Douglas E. Facey, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Saint Michael's College

 

Reports and Publications:

White, J. D., and D. E. Facey. 2009. Diet overlap between native yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and invasive white perch (Morone americana) in Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain, Vermont.  Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 30(8): 1189-1192. 

Haynes, T.B., E. Phillips-Mentzos, and D. E. Facey. A Comparison of the Hyposaline Tolerance of Black Prickleback (Xiphister atropurpureus) and Penpoint Gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus).  Northwest Science 83(4): 361- 366.

Helfman, G. S., B. B. Collette, D. E. Facey, and B. W. Bowen.  2009.  The Diversity of Fishes, 2^nd edition: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology.  Wiley-Blackwell.  (I wrote and revised three chapters on fish physiology for this second edition of an ichthyology textbook.)

O’Brien, Shannon M., and Douglas E. Facey.  2008.  Habitat Use by the Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in two Lake Champlain Tributaries.  Canadian Field-Naturalist 122(3): 236-246.

Facey, D. E., V. S. Blazer, M. M. Gasper, and C. L. Leclerc.  2005. Using Fish Biomarkers to Monitor Improvements in Environmental Quality. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 17:263-266.

Facey, D. E.. 2005.  The effect of juvenile hormone on metamorphosis of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor).  Pages 223-230 in D.U. Silverthorn, B. R. Johnson, and A. C. Mills, editors.  Laboratory Manual for Physiology.  Benjamin Cummings publishers.  San Francisco, CA.

Facey, D. E , and S. M. O’Brien.  2004. Influence of sediment size and substrate composition on habitat selection and distribution of eastern sand darters (Ammocrypta pellucida) in the Poultney River.  Pages 291-298 in T. Manley, P. Manley, and T. Mihuc, editors.  Lake Champlain: Partnerships and Research in the New Millennium.  Kluwer Academic Press.

Facey, D. E., and S. M. O'Brien. 2002.  Management Plan for Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in Vermont.  Report to the State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife.

O'Brien, S. M., and D. E. Facey. 2002.  Management Plan for Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) in Vermont.  Report to the State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Facey, D. E., and S. O’Brien. 2001. Influence of Sediment Size and Substrate Composition on Habitat Selection and Distribution of Eastern Sand Darters (Ammocrypta pellucida) in the Poultney River.  Report to The Nature Conservancy.

Facey, D. E. 2000.  Indian Brook Reservoir Water Monitoring Project, Summer 2000.  Contract work done for the town of Essex, VT.

Facey, D. E., C. Leclerc, D. Dunbar, D. Arruda, L. Pyzocha, and V. Blazer.  1999. Physiological indicators of stress among fishes from contaminated areas of Lake Champlain. Pages 349-359 in T. O. Manley and P. L. Manley, eds. Lake Champlain in Transition: from Research toward Restoration.  Water Science and Application 1.  American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Facey, D. E.  1999.  Results of Fish Surveys of the Ethan Allen Firing Range and Camp Johnson During Summer 1999.  Report to the Army National Guard, Camp Johnson, Colchester VT.

Facey, D. E.  1998.  Status of the Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in Vermont. Canadian Field-Naturalist  112: 596-601.

Facey, D. E., C. Leclerc, D. Dunbar, D. Arruda, and V. Blazer. 1998.  (abstract) Physiological indicators of stress among fishes exposed to contaminated sediments from Lake Champlain. Pages 83 – 88 in T. Barry, B. Barton, and D. MacKinlay, eds.  Stress in Fish Symposium Proceedings.  Proceedings of the July 1998 International Congress on the Biology of Fish.

Helfman, G. S., B. B. Collette, and D. E. Facey.  1997.  The Diversity of Fishes. Blackwell Science, Inc.  528 pp.  (I wrote three chapters on fish physiology for this ichthyology textbook.)

Facey, D. E.  1996.  Final report of the citizen's advisory committee on commercial fishing in Vermont.  Report to the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Vermont State Legislature Committee on Fish, Wildlife, and Water Resources.  January 1996.

Facey, D. E., and J. E. Gersmehl.  1995.  Status of the Northern brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor) in Vermont.  Report to The Nature Conservancy and the Vermont Nongame and Natural Heritage Program of the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.  December 1995.

Facey, D. E., and J. E. Gersmehl.  1995.  Status of the American brook lamprey(Lampetra appendix) in Vermont.  Report to The Nature Conservancy and the Vermont Nongame and Natural Heritage Program of the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.  December 1995.

