Government Reports

List and links to my government reports

2024

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