Selected Publications

*graduate students
Merriam, E.*, J. T. Petty, G. T. Merovich, Jr.*, J. B. Fulton, and M. P. Strager. IN PRESS. Additive effects of mining and development in a central Appalachian watershed. Journal of the North American Benthological Society.

Petty, J. T., J. B. Fulton, M. Strager, G. T. Merovich*, J. Stiles, and P. Ziemkiewicz. 2010. Landscape indicators and thresholds of stream ecological impairment in an intensively mined Appalachian watershed. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:1292-1309.

Hansbarger, J. L.*, J. T. Petty, and P. M. Mazik. 2010. Brook trout movement within a high-elevation watershed: consequences for watershed restoration. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Pg. 74-84.

Hense, Z.*, R. W. Martin*, and J. T. Petty. 2010. Electrofishing capture efficiencies for common stream fishes in a central Appalachian watershed. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30:1041-1050.

Merovich, G. T.*, Jr, and J. T. Petty. 2010. Continuous response of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages to a discrete disturbance gradient: consequences for diagnosing stressors. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:1241-1257.

Grossman, G. D., R. J. Ratajczak, Jr., M. D. Farr, C. M Wagner, and J. T. Petty. 2010. Why there are more fish downstream. In Community Ecology of Freshwater Fishes. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 73:63-81.

Grossman, G. D., R. J. Ratajczak, Jr., C. M. Wagner, and J. T. Petty. 2010. Dynamics and population regulation of southern brook trout in an Appalachian stream. Freshwater Biology 55:1494-1508.

Petty, J. T., and G. D. Grossman. 2010. Giving-Up Densities and Ideal Pre-Emptive Distribution of a benthic predator in a southern Appalachian stream. Freshwater Biology 55:780-793.

Strager, M. P., J. J. Fletcher, J. M. Strager, C. B. Yuill, R. N. Eli, J. T. Petty, and S. J. Lamont. 2010. Watershed analysis in GIS: the Watershed Characterization and Modeling System Software application. Computers and Geosciences 36:970-976.

Martin, R. W.*, and J. T. Petty. 2009. Local temperature and thermal topology interact to influence the distribution of brook trout and smallmouth bass in a central Appalachian watershed. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 23:497-508.

Poplar-Jeffers, I.*, J. T. Petty, J. A. Anderson, and S. J. Kite. 2009. Culvert replacement and stream habitat restoration: Implications from brook trout management in an Appalachian watershed, U.S.A. Restoration Ecology 17:404-413.

Strager, M. P., J. T. Petty, J. M. Strager, and J. B. Fulton. 2009. A spatially explicit framework for quantifying downstream hydrologic conditions. Journal of Environmental Management 90:1854-1863.

Hansbarger, J. L.*, J. T. Petty, and P. M. Mazik. 2008. Microhabitat use by brook trout in small tributaries and a large river main stem: implications for stream channel restoration in the upper Shavers Fork, WV. Proceedings of the S.E. Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Petty, J. T., Brady Gutta, Richard Herd, Jennifer Fulton, James Stiles, Michael Strager, Julie Svetlick, and Paul Ziemkiewicz. 2008. Identifying cost-effective restoration strategies in mining impacted West Virginia watersheds. Proceedings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation25:837-855.

Strager, M.P., Vishesh Maskey, J. Todd Petty, Brady Gutta, Jenifer Fulton, Richard Herd, James Stiles, Julie Svetlik, and Paul Ziemkiewicz. 2008. A hydrologically networked watershed model for evaluating AMD treatment scenarios. Proceedings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation25:1217-1231.

Ward, R. L., J. T. Anderson, and J. T. Petty. 2008. Effects of road crossings on stream and streamside salamanders. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:760-771.

Freund, J. G.* and J. T. Petty. 2007. Response of fish and macroinvertebrate bioindices to specific stressor levels in a mined Appalachian watershed. Environmental Management 39:707-720.

McClurg, S.*, J. T. Petty, and P. M. Mazik. 2007. Stream ecosystem response to limestone treatment in acid impacted watersheds of the Allegheny Plateau, West Virginia. Ecological Applications 17:1087-1104.

Merovich, G. T.*, Jr., and J. T. Petty. 2007. Interactive effects of multiple stressors and restoration priorities in a mined Appalachian watershed. Hydrobiologia 575:13-31.

Merovich, G. T.*, Jr., J. M. Stiles, J. T. Petty, P. F. Ziemkiewicz, and J. B. Fulton. 2007. Water chemistry based classification of streams and implications for stream restoration in mined Appalachian watersheds. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:1361-1369.

Petty, J. T.and G. D. Grossman. 2007. Size dependent territoriality of mottled sculpin in a southern Appalachian stream. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1750-1761.

Grossman, G. D., R. E. Ratajczak, J. T. Petty, M. D. Hunter, J. T. Peterson, and G. Grenouillet. 2006. Population dynamics of mottled sculpin in a variable environment: an information theoretic approach. Ecological Monographs 76:217-234.

Petty, J. T., and D. Thorne*. 2005. An ecologically based approach for identifying restoration priorities in acid impacted watersheds. Restoration Ecology. 13:348-357.

Petty J. T., Lamothe, P. J.*, and P. M. Mazik. 2005. Spatial and seasonal dynamics of brook trout populations inhabiting a central Appalachian watershed. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 134:572-587.

Petty, J. T., and Gary D. Grossman. 2004. Restricted movement by mottled sculpin in a southern Appalachian stream. Freshwater Biology49:631-645.