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J. Todd Petty, PhD Associate Professor 310B Percival Hall, PO Box 6125 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 jtpetty@mail.wvu.edu 304-293-2941 (x2417) EDUCATION BA, Biology, University of Virginia, 1990 MS, Forest Resources, University of Georgia, 1994 PhD, Forest Resources, University of Georgia, 1998 COURSES TAUGHT WMAN 175 - Intro. to Wildlife and Fisheries Resources WMAN 445 - Fisheries Management WMAN 446 / BIOL 362 - Limnology FOR 470 - Restoring Our Rivers WMAN 512 - Advanced Population Ecology WMAN 633 - Quantitative Ecology WMAN 493 - Stream Ecosystem Assessment RESEARCH INTERESTS Stream Ecology Community and Population Ecology of Stream Fishes  Stream Bioassessment Water Chemistry Dynamics in Central Appalachian Watersheds Watershed Restoration and Management Natural Stream Channel Design CURRENT RESEARCH Mottled Sculpin Dynamics in a Southern Appalachian Stream Spatial Population Dynamics of Brook Trout in the Upper Shavers Fork Watershed, WV Macroinvertebrate and Fish Community Dynamics in the Lower Cheat River Watershed, WV A Watershed Classification System for Setting Restoration and Protection Priorities in Central Appalachian Watersheds Ecological Consequences of Water Quality Variability in Central Appalachian Watersheds Water Quality Trading Framework for the Cheat River Watershed Sedimentation Processes of the Upper Elk Watershed, WV: sources and the ecological consequences Natural Stream Restoration & Channel Design: Principles and Application in Appalachian Watersheds

Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis):Shavers Fork, WV Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi):Coweeta Creek, NC Charlie (3 yrs) and Jeffrey (7 yrs) (August 2007)

PUBLICATIONS Poplar-Jeffers, I., J. T. Petty, J. A. Anderson, and S. J. Kite. IN PRESS. Brook trout habitat isolation and culvert replacement priorities in a central Appalachian watershed.  Restoration Ecology 00:000-000.   Strager, M. P., J. T. Petty, and J. Strager. IN PRESS. Gis stuff. Journal of Environmental Management 00:000-000.   Ward, R. L., J. T. Anderson, and J. T. Petty.  IN PRESS.  Effects of road crossings on stream and streamside salamanders.  Journal of Wildlife Management 00:000-000.   Freund, J. G. and J. T. Petty.  2007.  Response of fish and macroinvertebrate bioindices to specific stressor levels in a mined Appalachian watershed.  Environmental Management 39:707-720.   McClurg, S., J. T. Petty, and P. M. Mazik.  2007.  Stream ecosystem response to limestone treatment in acid impacted watersheds of the Allegheny Plateau, West Virginia.  Ecological Applications 17:1087-1104.   Merovich, G. T., Jr., and J. T. Petty.  2007.  Interactive effects of multiple stressors and restoration priorities in a mined Appalachian watershed.  Hydrobiologia 575:13-31.   Merovich, G. T., Jr., J. M. Stiles, J. T. Petty, P. F. Ziemkiewicz, and J. B. Fulton.  2007.  Water chemistry based classification of streams and implications for stream restoration in mined Appalachian watersheds.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:1361-1369.   Petty, J. T. and G. D. Grossman. 2007.  Size dependent territoriality of mottled sculpin in a southern Appalachian stream.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1750-1761.   Grossman, G. D., R. E. Ratajczak, J. T. Petty, M. D. Hunter, J. T. Peterson, and G. Grenouillet.  2006.  Population dynamics of mottled sculpin in a variable environment: an information theoretic approach.  Ecological Monographs 76:217-234.   Petty, J. T., and D. Thorne.  2005.  An ecologically based approach for identifying restoration priorities in acid impacted watersheds.  Restoration Ecology. 13:348-357.   Petty J. T., Lamothe, P. J., and P. M. Mazik.  2005.  Spatial and seasonal dynamics of brook trout populations inhabiting a central Appalachian watershed.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 134:572-587.   Petty, J. T., and Gary D. Grossman.  2004.  Restricted movement by mottled sculpin in a southern Appalachian stream.  Freshwater Biology 49:631-645.   Petty, J. T., and J. Barker.  2004.  Water quality variability, trace metals, and implications for restoring a mined Appalachian watershed. Proceedings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation 21:1484-1504.   Petty, J. T., Jason Freund, Peter Lamothe, and Patricia Mazik.  2002.  Quantifying instream habitat in the upper Shavers Fork basin at multiple spatial scales.  Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:81-94.   Thompson, Andrew R., J. T. Petty, and Gary D. Grossman.  2001.  Multi-scale effects of resource patchiness on foraging behavior and habitat use by longnose dace, Rhinicthys cataractae. Freshwater Biology 46:145-160.   Petty, J. T., and Gary D. Grossman.  2000.  The effects of an underwater fish observation technique on stream macroinvertebrates at two spatial scales.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 9:145-152   Petty, J. T..  1996.  Student seminars: promoting student / faculty interaction in diverse settings.  Fisheries, 21: 89.   Petty, J. T., and Gary D. Grossman.  1996.  Patch selection by mottled sculpin (Pisces : Cottidae) in a southern Appalachian stream.  Freshwater Biology, 35: 261-276.   Grossman, Gary D., Jennifer Hill, and J. T. Petty.  1995.  Observations on habitat structure, population regulation, and habitat use in evolutionarily significant units: a landscape aspproach.  American Fisheries Society Monograph Series, 17:381-391.