Peer-reviewed Publications (+ indicates student or postdoc as lead)

  1. +Bonjour, S.M., J.J. Roberts, S.F. Colborne, T.O. Brenden, L.R. Nathan, D.W. Broaddus, C.S. Vandergoot, C.M. Mayer, S. Qian, R.D. Hunter, R.E. Brown, and M.R. Acre. 2025. Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) movement states and backwater use can inform removal efforts. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 102654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2025.102654
  2. Lang, K., W. Hintz, C. Kemp, R.T. Young, M.R. Acre, R.L. Mapes, P. Kocovsky, S. Qian, and C.M. Mayer. 2025. Dead Giveaway: Rising Mortality Rates Suggest Effectiveness of Lake Erie Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Control. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(4):102606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2025.102606
  3. Acre, M.R., S.M. Bonjour, J.N. Griffin, R. Bratcher, T.M. Hessler, D.W. Broaddus, A.T. Mueller, J.D. Faulkner, J.L. Ridgway, M. Iacchetta, S. Colyer, and R.D. Calfee. 2025. Long-term surgery survival, body condition effects, and incision healing of Silver Carp and buffalo species comparing sedation methods across seasons. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 4:424–439. https://doi.org/10.1093/tafafs/vnaf020
  4. Hunter, R.D., S.S. Qian, J.L. Fischer, R.E. Brown, L.R. Nathan, J.M. Dettmers, J.J. Roberts, C.D. Hilling, M.R. Acre, R.L. Mapes, R.T. Young, and C.M. Mayer. 2025. Optimizing per Vessel Hour Capture Efficiency for Rare, Heterogeneously Distributed Fishes: Invasive Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in the Sandusky River. Fisheries Research, 285:107344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107344
  5. Roberts, H., F.J. Kappen, M.R. Acre, D.J. Daugherty, N.G. Smith, and J.S. Perkin. 2025. Megafish movement: Testing stream fish movement paradigms using alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula). Movement Ecology, 13:15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00544-7
  6. +Wilson, T.W., M.R. Acre, F. Williams III, R.D. Calfee, C.M. Mayer, R.L. Mapes, C.K. Kemp, R.T. Young, and M.E. Byrne. 2025. Reproductive biology of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Journal of Fish Biology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70003
  7. Schulz, K.A., M.R. Acre, A.T. Mueller, J.J. Wamboldt, D.W. Broaddus, T.M. Heesler, T.M. Wilson, R.L. Mapes, J.J. Amberg, and R.D. Calfee. 2025. Fish assemblage evaluation in the lower Sandusky River, Ohio following dam removal. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Laurentian 2025-01. https://doi.org/10.70227/GDZU9409
  8. Acre, M.R., T.M. Hessler, S.M. Bonjour, J.J. Roberts, S.F. Colborne, T.O. Brenden, L.R. Nathan, D.W. Broaddus, C.S. Vandergoot, C.M. Mayer, S.S. Qian, R.D. Hunter, R.E. Brown, and R.D. Calfee. 2024. Capturing potential: Leveraging grass carp behavior for enhanced removal. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(4):102373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102373
  9. Ridgway, J.L., J.A. Madsen, J.R. Fischer, R.D. Calfee, M.R. Acre, and D.C. Kazyak. 2024. Side-Scan Sonar as a Tool For Measuring Fish Populations: Current State of the Science and Future Directions. Fisheries, 49(10):454–462. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11137
  10. +Elkins, L., M.R. Acre, M.S. Bean, S. Robertson, and J.S. Perkin. 2024. A Multiscale Perspective for Improving Conservation of Conchos Pupfish. Animal Conservation, 27:538–553. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12930
  11. Ellard, J.K., H.C. Roberts, D.J. Daugherty, B.P. Fleming, M.R. Acre, and J.S. Perkin. 2023. Scale-dependent tradeoffs between habitat and time in explaining Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula) movement. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 107:1457–1473. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-023-01473-3
  12. Ridgway, J.L.†, M.R. Acre†, T.M. Hessler, D.W. Broaddus, J. Morris, and R.D. Calfee. 2023. Silver Carp herding: A telemetry evaluation of efficacy and implications for design and application. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 14(3):493–502. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2023.14.3.08  (†shared first authorship.)
