Darren Thornbrugh, Ph.D.

IN REVIEW

PUBLICATIONS - In Press

[18] Thornbrugh, D. J., D. M. Infante and Y. Tsang. 2023. Regional trends of biodiversity indices in the temperate mesic United States: testing for influences of anthropogenic land use on stream fish while controlling for natural landscape variables. Water. 15(8):1591. HTML version, https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081591

[17] Tronstad, L. M., O. Wilmot, D. J. Thornbrugh, and S. Hotaling. 2020. To composite or replicate: how sampling method and protocol differences alter collected stream invertebrates and associated bioassessment metrics. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192, 531. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08489-7

[16] Thornbrugh, D. J., and D. M. Infante. 2019. Landscape effects on stream fishes: broad-scale responses to anthropogenic land use across temperate mesic regions of the United States. pp. 351-383 in R. M. Hughes, D. M. Infante, L. Wang, K. Chen, and B. F. Terra, editors, Advances in understanding landscape influences on freshwater habitats and biological assemblage. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 90, Bethesda, Maryland. https://fisheries.org/bookstore/all-titles/afs-symposia/54090c/

[15] Bellmore R. A., J. E. Compton, J. R. Brooks, E. W. Fox, R. A. Hill, D. J. Sobota, D. J. Thornbrugh and M. H. Weber, 2018. Nitrogen inputs drive nitrogen concentrations in U.S. streams and rivers during summer low flow conditions. Science of the Total Environment. 639:1349-1359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.008

[14] Thornbrugh, D. J., S. G. Leibowitz, R. A. Hill, M. H. Weber, Z. C. Johnson A. R. Olsen, J. E. Flotemersch, J. L. Stoddard and D. V Peck. 2018. Mapping Watershed Integrity for the Conterminous United States. Ecological Indicators. 85:1133-1148 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.070

[13] Hill, R. A., E. W. Fox, S. G. Leibowitz, A. R. Olsen, D. J. Thornbrugh and M. H. Weber. 2017. Predictive Mapping of the Biotic Condition of Conterminous-USA Rivers and Streams. Ecological Applications. DOI: 10.1002/eap.1617

[12] Fox, E. W., R. A. Hill, S. G. Leibowitz, A. R. Olsen, D. J. Thornbrugh and M. H. Weber. 2017. Assessing the accuracy and stability of variable selection methods for random forest modeling in ecology. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 189(7):316. DOI: 10.1007/s10661.017.6025.0

[11] Tsang, Y., D. M. Infante, J. Stewart, L. Wang, R. Tingly III, D. J. Thornbrugh. 2016. StreamThermal1.0: A software package for calculating thermal metrics from stream temperature data. Fisheries, 41:9, 548-554. DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1210517

[10] Hill, R. A., M. H. Weber, S. G. Leibowitz, A. R. Olsen, and D. J. Thornbrugh. 2016. The Stream-Catchment (StreamCat) Dataset: A database of watershed metrics for the conterminous USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association,52(1):120-128. DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12372.

[9] Thornbrugh, D. J. 2014. Regional Influences of Landscape Features and Processes on Fluvial Fish Assemblages. Doctoral dissertation, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ProQuest. Thesis

[8] Esselman, P. C., D. M. Infante, L. Wang, A. Cooper, D. Wieferich, Y. Tsang, D. Thornbrugh, and W. W. Taylor. 2013. Regional fish community indicators of landscape disturbance to catchments of the conterminous United States. Ecological Indicators 26:163-173.

[7] Thornbrugh, D. J. and K. B. Gido. 2010. Influence of spatial positioning within stream networks on fish assemblage structure in the Kansas River basin, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67(1): 143-156, Erratum 67(3): 596. abstract

[6] Dodds, W. K., Wes W. Bouska, J. L. Etizmann, T. J. Pilger, K. L. Pitts, A. J. Riley, J.T. Schloesser, D. J. Thornbrugh. 2009. Eutrophication of the U.S. Freshwaters: Analysis of Potential Economic Damages. Environmental Science and Technology 43:12-19.

[5] Paukert, C. P., J. Schloesser, J. Eitzmann, J. Fischer, K. Pitts, and D. Thornbrugh. 2008. Effect of Instream Sand Dredging on Fish Communities in the Kansas River USA: Current and Historical Perspectives. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23:623-633.

