Curriculum Vita
PAUL W. JAMES
Office
address:
Home address:
Department
of
Biological
Sciences
Central
(509) 963-1895
(509) 925-3449
Education
B.S., Systematics and Ecology, May, 1981.
Dean's Honor Roll 1980‑1981
M.S., Biology, May, 1983.
Thesis: Life history of the yoke darter, Etheostoma
juliae
Ph.D., Zoology, July, 1989.
Dissertation:
Reproductive
ecology and habitat preference of the leopard darter, Percina
pantherina
Experience
Professor,
Department
of Biological Sciences,
Basic
Biology (majors), Intro. Biology (non-majors), Animal Biology, General
Ecology,
Limnology, Ichthyology, Fisheries Management, Wildlife and Fisheries
Ecology,
Developments in Organismal Biology,
Ecology Field
Techniques, Research Methods and Techniques, Graduate Seminar, Senior
Seminar,
Quantitative Methods in Biology.
Major advisor for 14 completed M.S. students
Assistant
Professor, University of
Biological
Station, Polson,
Ecology of Fishes.
Fisheries
Biologist,
Department, Whiteriver, AZ.
Instructor
(Biology), National Science Foundation Young Scholars
Program,
Teaching
Assistant (Fisheries Management), Department of Zoology,
Research
Assistant,
Research Unit,
Laboratory
Coordinator (Zoology, Vertebrate Physiology), Division
of Biological Sciences,
Hatchery
Assistant, Crystal Lake Fisheries Co.,
1984
‑ June, 1984.
Foreign
Fisheries Observer (
Fisheries Service,
Teaching
Assistant (Zoology, Ecology), Department of Biology,
January,
1982 ‑ May, 1983.
Scientific
(peer-reviewed) Publications
Fowler, J.
F., P. W.
James, and C. A. Taber.
1984. Spawning activity and eggs of the Ozark minnow, Notropis nubilus.
Copeia 1984: 994‑996.
James, P.
W., and C. A.
Taber.
1986.
Reproductive biology and age and growth of the yoke darter, Etheostoma
juliae. Copeia
1986:536‑540.
James, P.
W., S. C.
Leon, A. V. Zale, and O. E. Maughan. 1987.
Diver‑operated
electrofishing device. North American Journal of
Fisheries Management 7: 597‑598.
James, P.
W., and O. E.
Maughan.
1989. Spawning behavior and habitat of the threatened leopard darter, Percina pantherina.
Southwestern Naturalist 34:298‑301.
James, P.
W., O. E. Maughan, and A. V. Zale. 1991. Life history of
the leopard
darter, Percina pantherina,
in
Zale , A. V., S. C. Leon, M. Lechner, O. E. Maughan,
M. T.
Ferguson, S. O'Donell, B. L. James, and P.
W. James.
1994. Distribution of the threatened leopard darter Percina
pantherina (Osteichthyes:Percidae). Southwestern Naturalist
39(1):11-20.
James, P. W. 1996. Threatened
fishes of the world: Percina pantherina (Moore & Reeves, 1955) (Percidae). Environmental Biology of
Fishes 45:342.
James, P.
W. and H. M. Sexauer.
1997. Spawning behaviour, spawning habitat
and
alternative mating strategies in an adfluvial population of bull trout.
Pages 325-329 in Mackay, W. C., M. K. Brewin,
and M. Monita, editors. Friends
of the bull trout conference proceedings. Bull Trout Task Force (
Sexauer, H. M.
and P. W.
James.
1997. A
comparison of the microhabitat use by juvenile bull trout in four
streams
located in the eastern Cascades,
Divens, M..
warm-water fish populations in north
temperate regions:
sampling considerations when using proportional stock densities.
Fisheries
Management and Ecology 5:383-391.
Polacek, M. C.,
and P.W. James. 2003. Diel
microhabitat use by Age-0 bull trout in Indian
Creek,
Washington. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 12(1):81-86.
James, P.
