Tennessee Staff Member
Dr. Mark W. Rogers
Unit Leader
Phone: (931) 372 - 3032
Email: mwrogers@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: mwrogers@tntech.edu
Education
- Ph D University of Florida 2007
- MS University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2002
- BS North Carolina State University 1997
Biography
I spent six years as a Fishery Research Biologist at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center after earning my PhD at the University of Florida. I started as the Unit Leader for the Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit in December 2015. As Unit Leader, I work closely with partners to deliver products that support their needs as well as advance the science field. I mentor graduate students and Post-docs to help them grow in their science confidence and capability with the ultimate goal of supporting them on their career pathways. My research interests include fisheries ecology and management, population dynamics, and ecological modeling. My research in Tennessee focuses on invasive carps, food web ecology, and fisheries management. I use a combination of field studies and experimental studies to address hypotheses. I have worked on multiple global inland fisheries projects and have studied fisheries in sub-tropical and temperate lakes and reservoirs, the Laurentian Great Lakes, and Australian rivers.
Areas of Expertise
Aquatic Ecology, Fisheries Management, Population Dynamics, Statistics and Modelling
Taxon Groups Studied
Freshwater Fishes, Gamefish
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Woelmer, W.M., Y-C Kao, D.B. Bunnell, A.M. Deines, D.H. Bennion, M.W. Rogers, C.N. Brooks, M.J. Sayers, D.M. Banach, A.G. Grimm, R.A. Schuchman. 2017. Assessing the influence of watershed characteristics on chlorophyll a in water bodies at global and regional scales. Inland Waters. | April 2017 |
| Walker, D.M., J.E. Leys, K.E. Dunham, J.C., Oliver, E.E. Schiller, K.S. Stephenson, J.T. Kimrey, J. Wooten, M.W. Rogers. 2017. Methodological considerations for detection of terrestrial small-body salamander eDNA and implications for biodiversity conservation. Molecular Ecology Resources. | April 2017 |
| Twardek, W. M., I.G. Cowx, N. Lapointe, C. P. Paukert, T. D. Beard, E. M. Bennett, D. Browne, A. K. Carlson, K. D. Clarke, Z. Hogan, K. Lorenzen, A. J. Lynch, P. B. McIntyre, P. Pompeu, M. Rogers, A. Sakas, W. W. Taylor, T. D.Ward, Z. Basher, and S. J.Cooke. 2022. Bright spots for inland fish and fisheries to guide future hydropower development. Water Biology and Security .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watbs.2022.100009. | February 2022 |
| Twardek, W. M., I. G. Cowx, N. Lapointe, C. Paukert, T. D. Beard, E. M. Bennett, D. Browne, A. K. Carlson, K. D. Clarke, Z. Hogan, K. Lorenzen, A. J. Lynch, P. B. McIntyre, P. Pompeu, M. Rogers, A. Sakas, W. W. Taylor, T. D. Ward, Z. Basher, and S.J. Cooke. Bright spots for inland fish and fisheries to guide future hydropower development. Water Biology and Security 1(1):100009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watbs.2022.100009 | February 2022 |
| Schaeffer, J.S., M.W. Rogers, D.G. Field, and seven coauthors. 2014. Designing long-term fish community assessments in connecting channels: Lessons from the Saint Marys River. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40(supplement 2):15-22. | March 2014 |
| Sayers, M.J., A.G. Grimm, R.A. Shuchman, A.M. Deines, D.B. Bunnell, Z.B. Raymer, M.W. Rogers, W. Woelmer, D.H. Bennion, C.N. Brooks, M.A. Whitley, D.M. Warner, J.Mychek-Londer. 2015. A new method to generate a high-resolution global distribution map of lake chlorophyll. International Journal of Remote Sensing 36:1942-1964. | April 2015 |
| Rogers, M.W., and J.N. Murdock. 2018. Final Report Cooperative Agreement Award No. F16AC01049: Effects of Asian Carp Invasion on the Food Web of a Mussel Biodiversity Hotspot in Tennessee. A Final Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Georgia. | July 2018 |
| Rogers, M.W., D.B. Bunnell, C.P. Madenjian, D.M. Warner. 2014. Lake Michigan offshore ecosystem structure and food web changes from 1987 to 2008. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. | July 2014 |
