Andrew Kinziger, Ph.D. | Fisheries Biology

Current Research Interests

Application of high-throughput sequencing to conservation and management of fishes
Use of environmental DNA in water samples to monitor distribution and abundance of fishes
Use of genetic data to make inference into the ecology and evolution of fishes, including divergence in adaptive and neutral traits, genetic stock identification, invasion genetics, and riverscape genetic structure
Research spans a broad taxonomic range, including salmonids, cyprinids, tidewater goby, catostomids, Cottus, and other freshwater and marine fishes

Education

B.S. Environmental Science, (Computer Science Minor), 1996, St. Norbert College

M.S. Applied Ecology and Conservation Biology, 1998, Frostburg State University

Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 2003, Saint Louis University

Courses Taught

FISH 310 - Ichthyology

FISH 380 - Techniques in Fisheries Biology

FISH 474 - Conservation Genetics of Fish and Wildlife

Current Graduate Students

Name	Thesis
Gavin B. Bandy	A Technique to Calibrate eDNA Surveys for Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Dylan J. Keel	Quantification of the variability of Ceratonova shasta DNA concentrations in Klamath River water samples

Former Graduate Students

Name	Thesis	Graduation Year
Doyle J. Coyne	Comparison of standard and environmental DNA methods for estimating Chinook salmon smolt abundance in the Klamath River, California	2021
Steven R. Fong	Spatial and temporal genetic structure of winter-run steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) returning to the Mad River, California	2020
Chad M. Martel	Using environmental DNA and occupancy modeling to estimate rangewide metapopulation dynamics of the endangered tidewater goby eucyclogobius spp.	2019
Keith Parker	Evidence for the genetic basis and inheritance of ocean and river-maturing ecotypes of Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) in the Klamath River, California.	2018
Michael Sutter	Rangewide tidewater goby occupancy survey using environmental DNA	2018
Kevin Hinterman	Baseline monitoring and characterization of rocky intertidal fish communities in Northern California	2018
Ryann Whitemore	Evaluation of parameter estimation and field application of transgenerational genetic mark-recapture	2016
Conrad Newell	Development of captive culture methods for the endangered tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi)	2015
Molly Schmelzle	Monitoring endangered tidewater goby using environmental DNA in water samples	2015
Jesse Wiesenfeld	Riverscape genetics identifies cryptic lineages of speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) in the Klamath-Trinity basin	2014

Publications

Martel, C., M. Sutter, R. Dorazio, and A.P. Kinziger. Early View. Using environmental DNA and occupancy modeling to estimate rangewide metapopulation dynamics. Molecular Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15693 [article]

Related popular article: eDNA Speeds Up Road Maintenance

Kinziger, A.P., White, J.L., Nakamoto, R.J., and B.C. Harvey. 2021. Recent, small beginnings: genetic analysis suggests Catostomus rimiculus (Klamath smallscale sucker) in the Smith River, California, are introduced. J Fish Biol. 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14664 [article]

Marden, E., R.J. Abbott, F. Austerlitz, D. Ortiz‐Barrientos, R. S. Baucom, P. Bongaerts … A.P. Kinziger… L.H. Rieseberg. 2020. Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research. Molecular Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15702 [article]

Thompson, N.F., E.C. Anderson, A.J. Clemento, M.A Campbell, D.E. Pearse, J.W. Hearsey, A.P. Kinziger, and J.C. Garza. 2020. A complex phenotype in salmon controlled by a simple change in migratory timing. Science 370(6516): 609-613. DOI: 10.1126/science.aba9059 [article]

Hess, J., J. Smith, N. Timoshevskaya, C. Baker, C. Caudill, D. Graves, M. Keefer, A. Kinziger, M. Moser, L. Porter, G. Silver, S. Whitlock, and S. Narum. 2020. Genomic islands of divergence infer a phenotypic landscape in Pacific lamprey. Molecular Ecology 29: 3841-3856. [article]

Parker KA, Hess JE, Narum SR, Kinziger AP. 2019. Evidence for the genetic basis and epistatic interactions underlying ocean‐ and river‐maturing ecotypes of Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) returning to the Klamath River, California. Molecular Ecology 28: 3171-3185. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15136 [article]

