Martha Mather
Researcher
Biology
The U.S. Geological Survey
United States Virgin Islands
Biography
Martha Mather,Assistant Unit Leader -- Research Fish Biologist Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Research Interest
the ecology of freshwater and anadromous fishes; processes that structure freshwater and estuarine fish communities; patterns, mechanisms, consequences of fish movements; how to use community ecology to devise fish sampling regimes that aid conservation, management, and restoration; spatial patterns and processes; quantitative tools; and integrated bio-social approaches to natural resource conflicts.
Publications
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Fish biodiversity sampling in stream ecosystems: a process for evaluating the appropriate types and amount of gear Smith, J.M. , Wells, SM, Mather, ME, Muth, RM. 2014. Fish biodiversity sampling in stream ecosystems: a process for evaluating the appropriate types and amount of gear. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24, 338–350. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.2420/epdf
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How Big of an Effect Do Small Dams Have? Using Geomorphological Footprints to Quantify Spatial Impact of Low-Head Dams... Fencl JS, Mather ME, Costigan KH, Daniels MD (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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141210
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Discontinuities concentrate mobile predators: quantifying organism–environment interactions at a seascape scale Kennedy, C. G., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, J. T. Finn, and L. A. Deegan. 2016. Discontinuities concentrate mobile predators: quantifying organism–environment interactions at a seascape scale. Ecosphere 7(2):e01226. 10.1002/ecs2.1226
