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

Staff Member

Adam Schwindt

Adam standing by water tanks
PhD
Phone: (541) 619 - 6349

Education

  • MS Oregon State University 2003
  • BA University of Colorado 1997

Biography

Work Hard - Play Hard.. Ecology of pollutant impacted aquatic communities. Molecular and biochemical responses of individuals responding to endocrine active chemicals. Quantitative models of pollutant impacted populations.. Reproductive Endocrinology, Ecotoxicology, Fish Physiology, Comparative Physiology, Molecular Toxicology

Research Publications Publication Date
Winkelman, D.L. and A.R. Schwindt. A common wastewater contaminant can disrupt fish survival, reproduction, and population dynamics. Colorado Water Newsletter August 2014
Schwindt, AR and DL Winkelman, K Keteles, M. Murphy, A.M. Vajda. 2014. An Environmental oestrogen disrupts fish population dynamics through direct and transgenerational effects on survival and fecundity. Journal of Applied Ecology 51:582-591. | Download May 2014
Schwindt, A., G. Feist and C. B. Schreck. 2007. Stress does not Inhibit Induced Vitellogenesis in Juvenile Rainbow Trout. Environmental Biology of Fish 80:453-463. October 2007
Schwindt, A. R., N. Truelove, C. B. Schreck, J. W. Fournie, D. H. Landers, and M. L. Kent. 2006. Quantitative evaluation of macrophage aggregates in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 68:101-113. January 2006
Schwindt, A. R., J. W. Fournie, D. H. Landers, C. B. Schreck and M. L. Kent. 2008. Mercury Concentrations in Salmonids from Western US National Parks and Relationships with Age and Macrophage Aggregates. Environmental Science and Technology 42:1365-1370. January 2008
Schwindt AR, Kent ML, Ackerman LK, Massey Simonich SL, Landers DH, Blett TF, Schreck CB (2009) Reproductive abnormalities in trout from western U.S. national parks. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:522-531 December 2009
Momoda, T., A. R. Schwindt, G. W. Feist, L. Gerwick, C. J. Bayne, and C. B. Schreck. 2007. Gene expression in the liver of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, during the stress response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D. September 2007
Landers D, Simonich S, Jaffe D, Geiser L, Campbell D, Schwindt A, Schreck C, Kent M, Hafner W, Taylor H, Hageman K, Usenko S, Ackerman L, Schrlau J, Rose N, Blett T, Erway M (2010) The Western Airborne Contaminant Assessment Project (WACAP): An interdisciplinary evaluation of the impacts of airborne contaminants in western U. S. National Parks. Environmental Science and Technology (journal feature article) 44:855-859 December 2010
Ferguson JA, Watral V, Schwindt AR, Kent ML (2007) Spores of two fish microsporidia (Pseudoloma neurophilia and Glugea anomala) are highly resistant to chlorine. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 76:205-214 December 2007
Broussard GW, Norris MB, Schwindt AR, Fournie JW, Winn RN, Kent ML, Ennis DG (2009) Chronic infection by Mycobacterium marinum acts as a tumor promoter in Medaka. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 149:152-160 December 2009
Ackerman, L. K., A. R. Schwindt, S. L. Massey Simonich, D. C. Koch, T. F. Blett, C. B. Schreck, M. L. Kent and D. H. Landers. 2008. Atmospherically Deposited PBDEs, Pesticides, PCBs and PAHs in Western US National Park Fish: Concentrations and Consumption Guidelines. Environmental Science and TEchnology 42:2334-2341. January 2008
Project Completion Date
Endocrine Disruption Survey February 2013
Presentations Presentation Date
Winkelman, D.L., A.R. Schwindt, K. Keteles, and M. McGree. Waste water effluent, estrogenic exposure, and the future of eastern plains native fishes. 2014 Annual Meeting of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, March 4-6, Laramie, WY. March 2014
Winkelman, D.L. and A.R. Schwindt. Using stochastic stage-structured models to evaluate the effects of estrogenic exposure on population growth rate in a short-lived fish. November 2014
Technical Publications Publication Date
Landers DH, Simonich SL, Jaffe DA, Geiser LH, Campbell DH, Schwindt AR, Schreck CB, Kent ML, Hafner WD, Taylor HE, Hageman KJ, Usenko S, Ackerman LK, Schrlau JE, Rose NL, Blett TF, Erway MM (2008) The Fate, Transport, and Ecological Impacts of Airborne Contaminants in Western National Parks (USA). EPA/600/R- 07/138. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, NHEERL, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon. January 2008
Erway MM, Simonich SL, Campbell DH, Schwindt AR, Geiser LH, Hageman KJ, Schmedding D, Wilson G, Usenko S, Ackerman LK, Echols S, Landers DH (2004). Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project Quality Assurance Project Plan. Western Ecology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, NHEERL, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon. January 2004