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

Staff Member

Chris Middaugh

Shoal bass from the Chipola River, FL.
PhD
Email: cmiddau@uark.edu

Education

  • Ph D University of Arkansas 2018
  • MS Purdue University 2011
  • BS Lyon College 2009

Biography

I received my BS in biology from Lyon College and my MS in fisheries science from Purdue University. I worked as a fisheries biologist for Florida Fish and Wildlife for two years and I am currently a PhD student at the University of Arkansas studying how climate change and land use affect smallmouth bass population dynamics.

Research Publications Publication Date
Middaugh, C.R., B. Kessinger and D.D. Magoulick. 2018. Climate-induced seasonal changes in smallmouth bass growth rate potential at the southern range extent. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 27:19-29. DOI:10.1111/eff.12320 January 2018
Middaugh, C.R. and D.D. Magoulick. 2019. Changes in Body Condition and Diet of Lotic Smallmouth Bass across Two Flow Regimes during Summer Months at the Southern Extent of Their Native Range. pp. 93-110 in M.J. Siepker and J.W. Quinn, editors. Managing Centrarchid Fisheries in Rivers and Streams. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 87, Bethesda, Maryland. March 2019
Middaugh, C.R. and D.D. Magoulick. 2018. Forecasting effects of angler harvest and climate change on smallmouth bass abundance at the southern edge of their range. PLoS ONE 13(8) DOI:e0202737.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0202737 August 2018
Project Completion Date
Interactive Effects of Flow Regime, Climate Change, and Angler Harvest on Smallmouth Bass at the Southern Range Extent August 2017
Presentations Presentation Date
The exploitation of largemouth bass and Suwannee bass in northwest Florida. February 2015
Middaugh, C.R. and D.D. Magoulick. 2015. Forecasting the effects of angler harvest and climate change on smallmouth bass abundance at the southern edge of their range. Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Savannah, Georgia. January 2015
Middaugh, C.R. and D.D. Magoulick. 2015. Forecasting effects of angler harvest and climate change on smallmouth bass at the southern edge of their range. Symposium on Warm-Water Fishes in a Warming World: Impacts of Climate Change on Populations, Distributions, and Habitat, American Fisheries Society, Portland, Oregon. August 2015
Middaugh, C.R. and D.D. Magoulick. 2015. Forecasting effects of angler harvest and climate change on smallmouth bass abundance and growth in the Buffalo River, AR. Arkansas American Fisheries Society, Benton, Arkansas. February 2015
Koenigbauer, S., C.R. Middaugh and D.D. Magoulick. 2016. Predation of crayfish before and during drought. Arkansas Water Resources Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas. July 2016
Kessinger, B., C.R. Middaugh and D.D. Magoulick. 2015. Projected effects of climate change on growth rate potential of smallmouth bass. Arkansas Water Resources Center conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas. June 2015
Forecasting the effects of angler harvest and climate change on smallmouth bass abundance in the Buffalo River, AR. February 2015
Forecasting the effects of angler harvest and climate change on smallmouth bass abundance in the Buffalo River, AR. March 2015
Effect of river discharge on fish recruitment in the Apalachicola River, FL. September 2013