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Stuart Andrew Welsh Business Address: Assistant Unit Leader U.S. Geological Survey, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 313C Percival Hall, West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 Phone 304-293-5006; Fax 304-293-4826; Email [email protected] Education: B.S. Degree, 1990, Wildlife Resources, West Virginia University M.S. Degree, 1996, Fisheries Management, Frostburg State University Ph.D. Degree, 1997, Fisheries, West Virginia University Professional Positions: Assistant Unit Leader, Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Morgantown, WV. Dates: March 2000 to present Adjunct Professor of Ichthyology, School of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University Dates: August 2014 to present. Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Forestry, West Virginia University Dates: August 2007 to August 2014. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Forestry, West Virginia University Dates: March 2000 to August 2007. Fishery Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Annapolis, MD. Dates: June 1998 to March 2000.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD. Dates: January 1999 to December 1999.
Professional Societies: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists American Fisheries Society
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International Association of Astacology Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Southeastern Fishes Council Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society West Virginia Academy of Science BIBLIOGRAPHY: Peer-reviewed publications: 1. Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. 1997. Acidification and fish occurrence in the upper
Cheat River drainage, West Virginia. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 33:423–429.
2. Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. 1998. Habitat partitioning in a community of darters in the
Elk River, West Virginia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 51:411–419. 3. Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. 1999. Spatial scale and its influence on estimates of
substrate use in stream fishes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 18:954–959.
4. Kinziger, A.P., R.M. Wood, and S.A. Welsh. 2001. Systematics of Etheostoma tippecanoe
and Etheostoma denoncourti (Perciformes: Percidae). Copeia 2001:235–239. 5. Welsh, S.A., M.F. Mangold, and S.M. Eyler. 2001. Movement of shortnose sturgeon in the
upper Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:298–303.
6. Welsh, S.A., S.M. Eyler, M.F. Mangold, and A.J. Spells. 2002. Capture locations and
growth rates of Atlantic sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay. Pages 183–194 in W. Van Winkle, P.J. Anders, D.H. Secor, and D.A. Dixon, editors. Biology, management, and protection of North American sturgeon. American Fisheries Society Symposium 28, Bethesda, Maryland.
7. Welsh, S.A., M.F. Mangold, J.E. Skjeveland, and A.J. Spells. 2002. Distribution and
movements of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries 25:101–104.
8. Welsh, S.A., J.T. Anderson, and D.A. Cincotta. 2002. Fish occurrence on the Camp
Dawson Collective Training Area, Kingwood, West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Natural Sciences 74:87–89.
9. Millard, M., S. Welsh, J. Fletcher, J. Mohler, A. Kahnle, K. Hattala. 2003. Mortality
associated with catch and release of striped bass in the Hudson River. Fisheries Management and Ecology 10:295–300.
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10. Welsh, S.A., A.W. Kahnle, B.A. Versak, and R.J. Latour. 2003. Use of tag data to
compare growth rates of Atlantic coast striped bass stocks. Fisheries Management and Ecology 10:289–294.
11. Welsh, S.A. and D.A. Cincotta. 2004. Natural hybrids of the madtoms, Noturus flavus
and Noturus insignis, from the Monongahela River drainage, West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 11:399–406.
12. Hedrick, L.B., S.A. Welsh, and J.D. Hedrick. 2005. A new sampler design for measuring
sedimentation in streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:238–244.
13. Welsh, S.A., D.R. Smith, R.W. Laney, and R.C. Tipton. 2007. Tag-based estimates of
annual fishing mortality of a mixed Atlantic coastal stock of striped bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:34–42.
14. Osier, E.A. and S.A. Welsh. 2007. Habitat use of the spotted darter, Etheostoma
maculatum, in Elk River, West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 14:447–460. 15. Hedrick, L.B., S.A. Welsh, and J.T. Anderson. 2007. Effects of highway construction on
sediment and benthic macroinvertebrates in two tributaries of the Lost River, West Virginia. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:561–569.
16. Hedrick, L.B., S.A. Welsh, J.T. Anderson, and J.D. Hedrick. 2007. Evaluation of a new
sediment sampling device. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 61:35–39.
17. Switzer, J.F., S.A. Welsh, T. King. 2008. Microsatellite DNA primers for the candy
darter, Etheostoma osburni and variegate darter, Etheostoma variatum, and cross-species amplification in other darters (Percidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 8:335–338.
18. Zimmerman, J.L. and S.A. Welsh. 2008. Pit tag retention in small (205-370 mm)
American eels, Anguilla rostrata. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences 79(2):1–8.
19. Welsh, S.A. and R.M. Wood. 2008. Crystallaria cincotta, a new species of darter
(Teleostei: Percidae) from the Elk River of the Ohio River drainage, West Virginia. Zootaxa 1680:62–68.
20. Hammond, S.D. and S.A. Welsh. 2009. Seasonal movements of large yellow American
eels downstream of a hydroelectric dam, Shenandoah River, West Virginia. Pages 309–323 in J.M. Casselman and D.K. Cairns, editors. Eels at the edge: science, status, and conservation concerns. American Fisheries Society Symposium 58, Bethesda, Maryland.
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21. Loughman, Z.J., T.P. Simon, and S.A. Welsh. 2009. West Virginia crayfishes
(Decapoda:Cambaridae): Observations on distribution, natural history, and conservation. Northeastern Naturalist 16:225–238.
22. Sheehan, K. and S.A. Welsh. 2009. An interpolation method for stream habitat
assessments. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:1–9. 23. Welsh, S.A., R.M. Wood, K.R. Sheehan. 2009. Threatened fishes of the world:
Crystallaria cincotta Welsh and Wood 2008 (Percidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 84:191–192.
24. Chen, Y., X. Wei, L. Lin, R. Viadera, L.B. Hedrick, S.A. Welsh, J.T. Anderson. 2009.
Effects of highway construction on stream water quality and macroinvertebrate condition in a Mid-Atlantic highlands watershed, USA. Journal of Environmental Quality 38:1672–1682.
25. Hedrick, L., S. Welsh, and J. Anderson. 2009. Influences of high flow events on a stream
channel altered by construction of a highway bridge – a case study. Northeastern Naturalist 16:375–394.
26. Loughman, Z.J., N. Garrison, S.A. Welsh, and T.P Simon. 2009. Zoogeography,
conservation, and ecology of crayfishes within the Cheat River basin of the upper Monongahela River drainage, West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy Science 81:25–42.
27. Cincotta, D.A. and S.A. Welsh. 2010. Discovery of Ammocrypta clara (western sand
darter) in the upper Ohio River of West Virginia. American Midland Naturalist 163:318–325.
28. Loughman, Z.J., and S.A. Welsh. 2010. Distribution and conservation standing of West
Virginia crayfishes. Southeastern Naturalist 9(Special Issue 3):63–78. 29. Loughman, Z.J., T.P. Simon, and S.A. Welsh. 2010. Forward: conservation, biology, and
natural history of crayfishes from the southern United States. Southeastern Naturalist 9(Special Issue 3):1–10.
30. Welsh, S.A., Z.J. Loughman, and T.P. Simon. 2010. Concluding remarks: A symposium
on the conservation, biology, and natural history of crayfishes from the southern United States. Southeastern Naturalist 9(Special Issue 3):267–269.
31. Hedrick, L.B., S.A. Welsh, J.T. Anderson, L. Lin, Y. Chen, and X. Wei. 2010. Response
of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to highway construction in an Appalachian watershed. Hydrobiologia 641:115–131.
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32. Loughman, Z.J., T.P. Simon, and S.A. Welsh. 2011. Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea; Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124:99–111.
33. Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, and P.J. Turk. 2011. Selection and preference of benthic
habitat by small and large ammocoetes of the least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera). Environmental Biology of Fishes 91:421–428.
34. Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, and P.J. Turk. 2012. Available benthic habitat type may
influence predation risk in larval lampreys. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 21:160–163. 35. Zimmerman, J. and S. Welsh. 2012. Prevalence of Anguillicoloides crassus and growth
variation in migrant yellow-phase American eels of the upper Potomac River drainage. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 101:131–137.
36. Selego, S.M., C.L. Rose, G.T. Merovich, S.A. Welsh, and J.T. Anderson. 2012.
Community-level response of fishes and aquatic macroinvertebrates to stream restoration in a third-order tributary of the Potomac River, USA. International Journal of Ecology. DOI 10.1155/2012/753634.
37. Loughman, Z.J., S.A. Welsh, and T.P. Simon. 2012. Occupancy rates of primary
burrowing crayfish in natural and disturbed large river bottomlands. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32:557–564.
38. Sheehan, K., M. Strager, and S. Welsh. 2013. Advantages of geographically weighted
regression for modeling benthic substrate in two Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Streams. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 18:209–219.
39. Welsh, S. and H. Liller. 2013. Environmental correlates of upstream migration of yellow-
phase American eels in the Potomac River drainage. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142:483–491.
40. Hedrick, L., J. Anderson, S. Welsh, and L-S. Lin. 2013. Sedimentation in mountain
streams: a review of methods of measurement. Natural Resources 4:92–104. 41. Welsh, S.A., D.M. Smith, and N.D. Taylor. 2013. Microhabitat use of the diamond
darter. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 22:587–595. 42. Loughman, Z., D. Foltz, N. Garrison, and S. Welsh. 2013. Cambarus theepiensis sp. n., a
new species of crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Cambaridae) from the coalfields region of Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern West Virginia, USA. Zootaxa 3641:63–73.
43. Loughman, Z.J., D. Foltz, and S.A. Welsh. 2013. Baited lines, an active nondestructive
collection method for burrowing crayfish. Southeastern Naturalist 12:809–815.
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44. Welsh, S.A., D. A. Cincotta, and W.C. Starnes. 2013. First records of Nocomis biguttatus
(Hornyhead Chub) from West Virginia discovered in museum voucher specimens. Northeastern Naturalist. Volume 20:N19–N22.
45. Loughman, Z.J., R. Fagundo, S.A. Welsh, E. Lau, and R.F. Thoma. 2013. Cambarus (C.)
hatfieldi, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda:Cambaridae) from the Tug Fork River Basin of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, USA. Zootaxa 3750:223–236.
46. Sheehan, K. and S. Welsh. 2013. Accuracy of stream habitat interpolations across spatial
scales. Journal of Geographic Information System 5:602–612. 47. Ruble, C.L., P.L. Rakes, J.R. Shute, and S.A. Welsh. 2014. Captive propagation,
reproductive biology, and early life history of the Diamond Darter (Crystallaria cincotta). American Midland Naturalist 172:107–118.
48. Welsh, S.A., D.R. Jerry, D.W. Burrows. 2014. A New Species of Freshwater Eel-tailed
Catfish of the Genus Tandanus (Teleostei: Plotosidae) from the Wet Tropics Region of Eastern Australia. Copeia 2014:136–142.
49. Welsh, S.A. and J.L. Aldinger. 2014. A semi-automated method for monitoring dam
passage of upstream migrant yellow-phase American Eels. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34:702–709.
50. Welsh, S.A., D.A. Cincotta, and R.L. Raesly. 2014. First Record of the Bigeye Shiner
(Notropis boops) from West Virginia. American Midland Naturalist 172:372–375. 51. Welsh, S.A. and Z.L. Loughman. 2015. Physical habitat and water quality correlates of
crayfish distributions in a mined watershed. Hydrobiologia 745:85–96. 52. Welsh, S.A. and Z.J. Loughman. 2015. Upstream dispersal of an invasive crayfish aided
by a fish passage facility. Management of Biological Invasions 6:287–294. 53. Welsh, S.A. and Z.J. Loughman. 2015. Upstream dam passage and use of an eel ladder
by the common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon). Herpetological Review 46(2):176–179.
54. Loughman, Z.J., S.A. Welsh, J.W. Fetzner, and R.F. Thoma. 2015. Conservation of
imperiled crayfish species - Cambarus veteranus (Decapoda: Cambaridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 35:850-860. DOI:10.1163/1937240X-00002383
55. Cincotta, D.A., D.P. Wegmen, T.E. Oldham, S.A. Welsh, and L.B. Hedrick. 2015. Fishes
of the Blackwater River drainage, Tucker County, West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 14(Special Issue 7):297–313.
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56. Smith, J., S.A. Welsh, J.T. Anderson, and R. Fortney. 2015. Water quality trends in the Blackwater River watershed, West Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 14(Special Issue 7):103–111.
57. Welsh, S.A., J.L. Aldinger, M.A. Braham, and J.L. Zimmerman. 2016. Synergistic and
singular effects of river discharge and lunar illumination on dam passage of upstream migrant yellow-phase American eels. ICES Journal of Marine Science 73:33–42.
58. Ruble, C.L., P.L. Rakes, J.R. Shute, and S.A. Welsh. 2016. Captive propagation,
reproductive biology, and early life history of Etheostoma wapiti (Boulder Darter), E. vulneratum (Wounded Darter), and E. maculatum (Spotted Darter). Southeastern Naturalist 15:115–126.
59. Loughman, Z.J., S.A. Welsh, N.M. Sadecky, Z.W. Dillard, and R.K. Scott. 2016.
Environmental covariates associated with Cambarus veteranus Faxon, 1914 (Decapoda: Cambaridae), an imperiled Appalachian crayfish endemic to West Virginia, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology. DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002456
60. Hilling, C. D., S. A. Welsh, and D. M. Smith. 2016. Age, growth and fall diet of channel
catfish in Cheat Lake, West Virginia. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 7:304–314.
61. Eyler, S.M., S.A. Welsh, D.R. Smith and M.M. Rockey. 2016. Downstream passage and
impact of turbine shutdowns on survival of silver American eels at five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145:964–976.
62. Rizzo, A.A., S.A. Welsh, and P.A. Thompson. 2017. A paired-laser photogrammetric
method for in situ length measurement of benthic fishes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37:16–22.
63. Loughman, Z.J., S.A. Welsh, N.M. Sadecky, Z.W. Dillard, and R.K. Scott. 2017.
Evaluation of physiochemical and physical habitat associations for Cambarus callainus (Big Sandy Crayfish), an imperiled crayfish endemic to the Central Appalachians. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 2017:1–9.
64. Loughman, Z.L., S.A. Welsh, and R. Thoma. 2017. Cambarus (C.) appalachiensis, a new
species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the New River Basin of Virginia and West Virginia, USA. Zootaxa 4243: 432–454.
65. Rizzo, A.A., D.J. Brown, S.A. Welsh, and P.A. Thompson. In press. Factors influencing
detection of the federally endangered Diamond Darter Crystallaria cincotta: implications for long-term monitoring strategies. American Midland Naturalist
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66. Thompson, P.A., S.A. Welsh, A.A. Rizzo, and D.M. Smith. In press. Effect of substrate size on sympatric sand darter benthic habitat preferences. Journal of Freshwater Ecology
67. Aldinger, J.L. and S.A. Welsh. In press. Diel periodicity and chronology of upstream
migration in yellow-phase American eels (Anguilla rostrata). Environmental Biology of Fishes
68. Welsh, S.A., D.R. Jerry, D.W. Burrows, and M.L. Rourke. In press. A new species of
freshwater eel-tailed catfish of the genus Tandanus (Teleostei: Plotosidae) from coastal rivers of mid-northern New South Wales, Australia. Copeia
Popular articles Cincotta, D.A. and S.A. Welsh. 2005. The moundbuilders. West Virginia Wildlife Magazine,
quarterly publication by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Welsh, S.A. 2006. The incredible journey of the American eel. West Virginia Wildlife
Magazine, quarterly publication by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Presentations (first author and presenter, chronological order): Welsh, S.A. and R.L. Raesly. Morphological variation and geographic isolation in an
undescribed sculpin (Teleostei: Cottidae) from the Potomac River drainage. The seventy-fourth annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Los Angeles, CA. 2-8 June 1994.
Welsh, S.A. and R.L. Raesly. The morphological consequences of insularization in the
checkered sculpin. The Seventieth Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. 1 April 1995.
Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Fish losses and acid deposition: a GIS approach. Joint meeting
of the West Virginia Chapter of the Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society, Elkins, WV. 21 April 1995.
Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Relationships of acidification and fish losses within the
Monongahela National Forest. East Coast Trout Management and Culture Workshop II. Penn State University, State College, PA. 31 May - 2 June 1995.
Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Relationships between fish population declines and stream
acidification within the upper Monongahela River drainage. Mid-Atlantic Highlands Environment-Now and Tomorrow, Davis, WV. 24-26 October 1995.
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Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Habitat use of darters in the Elk River drainage, WV, with comments on Percina macrocephala, a species of special concern. The Forty-Second Tri-state Fisheries Conference, Ashland, KY, 5-6 March 1996.
Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Niche partitioning and niche overlap in an assemblage of darters
in the Elk and Birch rivers, West Virginia. Meeting of the West Virginia Chapter of the Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society, Elkins, WV, 12 April 1996.
Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Habitat partitioning in a diverse assemblage of darters in the Elk
River drainage, West Virginia. The Seventy-first Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Concord College, Athens, WV. 20 April 1996.
Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Microhabitat use and habitat partitioning in an assemblage of
darters (Percidae: Etheostomatini) in the Elk River drainage, West Virginia. The seventy-sixth annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA. 13-19 June 1996.
Welsh, S.A. Use of small quadrats for estimating substrate composition in streams. The
Forty-Third Tri-state Fisheries Conference, Lexington, VA. 5-6 March 1997. Welsh, S.A. Spatial scale and its effect on questions and answers in stream ecology. Joint
meeting of the West Virginia Chapter of the Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society, Elkins, WV. 4 April 1997.
Welsh, S.A. Spatial scales, quadrats, and substrate composition in streams. The Seventy-
second meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, West Virginia State College, Institute, WV. 12 April 1997.
Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Spatial scale and its effect on estimates of substrate use in
stream fishes. The seventy-seventh annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Seattle, WA. 26 June - 2 July 1997.
Welsh, S.A., S.A. Perry, and J.H. Howard. Allozyme variation in Etheostoma tippecanoe and
E. denoncourti. The seventy-eight annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Guelph, Ontario. 24 July - 31 July 1998.
Welsh, S.A., S.A. Perry, and J.H. Howard. Range fragmentation and genetic variation in
Etheostoma tippecanoe and E. denoncourti. The Seventy-third meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, West Virginia State College, Institute, WV. 4 April 1998.
Welsh, S.A., E.S. Gray, K.A. Kellogg, J.R. Stauffer, Jr., and S.A. Perry. Within- and among-
drainage comparison of microhabitats used by six species of benthic darters. The seventy-ninth annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, State College, Pennsylvania. 24 June - 30 June 1999.
