moffitt, and K. Kenneth Peters.  2007.  Temperature-mediated differences in bacterial kidney disease expression and survival in Renibacterium salmoninarum challenged bull trout and other salmonids.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 27:695-706.

LaFrentz, B.R., LaPatra, S.E., Jones, G.R., Congleton, J.L., Sun, B. and Cain, K.D. 2002. Characterization of serum and mucosal antibody responses and relative percent survival in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following immunization and challenge with Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Journal of Fish Diseases 25:703-713.

 

LaFrentz, B.R., LaPatra, S.E., Jones, G.R. and Cain, K.D.  2004.  Protective immunity in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss following immunization with distinct molecular mass fractions isolated from Flavobacterium psychrophilumDiseases of Aquatic Organisms  59:17-26.

LaFrentz, B.R., Lindstrom, N.M., LaPatra, S.E., Call, D.R., and Cain, K.D.  Electrophoretic and Western blot analyses of the lipopolysaccharide and glycocalyx of Flavobacterium psychrophilum.  Fish and Shellfish Immunology.

Lindstrom, N.M., Call, D.R., House, M.L., Moffitt, C.M., and Cain, K.D.  A quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and filtration-based fluorescent antibody test (FAT) as potential tools to screen broodstock for Flavobacterium psychrophilum infection.  Journal of Aquatic Animal Health.

 

Moffitt, C. M.  2005.  Environmental, economic and social aspects of animal protein production and opportunities for aquaculture.  fisheries 30(9):36-38.

 

Moffitt, C. M., A. H. Haukenes, and C. J. Williams.  2004.  Evaluating and understanding fish health risks and their consequences in propagated and free-ranging fish populations.  American isheries Society Symposium 44:529-537.
 

Newcombe, G.  2005.  Genes for parasite-specific, non-host resistance in PopulusGenetics and Resistance 95(8): 779-783.  pdf

Sanchez-de Leon, Y. and J. Johnson-Maynard. 2008.  Dominance of an invasive earthworm in native and non-native grassland ecosystems.  Biological Invasions. pdf

 

Shipunov, A., Newcombe, G., Raghavendra, A.K., and C.L. Anderson.  2008.  Hidden diversity of endophytic fungi in an invasive plant.  American Journal of Botany 95:1096-1108. pdf

Waits, L. P.  Microsatellite DNA genotyping identifies killer bear and cubs Example box in ed. F. Allendorf and G. Luikart Conservation and Genetics of Populations. Blackwell.

 

Williams, C. J., and C. M. Moffitt.  2005.  Estimation of prevalence of pathogens in pooled samples using maximum likelihood methods and open source software.  Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 17:386-391.

 

 

 

 

 
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