The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has developed a 25 minute video on the robust redhorse, which won an International CINDY Silver Award. A ½” VHS videotape can be purchased or borrowed from www.gadnrfilms.com
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has developed a three-panel table top display that can be loaned 478.825.6151. (Ross Self)
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Final Ogeechee Report Nov 17 2013
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Oconee River telemetry final report 2012
Slaughter 2008 Conservation and Restoration
Culture Techniques and Ecological Studies 2006
Culture Techniques and Ecological Studies 2004
Ocmulgee Movement and Habitat Use Report Dec 03
Evaluation of Robust Redhorse Broad River GA 2002
Wirgin Stock Structure and Genetic Diversity 2002
Freeman and Freeman Criteria for Suitable Spawning Habitat 2001
Lasier Contaminant Impacts to Early Life Stages 2001
Population Dyanamics Report RWO 52
Robust Redhorse 1995 project Year Annual Report
Sinclair Hydroelectric Project Relicensing Technical Studies
Fisheries Survey of the Oconee River James Evans 1994 report
Grieshaber Environmental Toxicology 2021
Effects of Regulated River Flows on Habitat Suitability 2015
Genetic Characterization of the Savannah and Pee Dee River Populations Darden and Tarpey 2014
Modelling Riverine Habitat Assessment for Reintroduction of an Imperilled Species 2014
Redd Dewatering Effects on Hatching and Larval Survival 2013
Fine Sediment Affects on Survival to Emergence 2010
Grabowski 2009 RRH Capture Probability
Grabowski and Jennings 2009 RRH guide fish
Grabowski and Jennings 2009 RRH habitat use
Grabowski and Isely 2008 RRH Size of Spawning Population Residence Time and Territory Shifts
Mosley and Jennings 2007 Flow Preferences for Juvenile Redhorses
Grabowski and Isely 2007 Flow Fluctuations on the Spawning Habitat of a Riverine Fish
Grabowski and Isely 2007 Spatial and Temporal Segregation of Spawning Habitat by Catostomids
Grabowski and Isely 2006 RRH Seasonal and Diel Movements
Cooke 2005 Sucker Conservation Strategies and Prognosis
Grabowski and Isely 2005 Grid Electrofishers
Fiumera 2004 Mazimimizing Offspring Production While Maintaining Genetic Diversity
Looney Jennings 2004 Larval Description
Wirgin 2004 DNA test to Distinguish Larval Redhorse
Weyers 2003 Effects of Pulsed High Velocity Water Flow
Wirgin 2001 Genetic Divergence
Ruetz and Jennings 2000 Swimming Performance
Warren 2000 Diversity Distribution Conservation Status
Higginbotham and Jennings 1999 Feed Study
Walsh 1998 Physiological Tolerances of Juvenile Robust Redhorse
DeMeo, T.A. 2001. The dammed and the wild: conservation partnerships for fish and rivers. Proceedings of the American Zoological and Aquaria Association National Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Looney, G.L., T.A. Barrett, and J. L. Shelton, Jr. 1999. Hormone induced ovulation of robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum). Proceedings of Aquaculture America ’99. U.S. Chapter. World Aquaculture Society.
Wayman, W.R., G.L. Looney, and T.R. Tiersch. 1999. Refrigerated storage and cryoperservation of sperm of the robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum). Proceedings of Aquaculture America ’99. U.S. Chapter. World Aquaculture Society.
Looney, G.L., T.A. Barrett, and J.L. Shelton, Jr. 1998. Hormone induced ovulation of robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum). Proceedings of the Mid-Year Meeting of the Southern Division-American Fisheries Society. Lexington, KY.
Evans, J.W. 1997. Developing stakeholder partnerships for the management of imperiled fish species: a case study. Pages 490-499 in Waterpower ’97. Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydropower. American Society of Civil Engineers. New York, NY.
Walsh, S.J., D.C. Haney, C.M. Timmerman, and T.L. Yanchis. 1996. Physiological tolerances of juvenile robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum): Conservation and management implications. In Swanson, C., P.Young, and D. MacKinlay (eds). Applied environmental physiology of fishes symposium proceedings, International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, San Francisco State University, 14-18, July 1996.
Fisk J. M., II. 2010. Reproductive ecology and habitat use of the robust redhorse in the Pee Dee River, North Carolina and South Carolina. Master of Science Thesis. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Mosley, D. L. 2006. Habitat selection of robust redhorse Moxostoma robustum: implications for developing sampling protocols. MS Thesis – University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Weyers, R. S. 2000. Growth and survival of larval robust redhorse and silver redhorse (Catostomidae) exposed to pulsed, high-velocity water. Master of Science Thesis submitted to the University of Georgia. 47 pp.
