Keith Nislow

NE CASC Principal Investigator
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Conservation
Fish and Wildlife Habitat Relationships Team Leader of USDA-Forest Service Northern Research Station
Research Fisheries Biologist of USDA-Forest Service Northern Research Station

Consortium Institution: 

University of Massachusetts

Education: 

Ph.D.: Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1997
M.S.: Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1990
B.S.: University Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1988

Website: 

http://eco.umass.edu/people/faculty/nislow-keith/

Experience: 

Fish and Wildlife Habitat Relationships Team Leader, USDA-Forest Service Northern Research Station, 2005 to present
Research Fisheries Biologist, USDA-Forest Service Northern Research Station, 1999 to present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1999 to present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 1999 to present
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 1997- 1999

Recent Publications

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Fish assemblage production estimates in Appalachian streams across a latitudinal and temperature gradient, Myers, Bonnie J. E., C. Dolloff Andrew, Webster Jackson R., Nislow Keith H., Fair Brandon, and Rypel Andrew L. , Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Jan-01-2018, Volume 27, Issue 1, p.363 - 377, (2018)
Experimental test of genetic rescue in isolated populations of brook trout, Robinson, Zachary L., Coombs Jason A., Hudy Mark, Nislow Keith H., Letcher Benjamin H., and Whiteley Andrew R. , Molecular Ecology, Jan-09-2017, Volume 26, Issue 17, p.4418 - 4433, (2017)
Changes in seasonal climate outpace compensatory density-dependence in eastern brook trout, Bassar, Ronald D., Letcher Benjamin H., Nislow Keith H., and Whiteley Andrew R. , Global Change Biology, 02/2016, Volume 22, Issue 2, p.577 - 593, (2016)
A hierarchical model of daily stream temperature using air-water temperature synchronization, autocorrelation, and time lags, Letcher, Benjamin H., Hocking Daniel J., O’Neil Kyle, Whiteley Andrew R., Nislow Keith H., and O’Donnell Matthew J. , PeerJ, Jan-01-2016, Volume 4, p.e1727, (2016)
Immediate changes in stream channel geomorphology, aquatic habitat, and fish assemblages following dam removal in a small upland catchment, Magilligan, F, Nislow Keith H., Kynard B, and Hackman A , Geomorphology, Jan-01-2016, Volume 252, (2016)
The role of chronic and episodic disturbances on channel-hillslope coupling: the persistence and legacy of extreme floods, Dethier, Evan, Magilligan Francis J., Renshaw Carl E., and Nislow Keith H. , Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, May-11-2016, Volume 41, Issue 10, (2016)
Environmental Factors Affecting Brook Trout Occurrence in Headwater Stream Segments, Kanno, Yoichiro, Letcher Benjamin H., Rosner Ana L., O’Neil Kyle P., and Nislow Keith H. , Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 03/2015, Volume 144, p.373 - 382, (2015)
Facing Climate Change in Forests and Fields, Daniels, Amy, Shaw Nancy, Peterson Dave, Nislow Keith H., Tomosy Monica, and Rowland Mary , The Wildlife Society News, (2014)
Making Decisions in Complex Landscapes: Headwater Stream Management Across Multiple Federal Agencies, Katz, Rachel, Grant Evan H. Campbel, Runge Michael C., Connery Bruce, Crockett Marquette, Herland Libby, Johnson Sheila, Kirk Dawn, Wofford Jeb, Bennett Rick, et al. , Headwater Streams - Structured Decision Making Workshops, (2014)
Ranking Site Vulnerability to Increasing Temperatures in Southern Appalachian Brook Trout Streams in Virginia: An Exposure-Sensitivity Approach, Trumbo, Bradly A., Nislow Keith H., Stallings Jonathan, Hudy Mark, Smith Eric P., Kim Dong-Yun, Wiggins Bruce, and Dolloff Charles A. , Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 01/2014, Volume 143, p.173 - 187, (2014)
Riparian Prioritization and Status Assessment for Climate Change Resilience of Coldwater Stream Habitats within the Appalachian and Northeastern Regions, Coombs, Jason A., and Nislow Keith H. , 08/2014, (2014)
Robust estimates of environmental effects on population vital rates: an integrated capture-recapture model of seasonal brook trout growth, survival and movement in a stream network, Letcher, Benjamin H., Schueller Paul, Bassar Ronald D., Nislow Keith H., Coombs Jason A., Sakrejda Krzysztof, Morrissey Michael, Sigourney Douglas B., Whiteley Andrew R., O’Donnell Matthew J., et al. , Journal of Animal Ecology, 11/2014, p.n/a - n/a, (2014)
Context-specific influence of water temperature on brook trout growth rates in the field, XU, CAILIN, Letcher Benjamin H., and Nislow Keith H. , Freshwater Biology, 04/2010, p.no - no, (2010)
Size-dependent survival of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis in summer: effects of water temperature and stream flow, XU, CAILIN, Letcher Benjamin H., and Nislow Keith H. , Journal of Fish Biology, 06/2010, Volume 76, p.2342 - 2369, (2010)
Population Response to Habitat Fragmentation in a Stream-Dwelling Brook Trout Population, Letcher, Benjamin H., Nislow Keith H., Coombs Jason A., O’Donnell Matthew J., and Dubreuil Todd L. , PLoS ONE, 11/2007, Volume 2, p.e1139, (2007)
Mechanistic Linkage of Hydrologic Regime to Summer Growth of Age-0 Atlantic Salmon, Nislow, Keith H., Sepulveda A. J., and Folt C. L. , Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1/2004, Volume 133, p.79 - 88, (2004)
Phosphorus flux due to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in an oligotrophic upland stream: effects of management and demography, Nislow, Keith H., Armstrong John D., and McKelvey Simon , Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2004, Volume 61, p.2401 - 2410, (2004)