LAB MEMBERS - Curriculum Vitae, Bret C. Harvey

Present Position: Research Fish Biologist

Current address:
U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Redwood Sciences Laboratory
1700 Bayview Drive
Arcata, CA 95521-6098
         Telephone: 707+825-2926
FAX: 707+825-2901
Email: bch3@humboldt.edu




EDUCATION:
Institution Major Degree Graduation
University of Oklahoma Zoology Ph.D. 6/83 - 5/87
University of California, Davis Ecology M.S. 9/80 - 6/82
University of California, Davis Wildlife and
Fisheries Biology
B.S. 1/78 - 6/80
University of California,
San Diego
Biology --- 9/76 - 12/77

Ph.D. dissertation title: Larval stream fish mortality and multi-trophic level interactions among stream fishes.
Major professor: Dr. William J. Matthews
Specialty field: Aquatic ecology
Supporting fields: Ichthyology, Invertebrate zoology

Master's thesis title: The effects of suction gold dredging on fish and invertebrates in California foothill streams.
Major professor: Dr. Peter B. Moyle

AWARDS AND HONORS:
Weber State University Faculty Scholarship Awards

Participant in U.S. National Academy of Sciences/Romania Academy of Sciences Summer Program for Young Investigators in Ecology/Environmental Sciences

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Raney Award for Ichthyology

University of Oklahoma, Department of Zoology, Research Associateship

Graduation with Highest Honors, U.C. Davis

U. C. Davis, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Departmental Citation

U. C. Davis, Chancellor's "Outstanding Senior" award

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (1st year of membership):
American Fisheries Society (1980)

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (1983)

Ecological Society of America (1981)

North American Benthological Society (1981)

Sigma Xi (1987)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1996 - present
Humboldt State University (as adjunct professor): Graduate seminars in Fisheries (Fish 685): Field experiments in fish ecology (Spring 1996, Fall 2001, Fall 2004); The ecology of salmonids in streams: conventional wisdom vs. scientific evidence (Spring 1998). Graduate/Undergraduate seminars in Fisheries (Fish 495/685 and 580): Evaluation of Scientific Papers (Fall 1999)

1988 - 1993
Weber State University (as assistant/associate professor, two courses per quarter plus seminars): General zoology, Aquatic ecology, Ichthyology, Animal ecology

1983/1984
Teaching assistant, University of Oklahoma: Introductory zoology laboratory; Principles of ecology

1980/1981
Teaching assistant, U.C. Davis: Physiological ecology of wildlife; Field studies in fisheries biology

M.S. STUDENTS SUPERVISED (Humboldt State University):
Susan Corum, Carl Reese, Frederick (Rick) Rogers, Jason White

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
1993 - present
Forest Service research topics: The influence of physical processes and habitat features on salmonid density, growth rates, and movement; Interaction of introduced species and physical conditions on native fishes; Habitat-dependent biotic interactions among stream fishes.

1989 - 1992
Weber State research topics: Fish-habitat relationships in streams; Bird and mammal predation in aquatic systems; Fish-invertebrate interactions in small streams.

1992
Consultant for Utah State University project on the distribution of northern pike in the Green River, Utah.

Participant in National Academy of Sciences sponsored collaboration between U.S. and Romanian scientists in the Mississippi Delta.

1991
Three week reconnaissance of the Danube Delta with a team of 10 U.S. and 12 Romanian scientists (sponsored by U.S. National Academy of Sciences).

1987/88
Post-doctoral research fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Toxicology Lab: Improvement of toxicity testing procedures using minnow larvae; Mortality of larval stream fishes in headwater streams; Size- and habitat-dependent predation risk in stream fishes; Competition among stream fishes.

1986/87
Research assistant, O.U.: Potential interaction between striped bass and black bass in reservoir environments.

1985/86
Research associate, O.U.: Doctoral dissertation work on larval stream fish ecology and trophic interactions among stream fishes (National Science Foundation [NSF] Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant).

1984/85
Research assistant, O.U.: Multi-level effects of an algae-grazing minnow (Campostoma anomalum) on north temperate streams (NSF Project).

1983
Research assistant, O.U.: Physicochemical tolerance and selectivity of freshwater fishes (NSF Project). Foreign Fishery Observer, National Marine Fisheries Service: Monitored catch of Japanese fishing vessels in the Bering Sea.

1981/82
Research assistant, U.C. Davis: Assessment of fish populations and instream flow requirements in small streams; A survey of fishes of the Suisun Marsh, CA; Instream flow and microhabitat requirements of native California fishes.

Personal contract with Pacific Gas and Electric Company: Trout scale analysis, Big Sulphur Creek, CA geothermal area.

1980 - 1982
Graduate Student Assistant, California Department of Fish and Game: Study of suction mining effects on stream fish and invertebrates.

