BFS Publications

Published Papers

BFS research is summarized in Annual Reports, Occasional Papers, Technical Reports and in refereed scientific journals.

Annual reports summarize the research undertaken by faculty, staff, students, interns, and volunteers at the BFS each year
Occasional papers are lengthy reports not appropriate to include in annual reports (i.e. Masters Theses and Lake Management Plans by Thesis Track LM Students)
Technical Reports are studies undertaken in our role as environmental consultants and Lake Management Plans by PSM Track students.

These reports are in PDF format. To view them, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. It can be downloaded from https://get.adobe.com/reader/ Most recent reports are at the top.

Occasional Papers - No. 1 Through 81
Volume Number	Title, Author, & date
No. 81	. Derek Shea. 2024.
No. 80	. John R. Foster and Zachary R. Diehl. 2022.
No. 79	Sinéad C. Comerford. January 2023.
No. 78	. Marshall Arnwine. June 2022.
No. 77	. Dan S. Stich and Alexa Tumbarello. June 2022.
No. 76	. Lucas LeTarte. June 2022.
No. 75	David Pfuhler. February 2021.
No. 74	. Samantha R. Carey. January 2021.
No. 73	. George C. Smith. 2020.
No. 72	. Willard N. Harman. July 2020.
No. 71	Erin K. Gilligan. May 2020.
No. 70	Hayley B. Dower. February 2020.
No. 69	. Sonja L. Wixom. February 2020.
No. 68	. Monica Matt. October 2019.
No. 67	. Stradder C. Caves. August 2019.
No. 66	David S. Andrews. May 2019.
No. 65	. Joseph R. O'Reilly. May 2019.
No. 64	. Kathleen Marean. May 2019.
No. 63	Ryan J. Elliott. January 2019.
No. 62	and . Patrick Goodwin, December 2018
No. 61	Luke J. Gervase, November 2018
No. 60	Maxine Verteramo (with edits by W.N. Harman). November 2018
No. 59	. Leah Gorman, July 2018
No. 58	An Integrative Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Diversity in Neoechinorhynchus (Acanthocephala) Species in North America. Margaret L. Doolin, July 2018
No. 57	Jenna Leskovec (with edits by W.N. Harman), June 2018
No. 56	Caitlin A. Stroosnyder, January 2018
No. 55	Edward J. Kwietniewski, October 2017
No. 54	Christian F. Jenne, July 2017
No. 53	Alejandro Reyes, December 2016
No. 52	. Eric A. Davis, August 2016
No. 51	. Benjamin P. German, September 2016
No. 50	. Daniel Kopec, November 2015
No. 49	. Owen Zaengle, October 2015
No. 48	& . Carter L. Bailey, March 2015
No. 47	. Jason E. Luce, March 2015
No. 46	. Derek K. Johnson, March 2015.
No. 45	Elias J. Moskal, August 2009
No. 44	Willow Eyres, June 2009
No. 43	Todd Paternoster. August 2006
No. 42	Wesley T. Tibbits, June 2007
No. 41	) (begins on Pg. 20) Michael S. Gray, September 2005
No. 40	Mark D. Cornwell, September 2005
No. 39	Michael F. Stensland, June 2005.
No. 38	. Paul H. Lord, August 2004
No. 37	. Willard N. Harman, May 2003
No. 36	. Laurie A.Trotta, June 2002
No. 35	. Andrew R.Fetterman, June 2001
No. 34	Scott D. Stanton, September 2000
No. 33	C. Mead McCoy, C. P. Madenjian, V. J. Adams, W. N. Harman, D. M. Warner, M. F. Albright and L. P. Sohacki, January 2000
No. 32	D. M. Warner, December, 1999
No. 31	A self guided tour of Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary. W. N. Harman and B. Higgins (Revised by J. Lopez), 1998
No. 30	W. N. Harman, L. P. Sohacki, M. F. Albright, January 1997 See the Otsego Lake page for individual sections.
No. 29	M. F. Albright, L. P. Sohacki, W. N. Harman, June 1996
No. 28	-D. Dempsey, March 1996
No. 27	-C. A. MacArthur, August 1995
No. 26	S. H. Komorosky, July 1994
No. 25	-W. N. Harman. May 1994
No. 24	Leanne Maxwell, February 1992
No. 23	. -T. J. Iannuzzi, January 1991
No. 22	The lake book: a guide to reducing water pollution at home. Lake Otsego Planning Report #1. W. N. Harman, March 1990
No. 21	-Robert J. Montione, April 1989
No. 20	-J. P. Fagani and W. N. Harman, August 1987
No. 19	A self guided tour of the Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary. -W. N. Harman and B. Higgins, February 1986
No. 18	Daniel Osenni, November 1984
No. 17	Edward M. Mathieu, February 1984
No. 16	J. K. Hill, October 1983
No. 15	R. C. MacWatters, July 1983
No. 14	Donald B. Clark. June 1983
No. 13	The systematics and ecology of Najadicola ingens (Koenike 1896) (Acarina: Hydrachnidia) in Otsego Lake, New York. Thomas Simmon, April 1983
No. 12	Mating, aggression, and cement gland development in the crayfish, Cambarus bartoni. Richard E. Thomas, Jr., February 1983
No. 11	Some aspects of predator recognition and anti-predator behavior in the Black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus). A. Kevin Gleason, November 1982
No. 10	The dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata: Anisoptera and Zygoptera) of Otsego County, New York with illustrated keys to genera and species. L. S. House III, September 1982
No. 9	W. N. Harman, April 1982
No. 8	The ecology of the aquatic macrophytes of Rat Cove, Otsego Lake, N.Y. F. A. Vertucci, W. N. Harman and J. H. Perverly, December 1981
No. 7	R. C. MacWatters, May 1980
No. 6	The distribution and ecology of the aquatic molluscan fauna of the Black River drainage basin in northern New York. D. E. Buckley, April 1977
No. 5	A history and description of the Biological Field Station (1966-1977). W. N. Harman, November 1977
No. 4	An ecology of the Unionidae of Otsego Lake with special references to the immature stages. G. P. Weir, November 1977
No. 3	A basic limnology of Otsego Lake (Summary of research 1968-75). W. N. Harman and L. P. Sohacki, June 1976
No. 2	. A. J. Newell, April 1976
No. 1	The diet and feeding habits of the terrestrial stage of the common newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (Raf.) M. C. MacNamara, April 1976