Facey, D. E.  1995.  Status of the Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in Vermont.  Report to The Nature Conservancy and the Vermont Nongame and Natural Heritage Program of the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.  August 1995.

Blazer, V. S., D. E. Facey, J. W. Fournie, L. A. Courtney, and J. E. Summers.  1994. Macrophage aggregates as indicators of environmental stress.  pages 169-185 in Modulators of Fish Immune Responses, Vol. 1.  J. S. Stolon and T. C. Fletcher, editors.  SOS Publications, Fair Haven, N.J.

Facey, D. E., and G. D. Grossman.  1992.  The relationship between water velocity, energetic costs and microhabitat use in four North American stream fishes.  Hydrobiologia 239: 1-6.

Facey, D. E.  1991.  Summary of fish survey of Halnon Brook.  A report to the Addison County Solid Waste Management District, Middlebury, VT.  3 pp.

Facey, D. E.  1991. Survey of fishes of the Lake Champlain Basin - 1991.  A report to the Vermont Nongame and Natural Heritage Program, Department of Fish and Wildlife.  Waterbury, VT.  18 pp.

Facey, D. E., and G. D. Grossman.  1990.  The metabolic cost of maintaining position for four North American stream fishes: effects of season and velocity.  Physiological Zoology 63: 757-776.

Nickerson, D. M., D. E. Facey, and G. D. Grossman.  1989. Estimating physiological thresholds using two-phase segmented regression.  Physiological Zoology 62: 866-887.

Facey, D. E., and G. W. LaBar.  1989.  A survey of the fishes of Vermont waters of the southern Lake Champlain basin.  Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame and Endangered Species Program.  Waterbury, VT.

Freeman, M. C., M. K. Crawford, J. C. Barrett, D. E. Facey, M. G. Flood, J. Hill, D. J. Stouder, and G. D. Grossman.  1988.  Fish assemblage stability in a southern Appalachian stream.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 1949-1958.

Helfman, G. S., D. E. Facey, L. S. Hales, and E. L. Bozeman.  1987.  Reproductive ecology of the American eel.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 1: 42-56.

Facey, D. E., and M. J. Van den Avyle.  1987.  Species Profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (North Atlantic) --America eel.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Biological Report 82(11).  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, TR EL-82-4.  28 pp.

Facey, D. E., and M. J. Van den Avyle.  1985.  Species Profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (South Atlantic) American Shad.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Biological Report 82(11).  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, TR EL-82-4.  18 pp.

Facey, D. E., and G. S. Helfman.  1985.  Reproductive migrations of American eels in Georgia.  Proc. 39th Ann. Conf. of the Southeastern Assoc. Fish and Wildlife Agencies 39: 132-138.

Krapu, G. L., B. Gehring, D. E. Facey, and M. I. Meyer.  1985.  A resource inventory of sandhill crane staging areas in Nebraska.  pages 364-370 in J. C. Lewis (ed.) Proc. 1985 Crane Workshop.  Platte River Whooping Crane Trust.  Grand Island, Nebraska.

Krapu, G. L., D. E. Facey, E. K. Fritzell, and D. H. Johnson.  1984.  Habitat use by migrant sandhill cranes in Nebraska.  Journal of Wildlife Management 48: 407-417.

LaBar, G. W., and D. E. Facey.  1983.  Local movements of American eels (Anguilla rostrata LeSueur) in Lake Champlain, Vermont, with notes on estimated population size.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 112: 111-116.

Facey, D. E., and G. W. LaBar.  1982.  Food habits, age and growth, and sex ratio of American eels in Vermont waters of Lake Champlain.  p. 73 in K. H. Loftus (ed.), Proceedings of the 1980 North American Eel Conference.  Ontario Fisheries Technical Series No. 4.  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Fisheries Branch, Toronto, Ontario.

The Platte River Ecology Study.  1981.  Special Research Report.  U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota.  June 1981.  187 p.

Facey, D. E., and G. W. LaBar.  1981.  Biology of American eels in Lake Champlain, Vermont.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 110: 396-402.

LaBar, G. W., and D. E. Facey.  1980.  Lake Champlain eels: Ecology and economics. pages 126-137 in Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Lake Champlain Basin Conference.

Facey, D. E., J. D. McCleave, and G. E. Doyon.  1977.  Responses of Atlantic salmon parr to output of pulsed ultrasonic transmitters.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 106: 489-496.