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Welsh, S.A. and J.E. Skjeveland. Use of tagging data to examine growth rates of Atlantic coast striped bass. The 129th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Charlotte, North Carolina. 30 Aug. - 2 Sept. 1999.
Welsh, S.A. Exploitation rates of Atlantic coast striped bass. Presented at the 56th Annual
Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. Charleston, WV. 11 April 2000. Welsh, S.A. Occurrence, distribution, and movement of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum) in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Presented at the mid-year meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Savannah, GA, 5 February 2000.
Welsh, S.A., J. Skjeveland, and M.F. Mangold. Distribution and movements of the
endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the upper Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S.A. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, La Paz, Mexico, 16 June 2000.
Welsh, S.A., J.E. Skjeveland, M.F. Mangold, and S.M. Eyler. Distributions of wild and
hatchery-reared Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the Chesapeake Bay, MD. Presented at the American Fisheries Society 130th Annual Meeting, 23 August 2000, St. Louis, Missouri.
Welsh, S.A. Use of tag recoveries to estimate growth rates of Atlantic coast striped bass.
Presented at the Striped Bass Working Session, 29 August 2000, Baltimore, MD. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. Estimates of annual exploitation rates and annual encounter rates of Atlantic
coast striped bass: spring 1999 - spring 2000 and fall 1999 - fall 2000. Presented at the ASMFC Striped Bass Tagging Committee meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 21 May 2001. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A., M.F. Mangold, and S.M. Eyler. Movements of shortnose sturgeon in
Chesapeake Bay. Presented at the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies conference, Louisville, KY, 16 October 2001.
Welsh, S.A. and D.A. Cincotta. Hybridization of stonecat and margined madtoms in the
Cheat River drainage, West Virginia. Presented at the mid-year meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Little Rock, AR, 22 February 2002.
Welsh, S.A. and J. Anderson. Occurrence of fishes and macroinvertebrates within the Camp
Dawson Army National Guard Training facility. Presented at the West Virginia Academy of Sciences meeting, 20 April 2002.
Welsh, S.A. and D.A. Cincotta. An unusual hybridization event: Noturus flavus x Noturus
insignis hybrids from the Blackwater River, West Virginia. Presented at the 2002 annual meeting of the West Virginia Chapter of American Fisheries Society, Westvaco Natural Resource Center, Morgantown, WV, 26 April 2002.
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Welsh, S.A., D.A. Cincotta, R.L. Raesly, and R.M. Wood. Morphological variation among
populations of the spotted darter (Etheostoma maculatum). Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Kansas City, MO, 3 July 2002.
Welsh, S.A. and D.A. Cincotta. Morphological variation of the channel shiner in West
Virginia. Presented at the 132nd Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 21 August 2002.
Welsh, S.A. Current fisheries research in the Ohio River drainage by the West Virginia
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Presented at the Ohio River Valley Ecoteam Meeting of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lexington, KY, 18 September 2002. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. Tag-based fishing mortality estimates of Atlantic striped bass. Presented at the
ASMFC striped bass management board meeting, Williamsburg, VA, 19 November 2002. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. Methods of estimating tag-based fishing mortality estimates of Atlantic striped
bass. Presented at the ASMFC Stock Assessment Review Committee meeting, Woods Hole, MA, 4 December 2002. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. A tag-based analysis of annual exploitation and catch rates of Atlantic striped
bass. Presented at the spring meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Wilmington, NC, 12-16 February 2003.
Welsh, S.A. The importance of fish tagging to fishery management. Presented at the Tri-
State Fisheries Conference, Ashland, KY, 5 March 2003. Welsh, S.A. Winter habitat studies of Ohio River fishes. Presented at the Ohio River Valley
Ecoteam Meeting of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Columbus, OH, 26 March 2003. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. and D.I. Wellman. Post-flood recolonization of native and non-native fishes in
tributaries of New River, West Virginia. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 1 July 2003.
Welsh, S.A. Use of auxiliary variables for survival rate analysis of Atlantic striped bass.
Presented at the 133rd Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, 14 August 2003.
Welsh, S.A. The 2002 Atlantic Coast striped bass tag assessment and report. Annual meeting
of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Bass Technical Committee, Providence, RI, 22 Oct 2003. (INVITED)
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Welsh, S.A. The 2002 Atlantic Coast striped bass tag assessment and report. Annual meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Bass Management Board, New York City, New York, 16 Dec 2003. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. and D.I. Wellman. Seasonal use of small tributaries by juvenile smallmouth bass
in the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia. Presented at the Spring Meeting Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Oklahoma City, OK, 27 -29 February 2004.
Welsh, S.A. and S.D. Hammond. Seasonal movements of American eels in the upper
Potomac River watershed. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Meeting, Norman, OK, 26 May – 1 June 2004.
Welsh, S.A. Use of covariate models for analysis of striped bass tagging data. Annual
meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Bass Tagging Committee, Baltimore, MD, 26 July 2004. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. First-year recoveries and coastal migration of striped bass tagged and released
offshore of North Carolina. Annual meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Bass Tagging Committee, Baltimore, MD, 27 July 2004. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. American eel use of an eel ladder at Millville Dam, Shenandoah River. U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Fish Passage Committee meeting, Annapolis, MD, 24 August 2004. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. Estimates of fishing mortality and survival rates from striped bass tagged during
the North Carolina Winter trawl survey, Striped Bass Tagging Committee Meeting Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Manchester, NH, 20-21 September 2004. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. The 2003 Atlantic Coast striped bass tag assessment and report. Annual meeting
of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Striped Bass Management Board, New Castle, NH, 10 November 2004. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. Eel passage data from the Millville ladder, lower Shenandoah River, WV.
Presented at the Eel data workshop of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Baltimore, MD, 24 May 2005. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A., K. Sheehan, T. Oldham, and D. Cincotta. Bedrock and brookies – geological
gauntlets on trout distributions in West Virginia. East Coast Trout Management and Culture Workshop IV, Lock Haven State University, Lock Haven, PA, 7 June 2005.
Welsh, S.A. Overestimation of tag-based fishing mortality rates by monotonic trend models:
examples from simulated and real data. Presented at the striped bass tagging meeting
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of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Manchester, NH, 29 June 2005. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A., E. Osier, and K. Sheehan. Habitat use of the Elk River spotted darter. Presented
at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Tampa, FL, 6-11 July 2005.
Welsh, S.A. 2004 fishing mortality estimates of striped bass tagged and released offshore
North Carolina. Presented at the striped bass tagging meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Baltimore, MD, 2 August 2005. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. and H.L. Hildebrand. An update of eel passage at the Millville Dam ladder.
Presented to USFWS Fish Passage Group, Annapolis, MD, 31 August 2005. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A., C. Tipton, and T. McCrobie. A tag-based approach to human dimensions:
examples from the Atlantic striped bass fishery. Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, 11-15 September 2005.
Welsh, S.A. Ecology of the American eel. Invited presentation, West Virginia Division of
Natural Resources, Elkins, WV, 12 January 2006. (INVITED) Welsh, S.A. An update of American eel research at Millville Dam. Presented to Allegheny
Energy, Williamsport, MD, 7 June 2006. (INVITED) Welsh, S.A., D.A. Cincotta, and J.F. Switzer. The status of Etheostoma osburni (candy
darter) in West Virginia. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, New Orleans, LA, 12-17 July 2006.
Welsh, S.A. Summary of tagging analyses of the mixed stock of overwintering striped bass
offshore North Carolina. Presented to the Striped Bass Tagging Committee, ASMFC, Baltimore, MD, 22-23 August 2006. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. and J. Hoenig. Systematic error in tag-based survival estimates by time trend
models: examples from simulated and real data. Presented at the Spring Meeting Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Memphis, TN, 8-12 February 2007.
Welsh, S.A. and D.A. Cincotta. Conservation status and population extirpations of
Etheostoma osburni (candy darter) in West Virginia. Presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting, Columbia, SC, 18-21 April 2007.
Welsh, S.A. Fishing mortality rates, survival rates, and exploitation rates of striped bass
tagged off the coast of NC. Presented at the Striped Bass Tagging Committee Meeting, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Durham, NH, 9-11 July 2007. (INVITED)
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Welsh, S.A., A. Burns, and B. Keplinger. Estimation of fish abundance in small streams and the influence of sampling methods. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, St. Louis, MO, 12-17 July 2007.
Welsh, S.A. and A. Burns. Capture efficiencies of the Holton and Sullivan parallel wires
electrofishing method. Presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Charleston, WV, 21-24 October 2007.
Welsh, S.A. and R.M. Wood. The Diamond Darter (Crystallaria cincotta), a new species
(Teleostei: Percidae) from the Elk River of the Ohio River drainage, West Virginia. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, 5 April 2008.
Welsh, S.A. and R.M. Wood. The Diamond Darter (Crystallaria cincotta), a new species
(Teleostei: Percidae) from the Elk River of the Ohio River drainage, West Virginia. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Montreal, Canada, 26 July 2008.
Welsh, S.A. and J. Hoenig. Time-trend models and tag-based survival estimates: a cautionary
tale. Presented at the 138th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Ottawa, Canada, 19 August 2008.
Welsh, S.A., R.M. Wood, and T.L. King. The Southeastern Fishes Council desperate dozen:
diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta). Presented at the Annual meeting of the Southeastern Fishes Council, Chattanooga, TN, 13 November 2008. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. and B.J. Keplinger. Vertical habitat shifts and mixed species shoals of closely-
related native and nonnative cyprinids: a possible example of invasive mutualism. Presented at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 15-18 January 2009.
