Dennis Scarnecchia

• Scarnecchia, D. L., S. Martling, and M. Barnes. 2023. The evolution of trout stream management in the Black Hills, 1883-2023, as evidenced through hatchery activities and stocking. Fisheries. 48:419-439. pdf
  
  
• Scarnecchia, D.L. 2023. The extinction of the Chinese Paddlefish Psephurus gladius: transnationalism, technology transfer, and timescape. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. 31:396-419.pdf
  
  
• Montague, G.F. , J. D. Schooley, D. L. Scarnecchia and R. A. Snow. 2023. Bowfishing shoot-and-release: high short-term mortality of nongame fishes and its management implications. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 43:962-983. pdf
  
  
• Johnston, B., J. D. Schooley, Y. Lim and D. L. Scarnecchia. 2023. Spawning migration and river choice of the Grand Lake stock of Paddlefish Polyodon spathula. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 126:65-80. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D. L., J. D. Schooley, A. Slominski, K. M. Backes, B. Brown, B. D. Gordon, and Y. Lim. 2022. Patterns and scaling of reproductive output in Paddlefish Polyodon spathula and its conservation implications. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.151:347-355. pdf

• York, B., J. D. Schooley and D. L. Scarnecchia. 2022. Oklahoma bowfishing values and perspectives toward nongame fishes and their management. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 42:1020-1040 pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. and J. D. Schooley. 2022. Trophies. technology and timescape as exemplified through Oklahoma's world record Paddlefish Polyodon spathula. Fisheries 47:381-394.pdf

• Schooley, J. D., G. W. Whitledge, and D. L. Scarnecchia. 2022. Recruitment contributions and natal fidelity in tributary rivers of the Grand Lake, Oklahoma Paddlefish stock. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 29: 213-223. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D. L. C. J. Nagel, Y. Lim, and S. R. Dalbey. 2021. Demographics and management of the isolated upper Missouri River Paddlefish stock of Fort Peck Reservoir, Montana. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 41:1903-1919. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D. L., J. D. Schooley, A. R. Lackmann, S. J. Rider, D. K. Riecke, J. McMullen, J. E. Ganus, K. D. Steffensen, N. W. Kramer, and Z. R. Shattuck. 2021. The sport fish restoration program as a funding source to manage and monitor bowfishing and monitor inland commercial fisheries.  Fisheries. 46:595-604.  pdf

• Higens, T. and D. L. Scarnecchia. 2021. Abiotic and biotic factors associated with sculpin presence in low order wadable Idaho streams. Northwest Science. 95:173-187.pdf

• Scarnecchia, D. L and J. D. Schooley. 2020. Bowfishing in the United States: History, status, ecological impact, and a need for management. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 123:285-338. pdf

• Schooley, J. D., A. Geik and D. L. Scarnecchia. 2020. First observations of intersex development in paddlefish. Journal of Fish Biology. 97:919-925. pdf

• Schooley, J. D., A. Geik, W. Sontheimer, and D. L. Scarnecchia. 2020. Evidence for positive phototaxis in paddlefish: implications for larval sampling. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 123:243-250. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., J. D. Schooley, K. M. Backes, A. Slominski, S. Dalbey, and Y. Lim. 2019. Paddlefish life history: advances and applications in design of harvest management regulations. Pages 1-27 in: J. D. Schooley and D. L. Scarnecchia, editors. Paddlefish: ecological, aquacultural, and regulatory challenges of managing a global resource. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 88. Bethesda, Maryland. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D. L., J. D. Schooley, S. O. McAdam, K. M. Backes, A. Slominski, Y. Lim, and D. Fryda. 2019. Factors affecting recruitment of paddlefish: hypotheses and comparisons with sturgeons. Pages 103-126 in: J. D. Schooley and D. L. Scarnecchia, editors. Paddlefish: ecological, aquacultural and regulatory challenges of managing a global resource. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 88. Bethesda, Maryland. pdf