| Rogers, M.W., A.B. Barbour, K.L. Wilson. 2014. Trade-offs in experimental designs for estimating post-release mortality in containment studies. Fisheries Research 151:130-135. | March 2014 |
| Post van der Burg, M., Smith, D.R., Cupp, A.R., Rogers, M.W., and Chapman, D.C., 2021, Decision analysis of barrier placement and targeted removal to control invasive carp in the Tennessee River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1068, 18 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211068. | June 2021 |
| Paine, R.T.R., M.W. Rogers, and A. E. Rosenberger. 2024. Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance of the federally threatened Slender Chub (Erimystax cahni) in the Clinch River and Powell River. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Cooperator Science Series FWS/CSS-156-2024, Washington, D.C. https://doi.org/ 10.3996/css55463605 (IP-156546) | Abstract | July 2024 |
| Lynch, A.J., S.J. Cooke, A. Deines, S. Bower, D.B. Bunnell, I.G. Cowx, V.M. Nguyen, J. Nohner, K. Phouthavong, B. Riley, M.W. Rogers, W.W. Taylor, W.M. Woelmer, S. Youn, T.D. Beard, Jr. 2016. The social, economic, and ecological importance of inland fishes and fisheries. Environmental Reviews 24(2):115-121 | February 2016 |
| Lynch, A. J., S. J. Cooke, T. D. Beard, Jr., Y.-C. Kao, K. Lorenzen, A. M. Song, M.S. Allen, Z. Basher, D. B. Bunnell, E. V. Camp, I. G. Cowx, J. A. Freedman, V. M. Nguyen, J. K. Nohner, M. W. Rogers, Z. A. Siders, W. W. Taylor, S. Youn. 2017. Grand challenges in the management and conservation of North American inland fish and fisheries. Fisheries. | February 2017 |
| Lynch, A. J., N. A. Sievert, H. S. Embke, A. M. Robertson, B. J. E. Myers, M. S. Allen, Z. S. Feiner, F. Hoogakker, S. Knoche, R. M. Krogman, S. R. Midway, C. L. Nieman, C. P. Paukert, K. L. Pope, M. W. Rogers, L. S. Wszola, and T. D. Beard, Jr. 2021. The U.S. inland creel and angler survey catalog (CreelCat): development, applications, and opportunities. Fisheries 46:574-583 DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10671. | Download | November 2021 |
| Lynch, A. J., D. M. Bartley, T. D. Beard, Jr., D. B. Bunnell, S. J. Cooke, I. G. Cowx, S. Funge-Smith, C. P. Paukert, M. W. Rogers, and W. W. Taylor. 2020. InFish: A research network to promote global conservation and responsible use of inland fish. Fisheries https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10419 | April 2020 |
| Kraus, R.T., C.S. Vandergoot, P.M. Kocovsky, M.W. Rogers, H.A. Cook, T.O. Brenden. 2017. Reconciling catch differences from multiple fishery independent gill net surveys. Fisheries Research 188:17-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.12.004 | Abstract | April 2017 |
| Kinney, D., D. Bunnell, M. Rogers, A. Lynch, D. Beard, S. Funge-Smith. Submitted. 2020. Inland commercial fisheries in the United States: carp, catfish, and gaps in national reporting. Fisheries. | July 2020 |
| Kerns, J.A., M.W. Rogers, D.B. Bunnell, R.M. Claramunt, and P.D. Collingsworth. 2016. Comparing Life History Characteristics of Lake Michigan's Naturalized and Stocked Chinook Salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. | August 2016 |
| Kao, Y.C., M.W. Rogers, D.B. Bunnell, I.G. Cowx, S.S. Qian, et al. 2020. Assessing effects of climate and land-use changes on global lake fisheries. Nature Communications | May 2020 |
| Kao, Y-C., M.W. Rogers, D.B. Bunnell. 2017. Evaluating stocking efficacy in an ecosystem undergoing oligotrophication. Ecosystems.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0173-5 | Abstract | July 2017 |
| Jennings, C. A., M. Allen, C. Belcher, R. Bringolf, D. Dennerline, T. Goar, K. Kuklinski, J. Long, P. Mazik, D. Riecke, and M. Rogers. Congratulations on Your Promotion to Management: Considerations for New Supervisory Biologists. 2020. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 7:103-113. | Abstract | Publisher Website | March 2020 |
| J. Whitney, R. Al-Chokhachy, D. Bunnell, C. Caldwell, S. Cooke, E. Eliason, M.Rogers, A. J. Lynch, C. Paukert. 2016. Physiological basis of climate change impacts on North American inland fish. Fisheries. 41(7): 332-345. DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1186656 | July 2016 |
| Hrycik, AR, PD Collingsworth, MW Rogers, SC Guffey, and TO Hook. 2017. Seasonal structuring of yellow perch trophic indicators outweighs spatial structuring in a large lake basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research. | April 2018 |
