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Overview

Dennis D. Murphy is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research centers on environmental science, with a focus on marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, and water management and technologies.

Their work is primarily situated within several subfields of environmental science, including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, ecology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Recent publications by Dennis D. Murphy include the following papers:

  • Factors Controlling Calanoid Copepod Biomass and Distribution in the Upper San Francisco Estuary and Implications for Managing the Imperiled Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), 2020, Environmental Management
  • Identifying Environmental Factors Limiting Recovery of an Imperiled Estuarine Fish, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Identifying the environmental conditions that determine the distribution of an endangered estuarine fish to manage risk of entrainment, 2025, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • The Use of Sub-Benthic Water Diversions to Protect Fish from Entrainment: Design and Operating Criteria for Infiltration Galleries in Estuarine Environments, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The use of sub-benthic water diversions to protect fish from entrainment: Design and operating criteria for infiltration galleries in estuarine environments, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors in Murphy's research include:

  • Scott Hamilton
  • Charles H. Hanson
  • Dannielle M. Favela
  • Steve Bartell
  • James J. Pierson

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Management

The primary topics of Murphy's research address issues related to:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Water management and technologies
  • Coastal and marine management

Best Publications

  • Conservation Strategy: The Effects of Fragmentation on Extinction

    Bruce A. Wilcox;Dennis D. Murphy

  • Terrestrial Arthropod Assemblages: Their Use in Conservation Planning

    C. Kremen;R. K. Colwell;T. L. Erwin;D. D. Murphy

  • The Science of Conservation Planning: Habitat Conservation Under The Endangered Species Act

    John H. Rappole;Reed Noss;Michael O'Connell;Dennis Murphy

  • Distribution of the bay checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas editha bayensis: evidence for a metapopulation model

    Susan Harrison;Dennis D. Murphy;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Sun, slope, and butterflies: topographic determinants of habitat quality for Euphydryas editha

    Stuart B. Weiss;Dennis D. Murphy;Raymond R. White

  • Assessing the Roles of Patch Quality, Area, and Isolation in Predicting Metapopulation Dynamics

    Erica Fleishman;Chris Ray;Per Sjögren-Gulve;Carol L. Boggs

  • Ecological Monitoring: A Vital Need for Integrated Conservation and Development Programs in the Tropics

    Claire Kremen;Adina M. Merenlender;Dennis D. Murphy

  • A NEW METHOD FOR SELECTION OF UMBRELLA SPECIES FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING

    Erica Fleishman;Dennis D. Murphy;Peter F. Brussard

  • The role of adult feeding in egg production and population dynamics of the checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha

    Dennis D. Murphy;Alan E. Launer;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Extinction, reduction, stability and increase: The responses of checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas) populations to the California drought.

    P. R. Ehrlich;D. D. Murphy;D. D. Murphy;Michael C Singer;Michael C Singer;C. B. Sherwood;C. B. Sherwood

  • An Environment-metapopulation Approach to Population Viability Analysis for a Threatened Invertebrate

    Dennis D. Murphy;Kathy E. Freas;Stuart B. Weiss

  • Integrating Scientific Methods with Habitat Conservation Planning: Reserve Design for Northern Spotted Owls

    Dennis D. Murphy;Barry R. Noon

  • Techniques and guidelines for monitoring neotropical butterflies.

    Helen R. Sparrow;Thomas D. Sisk;Paul R. Ehrlich;Dennis D. Murphy

  • Effects of floristics, physiognomy and non‐native vegetation on riparian bird communities in a Mojave Desert watershed

    Erica Fleishman;Neil McDonal;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Dennis D Murphy

  • Emergence patterns in male butterflies: A hypothesis and a test

    Yoh Iwasa;Francois J. Odendaal;Dennis D. Murphy;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Using Indicator Species to Predict Species Richness of Multiple Taxonomic Groups

    Erica Fleishman;James Robertson Thomson;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Dennis D Murphy

  • Umbrella species and the conservation of habitat fragments: a case of a threatened butterfly and a vanishing grassland ecosystem

    Alan E. Launer;Dennis D. Murphy

  • Conservation Lessons from Long-Term Studies of Checkerspot Butterflies

    Paul R. Ehrlich;Dennis D. Murphy

  • EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF A METHOD FOR UMBRELLA SPECIES SELECTION

    Erica Fleishman;Robert B. Blair;Dennis D. Murphy

  • Modeling and Predicting Species Occurrence Using Broad-Scale Environmental Variables: an Example with Butterflies of the Great Basin

    Erica Fleishman;Ralph Charles Mac Nally;John P Fay;Dennis D Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Erica Fleishman
Erica Fleishman Oregon State University
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Carol L. Boggs
Carol L. Boggs University of South Carolina
Reed F. Noss
Reed F. Noss University of Florida
Barry R. Noon
Barry R. Noon Colorado State University
Matthew L. Forister
Matthew L. Forister University of Nevada Reno
Jessica J. Hellmann
Jessica J. Hellmann University of Minnesota
Paul L. Angermeier
Paul L. Angermeier Virginia Tech
Thomas D. Sisk
Thomas D. Sisk Northern Arizona University

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