Dr. Brian Irwin

Book Chapters

Rudstam, L. G., J. R. Jackson, A. J. VanDeValk, T. E. Brooking, W. W. Fetzer, B. J. Irwin, and J. L. Forney. 2016. Walleye and yellow perch in Oneida Lake. Pages 319-354 in L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson, and D. J. Stewart, editors. Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and its Fisheries.

Irwin, B. J., L. G. Rudstam, J. R. Jackson, A. J. VanDeValk, and J. L. Forney. 2016. Long-term trends in the fish community of Oneida Lake: analysis of the zebra mussel invasion. Pages 375-396 in L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson, and D. J. Stewart, editors. Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and its Fisheries.

Fitzgerald, D. G., L. G. Rudstam, J. M. Casselman, B. J. Irwin, D. G. Fielder, T. J. Paoli, and C. E. Kraft. 2016. Fish community response to environmental perturbations: comparison of Oneida Lake with three Bays of the Great Lakes. Pages 497-524 in L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson, and D. J. Stewart, editors. Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and its Fisheries.

Bringolf, R. A., B. J. Irwin, and K. A. Kellock. 2015. Factors associated with intersex Largemouth Bass from impoundments in the southeastern United States. Pages 311-318 in M. D. Tringali, J. M. Long, T. W. Birdsong, and M. S. Allen. Black bass diversity: multidisciplinary science for conservation. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 82, Bethesda, MD.

Peer-reviewed articles

Nagy, A. J., M. C. Freeman, B. J. Irwin, and S. J. Wenger. 2024. Life-history connections to long-term fish population trends in a species-rich temperate river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 33(2):e12767. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12767

Irwin, B. J., M. M. Tomamichel, M. E. Frischer, R. J. Hall, A. D. E. Davis, T. H. Bliss, P. Rohani, and J. E. Byers. 2024 (available online 2023). Managing the Threat of Infectious Disease for Sustainable Seafood Production. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22(2):e2695. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2695

Baker, M.A., E.C. Ingram, D. L. Higginbotham, B.J. Irwin, and A.G. Fox. 2023. Refining capture-recapture recruitment estimation methods for Atlantic sturgeon. Endangered Species Research 51: 203-214. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01250

TenHarmsel, H. J., B. B. Boley, B. J. Irwin, and C. A. Jennings. 2021. Perceived constraints and negotiations to trout fishing in Georgia based on angler specialization level. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:115-129. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10540

TenHarmsel, H. J., B. B. Boley, B. J. Irwin, and C. A. Jennings. 2019. An importance–satisfaction analysis of trout license holders in Georgia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39(6):1227-1241. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10353

Vidal, T., B. J Irwin, C. P. Madenjian, and S. J. Wenger. 2019. Age truncation of alewife in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 45(5):958-968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2019.06.006

Deroba, J. J., S. K. Gaichas, M. Lee, R. G. Feeney, D. Boelke, and B. J. Irwin. 2019. The dream and the reality: meeting decision-making time frames while incorporating ecosystem and economic models into management strategy evaluation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(7):1112-1133. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0128

Feeney, R. G., D. V. Boelke, J. J. Deroba, S. Gaichas, B. J. Irwin, and M. Lee. 2019. Integrating management strategy evaluation into fisheries management: advancing best practices for stakeholder inclusion based on an MSE for Northeast U.S. Atlantic herring. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(7):1103-1111. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0125

Vidal T. E., B. J. Irwin, T. Wagner, L. G. Rudstam, J. R. Jackson, J. R. Bence. 2017. Using variance structure to quantify responses to perturbation in fish catches. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 146:583-594 [FEATURED ARTICLE]. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2017.1301992

Robert L. Kendall Award for the Best Paper in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society for 2017 (Awarded 2018)

Wagner, T., S. R. Midway, T. Vidal, B. J. Irwin, and J. R. Jackson. 2016. Detecting unusual temporal patterns in fisheries time series data. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145:786-794. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1150879

Midway, S. R., T. Wagner, J. D. Zydlewski, B. J. Irwin, and C. P. Paukert. 2016. Transboundary fisheries science: meeting the challenges of inland fisheries management in the 21st century. Fisheries 41(9):536-546. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2016.1208090

Paukert, C. P., B. A. Glazer, G. J. A. Hansen, B. J. Irwin, P. C. Jacobson, J. L. Kershner, B. L. Shuter, J. E. Whitney, and A. E. Lynch. 2016. Adapting fisheries management to a changing climate. Fisheries 41(7):374-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2016.1185009

Kramer, D. W., T. J. Prebyl, J. H. Stickles, D. A. Osborn, B. J. Irwin, N. P. Nibbelink, R. J. Warren, and K. V. Miller. 2016. Using GPS telemetry to determine roadways most susceptible to deer-vehicle collisions. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3:253-260.