Welsh, S.A. The diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta), a rare species of the Ohio River
drainage. Presented at the annual meeting of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 4-5 March 2009.
Welsh, S.A. and D.A. Cincotta. Occurrence of the western sand darter (Ammocrypta clara) in
an eastern river: biogeographic implications. Presented at the 84th annual meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, 28 March 2009.
Welsh, S.A. and B.J. Keplinger. Minnows, mutualism, and mixed species shoals. Presented
at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Portland, OR, 24 July 2009.
Welsh, S.A. Tag-based fishery selectivity, exploitation patterns, and partial recruitment
vectors for the Atlantic coast striped bass fishery, 1987-2008. Presented at the Striped
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Bass Tagging Committee meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Annapolis, MD, 10 August 2009. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. A sensitivity analysis of tag loss and its influences on tag-based fishing
mortality estimates from the Atlantic coast striped bass fishery. Presented at the Striped Bass Tagging Committee meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Annapolis, MD, 10 August 2009. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A. and D. Wellman. Use of small tributaries by juvenile smallmouth bass.
Presented at the 139th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 2 September 2009.
Welsh, S., D. Smith, and M. Mandt. Upstream migration of the American eel in the
Shenandoah River, upper Potomac River drainage. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 15 September 2010.
Welsh, S.A., D.R. Smith, M. Mandt, and M. Braham. Chutes and Ladders – American eel
migration in the Shenandoah River. Presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Virginia & West Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Cacapon State Park, WV, 9 February 2011.
Welsh, S.A., D.R. Smith, M. Braham, and M. Mandt. Upstream migration of eels associated
with eel ladders on the Shenandoah River. Eel Passage Technology Workshop, Gloucester, MA, 30 March 2011. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A., D.R. Smith, M. Mandt, and M. Braham. Migration and Dam Passage of
Yellow-Phase American Eels in the Shenandoah River of the Potomac River Drainage, USA. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 9 July 2011.
Welsh, S.A. Rates of fishing mortality and natural mortality of a mixed stock of Atlantic
Coast striped bass. Presented at the Striped Bass Tagging Committee Meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Philadelphia, PA, 9 August 2011. (INVITED)
Welsh, S.A., M. Braham, D.R. Smith, and M. Mandt. Size, Age, and Migration of Yellow-
Phase American Eels in the Potomac River Drainage, Mid-Atlantic Region, USA. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Seattle, WA, 7 September 2011.
Welsh, S., D. Smith, and N. Taylor. Habitat use of the diamond darter. Annual Meeting of
the Southeastern Fishes Council, New Orleans, LA, 9 November 2012. Welsh, S., D. Smith, and N. Taylor. Nocturnal microhabitat use of the diamond darter.
Annual Meeting of the Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 9 February 2013.
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Welsh, S., and D. Wichterman. Angler and creel surveys of the walleye fishery at
Summersville Reservoir, West Virginia. Joint meeting of the Ohio and WV Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Huntington, WV, 20 February 2013.
Welsh, S.A. and J. Aldinger. A photographic counter for monitoring American Eels at an eel
ladder. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Charleston, SC, 26 January 2014.
Welsh, S.A. and J. Aldinger. Semi-automated monitoring of an eel ladder on the Shenandoah
River. Joint Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, Elkins, WV, 27 February 2014.
Welsh, S, D. Jerry, and D. Burrows. A new species of freshwater eel-tailed catfish of the
genus Tandanus (Teleostei: Plotosidae) from the wet tropics region of eastern Australia. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Chattanooga, TN, 3 August 2014.
Welsh, S., S. Hammond, H. Liller, J. Zimmerman, M. Braham, and J. Aldinger. 2014. An 11-
year series of passage counts of upstream migrant American Eels at the Millville Dam eel ladder, lower Shenandoah River, USA. International Eel Symposium 2014: Are Eels Climbing Back up the Slippery Slope? 144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 21 August 2014, Quebec City, Canada.
Welsh, S.A. and J.L. Aldinger. 2014. Eel ladders and dam passage of upstream migrant
American Eels in the Shenandoah River drainage. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Fishes Council, Asheville, NC, 14 November 2014.
Welsh, S.A. and Z.J. Loughman. 2015. Upstream dispersal of an invasive crayfish aided by a
fish passage facility. Presented at the Southern Division American Fisheries Society meeting, 30 January 2015, Savannah, GA.
Welsh, S. and J. Aldinger. A 12-year time series of American eel passage at an eel ladder,
lower Shenandoah River. Presented at the joint meeting of VA and WV Chapters of AFS, 18 February 2015, Blacksburg, VA.
Welsh, S.A. and J.L. Aldinger. Periodicity and timing of upstream migration of yellow-phase
American Eels, Potomac River drainage, USA. The 95th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 19 July 2015.
Welsh, S.A. and J.L. Aldinger. Upstream migrant American Eels: A 12-year time series from
an eel pass on the lower Shenandoah River. Presented at the 145th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Portland, OR, 19 August 2015.
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Welsh, S.A. and J.L. Aldinger. Patterns and periodicity of upstream passage of American Eels at an eel ladder. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 20 February 2016.
Welsh, S.A. and Z.J. Loughman. Use of an eel pass by virile crayfish on the lower
Shenandoah River. Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Huntington, WV, 9 April 2016.
Co-authored presentations (chronological order): Cincotta, D.A., T.E., Oldham, and S.A Welsh. The status of several introductions of fishes in
the New River drainage of West Virginia. The Forty-Second Tri-state Fisheries Conference, Ashland, KY, 5-6 March 1996.
Cincotta, D.A., T.E., Oldham, and S.A Welsh. The status of several introductions of fishes in
the New River drainage of West Virginia. The Seventy-first Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Concord College, Athens, WV, 20 April 1996.
Kinziger, A.P., R.M. Wood, and S.A. Welsh. Systematics of Etheostoma tippecanoe and E.
denoncourti (Actinopterygii: Percidae). Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, La Paz, Mexico, 17 June 2000.
Skjeveland, J.E., S.A. Welsh, and M.F. Mangold. Recoveries of hatchery-reared striped bass
from the Patuxent River, MD. Presented at the American Fisheries Society 130th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 21 August 2000.
Millard, M., S. Welsh, J.Skjeveland, J. Fletcher, J. Mohler, M. Hendrix, A. Kahnle, and K.
Hattala. Mortality associated with catch and release of striped bass in the Hudson River. Presented at the Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies conference, Sarotoga Springs, NY, 23 April 2001.
Kahnle, A., K. Hattala, M. Millard, S. Welsh, J.Skjeveland, J. Fletcher, J. Mohler, and M.
Hendrix. Catch and release mortality rates in the American shad fishery of the Hudson River. Presented at the Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies conference, Sarotoga Springs, NY, 23 April 2001.
Hammond, S. and S. Welsh. Local movements of American eels in Shenandoah River, West
Virginia. Presented at the Southern Division American Fisheries Society 10th annual spring meeting, Little Rock, AK. 23 February 2002.
Wellman, D. I. and S. A. Welsh. Distributions of fishes of the New River Gorge National
River, West Virginia, following major flood events. Presented at the Southern Division American Fisheries Society 10th annual spring meeting, Little Rock, AK, 23 February 2002.
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Wellman, D. I. and S. A. Welsh. Distributions of native and nonnative fishes in the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Weston, WV, 7 March 2002.
Hammond, S. and S. Welsh. Local movement and abundance of American eels near Millville
Dam, Shenandoah River. West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit annual meeting, Morgantown, WV, 12 April 2002.
Wellman, D. I. and S. A. Welsh. Relationships among fish distributions, watershed
characteristics, and floods in the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Annual Meeting, Morgantown, WV, 12 April 2002.
Raesly, R.L. and S.A. Welsh. Dietary analysis of three sculpin species in Antietam Creek,
Potomac River drainage. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Kansas City, MO, 3 July 2002.
Hammond, S. and S.A. Welsh. Radio-tracking American eel movements at Millville Dam,
West Virginia. Presented at the 132nd Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 20 August 2002.
Wellman, D. and S.A. Welsh. Fish distributions of the New River Gorge National River in
relation to watershed and stream characteristics. Presented at the 132nd Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 19 August 2002.
Wellman, D. and S.A. Welsh. Fish distributions and post-flood recolonization of fishes in the
New River Gorge National River. Presented at the National Park Service office, Glen Jean, WV, 11 October 2002.
Smith, J., S.A. Welsh, J. Anderson, and R.H. Fortney. Water quality trends in the Blackwater
River, West Virginia. Presented at Canaan Valley and its Environs: a Landscape Heritage Celebration, Canaan Valley, WV, 17 October 2002.
Wellman, D. I. and S. A. Welsh. Post-flood recolonization of fishes in high gradient,
Appalachian streams, 2nd Annual Meeting of Future Fisheries Professionals, Cookeville, TN, 8 November 2002.
Smith, J., S.A. Welsh, J. Anderson, and R.H. Fortney. An information-theoretic analysis of
water quality trends in the Blackwater River, West Virginia. Presented at the spring meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Wilmington, NC, 12-16 February 2003.
