Now available!
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo50270885.html
The Compiled Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council for 1969 to 2017 are now available thanks to Dean Hendrickson and co-editors. https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/68639
Upcoming Meetings

https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org
2026 Desert Fishes Council Annual Meeting will be held in San Antonia – stay tuned
Recent Publications
- Wolff, J. P., Schwemm, M. R., Chaudoin, A. L., Bower, M. R., Guadalupe, K. D., & Perkin, J. S. (2026). Dimensions of dace dynamics: temporal variation in abundance and survival of an imperiled desert fish guide habitat restoration. Restoration Ecology, e70378.
- Carey, K. C., Dew, A. L., & Davis, M. J. (2026). Fish assemblages in Great Basin streams: Disentangling environmental effects on community structure. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, vnaf043.
- Hedden, S. C., Albrecht, B., Rogers, R. J., Guadalupe, K., Bennion, M., Schijf, M., … & Meismer, S. (2025). Do conservation actions improve native fish populations? Differences between managed and unmanaged reaches of a desert river give insight. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 45(1), 90-102.
- Treonis, A. M., Marais, E., & Maggs‐Kölling, G. (2026). Briny Biology: Nematodes From the Hypersaline Springs of the Central Namib Desert. Ecology and Evolution, 16(4), e73328.
- Diallo, J. O., & Olden, J. D. (2025). Invasive species invoke a lifetime of trophic change in native stream fishes. Ecosphere, 16(6), e70304.
- Gómez‐Martínez, R. F., Matamoros, W. A., Hoagstrom, C. W., López‐Vila, J. M., & Bonilla, E. P. D. D. (2025). Phylogenetic Diversity of Live‐Bearing Fishes (Poeciliidae) Peaks on Peninsulas, Isthmuses, and in Deserts. Journal of Biogeography, 52(3), 641-656.
- Rogowski, D. L., Fonken, D. R., Rogers, R. J., & Albrecht, B. (2025). Consequences of a drying reservoir: Positive or negative effects on riverine fish?. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 154(2), 179-191.
- Sada, D. W., & Thomas, J. M. (2025). Relationships between aquatic ecology, landscapes, hydrogeology and hydrochemistry in great basin and Mojave desert spring systems USA. Ecohydrology, 18(3), e70035.
- Martín, C. G., Ruiz, F., Bonnail, E., Cruces, E., González-Regalado, M. L., Izquierdo, T., & Abad, M. (2025). Infralittoral ostracods from the southern Atacama Desert. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 53(4), 688-694.
- Bogan, M., Hamdhani, H., Eppehimer, D., Hollien, K., & Gill, B. (2025). Macroinvertebrate community development and resilience to channel dredging following flow restoration using effluent in an urban desert river. Restoration Ecology, 33(2), e14250.
- Rader, R. B., Quezada, K., & Driggs, E. (2025). The effects of drought on Branchinecta packardi (Anostraca) in desert rock pools on the Colorado Plateau. Western North American Naturalist, 85(1), 64-79.
- Rodriguez-Cruz, U. E., Ochoa-Sánchez, M., Eguiarte, L. E., & Souza, V. (2025). Running against the clock: exploring microbial diversity in an extremely endangered microbial oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 101(5), fiaf033.
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29 June 2026
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