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Discovery of Endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, in Texas: Implications for International Groundwater Management and Evolution of the Regional Karst Aquifer Biota

Hendrickson, Dean A.; Hernández-Espriú, Antonio; Dugan, Laura; Sprouse, Peter; Dávila Paulín, José Antonio; Krejca, Jean; Gluesenkamp, Andrew; Reddell, James; Smith, Ryan; Howard, Sarah; Johnson, Jack; Garrett, Gary P.; Cohen, Adam E.; García De León, Francisco J.; Wolaver, Brad; Fenolio, Dante B. (2017-07-15)

Mexican blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, described in 1954 from a cave system near the town of Múzquiz in central Coahuila state, and considered a Mexican endemic, was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a ...

Final Report: Data compilation, distribution models, conservation planning, and status survey for selected fishes of concern in Texas and region

Labay, Ben J.; Cohen, Adam E.; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Sissel, Blake; Sarkar, Sahotra; Casarez, Melissa (2013-10-30)

The four primary objectives of this project were to: (1) compile a dataset of georeferenced range-wide occurrence records for 6 target fish species (Notropis buccula, N. oxyrhynchus, N. girardi, Hybognathus amarus, Platygobio ...

Final Report: Data provision and projected impact of climate change on fish biodiversity within the Desert LCC

Cohen, Adam E.; Labay, Ben J.; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Casarez, Melissa; Sarkar, Sahotra (2013-11-30)

The four primary objectives of this project were to: (1) compile a dataset of fish occurrence records for the entirety of the Rio Grande drainage in the US and Mexico; (2) improve that dataset by reformatting dates, ...

Conserving Texas Biodiversity: Status, Trends, and Conservation Planning for Fishes of Greatest Conservation Need

Cohen, Adam E.; Garrett, Gary P.; Casarez, Melissa J.; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Labay, Benjamin J.; Urban, Tomislav; Gentle, John; Wylie, Dennis; Walling, David (2018-03-23)

The primary aim of this grant was to work with Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD), Texas Advanced Computing Center (University of Texas at Austin), and other relevant collaborators to (1) utilize Fishes of Texas Project (FoTX) ...

Verification of Identifications of Cyprinid Specimens from the Colorado River Basin, Texas

Cohen, Adam E.; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Martin, F. Douglas (2014-06-05)

Numerous published reports indicate that records of occurrence of Sharpnose Shiner, Notropis oxyrhynchus, in the Colorado River basin of Texas are the result of an introduction, though the species is clearly native in the ...

Documentation Related to a 1991 Observation of Sturgeon in the Rio Grande – Río Bravo, USA (Texas) and Mexico (Coahuila)

Platania, Steven P.; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Cohen, Adam E. (2018-05-03)

This digital archive provides a compilation of previously unpublished information regarding a 1991 observation of a live sturgeon (Family Acipenseridae) in the Rio Grande-Río Bravo of the USA and Mexico. Though a few ...

Assessing Historical Fish Community Composition Using Surveys, Historical Collection Data, and Species Distribution Models

Labay, Ben J.; Cohen, Adam E.; Sissel, Blake; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Martin, F. Douglas; Sarkar, Sahotra (Public Library of Science, 2011-09-22)

Accurate establishment of baseline conditions is critical to successful management and habitat restoration. We demonstrate the ability to robustly estimate historical fish community composition and assess the current status ...

Conservation status assessment of the endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila

Dugan, Laura E.; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Hernández-Espriú, Antonio; Garrett, Gary P.; Cohen, Adam E.; Wolaver, Brad; Smith, Ryan (2017-07-15)

Discovery of the Mexican blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, in Texas in 2016 generated interest in the species, which had previously only been known from Mexico but is listed as a foreign endangered species in the US. ...

Preliminary Results of American Eel Sampling Efforts in Gulf of Mexico Drainages of Texas

Mayes, Kevin; Curtis, Stephen; McCoy, Grace; Hendrickson, Dean A.; Cohen, Adam E.; Casarez, Melissa; Guillen, George; Oakley, Jenny; Hansen, Justin (2020-02-20)

American Eel Anguilla rostrata has a unique and complex life history that is fairly well-studied on the eastern coast of the United States, but few studies have been done on Gulf of Mexico drainages. To inform conservation ...

Year 1 report for ‘Conserving Texas Biodiversity: Status, Trends, and Conservation Planning for Fishes of Greatest Conservation Need’

Hendrickson, Dean A.; Garrett, Gary P.; Labay, Ben J.; Cohen, Adam E.; Casarez, Melissa (2015-12-31)

Substantive progress was made on all major Project Activities in this first year: Activity 1. Coordinate and Facilitate Science and Conservation Actions for Conserving Texas Biodiversity - We expanded and strengthened ...