Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Texas
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Texas Staff Member


Dr. Jane Rogosch

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Assistant Unit Leader
Phone: (806) 834 - 8414
Email: jrogosch@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: jrogosch@ttu.edu

Education

  • Ph D University of Washington 2019
  • MS Kansas State University 2015
  • BS University of New Mexico 2009

Biography

Dr. Rogosch received her PhD from the University of Washington and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Missouri before joining the Texas Unit in 2020. Her research is centered around the ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes with emphasis on the influence of altered flow conditions, invasive species, and other aspects of environmental change. She has worked on topics that include the management and recovery of endangered fishes in dryland rivers of the desert Southwest, the effects of low-head dams on stream habitat and fish community composition in the Great Plains, and the dynamics of fish communities in response to nonnative species and increasing hydrologic drought across the southwestern United States. Her research aims to inform conservation and management of freshwater fishes with a strong emphasis on the application of quantitative approaches to data analysis.
Dr. Rogosch’s lab uses a variety of quantitative methods for building models of populations, spatial and compositional analysis of communities, and applying innovative techniques for exploring food-web structure, invasive species distributions, and environmental gradients across riverine landscapes.

Areas of Expertise

Aquatic Ecology, GIS/Spatial Analysis, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Population and Community Ecology, Species Distribution Modeling, Stream Ecology, T&E Species Management

