Martha Mather's Publications
2022
Bergtold, J. S., M. M. Caldas, S. R. Ramsey, M. R. Sanderson, G. Granco, and M. E. Mather. 2022. The gap between experts, farmers and non-farmers on perceived environmental vulnerability and the influ-ence of values and beliefs. Journal of Environmental Management 316 (2022) 115186.
Chestnut, K., M. E. Mather, Q. Phelps, D. Shoup. 2022. A review of empirical evidence related to the effec-tiveness of harvest regulation evaluations: a systematic, standardized collaborative approach to data collection. Fisheries 47(10):423-434.
Granco, G., M. Caldas, J. Bergtold, J. L. Heier-Stamm, M. Mather, M. Sanderson, M. Daniels, A. Sheshukov, D. Haukos, and S. Ramsey. 2022. The role of cultural behavior and natural environment in shaping public support for sustainability policy. Journal of Environmental Management 301 (2022) 113776.
Mather, M. E., and J. M. Dettmers. 2022. Adaptive problem maps (APM): Connecting data dots to build increasingly informed and defensible environmental conservation decisions. Journal of Environmental Management 312 (2022).
Mather, M. E., C. Moffitt, M. Fabrizio, D. Parrish, B. Penaluna, B. Brown, S. Nesbit. 2022. Diversity and inclusion: a strategy to implement change for 2021 and beyond: symposium summary. Fisheries 47(1):28-
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2021
Granco, G, M. E. Mather et al. 2021. Local environment and individuals’ beliefs: the dynamics shaping public support for sustainability policy in an agricultural landscape. In Revision.
Hitchman, S. M, M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith. 2021. Does type, quantity, and location of habitat matter for fish diversity in a Great Plains riverscape? Fisheries (Published Online, July, 2021). https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fsh.10634
Mather, M. E., J. M. Smith, K. M. Gerber, R. B Taylor, C. G. Kennedy, S. M. Hitchman, J. S. Fencl, and H. M. Frank. 2021. Solving persistent fisheries and aquatic conservation problems by quantifying the spatial distribution of mobile organisms within aquatic landscapes. (Published Online, August, 2021) https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/fsh.10645?download=true
Mather, M. E., and J. M Dettmers. 2021. Adaptive problem maps: connecting the data-dots to build increasingly informed, robust, and defensible fisheries and aquatic conservation decisions. In Revision.
Taylor, R.B., Mather, M.E., Smith J.M., Gerber-Boles, K. 2021. Dynamic-Distribution Telemetry Data Can Identify Discrete Groups of Organisms and Explain Variation in Field Distribution Within Human-Dominated Coastalscapes. In Revision.
2020
Marschall, E. A., D. C. Glover, M. E. Mather, and D. L. Parrish. 2020. Modeling larval American shad recruitment in a large river. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41(4):939-954. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10460
2019
Gerber, K. M., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith. 2019. Multiple metrics provide context for the distribution of a highly mobile fish predator, the blue catfish. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 128:141-155 https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12438
Gerber, K. M., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, Z. Peterson. 2019. Evaluation of a field protocol for internally-tagging fish predators using difficult-to-tag ictalurid catfish as examples. Fisheries Research Fisheries Research 209:58-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.09.003
Caldas, M., M. Mather, J. Bergtold, M. Daniels, G. Granco, J. A. Aistrup, D. Haukos, A.Y. Sheshukov, M.R. Sanderson, and J. L. Heier Stamm. 2019. Understanding the Central Great Plains as a coupled climatic-hydrological-human system: Lessons learned in operationalizing interdisciplinary collaboration. Pages 265-294 in Collaboration Across Boundaries for Social-Ecological Systems Science - Experiences Around the World, editor: Dr. Stephen Perz, University of Florida. Palgrave MacMillan
Taylor, R. B., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, and K. M. Gerber 2019. Confluences function as ecological hotspots: geomorphic and regional drivers can identify patterns of fish predator distribution within a seascape. Marine Ecology Progress Series. MEPS 629:133-148. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13088.
