Edward S. Rutherford Phone (734)-663-3554,
x104; FAX (734)-663-9399
Associate
Research Scientist Internet:
edwardr@umich.edu
School
of Natural Resources and Environment
University
of Michigan
Dana
Bldg, 430 E. University St.
Ann
Arbor, MI. 48109-1115
Education
Ph.D., Marine Environmental Estuarine Sciences, University
of Maryland, 1992.
M.S., Marine Science, University
of Miami, 1982.
B.S., Biology, Tufts
University, 1976.
Experience
Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI. (2003 – Present); Assistant Research Scientist, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1994-2003); Postdoctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge Associated
Universities, at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (1992-1994); Graduate Fellow,
Electric Power Research Institute, University
of Maryland, Solomons, MD.
(1991-1992); Graduate Research Assistant, University
of Maryland, Solomons, MD.
(1987-1991); Fisheries Technician, Everglades
National Park, Homestead,
FL. (1979-1987).
Professional and
Scientific Organizations
Member American Fisheries Society, American Association for
Advancement of Science, International Association for Great Lakes
Research
Selected Publications
Horne, B.D., Rutherford,
E.S., and Wehrly, K.W. In Press. Simulating effects of hydro-dam alteration on
thermal regime and wild steelhead recruitment in the Manistee River, Michigan. River Research and Management.
Rutherford, E.S., K.A. Rose, and J.H.
Cowan, Jr. 2003. Possible density-dependent survival of
striped bass, Morone saxatilis, investigated by applying the
Shepherd and Cushing (1980) model. ICES
Journal of Marine Science 00:1-13.
Rutherford, E.S. 2002.
The unique contributions of early life history stages to fisheries
management. Ch.
9, in L. Fuiman and R.G. Werner (eds.), The Unique Contributions of Early Life
Stages to Fisheries Science. Blackwell
Science, London.
Madenjian, C. P., Fahnenstiel, G.L., Johengen, T.H.,
Nalepa, T.F., Vanderploeg, H.A., Fleischer, G.W., Schneeberger, P.J., Benjamin,
D.M., Smith, E.B., Bence, J.R., Rutherford, E.S., Lavis, D.M., Robertson, D.M.,
Jude, D.J., and Ebener, M.P.. 2002. Dynamics of the Lake Michigan food web, 1970-2000.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59:736-753.
Hook, T.O., Rutherford, E.S., Brines, S.J., Mason, D.M.,
Schwab, D.J., and McCormick, M.J., Fleischer, G.W., DeSorcie, T.J., and
Sprules, W.G. 2003. Spatially explicit
measures of production of young alewives in Lake Michigan:
Linkage between essential fish habitat and recruitment. Estuaries 26(1):21-29.
Hook, T., Rutherford, E.S., Brines,
S.J., Schwab, D., and McCormick, M.J. In Press. Relationships between surface
temperatures and the spatial and temporal distributions of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Lake
Michigan. North American
Journal of Fisheries Management.
Godby, N.A., Jr., and E.S. Rutherford. In Press.
Diet, growth and production of juvenile steelhead in a Lake
Michigan tributary. North
American Journal of Fisheries Management.
Woldt, A.P. and E.S. Rutherford. Submitted.
Steelhead (Oncorhyncus mykiss)
growth, survival, recruitment and habitat use in two central Lake
Michigan tributaries.
Journal of Great Lakes Research.
Creque, S.M., Rutherford, E.S., Wehrly, K.W., Seelbach,
P.W., and Wiley, M.J. Submitted. Development of landscape-based habitat
suitability models for potamodromous fishes in Great Lakes
tributaries. Ecological Applications.
Hook, T.O., Rutherford, E.S., Brines,
S.J., Mason, D.M., Schwab, D.J., and Fleischer, G.W. Submitted. Is bioenergetic growth potential a
good measure of habitat quality? A case
study of steelhead foraging in Lake Michigan.
Brenton, B.D., Rutherford, E.S.,
Rose, K.A., and Bronte, C.R.
Submitted. Simulating the effects
of invasive ruffe on walleye and yellow perch populations in the St.
Louis estuary, Lake Superior. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences.
Bartron, M.,
Swank, D.R., Rutherford, E.S., and Scribner, K. Submitted.
Genetic and life history based methods to detect hatchery-wild
composition of steelhead populations in Lake Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries
Management.
Rutherford, E.S., K.A. Rose, J.L.
Forney, E.L. Mills, C.M. Mayer and L.G. Rudstam. 1999.
Individual-based model simulations of a zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) induced energy shunt
on walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
populations in Oneida Lake, NY. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 56:2168-2160.
Rose, K.A., E.S. Rutherford, J.L. Forney, E.L. Mills, and D.
SinghDermott. 1999. Individual-based model of yellow perch and
walleye populations in Oneida Lake, New
York.
Ecological Monographs 69:127-154.
Rutherford, E.S., E.D. Houde, and
R.M. Nyman. 1997. Relationship of
larval-stage growth and mortality to recruitment of striped bass, Morone
saxatilis, in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries 20:174-198.
Rose, K. A., J. A. Tyler, D. Singh Dermott, and E. S.
Rutherford. 1996. Multispecies modeling of fish
populations. pp. 194-222. In:B. A.
Megrey and E. Moksness [eds.], Computers in Fisheries
Research. Chapman and Hall, London.
Rutherford, E.S. 1995.
The influence of temperature on
cohort-specific growth, survival and recruitment of larval striped bass, Morone
saxatilis, in Chesapeake Bay. Fish Bull, U.S.
93:315-332.
Cowan, J.H., Jr., K.A. Rose, E.S. Rutherford and E.D.
Houde. 1993. Individual-based model of young-of-the-year
striped bass population dynamics. II. Factors affecting recruitment in the Potomac
River, Maryland. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 122:439-458.
Houde, E.D., and E.S. Rutherford. 1993.
Recent trends in estuarine fisheries: Predictions of fish production and yield. Estuaries. 16(2):161-176.
Scott, J. P., R. R. Dewey, L. J. Hansen, R. E. Owen, and E.
S. Rutherford. 1989. How many mullet are there in Florida
Bay? Bulletin of Marine Science 44:89-107.
Rutherford, E. S., J. T. Tilmant, E. B. Thue, and T. W.
Schmidt. 1989. Fishery harvest and population dynamics of
spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Florida
Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 44:108-125.
Rutherford, E. S., J. T. Tilmant, E. B. Thue, and T. W.
Schmidt. 1989. Fishery harvest and population dynamics of
gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus, in Florida
Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 44:139-154.
Rutherford, E. S., T. W. Schmidt and J. T. Tilmant. 1989. Early
life history of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, and gray snapper,
Lutjanus griseus, in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida.
Fishery Bulletin 44:49-64.