Dilts, E.W. 1999. Effects of fine sediment and gravel quality on survival to emergence of larval robust redhorse Moxostoma robustum. M.S. Thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Barrett, T. A. 1997. Hormone induced ovulation of robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum). M.S. Thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Ruetz III, C. R. 1997. Swimming performance of larval and juvenile robust redhorse: implications for recruitment in the Oconee River, Georgia. Master of Science Thesis submitted to the University of Georgia. 63 pp.
Grabowski TB. 2006. Reproductive ecology and seasonal migrations of robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum) in the Savannah River, South Carolina and Georgia. Ph.D. dissertation. Clemson University. Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
Jenkins, R.E. and N. M. Burkhead. 1993. Freshwater fishes of Virginia. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. Page 1079.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr. 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Page 432.
Eddy, S. and H. E. Jaques. 1957. How to Know the Freshwater Fishes. pp 64-73.
Carmichael, Margaret. August 10, 2006. “River Warriors Fight to Reestablish Mystery Fish” The Oconee Leader, Outdoors, page 20, 24 (www.macon.com/mld/telegraph/).
Minor, Elliott. May 9, 2006. “Revision of Protected Species in the Works” The Macon Telegraph, page B (www.macon.com/mld/telegraph/).
Duncan, Heather S. November 22, 2005. “A Change in the Tides: Wildlife Officials Increase Efforts to Save Rare Fish” The Macon Telegraph, page 1 (www.macon.com/mld/telegraph/).
Pavey, Robert. January 22, 2005. “Fish Returns to Native Waters” Augusta Chronicle (AugustaChronicle.com).
Outdoors Section. June 23, 2002. “Sucker Fish Being Restored to State” Atlanta Journal Constitution, D18 (ajc.com).
Pavey, Robert. May 31, 2002. “A Fish Tale” Augusta Chronicle (AugustaChronicle.com).
Howell, Isak. January 16, 2002. “At Last, a Fish Tale with a Happy Ending – for the Fish” Roanoke Times, page B1 (Roanoke.com).
Schwarzen, Christopher. January 12, 2002. “Officials Release Rare Fish Into Ocmulgee” The Macon Telegraph, page 1 (www.macon.com/mld/telegraph/).
Davis, Jingle. January 12, 2002. “Pact Puts Rare Fish Back in the Water” Atlanta Journal Constitution, (ajc.com).
Tursi, Frank. May 5, 2001. “A Rare Crimson Catch” Winston-Salem Journal, B1.
Peecher, Rob. February 24, 2000. “Robust Redhorse Gets Cooperative Giddyap” The Macon Telegraph, page 1 (www.macon.com/mld/telegraph/).
“Research on rare fish continues” The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, July 26, 1999, page B4 (ajc.com).
“Biologists Hoping to Rejuvenate Rare Fish” Athens Banner-Herald, July 26, 1999, 3C.
“Bringing Back the Redhorse: Saving An Elusive Freshwater Fish From the Brink of Extinction is Exacting Work For A Team of Biologists” The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, August 3, 1997, page G5 (ajc.com).
“Fish market Georgians with farm ponds or huge reservoirs stock them from the Walton Fish Hatchery” The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, January 30, 1997, page R1, (ajc.com).
Williams, Audrey Y. August 19, 1996. “Monumental Effort Gives Robust Redhorse A Chance” The Macon Telegraph, page 1 (www.macon.com/mld/telegraph/).
“Back From the Brink: A rare fish may avoid extinction – and a political donnybrook” The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, September 2, 1995, page F1, (ajc.com).
“Oconee may yield new species of fish: Biologists call it a type of redhorse” The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, April 18, 1992, page E1, (ajc.com).
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. 2007. Robust redhorse fact sheet. www.ncwildlife.org
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. March 16, 2004. “Biologists Hope to Survive the Robust Redhorse Mystery”. www.ncwildlife.org.
Hill, R., N. Walsh, and A. Geter. January 15, 2002. Stocking Marks Reintroduction into Historic Range: Landmark Agreement Heralds Proactive Conservation of Rare Fish. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region 4. (http://southeast.fws.gov/news/2002/r02-006.html).
Evans, J. W., C. Skelton, G. L. Looney, and M. Nichols. 2000. RRCC Biologists Aid Recovery of Rare Fish By Stocking in Oconee River. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region. (http://southeast.fws.gov/news/2000/ga00-003.html).
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