Granco. G., J. Heier Stamm, J. Bergtold, M. Daniels, M. Sanderson, A. Sheshukov, M. Mather, M. Caldas, S. Ramsey, R. Lehrter, D. Haukos, J. Gao, S. Chatterjee, J. Nifong, J. Aistrup. 2019. Evaluating environmental change and behavioral decision-making for sustainability policy using an agent-based model: a case study for the Smoky Hill River Watershed, Kansas. Science of the Total Environment 695, 133769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133769
2018
Hitchman*, S. M., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, J. S. Fencl*. 2018 Habitat mosaics and path analysis can improve biological conservation of aquatic biodiversity in ecosystems with low-head dams. Science of the Total Environment 619–620: 221–231; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896971732990X
Hitchman*, S.M, M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, and J. Fencl*. 2018. Identifying keystone habitats with a mosaic approach can improve biodiversity conservation in disturbed ecosystems. Global Change Biology 24(1): 308-321 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.13846
2017
Fencl*, J., M. Mather, J. Smith, and S. Hitchman*. 2017. The blind men and the elephant examine biodiversity at low-head dams: are we all dealing with the same dam reality? Ecosphere 8 (11): 2e01973 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecs2.1973
Vanni, M.J., …. M. E. Mather, et al. 2017. A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology, 98(5), 2017, pp. 1475.
Gerber*, K. M., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith. 2017. A suite of standard post-tagging evaluation metrics can help assess tag retention for field-based fish telemetry research. Reviews in Fisheries and Fish Biology 27 (3): 651–664; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-017-9484-z
Kennedy*, C. G., M. E, Mather, and J. M. Smith. 2017. Quantifying integrated, spatially-explicit, ecologically-relevant, physicalheterogeneitywithin an estuarine seascape. Estuaries and Coasts, 40(5): 1385-1397; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-016-0207-9
2016
Kennedy, C. G., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, J. T. Finn, L. A. Deegan. 2016. Discontinuities concentrate mobile predators: Quantifying organism-environment interactions at a seascape scale. Ecosphere 7(2):e01226. 10.1002/ecs2.1226.
Waldman, J., K. Wilson, M. E. Mather, N. P. Snyder. 2016. Can resilience theory help guide restoration of anadromous fishes? Fisheries 41:116-126.
McMullin, S. L, V. DiCenzo, R. Essig, C. Bonds, R. DeBruyne, M. Kaemingk, M. Mather, C. Myrick, Q. Phelps, T. Sutton, J. Triplett. Are we preparing the next generation of fisheries professionals to succeed in their careers? A survey of AFS members. Fisheries. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2016.1199218.
2015
Caldas, M., M. Sanderson, M. Mather, M. Daniels, J. Bergtold, J. Aistrup, J. Heier Stamm, D. Haukos, K. Douglas-Mankin, A. Sheshukov, and D. Lopez-Carr. 2015. Opinion: Incorporating culture in sustainability science research and policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112: 8157-8159.
Fencl, J. S., M. E. Mather, K. H. Costigan, and M. D. Daniels. 2015. How Big of an Effect Do Small Dams Have? Using Geomorphological Footprints to Quantify Spatial Impact of Low-Head Dams and Identify Patterns of Across-Dam Variation. PloS one, 10(11), e0141210.
2014
Smith, J. M, M. E. Mather, S. P. Wells, and R. M. Muth. 2014. Fish biodiversity sampling in stream ecosystems: a process for evaluating the appropriate types and amount of gear. Aquatic Conservation: Freshwater and Marine 24 338-350.
2013
Mather, M. E., J. T. Finn, C. G. Kennedy, L. A. Deegan, and J. M. Smith. 2013. What happens in an estuary does not stay there: patterns of biotic connectivity resulting from long term ecological research. Oceanography 26:156-167.
Rosenblatt, A. E., M. R. Heithaus, M. E. Mather, P. Matich, J. C. Nifong, W. J. Ripple, B. R. Silliman. 2013. The roles of large top predators in coastal ecosystems: new insights from Long-Term Ecological Research. Oceanography 26:156-167.
Smith, J. M and M. E. Mather. 2013. Beaver dams maintain native fish biodiversity by increasing habitat heterogeneity throughout a low-gradient stream network. Freshwater Biology 58: 1523-1538.