• Rider, S. J., D. K. Riecke, and D. L. Scarnecchia. 2019. Proactive harvest management of paddlefish commercial fisheries. Pages 267-297 in: J. D. Schooley and D. L. Scarnecchia, editors. Paddlefish: ecological, aquacultural, and regulatory challenges of managing a global resource. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 88. Bethesda, Maryland. pdf

• Mestl, G., R. Hupfeld, D. L. Scarnecchia, J. Sorensen and.A. R. Geik. 2019. Paddlefish Recreational fisheries: state management of a migratory fish with a complex identity. Pages 239-265 in: J. D. Schooley and D. L. Scarnecchia, editors. Paddlefish:ecological, aquacultural, and regulatory challenges of managing a global resource. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 88. Bethesda, Maryland. pdf

• Welker T.L. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2018. Habitat Alterations and Fish Assemblage Structure in the Missouri River System, USA: Is ecomorphology an explanation? Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 121:1-22. pdf

• Watson, T. M., D.L. Scarnecchia, and B. J. Schmitz. 2018. Trends in Yellowstone River Basin water supply as interpreted through hydrologic analysis 1898-2007. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 24:26-48. pdf

• Hemingway, R.J., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2018 Lipid acquisition and retention in tissues of spawning adult paddlefish Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792) in relation to extended and compressed life history patterns in two river-reservoir systems. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34:42-48. pdf 

• Watson, T. M., D.L. Scarnecchia, and B. J. Schmitz. In Press. 2017. Quantifying and managing water withdrawals in the Yellowstone River Basin: increasing the scientific rigor. Intermountain Journal of Sciences. 23:1-12. pdf

• Hemingway, R.J., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2017. Energy acquisition and retention by age-0 and age-1 paddlefish Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792) in relation to size, growth, and rearing conditions in two Great Plains reservoirs and hatchery ponds. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 33: 3-12. pdf

• Terrazas, M.M., J. Bednarski, and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2016. Fish assemblage structure and growth in the lower Milk River, Montana, in relation to environmental conditions. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 22:70-90. pdf

• Erhardt, J.M., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2016. Growth model selection and its application for characterizing life history of a migratory bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population. Northwest Science 90:328-339. pdf

• Stephens, B.C., D.L. Scarnecchia, and D.N. Svingen. 2016. Fish assemblages, habitat conditions, and grazing effects in rolling prairie and badlands streams of the northern Great Plains. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 119:299-321. pdf

• Bonneau, J.L., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2015. Response of benthic macroinvertebrates to carp (Cyprinus carpio) biomanipulation in three tributaries of a eutrophic, Great Plains reservoir, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 118:13-26. pdf

• Rieman, B.E., C.L. Smith, R.J. Naiman, G.T. Ruggerone, C.C. Wood, N. Huntly, E.N. Merrill, J.R. Alldredge, P.A. Bisson, J. Congleton, Kurt D. Fausch, C. Levings, W. Pearcy, D. Scarnecchia & P. Smouse. 2015. A comprehensive approach for habitat restoration in the Columbia Basin. Fisheries. pdf

• Leathe, S.A., D.L. Scarnecchia and Y. Lim. 2014. Emigration patterns of age O and age 1 potamodromous rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and brown trout Salmo trutta from two Missouri River tributaries, Montana, USA. Folia Zoologica 63:137-150. pdf

• Bonneau, J.L. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2014. The zooplankton community of a turbid Great Plains reservoir in response to a biomanipulation with common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 117:181-192. pdf

• Schooley, J.D., D.L. Scarnecchia and A. Crews. 2014. Harvest management regulation options for Oklahoma's Grand Lake stock of paddlefish. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 1:89-97. pdf

