2023


Stich, D. S., W. E. Eakin, and G. Kenney. Accepted. Population responses of blueback herring to dam passage standards and additive mortality sources. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management.

George, S. D., B. P. Baldigo, C. B. Rees, M. L. Bartron, J. J. Wiley Jr., D. S. Stich, S. M. Wells, and D. R. Winterhalter. 2023. Use of environmental DNA to assess American Eel distribution, abundance, and barriers in a river-canal system. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10404. Open access

Poulet, C., G. Lassalle, A. Jordaan, K. Limburg, C. Nack, J. Nye, A. O’Malley, B. O’Malley-Barber, D. Stich, J. Waldman, J. Zydlewski, and P. Lambert. 2023. Effect of straying, reproductive strategies, and ocean distribution on the structure of American shad populations. Ecosphere 14:e4712.doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4712 Open access.

Zydlewski, J., S. Coghlan, C. Dillingham, G. Figueroa-Muñoz, C. Merriam, M. Payne Wynne, S. Smith, R. Smith, D. Stich, S. Vogel, K. Wilson, and G. Zydlewski. 2023. Seven dam challenges for migratory fish: insights from the Penobscot River. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Open access

2022


Erikson, R. A., D. S. Stich, and J. L. Hebert. 2022. fishStan: Hierarchical Bayesian models for fisheries. Journal of Open Source Software. doi: 10.21105/joss.03444. Open access

Molina-Moctezuma, A., D. S. Stich, and J. D. Zydlewski. 2022. Effects of dam-induced delays on system-wide survival of Atlantic salmon smolts during high-flow, high-survival years in the Penobscot River, Maine, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79:2237–2250. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0055

2021


Caves, S., J. R. Baumann, and D. S. Stich. 2021. Density-dependent changes in Grass Carp growth and mortality in long-term aquatic plant management. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:355-365. [code]

George, S. D., D. S. Stich, and B. P. Baldigo. 2021. Considerations of variability and power for long-term monitoring of stream fish assemblages. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78:301-311. Open access.

Gilligan-Lunda, E. K., D. S. Stich, K. E. Mills, M. M. Bailey, and J. D. Zydlewski. 2021. Climate change may cause shifts in growth and instantaneous natural mortality of American Shad throughout their native range. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 150:407-421.

Oliver, D. O., N. Rude, G. W. Whitledge, and D. S. Stich. 2021. Evaluation of recently implemented harvest regulations in a data-limited catfish fishery with Bayesian estimation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:S364-S378.

Sotola, V. A., K. T. Sullivan, B. M. Littrell, N. H. Martin, D. S. Stich, and T. H. Bonner. 2021. Short-term responses of freshwater mussels to floods in a southwestern U.S.A. river estimated using mark-recapture sampling. Freshwater Biology 66:349-361. [code]

Vlk, A., E. Bastiaans, D. Stich, and D. Vogler. 2021. Effect of anthropogenic habitat disturbance on the nesting ecology of the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 15(2):50-58.

Zydlewski, J., D. S. Stich, S. Roy, M. Bailey, T. Sheehan, and K. Sprankle. 2021. What Have We Lost? Modeling Dam Impacts on American Shad Populations Through Their Native Range. Frontiers in Marine Science. [Open access] [anadrofish R package].

2019


Watson, J. M., S. M. Coghlan, J. D. Zydlewski, D. B. Hayes, and D. S. Stich. 2019. Role of recovering river herring Alosa spp. populations on Smallmouth Bass diet and growth. Pages 75-92 in M. J. Seipker and J. W. Quinn Editors, Managing Centrarchid Fisheries, American Fisheries Society Symposium Number 87. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.

George, S. D., B. P. Baldigo, and D. S. Stich. 2019. Temporal variability in stream fish assemblage metrics and implications for long-term monitoring. Ecological Indicators 101:661-669. [Link] [code]

Franzem, T. P., M. Kugler, R. LaRochelle, D. Stich, A. Gascho Landis, and P. Lord. 2019. Reproductive phenology of Elliptio complanata in the Upper Susquehanna River tributaries of New York. Northeastern Naturalist 29:119-128. [code]

Stich, D. S., T. F. Sheehan, and J. D. Zydlewski. 2019. A dam passage performance standard model for American Shad. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:762-779. [shadia R package]

2017


Hawkes, J. P., T. F. Sheehan, and D. S. Stich. 2017. Assessment of early migration dynamics of river-specific hatchery Atlantic salmon smolts. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 146:1279-1290.

Zydlewski, J., D. Stich, and D. Sigourney. 2017. Hard choices in assessing survival past dams; a comparison of single and paired release strategies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74:178-190.

2016


Stich, D. S., G. Zydlewski, and J. D. Zydlewski. 2016. Physiological preparedness and performance of Salmo salar smolts in relation to behavioural salinity preferences and thresholds. Journal of Fish Biology 88:595-617.

2015


Stich, D. S. , M. T. Kinnison, J. F. Kocik, and J. D. Zydlewski. 2015. Initiation of migration and movement rates of Atlantic Salmon smolts in fresh water. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72:1339-1351.

Stich, D. S., M. M. Bailey, C. M. Holbrook, M. T. Kinnison, J. D. Zydlewski. 2015. Catchment-wide survival of wild- and hatchery-reared Atlantic Salmon smolts in a changing system. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72:1352-1365.

Stich, D. S., J. F. Kocik, G. B. Zydlewski, and J. D. Zydlewski. 2015. Linking behavior, physiology, and survival of Atlantic Salmon smolts during estuary migration. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 7:68-86.

Stich, D. S., Y. Jiao, and B. R. Murphy. 2015. Life, death, and resurrection: Accounting for state uncertainty in survival estimation from radio-tagged Grass Carp. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 35:321-330. [code]

2014


Stich, D. S., M. Bailey, J. D. Zydlewski. 2014. Survival of Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar smolts through a hydropower complex. Journal of Fish Biology 85:1074-1096.

Zydlewski, G. B., D. S. Stich, and S. D. McCormick. 2014. Photoperiod control of the initiation of downstream migration in Atlantic Salmon smolts. Journal of Fish Biology 85:1023-1041.

2013


Stich, D. S., V. Dicenzo, E. Frimpong, Y. Jiao, and B. R. Murphy. 2013. Growth and population size of Grass Carp incrementally stocked for control of hydrilla. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33:14-25.



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