  13. Rivera, J.M., A.R. Cupp, J.L. Ridgway, D.C. Chapman, B. Hoster, M.R. Acre, R.D. Calfee, J.R. Fischer, and J. Duncker. 2023. Application of electricity and underwater acoustics to clear fish from a navigation lock during maintenance. Management of Biological Invasions, 14(3):493–502. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2023.14.3.08
  14. Acre, M.R., T.B. Grabowski, D.J. Leavitt, N.G. Smith, A.A. Pease, P.T. Bean, and D.P. Geeslin. 2022. Mismatch between temperature and discharge disrupts spawning cues in a fluvial specialist, Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 32:305–321. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12687
  15. Ribeiro, H.V., M.R. Acre, J.D. Faulkner, L.R. da Cunha, K.M. Lawson, J.J. Wamboldt, M.K. Brey, C.M. Woodley, and R.D. Calfee. 2022. Effects of shady environments on fish behavior. Scientific Reports, 12:17873. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22515-3
  16. +Roberts, H.C., M.R. Acre, M.P.A. Claus, F.J. Kappen, K.O. Winemiller, D.J. Daugherty, and J.S. Perkin. 2022. Tributary streams provide migratory fish with access to floodplain habitats in a regulated river: evidence from Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 80(2):393–407. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0076
  17. Perkin, J.S., M.R. Acre, J.K. Ellard, A.W. Rodger, J.F. Trungale, K.O. Winemiller, and L.E. Yancy. 2022. Flow-recruitment relationships for Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) and implications for managing environmental flows. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 43:1260–1275. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10837
  18. Acre, M.R., T.B. Grabowski, D.J. Leavitt, A.A. Pease, and J.E. Pease. 2021. Blue Sucker habitat use in a regulated Texas river: implications for conservation and restoration. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 104:501–516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-021-01093-9
  19. Perkin, J.S., M.J. Troia, and M.R. Acre. 2021. Conservation status of native fishes in the Chihuahuan Desert region of the United States: a spatial perspective. In: Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council Special Publication, 2021:77–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/21665
  20. Parker, S.D., J.S. Perkin, M.G. Bean, D. Luts-Carillo, and M.R. Acre. 2020. Temporal distribution modeling reveals upstream habitat drying and downstream non-native introgression are squeezing out an imperiled headwater fish. Diversity and Distributions, 27:533–551. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13214
  21. Acre, M.R., J.S. Perkin, and M.S. Bean. 2020. Multiple survey methods reveal greater abundance of endangered pupfish in restored habitats. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3491
  22. Perkin, J.S., M.R. Acre, K. Hoenke, and J. Graham. 2020. An integrative conservation planning framework for aquatic landscapes fragmented by road-stream crossings. Landscape and Urban Planning, 202:103860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103860
  23. Acre, M.R., C. Alejandrez, J. East, T.B. Grabowski, W.A. Massure, S. Miyazono, J.E. Pease, E.L. Roesler, and H.M. Williams. 2017. Comparison of the precision of age estimates generated from fin rays, scales, and otoliths of Blue Sucker. Southeastern Naturalist, 16(2):215–224. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.016.0208
  24. Acre, M.R., T.B. Grabowski. 2015. Deployment of paired push nets from jet-propelled kayaks to sample ichthyoplankton. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35:925–929. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2015.1069426
  25. Leavitt, D.J., and M.R. Acre. 2014. Sceloporus arenicolus (Dunes Sagebrush Lizard). Activity patterns and foraging mode. Herpetological Review, 45(4):699–700.
  26. Acre, M.R., D.J. Leavitt, and C.M. Schalk. 2012. A patternless morph of the Marbled Whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmorata; Squamata: Teiidae) in New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 57:208–209. https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-57.2.206
  27. López-Suárez, P., C. Oujo, M.R. Acre, and C.J. Hazevoet. 2012. A stranding of pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) Gray, 1874 on Boavista during February 2012: first record for the Cape Verde Islands. Zoologia Caboverdiana, 3(1):52–55.
Seven people wearing life jackets, waders, and hats wading across a river with one person pulling a small motorized boat, all using nets and poles for scientific research.
Two men sit in a boat on a creek surrounded by green trees and rocky cliffs, wearing life vests and hats, with equipment on the boat.
Four small fish lying on a wooden surface beside a measuring tape. The fishes are wet and appear freshly caught.
Scientists or researchers working in a river with scientific equipment, wearing waders and life vests, surrounded by a wooded landscape.