Publications

Normandeau scientists aren’t just field experts, they’re also accomplished authors and active researchers. Our scientists are constantly gathering more data and insights about their specializations. Below is a list of our experts’ published research starting with the most recent. Check back regularly to see our latest peer-reviewed research!

Robinson Willmott, J., Forcey, G., and Vukovich, M. (2023). New insights into the influence of turbines on the behaviour of migrant birds: implications for predicting impacts of offshore wind developments on wildlife. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2507, 012006.

Farmer, N., Garrison, L., Horn, C., Miller, M., Gowan, T., Kenney, R., Vukovich, M., Robinson Willmott, J., Pate, J., Webb, D., Mullican, T., Stewart, J., Bassos-Hull, K., Jones, C., Adams, D., Kajiura, S., & Waldron, J. (2021). The Distribution of Giant Manta Rays. In The Western North Atlantic Ocean Off The Eastern United States. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-677529/v1.

Geoghegan, P., O’Brien, J., Walker, C. W., Heagy, M., & Böttger, S. A. (2021). Long-term trends in the Occurrence of Disseminated Neoplasia in a Population of Mya arenaria (Softshell Clam) from a New Hampshire Estuary. Northeastern Naturalist, 28(2), 137–148.

McManus, M. C., Langan, J. A., Bell, R. J., Collie, J. S., Klein-MacPhee, G., Scherer, M.D., Balouskus, R.G. (2021). Spatiotemporal patterns in early life stage winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus highlight phenology changes and habitat dependencies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 677, 161-175. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13857

Heisey, P. G., Mathur, D., Phipps, J.L., et al. (2019). Passage survival of European and American eels at Francis and propeller turbines. J Fish Biol, 95, 1172–1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14115

Mathur, D., P. G. Heisey, D. D. Royer, E. J. White, A. C. Slowik, R.A. Bleistine, B. M. Pracheil, K. A. Long, and T .J. Sullivan. (2018). Entrainment of Juvenile and Adult American Shad at a Pumped Storage Facility. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38, 56-75.

Moore, M., Pembroke, A., Nestler, E., Hall, M., Lefkovitz, L., Lambert, M., & Keay, K. (2018). Toxics source reduction and sewage upgrades eliminated winter flounder liver neoplasia (1984−2017) from Boston Harbor, MA, USA. Dis. Aquat. Org. 131, 239-243.

McGovern, S., Robinson Willmott, J., Lampman, G., Pembroke, A., Warford, S., Rehfisch, M., & Clough, S. (2017). The first large-scale offshore aerial survey using a high-resolution camera system. In Bispo, Bernardino, Coelho, & Costa (Eds.), Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts. Springer Pub. ISBN 978-3-030-05519-6 ISBN 978-3-030-05520-2 (eBook)

Pine, W. E. III, Caldwell, J., Allen, M., & Stropki, C. (2017). Predicted Native Fish Response, Potential Rewards and Risks from Flow Alteration in a New Mexico Arid Mountain Stream. River Research Applications, 33, 641–661. doi: 10.1002/rra.3120.

Willmott, K. R., Robinson Willmott, J. C., Elias, M., & Jiggins, C. D. (2017). Maintaining mimicry diversity: optimal warning colour patterns differ among microhabitats in Amazonian clearwing butterflies. Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20170744. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0744

Robinson Willmott, J., Forcey, G. M., & Hooton, L. A. (2015). Developing an automated risk management tool to minimize bird and bat mortality at wind facilities. Ambio. Nov;44 Suppl 4(Suppl 4), 557-71. doi: 10.1007/s13280-015-0707-z. PMID: 26508344; PMCID: PMC4623866. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26508344/

Forcey, G. M., Thogmartin, W. E., Linz, G. M., McKann, P. C., & Crimmins, S. M. (2015). Spatially explicit modeling of blackbird abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region. Journal of Wildlife Management, 79, 1022–1033. https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.912

Holmes, R. H., M. A. Allen, & S. Bros-Seeman. (2015). Seasonal microhabitat selectivity by juvenile steelhead in a central California coastal river. California Fish & Game, 100, 590–615.

Forcey, G. M., Thogmartin, W. E., Linz, G. M., & McKann, P. C. (2014). Land use and climate affect black tern, northern harrier, and marsh wren abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States. The Condor, 116, 226–241. https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/116/2/226/5153090

Gurshin, C. W. D., Balge, M. P., Taylor, M. M., & Lenz, B. E. (2014). Importance of Ultrasonic Field Direction for Guiding Juvenile Blueback Herring Past Hydroelectric Turbines. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 34, 1242–1258. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2014.963749

Robinson Willmott, J., & Forcey, G. (2014). Acoustic monitoring of temporal and spatial abundance of birds near outer continental shelf structures: synthesis report. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Herndon, VA. BOEM 2014-004. 172 pp. Available from www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy-Completed-Studies

Robinson Willmott, J., Forcey, G., & Kent, A. (2013). The relative vulnerability of migratory bird species to offshore wind energy projects on the Atlantic outer continental shelf: An assessment method and database. Final Report to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Renewable Energy Programs. OCS Study BOEM 2013, 207-275 pp.

