Hoxmeier, RJH, DD Aday, DH Wahl.  2009.  An information theoretic approach to quantifying variation in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) growth and population size structure.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:423-432 .

Aday, D.D., J.J. Parkos, and D.H. Wahl.  2009.  (Invited Book Chapter) Population and community ecology of centrarchids Pages 134 - 164 In: S.J. Cooke and D.P. Philipp, eds., Ecological Diversity of Centrarchid Fishes: Basic and Applied Perspectives. 

Midway, SR, TJ Kwak, DD Aday.  Habitat suitability of the Carolina madtom, an imperiled, endemic stream fish.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  In press. 

Godbout, JD, DD Aday, JA Rice, M Bangs, J Quattro.  Morphological models for identifying largemouth, spotted, and hybrid largemouth-spotted bass.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management.  In press.

Sackett, DK, DD Aday, JA Rice, WG Cope.  A statewide assessment of mercury dynamics in North Carolina waterbodies and fish.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  In press.

Aday, D.D.  2008. (Contributed Book Chapter)  Exploring stunted body size: where have we been, what do we know, and where do we go?  Pages 349-367 in  M. Allen, S. Sammons, M. Maceina, Eds.  Balancing Fisheries Management and Water Uses for Impounded River Systems.. 

Aday, D.D.  2008.  (Invited) Bluegills: Biology and Behavior: book review.  Fisheries 33:574-575.

Midway, SR, DD Aday, TJ Kwak, K Gross.  Cover preference of the Carolina madtom (Noturus furiosus), an imperiled, endemic southeastern stream fish.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology. In review.

Godbout, JD, JA Rice, DD Aday.  Diet and habitat overlap of largemouth bass and recently introduced spotted bass in an unproductive reservoir.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  In review.

May, CM, EA Marschall, DD Aday, RS Hale, JCS Denlinger.   A spatially explicit consideration of the roles of physical habitat and growth environment in habitat selection by fishes.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.  In review.

Aday, D.D.  2007.  The presence of an invasive macrophyte (Phragmites australis) does not influence fish habitat use in a freshwater estuary.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22:535-537.
 
Aday, D.D., D.P. Philipp, and D.H. Wahl.  2006.  Sex-specific life history patterns in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus): interacting mechanisms influence individual body size.  Oecologia 147: 31-38. PDF

Aday, D.D., D.E. Shoup, J.A. Neviackas, J.L. Kline, and D.H. Wahl. 2005.  Prey community responses to  bluegill and gizzard shad foraging: Implications for growth of juvenile largemouth bass.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  134:1091-1102. PDF

Berra, T.M., and D.D. Aday. 2004. Otolith description and age-and-growth of nusuryfish, Kurtus gulliveri, from Northern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 65:354-362. PDF

Aday, D.D., D.H. Wahl, and D.P. Philipp.  2003.  Assessing population-specific and environmental influences on bluegill life histories: A common garden approach.  Ecology 84:3370-3375. PDF

Aday, D.D., R.J.H. Hoxmeier, D.H. Wahl 2003.  Direct and indirect effects of gizzard shad on bluegill population size structure.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:47-56. PDF

Aday, D.D., D.H. Wahl, and D.P. Philipp.  2003.  A mechanism for social inhibition of sexual maturation in bluegill.  Journal of Fish Biology 62:486-490. PDF

Aday, D.D., C.M. Kush, D.H. Wahl, and D.P. Philipp.  2002.  The influence of stunted body size on the reproductive ecology of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11:190-195. PDF

Hoxmeier, J.H., D.D. Aday, and D.H. Wahl. 2001. Factors influencing precision of age estimation from scales and otoliths of bluegill in Illinois reservoirs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:374-380. PDF

Aday, D.D., D.A. Rutherford, and W.E. Kelso. 2000. Field and laboratory determinations of hypoxic affects on RNA-DNA ratios of bluegill. American Midland Naturalist 143:433-442. PDF