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Contact Information
Carol Johnston
Associate Professor
(334)-844-1781
johnsc5@auburn.edu
Field of Specialization
Behavioral Ecology & Conservation



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General Ichthyology, Fish/Biol 6380
Advanced Ichthyology, Fish/Biol 7030

Research Topics:
Sound production
Status of slackwater darter
Conservation
Behavioral Ecology

Ichthyology Graduate Students

Catherine Nordfelt with former student Bryan Phillips, MS Sound production in Cyprinella

Cary Allison, MS Sensory biology of cavefishes

Justin Evans, MS Systematics of South American fishes

Paul Pera, MS Life history of pirate perch

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Conasauga River Field Days

Hosted by the Conasauga River Alliance, USDA Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy and many other partners. The event highlighted conservation within the Conasauga River watershed. Events included numerous tours; shown here – the snorkeling tour that Auburn University faculty and graduate students participated in.
Photos by Kevin J. Kleiner

Conservation Fisheries Biologist Pat Rakes discusses fish identification with participant

Auburn University graduate student Katherine Klyce shows off a musk turtle to participants.

USDA Forest Service Fisheries Biologist Jim Herrig points out fishes

Participants look for aquatic life

TVA Biologist Peggy Shute (center) points out darters

JR Shute (left), of Conservations Fisheries, finds fishes to show participnats

View boxes are used for those who don't like to get completely wet!

