Edward Rutherford

• Dufour, E., T,O. Hook, W.P. Patterson, and E.S. Rutherford. In press. High-resolution isotope analysis of age-0 alewife Alosa pseudoharengus otoliths: assessment of temporal resolution and reconstruction of habitat occupancy and thermal history. Journal of Fish Biology.
• Adlerstein, S.A., E.S. Rutherford, R.M. Claramunt, D.F. Clapp and J.A. Clevenger. 2008. Seasonal movements of Chinook salmon in Lake Michigan based on tag recoveries from recreational fisheries and catch rates in gill net assessments Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138 (3):137-150.
• Hook, T.O., E.S. Rutherford, T.E. Croley, D.M. Mason and C.P. Madenjian. 2008. Annual variation in habitat-specific recruitment success: implications from an individual-based model of Lake Michigan alewife. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:1402-1412.
• Hook, T.O., E.S. Rutherford, G.S. Carter, and D.M. Mason. 2007. Hatch dates, growth, survival and over-winter mortality of age-0 alewives in Lake Michigan: Implications for habitat-specific recruitment success. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1298-1312.
• Beletsky, D., D.M. Mason, D.J. Schwab, E.S. Rutherford, J. Janssen, D.F. Clapp, and J. Dettmers. 2007. Biophysical model of larval yellow perch advection and settlement in Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res. 33 (4):842-866.
• Adlerstein, S.A., E.S. Rutherford, J.A. Clevenger, J.E. Johnson, D.F. Clapp, and A.P. Woldt. 2007. Lake Trout Movements in US Waters of Lake Huron Interpreted from Coded Wire Tag Recoveries in Recreational Fisheries. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:186-201.
• Godby, N.A., Jr., E.S. Rutherford, and D.M. Mason. 2007. Diet, consumption, growth, survival, and production of juvenile steelhead in a Lake Michigan tributary. North American Journal of Fisheries Management Vol. 27:578-592.
• Wang, H-Y, E.S. Rutherford, H.A. Cook, D.W. Einhouse, R.C. Haas, T.B. Johnson, R. Kenyon, B. Locke, M.W. Turner. 2007. Movement of Walleye in Lakes Erie and St. Clair Inferred from Tag Return and Fisheries Data. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society Vol. 136:539-551.
• Ruetz, C.R., III, D.G. Uzarski, D.M. Krueger, and E.S. Rutherford. 2007. Sampling a littoral fish assemblage: comparing small-mesh fyke netting and boat electrofishing. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 27:825-831.
• Adlerstein, S.A., E.S. Rutherford, D. Clapp, J.A. Clevenger and J.E. Johnson. 2007. Estimating seasonal movements of Chinook salmon in Lake Huron from efficiency analysis of coded wire tag recoveries from recreational fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27(3):792-803.
• Tyler, J.A., and E.S. Rutherford. 2007. River Restoration Effects on Steelhead Populations in the Manistee River, Michigan: Analysis using an Individual-Based Model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 163(6):1654-1673.
• Hook, T.O., M.J. McCormick, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. Mason and G.S. Carter. 2006. Short-term water mass movements in Lake Michigan: implications for larval fish transport. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:728-737.
• Kotchen, M.J., M.R. Moore, F. Lupi and E.S. Rutherford. 2006. Environmental Constraints on Hydropower: An Ex-Post Benefit-Cost Analysis of Dam Relicensing in Michigan. J. Land Economics 82(3):384-403.
• Plattner, S., D.M. Mason, G.A. Leshkevich, D.J. Schwab and E.S. Rutherford. 2006. Classifying and forecasting coastal upwellings in Lake Michigan using satellite derived temperature images and buoy data. J. Great Lakes Research 32:63-76.
• Creque, S.M., E.S. Rutherford and T.G. Zorn. 2005. Use of GIS-derived landscape-scale habitat features to explain spatial patterns of fish density in Michigan Rivers. North Ameican Journal of Fisheries Management. 25(4):1411-1425.
• Dufour, E., W.P. Patterson, T.O. Hook, and E.S. Rutherford. 2005. Early life history of Lake Michigan alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) inferred from intra-otolith stable isotope ratios. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62(10):2362-2370.
• Madenjian, C.P., T.O. Hook, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. Mason, T. Croley, II, E.S. Szalai,and J.R. Bence. 2005.Recruitment Variability of Alewives in Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134(1):218-230.
• Bartron, M.L., D.R. Swank, E.S. Rutherford, and K.T. Scribner. 2004. Methodological bias in estimates of strain composition and straying rates of hatchery-produced steelhead in Lake Michigan tributaries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1288-1299.
• Hook, T., E.S. Rutherford, S.J. Brines, D.J. Schwab, and M.J. McCormick. 2004. Relationships between surface water temperature and steelhead distributions in Lake Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:211-221.
• Horne, B.D., E.S. Rutherford, and K.W. Wehrly. 2004. Simulating effects of hydro-dam alteration on thermal regime and wild steelhead recruitment in the Manistee River, Michigan. River Research and Applications 20:185-203.
• Rutherford, E.S., K.A. Rose, and J.H. Cowan, Jr. 2003. Evaluation of the Shepherd and Cushing (1980) model of density-dependent survival: a case study using striped bass (Morone saxatilis) larvae in the Potomac River, Maryland, USA. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60:1275-1287.
• Hook, T.O., E.S. Rutherford, S.J. Brines, D.M. Mason, D.J. Schwab, and M.J. McCormick, G.W. Fleischer, T.J. DeSorcie, T.J., and W.G. Sprules, W.G. 2003. Spatially explicit measures of production of young alewives in Lake Michigan: Linkage between essential fish habitat and recruitment. Estuaries 26(1):21-29.