• Erhardt, J.M. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2014. Population changes after 14 years of harvest closure on a migratory population of bull trout in Idaho. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 34:482-492. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., Y. Lim, L.F. Ryckman, K.M. Backes, S.E. Miller, R.S. Gangl, and B.J. Schmitz. 2014. Virtual population analysis, episodic recruitment, and harvest management of paddlefish, with applications to other Acipenseriform fishes. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. 22:16-35. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., Y. Lim, S.P. Moran, T.D. Tholl, J.M. DosSantos and K. Breidinger. 2014. Novel fish communities: native and non-native species trends in two run-of-the-river reservoirs, Clark Fork River, Montana. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. 22:97-111. pdf

• Bowersox, B.J., D.L. Scarnecchia, S.E. Miller. 2014. Distribution, abundance, and vertical migrations of Leptodora kindtii in a mainstem Missouri River reservoir, Montana, USA. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 29:171-186. pdf

• Erhardt, J.M. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2013. Precision and accuracy of age and growth estimates based on fin rays, scales, and mark-recapture information for migratory bull trout. Northwest Science. 87:307-316. pdf

• Gudmundsson, L.A., A.S. Gudjonsson, G. Marteinsdottir, D.L. Scarnecchia, A.K. Danielsdottir, and C. Pampoulie. 2013. Spatio-temporal effects of stray hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon Salmo Salar on population genetic structure within a 21-km long Icelandic river system. Conservation Genetics. 14:1217-1231. pdf

• Holecek, D.E. and D.L. Scarnecchia 2013. Comparison of two life history strategies after impoundment of a historically anadromous stock of Columbia river redband trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142:1157-1166. pdf

• Naiman, R.J., J.R. Alldredge, D.A. Beauchamp, P.A. Bisson, J. Congleton, C.J. Henny, N. Huntly, R. Lamberson, C. Levings, E. Merrill, W.G. Pearcy, B.E. Rieman, G. Ruggerone, D. Scarnecchia, P.E. Smouse, and C. Wood. 2012. Developing a broader scientific foundation for river restoration: Columbia River food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(52): 21201-21207. pdf

• Martinson, E.C., H.H. Stokes and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2012. Use of juvenile salmon growth and temperature change indices to predict groundfish post age-0 yr class strengths in the Gulf of Alaska and eastern Bering Sea. Fisheries Oceanography 21:307-319. pdf

• Holecek, D. E. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2012. Smoltification in an impounded, adfluvial redband trout population upstream from an impassable dam: does it persist? Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 141:68-75. pdf

• Gidley, C.A., D.L. Scarnecchia and J.A. Hansen. 2012. Fish community structure associated with stabilized and unstabilized shoreline habitats, Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho, USA. River Research and Applications 28:554-566. pdf

• Miller, S.E. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2011. Sex-specific differences in migratory movements of adult paddlefish above Fort Peck Reservoir, Montana, USA. Folia Zoologica. 60: 181-188. pdf

• Miller, S.E., D.L. Scarnecchia and S.R. Fain. 2011. Timing of paddlefish spawning in the Upper Missouri River, Montana, USA in relation to river conditions. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 27: 1291-1297. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., B.D. Gordon, J.D. Schooley, L.F. Ryckman, B.J. Schmitz, S.E. Miller and Y. Lim. 2011. Southern and northern Great Plains (United States) paddlefish stocks within frameworks of Acipenseriform life history and the metabolic theory of ecology. Reviews in Fisheries Science. 19:279-298. pdf

• VanDyke, E.S., D.L. Scarnecchia, B.C. Jonasson and R.W. Carmichael. 2010. Ecology of winter concealment behavior of juvenile spring chinook salmon in the Grande Ronde River basin, Oregon. Northwest Science 84:9-19. pdf

• Martinson, E.C., J.H. Helle, D.L. Scarnecchia and H.H. Stokes. 2009. Alaska sockeye salmon scale patterns as indicators of climatic and oceanic shifts in the North Pacific Ocean, 1922-2000. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin 5: 177-182. pdf