Snorkeling scene

Biologists relax after a fun-filled day

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Title Journal Year
SOUND PRODUCTION AND SPAWNING BEHAVIOR IN CYPRINELLA LEPIDA,THE EDWARDS PLATEAU SHINER  The Southwestern Naturalist  2010 
Ontogenetic habitat shifts and habitat use in an
endangered minnow, Notropis mekistocholas  		Ecology of Freshwater Fish  2010 
Fish assemblage shifts and species declines in
Alabama, USA streams  		Ecology of Freshwater Fish  2009 
Evolution of acoustic signals in Cyprinella: degree of similarity in sister species  Journal of Fish Biology  2009 
Signaling without the risk of illegitimate receivers:do predators respond to the acoustic signals of Cyprinella (Cyprinidae)?  Environmental Biology of Fishes  2009 
Geographical divergence of acoustic signals in
Cyprinella galactura, the whitetail shiner (Cyprinidae)  		Animal Behavior  2008 
Production of acoustic signals during aggression in Coosa bass, Micropterus coosae  Environmental Biology of Fishes  2008 
Sound production and associated behaviors
in Cyprinella galactura  		Environmental Biology of Fishes  2008 
Life-history Plasticity Among Stream Sites in the
Chattahoochee River Drainage, Alabama  		Southern Naturalist  2008 
The Alabama Bass, Micropterus henshalli (Teleostei: Centrarchidae),
from the Mobile River basin  		Zootaxa  2008 
Learned or innate production of acoustic signals in fishes: a test using a cyprinid  Environmental Biology of Fish  2007 
Habitat Use of the Shoal Bass, Micropterus cataractae, in an Alabama Stream  Journal of Freshwater Ecology  2007 
Susceptibility of Ten Fish Species to Electroshock-Induced Mortality  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society  2004 
Fish assemblage recovery and persistence  Ecology of Freshwater Fish  2004 
Changes in the Fish Assemblage of Bear Creek (Tennessee River Drainage) Alabama and Mississippi: 1968-2000  Southeastern Naturalist  2004 
Sound production in Codoma ornata (Girard) (Cyprinidae)  Environmental Biology of Fishes  2003 
Sound production in sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus and
S. platorynchus (Acipenseridae)  		Environmental Biology of Fishes  2003 
Seasonal, diel and spawning habitat of the rare muscadine darter (Percina sp.) in the Conasauga river, Georgia.  Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings  2002 
Nest site selection and aspects of the
reproductive biology of the pygmy sculpin
(Cottus paulus) in Coldwater Spring, Calhoun
County, Alabama  		Ecology of Freshwater Fish  2001 
Allopaternal Care in the Pygmy Sculpin (Cottus pygmaeus)  Copeia  2000 
Sound Production during the Spawning Season in Cavity-Nesting
Darters of the Subgenus Catonotus (Percidae: Etheostoma)  		Copeia  2000 
Sound Production in Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque) (Cyprinidae)  Copeia  2000 
Movement patterns of imperiled blue shiners ( Pisces: Cyprinidae ) among habitat patches  Ecology of Freshwater Fish  2000 
Movement Patterns of Stream-Dwelling Sunfishes: Effects of Pool Size  Journal of Freshwater Ecology  2000 
Movement Patterns of Stream Fishes in a Ouachita Highlands Stream: An Examination of the Restricted Movement Paradigm  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society  1999 
The relationship of spawning mode to conservation of
North American minnows (Cyprinidae)  		Environmental Biology of Fishes  1999 
Laboratory observations of spawning behavior in two species of snubnose darters, Etheostoma colorosum, and, E. tallapoosae  Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings  1999 
Retention of passive integrated transponder ( PIT ) tags for individual identification of warmwater stream fishes  Southeastern Fish Council Proceedings  1999 
Life-History Traits of the Bluenose Shiner, Pteronotropis welaka
(Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)  		Copeia  1999 
Observational notes on the spawning behavior of the blue shiner ( Cyprinelle caerulea ) and the holiday darter ( Etheostoma brevirostrum ), two rare fishes of the Conasauaga River, Georgis and Tennessee  Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings  1997 
MICROHABITAT PARAMETERS AND LIFE-HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS
OF FALLICAMBARUS GORDONI FITZPATRICK, A CRAYFISH ASSOCIATED
WITH PITCHER-PLANT BOGS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI  		Journal of Crustacean Biology  1997 
Parallel swims as a means of intra- and interspecific assessment in stream
fishes  		Environmental Biology of Fishes  1996 
Life history of the Yazoo darter ( Percidae: Etheostoma raneyi ), a species endemic to North-central Mississippi  Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany  1996 
Spawning behavior of the paleback darter, Etheostoma pallididorsum, ( Percidae )  The Southwestern Naturalist  1995 
Introduced species of fishes in the southern appalachians: consequences for conservation  Journal of the Tennessee Acadmy of Science  1995 
Nest association in fishes: evidence for mutualism  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology  1994 
The benefit to some minnows of spawning in the nests of other species  Enviornmental Biology of Fishes  1994 
Spawning behavior of the goldstripe darter ( Etheostoma parvipinne Gilbert and Swain )  Copeia  1994 
REPRODUCTIVRE BEHAVIOR OF THE RAINBOW SHINER (NOTROPIS CHROSOMUS) AND THE ROUGH SHINER (NOTROPIS BAILEYI), NEST ASSOCIATES OF THE BLUEHEAD CHUB (NOCOMIS LEPTOCEPHALUS) (PISCES: CYPRINIDAE) IN THE AlABAMA RIVER DRAINAGE  Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science  1994 
The evolution of complex reproductive stategies in north american minnows ( Cyrinidae )  (Book chapt.) Systematics, historical ecology, and North American freshwater fishes  1992 
Discovery of the threespine stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) ( Pisces: Gasterosteidae ) in the Lake Michigan drainage, Illinois  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science  1991 
Spawning activities of Notropis chlorocephalus, Notropis chiliticus and Hybopsis hypsinotus, nest associates of Nocomis leptocephalus in the southeastern United States, with comments on nest association ( Cypriniformes: Cyrinidae  Brimleyana  1991 
Spawning in the creek chubsucker, Erimyzon oblongus, with a review of
spawning behavior in suckers (Catostomidae)  		Enviornmental Biology of Fishes  1990 
Redescription of Semotilus thoreauianus Jordan, 1877, a Cyprinid fish of the southeastern United States  Copeia  1990 
THE BREEDING BEHAVIOR OF OPSOPOEODUS EMILLAE (CYPRINIDAE) AND ITS PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS.  Copeia  1990 
The spawning behavior of the Saffron darter ( Etheostoma flavum )  Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science  1989 
Spawning in the eastern sand darter, Ammocrypta pellucida ( Pisces: Percidae ), with comments on the phylogeny of Ammocrypta and related taxa  Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science  1989 
SPAWNING IN THE BANDFlN SHINER, NOTROPIS ZONISTIUS
(PISCES: CYPRINIDAE)  		Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science/jpeg  1988 

48 Records Total