| Hargrove, J.S., M.W. Rogers, P.T. Kacmar. 2019. Quantifying contributions to tournament catches among resident, stocked, and hybrid black basses (Micropterus spp.) Fisheries Management and Ecology. | November 2019 |
| Hargrove, J.S., M.W. Rogers, P.T. Kacmar, and P. Black. 2019. A statewide evaluation of Florida Bass genetic admixture across a gradient of stocking rates and reservoirs in Tennessee. North American Journal of Fisheries Management | April 2019 |
| Deines, A.M., D.B. Bunnell, M.W. Rogers, and ten coauthors. 2017. The contribution of lakes to global inland fisheries harvest. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15(6):293-298. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1503 | June 2017 |
| Deines, A.M., D.B. Bunnell, M.W. Rogers, T.D. Beard, Jr., and W.W. Taylor. 2015. A review of the global relationship among freshwater fish, autotrophic activity, and regional climate. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 25:323-336. | March 2015 |
| Breck, J.E., C.P. Simon, E.S. Rutherford, B.S. Low, P.J. Lamberson, M.W. Rogers. 2020. The geometry of reaction norms yields insights on classical fitness functions for Great Lakes salmon. PLOS ONE. | March 2020 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Wood, W.T., M.W. Rogers. 2019. Abundance and population controls of bigheaded carp in a productive southeastern reservoir. Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. | October 2019 |
| Wood WT, MW Rogers. 2019. Abundance and population controls of bigheaded carp in a productive southeastern reservoir. 2019 Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Galveston, Texas. | January 2019 |
| Wesley, V.P., M.W. Rogers. 2021. Age and growth of three important commercially harvested fishes in Tennessee: Skipjack Herring, Silver Carp, and Smallmouth Buffalo. Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. | February 2021 |
| Stewart, T.R., T.L. Cox, M.E. Colvin, C.G. Dunn, M.W. Rogers, and L.E. Miranda. 2022. Simulation tools for estimating statistical power to monitor invasive carps. 152<sup>nd</sup> Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Spokane, Washington. | August 2022 |
| Stewart, T.R., M.E. Colvin, C.G. Dunn, M.W. Rogers, and L.E. Miranda. 2022. Teamwork makes the dream work: an app to standardize inter-agency invasive carps surveillance. 152<sup>nd</sup> Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Spokane, Washington. | August 2022 |
| Sievert, N., A. J. Lynch, H. S. Embke, A. Robertson, B. J. E. Myers, M. S. Allen, Z. S. Feiner, F. Hoogakker, S. Knoche, S. R. Midway, C. L. Nieman, C. P. Paukert, K. L. Pope, M W. Rogers, L. Wszola, T. D. Beard, Jr. November 2021. The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat): A database and interactive tool for inland fisheries management and research. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD | November 2021 |
| Rogers, MW. 2019. Congratulations on your new project; uhhh, what now? Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Hilton Head, SC. | October 2019 |
| Rogers, M.W., W.T. Wood, Y-C Kao. 2019. An ecosystem model for population controls and ecological effects of bigheaded carp in a productive southeastern reservoir. Ecopath 25, St. Petersburg, Florida. | December 2019 |
| Rogers, M.W., J. Murdock. 2018. Influences of Asian Carp invasion on a native mussel biodiversity hotspot in Tennessee. Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico. | March 2018 |
| Rogers, M.W., J. Murdock, D. Hubbs. 2018. Implications of Silver Carp invasion on the Food Web of a Freshwater Mussel Biodiversity Hotspot. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Mobile, Alabama. | October 2018 |
| Rogers, M.W., A. Deines, D.B. Bunnell, D. Bennion, A.J. Lynch, S.J. Cooke, and T.D. Beard, Jr. North American Inland Fisheries: Knowns, Unknowns, and Management Challenges. May 2016. World Fisheries Congress. Busan, South Korea. | May 2016 |
| Rogers, M.W., A. Deines, D.B. Bunnell, D. Bennion, A.J. Lynch, S.J. Cooke, and T.D. Beard, Jr. North American Inland Fisheries: Knowns, Unknowns, and Management Challenges. February 2017. Southern Division of American Fisheries Society, Oklahoma City. | February 2017 |