Forcey, G. (2012). A habitat-based wind-wildlife collision model with application to the upper great plains region — final report. Normandeau Associates, Gainesville, Florida. https://tethys.pnnl.gov/publications/habitat-based-wind-wildlife-collision-model-application-upper-great-plains-region

Robinson Willmott, J., Costello, E. A., Gordon, C., Forcey, G., Casto, S., Beaulac, G., & Pilla, E. (2012). Bird and bat collision risks & wind energy facilities. Inter-American Development Bank. https://publications.iadb.org/en/bird-and-bat-collision-risks-wind-energy-facilities

Stonedahl, S. H., Harvey, J.W., Detty, J., Aubeneau, A., and Packman, A.I. (2012). Physical controls and predictability of stream hyporheic flow evaluated with a multi-scale model. Water Resources Research, 48(10). doi:10.1029/2011WR011582.

Burger, J., Gordon, C., Lawrence, J., Newman, J., Forcey, G., & Vlietstra, L. (2011). Risk evaluation for federally listed (roseate tern, piping plover) or candidate (red knot) bird species in offshore waters: a first step for managing the potential impacts of wind facility development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Renewable Energy, 36, 338–351. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-015-0707-z

Forcey, G. M., Thogmartin, W. E., Linz, G. M., Bleier, W. J., & McKann, P. C. (2011). Land use and climate influences on waterbirds in the Prairie Potholes. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 1694–1707.

Trested, D.G., Chan, M.D., Bridges, W.C., & Isely, J.J. (2011). Seasonal Movement and Mesohabitat Usahttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02510.ge of Adult and Juvenile Lake Sturgeon in the Grasse River, New York. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 140(4), 1006-1014.

Trested, D.G., & Isely, J.J. (2011). Age, growth, mortality, and abundance of lake sturgeon in the Grasse River, New York, USA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27, 13-19.

Trested, D.G., Ware, K., Bakal, R. & Isely, J.J. (2011). Microhabitat use and seasonal movements of hatchery-reared and wild shortnose sturgeon in the Savannah River, South Carolina – Georgia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27, 454-461.

Detty, J. M., and McGuire, K. J. (2010). Threshold changes in storm runoff generation at a till-mantled headwater catchment. Water Resources Research, 46, W07525. doi:10.1029/2009WR008102.

Detty, J. M. and McGuire, K.J. (2010). Topographic controls on shallow groundwater dynamics: implications of hydrologic connectivity between hillslopes and riparian zones in a till mantled catchment. Hydrological Processes, 24, 2222–2236. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7656.

Trested, D.G., Goforth, R., Kirk, J.P., & Isely, J.J. (2010). Survival of Shovelnose Sturgeon after Abdominally Invasive Endoscopic Evaluation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 30(1) 121-125.

Forcey, G. M., Linz, G. M., Thogmartin, W. E., & Bleier, W. J. (2008). Modeling wetland blackbird populations as a function of waterfowl abundance in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States and Canada. Environmental Bioindicators, 3, 124–135. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15555270802275434

Smith, D. L., Allen, M. A., & Brannon, E. L. (2008). Characterization of velocity gradients inhabited by juvenile chinook salmon by habitat type and season. In S. V. Amaral, D. Mathur, & E.P. Taft, III, (Eds.), Advances in fisheries bioengineering (pp. 53–70). American Fisheries Society, Symposium 61, Bethesda, Maryland.

Buckingham, Jessica N., Wong, Bob B.M., Rosenthal, Gil G. (2007). Shoaling decisions in female swordtails: how do fish gauge group size? Behaviour, 144, 1333-1346

Forcey, G. M., Linz, G. M., Thogmartin, W. E., & Bleier, W. J. (2007). Influence of land use and climate on wetland breeding birds in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85, 421–436. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z07-005

Dresser, T. J. Jr., C. L. Dotson, R. K. Fisher Jr., P. Heisey, D. Mathur, J. R. Skalski, and R. L. Townsend. (2006a). Wanapum Dam advanced hydro turbine upgrade project: Part 1 – Passage survival and condition of yearling Chinook Salmon through existing and advanced hydro turbines at Wanapum Dam, Mid Columbia River, USA. Hydro Vision. HCI Publications.

Dresser, T. J., C. L. Dotson, R. K. Fisher, M. J. Gray, M. C. Richmond, C. L. Rakowski, T. J. Carlson, D. Mathur, and P. Heisey. (2006b). Wanapum Dam advanced hydro turbine upgrade project: Part 2 – Evaluation of fish passage test results using Computational Fluid Dynamics. Hydro Vision. HCI Publications.

