Paul Angermeier

About

Professor Paul Angermeier is a faculty member in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation department at Virginia Tech. His research broadly focuses on the ecology and conservation of freshwater ecosystems, with particular emphasis on the population dynamics of imperiled fishes, habitat associations of stream fishes, ecosystem services provided by watersheds, use of biotic communities to assess water quality, and impacts of invasive species. His work applies multiple analytical approaches, including field surveys, experiments, and simulations, across various spatial scales such as regional landscapes, watersheds, stream reaches, and habitat patches. The overarching goal of his research is to advance scientific understanding of how ecosystems operate and to make this knowledge accessible to resource managers and stakeholders to promote sustainability.

Research topics

• Ecology
• Biology
• Geotechnical engineering
• Geomorphology
• Cartography
• Environmental science
• Geography
• Geology

Selected publications

• Global review reveals how disparate study motivations, analytical designs, and focal ions limit understanding of salinization effects on freshwater animals

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2023 · 17 citations

  . Collectively, concentrations of the ions examined typically spanned five orders of magnitude. Species' invasiveness was a key motivation for studying mollusks, crustaceans, and fishes; threats of urbanization and road salts were key motivations for studying NAI, zooplankton, and amphibians. Laboratory studies were more common than field studies for most taxa. Focal life stages in laboratory studies varied widely but juveniles and adults were represented similarly in field studies. Studies of m…

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• Remaining populations of an upland stream fish persist in refugia defined by habitat features at multiple scales

  Diversity and Distributions · 2018-12-17 · 12 citations

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  Abstract Aim Conserving stream biota could require strategies that preserve habitats conveying resistance to ecological impacts of changing land use and climate. Retrospective analyses of species’ responses to anthropogenic disturbances can inform such strategies. We developed a hierarchical framework to contrast environmental conditions underlying persistence versus extirpation of an imperilled stream fish, Candy Darter ( Etheostoma osburni ), over decades of changing land use. The decline of E…

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• Macroinvertebrate sensitivity thresholds for sediment in Virginia streams

  Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management · 2018-07-19 · 12 citations

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  Sediment is the most commonly identified pollutant associated with macroinvertebrate community impairments in freshwater streams nationwide. Management of this physical stressor is complicated by the multiple measures of sediment available (e.g., suspended, dissolved, bedded) and the variability in natural "healthy" sediment loadings across ecoregions. Here we examine the relative importance of 9 sediment parameters on macroinvertebrate community health as measured by the Virginia Stream Conditi…

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• Size‐structured habitat selection by arapaima in floodplain lakes of the Lower Amazon

  Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · 2018-12-01 · 11 citations

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  Abstract Human modification of floodplain ecosystems is widespread and a major threat to fish populations, particularly in the tropics where fish diversity and rates of floodplain degradation are high. Identifying measures to minimize the susceptibility of floodplain fishes to habitat modification requires understanding dry‐season lake habitat selection for species of conservation concern. This study examined the effects of environmental factors on dry‐season floodplain lake habitat selection by…

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• Exploring relationships among stream health, human well-being, and demographics in Virginia, USA

  Ecological Indicators · 2020-12-09 · 10 citations

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  Quantification of empirical relationships between ecosystem health and human well-being is uncommon at broad spatial scales. We used public data for Virginia (USA) counties to examine pairwise correlations among two indicators of stream health, thirteen indicators of human well-being, and four demographic metrics. Our indicators of stream health included the Virginia Stream Condition Index (VSCI) and the percentage of stream kilometers with a fish consumption advisory (%FCA); these measures are…

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Frequent coauthors

• James H. Roberts

  Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

  35 shared

• Eric M. Hallerman

  Virginia Tech

  23 shared

• Emmanuel A. Frimpong

  Virginia Tech

  19 shared

• Amy M. Villamagna

  19 shared

• Richard J. Neves

  Marine Conservation Institute

  17 shared

• Matthew Winston

  14 shared

• Amanda E. Rosenberger

  Tennessee Technological University

  13 shared

• C. Andrew Dolloff

  Virginia Tech

  12 shared

Labs

• Paul Angermeier LabPI

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