Roanoke logperch library
The Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) is an endangered species of fish in the perch family (Percidae). Roanoke logperch are endemic to the Roanoke, Dan, and Nottoway river basins of Virginia and North Carolina, where they are further restricted to streams containing silt-free habitat patches. Much of the scientific data that exists on the species resides in difficult-to-obtain government reports. This library was developed as a means of disseminating this unpublished information, as well as consolidating key published and unpublished studies on the species into a "one-stop shop". Government reports are in the public domain, but copyright for all of these writings remains with the authors.
Library of resources (a work in progress):
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's profile of the species.
Anderson GB. 2016. Assessment of apparent survival and abundance of Roanoke logperch in response to short-term changes in river flow. Final Report to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA.
Anderson GB. 2016. Development and application of a multiscale model of habitat suitability for Roanoke logperch. Final report to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA.
Anderson GB, Roberts JH, Angermeier PL. 2013. Monitoring of Endangered Roanoke Logperch in Smith River Upstream of Philpott Reservoir. Report of Virginia Tech to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Anderson GB, Roberts JH, Angermeier PL. 2014. Assessing Impacts of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project on the Endangered Roanoke Logperch. Report of Virginia Tech to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Burkhead NM. 1983. Ecological studies of two potentially threatened fishes (the orangefin madtom, Noturus gilberti and the Roanoke logperch, Percina rex) endemic to the Roanoke River drainage. Report from Roanoke College to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dutton D.J., Roberts J.H., Angermeier P.L. & Hallerman E.M. (2008) Microsatellite markers for endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex), and their potential utility for other species. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 831-834.
Ensign, W. E. and P. L. Angermeier. 1994. Summary of population estimation and habitat mapping procedures for the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project. Final Report to the Wilmington District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, NC.
Ensign WE, Angermeier PL, and Dolloff CA. 1995. Use of line transect methods to estimate abundance of benthic fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:213-222..
Ensign WE, Leftwich K, Angermeier PL, Dolloff CA. 1997. Factors influencing stream fish recovery following a large-scale disturbance. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:895-907.
Foltz, D.A., J.A. Studio, D.F. Ford, and A.M. Prewitt. 2022. Predation of the federally endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) by the invasive Ozark crayfish (Faxonius ozarkae). Southeastern Naturalist Notes 21:N48-N52.
Jenkins RE. 1977. Roanoke logperch, Percina rex (Jordan and Evermann 1889). Status report to the Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.
Lahey AM, Angermeier PL. 2007. A survey for Roanoke logperch in the Roanoke and Meherrin river drainages, Virginia. Report from Virginia Tech to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.
Lahey AM, Angermeier PL. 2007. Range-wide assessment of habitat suitability for Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lee DS, CR Gilbert, CH Hocutt, RE Jenkins, DE McAllister, and JR Stauffer. 1980. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, NC.
Moser GA. 1992. Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Newton Corner, MA, and Annapolis, MD.
Norman MD and R Southwick. 1985. Notes on the species composition, relative abundance and distribution of the fishes collected in the Nottoway River drainage in 1982 and 1984. Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA.
Roberts J.H. 2011. First observation of a natural hybrid between endangered Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex) and Chainback Darter (Percina nevisense). Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 53:21-28.
Roberts J.H. 2012. Assessment of the distribution and abundance of Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) in the Dan River basin of Virginia. Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.
Roberts JH. 2012. Using genetic tools to understand the population ecology of stream fishes. Doctoral Dissertation. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech.
Roberts JH and AE Rosenberger. 2008. Threatened fishes of the world: Percina rex (Jordan and Evermann 1889) (Percidae). Environmental Biology of Fish 83:439-440.
Roberts JH, Rosenberger AE, Albanese BW, and Angermeier PL. 2008. Movement patterns of endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17:374-381.
Roberts JH, Angermeier PL, Hallerman EM. 2013. Distance, dams and drift: what structures populations of an endangered, benthic stream fish? Freshwater Biology 58:2050-2064.
Roberts J.H., P.L.Angermeier, and E.M. Hallerman. 2014. Extensive dispersal of endangered Roanoke logperch inferred using genetic marker data. Ecology of Freshwater Fish DOI: 10.1111/eff.12177.
Roberts J.H., G.B. Anderson, and P.L. Angermeier. 2016. A long-term study of ecological impacts of river channelization on the population of an endangered fish: lessons learned for assessment and restoration. Water 8(6), 240, DOI: 10.3390/w8060240.
Roberts J.H., P.L. Angermeier, and G.B. Anderson. 2016. Population viability analysis for endangered Roanoke logperch. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 7:46-64.
Roberts J.H. and G.J. Strickland. 2017. Population genetics of Roanoke logperch in North Carolina. Final Report to North Carolina Fish and Wildlife Commission, Raleigh, NC.
Rosenberger AE. 2007. An update to the Roanoke logperch Recovery Plan. Report from University of Alaska Fairbanks to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.
Rosenberger AE, Angermeier PL. 2002. Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) population structure and habitat use. Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.
Rosenberger AE, Angermeier PL. 2003. Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by the endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Freshwater Biology 48:1563-1577.
Simonson, TD and RJ Neves. 1986. A status survey of the orangefin madtom (Noturus gilbert) and Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.
Strickland, GJ and JH Roberts. 2018. Utility of eDNA and occupancy models for monitoring an endangered fish across diverse riverine habitats. Hydrobiologia: online early.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2022. Species Status Assessment for the Endangered Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex), version 1.1. Gloucester, VA.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2022. Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation. Gloucester, VA.
Library of resources (a work in progress):
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's profile of the species.
Anderson GB. 2016. Assessment of apparent survival and abundance of Roanoke logperch in response to short-term changes in river flow. Final Report to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA.
Anderson GB. 2016. Development and application of a multiscale model of habitat suitability for Roanoke logperch. Final report to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA.
Anderson GB, Roberts JH, Angermeier PL. 2013. Monitoring of Endangered Roanoke Logperch in Smith River Upstream of Philpott Reservoir. Report of Virginia Tech to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Anderson GB, Roberts JH, Angermeier PL. 2014. Assessing Impacts of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project on the Endangered Roanoke Logperch. Report of Virginia Tech to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Burkhead NM. 1983. Ecological studies of two potentially threatened fishes (the orangefin madtom, Noturus gilberti and the Roanoke logperch, Percina rex) endemic to the Roanoke River drainage. Report from Roanoke College to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dutton D.J., Roberts J.H., Angermeier P.L. & Hallerman E.M. (2008) Microsatellite markers for endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex), and their potential utility for other species. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8, 831-834.
Ensign, W. E. and P. L. Angermeier. 1994. Summary of population estimation and habitat mapping procedures for the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project. Final Report to the Wilmington District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, NC.
Ensign WE, Angermeier PL, and Dolloff CA. 1995. Use of line transect methods to estimate abundance of benthic fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:213-222..
Ensign WE, Leftwich K, Angermeier PL, Dolloff CA. 1997. Factors influencing stream fish recovery following a large-scale disturbance. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:895-907.
Foltz, D.A., J.A. Studio, D.F. Ford, and A.M. Prewitt. 2022. Predation of the federally endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) by the invasive Ozark crayfish (Faxonius ozarkae). Southeastern Naturalist Notes 21:N48-N52.
Jenkins RE. 1977. Roanoke logperch, Percina rex (Jordan and Evermann 1889). Status report to the Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.
Lahey AM, Angermeier PL. 2007. A survey for Roanoke logperch in the Roanoke and Meherrin river drainages, Virginia. Report from Virginia Tech to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.
Lahey AM, Angermeier PL. 2007. Range-wide assessment of habitat suitability for Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lee DS, CR Gilbert, CH Hocutt, RE Jenkins, DE McAllister, and JR Stauffer. 1980. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, NC.
Moser GA. 1992. Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Newton Corner, MA, and Annapolis, MD.
Norman MD and R Southwick. 1985. Notes on the species composition, relative abundance and distribution of the fishes collected in the Nottoway River drainage in 1982 and 1984. Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA.
Roberts J.H. 2011. First observation of a natural hybrid between endangered Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex) and Chainback Darter (Percina nevisense). Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 53:21-28.
Roberts J.H. 2012. Assessment of the distribution and abundance of Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) in the Dan River basin of Virginia. Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.
Roberts JH. 2012. Using genetic tools to understand the population ecology of stream fishes. Doctoral Dissertation. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech.
Roberts JH and AE Rosenberger. 2008. Threatened fishes of the world: Percina rex (Jordan and Evermann 1889) (Percidae). Environmental Biology of Fish 83:439-440.
Roberts JH, Rosenberger AE, Albanese BW, and Angermeier PL. 2008. Movement patterns of endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17:374-381.
Roberts JH, Angermeier PL, Hallerman EM. 2013. Distance, dams and drift: what structures populations of an endangered, benthic stream fish? Freshwater Biology 58:2050-2064.
Roberts J.H., P.L.Angermeier, and E.M. Hallerman. 2014. Extensive dispersal of endangered Roanoke logperch inferred using genetic marker data. Ecology of Freshwater Fish DOI: 10.1111/eff.12177.
Roberts J.H., G.B. Anderson, and P.L. Angermeier. 2016. A long-term study of ecological impacts of river channelization on the population of an endangered fish: lessons learned for assessment and restoration. Water 8(6), 240, DOI: 10.3390/w8060240.
Roberts J.H., P.L. Angermeier, and G.B. Anderson. 2016. Population viability analysis for endangered Roanoke logperch. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 7:46-64.
Roberts J.H. and G.J. Strickland. 2017. Population genetics of Roanoke logperch in North Carolina. Final Report to North Carolina Fish and Wildlife Commission, Raleigh, NC.
Rosenberger AE. 2007. An update to the Roanoke logperch Recovery Plan. Report from University of Alaska Fairbanks to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gloucester, Virginia.
Rosenberger AE, Angermeier PL. 2002. Roanoke logperch (Percina rex) population structure and habitat use. Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.
Rosenberger AE, Angermeier PL. 2003. Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by the endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Freshwater Biology 48:1563-1577.
Simonson, TD and RJ Neves. 1986. A status survey of the orangefin madtom (Noturus gilbert) and Roanoke logperch (Percina rex). Report from Virginia Tech to Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, Virginia.
Strickland, GJ and JH Roberts. 2018. Utility of eDNA and occupancy models for monitoring an endangered fish across diverse riverine habitats. Hydrobiologia: online early.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2022. Species Status Assessment for the Endangered Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex), version 1.1. Gloucester, VA.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2022. Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation. Gloucester, VA.