Keith H. Nislow

Ph.D. Dartmouth College

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Research Fishery Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station

Dr. Nislow conducts research on the relationship between land use, aquatic habitat, and the distribution, abundance of fish and aquatic invertebrates. Specializing in establishing explicit, mechanistic links between environmental variation with the behavior, growth, and survival of stream salmonid fishes, Dr. Nislow is particularly interested in using basic science to assist restoration, conservation, and management. Dr. Nislow currently serves as a technical adviser to the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, and the Green and White Mountain National Forests, and as an Associate Editor of the North American Journal of Fisheries Management.

Current Projects:

• Bioenergetics approaches to habitat suitability modeling for juvenile salmonids
• Effects of stream restoration on habitats, invertebrates, and fish
• Relative importance of environmental vs. heritable variation in juvenile Atlantic salmon performance
• Using genetic and stable isotope markers to understand Atlantic salmon movement and dispersal between habitats
• Effects of logging history on brook trout populations

Selected Recent Publications:

Nislow, K.H., Folt, C.L. and D.L. Parrish. 2000. A spatially-explicit bioenergetics analysis of habitat suitability for juvenile Atlantic salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129(5): 1067-1081

Kennedy, B.P., Blum, J.D., Folt, C.L., and K.H. Nislow. 2000. Using natural strontium isotopes as fish markers: methodology and application. 67(11): 2280-2292.

Nislow, K.H., Folt, C.L. and D.L. Parrish. 1999. Favorable foraging locations for age-0 Atlantic salmon: application to the restoration of populations and habitats. Ecological Applications 9: 1085-1099

Nislow, K.H., Folt, C.L. and M. Seandel. 1998. Food and foraging behavior in relation to microhabitat use and survival of age-0 Atlantic salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55: 116-127.