ORSANCO Publications - Aquatic Life

Using Fish to Evaluate the Ohio River - What we can learn from the fish community? (pdf format)

Assessment of ORSANCO Fish Population Data using the Modified Index of Well Being (MIWB) 1992 $0.00

Aquatic-life Resources of the Ohio River 1962 Loan 230 pp.

Fishes of the Ohio River: Testimony to Clean Water (brochure) 1983 $4.00

Procedures for Investigation of Fish Kills 1956 Loan 25 pp.

Summary of Ohio River Fishery Surveys 1968-1976 1978 $0.00

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Peer Reviewed Scientific Publications

For information on obtaining copies of these publications below please contact ORSANCO or visit a local university library.

Argent, D.G., W.G. Kimmel, R. Lorson, and E. Emery. 2007. Ichthyofauna of the Monongahela River Basin in Pennsylvania: a contemporary evaluation. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:617-628.

Applegate, J.M., P.C. Baumann, E.B. Emery, and M.S. Wooten. 2007. First steps in developing a multimetric macroinvertebrate index for the Ohio River. River Research and Applications. Vol 23: 683-697.

Wooten, M.S., B.R. Johnson and E.B. Emery. 2006. Temporal variation in Ohio River macroinvertebrates: a historical comparison of rock basket sampling (1965-1971 and 2002). The Journal of Freshwater Ecology. Vol 21 (4), 561-574.

Blocksom, K.A., E. Emery, and J. Thomas. 2006. Comparison of random and systematic site selection for assessing attainment of aquatic life uses in segments of the Ohio River. EPA 600/R-06/089. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Emery, E. B., T. P. Simon, F. H. McCormick, P. L. Angermeier, J. E. DeShon, C. O. Yoder, R. E. Sanders, W. D. Pearson, G. D. Hickman, R.J. Reash, and J. A. Thomas. 2003. Development of a Multimetric Index for Assessing the Biological Condition of the Ohio River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:791-808.

Emery, E.B., and J.A. Thomas. 2002. A method for assessing outfall effects on Great River fish populations: the traveling zone approach. In T.P. Simon (Ed.). Biological Response Signatures: Patterns in Biological Indicators for assessing Freshwater Aquatic Assemblages. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Emery, E.B., J.A Thomas and T.R. Angradi. 2005. Fish. Pages 139-163 in T.R. Angradi (editor), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: great River Ecosystems, Field Operations Manual. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN. Draft.

Emery, E.B., J.A Thomas M. Bagley, and T.R. Angradi. 2006. Fish. In Angradi, T.R. (editor) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Great River Ecosystems, Field Operations Manual. EPA/620/R-06/002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

Emery, E.B., F.H. McCormick and T.P. Simon. 2002. Response Patterns of Great River Fish Assemblage Metrics to Outfall Effects from Point Source Discharges. In T.P. Simon (Ed.). Biological Response Signatures: Patterns in Biological Indicators for assessing Freshwater Aquatic Assemblages. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Emery, E.B., T.P. Simon, and R. Ovies. 1998. Influence of the family Catostomidae on the metrics developed for a Great River index of biotic integrity. PP. 203-224. In T.P. Simon (ed). Assessing the Sustainability and Biological Integrity of Water Resources using Fish Communities. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL. 652 pp.

Emery, E.B. and A. H. Vicory Jr. 1998. Biological Criteria Development for the Ohio River, USA. PP. 411-418. In U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Proceedings of the NWQMC National Conference Monitoring: Critical Foundations to Protect Our Waters. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. 663 pp.

J. A. Thomas, E. B. Emery and F. H. McCormick. 2005. Detection of temporal trends in Ohio River fish assemblages based on lockchamber surveys (1957-2001). Pages 431-449 in J. N. Rinne, R.M. Hughes, and B. Calamusso, editors. Historical changes in large river fish assemblages of the Americas. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 45, Bethesda, Maryland.

Lazorchak, J.M., E.B. Emery, D.M. Walters, F.H. McCormick, R. Wesselman, R.M. Hughes, and S.A. Peterson. 2005. Fish Tissue Contaminants. Pages 165-173 in T.R. Angradi (editor), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: great River Ecosystems, Field Operations Manual. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN. Draft.

Lazorchak, J.M., E.B. Emery, D.M. Walters, F.H. McCormick, R. Wesselman, R.M. Hughes, and S.A. Peterson. 2006. Fish Tissue Contaminants. In Angradi, T.R. (editor) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Great River Ecosystems, Field Operations Manual. EPA/620/R-06/002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC..

Simon, T.P. and E.B. Emery. 1995. Modification and Assessment of an Index of Biotic Integrity to Quantify Water Resource Quality in Great Rivers. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, Vol. 11, 283-298.

Yoder, C.O. and E.B. Emery. 2004. Updating a temperature criteria methodology for the Ohio River mainstem, pp.4-1 to 4-13. in Proceedings from the EPRI Workshop on 316(a) Issues: Technical and Regulatory Considerations: October 16-17, 2003, EPRI, Palo Alto CA, and American Electric Power Company, Columbus, OH: 2004. 1008476.

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