• Gudjonsson, S. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2009. "Even the evil need a place to live": wild salmon, salmon culture, and zoning of the Icelandic coastline. Fisheries 34:477-486. pdf

• Martinson, E.C., J.H. Helle, D.L. Scarnecchia and H.H. Stokes. 2009. Growth and survival of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) from Karluk Lake and River, Alaska, in relation to climate and oceanic regimes. Fishery Bulletin 107:488-500. pdf

• Van Dyke, E.S., D.L. Scarnecchia, B.C. Jonasson and R.W. Carmichael. 2009. Relationship of winter concealment habitat quality on pool use by juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Grande Ronde River Basin, Oregon, USA. Hydrobiologia 625:27-42. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., L.F. Ryckman, Y. Lim, S.E. Miller, B.J. Schmitz, G.J. Power, and S.A. Shefstad. 2009. Riverine and reservoir influences on year class strength and growth of upper Great Plains paddlefish. Reviews in Fisheries Science 17:241-266. pdf

• Miller, S.E., D.L. Scarnecchia and S.R. Fain 2008. Paddlefish egg deposition in the Lower Yellowstone River, Montana. Prairie Naturalist 40:103-117. pdf

• Martinson, E.C., J.H. Helle, D.L. Scarnecchia, and H.H. Stokes. 2008. Density-dependent growth of Alaska Sockeye in relation to climate-oceanic regimes, population abundance, and body size, 1925 to 1998. Marine Ecology Progress Series 370:1-18. pdf

• Bednarski, J., S.E. Miller and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2008. Larval fish catches in the Milk River, Montana in relation to timing and magnitude of spring discharge. River Research and Applications 24:844-851. pdf

• Miller, S.E. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2008. Adult paddlefish migrations in relation to spring river conditions of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, Montana and North Dakota, USA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24:221-228. pdf

• Watry, C.B. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2008. Adfluvial and fluvial life history variations and migratory patterns of a relict charr, Salvelinus confluentus, stock in west-central Idaho, USA. Ecology of Freshwater fish. pdf

• Patterson, S.D., D.L. Scarnecchia, and J.L. Congleton. 2008. Sexual maturation in kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka. Northwest Science 82:30-47. pdf

• Firehammer, J.A., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2007. The influence of discharge on duration, ascent distance, and fidelity of the spawning migration for paddlefish of the Yellowstone-Sakakawea stock, Montana and North Dakota, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes 78:23-36. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., L.F. Ryckman, Y. Lim, G.J. Power, B.J. Schmitz, and J.A. Firehammer. 2007. Life history and the costs of reproduction in Northern Great Plains paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) as a potential framework for other acipenseriform fishes. Reviews in Fisheries Science 15:211-263. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., L.F. Ryckman, Y. Lim, G. Power, B. Schmitz, and V. Riggs. 2006. A long-term program for validation and verification of dentaries for age estimation in the Yellowstone-Sakakawea paddlefish stock. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135:1086-1094. pdf

• Firehammer, J.A., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2006. Spring migratory movements by paddlefish in natural and regulated river segments of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, North Dakota and Montana. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135:200-217. pdf

• Firehammer, J.A., D.L. Scarnecchia, and S. R. Fain. 2006. Modification of a passive gear to sample paddlefish eggs in sand-bed spawning reaches of the Lower Yellowstone River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:63-72. pdf

• Bednarski, J. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2006. Age structure and reproductive activity of the blue sucker in the Milk River, Missouri River Drainage, Montana. Prairie Naturalist 38(3):167-182. pdf

• Hogen, D. M., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2006. Distinct fluvial and adfluvial migration patterns of a relict charr, Salvelinus confluentus, stock in a mountainous watershed, Idaho, USA. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 15:376-387. pdf

• Welker, T. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2006. River alteration and niche overlap among three native minnows (Cyprinidae) in the Missouri River hydrosystem. Journal of Fish Biology 68:1530-1550. pdf

