Scientific Publications
(since 1990)


- DeVries, D.R., G.M. Lein, and R.J.H. Hoxmeier. in press. Paddlefish populations in the Alabama River drainage. Chapter ?? in C. Paukert and G. Scholten, editors. Paddlefish management, propagation, and conservation in the 21st century: building from 20 years of research and management. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. (18 text pages, 1 Table, 2 Figures).
- DeVries, D.R., J.E. Garvey, and R.A. Wright. in press. Early life history and recruitment. Chapter ?? in S.J. Cooke and D.P. Philipp, editors. Ecological Diversity of Centrarchid Fishes: Basic and Applied Perspectives. Blackwell Scientific. (46 text pages, 2 Tables, 6 Figures).
- Herrington, S.J., and D.R. DeVries. 2008. Reproductive and early life history of nonindigenous red shiner in the Chattahoochee River drainage, Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist 7:413-428
- Slaughter, J. E., IV, R. A. Wright, and D. R. DeVries. 2008. Latitudinal influence on first-year growth and survival of largemouth bass. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:993-1000.
- Kim, G.W., A.P. Wintzer, T.K. Menker, R.A. Stein, J.M. Dettmers, R.A. Wright, and D.R.DeVries. 2007. Effect of detritus quality on growth and survival of gizzard shad (Dorosoma petenense): potential importance to benthic-pelagic coupling. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures 64:1805-1815.
- DeVries D.R., G.G. Grossman, D.H. Wahl, J.A. Stone, F.M. Utter, C.A. Jennings, and D.M. Kimball. 2007. A perspective on the decision to establish an AFS marine journal. Fisheries 32(1):30.
- DeVries, D.R., R.A. Wright, and T.S. DeVries. 2006. Daphnia lumholtzi in the Mobile River drainage, USA: invasion of a habitat that experiences salinity. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21:527-530.
- Peer, A.C., D.R. DeVries, and R.A. Wright. 2006. First-year growth and recruitment of coastal largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides): spatial patterns unresolved by critical periods along a salinity gradient. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures 63:1911-1924.
- Norris, A.J, R.A. Wright, D.R. DeVries, D.L Armstrong, Jr., and J. Zolczynski. 2005. Movement patterns of coastal largemouth bass in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, Alabama: a multi-approach study. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 59:200-216.
- Stewig, J.D., and D.R. DeVries. 2004. The fish community of a flow-impacted river reach in Alabama, USA with emphasis on largemouth bass and spotted bass. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19:387-400.
- Ratcliffe, J.A., and D.R. DeVries. 2004. The crayfishes (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Tallapoosa River drainage, Alabama, USA. Southeastern Naturalist 3:417-430.
- Slaughter, J. E., IV, R. A. Wright, and D. R. DeVries. 2004. Effects of age-0 body size on the predictive ability of a largemouth bass bioenergetics model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:279-291.
- Wright, R.A., D.R. DeVries, S. Cook, and N. Nichols. 2003. 2002 Alabama freshwater anglers survey. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 57:68-79.
- Watson, D. L., D. R. Bayne, and D. R. DeVries. 2003. Influence of gizzard shad on phytoplankton size and primary productivity in mesocosms and earthen ponds in the southeastern U.S. Hydrobiologia 495:17-32.
- Irwin, B. J., D. R. DeVries, and G. W. Kim. 2003. Responses to gizzard shad recovery following a selective treatment in Walker County Lake, Alabama, 1996-1999. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1224-1236.
- Irwin, B. J., D. R. DeVries, and R. A. Wright. 2003. Evaluating the potential for predatory control of gizzard shad by largemouth bass in small impoundments: a bioenergetics approach. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:913-924.
- DeVries, D. R., D. L. Armstrong, Jr., M. Topolski, W. E. Pine, III, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Dunham, L. Robison, J. DiBona, K. Norgren, P. Hartfield, and S. Cook. 2003. Distribution, Habitat Use, and Genetics of Tulotoma magnifica. Southeastern Naturalist 2(1):35-58.
- Garvey, J. E., D. R. DeVries, R. A. Wright, and J. G. Miner. 2003. Energetic adaptations along a broad latitudinal gradient: implications for widely distributed communities. BioScience 53:141-150.
- Dubuc, R. A., and D. R. DeVries. 2002. An exploration of factors influencing crappie early life history in three Alabama impoundments. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:476-491.
- Kim, G. W. and D. R. DeVries. 2001. The influence of adult fish predation on freshwater, limnetic fish larvae: a mesocosm experiment. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:189-203.
- Grussing, M. D., D. R. DeVries, and R. A. Wright. 2001. Stock characteristics and habitat use of catfishes of 4 Alabama rivers. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53(1999):15-34.
- Pine, W. E., S. A. Ludsin, and D. R. DeVries. 2000. First summer survival of largemouth bass cohorts: is early spawning really best? Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129:504-513.
- Cowan, J. H., Jr., K. A. Rose, and D. R. DeVries. 2000. Is density-dependent growth in young-of-the-year fishes a question of critical weight? Reviews in Fisheries Biology and Fisheries 10:61-89.
- Kim, G. W. and D. R. DeVries. 2000. Effects of a selectively reduced gizzard shad population on trophic interactions and age-0 fishes in Walker County Lake, Alabama. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:860-872.
- Allen, M. S., J. C. Greene, F. J. Snow, M. J. Maceina, and D. R. DeVries. 1999. Recruitment of largemouth bass in Alabama reservoirs: relations to trophic state and larval shad occurrence. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:67-77.
