Banner photo: Mississippi River near the Meramec River's mouth near St. Louis, Missouri
The final step of the scientific process is sharing research. Please take a look at my published research listed below — I try to make all my research publicly available. These are also listed in ResearchGate and my USGS profile page.
Peer-reviewed publications
Palmieri, M., L.E. Miranda, M. Boudreau, C.G. Dunn, L. Burger, & D. Riecke. 2026. Forecasting spread of invasive fish over a largescale network of lakes using local knowledge. Aquatic Invasions. 21(2): 127– 46. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2026.21.2.190069
Embke, H., … C.G. Dunn et al. 2026. Adaptive capacity of freshwater organisms: current understanding and future applications. Global Change Biology Communications. https://doi.org/10.1002/gcb4.70009
Neal, J.W., J.A. Morland, C.G. Dunn, & P.J. Allen. 2025. Trophic assessment of potential competition between invasive cichlids and sportfish in Puerto Rico reservoirs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Ahmad, H., L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn, M. Boudreau, & M. Colvin. 2025. Hydrologic Connectivity in floodplain systems: a multiscale review of concepts, metrics, and management. Hydrologic Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70260
Miranda, L.E., H.G. Funk, K.W. Jones, C.G. Dunn, & K.M. Lakin. 2025. The functional traits behind fish rarity in an impounded river basin. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-025-09957-4
Ahmad, H., L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn, M Boudreau, M.E. Colvin, & P. Dash. 2025. Confluence of Time and Space. An innovation for quantifying dynamics of hydrologic floodplain connectivity with remote sensing and GIS. River Research & Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4426
Daniel, W.M… C.G. Dunn et al. 2025. Vertebrates in Trade that Pose High Invasion Risk to the United States. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110887
Besson, J.C., L.E. Miranda, M.E. Colvin, & C.G. Dunn. 2024. Distribution and dispersion patterns of Silver Carp in an oxbow lake of the Mississippi River. Management of Biological Invasions. doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2024.15.4.03
Ahmad, H, L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn, M.R. Boudreau, & M.E. Colvin. 2024. Connectivity patterns between floodplain lakes and neighboring streams in the Lower Mississippi river’s historic floodplain. Ecological Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112808
Dunn, C.G., D.A. Schumann, M.E. Colvin, M. Wagner, D.T. Jones-Farrand, K. Evans, S. McRae, & E. Rivenbark. 2024. Using resiliency, redundancy, and representation within a Bayesian belief network to assess imperilment of riverine fishes. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4738
Miranda, L.E., C.G. Dunn, T. Tompkins, & J. Morris. 2023. Patterns of zero and nonzero counts indicate spatiotemporal distributions, aggregation, and dispersion of invasive carp. Management of Biological Invasions 14(2): 363-377: https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2023.14.2.12
Besson, J.C. J. Neary, J.D. Stafford, C.G. Dunn, & L.E. Miranda. 2023. Fish functional gradients along a reservoir cascade. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14087
Bouska, K, B. Healy, M. Moore, C.G. Dunn, J. Spurgeon, & C. Paukert. 2023. Diverse portfolios: investing in tributaries for restoration of large river fishes in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1151315
Dunn, C.G., M. J. Moore, N. A. Sievert, C.P. Paukert, and R.J. DiStefano. 2021. Co-occuring lotic crayfishes exhibit variable long-term responses to extreme-flow events and temperature. Freshwater Science. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G., & C.P. Paukert. 2021. Accounting for dispersal and local habitat when evaluating tributary use by riverine fishes. Ecosphere 12(8): e03711. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G., & C.P. Paukert. 2020. A flexible survey design for monitoring spatiotemporal fish richness in nonwadeable rivers: optimizing efficiency by integrating gears. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)(Supplementary material)
Dunn, C.G., & P.L. Angermeier. 2019. Remaining populations of an upland stream fish persist in refugia defined by habitat features at multiple scales. Diversity and Distributions. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G., B. Brooke, R.A. Hrabik, & C.P. Paukert. 2018. Intensive sampling reveals underreported use of great-river tributaries by large-river fishes in Missouri. Southeastern Naturalist 17(3): 512–520. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)
Dunn, C.G., & P.L. Angermeier. 2016. Development of habitat suitability indices for the Candy Darter, with cross-scale validation across representative populations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145: 1266–1281. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)(Supplementary material)
Dunn, C.G. 2016. Documentation of Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Eastern Hellbender) predation on nest-associate stream fishes. Northeastern Naturalist, 23(3): N8–N11. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)
Master's and PhD theses
Dunn, C.G. 2017. Habitat and imperilment of the Candy Darter Etheostoma obsurni in the New River drainage, USA. Master's thesis. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. pp. 134. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G. 2020. Assessment and diversity of fish communities in non-wadeable tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. PhD dissertation. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. pp. 205. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Technical reports