Hedrick, L.B. and S.A. Welsh. A sediment sampler design for monitoring impacts of road
construction. Invited symposium, Southern dirt: sedimentation in southeastern waters. Presented at the spring meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Wilmington, NC, 12-16 February 2003. (INVITED)
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Hammond, S. and S.A. Welsh. Seasonal movements of American eels in Shenandoah River,
West Virginia. Presented at the spring meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Wilmington, NC, 12-16 February 2003.
Lenz, B., S.A. Welsh, and K.J. Hartman. Winter habitats used by freshwater drum
(Aplodinotus grunniens) and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in the Ohio River. Presented at the spring meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Wilmington, NC, 16 February 2003.
Osier, E.A. and S.A. Welsh. Habitats used by the spotted darter (Etheostoma maculatum) in
the Elk River, West Virginia. Presented at the spring meeting Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, Wilmington, NC, 12-16 February 2003.
Lenz, B., S. Welsh, and K. Hartman. Winter habitats of channel catfish and freshwater
drum in the Belleville Pool, Ohio River. Presented at the Tri-State Fisheries Conference, Ashland, KY, 5 March 2003.
Hammond, S. and S.A. Welsh. Seasonal movements of American eels in Shenandoah River,
West Virginia. Presented at the Tri-state Fisheries Meeting, Ashland KY, 4-5 March 2003
Wellman, D. and S.A. Welsh. Post-flood recolonization of fishes in the New River Gorge
National River. Presented at the Tri-state Fisheries Meeting, Ashland KY, 4-5 March 2003.
Lenz, B., S. Welsh, and K. Hartman. Winter habitats of channel catfish and freshwater
drum in the Belleville Pool, Ohio River. Presented at the annual meeting of the West Virginia Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Morgantown, WV, 6 March 2003
Lenz, B., S. Welsh, and K. Hartman. Winter habitats of fishes in the Belleville Pool, Ohio
River. Presented at the West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit annual meeting, Morgantown, WV, 24 April 2003.
Cincotta, D.A. and S.A. Welsh. A review of rare fishes in West Virginia. Presented at the
West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting, Morgantown, WV, 24 April 2003.
Hedrick, L. B. and S. A. Welsh. A sediment sampler design for monitoring impacts of road
construction. Presented at the West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting, Morgantown, WV, 24 April 2003.
Lenz, B., S.A. Welsh, and K. Hartman. Winter habitats of fishes in the Belleville Pool, Ohio
River. Presented at the 133rd American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, 12 August 2003.
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Hedrick, L.B. and S.A. Welsh. A new sampler design for use in studies of stream sedimentation. Presented at the West Virginia Chapter of American Fisheries Society Meeting, Clarksburg, WV, 6 February 2004.
Hedrick, L.B. and S.A. Welsh. Assessing sedimentation in Appalachian headwater streams.
Mid-Atlantic Water Pollution Workshop, Cacapon State Park, WV, 25 March 2004. Hedrick, L.B., S.A. Welsh, J. Anderson, and R. Fortney. Assessing influences of highway
construction on Appalachian streams. Presented at the annual Graduate Student Conference of the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 8 April 2004.
Hildebrand, H. and S.A. Welsh. The diet of yellow perch in Cheat Lake, WV. Presented at
the annual Graduate Student Conference of the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 8 April 2004.
Hedrick, L.B. and S.A. Welsh, J. Anderson, and R. Fortney. Assessing influences of highway
construction on Appalachian streams. Presented at the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Conference, Ocean City, MD, 27 April 2004.
Hedrick, L.B. and S.A. Welsh. New methods for estimation and analysis of stream
sedimentation. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Meeting, Norman, OK, 26 May – 1 June 2004.
Osier, E.A. and S.A. Welsh. Using species-area relationships to address areas of conservation
importance. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Meeting, Norman, OK, 26 May – 1 June 2004.
Hildebrand, H. and S.A. Welsh. The upstream movement of Anguilla rostrata at the Millville
Dam eel ladder. Presented at the Spring Meeting Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Virginia Beach, VA, 10-13 February 2005.
Hildebrand, H. and S.A. Welsh. An evaluation of environmental cues to upstream
movements of American eels at Millville Dam, Shenandoah River, upper Potomac River drainage. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Tampa, FL, 6-11 July 2005.
Hildebrand, H. and S.A. Welsh. The upstream movement of American eels at the Millville
Dam eel ladder. Presented at the 135th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, AK, 11-15 September 2005.
Switzer, J.F., S.A. Welsh, and T.L. King. A molecular genetic investigation of hybridization
between Etheostoma osburni and Etheostoma variatum in the New River drainage. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Tampa, FL, 6-11 July 2005.
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Sheehan, K. and S. A. Welsh. Depth and substrate modeling using geographic information
systems on Aaron’s Creek, West Virginia. Presented at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Spring Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 11 February 2006.
Lowery, J. and S.A. Welsh. The parasite, Anguillicola crassus, in yellow-phase American
eels from the Shenandoah River, West Virginia. Presented at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Spring Meeting, Memphis, TN, 8-12 February 2007.
Lowery, J. and S.A. Welsh. Nematode parasites found in American eels, Anguilla rostrata,
from the Shenandoah River, West Virginia. Presented at the joint meeting of the Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapters of American Fisheries Society, Morgantown, WV, 10 March 2007.
Hedrick, L.B., S.A. Welsh, J.T. Anderson, and J.D. Hedrick. Evaluation of a new sediment
sampling design. Presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Charleston, WV, 21-24 October 2007.
Lowery, J. and S.A. Welsh. American eels from the Shenandoah River infected by
Anguillicola crassus. Presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Charleston, WV, 21-24 October 2007.
Zimmerman, J.L. and S.A. Welsh. PIT tag retention in small American eels, Anguilla
rostrata. Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 29 February 2008.
Hedrick, L.B, S.A. Welsh, and J.T Anderson. Effects of highway construction on sediment
and benthic macroinvertebrates in two tributaries of the Lost River, West Virginia. Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 29 February 2008.
Loughman, Z. and S. Welsh. Conservation status of West Virginia crayfishes. Presented at
the Spring Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 29 February 2008. (INVITED)
Cincotta, D.A., S.A. Welsh, D.W. Thorne, and A.R. Yeager. The status and distribution of
Notropis ariommus and Notropis telescopus in West Virginia. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, 5 April 2008.
Yeager, A.R., D.A. Cincotta, D.W. Thorne, and S.A. Welsh. Rebounding fish community of
the upper Gauley River System in West Virginia. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, 5 April 2008.
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Garrison, N, Z. Loughman, and S. Welsh. Distribution and conservation standing of West Virginia’s Atlantic slope crayfish fauna. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, 5 April 2008.
Loughman, Z. and S. Welsh. Distribution and conservation of West Virginia imperiled
crayfish species. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, 5 April 2008.
Chen, Y, R.C. Viadero, X. Wei, L.B. Hedrick, S.A. Welsh, J.T. Anderson, and L. Lin.
Impacts of highway construction on stream water quality and macroinvertebrate index in mid-Atlantic Highlands. 93rd Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, 7 August 2008.
Cincotta, D.A. and S.A. Welsh. Discovery of Ammocrypta clara in the upper Ohio River of
West Virginia. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Southeastern Fishes Council, Chattanooga, TN, 14 November 2008.
Loughman, Z.J., N.L. Garrison, and S.A. Welsh. Crayfish of West Virginia’s Potomac River
basins: conservation and natural history. Presented at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 15-18 January 2009.
Smith, D.M. and S.A. Welsh. Habitat selection in ammocoetes of the least brook lamprey
(Lampetra aepyptera). Presented at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 15-18 January 2009.
Cincotta, D.A., S.A. Welsh, D.W. Thorne, and A.R. Yeager. The rediscovery of Notropis
ariommus (popeye shiner) in West Virginia. Presented at the annual meeting of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 4-5 March 2009.
Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, and P.J. Turk. Relationship between Available Habitat Type and
Predator Avoidance of Least Brook Lamprey Ammocoetes (Lampetra aepyptera). Presented at the annual meeting of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 4-5 March 2009.
Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, and P.J. Turk. Relationship between habitat selection and
susceptibility to predation in larval lampreys. Presented at the 84th annual meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, 28 March 2009.
Loughman, Z.J., N. Garrison, M. McKinney, and S.A. Welsh. Crayfishes of the Cheat River
system: temporal changes, natural history, and conservation. Presented at the 84th annual meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, 28 March 2009.
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Cincotta, D.A., S.A. Welsh, D.W. Thorne, and A.R. Yeager. The rediscovery of Notropis scabriceps (New River shiner) in the Gauley river of West Virginia, with an update of its status statewide. Presented at the 84th annual meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, 28 March 2009.
Vopal, C., N. Garrison, M. McKinney, S.A. Welsh, and Z.J. Loughman. Crayfishes of the
West Virginia portion of the James River system with an emphasis on the conservation of Cambarus longulus. Presented at the 84th annual meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, 28 March 2009.
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, and D. Smith. Silver eel migration and mortality associated with five
hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Presented at the meeting of the Association of Mid Atlantic Aquatic Biologists, Cacapon State Park, WV, 31 March 2009.
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Mandt. Silver eel migration and mortality associated
with five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Presented at the 65th annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Lancaster, PA, 28 April 2009.
Sheehan, K. and S. Welsh. Mapping of stream habitat using minimal data interpolation.
Presented at the 139th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 31 August 2009.
Ruble, C., J.R. Shute, P. Rakes, and S. Welsh. Captive propagation of the spotted darter.
Presented at the 139th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 1 September 2009.
