Steven R. Chipps

Dr. Chipps is an Associate Professor and Assistant Unit Leader-Fisheries in the South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He teaches graduate-level courses in Aquatic Trophic Ecology (WL 717) and Ecology of Aquatic Invertebrates (WL 718). Dr. Chipps advises and mentors graduate students. His primary areas of expertise include bioenergetics modeling, limnology, aquatic invertebrates, and fish ecology.

Research in my lab is directed toward identifying and measuring food web interactions in lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. My graduate students and I are particularly interested in how food web structure effects factors such as energy flow, nutrient recycling, phytoplankton biomass, and aquatic macrophytes in lentic ecosystems. Other areas of research focus on bioenergetics modeling, development, and application of wetland biomonitoring criteria, limnology of Black Hills reservoirs, and effects of winterkill on nutrient recycling in natural, glacial lakes.

Assistant Unit Leader/Adjunct Associate Professor, USGS South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, 1999-present.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Aquatic Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1997-1999.

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1994-1997.

Research Support Scientist I, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1993-1994.

Research Associate, Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1992-1993.

Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1991-1992.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1990-1991.

Schoenebeck, C. W., S. R. Chipps, and M. L. Brown. In press. Improvement of an esocid bioenergetics model for juvenile fish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Chipps, S. R. and D. H. Wahl. 2008. Bioenergetics modeling in the 21^st century: reviewing new insights and revising old constraints. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:298-313.

Hamel, M. J., M. L. Brown, and S. R. Chipps. 2008. Behavioral responses of rainbow smelt to in situ strobe lights. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:394-401.

Kahara, S. N., R. M. Mockler, K. F. Higgins, S. R. Chipps, and R. R. Johnson. in press. Spatiotemporal patterns of wetland occurrence in the Prairie Pothole Region of South Dakota. Wetlands.

Strand, K. A., S. R. Chipps, S. N. Kahara, K. F. Higgins, and S. J. Vaa. 2008. Patterns of prey use by lesser scaup Aythya affinis (Aves) and diet overlap with fishes during spring migration. Hydrobiologia 595:389-398.

Ward, M. C., D. W. Willis, B. R. Herwig, S. R. Chipps, B. G. Parsons, J. R. Reed, and M. A. Hanson. 2008. Consumption estimates of walleye stocked as fry to suppress fathead minnow populations in west-central Minnesota wetlands. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17:59-70.

Chipps, S. R. and J. E. Garvey. 2007. Quantitative assessment of food habits and feeding patterns. Pages 473-514 in C. S. Guy and M. L Brown, editors. Analysis and interpretation of freshwater fisheries data. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Phelps, Q. E., K. A. Powell, S. R. Chipps, and D. W. Willis. 2007. A method for determining stomach fullness for planktivorous fishes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:932-935.

Richards, N. S., S. R. Chipps, and M. L. Brown. 2007. Stress response and avoidance behavior of fishes as influenced by high-frequency strobe lights. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:1310-1315.

Selch, T. M. and S. R. Chipps. 2007. The cost of capturing prey: measuring largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) foraging activity using glycolytic enzymes (lactate dehydrogenase). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:1761-1769.

Selch, T. M., C. W. Hoagstrom, E. J. Weimer, J. P. Duehr, and S. R. Chipps. 2007. Influence of fluctuating water levels on mercury concentrations in adult walleye. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 79:36-40.

Ward, M. J., D. W. Willis, B. H. Miller, and S. R. Chipps. 2007. Walleye consumption and long-term population trends following gizzard shad introduction into a western South Dakota reservoir. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:339-345.

Bouchard, M. A., K. F. Higgins, D. M. Gardner, C. R. Berry Jr., and S. R. Chipps. 2006. An annotated bibliography – published articles (1861-2004) about the fish resources of South Dakota. South Dakota State University. Pp 136.

Chipps, S. R., D. E. Hubbard, K. B. Werlin, N. J. Haugerud, K. A. Powell, J. Thompson, and T. Johnson. 2006. Association between wetland disturbance and biological attributes in floodplain wetlands. Wetlands 26:497-508.

Gronke, W. K., S. R. Chipps, S. J. Banda, and K. F. Higgins. 2006. Reticulate melanism in western painted turtles (Chrysemys picta bellii): exploring linkages with habitat and heating rates. American Midland Naturalist 156:289-298.

Phelps, Q. E., M. J. Ward, C. P. Paukert, S. R. Chipps, and D. W. Willis. 2005. Biotic and abiotic correlates with black bullhead population characteristics in Nebraska sandhill lakes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20:295-302.

Strand, K. A., S. R. Chipps, and K. F. Higgins. 2005. Bluebills on the decline. South Dakota Conservation Digest April/May 2005.29-30.

Chipps, S. R. and D. H. Wahl. 2004. Development and evaluation of a western mosquitofish bioenergetics model. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:1150-1162.

Chipps, S. R., J. A. Porter, and D. H. Wahl. 2004. Phenotypic variation and vulnerability to predation in juvenile bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Oecologia 138:32-38.

Isermann, D. A., S. R. Chipps, and M. L. Brown. 2004. Seasonal Daphnia biomass in winterkill and nonwinterkill glacial lakes of South Dakota. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:287-292.

DeBates, T. J., S. R. Chipps, M. C. Ward, K. B. Werlin, and P. B. Lorenzen. 2003. Cladoceran zooplankton abundance under clear and snow-covered ice. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 18:169-171.

Chipps, S. R. and D. H. Bennett. 2002. Evaluation of a Mysis bioenergetics model. Journal of Plankton Research 24:77-82.

Catalano, M. J., S. R. Chipps, M. A. Bouchard, and D. H. Wahl. 2001. Use of injectable fluorescent tags for marking centrarchid fishes: retention rate and effects on vulnerability to predation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:911-917.

Chipps, S. R. and D. H. Bennett. 2000. Zooplanktivory and nutrient regeneration by invertebrate (Mysis relicta)and vertebrate (Oncorhynchus nerka) planktivores: implications for trophic interactions in oligotrophic lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129:569-583.

Chipps, S. R., D. F. Clapp, and D. H. Wahl. 2000. Seasonal variation in routine metabolic rate of juvenile muskellunge: evidence supporting metabolic compensation in fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 56:311-318.

Chipps, S. R., L. M. Einfalt, and D. H. Wahl. 2000. Growth and food consumption by tiger muskellunge: effects of temperature and ration level on bioenergetic model predictions. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129:186-193.

Chipps, S. R. 1998. Temperature-dependent consumption and gut-residence time in the opossum shrimp Mysis relicta. Journal of Plankton Research 20:2401-2411.

Chipps, S. R., D. H. Bennett, and T. J. Dresser. 1997. Patterns of fish abundance associated with a dredge disposal island: implications for fish habitat enhancement in a large reservoir. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17:378-386.

Chipps, S. R. and D. H. Bennett. 1996. Comparison of net mesh sizes for estimating abundance of the opossum shrimp Mysis relicta from vertical hauls. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:689-692.

Chipps, S. R., W. B. Perry, and S. A. Perry. 1994. Fish assemblages of the central Appalachian Mountains: an examination of trophic group abundance in nine West Virginia streams. Environmental Biology of Fishes 40:91-98.

Chipps, S. R., W. B. Perry, and S. A. Perry. 1994. Patterns of microhabitat use among four species of darters in three Appalachian streams. American Midland Naturalist 131:175-180.