Corey Dunn

Bio

Education

PhD., Natural Resources, University of Missouri
M.Sc., Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech
B.Sc., Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

Research Interests

Dr. Dunn is an Assistant Professor and a Research Fisheries Biologist for the United States Geological Survey. He leads the USGS North Carolina Fish & Wildlife Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, which supports the conservation and management of natural resources through applied research, graduate education, and by technical support to conservation agencies. His overarching research interest is conservation of rivers and river-dependent species. General themes of his research program include 1) linkages between landscapes, and freshwater fish and invertebrate communities, 2) monitoring and assessment of freshwater ecosystems, 3) imperiled species management, and 4) natural resources decision-making. Much of his work has focused geographically within southeastern (USA) streams and rivers — a biodiversity hotspot.

Publications

• Confluence of Time and Space: An Innovation for Quantifying Dynamics of Hydrologic Floodplain Connectivity With Remote Sensing and GIS , RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS (2025)
• The functional traits behind fish rarity in an impounded river basin , REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES (2025)
• Connectivity patterns between floodplain lakes and neighboring streams in the historical floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River , ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS (2024)
• Spatial distribution patterns of invasive silver carp can inform removal efforts in an oxbow lake of the Mississippi River , MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (2024)
• Using resiliency, redundancy, and representation in a Bayesian belief network to assess imperilment of riverine fishes , ECOSPHERE (2024)
• Vertebrates in trade that pose high invasion risk to the United States , BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2024)
• Diverse portfolios: Investing in tributaries for restoration of large river fishes in the Anthropocene , Frontiers in Environmental Science (2023)
• Fish functional gradients along a reservoir cascade , Freshwater Biology (2023)
• Patterns of zero and nonzero counts indicate spatiotemporal distributions, aggregation, and dispersion of invasive carp , Management of Biological Invasions (2023)
• Accounting for dispersal and local habitat when evaluating tributary use by riverine fishes , Ecosphere (2021)