Keiter, D. A., F. L. Cunningham, O. E. Rhodes, Jr., B. J. Irwin, and J. C. Beasley. 2016. Optimization of scat detection methods for a social ungulate, the wild pig, and experimental evaluation of factors affecting detection of scat. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155615

Dawson, H. A., M. L. Jones, B. J. Irwin, N. S. Johnson, C. M. Wagner, and M. Szymanski. 2016. Management strategy evaluation of a new control tactic to manage invasive fish. Natural Resource Modeling 29(3):448-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12096

Tsehaye, I., M. L. Jones, B. J. Irwin, D. G. Fielder, J. E. Breck, and D. R. Luukkonen. 2015. A predictive model to inform adaptive management of double-crested cormorants and fisheries in Michigan. Natural Resource Modeling 28(3): 348-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12071

Jones, M. L., T. O. Brenden, and B. J. Irwin. 2015. Re-examination of sea lamprey control policies for the St. Marys River: completion of an adaptive management cycle. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(10): 1538-1551. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0567

Cohen, B. S., E. H. Belser, C. H. Killmaster, J. W. Bowers, B. J. Irwin, M. J. Yabsley, and K. V. Miller. 2015. Epizootiology of cranial abscess disease in white-tailed deer of Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51(3): 609-618. https://doi.org/10.7589/2014-05-129

Perles, S. J., T. Wagner, B. J. Irwin, D. R. Manning, K. K. Callahan, and M. R. Marshall 2014. Evaluation of a regional monitoring program’s statistical power to detect temporal trends in forest health indicators. Environmental Management 54:641-655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0313-z

Stevens, K, B. Irwin, D. Kramer, and G. Urquhart. 2014. Impact of increasing market access on a tropical small-scale fishery. Marine Policy 50:46-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.05.007

Irwin, B. J., and M. J. Conroy. 2013. Consideration of reference points for the management of renewable resources under an adaptive management paradigm. Environmental Conservation 40:302-309. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892913000222

Wagner, T., B. J. Irwin, J. R. Bence, and D. B. Hayes. 2013. Detecting temporal trends in freshwater fisheries surveys: statistical power and the important linkages between management questions and monitoring objectives. Fisheries 38:309-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2013.799466

Irwin, B. J., T. Wagner, J. R. Bence, M. V. Kepler, W. Liu, and D. B. Hayes. 2013. Estimating spatial and temporal components of variation for fisheries count data using negative binomial mixed models. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142:171-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2012.728163

Irwin, B. J., W. Liu, J. R. Bence, and M. L. Jones. 2012. Defining economic injury levels for sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes Basin. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32:760-771. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2012.685140

Irwin, B. J., M. J. Wilberg, M. L. Jones, and J. R. Bence. 2011. Applying structured decision making to recreational fisheries management. Fisheries 36(3):113-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2011.10389083

Jones, M. L., B. J. Irwin, G. J. A. Hansen, H. A. Dawson, A. J. Treble, W. Liu, W. Dai, and J. R. Bence. 2009. An operating model for the integrated pest management of Great Lakes sea lampreys. The Open Fish Science Journal 2:59-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874401X00902010059

Irwin, B. J., L. G. Rudstam, J. R. Jackson, A. J. VanDeValk, J. L. Forney, and D. G. Fitzgerald. 2009. Depensatory mortality, density-dependent growth, and delayed compensation: disentangling the interplay of mortality, growth, and density during early life stages of yellow perch. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:99-110. https://doi.org/10.1577/T07-256.1

Wilberg, M. J., B. J. Irwin, M. L. Jones, and J. R. Bence. 2008. Effects of source-sink dynamics on harvest policy performance for yellow perch in southern Lake Michigan. Fisheries Research 94:282-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2008.05.003

Irwin, B. J., M. J. Wilberg, J. R. Bence, and M. L. Jones. 2008. Evaluating alternative harvest policies for yellow perch in southern Lake Michigan. Fisheries Research 94:267-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2008.05.009

Bence, J. R., M. W. Dorn, B. J. Irwin, and A. E. Punt. 2008. Recent advances in the evaluation and implementation of harvest policies. Fisheries Research 94:207-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.029

Irwin, B. J., T. J. Treska, L. G. Rudstam, P. J. Sullivan, J. R. Jackson, A. J. VanDeValk, and J. L. Forney. 2008. Estimating walleye (Sander vitreus) density, gear catchability, and mortality using three fishery-independent data sets for Oneida Lake, New York. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:1366-1378. https://doi.org/10.1139/F08-062

Fitzgerald, D. G., J. L. Forney, L. G. Rudstam, B. J. Irwin, and A. J. VanDeValk. 2006. Gizzard shad put a freeze on winter mortality of age-0 yellow perch but not white perch. Ecological Applications 16:1487-1501. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1487:GSPAFO]2.0.CO;2

Irwin, B. J., D. R. DeVries, and G. W. Kim. 2003. Responses to gizzard shad recovery following selective treatment in Walker County Lake, Alabama, 1996-1999. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1225-1237. https://doi.org/10.1577/M02-068

Irwin, B. J., D. R. DeVries, and R. A. Wright. 2003. Evaluating the potential for predatory control of gizzard shad by largemouth bass in small impoundments: a bioenergetics approach. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:913-924. https://doi.org/10.1577/T01-142