[4] Thornbrugh, D. J. 2008. Influence of stream connectance and network spatial position on fish assemblage structure in the Kansas River basin, USA. Master thesis, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, K-REx. Thesis

[3] Schooley, J. D., A. P. Karam, B. R. Kesner, P. C. Marsh, C. A. Pacey, and D. J. Thornbrugh. 2008. Detection of Larval Remains after Consumption by Fishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 1044-1049.

[2] Mueller G. A., J. Carpenter, and D. J. Thornbrugh. 2006. Bullfrog Tadpole (Rana catesbeiana) and Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) predation on early life stages of endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus). The Southwestern Naturalist 51:2 258-261

[1] Schooley, J. D., P.C. Marsh, B. R. Kesner, J. C. Lee, and D. J. Thornbrugh. In press. Survival of razorback suckers stocked to the lower Colorado River, Parker-Laguna: perspective on historical and present recovery efforts. Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council. 2005.

IN PREPARATION

[3] Frerker, K.; Nowacki, G.; Risley, R.; Morley, D.; Kroll, J.; Toot, R.; Thornbrugh, D.; Engstrom, E.; Barott, J.; McQuiston, C.; Rokus, M.; Steele, K.; and Thomas-Van Gundy, M. In Preparation. Landtype Associations of the Superior National Forest, adjacent lands, and their placement in the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units, Res. Map NRS. Newton Square. PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [scale 1:35,000]

[2] Tronstad, L. M., O. J. Wilmot and D. J. Thornbrugh. In Preparation. Aquatic invertebrate monitoring at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument: 2016 annual report. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/NGPN/NRDS—20XX/XXX. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

[1] Thornbrugh, D. J., D. M. Infante, Y. Tsang, A. Moerke, T. Brenden, and C. Huckins. In Preparation. Multiple facets of a streams thermal regime: effects of stream temperature on Michigans fluvial fish assemblages. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

WATERSHED DATABASE - StreamCat Dataset

TECHNICAL REPORTS

[10] D. J. Thornbrugh. 2020. Data Summary for standing dead trees on the Huron-Manistee National Forest from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data. USDA’s Forest Service.

[9] Ashton, I. W., S. Rockwood, J. Mills, and D. J. Thornbrugh. 2020. Water quality monitoring for Devils Tower National Monument: 2013 data report. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/NGPN/NRDS—2020/1259. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

[8] Thornbrugh, D. J., I. W. Ashton, A. R. Jarding, J. S. Mills, and K. J. Paintner-Green. 2019. Protocol implementation plan for stream channel monitoring in the Northern Great Plains Network: narrative version 1.0. Natural Resource Report NPS/NGPN/NRR—2019/1918. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2260277

[7] Thornbrugh, D. J. 2019. Stream channel monitoring in Northern Great Plains Network: data quality standards. Natural Resource Report NPS/NGPN/NRR—2019/1919. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2260278

[6] Thornbrugh, D. J. and J. S. Mills. 2019. SOPs 1-16: Stream channel monitoring. Northern Great Plains Network Standard Operating Procedures. NPS/NGPN/SOP. National Park Service, Rapid City, South Dakota. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2259796

[5] Thornbrugh, D. J. 2013. Developing greater understanding of functional response of stream fishes to natural and anthropogenic landscape gradients across large regions. Marshall Plan Scholarship papers, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Austria. Report

[4] Thornbrugh, D., D. Infante, A. Moerke, T. Brenden and C. Huckings. 2010. Effects of temperature on funtional relationships amoung Michigans fluvial fish assemblages: Identifying management opportunities in the face of environmantal change. Michigan Department of Natural Resouces (MDNR) report, 230565

[3] Esselman, P. C., D. M. Infante, L. Wang, W. W. Taylor, R. Tingley, J. Fenner, A. Cooper, D. Wieferich, D. Thornbrugh, J. Ross. In Review. A landscape assessment of fish habitat conditions in United States rivers and their watersheds. Report by the Assessment Team to the Science and Data Committee and Board of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan.

[2] Lee, J. C., J. D. Schooley, B. R. Kesner, D. J. Thornbrugh, and P. C. Marsh. 2005. Dispersal of Radio-Tagged Razorback Suckers Released into the Lower Colorado River. 52 pages

[1] Schooley, J. D., B. R. Kesner, D. J. Thornbrugh, A. P. Karam and P. C. Marsh. 2006. Survival of razorback sucker stocked into the lower Colorado River. Arizona State University, Final Project Report, Oct. 2004-Dec. 2005. Agreement number 04FG300034. 76 pages