Switzer, J., S. Welsh, and T. King. Conservation genetics of the candy darter, a species
imperiled by hybridization with an introduced congener. Presented at the 139th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 2 September 2009.
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Mandt. American eel downstream migration past
hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Presented at the meeting of the Association of Mid Atlantic Aquatic Biologists, Cacapon State Park, WV, 1 April 2010.
Smith, D., S. Welsh, and P. Turk. Benthic stream habitat and its influence on larval lamprey
survival. Presented at the meeting of the Association of Mid Atlantic Aquatic Biologists, Cacapon State Park, WV, 1 April 2010.
Cincotta, D., D. Thorne, A. Yeager, and S. Welsh. Dunkard Creek fish kill: review of the fish
data before and after the kill. Presented at the meeting of the Association of Mid Atlantic Aquatic Biologists, Cacapon State Park, WV, 1 April 2010.
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Foltz, D., E. Hewitt, M. McKinney, N. Garrison, Z. Loughman, and S. Welsh. Crayfishes of the West Virginia Elk River basin: conservation and natural history. The 85th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Morgantown, WV, 10 April 2010.
Loughman, Z., D. Foltz, E. Hewitt, M. McKinney, N. Garrison, and S. Welsh. Rediscovery
and discussion of future conservation efforts of Cambarus (P.) veteranus (Big Sandy Crayfish) in West Virginia. The 85th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Morgantown, WV, 10 April 2010.
Cincotta, D. and S. Welsh. Conservation status of imperiled West Virginia fishes. The 85th
Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Morgantown, WV, 10 April 2010.
Sheehan, K., M. Strager, and S. Welsh. 2010. Advantages of geographically-weighted
regression for monitoring substrate in streams. West Virginia GIS conference, Huntington, WV, 8 June 2010.
Loughman, Z. and S. Welsh. The crayfishes of West Virginia revisited: results from the
second statewide census. 18th Symposium of the International Association of Astacology, Columbia, MO, 19 July 2010.
Cincotta, D. F. Jernejcic, R. Spear, and S. Welsh. The Dunkard Creek disaster: summary of
the ichthyofauna and the factors leading to a mining related fish kill in the Monongahela River Basin, West Virginia. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 15 September 2010.
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Mandt. Silver eel migration and mortality associated
with five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 14 September 2010.
Ruble, C., P. Rakes, J.R. Shute, and S.A. Welsh. Life history comparison of three species in
the Etheostoma maculatum species group. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 16 September 2010.
Sheehan, K., M. Strager, and S. Welsh. Directional influence of stream habitat variables on
modeling stream reaches in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 16 September 2010.
Loughman, Z. and S. Welsh. Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish
(Crustacea; Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia. West Virginia Academy of Science, Institute, WV, 6 April 2011.
Mandt, M., S. Eyler, S. Welsh, and D. Smith. Combining aerial and underwater radio-
telemetry antennas to monitor hydroelectric-dam passage by migrating American eels in the Shenandoah River. Meeting of the Virginia & West Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Cacapon State Park, WV, 9 February 2011.
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Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, and P.J. Turk. The Influence of Available Benthic Habitat Type on
Predation Risk in Larval Least Brook Lamprey. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Seattle, WA, 7 September 2011.
Cincotta, D.A., D. W. Thorne, and S. A. Welsh. An Update on the Status of Etheostoma
osburni (Candy Darter) in West Virginia. Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Charleston, WV, 13 April 2012.
Ruble, C., P Rakes, J.R. Shute, and S. Welsh. Life history of the diamond darter. Annual
meeting of the Southeastern Fishes Council, New Orleans, LA, 8 November 2012. Andrew, R., S. Welsh, J. Young, and N. Hitt. Natural barrier effects on trout and fish
communities in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Charleston, WV, 13 April 2012.
Smith, D.M. and S.A. Welsh. Use of Acoustic Telemetry to Determine Movements and
Spawning Locations of Walleye in Cheat Lake, WV. Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Charleston, WV, 13 April 2012.
Taylor, N., S. Welsh, and D. Smith. Assessment of age, diet, and growth of yellow perch In
Cheat Lake, West Virginia. Annual meeting of the Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 10 February 2013.
Smith, D., S. Welsh, and N. Taylor. Investigating Seasonal Movements and Spawning
Locations of Walleye in Cheat Lake, WV using Acoustic Telemetry. Annual meeting of the Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 10 February 2013.
Taylor, N., S. Welsh, and D. Smith. Age structure, growth, and summer diet of yellow perch
(Perca flavescens) in a West Virginia Reservoir. Joint meeting of the Ohio and WV Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Huntington, WV, 20 February 2013.
Smith, D., S. Welsh, and N. Taylor. Determining Seasonal Movements and Spawning
Habitat Use of Walleye in Cheat Lake, WV using Acoustic Telemetry. Joint meeting of the Ohio and WV Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, Huntington, WV, 20 February 2013.
Anderson, J.T., J.L. Pitchford, S.M. Selego, K.R.P. McCoard, L. Lin, G.T. Merovich, and
S.A. Welsh. Biotic and abiotic response to stream restoration on the Cacapon River. West Virginia Academy of Science, Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, WV, 6 April 2013
Welsh, S.A., H. Liller, and D.M. Smith*. Environmental Correlates of Upstream Migration
of Yellow-phase American Eels in the Potomac River Drainage. Sixty-ninth Annual
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Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, 8 April 2013 [*Presented by D.M. Smith].
Lucero, M., R. Fagundo, S. Welsh, and Z. Loughman. Distribution and conservation status of
four Orconectes crayfishes occurring in Virginia’s upper James and Maury River systems. Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Charleston, WV, 12 April 2013.
Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, N.D. Taylor, C.D. Hilling. Use of acoustic telemetry to determine
seasonal movements of walleye in a hydropower reservoir. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Charleston, SC, 26 January 2014.
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Mandt. Passage Method, Turbine Mortality, and
Migratory Delay of Silver American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) at Five Hydroelectric Dams on the Shenandoah River. International Eel Symposium 2014: Are Eels Climbing Back up the Slippery Slope? 144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 21 August 2014, Quebec City, Canada.
Loughman, Z, N. Sadecky, and S. Welsh. 2015. Determination of Crayfish Occupancy Rates
Across Mined Watersheds in Eastern Kentucky. Presented at the Southern Division American Fisheries Society meeting, 30 January 2015, Savannah, GA
Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, N.D. Taylor, and C.D. Hilling. 2015. Population Dynamics and
Seasonal Movement Patterns of Walleye in a Hydropower Reservoir. Presented at the Southern Division American Fisheries Society meeting, 30 January 2015, Savannah, GA.
Hilling, C, S. Welsh, and D. Smith. 2015. Evaluation of age, growth and condition of
Channel Catfish in Cheat Lake, West Virginia. Presented at the Joint Meeting of VA and WV AFS Chapters, 18 February 2015, Blacksburg, VA
Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, N.D. Taylor, and C.D. Hilling. 2015. Population Dynamics and
Seasonal Movement Patterns of Walleye in a Hydropower Reservoir. Presented at the Joint meeting of VA and WV AFS Chapters, 18 February 2015, Blacksburg, VA.
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Rockey. 2015. Passage method, turbine mortality, and
migratory delay of silver American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) at five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Presented at the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission (CRASC) Research Forum, MADFW Westborough Field Office, 3 March 2015, Westborough, MA.
Eyler, S., S. Welsh, D. Smith, and M. Rockey. Environmental variables associated with
American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) downstream migrations in the Shenandoah River. Presented at the 145th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Portland, OR, 17 August 2015.
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Hilling, C, S. Welsh, and D. Smith. Population characteristics of Channel Catfish in Cheat Lake, West Virginia. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 20 February 2016.
Loughman, Z.L. and S.A. Welsh. Physical Habitat and Water Quality Correlates for
Cambarus veteranus in the upper Guyandotte Basin of West Virginia. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 20 February 2016.
Rizzo, A., and S. Welsh. Photogrammetric analysis of fish lengths. Annual Meeting of the
Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 20 February 2016.
Rizzo, A., S. Welsh, P. Thompson. Photogrammetric analysis of fish lengths. Annual
Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Huntington, WV, 9 April 2016. Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, C.D. Hilling, and N.D. Taylor. Environmental and biological
correlates of seasonal movement patterns of Walleyes in a hydropower reservoir. Presented at the Southern Division American Fisheries Society meeting, Wheeling, WV, 20 February 2016.
Thompson, P., S. Welsh, A. Rizzo. A tale of two darters: Substrate selection and preference
of sympatric sand darters from the Elk River, WV. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Wheeling, WV, 20 February 2016.
Thompson, P., S. Welsh, A. Rizzo. Substrate selection of sympatric sand darters from the Elk
River, WV. Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Huntington, WV, 9 April 2016.
Rizzo, A., S. Welsh, D. Brown, P. Thompson. Development of techniques for assessment of
population characteristics of the diamond darter. Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Oklahoma City, OK, 5 February 2017 (Presented by S.A. Welsh).
Rizzo, A., S. Welsh, D. Brown, P. Thompson. Development of techniques for assessment of
population characteristics of the diamond darter. Joint Meeting of the Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, California, PA, 9 February 2017.
Smith, D.M., S.A. Welsh, N.D. Taylor, C.D. Hilling. Recovery of a reservoir fish community
from acidification. Joint Meeting of the Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society, California, PA, 9 February 2017.
Poster presentations:
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Welsh, S.A. and S.A. Perry. Relationships of acid deposition and fish losses within the Monongahela National Forest. The Forty-ninth Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Nashville, TN. 23-27 September 1995.
Hammond, S. and S.A. Welsh. Seasonal movements of American eels in the Shenandoah
River, West Virginia. Presented at the International Eel Symposium of the 133rd Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, 12 August 2003 (INVITED).
Hedrick, L.B., S.A. Welsh, J. Anderson, and R. Fortney. Monitoring anthropogenic sediment
inputs in Appalachian streams. Poster presented at the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Conference, Ocean City, MD, 27 April 2004.
Cincotta, D.A. and S.A. Welsh. A Distributional Atlas of West Virginia Fishes: a Progress
Report. Presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, New Orleans, LA, 12-17 July 2006.
Switzer, J. F., S. A. Welsh, and T. L. King. Defining Units of Management: Hybridization
between Etheostoma osburni and Etheostoma variatum in the New River Drainage. 2006. Leetown Science Center Five Year Review.
Cincotta, D.A. and S.A. Welsh. An update on the zoogeography of West Virginia’s fish
fauna. Presented at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society spring meeting, Memphis, TN, 8-12 February 2007.
Cincotta, D.A. and S.A. Welsh. Fishes of West Virginia: an atlas of West Virginia fishes.
Presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting, Columbia, SC, 18-21 April 2007.
Zimmerman, J.L. and S.A. Welsh. PIT tag retention in small American eels, Anguilla
rostrata. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV, 5 April 2008.
Switzer, J.F., S.A. Welsh, and T.L. King. A molecular genetic investigation of hybridization
between Etheostoma osburni and Etheostoma variatum in the New River drainage. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Southeastern Fishes Council, Chattanooga, TN, 13 November 2008.
Mandt, M., D. Smith, S. Welsh, and S Eyler. Combining aerial and underwater radio-
telemetry antennas to monitor hydroelectric-dam passage by migrating American eels in the Shenandoah River. Presented at the 139th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN, 2 September 2009.
Eyler, S., S.A. Welsh, D.R. Smith, and M. Mandt. 2011. Silver eel migration and mortality
associated with five hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River. Eel Passage Technology Workshop, Gloucester, MA, 31 March 2011.
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Foltz, D., N. Garrison, T. Kangisser, N. Taylor, S. Welsh, and Z. Loughman. Baited lines, a
novel approach to collecting burrowing crayfishes. West Virginia Academy of Science, Institute, WV, 6 April 2011.
Invited seminars and lectures: Welsh, S.A. Population genetics. Lecture presented to Wildlife Population Ecology class,
WMAN 214, 25 March 1997. Welsh, S.A. The ecology of darters in the Elk River, West Virginia. Invited seminar
presented at Leetown Science Center, 11 October 2000. Welsh, S.A. Microhabitats used by darters in the Elk River, West Virginia. Invited seminar
presented at Slippery Rock University, Biology Seminar Series. 27 April 2001. Welsh, S.A. Biodiversity, species, and phylogenetic systematics. Lecture presented to
Conservation Biology class, WMAN 693L, West Virginia University, 7 February 2001.
Welsh, S.A. Darter Ecology. Lecture presented to Science and Management of Natural
Resources, WMAN 493T, West Virginia University, 21 March 2002. Welsh, S.A. The importance of spatial scale in Fisheries Ecology. Lecture presented to
Fisheries Ecology class, West Virginia University, WMAN 493Y, 18 March 2002. Welsh, S.A. The diversity of fishes. Lecture presented to Science and Management of
Natural Resources, West Virginia University, WMAN 493T, 27 March 2003. Welsh, S.A. Information-theoretic methods: basic concepts and examples. Presented to the
West Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Cooper’s Rock, WV, 1 October 2004. Welsh, S.A. Spatial scales in Fish Ecology. Lecture presented to Fish Ecology class, West
Virginia University, WMAN 550, 24 March 2005. Welsh, S.A. The ecology and management of Atlantic Coast striped bass. Invited
presentation – Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD, 9 May 2005. Welsh, S.A. The zoogeography of North American fishes. Guest lecture to the undergraduate
Ichthyology class, West Virginia University, 19 April 2005. Welsh, S.A. Careers in Fisheries. Presented to the Mountain School for Boys, Elkins, WV,
11 August 2006.
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Welsh, S.A. An introduction to the field of Fisheries. Guest lecture to the Introduction to Careers in Natural Resources, Forestry 101 class, West Virginia University, 3 December 2006.
Welsh, S.A. An introduction to the field of Fisheries. Guest lecture to the Introduction to
Careers in Natural Resources, Forestry 101 class, West Virginia University, 16 October 2007.
Welsh, S.A. Fish sensory systems. Guest lecture to the Freshwater Fishing class, Forestry
470B, West Virginia University, 21 April 2008. Welsh, S.A. An introduction to the field of Fisheries. Guest lecture to the Introduction to
Careers in Natural Resources, Forestry 101 class, West Virginia University, 18 November 2008.
Welsh, S.A. Fish senses for the sensible angler. Guest lecture to the Freshwater Fishing class,
Forestry 470B, West Virginia University, 2 February 2009. Welsh, S.A. Information theory, maximum likelihood, and model selection. Guest lectures to
the graduate level Quantitative Ecology class, WMAN 633, 3-5 February 2009. Welsh, S.A. The diversity and distribution of West Virginia fishes. Invited seminar –Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 21 April 2009. Welsh, S.A. An introduction to the field of Fisheries. Guest lecture to the Introduction to
Careers in Natural Resources, Forestry 101 class, West Virginia University, 3 November 2009.
Welsh, S.A. Migration and dam passage of American eels in a mid-Atlantic watershed, USA.
Invited webinar – USFWS/USGS Conservation Science Web Conference Series, 19 November 2009.
Welsh, S.A. Ecology and life history of the American eel. Invited seminar – West Virginia
Student Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Morgantown, WV, 4 February 2010.
Welsh, S.A. Migration and mortality of American eels in rivers of the mid-Atlantic slope,
eastern US. Invited seminar, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 3 Sept 2010.
Courses taught:
• Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland Human Biology and the Environment (laboratory) 1993, 1994 General Biology (laboratory) 1993, 1994
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• Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland General Biology (BIO101, 3 credits) 1999 Ecosystems and the Environment (BIO108, 3 credits) 1999
• West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Fisheries Management (WMAN245, 3 credits) 1997 Limnology (BIOL246, 3 credits) 1997 Advanced Ichthyology (WMAN 693, 3 credits) 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-
2008, 2010-2016 Modeling for Conservation (WMAN 693H, 3 credits) 2010 Quantitative Ecology (WMAN 633, 3 credits) 2003, 2005, 2007
Graduate students and Post-doctoral research advised: Hammond, Steve. 2003. Seasonal movements of yellow-phase American eels (Anguilla
rostrata) in the Shenandoah River. MS Thesis, WVU. Lenz, Ben. 2003. Winter habitat use of fishes in the Ohio River. MS Thesis, WVU. (Co-
advisor) Smith, Jessica. 2004. Water quality trends of the Blackwater River, West Virginia. MS
Thesis, WVU. (Co-advisor) Wellman, Dave. 2004. Post-flood recolonization of fishes in tributaries of New River, New
River Gorge National River. MS Thesis, WVU. Hildebrand, Heather. 2005. Size, age composition, and upstream migration of American eels
at the Millville Dam eel ladder, Shenandoah River, West Virginia. MS Thesis, WVU. Osier, Elizabeth. 2005. Distribution and habitat use of the crystal darter (Crystallaria
asprella) and spotted darter (Etheostoma maculatum) in the Elk River, West Virginia. MS Thesis, WVU.
Sheehan, Kenneth. 2006. An interpolation method for stream habitat assessments with
reference to the crystal darter. MS Thesis, WVU. Burns, Angela. 2007. Comparison of two electrofishing gears (backpack and parallel wires)
and abundances of fishes in the upper Greenbrier River drainage. MS Thesis, WVU. Keplinger, Brandon. 2007. An experimental study of vertical habitat use and habitat shifts in
single-species and mixed-species shoals of native and nonnative congeneric cyprinids. MS Thesis, WVU.
Switzer, John. 2007. Candy darter conservation and genetic analysis of hybridization
between candy darters and variegate darters, Post-doctoral research, WVU.
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Hedrick, Lara B. 2008. Evaluation of the impacts of highway construction on sediment and benthic macroinvertebrates in Appalachian streams. PhD Dissertation, WVU.
Hedrick, Lara B. 2010-2016. Evaluation of the impacts of highway construction on sediment
and benthic macroinvertebrates in Appalachian streams. Post-doctoral research, WVU.
Zimmerman, Jennifer Lowery. 2008. Rates of swim bladder parasite infection and PIT tag
retention in upstream migrant American eels of the upper Potomac River drainage. MS Thesis, WVU.
Smith, Dustin. 2009. Habitat selection and predation risk in larval lampreys. MS Thesis,
WVU. Selego, Stephen. 2011. Response of fish and benthic macroinvertebrate communities to
stream restoration in the Cacapon River. MS Thesis, WVU (Co-advisor) Sheehan, Kenneth. 2011. Exploration of Stream Habitat Spatial Modeling; Using
Geographically Weighted Regression, Ordinary Least Squares Regression, and Natural Neighbor Interpolation to Model Depth, Flow, and Benthic Substrate in Streams. PhD Dissertation, WVU.
