Staff Member
Robert T Paine
Master's
Email: rtpaine@tntech.edu
Education
- Ph D Tennessee Technological University 2019
- BS University of West Florida 2013
Biography
I am a molecular ecologist interested in using next-generation sequencing to answer questions related to fish community ecology.. Molecular ecology, Fishes, Community ecology, Next-generation sequencing, Rare species
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Wells, W. G., Johnson, T. C., Gebhard, A. E., Paine, R. T. R., Hix, L. A., Ferrell, H. N, Engle, A. N., and Perkin, J. S. (2017). March of the sculpin: measuring and prediciting short-term movement of banded sculpin Cottus carolinae. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 26(2), 280 - 291. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12274. | February 2016 |
| 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 |
| Paine, R. T. R., Hurt, C. R., & Mattingly, H. T. (2021). Monitoring a minuscule madtom: Environmental DNA surveillance of the endangered pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli Etnier & Jenkins 1980) in the Duck and Clinch rivers, Tennessee. Environmental DNA, 3(4), 745-759. DOI: 10.1002/edn3.179 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | February 2021 |
| Hurt, C. R, Thoma, R. G., Withers, D. L., Williams, C. E., & Paine, R. T. R. (2019). Extensive regional endemism and cryptic diversity in the Tennessee and Kentucky, USA populations of burrowing crayfish Cambarus deweesae (Bouchard & Etnier, 1979) (Decapoda: Astacidae: Cambaridae) as revealed by molecular genetics. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 1 - 10. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruz027 | April 2019 |
| Hirohara, T., Tsuri, K., Miyagawa, K., Paine, R. T. R, & Yamanaka, H. (2021). The application of PMA (Propidium Monoazide) to different target sequence lengths of Zebrafish eDNA: A new approach aimed toward improving environmental DNA ecology and biological surveillance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 277. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.632973 | Abstract | Download | June 2021 |
| Gebhard, A. E., Paine, R. T. R., Hix, L. A., Johnson, T. C., Wells, W. G., Ferrell, H. N., and Perkin, J. S., (2017). Testing cross-system transferability of fish habitat associations using Cottus carolinae (band Sculpin). Southeastern Naturalist, 16(1), 70 - 87. | March 2017 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Toala-Hidalgo, E., T. Kumetis, R. T. R. Paine, K. Wheeler, and A. E. Rosenberger. 2024. Comparing aqueous environmental DNA metabarcoding to sediment-bound environmental DNA metabarcoding in sand-dominated freshwater systems. Poster presented at the Southeastern Fishes Council Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas. | November 2024 |
| Swain-Menzell, R.T.R. Paine, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2024. Detection and Modeling of Darters and Madtoms: eDNA Surveillance of Imperiled Southeastern US Fishes. Poster presentation for the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Chatanooga, TN. January 2024. | January 2024 |
| 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., 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 |
| Paine, R. T. R. (2019). Can metabarcoding characterized and describe the structure of diverse fish commmunities? Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Conference. Lightning Talk. | November 2019 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, and A. Rosenberger. 2024. A quantitative synthesis comparing eDNA metabarcoding and conventional sampling of freshwater fish assemblages. Oral Presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Fisheries Council. Little Rock, Arkansas. November, 2024. | November 2024 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2024. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. West Tennessee River Basin Authority Water Resource Symposium. Jackson, Tennessee. February 2024. | February 2024 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2024. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. Poster Presentation for the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee. February 2024. | February 2024 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2023. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. SEAFWA Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. October 2023. | October 2023 |
| Kumetis, T., K. Wheeler, R. Paine, K. Key, and A. Rosenberger. 2023. New Vs. Old: Comparing eDNA metabarcoding with conventional electrofishing sampling to monitor fishes in headwaters of Western Tennessee. Poster presentation for the Southeastern Fisheries Council Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, Tennessee. November 2023. | November 2023 |
| Technical Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| 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 |