James L. Congleton
Assistant Leader
Idaho Coop. Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Idaho
Retired Professor
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho

• Physiology of migrating juvenile salmon
• Stress Physiology 

• Fish 511  Fish Physiology
• Fish 514  Fish Population Ecology

• Stress Responses of Chinook Salmon Smolts Collected and Transported
       from Snake River Dams
• Comparative Physiology of Wild and Hatchery-reared Salmonids
• Physiological changes in juvenile salmon migrating through the
       Snake-Columbia River hydropower system

Zabel, R., T. Wagner, J.L. Congleton, S.G. Smith, and J.G. Williams. 2005. Survival and selection of migrating salmon from capture-recapture models with individual traits. Ecological Applications 15 (4):1427-1439.

Welker, T. and J.L. Congleton. 2004. Relationship between dietary lipid source, oxidative stress, and the physiological response to stress in sub-yearling chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytsch). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. Accepted May 2004 (23 manuscript pages).

Wagner, T. and J.L. Congleton. 2004. Blood-chemistry correlates of nutritional condition, tissue damage, and stress in migrating juvenile chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In Press (July 2004, 9 pp.).

Wagner, T., J.L. Congleton, and D. Marsh. 2004. Smolt-to-adult return rates of juvenile chinook salmon transported through the Snake-Columbia hydrosystem, USA, in relation to densities of co-transported juvenile steelhead. Fisheries Research 68:259-270.

Welker, T. and J.L. Congleton. 2004. Oxidative stress in juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytsch). Aquaculture Research 35:881-887.

Congleton, J.L., P.R. Biga, and B.C. Peterson. 2003. Plasma insulin-like growth factor-I concentrations in yearling chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytsch) migrating from the Snake River Basin, USA. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 29:57-66.

Kelsey, D.A., C.B. Schreck, J.L. Congleton, and L.E. Davis. 2002. Effects of juvenile steelhead on juvenile chinook salmon behavior and physiology. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 131:676-689.

LaFrentz, B.R., S.E. LaPatra, G.R. Jones, J.L. Congleton, B. Sun, and K.D. Cain. 2002. Characterization of serum and mucosal antibody responses and relative percent survival in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), following immunization and challenge with Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Journal of Fish Diseases 25:703-713.

Congleton, J.L., and W.J. LaVoie. 2001. Comparison of blood chemistry values for samples collected from juvenile chinook salmon by three alternative methods. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 13:168-172.

Congleton, J.L., W.J. LaVoie, C.B. Schreck, and L.E. Davis. 2000. Stress indices in migrating juvenile chinook salmon and steelhead of wild and hatchery before and after barge transportation. Transactions of American Fisheries Society 129:946-961.