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

Staff Member

Dr. Seiji Miyazono

Seiji Muyazono
Post Doc
Email: seiji.miyazono@ttu.edu

Biography

Seiji is examining the distribution, habitat use, and recruitment of Blue Sucker in the Sabine River and Rio Grande.

Research Publications Publication Date
Taylor, C.M., Miyazono, S., Cheek, C.A., Edwards, R.J., Patiño, R. 2018. The spatial scale of homogenisation and differentiation in Chihuahuan Desert fish assemblages. Freshwater Biology 64, 222–232. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13211 December 2018
Miyazono, S., Patiño, R., Taylor, C.A. 2015. Desertification, salinization, and biotic homogenization in a dryland river ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 511: 444-453. January 2015
Miyazono S, AA Pease, TB Grabowski, & SR Fritts. 2019. Recruitment dynamics and reproductive ecology of Blue Sucker in Texas, with a focus on the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Cooperator Science Series XXX-XXX. Washington, D.C. | Abstract June 2019
Miyazono S, AA Pease, S Fritts, & TB Grabowski. 2020. Ontogenetic shifts in mesohabitat use of young-of-year Rio Grande Blue Sucker in the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande. Environmental Biology of Fishes 103:1471-1480. doi: 10.1007/s10641-020-01038-8 | Abstract | Publisher Website December 2020
Acre MR, C Alejandrez, J East, WA Massure, S Miyazono, JE Pease, EL Roesler, HM Williams, & TB Grabowski. 2017. Comparison of the precision of age estimates generated from fin rays, scales, and otoliths of Blue Sucker. Southeastern Naturalist 16:215-224. | Abstract July 2017
Project Completion Date
Recruitment dynamics and reproductive ecology of Blue Sucker in Texas, with a focus on the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande August 2018
Assessing the effects of flow regime variation on Blue Sucker spawning movements, habitat use, and recruitment in the lower Colorado River, TX August 2018
Presentations Presentation Date
Miyazono, S., Patiño, R., and Taylor, C.M. 2014. Long-term changes in fish functional diversity and flow regime in the Rio Grande and its tributaries in the Trans-Pecos region in Texas. 61st Annual Meeting of Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 17-20, 2014. April 2014
Miyazono, S., Patiño, R., Taylor, C.M. 2016. Influence of dispersal on ecological niche assessments for a reintroduced endangered teleost in a desert river. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Kerrville, Texas. January 2016
Miyazono, S., Patiño, R. Taylor, C.M. 2015. Discharge from the Rio Conchos (Mexico) drives streamflow, salinity, and fish diversity in the Big Bend area of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo del Norte (USA/Mexico): a retrospective analysis. Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society, Tyler, Texas. January 2015
Miyazono, S, S Fritts, TB Grabowski, B Grisham, K Mayes, & PT Bean. N-mixture modeling for juvenile Rio Grande Blue Sucker in the Trans-Pecos region of the Rio Grande. 2016 Annual Meeting of the Desert Fishes Council. Albuquerque, NM. 15-19 November 2016. November 2016
Miyazono, S, S Fritts, TB Grabowski, B Grisham, K Mayes, & PT Bean. Habitat associations of juvenile Rio Grande Blue Sucker in the Trans-Pecos region of the Rio Grande. 2017 Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Corpus Christi, Texas. 19-21 January 2017. January 2017
Miyazono S, A Pease, S Fritts, TB Grabowski, B Grisham, K Mayes, S Magnelia, & PT Bean. Habitat associations of young-of-the-year Rio Grande Blue Sucker in the Trans-Pecos region of the Rio Grande. 2018 Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. College Station, Texas. 25-26 January 2018. January 2018