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Submissions from 2020

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Life History Divergence in Livebearing Fishes in Response to Predation: Is There a Microevolution to Macroevolution Barrier?, Mark C. Belk, Spencer J. Ingley, and Jerald B. Johnson

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Predators as Agents of Selection and Diversification, Jerald B. Johnson and Mark C. Belk

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Morphometric Response of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns) to Lake Colonization in Chile, Margaret Mercer, Peter C. Searle, Roberto Cifuentes, Evelyn Habit, and Mark C. Belk

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Behavioral constraints on local adaptation and counter-gradient variation: Implications for climate change, Brandon M. Quinby, Mark C. Belk, and J. Curtis Creighton

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Isotopic discrimination between carrion and elytra clippings of lab-reared American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus): Implications for conservation and evaluation of feeding relationships in the wild, Brandon M. Quinby, Noah S. Feldman, Elizabeth A. Flaherty, Mark C. Belk, Amy D.F. Smith, and J. Curtis Creighton

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Beyond Pairwise Interactions: Multispecies Character Displacement in Mexican Freshwater Fish Communities, Andrea J. Roth-Monzón

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Classification of planetary craters using outline-based morphometrics, Thomas J. Slezak, Jani Radebaugh, Eric H. Christiansen, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2019

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Demography of an endangered, long-lived fish: Informing management options in the face of cyclic and stochastic climate variation, Mark C. Belk and R. Cary Tuckfield

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Effects of Substrate on Movement Patterns and Behavior of Stream Fish through Culverts: An Experimental Approach, Kyla Johnson, Lindsay E. Wait, Suzanne K. Monk, Russell Rader, Rollin H. Hotchkiss, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2018

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Testes mass in the livebearing fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Poeciliidae) varies hypoallometrically with body size but not between predation environments, Haley N. Brown, Brittany Herrod Gale, Jerald B. Johnson, and Mark C. Belk

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Movement patterns and home range in Diplomystes camposensis (Siluriformes: Diplomystidae), an endemic and threatened species from Chile, Alejandra Oyanedel, Evelyn Habit, Mark C. Belk, Katherin Solis-Lufí, Nicole Colin, Jorge Gonzalez, Alfonso Jara, and Carlos P. Muñoz-Ramírez

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Food Web Structure Informs Potential Causes of Bimodal Size Structure in a Top Predator, Peter C. Searle, Joshua A. Verde, and Mark C. Belk

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Does body size affect fitness the same way in males and females? A test of multiple fitness components, Ashlee N. Smith and Mark C. Belk

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Evidence for Interspecific Brood Parasite Detection and Removal in Burying Beetles, Ashlee N. Smith and Mark C. Belk

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Food Web Analysis of Jordanelle Reservoir, Utah, USA: Where Do All the Rainbows Go?, Joshua A. Verde and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2017

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Predation environment affects boldness temperament of neotropical livebearers, Josh E. Rasmussen and Mark C. Belk

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No evidence of nonlinear effects of predator density, refuge availability, or body size of prey on prey mortality rates, Richard M. Simkins and Mark C. Belk

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Why does it take two to tango? Lifetime fitness consequences of parental care in a burying beetle, Ashlee N. Smith, J. Curtis Creighton, and Mark C. Belk

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Interaction between predation environment and diet constrains body shape in Utah chub, Gila atraria (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), Trevor J. Williams, Jerald B. Johnson, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2016

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Different roads lead to Rome: Integrative taxonomic approaches lead to the discovery of two new lizard lineages in the Liolaemus montanus group (Squamata: Liolaemidae), Cesar Aguilar, Perry L. Wood Jr., Mark C. Belk, Mike H. Duff, and Jack W. Sites Jr.

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Does Habitat Restoration Increase Coexistence of Native Stream Fishes with Introduced Brown Trout: A Case Study on the Middle Provo River, Utah, USA, Mark C. Belk, Eric J. Billman, Craig Ellsworth, and Brock R. McMillan

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Building a Better June Sucker: Characterization of Mouth Shape in the Captive Brood Stock, Mark C. Belk, Madison Maxwell, Clint Laidlaw, and Jeff Wesner

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Multivariate heritability of shape in June sucker (Chasmistes liorus) and Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens): shape as a functional trait for discriminating closely related species, Mark C. Belk and G. Bruce Schaalje

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Individual Movement of Stream Fishes: Linking Ecological Drivers with Evolutionary Processes, Josh E. Rasmussen and Mark C. Belk

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A good day to die: bridging the gap between costs and benefits of parental care, Ashlee N. Smith, J. Curtis Creighton, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2015

