Carlos M. Polivka
Research Fishery Biologist
carlos.polivka@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Carlos M. Polivka, Margaret A. Malone, Spencer A. Carran, Greg Dwyer. 2024. Understanding how restoration reduces competition for habitat by combining theory, observation, and experiment
- Rachel White, Carlos M. Polivka. 2023. The very prickly caterpillar: Navigating Douglas-fir tussock moth outbreaks
- Margaret A. Malone, Carlos M. Polivka. 2022. The behavioural ecology toolkit for fish management and conservation
- Carlos M. Polivka. 2022. “If you build it…”: Methodological approaches to detect postrestoration responses in stream fishes
- John Kirkland, Carlos M. Polivka, Shannon Claeson. 2021. If you built it, did they come? Evaluating the effects of stream restoration on fish populations
- Charlotte Hovland, Carlos M. Polivka, Greg Dwyer, Kirsten C. Skalisky. 2021. Spatial variability in generalist predation on the Douglas-fir tussock moth
- Carlos M. Polivka. 2020. Habitat affinity and density-dependent movement as indicators of fish habitat restoration efficacy
- Carlos M. Polivka, Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Greg Dwyer. 2020. Use of a mechanistic growth model in evaluating post-restoration habitat quality for juvenile salmonids
- Carlos M. Polivka, Shannon Claeson. 2020. Beyond redistribution: In‐stream habitat restoration increases capacity for young‐of‐the‐year Chinook Salmon and steelhead in the Entiat River, Washington
- Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Carlos M. Polivka, Constance J. Mehmel, Chentong Li, Vanja Dukic, Greg Dwyer. 2020. An empirical test of the role of small-scale transmission in large-scale disease dynamics
- Carlos M. Polivka, Rhiannon A. Volking, Shannon Claeson, Rachel D. Hosman. 2019. Scale of monitoring influences interpretation of stream habitat restoration results for juvenile Chinook salmon
- Spencer Carran, Carlos M. Polivka, Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Greg Dwyer. 2019. Detection of low levels of baculovirus for outbreak-terminating epizootics in defoliating insects
- Carlos M. Polivka, Greg Dwyer, Constance J. Mehmel. 2017. Environmental persistence of a pathogen used in microbial insect control
- Carlos M. Polivka, Ashley Steel, Jenni L. Novak, Bror Jonsson. 2015. Juvenile salmon and steelhead occupancy of stream pools treated and not treated with restoration structures, Entiat River, Washington
- Peter Stine, Paul F. Hessburg, Thomas Spies, Marc Kramer, Christopher J. Fettig, Andrew Hansen, John F. Lehmkuhl, Kevin O'Hara, Carlos M. Polivka, Peter Singleton, Susan Charnley, Andrew Merschel, Rachel White. 2014. The ecology and management of moist mixed-conifer forests in eastern Oregon and Washington: a synthesis of the relevant biophysical science and implications for future land management
- Carlos M. Polivka, Lisa M. Friedli, Elizabeth C. Green. 2013. Stream inflow and predation risk affect littoral habitat selection by benthic fish
- R. Bruce Medhurst, Mark S. Wipfli, Chris Binckley, Carlos M. Polivka, Paul F. Hessburg, Brion Salter. 2010. Headwater streams and forest management: Does ecoregional context influence logging effects on benthic communities?
- Christopher A. Binckley, Mark S. Wipfli, R. Bruce Medhurst, Carlos M. Polivka, Paul F. Hessburg, Brion Salter, Joshua Kill. 2010. Ecoregion and land-use influence invertebrate and detritus transport from headwater streams
- Andy Bookter, Richard Woodsmith, Frank H. McCormick, Carlos M. Polivka. 2009. Water Quality Trends in the Entiat River Subbasin: 2007-2008
- Carlos M. Polivka, M.A. Chotkowski. 1998. Recolonization of experimentally defaunated tidepools by northeast Pacific intertidal fishes.
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Mihaljevic, J. R., C. M. Polivka, C. J. Mehmel, C. Li, V. Dukic, G. Dwyer. 2020. The role of small-scale transmission in large-scale disease epizootics. The American Naturalist 195: 616–635.
Last updated June 2, 2026