Kinziger, A.P., R.J. Nakamoto, A. Aguilar, B.C. Harvey. 2019. California roach (Hesperoleucus symmetricus) in the Eel River of northwestern California: native or introduced? Environmental Biology of Fishes 102:771–781. DOI
10.1007/s10641-019-00870-x [article]

Sutter, M., and A.P. Kinziger. 2019. Rangewide tidewater goby occupancy survey using environmental DNA. Conservation Genetics 20:597-613. doi: 10.1007/s10592-019-01161-9 [article]

Wiesenfeld, J.C., D.H. Goodman, and A.P. Kinziger. 2017. Riverscape genetics identifies speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) cryptic diversity in the Klamath-Trinity Basin. Conservation Genetics 19:111-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-017-1027-6 [article]

Baumsteiger, J., A.P. Kinziger, A. Aguilar. 2016. Novel concordance between geographic, environmental, and genetic structure in the ecological generalist prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) in California. Journal of Heredity 107: 504-517. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esw045 [article]

Olsen, J.B., A.P. Kinziger, A.P., J.K. Wenburg, C.J. Lewis, C.T. Phillips, K.G. Ostrand. 2016. Genetic diversity and divergence in the fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola): implications for conservation of an endangered species. Conservation Genetics 17: 1393-1404. DOI:10.1007/s10592-016-0869-7 [article]

Kinziger, A.P., M. Hellmair, S.R. Fong, D.H. Goodman, H. Kelsey. 2016. Evolution of rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus) genetic divergence and late Quaternary displacement on the Hat Creek fault, California, USA. Conservation Genetics 17:1257-1267. DOI:10.1007/s10592-016-0859-9 [article]

Schmelzle, M.C., and A.P. Kinziger. 2016. Using occupancy modeling to compare environmental DNA to traditional field methods for regional-scale monitoring of an endangered aquatic species. Molecular Ecology Resources 16: 895–908. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12501 [article]

Kinziger, A.P., M. Hellmair, W. T. McCraney, D.K. Jacobs, G.Goldsmith. 2015. Temporal genetic analysis of the endangered tidewater goby: extinction–colonization dynamics or drift in isolation?. Molecular Ecology 24: 5544–5560. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13424 [article]

Wallace, M., E.W. Ojerholm, A.J. Scheiff, and A.P. Kinziger. 2015. First record of striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) in Humboldt Bay, California. California Fish and Game 101(4):286-288. [article]

Hellmair, M., and A.P. Kinziger. 2014. Increased extinction potential of insular fish populations with reduced life history variation and low genetic diversity. PLoS ONE 9(11): e113139. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113139 [article]

Baumsteiger, J., A.P. Kinziger, S.B. Reid, A. Aguilar. 2014. Complex phylogeography and historical hybridization between sister taxa of freshwater sculpin (Cottus). Molecular Ecology 23: 2602–2618. [article]

Hearsey, J.W., and A.P. Kinziger. 2014. Diversity in sympatric Chinook salmon runs – timing, relative fat content and maturation. Environmental Biology of Fishes 98: 413-423. [article]

Kinziger, A. P., R.J. Nakamoto, and B.C. Harvey. 2013. Local-scale invasion pathways and small founder numbers in introduced Sacramento pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis). Conservation Genetics 15:1-9. [article]

Kinziger, A. P., M. Hellmair, D.G. Hankin, and J.C. Garza. 2013. Contemporary population structure in Klamath River basin Chinook salmon revealed by analysis of microsatellite genetic data. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142:1347-1357. [article]

Baumsteiger, J., A.P. Kinziger, and A. Aguilar. 2012. Life history and biogeographic diversification of an endemic western North American freshwater fish clade using a comparative species tree approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:940-952. [article]

Kinziger, A. P., R.J. Nakamoto, E.C. Anderson, and B.C. Harvey. 2011. Small founding number and low genetic diversity in an introduced species exhibiting limited invasion success (speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus). Ecology and Evolution 1: 73–84. [article]

Hellmair, M., G. Goldsmith, and A.P. Kinziger. 2011. Preying on invasives: the exotic New Zealand mudsnail in the diet of the endangered tidewater goby. Biological Invasions 13:2197-2201. [article]

McCraney, W. T., G. Goldsmith, D.K. Jacobs, and A.P. Kinziger. 2010. Rampant drift in artificially fragmented populations of the endangered tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi). Molecular Ecology 19: 3315–3327. [article]

Kinziger, A.P., and R.M. Wood. 2010. Cottus immaculatus, a new species of sculpin (Cottidae) from the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA. Zootaxa 2340:50-64. [article]

Goodman, D.H., A.P. Kinziger, S.B. Reid, and M.F. Docker. 2009. Morphological diagnosis of Entosphenus and Lampetra ammocoetes (Petromyzontidae) in Washington, Oregon, and California. American Fisheries Society Symposium 72:223:232.