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Metazoan Parasites of Antarctic Fishes, Mehmet Cemal Oğuz, Yahya Tepe, Mark C. Belk, Richard A. Heckmann, Burçak Aslan, Meryem Gürgen, Rodney A. Bray, and Ülker Akgül

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Differences in Patterns of Reproductive Allocation between the Sexes in Nicrophorus orbicollis, Ashlee N. Smith, J. Curtis Creighton, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2014

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Differences in Pelvic Fin Length Represent Sexual Dimorphism in Utah Chub (Gila atraria), Mark C. Belk, Scott Bird, Mehmet Cemal Oguz, and Jerald B. Johnson

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Effect of age-based and environment-based cues on reproductive investment in Gambusia affinis, Eric J. Billman and Mark C. Belk

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Prior experience affects allocation to current reproduction in a burying beetle, Eric J. Billman, J. Curtis Creighton, and Mark C. Belk

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A multivariate approach to the analysis of within lifetime variation in life history, Eric J. Billman, Josh E. Rasmussen, J. Curtis Creighton, Jerald B. Johnson, and Mark C. Belk

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Dynamics of biparental care in a burying beetle: experimental handicapping results in partner compensation, J. Curtis Creighton, Ashlee N. Smith, April Komendat, and Mark C. Belk

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Morphological Divergence Driven by Predation Environment within and between Species of Brachyrhaphis Fishes, Spencer J. Ingley, Eric J. Billman, Mark C. Belk, and Jerald B. Johnson

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Viability Costs of Reproduction and Behavioral Compensation in Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), Clinton T. Laidlaw, Jacob M. Condon, and Mark C. Belk

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Shape variation in a benthic stream fish across flow regimes, Peter J. Meyers and Mark C. Belk

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Residency Time as an Indicator of Reproductive Restraint in Male Burying Beetles, Ashlee N. Smith, Mark C. Belk, and J. Curtis Creighton

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Variation in the trophic position of common stream fishes and its relationship to the presence of a rare fish, northern leatherside chub (Lepidomeda copei), Jeff S. Wesner and Mark C. Belk

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Habitat selection and consumption across a landscape of multiple predators, Jeff S. Wesner, Peter Meyers, Eric J. Billman, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2013

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Ecology of Galaxias platei in a depauperate lake, Mark C. Belk, Evelyn Habit, Juan J. Ortiz-Sandoval, Catterina Sobenes, and Elias A. Combs

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Effects of predation environment and food availability on somatic growth in the Livebearing Fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Pisces: Poeciliidae), Brittany H. Gale, Jerald B. Johnson, G. Bruce Schaalje, and Mark C. Belk

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Intraspecific Morphological Variation in Two Common Marine Fish Species from South Africa, Eric Mattson and Mark C. Belk

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Orientocreadium batrachoides Tubangui, 1931 (Orientocreadiidae): The only Trematode Parasite of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) (Clariidae) from the Asi River (Southern Turkey), Tayha Tepe, Mehmet Cemal Oğuz, Mark C. Belk, and Remzi Özgen

Submissions from 2012

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Habitat enhancement and native fish conservation: can enhancement of channel complexity promote the coexistence of native and introduced fishes?, Eric J. Billman, Joshua D. Kreitzer, J. Curtis Creighton, Evelyn Habit, Brock McMillan, and Mark C. Belk

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Ontogeny and sex alter the effect of predation on body shape in a livebearing fish: sexual dimorphism, parallelism, and costs of reproduction, Elizabeth M. A. Hassell, Peter J. Meyers, Eric J. Billman, Josh E. Rasmussen, and Mark C. Belk

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Dispersal behavior correlates with personality of a North American fish, Josh E. Rasmussen and Mark C. Belk

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Habitat relationships among biodiversity indicators and co-occurring species in a freshwater fish community, Jeff S. Wesner and Mark C. Belk

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Multiple predators indirectly alter community assembly across ecological boundaries, Jeff S. Wesner, Eric J. Billman, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2011

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Life History of Brachyrhaphis parismina: Variation Within and Among Populations, Mark C. Belk, Emily E. Nance, and Jerald B. Johnson

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Lake Suckers in the Western USA: History, Ecology, and Bibliography of an Endangered Genus, Mark C. Belk, Russell B. Rader, and Michael D. Mills

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Variation in size-at-age between native cutthroat and introduced brown trout in allopatry and ­sympatry: implications for competitive interaction, Josh E. Rasmussen, Mark C. Belk, Evelyn Habit, Dennis K. Shiozawa, Richard D. Hepworth, and Adam Anthony

