Current Research Projects

Modeling Effects of Year-class Frequency and Life History on Sport Fishery Metrics

Principal Investigators: Dan Daugherty and Nate Smith

Relation Between Reservoir Hydrology and Year Class Strength of Sport and Forage Fishes Following Extreme Wet and Dry Years

Principal Investigators: Nate Smith, Dan Daugherty, and Dave Buckmeier

Mark-Recapture Assessment of Population Dynamics of the Alligator Gar Spawning Stock in Choke Canyon Reservoir, Texas

Principal Investigators: Dan Daugherty, Kris Bodine, and Greg Binion

Seasonal Movement and Habitat Use of Alligator Gar and Striped Bass in the Lower Trinity River

Principal Investigators: Dave Buckmeier, Nate Smith, and Dan Daugherty

Trinity River Alligator Gar Investigations

Principal Investigators: Dave Buckmeier and Allyse Ferrara (Nicholls State Univ.) in cooperation with Captain Kirk Kirkland

Validation of Annual Marks on Four Structures Used to Estimate Age of Gar and Retention of Fish Tags

Principal Investigator: Dave Buckmeier

Validation of Daily Marks on Otoliths of Alligator Gar

Principal Investigators: Peter Sakaris (Southern Polytechnic University), Dave Buckmeier, and Nate Smith

Importance of River-Reservoir Transition Zones to Adjacent River and Reservoir Fish Communities

Principal Investigators: Paul Fleming, Kris Bodine, Dave Buckmeier, and Nate Smith

Identification and Characterization of Mainstem and Tributary Habitats Used by White Bass and Blue Catfish in an Upland Reservoir

Principal Investigators: Dave Buckmeier, Joe Smith, Kris Bodine, and Paul Fleming

Movements and Habitat Use of Blue Catfish, White Bass, Gray Redhorse, and Longnose Gar in the Colorado River and Lake Buchanan

Principal Investigators: Dave Buckmeier, Joe Smith, Kris Bodine, and Paul Fleming

Evaluation of an Alternate Technique for Attaching External Transmitters to Catfishes

Principal Investigators: Kris Bodine and Paul Fleming

Effects of Patch-level Characteristics on Fish Use of Enhanced Structural Habitat

Principal Investigators: Dan Daugherty, N. Todd Driscoll, and Dan Ashe

Striped Bass Stocking Evaluation of Lake Livingston and Livingston Tailrace

Principal Investigator: Nate Smith

Short-term Preservation of Striped Bass Milt for Fingerling Production

Principal Investigator: Aaron Barkoh

Ammonia Tolerance by Striped Bass Fry and Fingerlings in Hard Water

Principal Investigators: Aaron Barkoh and Thomas Wyatt

Comparison of Liberal and Conservative Water Exchange Effects on Water Quality and Channel Catfish Fingerling Production in Hatchery Ponds

Principal Investigators: Gerald Kurten and Aaron Barkoh

An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Stream Flow and Habitat Availability for the Devils River Minnow Dionda diabolic

Principal Investigators: Dave Buckmeier, Paul Fleming, Warren Schlechte, River Studies Staff, Tim Bonner, and Sarah McMillan

Guadalupe Bass Restoration Project

Principal Investigators: Nate Smith and Paul Fleming