• Venard, J. A. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2005. Seasonally dependent movement of lake trout between two North Idaho Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:635-639. pdf

• Young, W. T., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2005. Habitat use of juvenile white sturgeon in the Kootenai River, Idaho and British Columbia. Hydrobiologia 537:265-271. pdf

• Kruzic, L. M., D.L. Scarnecchia, and B. B. Roper. 2005. Effects of electroshocking on macroinvertebrate drift in three coldwater streams. Hydrobiologia 539:57-67. pdf

• Everett, S., D.L. Scarnecchia and F. Ryckman. 2004. Distribution and habitat use of sturgeon chubs (Macrhybopsis gelida) and sicklefin chubs (M. meeki) in the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, North Dakota. Hydrobiologia 527:183-193. pdf

• Welker, T.L. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2004. Habitat use and population structure of four native minnows (family Cyprinidae) in the upper Missouri and lower Yellowstone Rivers, North Dakota (USA). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 13:8-22. pdf

• Welker, T.L. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2003. Differences in species composition and feeding ecology of catostomid fishes in two distinct segments of the Missouri River, North Dakota, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes 68:129-141. pdf

• Everett, S., D.L. Scarnecchia, G. Power, and C.L. Williams. 2003. Comparison of age and growth of shovelnose sturgeon in the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:230-240. pdf

• Bonneau, J., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2002. Spawning-season homing of common carp and river carpsucker. Prairie Naturalist 34:13-20. pdf

• Kozfkay, J.R. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2002. Year-class strength and feeding ecology of age-0 and age-1 paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in Fort Peck Lake, Montana, USA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 18:601-607. pdf

• Kruse, G. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2002. Contaminant uptake and survival of white sturgeon embryos. American Fisheries Society Symposium 28:151-160. pdf

• Kruse, G.O., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2002. Assessment of bioaccumulated metal and organochlorine compounds in relation to physiological biomarkers in Kootenai River white sturgeon. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 18:430-438. pdf

• Parken, C. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2002. Predation on age-0 paddlefish by walleye and sauger in a Great Plains reservoir. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:750-759. pdf

• Bonneau, J., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2001. Tests of a rotenone-impregnated bait for controlling common carp. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 108(1):6-7. pdf

• Kruzic, L.M., D.L. Scarnecchia, and B.B. Roper. 2001. Comparison of mid-summer survival and growth of age-0 hatchery coho salmon held in pools and riffles. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:147-154. pdf

• Roper, B.B., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2001. Patterns of diversity, density and biomass of ectothermic vertebrates in ten small streams along a North American river continuum. Northwest Science 75(2):168-175. pdf

• Spangler, R., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2001. Summer and fall microhabitat utilization of juvenile bull trout and cutthroat trout in a wilderness stream, Idaho. USA. Hydrobiologia 452:145-154. pdf

• Roper, B.B. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 2000. Key strategies for estimating population sizes of emigrating salmon smolts with a single trap. Rivers 7:77-88. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., K. Gilge, and P.A. Stewart. 2000. Profile of recreational paddlefish snaggers on the Upper Missouri River, Montana. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 6:68-77. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., K. Grabenstein and S. Hiebert. 2000. Biology of the flathead chub in the Lower Yellowstone River, Montana. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 6:10-17. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. and B.B. Roper. 2000. Large-scale differential summer habitat use of three anadromous salmonids in a large river basin in Oregon, U.S.A. Fisheries Management and Ecology 7:197-209. pdf

• Roper, B.B. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1999. Emigration of age-0 chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts from the upper South Umpqua River Basin, Oregon, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:939-946. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., P. A. Stewart, L.F. Ryckman, G. Van Eeckhout, B.C. Reed, and L.K. Graham. 1999. Caution on the use of electrofishing for paddlefish. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 5(1-4):35-38. pdf

• Starkey, R.W., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1999. Age and growth of channel catfish in the Lower Yellowstone River, Montana. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 5:28-34. pdf

