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Dennis Scarnecchia
Research/Focus Areas
  • Paddlefish and sturgeon research
  • Salmon and trout research
  • Fish ecology
  • Fish stock assessment
  • Fish population dynamics
  • Large river fisheries
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • Fish 418: Fisheries Management
  • Fish 504: Hatchery and Wild Fish Issues and Interactions
  • Fish 515: Large River Fisheries

Dennis Scarnecchia

College of Natural Resources
Department of Fish & Wildlife
Professor

Campus Locations
Moscow

With UI Since
1990
Office: Phinney 315
Phone: (208) 885-5981
Email: scar@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
c/o Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho
PO Box 441136
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1136

  • Ph. D. Fisheries, Colorado State University, 1983
  • M.S. Fisheries, Oregon State University, 1978
  • B.S. Physics, University of Arizona, 1976

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