Taxon Groups Studied

Freshwater Fishes, Nongame Fish/Wildlife, Species of Greatest Conservation Need

Research Publications Publication Date
Trentman, M.T., Dodds, W.K., Fencl, J.S., Gerber, K., Guarneri, J., Hitchman, S.M., Peterson, Z., and Rüegg, J. 2015. Quantifying ambient nitrogen uptake and functional relationships of uptake versus concentration in streams: a comparison of stable isotope, pulse, and plateau approaches. Biogeochemistry 125(1). doi:10.1007/s10533-015-0112-5. June 2015
Tonkin, J.D., J.D. Olden, D.M. Merritt, L.V. Reynolds, J.S. Rogosch, and D.A. Lytle. 2021. Designing flow regimes to support entire river ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, fee.2348. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2348 May 2021
Rolls, R.J., J.S. Rogosch, and L.M. Kuehne. 2022. How Shall We Meet? Embracing the Opportunities of Virtual Conferencing. Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10765 July 2022
Rogosch, J.S., and J.D. Olden. 2020. Invaders induce coordinated isotopic niche shifts in native fish species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77(8): 1348–1358. doi:10.1139/cjfas-2019-0346. April 2020
Rogosch, J.S., and J.D. Olden. 2019. Dynamic contributions of intermittent and perennial streams to fish beta diversity in dryland rivers. Journal of Biogeography: jbi.13673. doi:10.1111/jbi.13673. August 2019
Rogosch, J.S., Tonkin, J.D., Lytle, D.A., Merritt, D.M., Reynolds, L. V., and Olden, J.D. 2019. Increasing drought favors nonnative fishes in a dryland river: evidence from a multispecies demographic model. Ecosphere 10(4): e02681. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2681. April 2019
Rogosch, J.S., H.I.A. Boehm, R.W. Tingley, K.D. Wright, E.B. Webb, C.P. Paukert. 2024. Evaluating effectiveness of restoration to address current stressors to riverine fish. Freshwater Biology, 69, 607-622. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14232 | Abstract May 2024
Rogosch, J.S. and J.D. Olden. 2021. Comparing opportunistic and strategic removal efforts to manage invasive fish species using a dynamic multi‐state occupancy model. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14012 September 2021
Patiño, R., Christensen, V.G., Graham, J.L., Rogosch, J.S, and Rosen, B.H. 2023. Toxic algae in inland waters of the conterminous United States—A review and synthesis.Water, 15(15), 2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152808. | Abstract | Publisher Website August 2023
Messager, M.L., L. Comte, T.B.A. Couto, E.D. Koontz, L.M. Kuehne, J.S. Rogosch, R.R. Stiling, and J.D. Olden. 2022. Course-based undergraduate research to advance environmental science and management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2507 | Abstract May 2022
Messager, M.L., J. D. Olden, J.D. Tonkin, R. Stubbington, J.S. Rogosch, M.H. Busch, C.J. Little, A.W. Walters, C.L. Atkinson, M. Shanafield, S. Yu, K. Boersma, D.A. Lytle, R.H. Walker, R.M. Burrows, and T. Datry. 2023. A metasystem approach to designing environmental flows. BioScience biad067, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad067 | Abstract September 2023
Mather, M. E., J. M. Smith, K. M. Boles, R. B Taylor, C. G. Kennedy, S. M. Hitchman, J. S. Rogosch, and H. M. Frank. 2021. Merging scientific silos: Integrating specialized approaches for thinking about and using spatial data that can provide new directions for persistent fisheries problems. Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10645 June 2021
Hitchman, S.M, M. E. Mather, J. Smith, and J. Fencl. 2018. Identifying keystone habitats with a mosaic approach can improve biodiversity conservation in disturbed ecosystems. Global Change Biology 2017;1–14. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13846; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13846/epdf July 2017
Hitchman, S. M., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, J. S. Fencl. 2018. Habitat mosaics and path analysis can improve biological conservation of aquatic biodiversity in ecosystems with low-head dams. Science of the Total Environment 619–620: 221–231 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.272; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896971732990X April 2018
Fencl, J., M. Mather, J. Smith, and S. Hitchman. 2017. The blind men and the elephant examine biodiversity at low-head dams: are we all dealing with the same dam reality? Ecosphere 8 (1): 1-17; DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1973; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1973/full November 2017
Fencl, J. S., M. E. Mather, K. Costigan, and M. D, Daniels. 2015. How Big of an Effect Do Small Dams Have?; Using Geomorphological Footprints to Quantify Spatial Impact of Low-Head Dams and Identify Patterns of Across-Dam Variation PLoS ONE 10(11): e0141210. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141210 | Abstract November 2015
Burdett, A.S., Fencl, J.S., and Turner, T.F. 2015. Evaluation of freshwater invertebrate sampling methods in a shallow aridland river (Rio Grande, New Mexico). Aquatic Biology. 23(2): 139–146. Inter-Research. doi:10.3354/ab00616. January 2015
Project Completion Date
Developing and Testing a Spatially-Explicit, Science-Based, Decision-Support Tool for Making Riverscape-Scale Management Decisions: How Dams and Culverts Affect a Threatened Native Stream Fish, the Neosho Madtom, and Select Tributary Fish Species February 2019
Food habits of SGCN fishes to inform habitat assessment and restoration in the Red River basin (TCU 444) August 2024
TCU 443: Assessment of Gila pandora in Little Aguja Creek (Davis Mountains), Texas August 2025
OA 104: Intermittent River Research Coordination Network (IRRCN): Integrating Intermittent River Ecology and Hydrology June 2024
OA 107: Improving institutional diversity in professional society participation through virtual and hybrid conferencing June 2025
Risk assessment for Giant Salvinia in Arkansas waters June 2023
TCU 438: Evaluating resilience and vulnerability of fish assemblage structure to intermittent flow August 2024
Linking stream fish thermal ecology and adaptive capacity to inform watershed-based management and Species Status Assessments December 2023
TCU 441: Species distribution modeling and Native Fish Conservation Area prioritization to guide landscape level conservation (RWO 104) February 2025
TCU 433: Assessing risk for westward expansion of zebra mussels to guide EDRR strategies (RWO 103) September 2023
A strategic process for fisheries management and aquatic conservation. PI: M. E. Mather, 2018-2025. December 2025
Global horizon scan to assess U.S. invasion risk of terrestrial and freshwater vertebrates in trade September 2023
Drought, water availability, and the implications for fish November 2025
Coordinating Aquatic Conservation Tools to Connect Priority Geographies and Guide Landscape-Level Conservation June 2023
Hanson, Cienna
Master's
cihanson@ttu.edu