• Bonneau, J.L. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1998. Seasonal and diel changes in habitat use by juvenile bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) and cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) in a mountain stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:783-790. pdf

• Curtis, G.L., J.S. Ramsey, and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1997. Habitat use and movements of shovelnose sturgeon in pool 13 of the upper Mississippi River during extreme low flow conditions. Environmental Biology of Fishes 50:175-182. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. and P.A. Stewart. 1997. Angler response to harvest regulations in Montana's Yellowstone River paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) fishery. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 3:94-100. pdf

• Fredericks, J.P. and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1997. Use of surface visual counts for estimating relative abundance of age-0 paddlefish in Lake Sakakawea. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:1014-1018. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., F. Ryckman, and J. Lee. 1997. Capturing and tagging wild age-0 and age-1 paddlefish in a Great Plains reservoir. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:800-802. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. and P.A. Stewart. 1997. Implementation and evaluation of a catch-and-release fishery for paddlefish. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:795-799. pdf

• Bonneau, J.L., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1996. Distribution of juvenile bull trout in a thermal gradient of a plunge pool in Granite Creek, Idaho. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:628-630. pdf

• Roper, B.B., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1996. A comparison of trap efficiencies for wild and hatchery age-0 chinook salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:214-217. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., P.A. Stewart, and G.J. Power. 1996. Age structure of the Yellowstone-Sakakawea paddlefish stock, 1963-1993, in relation to reservoir history. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:291-299. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., P.A. Stewart, and Y. Lim. 1996. Profile of recreational paddlefish snaggers on the Lower Yellowstone River, Montana. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:872-879. pdf

• Bonneau, J.L., R.F. Thurow, and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1995. Capture, marking, and enumeration of juvenile bull trout and cutthroat trout in small low-conductivity streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:563-568. pdf

• Roper, B.B., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1995. Observer variability in classifying types in habitat stream surveys. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:49-53. pdf

• Saffel, P.D., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1995. Habitat use by juvenile bull trout in Belt-series geology watersheds of northern Idaho. Northwest Science 69:304-317. pdf

• Austen, D.J., D.L. Scarnecchia, and E.P. Bergersen. 1994. Usefulness of structural and condition indices in management of high mountain stream salmonid populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 14:681-691. pdf

• Roper, B.B., D.L. Scarnecchia, and T. LaMarr. 1994. Summer distribution and habitat use by chinook salmon and steelhead within a major basin of the South Umpqua River, Oregon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123:298-308. pdf

• Bryan, M.D., and D.L. Scarnecchia. 1992. Species richness, composition, and abundance of fish larvae inhabiting natural and developed shorelines of a glacial Iowa lake. Environmental Biology of Fishes 35:329-341. pdf

