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

Staff Member


Paul McLaughlin

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Email: pwm5174@psu.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Wagner, T., P. McLaughlin, K.E. Faunce, S. Austin, K. Smalling. 2024. The effects of wastewater reuse on smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) relative abundance in the Shenandoah River Watershed, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5849 March 2024
Wagner, T., McLaughlin, P., Smalling, K., Breitmeyer, S., Gordon, S., and Noe, G.B., 2021. The statistical power to detect regional temporal trends in riverine contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA. Science of the Total Environment 812:152435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152435 December 2021
North, J.S., E.M. Schliep, G.J.A. Hansen, J. Kundel, C.A. Custer, P. McLaughlin, and T. Wagner. 2024. Accounting for spatiotemporal sampling variation in joint species distribution models. Journal of Applied Ecology 61:186-201. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14547 November 2023
McLaughlin, P., R. Alexander, J. Blomquist, O. Devereux, G. Noe, K. Smalling, and T. Wagner. 2022. Power Analysis for Detecting the Effects of Best Management Practices on Reducing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fluxes to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA. Ecological Indicators 136:108713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108713 February 2022
McLaughlin, P., K. Krause, K. Maloney, T. Woods, and T. Wagner. 2024. Evaluating the effectiveness of joint species distribution modeling for freshwater fish communities within large watersheds. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0385 May 2024
Presentations Presentation Date
Wagner, T., McLaughlin, P., Smalling, K., Breitmeyer, S., Gordon, S., and Noe, G.B., 2022. The statistical power to detect regional temporal trends in riverine contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA. Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Goal Implementation Team, Toxic Contaminants Workgroup. January 2022
McLaughlin, P., Y. Li, K. Smalling, and T. Wagner. 2024. Linking best management practices to riverine fish ecology. USGS Chesapeake Bay Workshop. June 23-25<sup>th</sup>. National Conservation Training Center. June 2024
McLaughlin, P., R. Alexander, J. Blomquist, O. Devereux, G. Noe, K. Smalling, and T. Wagner. 2022. Power analysis for detecting the effects of BMPs on nutrient flux reductions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. USGS Chesapeake Bay Workshop. June 27-30<sup>th</sup>. National Conservation Training Center. June 2022
McLaughlin, P., K.P. Krause, K.O. Maloney, T. Woods, and T. Wagner, T. 2023. Evaluating the effectiveness of joint species distribution modeling for fish communities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA. Northeaster Division and Southern New England Chapter Joint Meeting. American Fisheries Society. January 2023
McLaughlin, P., Alexander, R., Blomquist, J., Devereux, O., Noe, G., Smalling, K., and Wagner, T., 2022. Keystone Coldwater Conference & PA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. February 25-26, 2022. February 2022