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Morphological convergence during pregnancy among predator and nonpredator populations of the livebearing fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Teleostei: Poeciliidae), Jeff S. Wesner, Eric J. Billman, Adam Meier, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2010

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Effect of predation and habitat quality on growth and reproduction of a stream fish, E. J. Billman, B. J. Tjarks, and Mark C. Belk

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Residence time and drift patterns of larval June sucker Chasmistes liorus in the lower Provo River as determined by otolith microstructure, C. M. Ellsworth, Mark C. Belk, and C. J. Keleher

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Changes in the distribution of native fishes in response to introduced species and other anthropogenic effects, Evelyn Habit, Priscila Piedra, Daniel E. Ruzzante, Sandra J. Walde, Mark C. Belk, Victor E. Cussac, Jorge Gonzalez, and Nicole Colin

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Ontogenetic diet shift in the June sucker Chasmistes liorus (Cypriniformes, Catostomidae) in the early juvenile stage, J. D. Kreitzer, Mark C. Belk, D. B. Gonzalez, R. C. Tuckfield, D. K. Shiozawa, and J. E. Rasmussen

Submissions from 2009

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Desiccation Survival in an Antarctic Nematode: Molecular Analysis Using Expressed Sequenced Tags, Byron J. Adams, Bishwo N. Adhikari, and Diana H. Wall

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Transcriptomic Analysis of the Entomopathogenic Nematode Heterorhabditis Bacteriophora TTO1, Byron J. Adams, Xiaodong Bai, Todd A. Ciche, Sandra Clifton, Randy Gaugler, Parwinder S. Grewal, Saskia A. Hogenhout, John Spieth, Paul W. Sternberg, and Richard K. Wilson

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Environmental DNA Sequencing Primers for Eutardigrades and Bdelloid Rotifers, Byron J. Adams, Jeremy Whiting, Elizabeth K. Costello, Kristen R. Freeman, Andrew P. Martin, Michael S. Robeson, and Steve K. Schmidt

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Geographic variation in age, growth and size structure of Percilia irwini from south-central Chile, J. R. Aedo, Mark C. Belk, and E. M. Habit

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Changing costs of reproduction: age-based differences in reproductive allocation and escape performance in a livebearing fish, Mark C. Belk and R. Cary Tuckfield

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Cost of Reproduction, Resource Quality, and Terminal Investment in a Burying Beetle, J. Curtis Creighton, Nicholas D. Heflin, and Mark C. Belk

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Differential mortality drives life-history evolution and population dynamics in the fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora, Jerald B. Johnson and J. Jaime Zuniga-Vega

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Can separation along the temperature niche axis promote coexistence between native and invasive species?, Edmund Priddis, Russell Rader, Mark C. Belk, Bruce Schaalje, and Steven Merkley

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Endangered species augmentation: a case study of alternative rearing methods, Josh E. Rasmussen, Mark C. Belk, and Steven L. Peck

Submissions from 2008

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Hatchery-induced morphological variation in an endangered fish: a challenge for hatchery-based recovery efforts, Mark C. Belk, Lisa J. Benson, Josh Rasmussen, and Steven L. Peck

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Microsatellite markers for leatherside chubs Lepidomeda aliciae and Lepidomeda copei, K. E. Mock, L. S. Bjerregaard, Mark C. Belk, C. Rowe, and J. B. Johnson

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Calculating expected DNA remnants from ancient founding events in human population genetics, Nathan C. Sheffield, Keith A. Crandall, and Andrew Stacey

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Double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase PKR of fishes and amphibians: Varying the number of double-stranded RNA binding domains and lineage-specific duplications, Loubna Tazi, Stefan Rothenburg, Nikolaus Deigendesch, Madhusudan Dey, and Thomas E. Dever

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Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified, Michael F. Whiting, Hojun Song, Keith A. Crandall, and Jennifer E. Buhay

Submissions from 2007

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Ground-truthing the impact of invasive species: spatio-temporal overlap between native least chub and introduced western mosquitofish, Jill R. Ayala, Russell B. Rader, Mark C. Belk, and G. Bruce Schaalje

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Biological Status of Leatherside Chub: A Framework for Conservation of Western Freshwater Fishes, Mark C. Belk and Jerald B. Johnson

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Distinguishing importation from diversification of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae by molecular evolutionary analysis, Keith A. Crandall, Marcos Perez-Losada, Margaret C. Bash, Michael Dan, Jonathan Zenilman, and Raphael P. Viscidi

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Effect of forest removal on the abundance of the endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae), J. Curtis Creighton, Robert Bastarache, Mark V. Lomolino, and Mark C. Belk

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Threatened fishes of the world: Percilia irwini (Eigenmann 1927) (Perciliidae), Evelyn Habit and Mark C. Belk