Le Bouille, Diane
Post Doc
dlebouil@ttu.edu

Saenz, Gavin
Undergraduate
gavsaenz@ttu.edu

Wilson, Wade
Master's
wadewils@ttu.edu

Presentations Presentation Date
Wright, K., J. Rogosch, H. Boehm, K. Ivey, C. Paukert, E. Webb, and R. Tingley III. 2022. Assessing river restoration: are we effectively addressing contemporary challenges facing inland freshwater fish? Joint Aquatic Sciences Annual Meeting, 14–20 May 2022. Grand Rapids, MI. May 2022
Wright, K., H. Boehm, A. Lynch, C. Paukert, J. Rogosch, R. Tingley III, E. Webb. Fishing for complements: A review of restoration effectiveness and opportunities for climate change adaptation for inland fish. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Overland Park, KS. 14 February 2023 February 2023
Wilson, W.M., J.S. Rogosch, S.F. Collins, and B.W. Durham. 2024. Spatial and interspecific variation in feeding habits of four native prairie stream fishes. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Nacogdoches, TX. February 23-25, 2024. February 2024
Wilson, W.M., J.S. Rogosch, S.F. Collins, B.W. Durham. 2023. Assessing the feeding habits of an imperiled prairie river fish assemblage. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Corpus Christi, TX. February 23-25, 2023 February 2023
Wilson, W. M., Rogosch, J. S., Collins, S. F., Durham, B. W. 2024. Spatial and interspecific variation in feeding habits of four native prairie stream fishes. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Jun 2-6, 2024. June 2024
Sáenz, G.P., W.M. Wilson, and J.S. Rogosch. 2024. Gut content composition analysis of four native fishes of the Red River. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. Sep 15-19, 2024 September 2024
Sponberg A., M. Fork, L. Kuehne, B. Laursen, and J. Rogosch. 2024. Evaluating Conferences for Diverse Engagement: Virtual conferences boost diversity, but do we like them? Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. Aug 4-9, 2024. August 2024
Saenz, G.P., W.M. Wilson, and J.S. Rogosch. 2024. A Gut Content Composition Analysis of Four Native Fishes of the Red River. Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting, Houston TX Feb 19-22, 2024. February 2024
Rogosch, J.S., T.P. Archdeacon, and S. Davenport. 2022. Fish population dynamics and conservation strategies in a communally important aridland river. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. May 14-22, 2022 May 2022
Rogosch, J.S., T. Birdsong, J. Broska, D. Buckmeier, D.P. Bunting, A. Cohen, G. Garrett, D. Hendrickson, K. Mayes, N. Smith. 2022. Species distribution modeling and Native Fish Conservation Area prioritization to guide landscape-level conservation. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. May 17-19, 2022. May 2022
Rogosch, J.S., J.D. Olden, J.D. Tonkin, D.A. Lytle, D.M. Merritt, L.V. Reynolds. 2017. Hydrologic drought favors non-native fishes in a changing climate. Desert Fishes Council. San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. Nov 15-19, 2017 November 2017
Rogosch, J.S., H.I.A Boehm, R.W. Tingley III, K.D. Wright, E.B. Webb, and C.P. Paukert. 2024. Are river restoration projects designed and evaluated to address current stressors to inland fishes? World Fisheries Congress, Seattle WA. Mar 3 - 7, 2024 March 2024
Rogosch, J.S., H.I.A Boehm, K. Ivey, R.W. Tingley III, E.B. Webb, K.D. Wright, and C.P. Paukert. 2021. Assessing restoration effectiveness: a review of river restoration. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Virtual Meeting. February 2-4, 2021. February 2021
Rogosch, J.S., Archdeacon, T.P., and S. Davenport. 2021. Population trends and trade-offs in long-term dynamics of a prairie stream fish community. American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting. November 6-10, 2021 November 2021
Rogosch, J.S. and J.D. Olden. 2019. Fish invaders induce trophic niche shifts in native species. Society for Freshwater Science. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. May 19-24, 2019 May 2019
Rogosch, J.S. and J.D. Olden. 2018. Trophic ecology along a gradient of invasion. Desert Fishes Council. Death Valley, California, USA. Nov 14-18, 2018 November 2018
Rogosch, J.S. and J.D. Olden. 2018. Intermittent streams make significant contributions to biodiversity in dryland rivers of the southwestern United States. Society for Freshwater Science. Detroit, Michigan, USA. May 20-24, 2018 May 2018
Rogosch, J.S. and C.P. Paukert. 2020. How do we measure success of restoration to meet this centuries' biggest challenges to global inland fish and fisheries? World Fisheries Congress, Adelaide, Australia. October 16 2020. - CANCELLED October 2020
Rogosch, J.S. Fish, flows, and the future: How to assess fish assemblages in dryland streams. South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center's Annual Fall Science Meeting. Lubbock, TX. November 1-3, 2023. November 2023
