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An Alternative Shelving Arrangement for Natural History Collection Objects to Optimize Space and Task Efficiency
(Allen Press, 2019-09-01)A taxonomic and alphabetic arrangement (TAA) of objects on shelves has prevailed in fluid-preserved natural history collections while they were managed by scientists for their own research. Now most collections are databased ... -
American Eel in Texas – what we do, don’t, and need to, know
(2016-01-22)American Eel is undoubtedly one of the most studied freshwater fishes of North America. Many recent discoveries have added new insights that re-write important aspects of the “text book” knowledge of the species’ complex ... -
American Eels in Texas – a review of what is known, what is being done to learn more, and how you can help
(2017-11-08)This presentation reviews the current status of knowledge about the American Eel, its conservation status and distribution in Texas, and work in progress to learn more about the species in Texas. -
An Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Texas, With Keys to Identification of Species
(Texas Academy of Science, 2008-07)Forty-nine families and 268 species of fishes are known to inhabit the freshwaters of Texas. We report on the distribution and status of these fishes and provide a key to their identification. Of the native fishes ... -
An Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Texas, with Keys to Identification of Species
(The Texas Journal of Science, 1991)Forty-five families and 247 species of fishes are known to inhabit the freshwaters of Texas. We report on the distribution and status of these fishes and provide a key to their identification. Of the native fishes originally ... -
Assessing Historical Fish Community Composition Using Surveys, Historical Collection Data, and Species Distribution Models
(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 ... -
Biodviersityof Mexican Trout (Teleostei: Salmonidae: Oncorhynchus): Recent findings, conservation concerns, and management recommendations
(Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, 2004-09)Until very recently the diversity of trout in Mexican rivers of the Sierra Madre Occidental has been very poorly understood and only the Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and the Mexican Golden Trout, 0. chrysogaster, ... -
Biogeography of Cyprinodon across the Great Plains-Chihuahuan Desert region and adjacent areas
(Desert Fishes Council, 2021)Cyprinodon is renowned for localized endemism across the North American desert. Competing molecular studies have made elucidating timing of diversification across the desert controversial. Debate has focused on Mojave ... -
Changes in fish populations in the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande
(Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, 2014)The Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande suffer from environmental degradation that has negatively impacted native fish populations and their distributions. Macrhybopsis aestivalis (speckled chub), Notropis jemezanus (Rio Grande ... -
Checklist and Images Documenting the Biodiversity of Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
(2020-03-21)Included are five pdf files documenting biodiversity on Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean from June of 2019 through December of 2019. Most images are taken by Ryan Rash, but some were provided ... -
Ciénegas - Vanishing Climax Communities of the American Southwest
(Desert Plants, 1985)The term is here applied to mid-elevation (1,000-2,000 m) wetlands characterized by permanently saturated, highly organic, reducing soils. A depauperate flora dominated by low sedges highly adapted to such soils characterizes ... -
Conservation of Mexican native trout and the discovery, status, protection and recovery of the Conchos trout, the first native Oncorhynchus of the Atlantic drainage in Mexico
(Dirección de Publicaciones, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, 2007)The Northwestern Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico is a rugged mountain range covering portions of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa, and is drained by multiple Pacific Slope Rivers to the west and the Casas Grandes, ... -
Conservation of Texas freshwater fish diversity: selection of Species of Greatest Conservation Need
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Conservation of the Conchos Trout: a white paper on history of its discovery, report on its status, and an urgent plea for action
(Dean A. Hendrickson, 2006-04-13)A broad-scale survey of potential trout habitats in upper tributaries of the Río Conchos of Chihuahua, México resulted in the re-discovery in 2005 of a long-lost native, endemic, and now endangered, undescribed trout species ... -
Conservation status assessment of the endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila
(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. ... -
Conservation Status of Native Fishes in the Chihuahuan Desert Region of the United States: a spatial perspective
(Desert Fishes Council, 2021)Native fishes in the American Southwest are in need of conservation because of anthropogenic riverscape alterations involving habitat destruction, introduction of non-native species, and dewatering. Status assessments are ... -
Conservation Status of Texas Freshwater Fishes and Protected Species Recommendations
(2020-01-24)Texas harbors 191 species of native freshwater fishes, 91 of which are considered imperiled. A litany of regulatory and voluntary-based conservation measures are routinely implemented to restore and preserve the diversity ... -
Conserving Texas Biodiversity: Status, Trends, and Conservation Planning for Fishes of Greatest Conservation Need
(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) ... -
Declines and Losses of Spring/Ciénega Ecosystems in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas
(2017-07-15)Desert ecosystems are particularly susceptible to anthropogenic influences. This is especially true for desert aquatic systems where limited water resources can be easily impaired by excessive water mining depleting the ... -
Discovery of Endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, in Texas: Implications for International Groundwater Management and Evolution of the Regional Karst Aquifer Biota
(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 ...