Technical Reports
Volume Number	Title, Author, & date
No. 39	. H. Murphy. May 2021.
No. 38	. C. Maier. 2021.
No. 37	. C. Sosa. October 2020.
No. 36	. Z. Diehl. September 2019.
No. 35	. K. Kilson. September 2019.
No. 34	. A. Setteducate. September 2019.
No. 33	P. Goodwin, CLM. March 2019.
No. 32	P. Rose, D. Andrews, J.B. Casscles, S. Caves, M. Matt, and D. Stich, December 2018.
No. 31b	Aquatic Invasive Species Surveys of Five New York City Water Supply Reservoirs and Molecular Sampling. W. Harman, H. Waterfield, J. Heilveil. April 2017.
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No. 30	. M. Albright and H. Waterfield. February 2012. is available separately.
No. 29
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No. 27
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No. 24	March, 2007.
No. 23
No. 22	March, 2006.
No. 21	March, 2003 available separately.
No. 20	. March, 2003.
No. 19	. February 2004.
No. 18	March, 2003.
No. 17	. February, 2002.
No. 16	February, 2003.
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No. 14	March, 2002.
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No. 12	January, 2002.
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No. 10	February, 2001.
No. 9	December, 2000.
No. 8	. February, 2000.
No. 7	February, 2000.
No. 6	February, 2000.
No. 5	December, 1998.
No. 4	. November, 1998.
No. 3	November, 1997.
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No. 1	. May, 1997.

