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Staff :: Dr. Robert A. Daniels

Name:
Daniels, Dr. Robert A. Daniels, Dr. Robert A.
Title:
Curator of Ichthyology, Assistant Director of Research and Collections
Phone:
(518) 473-8121
E-Mail:
rdaniels@mail.nysed.gov
Specialties:
Fish, stream ecology, and decapods
Departments:
Research & Collections :: Administration
Research & Collections :: Collections :: Biology
Research & Collections :: Research :: Biology
Research & Collections :: Research :: The Biodiversity Research Institute
More Info:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/labs/ichthyology/index.html


Publications(Click to Expand):
 
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Morse, R. S., and Daniels, R. A. 2009. A Redescription of Catostomus utawana (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae). Copea 2009(2):214-220.

Waldman, J., Daniels, R., Hickerson, M., and Wirgin, I. 2009. Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Indicates Sea Lampreys Are Indigenous to Lake Ontario: Response to Comment. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:1190-1197.

Daniels, R. A. 2008. Fish and Other Collections Move Off-Site. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 4(3):4.

Daniels, R. A., Morse, R. S., Sutherland, J. W., Bombard, R. T., and Boylen, C. W., . 2008. Fish Movement Among Lakes: Are Lakes Isolated?. Northeastern Naturalist 15:577-588.

Daniels, R. A. 2008. The Beef is in the River. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 4(2):20.

Daniels, R. A., Morse, R. S., and Weatherwax, B. R. 2006. Fish, Conewango Creek, Allegheny River Drainage, New York, USA. Checklist 2(1):14-19.

Daniels, R. A., Carlson, D. M., Morse, R. S., and Weatherwax, B. R. 2006. Fish, Ichthyomyzon bdellium, Ichthyomyzon greeleyi, Noturus flavus, Moxostoma breviceps, Lythrurus umbratilis, Notropis buccatus, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, Morone americana, Lepomis cyanellus, Ammocrypta pellucida: Distribution extensions. Checklist 2(1):10-13.

Schmidt, R. E., and Daniels, R. A. 2006. Hybridization in Umbridae in the Hudson River, New York, with Designation of Neotypes for Umbra limi and Umbra pygmaea. Zootaxa 1113:1-20.

Stainbrook, K. M., Limburg, K. E., Daniels, R. A., and Schmidt, R. E. 2006. Long-term Changes in Ecosystem Health of Two Hudson Valley Watershed, New York, USA, 1936-2001.. Hydrobiologia

Daniels, R. A. 2006. Wright on Fish. Guelph Ichthyology Reviews 6:1-9.

Daniels, R. A., Limburg, K. E., Schmidt, R. E., Strayer, D. L., and Chambers, R. C. 2005. Changes in Fish Assemblages in the Tidal Hudson River, New York. American Fisheries Society Symposium 45:471-503.

Daniels, R. A. 2005. Discovery Now. Members Update 15(4):4.

Daniels, R. A. 2005. One Fish, Two Fish, .... Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 1(2):10-12.

Daniels, R. A. 2005. Review of "Disconnected Rivers: Linking Rivers to Landscapes". Quarterly Review of Biology 80:492-493.

Daniels, R. A. 2004. Decapods of Inland Waters. New York State Biodiversity Clearinghouse http://www.nybiodiversity.org/summaries/decapods/index.html

Daniels, R. A. 2004. Freshwater and Estuarine Fish. New York State Biodiversity Clearinghouse http://www.nybiodiversity.org/summaries/fish/index.html

Carlson, D.M., and Daniels, R.A. 2004. Status of Fishes in New York: Increases, Declines and Homogenization of Watersheds. American Midland Naturalist 152:104-139.

Daniels, R. A. 2003. Review of "Inland Fishes of Massachusetts", by K. E. Hartell, D. B. Halliwell, and A. E. Launer. Copeia 2003:678-680.

Daniels, R. A., Riva-Murray, K., Halliwell, D. B., Vana-Miller, D. L., and Bilger, M. D. 2002. An Index of Biological Integrity for Northern Mid-Atlantic Slope Drainages. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:1044-1060.

Whittier, T. R., Halliwell, D. B., and Daniels, R. A. 2001. Distributions of Lake Fishes in the Northeast-IV. Benthic and Small Water-column Species. Northeastern Naturalist 8:455-482.