2012
Mather, M. E., D. L. Parrish, J. M. Dettmers. 2012. Now that you have great results, where should you submit your manuscript? Pages 121-124, in Scientific Communication for Natural Resources Professionals (Cecil A. Jennings, Thomas E. Lauer, Bruce Vondracek, editors), American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD
Mather, M.E., H. J. Frank. J. M. Smith, R. D. Cormier, R. M. Muth, and J. T. Finn. 2012. Assessing freshwater habitat of adult anadromous alewives at multiple scales: a common challenge for fish and watershed restoration. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science, 4:1, 188-200
Ferry, K. H., and M. E. Mather. 2012. Spatial and temporal diet patterns of young adult and subadult striped bass feeding in Massachusetts estuaries: trends across scales. Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 4:30–45
2011
Frank, H. F, M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, R. M. Muth, J. T. Finn. 2011 Role of origin and release location in pre-spawning movements of anadromous alewives. Fisheries Management and Ecology 18(1):12–24.
Marschall, E. A., M. E. Mather, D. L. Parrish, G. W. Allison,. J. McMenemy. 2011. Migration delays caused by anthropogenic barriers: dams, temperature, and success of migrating salmon smolts. Ecological Applications, 21: 3014–3031
Smith, J. S., and M. E. Mather. 2011. Using assemblage data in ecological indicators: a comparison and evaluation of commonly available statistical tools. Ecological Indicators 13: 253-262
2010
Pautzke, S. M., M. E. Mather, J. T. Finn, L. A. Deegan, R. M. Muth. 2010. Seasonal use of a New England estuary by foraging contingents of migratory striped bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139: 257–269.
Mather, M. E., J. T. Finn, S. M. Pautzke, D. Fox, T. Savoy, H. M. Brundage III, L. A. Deegan, R. M. Muth. 2010. Destinations, routes, and timing of adult striped bass on their southward fall migration: implications for coastal movements. Journal of Fish Biology 77: 2326–2337.
2009
Carey, M. P. and M. E. Mather. 2009. Identifying across-system sources of variation in a generalist freshwater fish: correlates of total and size-specific abundance of yellow perch. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 18: 145–155.
Mather, M. E., J. T. Finn, K. H. Ferry, L. A. Deegan, G. A. Nelson. 2009. Use of non-natal estuaries by migratory striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in summer. Fishery Bulletin 107: 329-337.
Mather, M. E., D. L. Parrish, and J. M. Dettmers. 2009. The extensive and complex landscape of fish-related journals authors response. Fisheries 34: 144-145.
Smith, J. M., M. E. Mather, H. J. Frank.R. M. Muth, J. T. Finn, S. D. McCormick. 2009. Evaluation of a gastric radio tag insertion technique for anadromous river herring. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:367–377
Frank, H. F, M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, R. M. Muth, J. T. Finn, S. D. McCormick. 2009. What is 'fallback'?: metrics needed to assess telemetry tag effects on anadromous fish behavior. Hydrobiologia 35: 237-249.
Frank, H. F, M. E. Mather, R. M. Muth, S. M. Pautzke, J. M. Smith, J. T. Finn. 2009. The Adopt-a-Herring program as a fisheries conservation tool. Fisheries 34: 496-507.
Hewitt, D, A., J. S. Link, D. H. Wahl, S. J. Cooke, and M. E. Mather. 2009. Maintaining the competitiveness of the American Fisheries Society journals: an assessment based on influence and cost-effectiveness. Fisheries 34: 598-606.
2008
Carey, M. P., and M. E. Mather. 2008. Using staggered thresholds to design inventory and monitoring programs for effective conservation planning. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18: 877–890.
Mather, M. E., C. A. Campbell, J. McMenemy, D. L. Parrish, and J. M. Smith. 2008. Scope of temperature variation in the Connecticut River and implications for juvenile Atlantic salmon survival and growth. Hydrobiologia 603: 183-196.
Mather, M. E., D. L. Parrish, and J. Dettmers. 2008. Mapping the changing landscape of fish related journals: setting a course for successful communication of scientific information. Fisheries 33 (9): 444-453.
2006
Muth, R. M., R. R. Zwick, M. E. Mather, J. F. Organ, J. J. Daigle, S. A. Jonker. 2006. Unnecessary source of pain and suffering or necessary management tool: examining the attitudes of conservation professionals toward outlawing the leghold trap. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34: 34:706-715.