• Hook, T.O., E.S. Rutherford, S.J. Brines, C.A. Geddes, D.M. Mason, D.J. Schwab, and G.W. Fleischer. 2003. Landscape scale measures of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) bioenergetic growth rate potential in Lake Michigan and comparison with catch rates. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 30:545-556.
• Madenjian, C. P., G.L. Fahnenstiel, T.H. Johengen, T.F. Nalepa, H.A. Vanderploeg, G.W. Fleischer, P.J. Schneeberger, D.M. Benjamin, E.B. Smith, J.R. Bence, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. Lavis, D.M. Robertson, D.J. Jude, and M.P. Ebener.. 2002. Dynamics of the Lake Michigan food web, 1970-2000. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59.736-753.
• Rutherford, E.S., K.A. Rose, J.L. Forney, E.L. Mills, C.M. Mayer and L.G. Rudstam. 1999. Individual-based model simulations of a zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) induced energy shunt on walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) populations in Oneida Lake, NY. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:2168-2160.
• Rose, K.A., Rutherford, E.S., Forney, J.L., Mills, E.L., and SinghDermott, D. 1999. Individual-based model of yellow perch and walleye populations in Oneida Lake, New York. Ecological Monographs 69:127-154.
• Rutherford, E.S., E.D. Houde, and R.M. Nyman. 1997. Relationship of larval-stage growth and mortality to recruitment of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries 20:174-198.
• Rutherford, E.S., and Houde, E.D. 1995. The influence of temperature on cohort-specific growth, survival and recruitment of larval striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in Chesapeake Bay. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 93:315-332.
• Cowan, J.H., Jr., Rose, K.A., Rutherford, E.S., and Houde, E.D.. 1993. Individual-based model of young-of-the-year striped bass population dynamics. II. Factors affecting recruitment in the Potomac River, Maryland. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122:439-458.
• Houde, E.D., and Rutherford, E.S.. 1993. Recent trends in estuarine fisheries: Predictions of fish production and yield. Estuaries. 16(2):161-176.
• Rutherford, E. S., Tilmant, J.T., Thue, E.B., and Schmidt, T.W.. 1989. Fishery harvest and population dynamics of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Florida Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 44:108-125.
• Rutherford, E. S., Tilmant, J.T., Thue, E.B., and Schmidt, T.W.. 1989. Fishery harvest and population dynamics of gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus, in Florida Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 44:139-154.
• Rutherford, E. S., Schmidt, T.W., and Tilmant, J.T.. 1989. Early life history of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, and gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus, in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida. Fishery Bulletin 44:49-64.
• Tilmant, J.T., Rutherford, E.S., and Thue, E.B. 1989. Fishery harvest and population dynamics of the common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) from Florida Bay and adjacent waters. Abstract In: Symposium on Florida Bay, a subtropical lagoon. Bulletin of Marine Science 44:52:53
• Scott, J. P., Dewey, R.R., Hansen, L.J., Owen, R.E., and Rutherford, E.S.. 1989. How many mullet are there in Florida Bay? Bulletin of Marine Science 44:89-107.
• Iversen, E.S., Rutherford, E.S., Bannerot, S.P., and Jory, D.E. 1987. Biological data on Berry Islands, (Bahamas) queen conchs, Strombus gigas, with mariculture and fisheries management implications. Fishery Bulletin 85:299-310

Refereed Book Chapters, Conference Proceedings, Reports:
• Rutherford, E.S., and E.R. Marshall. 2007. Development of Environmental Objectives to support Fish Community Objectives for Lake Michigan. Report to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
• Rutherford, E.S. 2007. Chapter "Tributary and Nearshore Fishery Habitats". In: Lake Michigan State of the Lake 2005, published by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
• Rutherford, E.S., C.A. Geddes, and M. Kimura. Final Report: "Lake Erie Aquatic Habitat Geographic Information System" to Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
• Beletsky, D., D.J. Schwab, D.M.Mason, E.S. Rutherford, M.J. McCormick, H. Vanderploeg, and J. Janssen. Modeling the transport of larval yellow perch in Lake Michigan. Proceedings of Estuarine and Coastal Management Conference, 2003.
• Rutherford, E.S. 2002. The unique contributions of early life history stages to fisheries management. Ch. 9, In L. Fuiman and R.G. Werner (eds.), The Unique Contributions of Early Life Stages to Fisheries Science. Blackwell Science, London.
• Woldt, A.P., and E.S. Rutherford. 2002. Production of young steelhead in two central Lake Michigan tributaries. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report 2060. Ann Arbor.
• Rose, K. A., J. A. Tyler, D. Singh Dermott, and E. S. Rutherford. 1996. Multispecies modeling of fish populations. pp. 194-222. In: B.A. Megrey and E. Moksness [eds.], Computers in Fisheries Research. Chapman and Hall, London.
• Rask, M., van Densen, W., Lehtonen, H., and Rutherford, E.S. (editors). 1995. Percis II. The second international percid fish symposium, Vaasa Finland, 21-25 August, 1995. Annales Zoologici Fennici Vol. 33 (3-4).
• Rutherford, E.S. 1997. Evaluation of natural reproduction, stocking rates, and fishing regulations for steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss, chinook salmon O. tschawystscha, and coho salmon (O. keta) in Lake Michigan. Final Report Project No. F-35-R-22, study 650, to Federal Aid for Sport Fish Restoration. 29 pp.
• Houde, E.D., E.S. Rutherford, and S.D. Leach. 1996. Interactions among environmental factors and recruitment potential in striped bass. Reference No.[UMCEES]CBL 96-107, Contract No. CB94-011-002 to Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Chesapeake Bay Research and Monitoring Division. 214 pp.