Rogosch, J. H. Boehm, R. Tingley, K. Wright, E. Webb, and C. Paukert. 2024. Are river restoration projects designed and evaluated to address current stressors to inland fishes? American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. September 2024
Rivera, A., L. Schilder, J. Rogosch, C. Cauldron, and C.W. Boal. Alterations to avian community structure in response to habitat restoration of pinyon-juniper woodlands in eastern New Mexico. Annual meeting of The Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Houston, TX, Feb. 2023. February 2023
Mayes, K., J. Hatt, A. Rodger, T. Starks, and J. Rogosch. 2021. Perspectives of southern Great Plains state agencies on prairie stream conservation. American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting. November 6-10, 2021 November 2021
Mathis L. Messager, Julian D. Olden, Jonathan Tonkin, Rachel Stubbington, Jane S. Rogosch, Michelle H. Busch, Chelsea J. Little, Annika W. Walters, Carla L. Atkinson, Margaret Shanafield, Songyan Yu, Kate Boersma, Dave Lytle, Richard H. Walker, Ryan M. Burrows, Thibault Datry. 2023. A metasystem approach to designing environmental flows. Symposium for European Freshwater Science. June 2023
Le Bouille, D., Rogosch, J., Bean, M., Birdsong, Broska, J., Buckmeier, D., Bunting, D., T. Cohen, A. Hendrickson, D., Smith, N.. 2023. Species distribution modeling of Texas SGCN fishes to guide landscape-level conservation. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Corpus Christi, TX. February 23-25, 2023. February 2023
Le Bouille, D., J. Rogosch, M. Bean, T. Birdsong, J. Broska, D. Bunting, A. Cohen, D. Hendrickson, and N. Smith. 2024. Decision making and prioritization for the conservation of Texas fish SGCN. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Nacogdoches, TX. February 23-25, 2024. February 2024
Le Bouille, D., J. Rogosch, M. Bean, T. Birdsong, J. Broska, D. Bunting, A. Cohen, D. Hendrickson, N. Smith. 2023. Species distribution modeling of Texas SGCN fishes to guide landscape-level conservation. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. August 6-11, 2023. August 2023
Le Bouille, D. and J.S. Rogosch. Predicting patterns of biodiversity and vulnerability for fish species of greatest conservation need across Texas' watersheds. South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center's Annual Fall Science Meeting. Lubbock, TX. November 1-3, 2023. November 2023
Krabbenhoft, C.A., J.S. Rogosch, F.E. Rowland, and M. Lauck. 2023. Increasing intercontinental hydrologic and climatic variability are altering freshwater fish assemblages. Society for Freshwater Science annual meeting. Brisbane, Australia. Jun 3-7, 2023. June 2023
Jane S. Fencl, Martha E. Mather, Sean M. Hitchman, Joseph M. Smith. Quantifying river fragmentation: impacts of low-head dams on geomorphology and fish biodiversity in the Neosho River, Kansas February 2015
Ivey, K., K. Wright, J.S. Rogosch, H.I.A. Boehm, R.W. Tingley III, and C.P. Paukert. 2021. Exploring the relationship between assessment metrics and perceived success of river and stream restoration projects. Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Virtual Meeting. February 2-4, 2021 February 2021
Hu, D, S. Gaughan, P.M. Kocovsky, M.E. Mather, K. Mayes, J. Perkin, J.S. Rogosch, D. Winkelman, M. Wuellner. 2022. AFS 151 Symposia Summaries. "Creating and implementing an ecosystem-wide integrated research agenda and conservation plan for prairie streams: A shared vision, next generation synthesis, and future action plan." Fisheries 47: 30. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10708 November 2021
Hitchman, S., M. Mather, J. Smith, J. Fencl. 2016. Viewing streams as a habitat mosaic; implications for riverscape ecology and stream conservation. Invited Symposium, American Fisheries Society, August 21-25, 2016 August 2016
Hitchman, S. M., M. E. Mather, J. S. Fencl, J. M. Smith. 2015. Are riffles keystone habitats in a low-gradient prairie stream?; implications for riverscape ecology and stream conservation August 2015
Harried, B., W. Fitzsimmons, K. Fogelman, J. Rogosch, J. Stoeckel, and J. Westhoff. 2024. Linking stream fish thermal ecology and adaptive capacity to inform watershed-based management. Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Osage Beach, MO February 2024
Harried, B., W. Fitzsimmons, K. Fogelman, J. Rogosch, J. Stoeckel, and J. Westhoff. 2024. Linking stream fish thermal ecology and adaptive capacity to inform watershed-based management. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota January 2024
Harried, B., W. Fitzsimmons, K. Fogelman, J. Rogosch, J. Stoeckel, and J. Westhoff. 2023. Assessing the thermal ecology of several <i>Notropis</i> species using multiple metrics. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI. April 2023