• Moen, C.T., D.L. Scarnecchia, and J.S. Ramsey. 1992. Paddlefish movements and habitat use in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River during abnormally low stages and discharges. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 12:744-751. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., 1992. A reappraisal of gars and bowfins in fishery management. Fisheries 17(5):6-12. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., and J.R. Wahl. 1992. Fifty years of fisheries management in an obstinate prairie lake. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 99:7-14. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., A. Isaksson, and S.E. White. 1991. Effects of Faroese long-line fishery, other oceanic fisheries, and oceanic variations on age maturity of Icelandic north coast stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fisheries Research 10:207-228. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1989. The history and development of Atlantic salmon management in Iceland. Fisheries 14(2):14-21. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., T.W. Gengerke, and C.T. Moen. 1989. Rationale for a harvest slot limit for paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in the Upper Mississippi River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 9:477-487. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., A. Isaksson, and S.E. White. 1989. Effects of oceanic variations and the West Greenland fishery on age at maturity of Icelandic west coast stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46:16-27. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., A. Isaksson, and S.E. White. 1989. New and revised yield forecasts for two-sea-winter Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Icelandic rivers. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 5:101-110. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., A. Isaksson, and S.E. White. 1989. Oceanic and riverine influences on variations in yield among Icelandic stocks of Atlantic salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 118:482-494. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1988. Evaluation of fish eradication and game fish restocking in a central Iowa pond. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 95:55-59. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1988. Salmon management and the search for values. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45:2042-2050. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1988. The importance of streamlining in influencing fish community structure in channelized and unchannelized reaches of a prairie stream. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 2:155-166. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1987. Rapid removal of otoliths from salmonids. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 7:312-313. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., and E.P. Bergersen. 1987. Trout production and standing crop in Colorado's small streams, as related to environmental features. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 7:315-330. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., and E.P. Bergersen. 1986. Production and habitat of threatened greenback and Colorado River cutthroat trouts. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 115:382-391. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1984. Climatic and oceanic variations affecting yield of Icelandic stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41:917-935. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1984. Forecasting yields of two-sea-winter Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from Icelandic rivers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41:1234-1240. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1983. Age at sexual maturity in Icelandic stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40:1456-1468. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1981. Effects of streamflow and upwelling on yield of wild coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Oregon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 38:471-475. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., and H.H. Wagner. 1980. Contribution of wild and hatchery-reared coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, to the Oregon ocean sport fishery. NOAA Fishery Bulletin 77(3):617-623. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L. 1979. Variation of scale characteristics of coho salmon with sampling location on the body. Progressive Fish Culturist 41(3):132-135. pdf

Popular Articles

• Schooley, J. and D. L Scarnecchia. 2021. Bowfishing in Oklahoma. Outdoor Oklahoma. Jan-Feb Issue.pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., and B. Stephens. 2017. Forgotten fish of North Dakota’s small streams. North Dakota Outdoors. 79(10): 12-15. pdf

• Dekker, C., D.L. Scarnecchia, F. Ryckman and P. Isakson. 2016. Mossback Makeover. Snapping Turtles in North Dakota. North Dakota Outdoors. 79(3): 10-13. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., J. Hendrickson, and R. Hiltner. 2005. Walleye for the ages. North Dakota Outdoors 67(10):17-20. pdf

• Kozfkay, J., D.L. Scarnecchia, K. Gilge and B. Wiedenheft. 2002. Solving the puzzle of Peck's young paddlefish. Montana Outdoors. 33(2):26-31. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., S. Everett, T. Welker and F. Ryckman. 2002. Missouri River Fishes: big changes in the Big Muddy. North Dakota Outdoors. 64(8):10-13. pdf

• Firehammer, J., D.L. Scarnecchia and F. Ryckman. 2001. Paddlefish left and right. North Dakota Outdoors. 64(1):4-6. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., T. Welker, and F. Ryckman. 1998. Teaming up on the mighty Mo. The Missouri River Benthic Fish Study. North Dakota Outdoors 61(4):5-7. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., and F. Ryckman. 1998. Tagging young paddlefish for the twenty-first century. North Dakota Outdoors 60(10):7-9. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., and P.A. Stewart. 1996. Managing Montana's paddlefish: new approaches. Montana Outdoors 27(3):10-14. pdf

• Bonneau, J., D.L. Scarnecchia, and E. Berard. 1995. Better fishing means less carping at Bowman-Haley reservoir. North Dakota Outdoors 57(10):18-20. pdf

• Scarnecchia, D.L., J. Fredericks, and F. Ryckman. 1995. Unlocking the secrets of Lake Sakakawea's young paddlefish. North Dakota Outdoors 57(9):10-13. pdf

• Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
• Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Columbia River Fisheries Landscape Report
• Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Columbia River Fishes Density Dependence Report
• Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Columbia River Food Web Report
• Independent Scientific Review Panel
• IUCN Sturgeon Specialist Group
• MT-ND Paddlefish Management Plan (2021)
• MT Grass Carp Environmental Assessment (2000)
• Oklahoma Paddlefish Management Plan