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

Staff Member

Catherine Adams

Project Manager
Email: cat.adams@colostate.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Adams, C.M., D.L. Winkelman, and R.M. Fitzpatrick. 2023. Impact of wastewater treatment plant effluent on the winter thermal regime of two urban Colorado South Platte tributaries. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11:1120412. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1120412. | Download March 2023
Adams, C.M., D.L. Winkelman, P.A. Schaffer, D.L. Villeneuve, J.E. Cavallin, M. Ellman, K.S. Rodriguez, and R.M. Fitzpatrick. 2022. Elevated winter stream temperatures below wastewater treatment plants shift reproductive development of female Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum: A field and histological approach. Fishes:7-361 DOI: 10.3390/fishes7060361. | Download November 2022
Project Completion Date
Field examination of thermal pollution on stream temperature and reproductive development of Johnny Darter, Etheostoma nigrum (Percidae) April 2022
Field Examination of Wastewater Treatment Effluent Thermal Regimes and Effects on Reproduction of Johnny Darter Etheostoma Nigrum June 2022
Temperature and Winter Duration Requirements for Reproductive Success in Johnny Darter, Etheostoma nigrum (Percidae), in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado June 2021
Presentations Presentation Date
​Winkelman, D.L., C.M. Adams, C.M. Baum, and R.M. Fitzpatrick. An overview of elevated winter ​water temperature effects on fish reproduction. 154th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Honolulu, HI. September 2024