1979
Researcher, U.C. Davis: Study of the feeding habits of Sacramento pikeminnow (U.S. Forest Service contract).


SERVICE:
Associate Editor, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1997 - 2000

Editorial Board, Freshwater Biology, 2005 - present

Reviewer for: Archives für Hydrobiologie, Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture, California Fish & Game, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Copeia, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Environmental Protection Agency - Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Freshwater Biology, Journal of Environmental Quality, Journal of Fish Biology, National Science Foundation, Natural Resources Modeling, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Oecologia, Oikos, Rivers, Southwestern Naturalist, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, USDA external grants program, USDA Forest Service Fish Habitat Relationships Technical Bulletin

President, Humboldt Chapter American Fisheries Society (1995-1996)

Member, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Committee of Scientists (1994-1995)

Member, Weber State University Faculty Senate (1991-1992)

President, Weber State University chapter of Sigma Xi (1991-1992)

WSU Committees: Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Task Force, Writing Across the Curriculum


PUBLICATIONS (alphabetical by year):

Harvey, B. C., and S. F. Railsback. 2011. Effects of passage barriers on demographics and stability properties of a virtual trout population. River Research and Applications doi: 10.1002/rra.1574

Kinziger, A. P., R. J. Nakamoto, E. C. Anderson, and B. C. Harvey. 2011. Small founding number and low genetic diversity in an introduced species exhibiting limited invasion success (speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus). Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.8

Railsback, S. F., and B. C. Harvey. 2011. Importance of fish behaviour in modelling conservation problems: food limitation as an example. Journal of Fish Biology doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03050.x

Spence, B. C., W. G. Duffy, J. C. Garza, B. C. Harvey, S. M. Sogard, L. A. Weitkamp, T. H. Williams, and D. A. Boughton. 2011. Historical occurrence of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in streams of the Santa Cruz Mountain region of California: response to an Endangered Species Act petition to delist coho salmon south of San Francisco Bay. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-472. 113 p.

Harvey, B. C., and M. A. Wilzbach. 2010. Carcass addition does not enhance juvenile salmonid biomass, growth, or retention in six Northwestern California streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30: 1445-1451.

Hill, B. H., F. H. McCormick, B. C. Harvey, S. L. Johnson, M. L. Warren, and C. M. Elonen. 2010. Microbial enzyme activity, nutrient uptake and nutrient limitation in forested streams. Freshwater Biology 55: 1005-1019.

Harvey, B. C., and S. F. Railsback. 2009. Exploring the persistence of stream-dwelling trout populations under alternative real-world turbidity regimes with an individual-based model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138: 348-360.

Harvey, B. C., J. L. White and R. J. Nakamoto. 2009. The effect of deposited fine sediment on summer survival and growth of trout in riffles of a small stream. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29: 434-440.

Harvey, B. C., and J. L. White. 2008. Use of benthic prey by salmonids under turbid conditions in a laboratory stream. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 1756-1763.

Harvey, B. C., and S. F. Railsback. 2007. Estimating multi-factor cumulative watershed effects on fish populations with an individual-based model. Fisheries 32(6): 292-298.

White, J. L., and B. C. Harvey. 2007. Winter feeding success of stream trout under different streamflow and turbidity conditions. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136: 1187-1192.

Harvey, B. C., R. J. Nakamoto and J. L. White. 2006. Reduced streamflow lowers dry-season growth of rainbow trout in a small stream. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135: 998-1005.

Harvey, B. C., J. L. White and R. J. Nakamoto. 2005. Habitat-specific biomass, survival and growth of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during summer in a small coastal stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 650-658.

Railsback, S. F., B. C. Harvey, J. W. Hayse, and K. E. LaGory. 2005. Tests of theory for diel variation in salmonid feeding activity and habitat use. Ecology 86: 947-959.

Wilzbach, M. A., B. C. Harvey, J. L. White and R. J. Nakamoto. 2005. Effects of riparian canopy opening and salmon carcass addition on the abundance and growth of resident salmonids. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:58-67.

Harvey, B. C., J. L. White and R. J. Nakamoto. 2004. An emergent multiple predator effect may enhance biotic resistance in a stream fish assemblage. Ecology 85: 127-133.

Nakamoto, R. J., and B. C. Harvey. 2003. Spatial, seasonal and body size-dependent variation in the diet of introduced Sacramento pikeminnow in the Eel River, northwestern California. California Fish & Game 89:30-45.

Railsback, S. F., H. B. Stauffer and B. C. Harvey. 2003. What can habitat preference models tell us? Tests using a virtual trout population. Ecological Applications 13:1580-1594.

White, J. L., and B. C. Harvey. 2003. Basin-scale patterns in the drift of embryonic and larval fishes and lamprey ammocoetes in two coastal rivers. Environmental Biology of Fishes 67:369-378.

Harvey, B. C., J. L. White, and R. J. Nakamoto. 2002. Habitat relationships and larval drift of native and nonindigenous fishes in neighboring tributaries of a coastal California river. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:159-170.

Railsback, S. F., and B. C. Harvey. 2002. Comparison of salmonid habitat selection objectives in an individual-based model. Ecology 83:1817-1830.