Kinziger, A.P., E. J. Loudenslager, D.G. Hankin, J.C. Garza and E.C. Anderson. 2008. Hybridization between spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon returning to the Trinity River Hatchery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:1426-1438. [article]

McGourty, K.M., A.P. Kinziger, and G. Goldsmith. 2008. Spawning time, fecundity, habitat utilization, and parasites of a northern California population of tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius newberryi. California Fish and Game 94(1): 18-32.

Goodman, D.H., S.B. Reid, M.F. Docker, A.P. Kinziger, and G.R. Haas. 2008. Evidence for high levels of gene flow among populations of a widely distributed anadromous lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus (Petromyzontidae). Journal of Fish Biology 72:400-417. [article]

Kinziger, A.P., D.H. Goodman and R.S. Studebaker. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA variation in the Ozark Highland members of the Cottus carolinae complex (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1742-1749. [article]

McGourty, K.M., A.P. Kinziger, G.H. Hendrickson, G. Goldsmith and C. Graça. 2007. Kabatana newberryi n. sp., a microsporidium infecting the musculature of the endangered tidewater goby (Eucylogobius newberryi). Journal of Parasitology 93:655-660.

Kinziger, A.P., R.M. Wood and D.A. Neely. 2005. Molecular systematics and classification of Cottus and the Baikalian cottoids (Scorpaeniformes). Copeia 2005:303-311. [article]

Kinziger, A.P. 2003 Evidence supporting two new forms and one previously described race within the Cottus carolinae species-complex from the Ozark Highlands. American Midland Naturalist 149:418-424. [article]

Kinziger, A.P. and R.M. Wood. 2003. Molecular systematics of the polytypic species Cottus hypselurus (Teleostei: Cottidae). Copeia 2003:624-627. [article]

Cochran, P.A., J.Y. Hodgson, and A.P. Kinziger. 2003. Change in the energy density of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) during its parasitic phase: implications for modeling food consumption and growth. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29 (Supplement 1):297-306. [article]

Kinziger, A.P., P.A. Cochran, and J.A. Cochran. 2002. Additional cases of predation on horsehair worms (Phylum Nematamorpha), with a first record for Missouri. MO. Acad. Sci. Bull. 36:11-13.

Kinziger, A.P. and R.L. Raesly. 2001. A narrow hybrid zone between two species of Cottus in Wills Creek, Potomac drainage. Journal of Heredity 309-314. [article]

Kinziger, A.P., R.M. Wood, and S.A. Welsh. 2001. Systematics of Etheostoma tippecanoe and Etheostoma denoncourti (Perciformes: Percidae). Copeia 2001:235-239. [article]

Kinziger, A.P., R.L. Raesly, and D.A. Neely. 2000. New species of Cottus (Teleostei: Cottidae) from the Middle Atlantic Eastern United States. Copeia 2000:1007-1018. [article]

Cochran, P.A., W.D. Swink, and A.P. Kinziger. 1999. Testing and extension of a sea lamprey feeding model. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 128:403-413. [article]

Cochran, P.A., A.P. Kinziger, and W.J. Poly. 1999. Predation on horsehair worms (Phylum Nematomorpha). Jour. Freshwater Ecol. 14:211-218.

Kinziger, A.P. 1998. Comparison of weight-length regressions for slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) and mottled sculpin (C. bairdi) from the West Twin river drainage, Wisconsin. BIOS 69:1-6.

Cochran, P.A. and A.P. Kinziger. 1997. Hexagenia bilineata (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae) persists at low levels of abundance in the lower Fox river, Wisconsin. Great Lakes Entomologist 30:89-92.

Kinziger, A.P. 1997. Winter roost habitat and diet of short-eared owls (Asio flammeus) in Door County, Wisconsin. Passenger Pigeon 59:45-52.