Thomas G. Coon - Publications

Publications:

Workman, R.D., D.B. Hayes and T.G. Coon. 2004. Spawning habitat selection by rainbow trout in the Pere Marquette River, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30(3).

Coon T.G., Campa, H., III, Felix, A.B., Peyton, R.B., Winterstein, S.R., Lupi, F., Schulz, M., Sikarskie, J. 2002. Farming captive cervids: A review of social, economic and ecological opportunities and risks in Michigan and North America.
North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. Transactions, 67: 251-268, 2002.

Workman, R.D., D.B. Hayes and T.G. Coon. 2002. A model of steelhead movement in relation to water temperature in two Lake Michigan tributaries. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:463-475.

Newcomb T.J. and T.G. Coon. 2001. Evaluation of three methods for estimating numbers of steelhead smolts emigrating from Great Lakes tributaries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21(3):548-560.

Winterstein, S.R., H. Campa, K.F. Millenbah, and T.G. Coon. 2001. Infusing quantification into a fisheries and wildlife undergraduate curriculum: The Michigan State University model. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 29(4):1031-1037.

R.L. Atkinson, P.A. Burkhardt, T.G. Coon, N.B. Lieberman, M.K. Sievert. 2000. Bailey Scholars: a learner centered program in agriculture and natural resources. Pages 33-34 In Ryan, M.R. and W.B.Kurtz (eds.), Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources. School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia.

Novinger, D.C. and T.G. Coon. 2000. Behavior and physiology of the redside dace, Clinostomus elongatus, a threatened species in Michigan. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 57:315-326.

Erwin, E.R., W.A Hubert, C.F. Rabeni, H.L. Schramm, Jr. and T.G. Coon, editors. 1999. Catfish 2000: proceedings of the international ictalurid symposium. American Fisheries Society Symposium 24, Bethesda, Maryland.

Coon, T.G. 1999. Ichthyofauna of the Great Lakes, pages 55 – 72 in W.W. Taylor and C.P. Ferrari (eds.), Great Lakes Fisheries Policy and Management. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing.

Roseman, E.F., D. Jude, M.K. Raths, T.G. Coon and W.W. Taylor. 1998. Occurrence of the deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsoni) in western Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 24(2):479-483.

Coon, T.G. and T.J. Newcomb. 1998. Fish Briefs and Buckets of Fish: Conforming Ichthyology to Needs of Students with Natural Resource Career Paths. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues. 7:32 - 36.

Newcomb, T. J., and T. G. Coon. 1997. Assessment of management alternatives for altering the thermal regime of the Betsie River, Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report 2047, Ann Arbor.

Newcomb, T. J., and T. G. Coon. 1997. Environmental variability and survival of steelhead parr in a thermally diverse watershed. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report 2046, Ann Arbor.

Newcomb, T. J., and T. G. Coon. 1997. Evaluation of alternate methods for estimating numbers of outmigrating steelhead smolts. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Research Report 2045, Ann Arbor.

Baker, E.A. and T.G. Coon. 1997. Development and evaluation of alternative habitat suitability criteria for brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 126:65-76.

Besser, J.M., J.P. Giesy, J.A. Kubitz, D.A. Verbrugge, T.G. Coon and W.E. Braselton. 1996. Assessment of sediment quality in dredged and undredged areas of the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River, Michigan USA, using the sediment quality triad. Journal of Great Lakes Research 22(3):683-696.

Baker E. A. and T. G. Coon. 1995. Comparison of predicted habitat change and benthic macroinvertebrate response to a simulated irrigation withdrawal in Hunt Creek, Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Research Report 2019, Ann Arbor.

Baker E. A. and T. G. Coon. 1995. Comparison of predicted habitat change and brook trout population response to a simulated irrigation withdrawal in Hunt Creek, Michigan. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Research Report 2018, Ann Arbor.

Baker E. A. and T. G. Coon. 1995. Development and evaluation of alternative habitat suitability criteria for brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Research Report 2017, Ann Arbor.

Skubinna, J.P., T.G. Coon and T.R. Batterson. 1995. Increased abundance and depth of submersed macrophytes in response to decreased turbidity in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 21:476-488.

Coon, T.G., S.R. Winterstein and D.A. Novinger. 1994. Effects of ELF Communication System on the stream fish community of Ford River, Michigan. Final Report to Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute and U.S. Navy.

Bovee, K.D., T.J. Newcomb and T.G. Coon. 1994. Relationships between discharge, habitat and bass populations in the Huron River, Michigan. U.S. National Biological Survey Biological Report 94(22). U.S. National Biological Survey, Washington, D.C.

Brown, D.J. and T.G. Coon. 1994. Abundance and assemblage structure of fish larvae in the lower Missouri River and its tributaries. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 123:718-732.

Coon, T.G. 1993. Safe use of zebra mussels in classroom and laboratories. Ohio and Michigan Sea Grant Programs. Fact Sheet MICHU-SG-93-703.

Coon, T.G. 1992. Fisheries futures: What's on line for 2020? IN: Peterle, T.J. and D.J. Case (eds.), 2020 Vision: Meeting the fish and wildlife conservation challenges of the 21st Century. North Central Section The Wildlife Society.

Brown, D.J. and T.G. Coon. 1990. Grass carp larvae in the lower Missouri River and its tributaries. N. Amer. J. Fish. Managem. 11:62-66.

Coon, T.G. and H.R. Dames. 1990. Catfish movements and habitat use in a Missouri River tributary. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish and Wildl. Agencies. 43:119-132.

Vogt, G.F., Jr. and T.G. Coon. 1990. A comparison of the foraging behavior of two darter (Etheostoma) species. Copeia 1990:41-49.

Dames, H.R., T.G. Coon and J.W. Robinson. 1989. Movements of channel and flathead catfish between the Missouri River and a tributary, Perche Creek. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 118:670-679.

Coon, T.G. 1988. Using STELLA simulation software in life science education. Computers in Life Science Education 5:65-72.

Coon, T.G. 1987. Responses of benthic riffle fishes to variation in stream discharge and temperature, pp. 77-85 IN: W.J. Matthews and D.C. Heins (eds.), Community and evolutionary ecology of North American stream fishes. Univ. Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK.

Coon, T.G., M. Lopez M., P.J. Richerson, T.M. Powell and C.R. Goldman. 1987. Summer dynamics of the deep chlorophyll maximum in Lake Tahoe. J. Plankton Research 9:327-344.

Eckblad, J.E. and T.G. Coon. 1984. Streams of the Iowa Driftless area. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 91:37-41.

Richerson, P.J., M. Lopez M. and T.G. Coon. 1978. The deep chlorophyll maximum of layer of Lake Tahoe. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 20:426-433.

Coon, T.G., J.E. Eckblad and P.M. Trygstad. 1977. Relative abundance and growth of mussels in Pools 8, 9 and 10 of the Mississippi River. Freshwater Biology 7:279-285.

Special Reports:
Coon, T.G., A. Hinsdale-Knisel, et al. 2002. Investing in the Future: Report of the Strategic Investment Review Committee. White paper prepared for the Director of Michigan State University Extension.

Coon T.G., H. Campa, A. Felix, J. Kaneene, F. Lupi, B. Peyton, M. Schulz, J. Sikarskie, M. VandeHaar, S. Winterstein. 2000. Farming Captive Cervids in Michigan: A Review of Social, Economic, Ecological, and Agricultural Opportunities and Risks. White paper prepared for Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Department of Agriculture.

Thomas G. Coon, Professor
and Associate Dean
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
102 Agriculture Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 353-3373
FAX: (517) 353-9896
coontg@msu.edu