| Rogers, M.W. 2020. Asian Carp status and research efforts for informing TVA environmental assessment in the Tennessee River. TVA Environmental Assessment webinar series. | May 2020 |
| Paine, R.T.R., M.W. Rogers, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2024. Environmental DNA surveillance of a <i>Clarias</i> catfish in southeastern Puerto Rico. September, 2024. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. | September 2024 |
| Paine, R.T.R., M.W. Rogers, C.R. Harty, and T. J. Flanagan. 2024.Molecular surveillance of invasive carp reproduction in Tennessee reservoirs. September, 2024. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. | September 2024 |
| Paine, R.T.R., M.W. Rogers, C. Hurt. 2018. Environmental DNA (eDNA) tracking of the invasive Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the Duck River, Tennessee. Southeastern Fishers Council Annual Meeting, South Carolina. | November 2018 |
| Paine, R.T., M.W. Rogers., and A.E. Rosenberger. 2024. Looking for Lazarus: Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance of the federally threatened Slender Chub (<i>Erimystax cahni</i>) in the Clinch River and Powell Rivers. Poster Presentation submitted to the American Fisheries Society. Chatanooga, TN. | February 2024 |
| Padgett, A., M.W. Rogers. 2021. Lower food web selectivity by bigheaded carps in southeastern reservoirs. Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. | February 2021 |
| M.W. Rogers, Wood, W.T., Koa, Y-C. 2020. An Ecosystem Model for Population Controls and Ecological Effects of Bigheaded Carp in a Productive Southeastern Reservoir. Southern Division of American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas. | February 2020 |
| M.W. Rogers, C.R. Harty, P.W. Bettoli. 2020. Investigation of Channel Catfish and Blue Catfish Population Dynamics in Three Tennessee River Reservoirs. Southern Division of American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas. | February 2020 |
| Lynch, A.J., Z. Basher, Y.-C. Kao, T.D. Beard, Jr., D.B. Bunnell, M.W. Rogers, and W.W. Taylor. Estimating inland fisheries harvest potential with global change. May 2016. World Fisheries Congress. Busan, South Korea. | May 2016 |
| Lynch, A.J., S.J. Cooke, A. Deines, S. Bower, D.B. Bunnell, I.G. Cowx, V.M. Nguyen, J. Nohner, K. Phouthavong, B. Riley, M.W. Rogers, W.W. Taylor, W.M. Woelmer, S.J. Youn. T.D. Beard, Jr. 2016 The social, economical, and ecological importance of inland fishes and fisheries. International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress. Honolulu, Hawaii. | September 2016 |
| Kao,Y-C., Rogers, M.W., Bunnell, D.B. 2016. How will salmonine stocking levels, nutrient inputs, and mussel trajectories influence the Lake Michigan food web? International Association of Great Lakes Research Annual Meeting. | June 2016 |
| Kao, Y.C., M.W. Rogers, D.B. Bunnell, and others. Effects of climate change and land use on large lake fisheries around the world. Raleigh, NC. 2017 Society of Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. | June 2017 |
| Kao, Y.C., D.B. Bunnell, M.W. Rogers. The relative importance between round goby and alewife effects on Lake Michigan salmonines. International Association of Great Lakes Research. | May 2017 |
| Kao, Y.C., D.B. Bunnell, M.W. Rogers. Not all great lake fisheries are equally great in response to climate and land use change. International Association of Great Lakes Research. | May 2017 |
| Kao Y-C, Rogers MW, Bunnell DB, Lynch AJ, and others. GLFI: A global initiative for lake fisheries. 2018. 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society: Atlantic City, New Jersey. | August 2018 |
| Kao Y-C, Rogers MW, Bunnell DB, Lynch AJ, and others. 2018. Effects of extreme rainfalls on global lake fisheries: Could they be positive? 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Atlantic City, New Jersey. | August 2018 |
| Kacmar, P.T., M.W. Rogers. 2018. Influences of sampling method and season on assessments of Florida largemouth bass (Micropterus floridanus) genetic introgression at Chickamauga Reservoir, Tennessee. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, New Jersey. | August 2018 |
| Kacmar P, MW Rogers. 2019. Influences of Sampling Method and Season on Florida Largemouth Bass Genetic Introgression at Chickamauga Reservoir, Tennessee. Southern Division AFS, Galveston, TX | January 2019 |
