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Paul Angermeier -Professor
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Employment Opportunities
New graduate positions are available.
Academic Interests:
Stream fish communities; assessing quality of aquatic resources; conservation of aquatic systems
Professional Achievements:
Past Associate Editor, North American Journal of Fisheries Management; Associate Editor, Freshwater Biology; Editorial Board, Conservation Biology
Recent Activities:
Assessment of Construction Impacts of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project on the Endangered Roanoke Logperch.
Channelization activities are planned within a reach of the Roanoke River known to support the endangered Roanoke logperch. Siltation generated by these activities is expected to adversely affect (but not imperil) the Roanoke logperch, whose current distribution is apparently limited by the availability of silt-free substrata. This study will identify seasonal and annual patterns of habitat use for all life stages of the Roanoke logperch and assess the short- and long-term impacts of the channelization activities on the logperch population.
Development of Landscape-scale models to Predict Occurrence of Virginia Fishes.
Management agencies are increasingly asked to make informed decisions about aquatic systems for which little information is available. Predictive models can be useful tools for providing estimates of biotic resources in the absence of recent surveys. In particular, imprecise landscape descriptors such as drainage, physiography, stream size, and elevation can account for much of the variation in fish species composition across a region. This study will use such descriptors to develop and test models that predict distributions of selected species in Virginia landscapes. Results will aid agencies in distinguishing those species for which landscape-scale models are useful management tools.
Movement, habitat use, nesting, and feeding of northern snakehead (Channa argus) in the Potomac River catchment.
The northern snakehead (NSH), a predatory, potentially invasive fish from Asia, has established a population in the Potomac River catchment, but little is known of its biology and likely ecological impact. We are conducting research germane to the control and management of NSH, including studies on its movement, habitat use, natural history, and likely effects on native biota."
Selected Publications:
Angermeier, P.L., K.L. Krueger, and C.A. Dolloff. 2002. Discontinuity in stream-fish distributions: implications for assessing and predicting species occurrence. Pp. 519-527 in J.M. Scott, P.J. Heglund, M.L. Morrison, J.B. Haufler, M.G. Raphael, W.A. Wall, and F.B. Samson, editors. Predicting species occurrence: issues of accuracy and scale. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
Baron, J.S., N.L. Poff, P.L. Angermeier, C.N. Dahm, P.H. Gleick, N.G. Hairston, Jr., R.B. Jackson, C.A. Johnston, B.D. Richter, and A.D. Steinman. 2002. Meeting ecological and societal needs for freshwater. Ecological Applications 12: 1247-1260.
Goodwin, K.R., and P.L. Angermeier. 2003. Demographic characteristics of American eel in the Potomac River drainage, Virginia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132: 525-537.
Rosenberger, A. and P.L. Angermeier. 2003. Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by the endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Freshwater Biology 48:1563-1577.
Angermeier, P.L., and G. Davideanu. 2004. Using fish communities to assess streams in Romania: initial development of an index of biotic integrity. Hydrobiologia 511: 65-78.
Angermeier, P.L., A.P. Wheeler, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2004. A conceptual framework for assessing impacts of roads on aquatic biota. Fisheries (Bethesda) 29(12): 19-29.
Tear, T.H., P. Karieva, P.L. Angermeier, P. Comer, B. Czech, R. Kautz, L. Landon, D. Mehlman, K. Murphy, M. Ruckelshaus, J. M. Scott, and G. Wilhere. 2005. How much is enough? The recurrent problem of setting measurable objectives in conservation. BioScience 55: 835-849.
Wohl, E., P.L. Angermeier, B. Bledsoe, G. M. Kondolf, L. MacDonnell, D. M. Merritt, M. A. Palmer, N. L. Poff, and D. Tarboton. 2005. River restoration. Water Resources Research 41: W10301, doi:10.1029/2005WR003985.
Hitt, N.P. and P.L. Angermeier. 2006. Effects of adjacent streams on local fish assemblage structure in western Virginia: implications for biomonitoring. American Fisheries Society Symposium 48: 75-86.
Sullivan, P.J., J.M. Acheson, P.L. Angermeier, T. Faast, J. Flemma, C.M. Jones, E.E. Knudsen, T.J. Minello. D.H. Secor, R. Wunderlich, and B.A. Zanetell. 2006. Defining and implementing best available science for fisheries and environmental science, policy, and management. Fisheries (Bethesda) 31: 460-465.
Angermeier, P.L. 2007. The role of fish biologists in helping society build ecological sustainability. Fisheries (Bethesda) 32(1): 9-20.
Mattson, K.M. and P.L. Angermeier. 2007. Integrating human impacts and ecological integrity into a risk-based protocol for conservation planning. Environmental Management 39: 125-138.
Roberts, J.H. and P.L. Angermeier. 2007. Spatiotemporal variability of stream habitat and movement of three species of fish. Oecologia 151: 417-430.
Email: biota@vt.edu
Last updated December 11, 2007