Government Reports

List and links to my government reports

2024

Information Components to Inform Section 73 of the Species at Risk Act for Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus) and Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis), and Review of the Proposed Cumulative Effects Assessment Framework - Ontario Highway 413 Project

  • Authors: Emma E. Hodgson, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Cindy Chu, Julia E. Colm, Roanne Collins, Roland Cormier, D. Andrew R. Drake, Haitham Ghamry, Paul Grant, Marten A. Koops, Karl A. Lamothe, Cathryn Clarke Murray, Drew Cheston, Brandi Mogg, Chris Strand, Brianna Wyn, Amy Boyko, Jessica Epp-Martindale, Scott Reid, Nicholas Mandrak, Gabriel Bernard-Lacaille, Justin Shead, and Joclyn E. Paulic
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Response 2024/036

Summary of Targeted Sampling for Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis) in Sixteen Mile Creek, Ontario, 2022

  • Authors: Lianna S. Lopez, Kayla D. Bruce, Karl A. Lamothe, Julia E. Colm, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: DFO Data Report for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1383: vi + 27 p.

2023

Power to Detect Changes in Occupancy and Abundance of Rare, Imperfectly Detected Species using Single-Season Hierarchical Models

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe, Adam S. van der Lee, Scott M. Reid, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Manuscript Report for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3271: v + 27 p.

Considerations Around Effort and Power for an Occupancy-based Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus) Monitoring Program across Spatial and Temporal Scales

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe, Scott M. Reid, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Report 2023/021
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2023/034

Decision Support Framework for the Conservation Translocation of SARA-listed Freshwater Fishes and Mussels

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe, Todd J. Morris, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Report 2022/46
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2022/64

2022

Estimating Pool Habitat Availability for Allocating Monitoring Effort and Refining Population Estimates for SARA-listed Stream Fishes

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe, Julia E. Colm, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3236: vii + 17 p.

2021

Habitat Associations of Redside Dace Informed by the Ontario Aquatic Ecosystem Classification

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe, Nicholas E. Jones, Bastian J. Schmidt, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3233: iii + 19 p.

Ecological Impact of Water-Level Drawdown on Lake Chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta) in the St. Clair National Wildlife Area

  • Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Response 2021/012

2020

Updated Guidelines for the Removal of Aquatic Vegetation within Spotted Gar Critical Habitat

  • Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Response 2020/034

2012

Determination of Incorporation of Florida Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus) Alleles in Northern Largemouth Bass (Micropterus s. salmoides) Populations of Several Arkansas Reservoirs using Microsatellite Analysis

  • Authors: Ronald L. Johnson and Karl Lamothe
  • Outlet: Report to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

In Preparation

Summary of Targeted Sampling for Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in the Ausable River, Ontario: 2007 and 2017

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe, Alan J. Dextrase, Jason Barnucz, Robin C. Gáspárdy, Kari Jean, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Data Report for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Updated Recovery Potential Assessment of Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in Ontario (Southwestern Ontario and West Lake Designatable Units), 2010-2022

  • Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Response

Evaluating the Ecological Benefits, Feasibility, and Risks of an Experimental Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) Reintroduction in Ontario

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe, Adam S. van der Lee, and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Report
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document

Considerations for the Design of a SARA-listed Freshwater Fish Monitoring Program in Point Pelee National Park

  • Authors: Karl A. Lamothe and D. Andrew R. Drake
  • Outlet: DFO Canadian Manuscript Report for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences