Morgan Sparks, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Annabelle Moore, Morgan Sparks, Bryan M. Maitland. 2026. Hatch me if you can: New hatchR tool helps predict and protect fish development
• Xiaoshen Yin, Claire E. Schraidt, Morgan Sparks, Peter T. Euclide, Tyler J. Hoyt, Carl R. Ruetz, Tomas O. Hook, Mark R. Christie. 2025. Parallel genetic adaptation amid a background of changing effective population sizes in divergent yellow perch (Perca flavescens) populations
• Morgan Sparks, Bryan M. Maitland, Eli A. Felts, Allison G. Swartz, Paul N. Frater. 2025. hatchR: A toolset to predict when fish hatch and emerge

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Sparks MM, Schraidt CE, Yin X, Seeb LW, Christie MR. (2023). Rapid genetic adaptation to a novel ecosystem despite a large founder event. Molecular Ecology.Sparks MM, Kraft JC, Blackstone KMS, McKnickle GG, Christie MR. (2022). Large genetic divergence underpins cryptic local adaptation across ecological and evolutionary gradients. Proceeding of the Royal Society B, 289:20221472.Yin X, Martinez AS, Perkins A, Sparks MM, Harder AM, Willoughby JR, Sepulveda MS, Christie MR. (2020). Incipient resistance to an effective pesticide results from genetic adaptation and the canalization of gene expression. Evolutionary Applications, 14 (3), 847- 849.Sparks MM, Falke JA, Quinn TP, Adkison MD, Schindler DE, Bartz K, Young D, Westley PA. (2019) Influences of spawning timing, water temperature, and climatic warming on early life history phenology in western Alaska sockeye salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76 (1), 123-135.Sparks MM, Westley PA, Falke JA, Quinn TP (2017). Thermal adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in a warming world: Insights from common garden experiments on Alaskan sockeye salmon. Global Change Biology, 23 (12), 5203-5217.Eby LA, Pierce R, Sparks MM, Carim K, Podner C (2015) Multiscale prediction of whirling disease risk in the Blackfoot River Basin, Montana: a useful consideration for restoration prioritization. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 144 (4), 753-766.

• Program
  

  Water and Watersheds

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/waterwatersheds
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  hatchR: A toolset to predict fish development

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/hatchr-toolset-predict-fish-development

• Purdue University, Ph. D., Biology, 2023
• University of Alaska Fairbanks, Msc, Fisheries, 2015
• University of Montana, Bs, Wildlife Biology, 2012
• University of Montana, Ba, Journalism, 2012