| K. Torrance, M. Rogers, C. Hurt, and J. Hammonds. 2023. Genetic Contributions of Hatchery-Stocked Walleye to Douglas Reservoir. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia. | February 2023 |
| K. Mosel, W. Budnick, J. Vallazza, D. K. Gibson-Reinemer, J. Tompkins, T. Spier, M. Rogers, C. Harty, D. Appel, M. K. Brey, A. Fritts. 2024. Assessing Silver Carp passage at three locks and dams on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee. | February 2024 |
| Hoogaker, F.J., M.W. Rogers. 2021. Exploring synchrony in black bass angler activity and management actions across Tennessee reservoirs. Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. | February 2021 |
| Hargrove, J.S., M.W. Rogers. 2018. Rethinking Florida Bass stocking as a fishery management tool. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Mobile, Alabama. | October 2018 |
| Hargrove, J.S., M.W. Rogers, and P. Black. 2018. Genetic composition of largemouth bass populations stocked with Florida bass in Tennessee. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico. | March 2018 |
| Hargrove, J.S., M.W. Rogers, P.T. Kacmar, P. Black. 2018. A Statewide Evaluation of Florida Bass Introgression Across a Gradient of Stocking Rates and Reservoirs in Tennessee. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, New Jersey. | August 2018 |
| Flanagan, T.J., M.W. Rogers. 2021. Recruitment, Survival, and Growth of Rainbow Trout in Two Tennessee Tailwaters. Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. | February 2021 |
| Flanagan, T., M.W. Rogers. Evaluating Asian Carp Movement in the Tennessee River with Focus on Prohibiting Lock and Dam Passage. 2019 Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Galveston, TX | January 2019 |
| Fernholz, S.R., M.W. Rogers. 2018. Relative Densities and Population Characteristics of Bighead and Silver Carp in Reservoirs of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, New Jersey. | August 2018 |
| Ballard, C.E., M.W. Rogers. 2023. Contributions of Stocked and Naturally Reproduced Rainbow Trout to Two Tennessee Trout Fisheries. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia. | February 2023 |
| Technical Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Rogers, M.W., J.A. Kerns, D.B. Bunnell, R.M. Claramunt, P.D. Collingsworth. 2013. Exploring Life History Characteristics of Naturalized Versus Stocked Chinook Salmon. A Final Report submitted to the Great Lakes Fishery Trust. IP-061637. | December 2013 |
| Paine, R.T.R., M.W. Rogers, A.E. Rosenberger. 2024. Early Detection and Rapid Response to the African Walking Catfish in Puerto Rico: Identification and Removal. Final Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. | March 2024 |
| M.W. Rogers. 2020. Asian carp in the Tennessee River and Cumberland River: Relative density and movement. USGS Fact Sheet | August 2020 |
| Kraus, R.T., C.K. Knight, A.M. Gorman, P.M. Kocovsky, B.C. Weidel, M.W. Rogers. 2016. Developing Fish Trophic Indicators of Climate Change for the Great Lakes. Final Report to the Department of Interior Northeast Climate Change Center and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative. IP-075680. | July 2016 |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fisheries Society - Vice-President Southern Division AFS | Rogers | February 2021 | February 2022 |
| American Fisheries Society - Southern Division AFS representative for Parent Society of AFS Science Planning Committee | Rogers | February 2020 | November 2020 |
| American Fisheries Society - Reservoir Committee | Rogers | July 2008 | Present |
| American Fisheries Society - President, Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society | Rogers | February 2020 | February 2021 |
| American Fisheries Society - President AFS Southern Division | Rogers | February 2023 | January 2025 |
| American Fisheries Society - Member | Rogers | February 2000 | December 2025 |
| American Fisheries Society - Education Section | Rogers | July 2015 | December 2025 |
| American Fisheries Society - Appointed member to the AFS Membership Committee | Rogers | August 2021 | August 2023 |
| American Fisheries Society - AFS Governing Board member | Rogers | August 2021 | August 2023 |