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UMBC Biological Sciences
Patrick Ciccotto
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Patrick Ciccotto
M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2008; B.A., Bucknell University, 2005
Selected publications

Ciccotto, P.J. In press. Morphometric distinctness of an isolated population of Percina peltata (Shield Darter) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Maryland, USA. Copeia.

Ciccotto, P.J., J.M. Gumm, and T.C. Mendelson. 2013. No evidence for color or size preference in either sex of a dichromatic stream fish, Percina roanoka. Environmental Biology of Fishes. Available Online First.

Ciccotto, P.J., J.M. Gumm, and T.C. Mendelson. 2013. Male association preference for conspecifics in the Redband Darter, Etheostoma luteovinctum (Teleostei: Percidae) based on visual cues. Copeia 2013(1):154-159.

Maloney, K.O., D.E. Weller, D.E. Michaelson, and P.J. Ciccotto. 2013. Species distribution models of freshwater stream fishes in Maryland and their implications for management. Environmental Modelling and Assessment 18:1-12.

Graves, P.H. and P. Ciccotto. 2011. The nymphal odonate fauna of two watersheds in the lower Potomac River basin, Maryland, with emphasis on rare taxa. The Northeastern Naturalist 18(4):445-456.

Kilian, J.V. and P. Ciccotto. 2011. First record of the invasive Orconectes rusticus (Rusty Crayfish) from the Potomac River, Maryland USA. The Southeastern Naturalist 10(3):553-556.

Ciccotto, P.J. 2011. Water chemistry and landscape patterns in the distribution of Banded Sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) in streams of the Atlantic Coastal Plain in Maryland. Copeia 11(3):463-469.

Ciccotto, P. and S. Stranko. 2011. Patterns of shield darter, Percina peltata, distribution in the Eastern Piedmont of Maryland, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes 92:141-150.

Ciccotto, P., A. Konings, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 2011. Descriptions of five new species in the genus Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Zootaxa 2738:1-25.

Stranko, S.A., S.E. Gresens, R.J. Klauda, J.V. Kilian, P.J. Ciccotto, M.J. Ashton, and A.J. Becker. 2010. The different effects of urbanization on non-natives and imperiled stream species. The Northeastern Naturalist 17:593-614.

Ashton, M., and P. Ciccotto. 2010. First records of Oriental Weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) in Maryland, USA. The Northeastern Naturalist 17:671-672.

Ashton, M., and P. Ciccotto. 2010. Preliminary checklist of freshwater snails by river basins of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Ellipsaria 12:14-15.

Kilian, J.V., S.A. Stranko, R.L. Raesly, A.J. Becker, and P.J. Ciccotto. 2009. Enneacanthus chaetodon (Blackbanded Sunfish): an imperiled element of the Maryland's Coastal Plain ichthyofauna. The Southeastern Naturalist 8:267-276.

Ciccotto, P. and S. Stranko. 2009. Distributions and habitat associations of four state imperiled freshwater fish species in Zekiah Swamp, Prince George's and Charles Counties, Maryland. The Maryland Naturalist 50:1-10.