Harried, B., W. Fitzsimmons, Fogelman, K., Paukert, C., Rogosch, J., Stoeckel, J., and Westhoff, J. 2023. Addressing the need for lab experiments to fill the temperature gap in trait-based approaches in fishes. Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Norfolk, VA. February 7-9,2023. February 2023
Harried, B., W. Fitzsimmons, Fogelman, K., Paukert, C., Rogosch, J., Stoeckel, J., and Westhoff, J. 2023. Addressing the need for lab experiments to fill the temperature gap in trait-based approaches in fishes. Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Lake Ozark, MO. February 7-9,2023. February 2023
Harried, B., C. Paukert, J. Rogosch, and J. Westhoff. 2022. Lack of standardized methods inhibits inference from fish thermal preferences and climate adaptation. Joint Aquatic Sciences meeting, Grand Rapids MI. May 2022
Hanson, C.R., J.S. Rogosch, N. Smith, and C. Roberston. 2024. Investigating the effectiveness of Stream Temperature, Intermittency, and Conductivity loggers to quantify river connectivity. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Nacogdoches, TX. February 22-24, 2024. February 2024
Hanson, C.R., J.S. Rogosch, N. Smith, and C. Roberston. 2024. Evaluating the effects of intermittent flow on the resilience and vulnerability of fish assemblage structure. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI. Sep 15-19, 2024. September 2024
Hanson, C.R., J.S. Rogosch, N. Smith, and C. Roberston. 2023. Evaluating the effects of intermittent flow on the resilience and vulnerability of fish assemblage structure. Western Division of the American Fisheries Society. Boise, ID. May 8-11, 2023. May 2023
Hanson, C.R., J.S. Rogosch, N. Smith, and C. Roberston. 2023. Evaluating the effects of intermittent flow on the resilience and vulnerability of fish assemblage structure. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Corpus Christi, TX. February 23-25, 2023. February 2023
Fork, M., J. Rogosch, B. Laursen, L. Kuehne and A. Sponberg. 2024. Evaluating conferences for diverse engagement: Effects of virtual conferences on participation by diverse organizations. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI. Sep 15-19, 2024. September 2024
Fork, M., A. Sponberg, J. Rogosch, B. Laursen, and L. Kuehne. 2024. The impact of virtual conferences on participation by diverse organizations and individuals. The Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Jun 2-6, 2024. June 2024
Fitzsimmons, W., Fogelman, K., B. Harried, Paukert, C., Rogosch, J., Stoeckel, J., and Westhoff, J. 2023. Addressing the thermal ecology of Topeka Shiners (<i>Notropis topeka</i>) using multiple thermal metrics. Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Lake Ozark, MO. February 7-9,2023. February 2023
Fencl, J.S. and J.D. Olden. 2016. Fish life-history strategies define meta-population dynamics in a dryland stream. Society for Freshwater Science, Sacramento, CA, May 2016 May 2016
Fencl, J., M. E. Mather, S. M. Hitchman, J. M. Smith. Quantifying impacts of river fragmentation: How low-head dams alter geomorphology, fish biodiversity, and habitat in the Neosho River, Kansas August 2014
Creamer, D., J.S. Rogosch, and R. Patiño. 2023. Zebra mussel invasion risk: Estimating the likelihood of spread and establishment of an aquatic invasive species. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Corpus Christi, TX. Feb 23-25, 2023 February 2023
Creamer, D., J.S. Rogosch, and R. Patiño. 2023. Zebra mussel invasion risk: Estimating the likelihood of spread and establishment of an aquatic invasive species. Texas Academy of Sciences Annual meeting. San Angelo, TX. Mar 3-5, 2023 March 2023
Creamer, D., J.S. Rogosch, R. Patiño. 2023. Zebra mussel invasion risk: Estimating the likelihood of spread and establishment of an aquatic invasive species. 2023 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. August 2023
Creamer, D., J.S. Rogosch, R. Patiño. 2023. Zebra mussel invasion risk: Estimating the likelihood of spread and establishment of an aquatic invasive species. 153rd American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan. August 2023
Boehm, H., and J. Rogosch. 2022. Best Practices for Improving DEIJA in the Fisheries Employment Hiring Process. Oral Presentation. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA. August 21 - 25, 2022 August 2022
Annika W. Walters, Niall G. Clancy, Thomas P. Archdeacon, Songyan Yu, Jane S. Rogosch, and Elizabeth A. Rieger<b>. </b>2024. Refuge identification as a climate adaptation strategy to promote fish persistence during drought. Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society / Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative 2024 conference, Cody, Wyoming, USA. April 2024