Dunn, C.G. 2019. Conservation and management of Missouri's mid-sized rivers: development of sampling protocols and application to priority watershed rivers. Final report to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Jefferson City, MO, 102 pp. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn. C.G. 2013. Comparison of habitat suitability among sites supporting strong, localized, and extirpated populations of Candy Darters (Etheostoma osburni). Final report to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Richmond, VA, 74 pp. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Palmieri, M., L.E. Miranda, M. Boudreau, C.G. Dunn, L. Burger, & D. Riecke. 2026. Forecasting spread of invasive fish over a largescale network of lakes using local knowledge. Aquatic Invasions. 21(2): 127– 46. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2026.21.2.190069
Embke, H., … C.G. Dunn et al. 2026. Adaptive capacity of freshwater organisms: current understanding and future applications. Global Change Biology Communications. https://doi.org/10.1002/gcb4.70009
Neal, J.W., J.A. Morland, C.G. Dunn, & P.J. Allen. 2025. Trophic assessment of potential competition between invasive cichlids and sportfish in Puerto Rico reservoirs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Ahmad, H., L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn, M. Boudreau, & M. Colvin. 2025. Hydrologic Connectivity in floodplain systems: a multiscale review of concepts, metrics, and management. Hydrologic Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70260
Miranda, L.E., H.G. Funk, K.W. Jones, C.G. Dunn, & K.M. Lakin. 2025. The functional traits behind fish rarity in an impounded river basin. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-025-09957-4
Ahmad, H., L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn, M Boudreau, M.E. Colvin, & P. Dash. 2025. Confluence of Time and Space. An innovation for quantifying dynamics of hydrologic floodplain connectivity with remote sensing and GIS. River Research & Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4426
Daniel, W.M… C.G. Dunn et al. 2025. Vertebrates in Trade that Pose High Invasion Risk to the United States. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110887
Besson, J.C., L.E. Miranda, M.E. Colvin, & C.G. Dunn. 2024. Distribution and dispersion patterns of Silver Carp in an oxbow lake of the Mississippi River. Management of Biological Invasions. doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2024.15.4.03
Ahmad, H, L.E. Miranda, C.G. Dunn, M.R. Boudreau, & M.E. Colvin. 2024. Connectivity patterns between floodplain lakes and neighboring streams in the Lower Mississippi river’s historic floodplain. Ecological Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112808
Dunn, C.G., D.A. Schumann, M.E. Colvin, M. Wagner, D.T. Jones-Farrand, K. Evans, S. McRae, & E. Rivenbark. 2024. Using resiliency, redundancy, and representation within a Bayesian belief network to assess imperilment of riverine fishes. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4738
Miranda, L.E., C.G. Dunn, T. Tompkins, & J. Morris. 2023. Patterns of zero and nonzero counts indicate spatiotemporal distributions, aggregation, and dispersion of invasive carp. Management of Biological Invasions 14(2): 363-377: https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2023.14.2.12
Besson, J.C. J. Neary, J.D. Stafford, C.G. Dunn, & L.E. Miranda. 2023. Fish functional gradients along a reservoir cascade. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14087
Bouska, K, B. Healy, M. Moore, C.G. Dunn, J. Spurgeon, & C. Paukert. 2023. Diverse portfolios: investing in tributaries for restoration of large river fishes in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1151315
Dunn, C.G., M. J. Moore, N. A. Sievert, C.P. Paukert, and R.J. DiStefano. 2021. Co-occuring lotic crayfishes exhibit variable long-term responses to extreme-flow events and temperature. Freshwater Science. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G., & C.P. Paukert. 2021. Accounting for dispersal and local habitat when evaluating tributary use by riverine fishes. Ecosphere 12(8): e03711. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G., & C.P. Paukert. 2020. A flexible survey design for monitoring spatiotemporal fish richness in nonwadeable rivers: optimizing efficiency by integrating gears. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)(Supplementary material)
Dunn, C.G., & P.L. Angermeier. 2019. Remaining populations of an upland stream fish persist in refugia defined by habitat features at multiple scales. Diversity and Distributions. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G., B. Brooke, R.A. Hrabik, & C.P. Paukert. 2018. Intensive sampling reveals underreported use of great-river tributaries by large-river fishes in Missouri. Southeastern Naturalist 17(3): 512–520. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)
Dunn, C.G., & P.L. Angermeier. 2016. Development of habitat suitability indices for the Candy Darter, with cross-scale validation across representative populations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145: 1266–1281. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)(Supplementary material)
Dunn, C.G. 2016. Documentation of Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Eastern Hellbender) predation on nest-associate stream fishes. Northeastern Naturalist, 23(3): N8–N11. (Link to DOI)(Free PDF)
Master's and PhD theses
Dunn, C.G. 2017. Habitat and imperilment of the Candy Darter Etheostoma obsurni in the New River drainage, USA. Master's thesis. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. pp. 134. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn, C.G. 2020. Assessment and diversity of fish communities in non-wadeable tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. PhD dissertation. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. pp. 205. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Technical reports
Dunn, C.G. 2019. Conservation and management of Missouri's mid-sized rivers: development of sampling protocols and application to priority watershed rivers. Final report to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Jefferson City, MO, 102 pp. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
Dunn. C.G. 2013. Comparison of habitat suitability among sites supporting strong, localized, and extirpated populations of Candy Darters (Etheostoma osburni). Final report to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Richmond, VA, 74 pp. (Free PDF on ResearchGate)