Erickson, R.A., D.S. Stich, and J.L. Hebert (2022) fishStan: Hierarchical Bayesian models for fisheries. The Journal of Open Source Software. Published 21 March 2022. DOI: []

Uhrovi膷, D., M. Oros, F. Reyda, O. Kudlai, and T. Scholz (2021) Redescription of Biacetabulum giganteum Hunter, 1929 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), description of two new, closely related species from suckers (Catostomidae) in North America, and a critical review of host specificity of species of Biacetabulum Hunter, 1927. Systematics and Biodiversity. Published online 14 October 2021.

Sholz, T., A. Choudhury, and F. Reyda (2021) The Proteocephalus species-aggregate (Cestoda) in cyprinoids, pike, eel, smelt and cavefish of the Nearctic region (North America): diversity, host associations and distribution. Systematic Parasitology. doi: 10.1007/s11230-021-09975-3.

*Herzog, K.S., R. S. *Meininger, and F. B. Reyda (2021). A new species of elasmobranch tapeworm in the genus Stillabothrium (Rhinebothriidea: Escherbothriidee) from a stingray from Borneo. Comparative Parasitology. 88(1) 34–40.

Caves, S, JR Baumann, and DS Stich (2021) Density-dependent changes in Grass Carp growth and mortality in long-term aquatic plant management. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:355-365. []

George, SD, DS Stich, and BP Baldigo (2021) Considerations of variability and power for long-term monitoring of stream fish assemblages. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78:301-311. .

Gilligan-Lunda, EK, DS Stich, KE Mills, MM Bailey, and JD Zydlewski (2021) Climate change may cause shifts in growth and instantaneous natural mortality of American Shad throughout their native range. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 150:407-421.

Oliver, DO, N Rude, GW Whitledge, and DS Stich (2021) Evaluation of recently implemented harvest regulations in a data-limited catfish fishery with Bayesian estimation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:S364-S378.

Sotola, VA, KT Sullivan, BM Littrell, NH Martin, DS Stich, and TH Bonner (2021) Short-term responses of freshwater mussels to floods in a southwestern U.S.A. river estimated using mark-recapture sampling. Freshwater Biology 66:349-361. []

Vlk, A, E Bastiaans, D Stich, and D Vogler (2021) Effect of anthropogenic habitat disturbance on the nesting ecology of the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 15(2):50-58.

Zydlewski, J, DS Stich, S Roy, M Bailey, T Sheehan, and K Sprankle (2021) What Have We Lost? Modeling Dam Impacts on American Shad Populations Through Their Native Range. Frontiers in Marine Science. [] [].

Mullin, BR and FB Reyda (2020) High prevalence of the copepod Salmincola californiensis in steelhead trout in Lake Ontario following its recent invasion. Journal of Parasitology. 106(1): 198–200.

Lewis, ASL, BS Kim, HL Edwards, HL Wander, CM Garfield, HE Murphy, ND Poulin, SD Princiotta, KC Rose, AE Taylor, KC Weathers, CR Wigdahl-Perry, K Yokota, DC Richardson, and DA Bruesewitz (2020) . Inland Waters. DOI: .

Watson, JM, SM Coghlan, JD Zydlewski, DB Hayes, and DS Stich (2019) Role of recovering river herring Alosa spp. populations on Smallmouth Bass diet and growth. Pages 75-92 in M. J. Seipker and J. W. Quinn Editors, Managing Centrarchid Fisheries, American Fisheries Society Symposium Number 87. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.

George, SD, BP Baldigo, and DS Stich (2019) .Ecological Indicators. 101:661-669

Reyda, FB, Wells, SM, AV Ermolenko, MS Zietara and JI Lumme (2019) . Biological Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-019-02097-4

Franzem, TP, M Kugler, R LaRochelle, D Stich, A Gascho Landis, and P Lord (2019) Reproductive phenology of Elliptio complanata in the Upper Susquehanna River tributaries of New York. Northeastern Naturalist 29:119-128.

