Ginny L. Adams
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Professor and Environmental Science Program Director
Also affiliated: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2001–2006); Southern Illinois University System (2001); United States Army (2003); U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station (2003)
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Biography and Research Information
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Ginny L. Adams' research primarily focuses on aquatic ecology and conservation, with a notable emphasis on fish species in Missouri's Ozark streams. Her work investigates the distribution, morphology, and conservation status of troglomorphic sculpins and the movement patterns of southern redbelly dace. Adams has also studied the critical swimming speed and behavior of juvenile sturgeon species and the metabolic rates of cave-dwelling amphipods. Her publications address the impacts of catastrophic floods on stream fish communities and the passive sampling of organic chemicals in cave streams. Collaborating with faculty members from the University of Central Arkansas, including Matthew H. Connolly and Steven R. Adams, her research contributes to understanding freshwater ecosystems and their inhabitants. Adams' scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12, with 36 total publications and 509 total citations.
Metrics
- h-index: 11
- Publications: 35
- Citations: 415
Positions
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University of Central Arkansas publications 2009–2026Biology ORCID
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Professor and Environmental Science Program Director publications 2009–2026University of Central Arkansas Institution web page
Selected Publications
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Stream macroinvertebrate associations with water chemistry and habitat in low-gradient basins with minimal anthropogenic land use (2025)
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Taxonomic and functional homogenization of fish assemblages in an Ozark river associated with pasture land use and constructed water bodies (2024)
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Environmental correlates with fish assemblage change and biotic homogenization across 40 years in an Ozark, <scp>Gravel‐Bed</scp> river basin (2024)
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Fish assemblage shifts in an Ozark river over 80 years amidst a mosaic of forest regeneration and persistent pasture (2022)
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A Tale of Two Sylamores: Understanding Relationships Among Land Use, Nutrients, and Aquatic Communities Across a Subsidy-Stress Gradient (2019)
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Stream Size and Network Position Affect Fish Assemblage Diversity Differently in Headwater Streams of the Interior Highlands, USA (2019)
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Temporal and spatial dynamics of fish community structure during watershed alteration in two Ouachita River systems (2019)
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Population demographics of American eels <i>Anguilla rostrata</i> in two Arkansas, U.S.A., catchments that drain into the Gulf of Mexico (2016)
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Two Catastrophic Floods: Similarities and Differences in Effects on an Ozark Stream Fish Community (2014)
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Population genetics of grotto sculpin (Cottus specus), a new cave-adapted fish species (2014)
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Ecological factors influencing movement of creek chub in an intermittent stream of the <scp>O</scp>zark <scp>M</scp>ountains, <scp>A</scp>rkansas (2014)
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Population ecology and seasonal demography of the endangered grotto sculpin (<i>Cottus specus</i>) (2014)
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Ecology of the redfin darter and a potential emerging threat to its habitat (2014)
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Effects of pool isolation on trophic ecology of fishes in a highland stream (2014)
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Cottus specus, a new troglomorphic species of sculpin (Cottidae) from southeastern Missouri. (2013)
Collaboration Network
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- Movement patterns of southern redbelly dace, <i>Chrosomus erythrogaster</i>, in a headwater reach of an Ozark stream
- Environmental correlates with fish assemblage change and biotic homogenization across 40 years in an Ozark, <scp>Gravel‐Bed</scp> river basin
- Population demographics of American eels <i>Anguilla rostrata</i> in two Arkansas, U.S.A., catchments that drain into the Gulf of Mexico
- Stream macroinvertebrate associations with water chemistry and habitat in low-gradient basins with minimal anthropogenic land use
- Fish assemblage shifts in an Ozark river over 80 years amidst a mosaic of forest regeneration and persistent pasture
- Taxonomic and functional homogenization of fish assemblages in an Ozark river associated with pasture land use and constructed water bodies
- A Tale of Two Sylamores: Understanding Relationships Among Land Use, Nutrients, and Aquatic Communities Across a Subsidy-Stress Gradient
- Metabolic rate and natural history of Ozark cavefish, Amblyopsis rosae, in Logan Cave, Arkansas
- Metabolic Rate and Natural History of Ozark Cavefish, Amblyopsis Rosae, in Logan Cave, Arkansas
- Stream Size and Network Position Affect Fish Assemblage Diversity Differently in Headwater Streams of the Interior Highlands, USA
- Ecology of the redfin darter and a potential emerging threat to its habitat
- Population genetics of grotto sculpin (Cottus specus), a new cave-adapted fish species
- Population ecology and seasonal demography of the endangered grotto sculpin (<i>Cottus specus</i>)
- Movement patterns of southern redbelly dace, <i>Chrosomus erythrogaster</i>, in a headwater reach of an Ozark stream
- Ecological factors influencing movement of creek chub in an intermittent stream of the <scp>O</scp>zark <scp>M</scp>ountains, <scp>A</scp>rkansas
- Cottus specus, a new troglomorphic species of sculpin (Cottidae) from southeastern Missouri.
- Population genetics of grotto sculpin (Cottus specus), a new cave-adapted fish species
- Environmental correlates with fish assemblage change and biotic homogenization across 40 years in an Ozark, <scp>Gravel‐Bed</scp> river basin
- A Tale of Two Sylamores: Understanding Relationships Among Land Use, Nutrients, and Aquatic Communities Across a Subsidy-Stress Gradient
- Taxonomic and functional homogenization of fish assemblages in an Ozark river associated with pasture land use and constructed water bodies
- A Tale of Two Sylamores: Understanding Relationships Among Land Use, Nutrients, and Aquatic Communities Across a Subsidy-Stress Gradient
- Fish assemblage shifts in an Ozark river over 80 years amidst a mosaic of forest regeneration and persistent pasture
- Taxonomic and functional homogenization of fish assemblages in an Ozark river associated with pasture land use and constructed water bodies
- Fish assemblage shifts in an Ozark river over 80 years amidst a mosaic of forest regeneration and persistent pasture
- Environmental correlates with fish assemblage change and biotic homogenization across 40 years in an Ozark, <scp>Gravel‐Bed</scp> river basin
- Effects of pool isolation on trophic ecology of fishes in a highland stream
- Population ecology and seasonal demography of the endangered grotto sculpin (<i>Cottus specus</i>)
- Passive Sampling of Bioavailable Organic Chemicals in Perry County, Missouri Cave Streams
- Passive Sampling of Bioavailable Organic Chemicals in Perry County, Missouri Cave Streams
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