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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles & Book Chapters

Fix, S.M., A.C. Engman, B.R. Kuhajda, J.B. Alford. 2025. A Surrogate Species Approach to Determine the Life History of the Federally Endangered Laurel Dace (Chrosomus saylori). Ichthyology and Herpetology. In press.

Kusnierz, P.C., Alford, J.B.,  Pierce, R., Tracy, B.H., , Jager, H.I.,  and G. Lomnicky. 2025. Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act: What does it mean for fisheries? Fisheries 50(1): 19-26.  DOI: ​10.1093/fshmag/vuae004

Dinkins, G.R., Engman, A.C., Bajo-Walker, B., Clark, Z.W., Wolbert, J.W.,  Hecke, K., and J.B. Alford. 2023. Status and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in the Louisiana Section of Bayou Bartholomew. American Malacological Bulletin 39(1):1-25. doi.org/10.4003/006.039.0107

Hecke, K.B. and J.B. Alford. 2022. Movement and Home Range of the Sickle Darter (Percina
williamsi) in the Upper Emory River of Tennessee, USA. Hydrobiologia 849: 1053-1066. 

Hecke, K.B. and J.B. Alford. 2021. Spatiotemporal Assessment of Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi
Page and Near, 2007) Distribution in the Upper Tennessee River
Basin. Journal of Applied Ichthyology  37(5): 706-722. DOI: 10.1111/jai.14235

Harris, M.H., Womble, K.I., and J.B. Alford. 2020. Size-specific Advantage in Shelter Competition between the Mountain Madtom and Crayfishes. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11(2): 1-9.

Womble, K.I., G.R. Dinkins, J.B. Alford, and M.H. Harris. 2020. New Species Distribution Record for Simpsonaias ambigua (Say) (Salamander Mussel, Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Harpeth River,
Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist 19 (1): N24-N28.

Alford, J.B. and H.S. Gotwald. 2019. Associations Between Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biotic Integrity and Non-Point Source Pollution Estimates in the Nolichucky River Watershed. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 94(1-2).

Amacker, T.M. and J.B. Alford. 2017. Selective Predation by Reintroduced Juvenile Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in Ft. Loudoun Reservoir, Tennessee. Environmental Biology of Fishes 100(10): 1301-1314. DOI 10.1007/s10641-017-0643-9

Walker, D.J. and J.B. Alford. 2016. Mapping Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habitat in the
Upper Tennessee River using Side-Scan Sonar. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(5): 1097-1105.

Alford, J.B. and B. Heimann. 2016. Spotted bass population structure and diet in wadeable and non-wadeable streams draining the Lake Pontchartrain Basin . Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies  3:17-24.

Alford, J.B. 2014. Multi-scale assessment of habitats and stressors influencing stream fish assemblages in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, USA. Hydrobiologia 738:129-146.

Alford, J.B. and M.R. Walker. 2013. Managing the flood pulse for optimal fisheries production in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana (USA). River Research and Applications 29:279-296.

Jenkins, J.A., S.B. Hartley, J. Carter, D.J. Johnson, and J.B. Alford. 2013. A geographic information system tool for aquatic resource conservation in the Red and Sabine River watersheds of the southeast United States. River Research and Applications 29(1): 99-124.

Alford, J.B. and D.C. Jackson. 2010. Associations between watershed characteristics and angling success for sport fishes in Mississippi wadeable streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30:112-120.

Alford, J.B., D.M. O’Keefe, and D.C. Jackson. 2009. Effects of stocking adult largemouth bass to enhance fisheries recovery in Pascagoula River floodplain lakes impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 63:104-110.

Alford, J.B., D.M. O’Keefe and D.C. Jackson. 2008. Developing a framework for fisheries restoration in the Pascagoula River Basin following Hurricane Katrina. Pages 201-218 in: McLaughlin, K, editor, Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems. American Fisheries Society-Sea Grant Symposium 64. Bethesda, Maryland.

Alford, J.B. and D.C. Beckett. 2007. Selective predation by four sympatric darters on larval chironomids from a Mississippi stream. Environmental Biology of Fishes 78:353-364.

Alford, J.B. and D.C. Jackson. 2006. Environmental relationships to wadeable stream fisheries resources from Mississippi. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Mississippi Water Resources Conference 36:98-110.

Alford, J.B. and D.C. Beckett. 2006. Dietary specialization by the speckled darter, Etheostoma stigmaeum, on chironomid larvae from a southern Mississippi stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21:543-551.

Grad Student Theses/Dissertations

Fix, S.M. 2021. Life History, Diet and Habitat of the Federally Endangered Laurel Dace (Chrosomus saylori) Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Fisher,  G. 2019. Evaluating Biotic Functional Lift Provided by Physical Habitat Rehabilitation in Urban Streams of the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province of Tennessee. Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Irwin,  K.L. 2018. The Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Harpeth River Drainage and the Upper and Middle Duck River Tributaries, Tennessee. Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Hayes, M.L. 2017. Aspects of the Physiological and Behavioral Defense Adaptations of the Mountain Madtom (Noturus eleutherus). Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Walker, D.J. 2017. Habitat and Population Assessments of the Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Reintroduced to the Upper Tennessee River. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Romines, C.G. 2017. A Predictive Model for Brook Trout Restoration in the Cherokee National Forest. Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Williams, C. B. 2017. Disruptions of the Supratemporal Canal in the Snubnose Darter (Etheostoma simoterum). Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Amacker, T. M. 2016. Diet of and Prey Availability for Reintroduced Juvenile Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in Ft. Loudoun Reservoir, Tennessee. Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Gotwald, H. S. 2016. Impacts of Land Use Disturbance on Fish and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in the Nolichucky River Watershed. Masters Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Extension & Outreach Publications

Alford, J. Brian, Kristin Stanford, Jill Jentes-Benicke, Kevin Hart, Justin Chaffin, and Sue Bixler. 2023. Lake Erie Science Field Trip Workbook. The Ohio State University, Ohio Sea Grant College Program. 

Alford, A.B., J.B. Alford, J. Lloyd, and A.M. Taylor. 2020. More Effective and Environment-friendly Fish Attractors Do Not Contain Plastics. University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Extension Publication W 921. 

Unpublished Agency Reports

Alford, J.B. 2016.  Aquatic Invertebrate and Habitat Assessment to Define a Reference Condition for Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) development in the South Central Plains Ecoregion, Louisiana. Final Report.  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, State Wildlife Grants Program, Baton Rouge.

Gregory, Beau B. and  and J. Brian Alford 2016.  Distribution and Population Characteristics of the Calcasieu Painted Crayfish. Final Report.  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, State Wildlife Grants Program, Baton Rouge, Grant no. F12AF00530.

Alford, J.B. 2012.  Salinity levels that optimize nekton community structure in the lower Barataria estuary, Louisiana. Final Report.  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Fisheries Management Section, Baton Rouge 86 pp.

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