Forcey, G. M., Anderson, J. T., Ammer, F. K., & Whitmore, R. C. (2006). Comparison of two double-observer point-count approaches for estimating breeding bird abundance. Journal of Wildlife Management, 70, 1674–1681. https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1674:COTDPA]2.0.CO;2

Spina, A. P., Allen, M. A., & Clarke, M. (2005). Downstream migration, rearing abundance, and pool habitat associations of juvenile steelhead trout in the lower main stem of a south-central California stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 25, 919–930.

Isely, J.J., Trested, D.G., & Grabowski, T.B. (2004). Tag Retention and Survivorship of Hatchery Rainbow Trout Marked with Large-Format Visible Implant Alphanumeric Tags. North American Journal of Aquaculture, 66, 73-74.

Fleiss, J. L., B. Levin, M. C. Paik. (2003). Statistical methods for rates and proportions. 3rd ed. P. cm.-Wiley series in probability and statistics. QA279.F58 2003.

Johnson, G. E., B. D. Ebberts, D. D. Dauble, A. E. Giorgi, P. G. Heisey, R. P. Mueller, and D. A. Neitzel. (2003). Effects of jet entry at high flow outfalls on juvenile Pacific salmon. Journal of Fisheries Management, 23, 441-449.

Skalski, J. R., D. Mathur, and P. G. Heisey. (2002). Effects of turbine operating efficiency in smolt passage survival. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22, 1193-1200.

Robinson-Dean, J. C., Willmott, K. R., Catterall, M. J., Kelly, D. J., Whittington, A., Phalan, B., Marples, N. M., & Boeadi. (2002). A new subspecies of Red-backed Thrush Zoothera erythronota kabaena subsp. nov. (Muscicapidae: Turdidae), from Kabaena island, Indonesia. FORKTAIL, 18, 1-10. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c1a9e03f407b482a158da87/t/5c1feb6b0ebbe84faf32041f/1545595757396/Robinson-Dean-Thrush.pdf

Allen, M. A. (2000). Seasonal microhabitat use by juvenile spring Chinook salmon in the Yakima River basin, Washington. Rivers, 7, 314–332.

Mathur, D., P. G. Heisey, J. R. Skalski, and D. R. Kenney. (2000). Salmonid smolt survival relative to turbine efficiency and entrainment depth in hydroelectric power generation. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 36, 737-747.

Mathur, D., P. G. Heisey, J. R. Skalski, R. K. Fisher, S. Brown, and S. Hammond. (1998). Fish survival relative to development of friendly hydro turbine passage. Proc. Modelling, Testing, and Monitoring for Hydroplants III, Aix-en-Provence, France. The International Journal of Hydropower Dams, 83-94.

Franke, G. F., D. R. Webb, R. K. Fisher, Jr., D. Mathur, P. N. Hopping, P. A. March, M. R. Headrick, I. T. Laczo, Y. Ventikos, and F. Sotiropoulos. (1997). Development of environmentally advanced hydropower turbine system design concepts. Prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office. Contract DE-AC07-94ID13223.

Allen, M. A. (1996). Equal-area line transect sampling for smallmouth bass habitat suitability criteria in the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania. In M. LeClerc, C. Herve, S. Valentin, A. Boudreault, & Y. Cote (Eds.), Ecohydraulics 2000: Second international symposium on habitat hydraulics (pp. B 119–132). Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Eau, Quebec, Canada.

Heisey, P. G., D. Mathur, and E. T. Euston. (1996). Passing fish safely: a closer look at turbine versus spillway survival. Hydro Review, 15(4), 2-6.

Mathur, D., P. G. Heisey, E. T. Euston, J. R. Skalski, and S. Hays. (1996). Turbine passage survival estimation for Chinook salmon smolts (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at a large dam on the Columbia River. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53, 542-549.

Mathur, D., P. G. Heisey, K. J. McGrath, and T. R. Tatham. (1996). Juvenile blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) survival via turbine and spillway. Water Resources Bulletin, 32, 155-161.

Mathur, D., P. G. Heisey, and D. A. Robinson. (1994). Turbine-passage mortality of juvenile American shad in passage through a low-head hydroelectric dam. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123, 108-111.

Heisey, P. G., D. Mathur, and T. Rineer. (1992). A reliable tag-recapture technique for estimating turbine passage survival: application to young-of-the-year American shad (Alosa sapidissima). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 49, 1826-1834.

Mathur, D., and P. G. Heisey. (1992). Debunking the myths about fish mortality at hydro plants. Hydro Review 11(2), 54-60.

Allen, M. A., & Hassler, T.J. (1986). Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Pacific Southwest) – chinook salmon. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 82(11.49). United States Army Corps of Engineers, TR EL-82-4. 26pp.