Selected Publications
Gidley, C.A., D.L. Scarnecchia and J.A. Hanson. In Press. Fish community structure associated with stabilized and unstabilized shoreline habitats, Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho, USA. River Research and Applications.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Icthyology 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.
Scarnecchia, D. L., L. F. Ryckman, Y. Lim, G. 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
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. 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
Research Projects
- Research and management issues
Outreach Projects