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Zeb Hogan

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
University of Nevada/Mail Stop 186
1664 North Virginia Street
Reno,  Nevada   89557

 

Office: (775) 784-4020
Email: zebhogan@cabnr.unr.edu
Building: Max Fleischmann Agriculture,  Office 227B

 

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REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

 

Journals
Hogan, Z. S. 2011, Dam controversy: Remaking the Mekong, Nature, vol. 478, pp. 305-307   Read More...
Hogan, Z. S. 2011, Mayhem on the Mekong, Science, 6044th ed., vol. 333 , pp. 814-818   Read More...
Granek, E., Madin, E., Brown, M., Hogan, Z. S., Figuera, W., Williams, J., Cameron, D 2008, Engaging recreational fishers in management and conservation: global case studies., Conservation Biology, 22(5), 1125-1134.  
Hogan, Z. S., Na-Nakorn, U., Kong, H. 2008, Threatened fishes of the world: Pangasius sanitwongsei., Environmental Biology of Fishes.  
Book or Chapter(s) in Books
Hogan, Z. S. 2011, Ecology and Conservation of Large-bodied Freshwater Catfish: A Global Perspective., P. H. Michaletz and V. H. Travnichek (Ed.), Conservation, Ecology, and Management of Catfish (vol. 77, pp. 39-53). Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society.  
Abstract:

The order Siluriformes includes some of the largest freshwater fish on Earth, including five of the world’s ten largest obligate freshwater fish species.  Large-bodied catfish occur predominantly in large lake and rivers in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.  Throughout their range, catfish are an important component of commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries.  They can also have an important role in the ecosystem as top predators or as indicators of overfishing.   Despite their importance, relatively little attention has been given to the conservation status of large-bodied catfish.  While certain species are considered endangered, other species have not been assessed, and no global study has been conducted to examine the threats they face or their conservation status.  Multiple and combined threats from habitat degradation, dams, water withdrawals, pollution, and overexploitation have led to the decline of many catfish populations.  In addition to these threats, large-bodied catfish face an additional set of conservation challenges including shifting baselines, inadequate knowledge (including lack of taxonomic clarity), and a dearth of protected areas or species conservation plans for freshwater species.  Despite these challenges, self-sustaining populations of large-bodied catfish still exist, most notably in free flowing rivers like the Amazon and the lower Mekong.  Efforts to protect the ecological integrity of the Amazon and Mekong rivers and other rivers where large-bodied catfish occur will benefit thousands of species of freshwater fish and millions of people who rely on fish for their livelihoods and food security.

Lay or Popular Publications
Hogan, Z. S. 2009, 10 species on the brink, Time Magazine, (pp. 56-57).  
Hogan, Z. S. 2009, The world of National Geographic., National Geographic Magazine  
Presentations
Hogan, Z. S 2009, Megafish: Australia, National Geographic Television.  
Abstract:

A one-hour television documentary about the giant freshwater fish of Australia.

Bulletin/Reports
Hogan, Z. S. 2011, Review of Migratory Freshwater Fish., Bonn, Germany: Convention on Migratory Species.   Read More...