2005
Odell, J., M. E. Mather, and R. M. Muth. 2005. Use of an interaction web to identify underlying causes and diagnose potential solutions of natural resource conflicts: an example using allocation of horseshoe crabs. BioScience 55:735-745.
2003
Walter, J. F., A. S. Overton, K. H. Ferry, and M. E. Mather. 2003. Atlantic coast feeding habits of striped bass: a synthesis of data supporting a comprehensive coast-wide understanding of the trophic biology. Fisheries Management and Ecology 10: 1-13.
Yako, L. A., M. E. Mather, and F. Juanes. 2000. Assessing the contribution of anadromous herring to largemouth bass growth. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society: 150: 2-17.
2002
Nitschke, P., M. E. Mather, and F. Juanes. 2002. The role of anthropogenic disturbance, density, habitat, and abiotic factors on recruitment of a temperate reef fish, cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) in Cape Cod Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 226:165-178.
Yako, L. A., M. E. Mather, and F. Juanes. 2002. Mechanisms for migration of anadromous herring; providing an ecological basis for an effective conservation plan. Ecological Applications 12: 521–534.
Muth, R. M., R. R. Zwick, M. E. Mather, J. Organ. 2002. Passing the torch of wildlife and fisheries management: comparing the attitudes and values of younger and older conservation professionals. Transactions of the 67th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 178-193.
2001
Nitschke, P., M. E. Mather, and F. Juanes. 2001. Length-, weight-, and age-fecundity relationships for cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus). North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:86-95.
Kosa, J. T., and M. E. Mather. 2001. Processes contributing to variability in regional patterns of juvenile river herring abundance across small coastal systems Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130: 600-619.
2000
Whalen, K. G., D. L. Parrish, M. E. Mather, and J. McMenemy. 2000. Cross-tributary analysis of parr to smolt recruitment of Atlantic salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:1607-1616.
1999
Whalen, K. G., D. L. Parrish, and M. E. Mather. 1999. Effect of ice formation on selection of habitats and winter distribution of post young-of-year Atlantic salmon parr. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:87-96.
1998
Mather, M.E., D. L. Parrish, C. L. Folt, and D. M. DeGraaf. 1998. Integrating across scales: effectively applying science for the successful conservation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:1-8.
Mather, M. E. 1998. The role of context specific predation in understanding patterns exhibited by anadromous salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55: 232-246.
Wilzbach, M. A., M. E. Mather, C. L. Folt, A. Moore, R. J. Naiman, A. F. Youngson, and J. McMenemy. 1998. Proactive responses to human impacts that balance development and Atlantic salmon conservation (Salmo salar): an integrative model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:288-302.
Muth, R. M., D. A. Hamilton, J. F. Organ, D. J. Witter, M. E. Mather, and J. J. Daigle. 1998. The future of wildlife and fisheries policy: assessing the attitudes and values of wildlife and fisheries professionals. Transactions of the 63rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 604-627.
1995
Mather, M. E., M. J. Vanni, T. E. Wissing, S. A. Davis, and M. H. Schaus. 1995. Regeneration of nitrogen and phosphorus by bluegill and gizzard shad: effect of feeding history. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 2327-2338.
Mather, M. E., D. L. Parrish, R. A. Stein, and R. M. Muth. 1995. Management issues and their relative priorities within state fisheries agencies. Fisheries 20 (10):14-21.
Parrish, D. L., M. E. Mather, and R. A. Stein. 1995. Problem-solving research for management: a perspective. Fisheries 20 (10):6-13
1993
Mather, M. E., and R. A. Stein. 1993. Using growth-mortality tradeoffs to explore a crayfish species replacement in stream riffles and pools. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 88-96.
Mather, M. E., and R. A. Stein. 1993. Direct and indirect effects of fish predation on the replacement of a native crayfish by an invading congenor. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 1279-1288.
1989
Mather, M. E. and D. H. Wahl. 1989. Comparative mortality of three esocids to stocking stressors. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46: 214-217.
1986
Mather, M. E., R. A. Stein, and R. F. Carline. 1986. An experimental assessment of mortality and hyperglycemia in tiger muskellunge. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 115:762-770.