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Spatio-temporal distribution patterns and conservation of fish assemblages in a Chilean coastal river, Evelyn Habit, Mark C. Belk, Pedro Victoriano, and Edilia Jaque

Submissions from 2006

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A Hydrothermal After-Ripening Time Model for Seed Dormancy Loss in Bromus Tectorum L., Phil S. Allen and Necia B. Bair

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Response of the riverine fish community to the construction and operation of a diversion hydropower plant in central Chile, Evelyn Habit, Mark C. Belk, and Oscar Parra

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Geographic Variation in Somatic Growth of Redside Shiner, Derek D. Houston and Mark C. Belk

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Antipredator responses of two native stream fishes to an introduced predator: does similarity in morphology predict similarity in behavioural response?, M. A. Nannini and Mark C. Belk

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Patterns of Habitat Use by Bats Along a Riparian Corridor in Northern Utah, Duke S. Rogers, Mark C. Belk, Malinda W. González, and Brent L. Coleman

Submissions from 2005

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Variation in intrinsic individual growth rate among populations of leatherside chub (Snyderichthys copei Jordan & Gilbert): adaptation to temperature or length of growing season?, Mark C. Belk, J. B. Johnson, K. W. Wilson, M. E. Smith, and D. D. Houston

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Applications of phylogenetics to issues in freshwater crayfish biology, Keith A. Crandall

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Response of the fish community to human-induced changes in the Biobío River in Chile, Evelyn Habit, Mark C. Belk, R. Cary Tuckfield, and Oscar Parra

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Empirical tests for ecological exchangeability, Russell B. Rader, Mark C. Belk, Dennis K. Shiozawa, and Keith A. Crandall

Submissions from 2004

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Diet of the Leatherside Chub, Snyderichthys copei, in the Fall, Adrian Bell and Mark C. Belk

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The Impact of Species Concept on Biodiversity Studies, Keith A. Crandall, Paul-Michael Agapow, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, Jonathon C. Marshall, and Andy Purvis

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Testing Species Boundaries in an Ancient Species Complex with Deep Phylogeographic History: Genus Xantusia (Squamata: Xantusiidae), Keith A. Crandall, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Robert L. Bezy, Kathryn Bolles, Jose L. Camarillo, and Jack W. Sites

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Threatened fishes of the world: Iotichthys phlegethontis Cope, 1874 (Cyprinidae), Joseph H. Hanks and Mark C. Belk

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Zapus princeps, E. Blake Hart, Mark C. Belk, Eralee Jordan, and Malinda W. Gonzalez

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Temperate Utah chub form valid otolith annuli in the absence of fluctuating water temperature, J. B. Johnson and Mark C. Belk

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Neglected Taxonomy of Rare Desert Fishes: Congruent Evidence for Two Species of Leatherside Chub, Jerald B. Johnson, Thomas E. Dowling, and Mark C. Belk

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Age and Growth of Least Chub, Iotichthys Phlegethontis, in Wild Populations, Michael D. Mills, Mark C. Belk, Russell B. Rader, and Joshua E. Brown

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Complex interactions between native and invasive fish: the simultaneous effects of multiple negative interactions, Michael D. Mills, Russell B. Rader, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2003

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Evidence for survival of Pleistocene climatic changes in Northern refugia by the land snail Trochoidea geyeri, David Posada, Markus Pfenninger, and Frederic Magnin

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The Introduction of an Invasive Snail (Melanoides tuberculata) to Spring Ecosystems of the Bonneville Basin, Utah, Russell B. Rader, Mark C. Belk, and M. Jane Keleher

Submissions from 2002

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Bergmann's Rule in Ectotherms: A Test Using Freshwater Fishes, Mark C. Belk and Derek D. Houston

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Using nonlinear hierarchical models for analyzing annulus-based size-at-age data, G. Bruce Schaalje, Jared L. Shaw, and Mark C. Belk

Submissions from 2001

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Restoration of fish habitat in the Provo river: a multispecies approach, Mark C. Belk

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Complex effects of predators: determining vulnerability of the endangered June sucker to an introduced predator, Mark C. Belk, Michael J. Whitney, and G. Bruce Schaalje

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Quasi Species That Rebound after Discontinuation of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Are Similar to the Viral Quasi Species Present before Initiation of Therapy, Keith A. Crandall, Hiromi Imamichi, Ven Natarajan, Min Kang Jiang, Robin L. Dewar, Steve Berg, Arunasri Gaddam, Marjorie Bosche, Julie A. Metcalf, Richard T. Davey Jr., and H. Clifford Lane