Lab Outreach & Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

NOTE: student co-authors in bold

1. Monfort, M.F., B.T. Thill, A.T. Lettenberger, L.W. Butler, M.A. Dickson, K.R. Frame, C.J. Knoll, B.M. Muhr, S.B. Voight, M.M. Waite, K.W. Olson, J.G. Freund, and D.A. Schumann. 2026. Survival of Brown Trout following atmospheric and snow exposure during winter. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 46(3):694-698.

2. Cavallaro, M.C., and D.A. Schumann. 2024. Utility of artificial reef structures to enhance fish habitat below a hydropeaking dam. River Research and Applications 10.1002/rra.4365

3. Dunn, C.G.*, D.A. Schumann*, M.E. Colvin, L.J. Sleezer, M. Wagner, D.T. Jones-Farrand, E. Rivenbark, and S. McRae. 2024. Using resiliency, redundnacy, and representation in a Bayesian belief network to assess imperilment in riverine fishes. Ecosphere 15(1):e4738

4. Pierce, J, G. Sandlund, D.A. Schumann, H. Thompson, and R. Erickson. 2023. Using a coupled integral projection model to investigate competition during an invasion: An application to silver carp and gizzard shad. Letters in Biomathematics 10(1):175-184.

5. Brino, E.E., D.A. Schumann, C.R. Rezac, R.J. Ellwanger, and T.W. Osmundson. 2023. Unlocking the genomes of formalin-fixed freshwater fish specimens: An assessment of factors influencing DNA extraction quantity and quality. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 43(6):1596-1609.

6. Lucchesi, D.O., S.R. Chipps, and D.A. Schumann. 2022. Effects of seasonal hypoxia on macroinvertebrate communities in a small reservoir. Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy, and Management for Sustainable Use 27(1):e12395.

7. Schumann, D.A., K.N.B. Graeb, J. Pfrimmer, J.D. Stafford, and S.R. Chipps. 2021. The local respones of aquatic ecosystems to adjacent grassland conservation: Can streams of dreams exist in a degraded riverscape? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31(9):2481-2495.

8. Schumann, D.A., M.E. Colvin, R.L. Campbell, M.D. Wagner, and D.E. Schwarz. 2021. Suitability of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and a new monitoring technique for at-risk madtoms Noturus spp. Endangered Species Research 44:1-10.

9. Schumann, D.A., K.N.B. Graeb, M.D. Wagner, B.D.S. Graeb, E. Prenosil and J. Hoekwater. 2020. Suitability of surgically implanted 8-mm passive integrated transponder tags for small-bodied fishes. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 36(5):682-692.

10. Schumann, D.A., M.E. Colvin, L.E. Miranda, and D.T. Jones-Farrand. 2020. Occurrence and co-occurrence patterns of gar in river-floodplain habitats: Leveraging species co-existence to benefit distributional models. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 40(3):622-637.

11. Kauth, M.J., D.A. Schumann, K.N.B. Graeb, and W.W. Hoback. 2019. Effectiveness of single-pass backpack electrofishing to sample fish in small prairie streams.The Prairie Naturalist 51:17-24.

12. Wagner, M.D., D.A. Schumann, and B.J. Smith. 2019. Gear effectiveness and size selectivity for five species of madtoms in Mississippi streams. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 35:673-682.

13. Schumann, D.A., J.M. Haag, P.C. Ellensohn, J.D. Redmond, and K.N.B. Graeb. 2019. Restricted movement of prairie fishes in a fragmented riverscape: ecosystem processes risk being ratcheted downstream. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(2):235-244.

14. Schumann, D.A., C.S. Uphoff, C.W. Schoenebeck, and K.N.B. Graeb. 2018. Incorporation of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in age-0 Walleye (Sander vitreus) tissues following a laboratory diet switch experiment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75:497-505.

15. Garcia, C., D.A. Schumann, J. Howell, B.D.S. Graeb, K.N. Bertrand, and R.A. Klumb. 2018. Seasonality, floods and droughts structure larval fish assemblages in prairie rivers. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 27:289-297.

16. Schumann, D.A., W.W. Hoback, K.D. Koupal, C.W. Schoenebeck, S.C. Schainost, and T.L. Wilson. 2017. Experimental analysis of reintroduction strategies to conserve the vulnerable Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus in Nebraska. Endangered Species Research 34:249-255.

17. Pfrimmer, J., L. Gigliotti, J.D. Stafford, D.A. Schumann, and K.N. Bertrand. 2017. Motivations for enrollment into the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in the James River Basin of South Dakota. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 22(4):382-389.

18. Schumann, D.A., D. Deslauriers, M.D. Wagner, K.N. Bertrand, and B.D.S. Graeb. 2017. Surgical implantation of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags: a powerful tool for small-bodied sturgeon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 146(2):230-239.

19. Schumann, D.A., C.W. Schoenebeck, K.D. Koupal, and W.W. Hoback. 2016. Dynamics of fish assemblage structure and single-species persistence: valuable insight into interspecific interactions of a poorly understood species. The American Midland Naturalist 176(2):186-198.

20. Schumann, D.A., W.W. Hoback, and K.D. Koupal. 2015. Complex interactions between native and invasive species: investigating the differential displacement of two topminnows native to Nebraska. Aquatic Invasions 10(3):339-349.

21. Schumann, D.A., K.D. Koupal, S. Schainost, W.W. Hoback, and C.W. Schoenebeck. 2015. Spatial dynamics and large-scale dispersal patterns of plains topminnow Fundulus sciadicus: implications for species conservation. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 30(2):311-322.

22. Schumann, D.A., K.D. Koupal, W.W. Hoback, and C.W. Schoenebeck. 2013. Evaluation of sprayed fluorescent pigment marks as a method to mass mark fish species. The Open Journal of Fish Science 6:41-47.

23. Schumann, D.A., C.A. Pasbrig, K.D. Koupal, and W.W. Hoback. 2012. Culture of plains topminnow, Fundulus sciadicus, in a pond constructed for species conservation. North American Journal of Aquaculture 74:360-364.

24. Schumann, D.A., M.C. Cavallaro, and W.W. Hoback. 2012. Size selective predation of fish by Hydrophilis triangularis (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) and Lethocerus americanus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85(2):155-159.