G. Gary Scoppettone

Email: Gary Scoppettone

M.A. Fish Ecology. San Jose State University.

Conducts studies pertaining to conservation and preservation of native freshwater fishes and invertebrates. Areas of study include population dynamics, life history interactions between native and nonnative species, and population status and trends. Current projects are population dynamics of the endangered cui-ui in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, interactions between Cyprinodontidae and Poecillidae in the Mojave Desert, Nevada, habitat use and life history of the Ash Meadows naucorid, population dynamics of Lahontan cutthroat trout, and status and trends of Muddy River fishes.

Representative Publications:

Scoppettone, G. G., H. L. Burge, and P. L. Tuttle. 1992. Life History, abundance, distribution of Moapa dace (Moapa coriacea). Great Basin Naturalist 52:216-225.

Scoppettone, G. G., M. E. Buettner and P. H. Rissler. 1993. Effect of four fluctuating temperature regimes on cui-ui, Chasmistes cujus, survival from egg fertilization to swim-up, and size of larvae produced. Environmental Biology of Fishes 38:373-378.

Scoppettone, G. G. 1993. Interactions between native and nonnative fishes of the Upper Muddy River, Nevada. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122:599-608.

Mailing Address:

U.S. Geological Survey
Western Fisheries Research Center
Reno Field Station
1340 Financial Blvd., Suite 161
Reno, NV 89502-7147

Phone: 775-861-6390
Fax: 775-861-6399