Railsback, S. F., B. C. Harvey, R. H. Lamberson, D. E. Lee, N. J. Claasen, and S. Yoshihara. 2002. Population-level analysis and validation of an individual-based cutthroat trout model. Natural Resource Modeling 15: 83-110.

Reese, C. D., and B. C. Harvey. 2002. Temperature-dependent competition between juvenile steelhead and Sacramento pikeminnow. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:599-606.

Welsh, H. H., Jr., G. R. Hodgson, M. F. Roche, and B. C. Harvey. 2001. Distribution of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in relation to water temperatures in tributaries of a northern California watershed: determining management thresholds for an impaired cold-water adapted fauna. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:464-470.

White, J. L., and B. C. Harvey. 2001. Effects of introduced Sacramento pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus grandis, on native prickly sculpin, Cottus asper and coastrange sculpin, C. aleuticus, in a coastal river of northwestern California. Freshwater Biology 46:987-995.

Brown, L. R., A. M. Brasher, B. C. Harvey and M. Matthews. 1999. Success and failure of non-indigenous aquatic species in stream systems: case studies from California and Hawaii. pp. 415-430 in: Nonindigenous Fresh Water Organisms: Vectors, Biology, and Impacts. R. Claudi and J. H. Leach, editors. Lewis Publishers Inc., Boca Raton, Florida.

Harvey, B. C. and R. J. Nakamoto. 1999. Diel and seasonal movements of adult Sacramento pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis) in the Eel River, northwestern California. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 8:209-215.

Harvey, B. C., R. J. Nakamoto and J. L. White. 1999. The influence of large woody debris and a bankfull flood on movement of adult resident coastal cutthroat trout during fall and winter. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:2161-2166.

Harvey, B. C. and T. E. Lisle. 1999. Scour of chinook salmon redds on suction dredge tailings. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:613-617.

Railsback, S. F., R. H. Lamberson, B. C. Harvey, W. E. Duffy. 1999. Movement rules for individual-based models of stream fish. Ecological Modeling 123: 73-89.

White, J. L. and B. C. Harvey. 1999. Use of habitat by prickly sculpin, Cottus asper and coastrange sculpin, C. aleuticus, in the mainstem Smith River, northwestern California. Copeia 1999:371-375.

Harvey, B. C. 1998. Influence of large woody debris on retention, immigration and growth of coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) in stream pools. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:1902-1908.

Harvey, B. C. and T. E. Lisle. 1998. Effects of suction dredging on streams: a review and an evaluation strategy. Fisheries 23(8):8-17.

Harvey, B. C., and R. J. Nakamoto. 1997. Habitat-dependent interactions between two size-classes of juvenile steelhead in a small stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:27-31.

Harvey, B. C., and R. J. Nakamoto. 1996. Effects of steelhead density on growth of coho salmon in a small coastal California stream. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:237-243

Harvey, B. C., and C. D. Marti. 1993. The impact of dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, predation on stream benthos. Oikos 68:431-436

Matthews, W. J., B. C. Harvey, and M. E. Power. 1993. Spatial and temporal patterns in the fish assemblages of individual pools in a Midwestern (U.S.A.) stream. Environmental Biology of Fishes 39:381-397

Harvey, B. C. 1993. Benthic assemblages in Utah headwater streams with and without trout. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:896-900

Harvey, B. C., and W. R. Hill. 1991. Effects of fish and snails on benthic invertebrates in a headwater stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 10:263-270

Harvey, B. C. 1991. Interaction of biotic and abiotic factors influences larval fish survival in an Oklahoma stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:1476-1480

Harvey, B. C., and A. J. Stewart. 1991. Fish size and habitat depth relationships in headwater streams. Oecologia 87:336-342

Harvey, B. C. 1991. Interactions among stream fishes: predator-induced habitat shifts and larval survival. Oecologia 87:29-36

Hill, W. R., and B. C. Harvey. 1990. Periphyton responses to herbivores, predators, and light. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:2307-2314

Stewart, A. J., L. A. Kszos, B. C. Harvey, L. F. Wicker, G. J. Haynes and R. D. Bailey. 1990. Ambient toxicity dynamics: assessments using Ceriodaphnia dubia and fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) larvae in short-term tests. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 9:367-379

Haynes, G. J., A. J. Stewart and B. C. Harvey. 1989. Gender-dependent problems in toxicity tests with Ceriodaphnia dubia. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 43:271-279

Harvey, B. C., R. C. Cashner and W. J. Matthews. 1988. Differential effects of largemouth and smallmouth bass on habitat use by stoneroller minnows in stream pools. Journal of Fish Biology 33:481-487

Harvey, B. C. 1987. Susceptibility of young-of-the-year stream fishes to downstream displacement by flooding. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 116:851-855

Harvey, B. C. 1986. The effects of suction gold dredging on fish and invertebrates in California foothill streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 6:401-409

Matthews, W. J., F. P. Gelwick and B. C. Harvey. 1986. Etheostoma radiosum (Orangebelly Darter) in the Washita River system in Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 66:39-40