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Brenden, T.O., L. Wang, and P.W. Seelbach. In press. A river valley segment classification of Michigan streams based on fish and physical attributes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Brenden, T.O., T. Wagner, and B.R. Murphy. In press. Novel tools for analyzing proportional size distribution (PSD) index data. North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Brenden, T.O., L. Wang, and Z. Shu. 2008. Quantitative identification of disturbance thresholds in support of aquatic resource management. Environmental Management 42:xxx-xxx.

Wagner, T., M.E. Benbow, T.O. Brenden, J. Qi, and R.C. Johnson. 2008. Buruli ulcer disease prevalence in Benin, West Africa: associations with land use/cover and the identification of disease clusters. International Journal of Health Geographics 7:25. (Available at http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/25)

Brenden, T.O., and J.R. Bence. 2008. Comment: use of piecewise regression models to estimate changing relationships in fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:844-846.

Jones, M.L., M.P. Ebener, M.T. Arts, M. Faisal, T. Wagner, T.O. Brenden, D. Honeyfield, and G. Wright. 2008. Magnitude and potential causes of mortality in four lake whitefish populations in Lakes Michigan and Huron: a multidisciplinary approach. Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Project Completion Report, Lansing, Michigan.

Riseng, C., L. Wang, M. Wiley, E. Rutherford, and T. Brenden. 2008. State-of-the-art approaches for assessment of Great Lakes nearshore and large river fish habitat. Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Project Completion Report. Lansing, Michigan.

Wang, L., T. Brenden, P. Seelbach, A. Cooper, D. Allan, R. Clark, Jr., and M. Wiley. 2008. Landscape based identification of human disturbance gradients and reference conditions for Michigan streams. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 141:1-17.

Brenden, T.O., L. Wang, P.W. Seelbach, R.D. Clark, Jr., M.J. Wiley, and B.L. Sparks-Jackson. 2008. A spatially-constrained clustering program for river valley segment delineation from GIS digital river networks. Environmental Modelling and Software 23:638-649.

Brenden, T.O., E.M. Hallerman, B.R. Murphy, J.R. Copeland, and J.A. Williams. 2007. The New River, Virginia, muskellunge fishery: population dynamics, harvest regulation modeling, and angler attitudes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 79:11-25.

Brenden, T. O., L. Wang, P.W. Seelbach, R.D. Clark, Jr., and J. Lyons. 2007. Comparison between model-predicted and field-measured stream habitat features for evaluating fish assemblage-habitat relationships. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:580-592.

Brenden, T.O., B.R. Murphy, and E.M. Hallerman. 2006. The effect of discharge on daytime habitat use and selection of muskellunge in the New River, Virginia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135:1546-1558.

Brenden, T.O., R.D. Clark, Jr., A.R. Cooper, P.W. Seelbach, L. Wang, S.S. Aichele, E.G. Bissell, and J.S. Stewart. 2006. A GIS framework for collecting, managing, and analyzing multi-scale landscape variables across large regions for river conservation and management. Pages 49-74 in R.M. Hughes, L. Wang, and P.W. Seelbach, editors. Influences of landscapes on stream habitats and biological assemblages. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 48, Bethesda, Maryland.

Brenden, T.O., E.M. Hallerman, and B.R. Murphy. 2006. Sectioned pelvic fin ray ageing of muskellunge Esox masquinongy from a Virginia river: comparisons among readers, with cleithrum estimates, and with tag-recapture growth data. Fisheries Management and Ecology 13:31-37.

Brenden, T.O., and B.R. Murphy. 2006. Variance-covariance estimation of standard weight equation coefficients. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21:1-7.

Brenden, T.O., B.R. Murphy, and E.M. Hallerman. 2005. Predatory impact of muskellunge on New River, Virginia, smallmouth bass. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 58(2004):12-22.

Lindell, S., B. Delbos, R. Perham, J. Goldman, E.M. Hallerman, T.O. Brenden. 2004. Hatchery and grow-out performance of sunshine bass and backcross hybrid striped bass in recirculating aquaculture systems. International Journal of Recirculating Aquaculture 5:43-54.

Brenden, T.O., and B.R. Murphy. 2004. Experimental assessment of age-0 largemouth bass and juvenile bluegill competition in a small impoundment in Virginia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1058-1070.

Brenden, T.O., B.R. Murphy, and E.M. Hallerman. 2004. Estimating total error in locating radiotelemetry transmitters by homing in a riverine environment. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19:295-304.

Brenden, T.O., B.R. Murphy, and J.B. Birch. 2003. Statistical properties of the relative weight (Wr) index and an alternative procedure for testing Wr differences between groups. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1136-1151.

Murphy, B.R., T.O. Brenden, and E.M. Hallerman. 2003. Assessment of Virginia's management of riverine muskellunge fisheries. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration, Project Number F-122-R, Project Completion Report, Richmond.

Brenden, T.O., and B.R. Murphy. 2002. Trophic dynamics of a slow growing age-0 largemouth bass cohort from a Virginia small impoundment. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17:609-619.

Brenden, T.O., and J.A. Williams. 2001. New records of Esox niger Lesueur, 1818 and Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the New River, Virginia. Banisteria (Journal of the Virginia Natural History Society) 18:44.

Brenden, T.O., B.R. Murphy, S. Manos, C.S. Vandergoot. 1999. A submerged cage designed for aquatic research. North American Journal of Aquaculture 61:359-362