W., O. E. Maughan, and A. V. Zale. 1988. Reproductive
Ecology of the
Leopard Darter, Percina pantherina.
Project E‑2‑R‑1 Final Report, Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation.
James, P.
W., and K.
Collins.
1993.
Recovery Plan for the Leopard Darter, Percina
pantherina.
Sexauer, H. M.
and P. W.
James.
1993. A survey
of the habitat use by juvenile and pre-spawning adult bull trout, Salvelinus
confluentus, in four streams in the
Divens, M., P.W.
James, S. Bonar, B. Bolding
and
proportional stock density use in
James,
P.W., S. Craig,
J. Shannon, and T. Eichler. 1997. 1996
James,
P.W. 2002. Population status and
life history characteristics of bull trout in the
Kline, S.
and P. W.
James.
2004. The
Effects of a Reduction in Surface Water Discharge on the Hyporheic
Environment and Chinook Salmon Embryos.
Technical
Report Submitted to
Presentations
at Scientific Meetings
The
life history of the yoke darter, Etheostoma
juliae. P.W.
James and
Reproductive
biology of the yoke darter, Etheostoma
juliae.
P.W. James.
Spawning
behavior of the yoke darter, Etheostoma
juliae.
P.W. James. Southwestern Association of Naturalists,
Observations
on the reproductive ecology of the leopard darter, Percina
pantherina. P.W.
James and O.E. Maughan.
Prairie States Ecology Conclave,
A
diver‑operated electrofishing device. P.W.
Spawning
habitat of the leopard darter, Percina
pantherina.
P. W. James and O.E. Maughan.
Growth
and habitat utilization of juvenile leopard darters, Percina
pantherina. P.W.
James and O.E. Maughan.
Reproductive
behavior and habitat of the leopard darter, Percina
pantherina. P.W.
James and O.E. Maughan.
Spawning
behavior and habitat preference of the leopard darter. P.W.
James and O.E. Maughan.
Life
history and habitat analysis of the leopard darter, Percina
pantherina. P.W.
Spawning
behavior and habitat of the threatened leopard darter, Percina
pantherina. P.W.
James and O.E. Maughan.
Southwestern Association of Naturalists,
Life
history and habitat analysis of the leopard darter, Percina
pantherina. P.W.
The
need for
quantitative habitat information in the management of endangered
species: the
leopard darter ‑ a case study. P. W. James, O.E. Maughan,
and S.C. Leon. Desert Fishes Council,
Quantitative
Habitat analyses in the management of endangered fishes: a case study. P.W.
Comparison
of
food habits of wild and hatchery Oncorhynchus
mykiss in the
A
Comparison of
the microhabitat use by bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, in
four
eastern Cascade streams,
A
Comparison of
the food habits wild rainbow trout and hatchery-reared steelhead trout
in the
A
Comparison of
the food habits wild rainbow trout and hatchery-reared steelhead trout
in the
A
Comparison of the
microhabitat use by bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, in four
eastern
Cascade streams,
An
evaluation of
proportional stock density use in
Spawning
migrations of an adfluvial population of bull trout in the
Evidence
of homing and reproductive isolation in a population of bull trout, Salvelinus
confluentus.
P.W. James. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists,
Evidence
of two distinct stocks of bull trout in a central
Spawning
migrations and spawner characteristics of adfluvial bull trout in the
Characteristics
of bull trout spawners in three adfluvial
populations within the
Invited
Seminars
1991.
1993.
1993. University
of
Washington School of Fisheries Seminar Series: "Habitat analysis and
the
management of endangered fishes"
1994. Washington
State
University Department of Zoology Seminar Series: "Spawning behavior and
alternative mating strategies in an adfluvial population of bull trout"
1995.
1998. U. S. Bureau
of
Reclamation (Denver Office) Invited Seminar Series: “Life history
aspects of
bull trout in the
2001.
irrigation in the
2003.