- Partridge, D. G. and D. R. DeVries. 1999. Regulation of growth and mortality in larval bluegill: implications for juvenile recruitment. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128:625-638.
- Hoxmeier, R. J. H. and D. R. DeVries. 1998. Influence of trophic status on larval fish abundance in four Southeastern United States reservoirs. Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management 14:451-455.
- Johnson, J. A. and D. R. DeVries. 1998. The freshwater mussel and snail species of the Tallapoosa River drainage, Alabama, USA. Walkerana 9(22):121-137.
- Slipke, J. W., M. J. Maceina, D. R. DeVries, F. J. Snow. 1998. Effects of shad density and reservoir hydrology on the abundance and growth of young-of-year crappie in Alabama reservoirs. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 13:87-95.
- Lein, G. M. and D. R. DeVries. 1998. Paddlefish in the Alabama River drainage: population characteristics and the adult spawning migration. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127:441-454.
- DeVries, D. R., M. T. Bremigan, and R. A. Stein. 1998. Prey selection by larval fishes as influenced by available zooplankton and gape limitation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127:1040-1050.
- Armstrong, D. L., Jr., D. R. DeVries, C. Harman, and D. R. Bayne. 1998. Examining similarities and differences between congeners: do larval gizzard shad and threadfin shad act as ecologically equivalent units? Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127:1008-1022.
- Hoxmeier, R. J. H. and D. R. DeVries. 1997. Habitat use, diet, and population structure of adult and juvenile paddlefish in the lower Alabama River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:288-301.
- Lein, G. M. and D. R. DeVries. 1997. Boat electrofishing as a technique for sampling paddlefish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:334-337.
- Ludsin, S. A. and D. R. DeVries. 1997. First-year recruitment of largemouth bass: the inter- dependency of early life stages. Ecological Applications 7:1024-1038.
- DeVries, D. R. and R. V. Frie. 1996. Determination of age and growth. Pages 483-512 in B. R. Murphy and D. W. Willis, editors. Fisheries techniques, 2nd edition. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
- Dettmers, J. M., D. R. DeVries, and R. A. Stein. 1996. Quantifying responses to hybrid striped bass predation across multiple trophic levels: implications for reservoir biomanipulation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:491-504.
- Hoxmeier, R. J. H. and D. R. DeVries. 1996. Status of paddlefish in the Alabama waters of the Tennessee River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:935-938.
- Miranda, L. E. and D. R. DeVries, editors. 1996. Multidimensional approaches to reservoir fisheries management. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
- DeVries, D. R. 1995. Feeding ecology of fishes (invited book review). Ecology 76:13360-1361.
- Wahl, D. H., R. A. Stein, and D. R. DeVries. 1995. An ecological framework for evaluating the success and impact of introduced fishes. Symposium on Use of Cultured Fishes. American Fisheries Society Symposium 15:176-189.
- DeVries, D. R., M. J. Van Den Avyle, and E. R. Gilliland. 1995. Assessing shad abundance: electrofishing with active versus passive fish collection. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:891-897.
- Stein, R. A., D. R. DeVries, and J. M. Dettmers. 1995. Intermediate regulation of aquatic ecosystems: exploring the generality of the trophic cascade hypothesis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:2518-2526.
- Pope, K. L. and D. R. DeVries. 1994. Interactions between larval white crappie and gizzard shad: quantifying mechanisms in small ponds. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123:975-987.
- Lein, G. M., D. R. DeVries, and W. C. Reeves. 1994. Paddlefish of the Alabama River: the spoonbill story. Alabama Wildlife (Fall 1994):22-23.
- Maceina, M. J., P. W. Bettoli, and D. R. DeVries. 1994. Use of a split-plot analysis of variance design for repeated-measures fishery data. Fisheries (Bethesda) 19(3):14-20.
- Hirst, S. C. and D. R. DeVries. 1994. Diet overlap among larval black bass and larval shad: evidence for direct interaction. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123:173-181.
- Allen, M. S. and D. R. DeVries. 1993. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of species composition and abundance of larval shad in a large impoundment. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122:1070-1079.
- DeVries, D. R. 1993. Fish Ecology (invited book review). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122:305-306.
- DeVries, D. R., P. E. Ihssen, J. Lyons, and D. W. Willis. 1992. The North American Journal of Fisheries Management: current status and outlook. Fisheries (Bethesda) 17(5):20-26.
- DeVries, D. R. and R. A. Stein. 1992. Complex interactions between fish and zooplankton: quantifying the role of an open-water planktivore. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1216-1227.
- DeVries, D. R. 1992. The freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester 1880: a summary of its life history, ecology, and distribution. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 7:7-16.
- DeVries, D. R., R. A. Stein, J. G. Miner, and G. G. Mittelbach. 1991. Stocking threadfin shad: consequences for young-of-year fishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 120:368-381.
- DeVries, D. R. and R. A. Stein. 1991. Comparing three zooplankton samplers: a taxon-specific assessment. Journal of Plankton Research 13:53-59.
- DeVries, D. R. and R. A. Stein. 1990. Manipulating shad to enhance sport fisheries in North America: an assessment. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 10:209-223.
- DeVries, D. R. 1990. Habitat use by bluegill in laboratory pools: where is the refuge when macrophytes are sparse and alternative prey are present? Environmental Biology of Fishes 29:27-34.
- Crowley, P. H., D. R. DeVries, and A. Sih. 1990. Inadvertent errors and error-constrained optimization: fallible foraging by bluegill sunfish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27:135-144.
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