Stich, DS, TF Sheehan and JD Zydlewski (2019) . Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 76: 762-779

Reyda, FB, CP Pommelle, ML Doolin (2019) . Comparative Parasitology. 86(2):108-113

Doolin ML and FB Reyda (2018) J. Parasitol. 104(6):671-678

Dedrick, EA, FB Reyda, EK Iwanyckyj and RT Ruhnke (2018) . Folia Parasitologica. 65:014. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2018.014

Yokota K, H Waterfield, C Hastings, E Davidson, E Kwietniewski, B Wells (2017) Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 2(4)

Hawkes, JP, TF Sheehan and DS Stich (2017) . Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 146:1279-1290.

Davis EA, WH Wong, and WN Harman (2016) . Management of Biological Invasions. Vol. 7

DeShon DL, WH Wong, D Farmer, and AJ Jenson (2016) Management of Biological Invasions. Vol. 7

Yang C, Y Sun, T Zhi, T Iwaki, FB Reyda, and T Yang (2016) Zootaxa. 4169(2):286-300

Heller NP, FB Reyda, and AD Heller (2016) . J. Parasitol. 102(5): 533-537

Reyda FB, CJ Healy, AR Haslach, TR Ruhnke, TL Aprill, MP Bergman, AL Daigler, EA Dedrick, I Delgado, KS Forti, KS Herzog, RS Russell, and DD Willsey (2016) Folia Parasitologica. 63:038

Davis EA, WH Wong, WN Harman (2015) Comparison of three sodium chloride chemical treatments for adult zebra mussel decontamination. Journal of Shellfish Research 34(3):1029-1036

Marques FPL, FB Reyda (2015) Rhinebothrium jaimei sp. n. (Eucestoda: Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidea): a new species from Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygonidae). Folia Parasitologica. 62:057

Bergman MP, FB Reyda, JS Heilveil (2015) Host use of Leptorhynchoides thecatus (Acanthocephala) from the Upper Susquehanna River Basin, New York, U.S.A. Comp. Parasitol. 82(1):109-114.

Yoo A, P Lord, WH Wong (2014) Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) monitoring using navigation buoys. Management of Biological Invasions. 5(2):159-163

Kocovsky PK, LG Rudstam, DL Yule, DM Warner, T Schaner, B Pientka, JW Deller, HA Waterfield, LD Witzel, PJ Sullivan (2013) Sensitivity of fish density estimates to standard analytical procedures applied to Great Lakes hydroacoustic data. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 39:655-662

Eyring, K. L., C. J. Healy, & F. B. Reyda. (2012) A New Genus and species of cestode (Rhinebothriidea) from Mobula kuhlii(Rajiformes: Myliobatidae) from Borneo. Journal of Parasitology. 98: 584–591.

Reyda, F. B. & F. P. L. Marques. (2011) PLoS ONE 6(8): e22604. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022604

Albright MF (2005) Changes in water quality in an urban stream following the use of organically derived deicing products. Lake and Reserv. Management 21(1):119-124.

Albright MF, WN Harman, H Meehan, S Fickbohm, S Groff and T Austin (2004) Recovery of native flora and behavioral responses by Galerucella spp. following biocontrol of purple loosestrife. Am. Midl. Nat. 152:248-254.

Albright MF, WN Harman, WT Tibbits, MS Gray, DM Warner and RJ Hamway (2004) Biomanipulation: A classic example in a shallow eutrophic pond. Lake and Reserv. Manage. 20(3)181-187.

Harman, WN, MF Albright, and DM Warner (2002) Trophic changes in Otsego Lake, NY following the introduction of the alewife (Alosa psuedoharengus). Lake and Reserv. Manage. 18(3):215-226.