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

Staff Member


Patricia Thompson

Master's
Email: pnthompson@mix.wvu.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Thompson, P.A., S.A. Welsh, M.P. Strager, and A.A. Rizzo. 2018. A multiscale investigation of habitat use and within-river distribution of sympatric sand darter species. Journal of Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources , Volume 2, Issue 1, Article 1. January 2018
Thompson, P.A., S.A. Welsh, A.A. Rizzo, and D.M. Smith. 2017. Effect of substrate size on sympatric sand darter benthic habitat preferences. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 32:455-465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2017.1319880 April 2017
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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2016.1235632 January 2017
Rizzo, A.A., D.J. Brown, S.A. Welsh, and P.A. Thompson. 2017. Factors influencing detection of the federally endangered Diamond Darter Crystallaria cincotta: implications for long-term monitoring strategies. American Midland Naturalist 178:123-131. https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-178.1.123 April 2017
Rizzo, A.A., C.T. Rota, P.A. Thompson, D.J. Brown, and S.A. Welsh. 2018. Effects of an Extreme Flood Event on Federally Endangered Diamond Darter Abundances. American Midland Naturalist 180:108-118. July 2018
Presentations Presentation Date
Thompson, P., S. Welsh, A. Rizzo. 2016. 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 April 2016
Thompson, P., S. Welsh, A. Rizzo. 2016. 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 February 2016
Rizzo, A., S. Welsh, P. Thompson. 2016. Photogrammetric analysis of fish lengths. Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Huntington, WV, 9 April 2016 April 2016