Michael T Booth

Aquatic ecology, fish biology, migration and dispersal, streams, limnology, invasive species

Bachelor of Science: University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, 2004 (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

Ph.D.: Cornell University Ithaca, NY, 2012 (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

01-01-2016 -11-15-2017 Senior Ecologist, United Water Conservation District, Santa Paula, CA

01-2013 -12-2015 Associate Ecologist, United Water Conservation District, Santa Paula, CA

10-2011 -01-2013 Associate Fisheries Biologist, United Water Conservation District, Santa Paula, CA

Grant: #Great Parks 2020 Grant Investigators:Booth, Michael 05-01-2020 -04-30-2021 Great Parks of Hamilton County Electrofishing Survey of the Campbell Lakes, Hamilton, Ohio - Great Parks Fisheries Surveys Role:PI $6,428.00 Awarded Level:Local Government

Grant: #ODNR Grant Investigators:Booth, Michael 07-01-2021 -06-30-2022 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Developing, validating, and applying fish habitat assessment methodology for littoral habitat in navigable waterbodies Role:PI 81464.00 Hold Level:Ohio, State of

Grant: #Contractual Research Request 2021 Investigators:Booth, Michael 06-28-2021 -11-30-2021 Great Parks of Hamilton County Mike Booth - Great Parks - Fisheries Surveys Role:PI 10013.00 Hold Level:Local Government

Grant: #Ohio WRC 2021 104(b) / USGS award G21AP10593 Investigators:Booth, Michael; Matter, Stephen 09-01-2021 -08-31-2022 U.S. Geological Survey Assessment of large woody debris as a low-cost best management practice for improving water quality in urban headwater streams Role:PI 39017.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #GR127668 Investigators:Booth, Michael 07-01-2022 -06-30-2023 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Developing, validating, and applying fish habitat assessment methodology for littoral habitat in boatable waterbodies Role:PI 0.00 Hold Level:Ohio, State of

Grant: #ODNR 24/25 Investigators:Booth, Michael 07-01-2023 -06-30-2024 Department of the Interior Assessing spatial relationships between littoral habitat availability and sport fish populations in Ohio reservoirs (Backdoor) Role:PI 99196.00 Hold Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Howard, S and Booth, M.T.  (2016). Range expansion of the Shimofuri goby (Tridentiger bifasciatus) in southern California, with emphasis on the Santa Clara River. California Fish and Game, 102 (2) , 45-49

Booth, M.T., Hairston, N. G. Jr., Flecker, A. S.  (2014). Is mobility a fixed trait? Summer movement patterns of catostomids using PIT telemetry. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 143 (4) , 1098-1111

Is mobility a fixed trait? Summer movement patterns of catostomids using PIT telemetry

Booth, M.T., Hairston, N. G. Jr., Flecker, A. S.  (2013). How mobile are fish populations? Diel movement, population turnover, and site fidelity in suckers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 70 (5) , 666-677

How mobile are fish populations? Diel movement, population turnover, and site fidelity in suckers

Booth, M.T and A. J. Shipley  (2012). Spatial dynamics and growth of two native catastomid species: are movements restricted?. Southwestern Naturalist, 57 (3) , 248-256

Capps, K. A., M. T. Booth, S. M. Collins, M. A. Davison, J. M. Moslemi, R. W. El-Sabaawi, J. L. Simonis, and A. S. Flecker  (2011). Nutrient diffusing substrata: a field comparison of commonly used methods to assess nutrient limitation. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 30 (2) , 522-532

Capps, K.A., C.B. Turner, M.T. Booth, D.L. Lombardozzi, S.H. McArt, D. Chai, and N.G. Hairston, Jr.  (2009). The behavioral and trophic ecology of an introduced fish, Gambusia affinis (Actinopterygii: Poeciliidae), and an endemic shrimp, Halocardina rubra (Malacostraca: Atyidae), in Hawaiian anchialine ponds. Pacific Science, 63 (1) , 27-37

Dagit, Rosi; Booth, Michael T; Gomez, Mauricio; Hovey, T H Y; Howard, Steve; Lewis, Scott D  (2020). Occurrences of Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in southern California, 1994-2018 . California Fish and Wildlife, 106 (1) , 39

Booth, Michael T.; Hairston, Nelson G.; Flecker, Alexander S.  (2020). Consumer movement dynamics as hidden drivers of stream habitat structure: suckers as ecosystem engineers on the night shift . Oikos, 129 (2) , 194More Information

Booth, Michael T.  (2020). Patterns and Potential Drivers of Steelhead Smolt Migration in Southern California . North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 40 (4) , 1032More Information

Booth, Michael T; Urbanic, Megan; Wang, Xia; Beaulieu, Jake J  (2021). Bioturbation frequency alters methane emissions from reservoir sediments . Science of the Total Environment, 789, 148033More Information

Hintz, Chelsea L.; Booth, Michael T.; Newcomer-Johnson, Tamara A.; Fritz, Ken M.; Buffam, Ishi  (2022). Urban buried streams: Abrupt transitions in habitat and biodiversity. Science of The Total Environment, 819, 153050More Information

Rowe, Annette; Urbanic, Megan; Trutschel, Leah; Shukle, John; Druschel, Gregory; Booth, Michael  (2022). Sediment Disturbance Negatively Impacts Methanogen Abundance but Has Variable Effects on Total Methane Emissions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13More Information

Electronic Journal

Dagit, Rosi; Booth, Michael T; Gomez, Mauricio; Hovey, T H Y; Howard, Steve; Lewis, Scott D (2020) Occurrences of Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in southern California, 1994-2018 .California Fish and Wildlife, 106 (1 ) ,

Booth, Michael T.; Hairston, Nelson G.; Flecker, Alexander S. (2020) Consumer movement dynamics as hidden drivers of stream habitat structure: suckers as ecosystem engineers on the night shift .Oikos, 129 (2 ) ,

Booth, Michael T. (2020) Patterns and Potential Drivers of Steelhead Smolt Migration in Southern California .North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 40 (4 ) ,

Booth, Michael T; Urbanic, Megan; Wang, Xia; Beaulieu, Jake J (2021) Bioturbation frequency alters methane emissions from reservoir sediments .Science of the Total Environment, 789 ,

Hintz, Chelsea L.; Booth, Michael T.; Newcomer-Johnson, Tamara A.; Fritz, Ken M.; Buffam, Ishi (2022) Urban buried streams: Abrupt transitions in habitat and biodiversity .Science of The Total Environment, 819 ,

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Phone: 513-556-6253
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