Hudson River Fishes and their Environment

John Waldman, Karin Limburg, and David Strayer, editors

365 pages

Published by the American Fisheries Society

Publication date: December 2006

ISBN: 1-888569-82-4

The Hudson River is one of the most scientifically-studied rivers in the world. This volume contains new findings about the ecological and environmental workings of the Hudson and the effects on fishes.

Chapter authors present important new findings, including a review of the hydrodynamics and physical and chemical conditions in the estuary; the impact of power plants on pelagic fish; the effects of pollution, climate, and nonnative plants and animals on the Hudson’s fishes; the importance of tributaries for some species; and the impact of human activities, such as angling and changing land use, on fish populations.

Symposium 51

Contents

The Hudson River Environment and its Dynamic Fish Community John R. Waldman, Karin E. Limburg, and David L. Strayer

Hydrodynamics of the Hudson River Estuary Alan F. Blumberg and Ferdi L. Hellweger

Channel Morphology in the Hudson River Estuary: Historical Changes and Opportunities for Restoration Daniel Miller, John Ladd, William C. Nieder

Current and Evolving Physical and Chemical Conditions in the Hudson River Estuary Karim A. Abood, Thomas L. Englert, Susan G. Metzger, Charles V. Beckers, Jr., Timothy J. Groninger, and Sumant Mallavaram

Hydrologic Control of External Carbon Loads and Primary Production in the Tidal Freshwater Hudson Nina F. Caraco and Jonathan J. Cole

Some Historical Changes in the Patterns of Population and Land Use in the Hudson River Watershed Dennis P. Swaney, Karin E. Limburg, and Karen Stainbrook

Hudson River Paleoecology from Marshes: Environmental Change and its Implications for Fisheries Dorothy M. Peteet, Dee Cabaniss Pederson, Dorothy Kurdyla, and Tom Guilderson

Biodiversity and Zoogeography of the Fishes of the Hudson River Watershed and Estuary John R. Waldman, Thomas R. Lake, and Robert E. Schmidt

Patterns of Habitat Utilization by Resident Nekton in Phragmites and Typha Marshes of the Hudson River Estuary David T. Osgood, David J. Yozzo, Randolph M. Chambers, Seth Pianka, Christina LePage, and Jason Lewis

Winter Distribution and Abundance of Hudson River Fishes using Hydroacoustics Kyle J. Hartman and Brian W. Nagy

The Dynamics of Bay Anchovy in the Hudson River Estuary: Process- Oriented Studies and Long-Term Changes Eric T. Schultz, Kamazima M. M. Lwiza, John R. Young, Kyle J. Hartman, and Ronald C. Tipton

Distribution and Abundance of Bay Anchovy Eggs and Larvae in the Hudson River and Nearby Waterways Dennis J. Dunning, Quentin E. Ross, Mark T. Mattson, and Douglas G. Heimbuch

Distributional Ecology of Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli in the Hudson River Estuary Ronald C. Tipton and Kyle J. Hartman

Fine-Scale Distribution and Abundance of Pelagic Fish near Two Hudson River Power Plants Ronald C. Tipton and Kyle J. Hartman

Transport of Striped Bass Larvae Out of the Lower Hudson River Estuary Dennis J. Dunning, Quentin E. Ross, Alan F. Blumberg, and Douglas G. Heimbuch

Dispersal of Age-2+ Striped Bass Out of the Hudson River Dennis J. Dunning, John R. Waldman, Quentin E. Ross, and Mark T. Mattson

Overview of Hudson River Recreational Fisheries, with an Emphasis on Striped Bass E. Terry Euston, Susan A. Haney, Kathryn A. Hattala, and Andrew W. Kahnle

Hudson River Tributaries in the Lives of Fishes with Emphasis on the American Eel Robert E. Schmidt, Rome Petersson, and Thomas R. Lake

Atlantic Tomcod Microgadus tomcod: A Model Species for the Responses of Hudson River Fish to Toxicants Isaac Wirgin and R. Christopher Chambers