Daniels, R. A., Murphy, D.C., and Klemens, M.W. 2001. Orconectes neglectus is Established in the Northeast. Northeast Naturalist 8:93-100.

Daniels, R. A. 2001. Untested Assumptions: The Role of Canals in the Dispersal of Sea Lamprey, Alewife, and Other Fishes in the eastern United States. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60:309-329.

Whittier, T.R., Halliwell, D. B., and Daniels, R. A. 2000. Distributions of Lake Fish in the Northeast: II. The Minnows (Cyprinidae). Northeastern Naturalist 7:131-156.

Whittier, T. R., Halliwell, D. B., and Daniels, R. A. 1999. Distributions of lake fish in the Northeast: I. Centrarchidae, Percidae, Esocidae and Moronidae. Northeastern Naturalist 6:283-304.

Carlson, D. M., Daniels, R. A., and Eaton, S. W. 1999. Status of Fishes of the Allegheny River Watershed of New York State. Northeast Naturalist 6:305-326.

Daniels, R. A., and Peteet, D. 1998. Fish Scale Evidence for Rapid Post Glacial Recolinization of an Atlantic Coastal Pond. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 7:467-476.

Daniels, R. A. 1995. Review of: R. E. Jenkins and N. M. Burkhead. "Freshwater Fishes of Virginia". Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 124:283-284.

Daniels, R. A., and Wisniewski, S. J. 1994. Feeding Ecology of Redside Dace, Clinostomus elongatus. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 3:176-183.

Daniels, R. A. 1989. Significance of Burying in Ammocrypta pellucida. Copea 1989(1):29-34.

Daniels, R. A. 1987. Comparative Life Histories and Microhabitat Use in Three Sympatric Sculpins (Cottidae:Cottus) in Northeastern California. Environmental Biology of Fishes 19:93-110.

Daniels, R. A., and Lipps, J. E. 1987. Distribution and Ecology of Fishes of the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography 9:1-9.

George, C. J., Daniels, R. A., and Sinnott, T. J. 1986. The Importance of Archives: Fish Illustrations of the 192639 Watershed Survey in New York State. Fisheries 11:2-11.

Daniels, R. A., and Moyle, P. B. 1984. Geographic Variation and a Taxonomic Reapprisal of the Mabled Scalpin. Copea 1984:949-959.

Daniels, R. A. 1981. Cryotheria peninsulae, A New Genus and Species of Ntothenoiid Fish from the Antartic Peninsula. Copea 1981:558-562.

Daniels, R. A., and Lipps, J. H. 1981. Distribution and Ecology of Fishes of the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography 1-9.

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Daniels, R. A. 1996. Guide to the Identification of Scales of Fishes of Northeastern North America. New York State Museum Bulletin 498. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York.

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Kays, R. W., and R. A. Daniels. 2009. Fish and Wildlife Communities of the Adirondacks. In The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices From the Adirondack Park, edited by W. Porter, J. Erickson, and R. Whaley, pp. 71-86. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York.

Kays, R. W., R. A. Daniels, R. S. Mitchell, D. P. Molloy, and C. A. Siegfried. 2005. Exotic Species. In The Encyclopedia of New York, edited by P. Eisenstadt, and L.-E. Moss, pp. 538-539. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY.

Daniels, R. A. 2005. Fish. In The Encyclopedia of New York, edited by P. Eisenstadt, and L.-E. Moss, pp. 567-568. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY.

Halliwell, D. B., R. Langdon, R. A. Daniels, J. Kurtenbach, and R. Jacobsen. 1998. Classification of Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States for Eses in the Development of Indices of Biological Integrity, With Regional Applications. In Assessing the sustainability and biological integrity of water resources using fish communities, edited by T. P. Simon, pp. 301-337. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Daniels, R. A. 1995. Nearshore Fish Assemblage of the Tidal Hudson River. In Our Living Resources: A Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems, edited by E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, D. P. Doran, and M. J. Mac, pp. 260-263. U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C..

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Nierzwicki-Bauer, S. C., C. W. Boylen, L. W. Eichler, R. A. Daniels, and G. B. Lawrence, B. Momen, J. W. Sutherland 2002 Adirondack Effects Assessment Program, Summary of Aquatic Biota and Watershed Integrated Nitrogen Cycling Studies. Report prepared for U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Troy, New York.

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