Voyeurism: The Confessions of a Fish Watcher”
Grants
and
Contracts Funded
1989
- Recovery
Plan for the Leopard Darter, Percina
pantherina
Agency:
U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Amount:
$2000
1990
- Umtanum Creek Spawning Study
Agency:
CWU
Faculty Research Council
Amount:
$896
1991
- Apache
Trout Habitat Enhancement
Agency:
Native
American Fish and Wildlife Society
Amount:
$25,000
1991
- Upper
Agency:
Bonneville
Power Administration
Amount:
$30,482
1992
-
Agency:
Bonneville Power Administration
Amount:
$30,087
1992
- Upper
Agency:
Bonneville Power Administration
Amount:
$34,770
1992
- Habitat
Use by Juvenile Bull Trout
Agency:
Amount:
$18,680
1993
- Stream
Sediment Analysis
Agency:
Amount:
$11,500
1993
- Upper
Agency:
Bonneville
Power Administration
Amount:
$31,596
1993
- Fisheries
Equipment Grant
Agency:
Amount:
$2000
1994
- Stream
Sediment Analysis
Agency:
Amount:
$10,000
1994
- Competition
for Spawning Sites in Umtanum Creek
Agency:
CWU
Faculty Research Council
Amount:
$1200
1994
-
Population and Spawning Survey of Bull Trout Above
Agency:
Amount:
$15,000
1994
- Upper
Agency:
Bonneville Power Administration
Amount:
$32,383
1995
- Stream
Sediment Analysis
Agency:
Amount:
$16,000
1995-
Bull Trout
Migrations in the
Agencies:
Amount:
$15,000
1996
- Bull
Trout Migrations in the
Agencies:
Amount:
$14,500
1996
- Wenatchee
National Forest Stream Fish Survey
Agency:
Amount:
$11,600
1997
- Bull
Trout Migrations in the
Agency:
Amount:
$10,000
1997
- Coho
Salmon Smolt Food Habits
Agency:
Yakama
Indian Nation
Amount:
$32,200
1998
-
Agency:
Amount:
$20,000
1998
- Bull
Trout Migrations in the
Agency:
Amount:
$10,000
1999
–
Population Status and Life History Characteristics of Bull Trout in the
Basin
Agency:
Amount:
$100,352
(3 years)
2000
–
Entrainment of Fishes through Tieton Dam During
Peak
Water Releases
Agency:
Amount:
$17,000
2001
– Population
Status and Migration of Adult Bull Trout in the Upper Yakima
River/Tieton
Dam
Entrainment Studies
Agency:
Amount:
$24,031
2001
–
Reclamation Operations, Hyporheic Zone and
Chinook Salmon Spawning Habitat
Agency:
Amount:
$18,943
(year 1 0f 3)
2002
–
Population Status of Bull Trout in the
Agency:
Amount:
$18, 384
2002
–
Reclamation Operations, Hyporheic Zone and
Chinook Salmon Spawning Habitat
Agency:
Amount:
$18,943
(year 2 0f 3)
2003
-
Reclamation Operations, Hyporheic Zone and
Chinook Salmon Spawning Habitat
Agency:
Amount:
$1,743
(year 3 0f 3)
Academic
Awards
1988
- Kenneth Johnston
Memorial Award (Outstanding Fisheries Student in
1995
–
Excellence in Teaching Award (CWU Alumni Association)
2003
– Phi Kappa
Phi Scholar of the Year Award (CWU Chapter)
Memberships
in Professional and Honor Societies
American
Society
of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American
Fisheries Society
Northwest
Scientific Association
Gilbert
Ichthyological Society
Sigma
Xi
Phi
Kappa Phi
Pacific
Fishery
Biologists
Other
Related
Professional and Service Activities
Editorial
Board
member for Copeia (Journal of the American
Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists), 2003 – present
Manuscript
reviewer for:
American
Southwestern Naturalist
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
North
American Journal of Fisheries Management
Ecology
of Freshwater Fish
Regulated
Rivers
Member,
Central
Washington University Graduate Council (2002 – present)
Coordinator,
Graduate Program, Department of Biological Sciences,
Director,
Chair,