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

Staff Member

Norman Mercado-Silva

Norman Mercado-Silva
Email: nmercado@email.arizona.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Mercado-Silva, N., and S. A. Bonar. 2013. Estandarización de métodos para el muestreo de peces de agua dulce en México: Avances y oportunidades. Ciencia Pesquera 21(2):57-63 December 2013
Mercado-Silva, N., S. A. Bonar, C. Schwalbe, and C. Witt. 2014. Natural Resource Condition Assessment of the Reservoirs of the Aspinall Unit, Curecanti National Recreation Area. USGS Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Final Report. July 2014
Bonar, S. A., N. Mercado-Silva, M. Rahr, T. Torrey, and A. Cate Jr. 2015. A simple web-based tool to compare freshwater fish data collected using AFS standard methods. Fisheries 40(12):580-589 December 2015
Bonar, S. A., M. Rahr, T. Torrey, A. Cate Jr., and N. Mercado Silva. 2012. Fisheriesstandardsampling.org. A simple web based tool to compare standard inland fish data. Version 1. American Fisheries Society. Web site and database program. | Publisher Website August 2012
Bonar, S. A., J. S. Fehmi, N. Mercado-Silva. 2011. An overview of sampling issues in species diversity and abundance surveys. Pages 11-24 in A. Magurran and B. McGill, editors, Biological Diversity: Frontiers in Measurement and Assessment. Oxford University Press, New York. July 2011
Project Completion Date
Web-Accessible Database of Standard Fish Sampling Data December 2024
Standard Methods for Sampling North American Freshwater Fishes October 2023
Habitat Requirements of Larval and Adult Desert Fishes in Cherry Creek, Arizona: Implications for Water Rights Litigation October 2016
Fisheriesstandardsampling.org: A Simple Web-Accessible Tool to Compare Standard Fish Sampling Data December 2017
Presentations Presentation Date
Tracy, E., S. Bonar, N. Mercado-Silva, and K. L. Pope. 2024. AFS standard sampling fisheries database book chapter and webtool. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle, Washington. March 2024
Pope, K. L., S. Bonar, and N. Mercado-Silva. 2024. Updating AFS standard methods for sampling freshwater fish in North America. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle, Washington. March 2024
Pope, K. L., S. Bonar, and N. Mercado-Silva. 2023. Updating AFS standard methods for sampling freshwater fish in North America. Latin America and Caribbean Fisheries Congress, Cancun, Mexico. May 2023
Mercado-Silva, N., and S. Bonar. 2013 Habitat use of larval fishes in a Southwestern desert stream. 45th Annual Meeting of the Desert Fishes Council. November 20-24, Flagstaff, Arizona. November 2013
Mercado-Silva, N. K. L. Pope, and S. Bonar. 2024. AFS methods for sampling freshwater fish: international collaboration for method implementation. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle, Washington. March 2024
Bonar, S., N. Mercado-Silva, and K. L. Pope. 2024. AFS standard methods for sampling North American freshwater fishes 2nd edition overview. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle, Washington. March 2024
Bonar, S. A., W. A. Hubert and N. Mercado-Silva. 2016. An Overview of North American AFS Freshwater Fish Sampling Standardization. World Fisheries Congress, Busan, Korea, May 23-27. May 2016
Technical Publications Publication Date
Bonar, S. A., N. Mercado-Silva, and D. Rogowski. 2010. Habitat use by the fishes of a southwestern desert stream: Cherry Creek, Arizona. Research Report. USGS Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Arizona September 2010