Welchert, Darrin. 2011. Relationships among fish assemblages, hydroperiods, drought, and
American alligators within palustrine wetlands of the Blackjack Peninsula, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, M.S. Thesis, WVU.
Wichterman, Dustin. 2011. Creel and angler surveys of a walleye fishery at Summersville
Reservoir, WV. MS Thesis, WVU. Andrew, Ross. 2012. Natural Barrier Assessment and Modeling for Fish Communities in
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. MS Thesis, WVU. Braham, Missy. 2012. Selection of benthic habitat by yellow-phase American eels (Anguilla
rostrata). MS Thesis, WVU Ruble, Crystal. 2013. Captive propagation, reproductive biology, and early life history of
Crystallaria cincotta (Diamond Darter), Etheostoma wapiti (Boulder Darter), E. vulneratum (Wounded Darter), and E. maculatum (Spotted Darter). MS Thesis, WVU.
Taylor, Nate. 2013. Assessment of age, diet, and growth of yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
in Cheat Lake, West Virginia. MS Thesis, WVU. Eyler, Sheila. 2014. Timing and survival of American Eels migrating past hydroelectric dams
on the Shenandoah River. PhD Dissertation, WVU.
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Aldinger, Joni. 2015. Diel periodicity and chronology of upstream migration in yellow-phase American Eels (Anguilla rostrata). MS Thesis, WVU.
Hilling, Corbin. 2015. Evaluation of age, growth and diet of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus
punctatus) in Cheat Lake, West Virginia, WV. MS Thesis, WVU. Thompson, Patricia. 2016. Distribution and habitat use of the western sand darter
(Ammocrytpa clara) and the eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in the Elk River, WV. MS Thesis, WVU.
Rizzo, Austin. In Progress. Ecology of the Diamond Darter. PhD Dissertation, WVU. Smith, Dustin. In progress. An ecological assessment of fishes within a reservoir impacted by
acid mine drainage. PhD Dissertation, WVU. Owens, Nathaniel. In progress. Mini-trawl surveys of large rivers in West Virginia. MS
Thesis. Technical Training Provided: Fish Identification workshop, U.S. Forest Service, Elkins, WV, 24-25 May 2010. Fish Identification, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV, (6 classes: 18-23 Sept 2000; 9-13 July 2001; 10-14 December 2001; 17-21 November 2003; 11-15 April 2005; 8-12 January 2007) Electrofishing safety (10 classes: 3 June 2000, 13 September 2000, 9 March 2001, 19 April 2002, 6 Sept 2002, 3 March 2003, 30 August 2005, 31 August 2006, 28 August 2007, 20 August 2008) Department of the Interior Motor Boat safety training, MOCC (Nov 2001, May 2002, May 2005, Oct 2012, May 2014) Fish identification workshop: taxonomy and identification of the darters (Percidae); conducted at the Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists Meeting, Cacapon State Park, Berkeley Springs, WV, 20 March 2005 Fish identification workshop: taxonomy and identification of the minnows (Cyprinidae); conducted at the Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists Meeting, Cacapon State Park, Berkeley Springs, WV, 22 March 2006 Fish identification workshop: taxonomy and identification of the suckers (Catostomidae); conducted at the West Virginia Chapter American Fisheries Society meeting, Morgantown, WV, 9 March 2007
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Fish identification workshop: taxonomy and identification of the suckers (Catostomidae); conducted at the Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists Meeting, Cacapon State Park, Berkeley Springs, WV, 5 April 2007 Fish identification workshop: taxonomy and identification of the sunfishes (Centrarchidae); conducted at the Association of Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Biologists Meeting, Cacapon State Park, Berkeley Springs, WV, 1 April 2009 Fish identification class: 5 day class at the USFWS, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV, for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, PA, MD, and VA state agencies, and consulting firms involved in a national fish survey, 5-9 May 2009 Other Technical Activities: Water Quality Committee of the Susquehanna River/Chesapeake Bay Eco-team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (March 1999 - March 2000). Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (June 1998 - March 2000). Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Striped Bass Technical Committee (June 1998 – March 2000). Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Striped Bass Stock Assessment Committee (June 1998 – March 2000). Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Striped Bass Tagging Committee (member, June 1998 to present; vice-chair (2000-2001; 2011-2012) and chair (2002-2003; 2013-2014; 2017-2018). Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Weakfish Stock Assessment Committee (July 1999 – March 2000). Assisted the National Park Service during a workshop to prepare the New River Gorge National River’s (NERI) General Management Plan (GMP). 13 May 2003. Invited participant of an international workshop on population dynamics of American eel, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 22-23 March 2005. Invited participant of a workshop on the use of fish-based Biological Condition Gradients in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, Cacapon State Park, Cacapon, WV, 16-17 June 2009. INVENTIONS, PATENTS HELD:
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Welsh, S.A., L.B. Hedrick, and J. Hedrick. Sediment sampler for aquatic environs. U.S. Patent Number 6,823,749 awarded November 30, 2004.
Welsh, S.A. 2014. Photographic animal counter for monitoring movement of aquatic
animals. US Patent 8,651,057 B1, filed August 18, 2011, and issued February 18, 2014.
HONORS, AWARDS, RECOGNITION, ELECTED MEMBERSHIP: Honors and Awards: 2003 - U.S. Geological Survey – Star Award 2006 - Southern Division American Fisheries Society – Distinguished Service Award 2007 - Adjunct Associate Professor – awarded by Promotion and Tenure Committee,
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University 2008 - U.S. Geological Survey – Star Award 2008 - Cooperative Research Units – Scientific Excellence Award 2010 - Appointed to Graduate Faculty, College of Graduate and Professional Studies,
Indiana State University (Fall 2010 – Fall 2015) 2012 – Elected President of the WV Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (2 year term) 2017 – Appointed to the Board of Editors of the Northeastern Naturalist
Grants and contracts received: 1995 – “Habitat partitioning in an assemblage of darters,” West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 1996 – “Allozyme variation in the Tippecanoe darter,” West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 1999 - “Distribution and genetics of Shortnose sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay,” U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, $43,000, Co-PI. 1999 – “Hooking mortality of striped bass and American shad in the Hudson River,” New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Co-PI. 2000 – “Corridor H stream monitoring study, phase 1,” West Virginia Division of Highways, Co-PI.
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2001 – “Movement and abundance of American eels in the Shenandoah River,” Allegheny Energy, Electrical Power Research Institute, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2001 – “Winter habitat use of fishes in the Ohio River - phase I,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 2001 – “Fishes of the New River Gorge National River,” National Park Service, PI 2001 – “Fishes of West Virginia database,” West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2001 – “Water quality trends in the Blackwater River,” Canaan Valley Institute, Co-PI. 2002 – “Habitat use of the spotted darter,” West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2002 – “Population status of eight fish species of special concern in the Elk River, West Virginia,” West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2002 – “Fishes of West Virginia database II,” West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2002 – “Winter habitat use of fishes in the Ohio River – phase II,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 2002 – “Habitat use and distribution of the Elk River crystal darter,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, PI. 2002 – “Validation of museum data for West Virginia fishes,” West Virginia Natural Heritage Program, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2003 – “Corridor H stream monitoring study, phase 2,” West Virginia Division of Highways, Co-PI. 2003 – “Fishes of the Gauley River National Recreation Area,” National Park Service, PI. 2003 – “Winter habitat use of fishes in the Ohio River – phase III,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 2003 – “Habitat requirements of the Elk River crystal darter: field and laboratory studies,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Co-PI. 2004 – “Abundance, species richness, and distribution of native and nonnative fishes in the Bluestone National Scenic River, National Park Service, PI.
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2004 – “Abundance and distribution of “sensitive” fish species within the Monongahela National Forest,” U.S. Forest Service, PI. 2005 – “Abundance of sensitive fish species within the upper Greenbrier River drainage,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2005 – “Assessment of hybridization between candy and variegate darters in the Greenbrier River drainage,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 2006 – “Migration of silver phase and yellow phase American eels in relation to hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River”, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 2006 – “Corridor H stream monitoring study, phase 3,” West Virginia Division of Highways, Co-PI. 2007 – “Assessment of Long-term stream monitoring stations,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2007 – “Statewide census and conservation assessment of West Virginia crayfishes,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 2007 – “Diamond darter status review and recovery effort assistance,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (RWO 51), Co-PI. 2008 – “Captive propagation of the diamond darter,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2008 – “Summersville Reservoir Walleye Creel Survey,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2008 – “Cacapon River watershed stream and riparian restoration collaborative,” National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Co-PI. 2009 – “Diamond darter reproduction research,” U.S. Geological Survey, PI. 2009 – “Corridor H stream monitoring study, phase 4,” West Virginia Division of Highways, Co-PI. 2009 – “Migration of silver phase and yellow phase American eels in relation to hydroelectric dams on the Shenandoah River”, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Co-PI. 2010 – “Modeling effects on Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) distribution in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area”, Co-PI.
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2011 – “Cheat Lake Biomonitoring Study”, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2012 – “Corridor H stream monitoring study, phase 5” West Virginia Division of Highways, Co-PI. 2012 – “Habitat use of the diamond darter,” West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, PI. 2014 – “A study of diamond darter macrohabitat use and abundance within the lower Elk River,” NiSource, PI. 2017 – “Genetic and landscape level threat assessments and status review of the Candy Darter (Etheostoma osburni),” USFWS/USGS–SSP, PI.