Degrees

• 2013 Ph.D. University of Idaho, Fisheries
• 1994 M.S. University of Minnesota, Fisheries 
• 1991 B.S. Allegheny College, Env Science/Biology

Research Interests

• Population genetics
• Aquatic Ecology
• Conservation Biology
• Freshwater Ecosystems

Publications

Weigel, D., L. Vilhena, P. Woods, D. Tonina, A. Tranmer, R. Benjankar, P. Goodwin. 2017. Effects of Climate-Driven Hydrologic Regimes and Water Operations on the Aquatic Habitat in a Montane Reservoir in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Aquatic Sciences 79:953-966.

Weigel, D. E., M. S. Powell, K. Martens, P. J Connolly. 2013. Colonization of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in a natal stream after barrier removal. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142:920-930.

Weigel, D. E., P. J. Connolly, M. S. Powell. 2013. The impact of small irrigation diversion dams on the recent migration rates of steelhead and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Conservation Genetics 14:1255-1267.

Weigel, D. E., P. J. Connolly, M. S. Powell. 2014. Fluvial rainbow trout contribute to the colonization of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in a small stream. Environmental Biology of Fishes 97:1149-1159.

Weigel, D. E., J. T. Peterson, and P. Spruell. 2003. Introgressive hybridization between westslope cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout. Ecological Applications 13:38-50.

Weigel, D. E., J. T. Peterson, and P. Spruell. 2002. A model to detect introgression between westslope cutthroat trout and rainbow trout based on phenotypic characteristics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:389-403.

Weigel, D.E. and P. W. Sorensen. 2001. The influence of habitat characteristics on the longitudinal distribution of brook, brown and rainbow trout in a small Minnesota stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16:599-613.

Blair, C., D. E. Weigel, M. Balazik, A. T. H. Keeley, F. M. Walker, E. Landguth, S. Cushman, M. Murphy, L. Waits, N. Balkenhol. 2012. A simulation based evaluation of methods for inferring linear barriers to gene flow. Molecular Ecology Resources 12:822-833.

Miller, M., D. E. Weigel, and K. Mock. 2006. Patterns of genetic structure in the endangered aquatic gastropod Valvata utahensis at small and large spatial scales. Freshwater Biology 51:2362-2375.

Miller, M., D. E. Weigel, K. Mock and B. Roth. 2006. Evidence for an outcrossing reproductive strategy in the hermaphroditic heterobranch gastropod Valvata utahensis with notes on genetic differentiation between V. utahensis and V. humeralis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72:397-403.

Sorensen, P.W., J. Cardwell, T. Essington, and D. E. Weigel. 1995. Hybridization and spawning behavior of brook and brown trout in a small stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:1958-1965.

Ostrofsky, M.L., D.E. Weigel, C.K. Hasselback, and P.A. Karle. 1998. The significance of extracellular production and winter photosynthesis to estimates of primary production in a woodland stream community. Hydrobiologia 382:87-96.

Awards

Meritorious Service Award from the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 2001 for the coordination, fundraising and publication of papers from the symposium on the Detection, Status and Management of Introgressed Populations of Cutthroat Trout