Below is a list of publications our group has generated over the past years. Links to articles have been provided where possible. This page is being updated and papers are being added. A full list of publications can be seen through my Google Scholar page.
2026
In Press
Controlling invasive carp ichthyoplankton dispersion using a streamwise-oriented bubble screen: A proof-of-concept validation in a laboratory flume.
Journal of Great Lakes Research. Accepted February 18, 2026.
In Press
Development and assessment of fluorescent-dyed, preserved invasive grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) eggs as
surrogates for live eggs in transport and dispersal control experiments.
River Research and Applications. Accepted February 18, 2026.
In Press
Local angler knowledge reveals declines in fishing quality for Black Bass in lakes of eastern Ontario.
Fisheries management and Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/fme.70043.
2025
2025.
Temperature alters thermal tolerance and physiological response to simulated angling in paddlefish.
Journal of Thermal Biology 133: 104272.
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2025.
Efficacy of oblique bubble screen deterrents on redirecting live eggs and larvae of grass carp.
Water Resources Research 61, e2025WR039967.
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2025.
Acute exposure to water from the Chicago area waterway system induces molecular indices of stress and disturbance in silver carp: implications for deterrence to range expansion.
Biological Invasions, 27(8), pp.1-19.
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2025.
The tool box for mechanistic understanding of conservation problems facing marine wildlife.
In Volume 2: Marine Ecology (pp. 250-274). CRC Press. DOI:10.1201/9781003024613-14
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2025.
Quantifying the impact of temperature variation in live wells on Largemouth Bass.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 45(2), pp.309-321.
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2025.
Molecular epidemiology of Eimeria spp. parasites and the faecal microbiome of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis): a non-invasive, multiplex metabarcode survey of an endangered species.
Microbial Genomics, 11(2), p.001358.
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2025.
Coupling carbon dioxide gas within a bubble curtain enhances its effectiveness to deter fish.
Biological Invasions, 27(2), p.79.
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2025.
Advancing black bass management and conservation to benefit fish populations, fisheries, and people.
Fisheries 50(2): 85-86.
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2025.
Seasonal variation in responses of largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) caught during liveārelease angling tournaments.
Fisheries Management and Ecology, p.e12785.
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2024
2024.
Examining the consequences of angling tournament culling practices on Largemouth Bass.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 44(6), pp.1280-1293.
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2024.
Silver carp experience metabolic and behavioral changes when exposed to water from the Chicago Area Waterway.
Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.24689.
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2024.
Analysis of public comments on experimental regulations for protecting black bass during the spawning period in Eastern Ontario reveals both stakeholder acceptance and skepticism.
Environmental Management, 74(3), pp.532-546.
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2024.
Limiting downstream dispersal of invasive carp egg surrogates using a laboratory-scale oblique bubble screen.
Journal of Ecohydraulics, 9(2), pp.288-307.
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2024.
Spatial ecology and thermal preferences of muskellunge within a Midwest impoundment.
Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 4(3), p.e169.
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2024.
Hybrid choice modeling offers an interdisciplinary perspective on angler preferences for the future.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81(10), pp.1329-1343.
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2024.
Differing physiological performance of coexisting cool- and warmwater fish species under heatwaves in the Midwestern United States.
PLoS ONE 19(3):e0301130. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301130
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2024.
Do livewell additives enhance the physiological and behavioural recovery of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans).
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44(1):189-203.
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2024.
Food availability influences angling vulnerability in muskellunge.
Fisheries Management and Ecology 13(1):e12657.
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2024.
Moving beyond the mean: an analysis of faecal corticosterone metabolites shows substantial variability both within and across white-tailed deer populations.
Conservation Physiology 12(1): coae062.
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2024.
The physiology of catch and release angling.
In: Alderman, S.L., Gillis, T.E. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology, vol. 3. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp. 588-598.
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2024.
Space use and residency patterns of largemouth bass relative to a freshwater protected area.
Aquatic Sciences 86:23.
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2023
2023.
Aerobic responses to climate change differ across ontogeny in a teleost fish.
Journal of Fish Biology 103(2): 336-346.
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2023.
Movement and behavioral states of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in response to a behavioral deterrent in a navigational lock.
Movement Ecology 11:42.
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2023.
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Annual recruitment is correlated with reproductive success in a smallmouth bass population.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 00:1-14.
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2023.
Agricultural conservation may not help Midwestern US freshwater biodiversity in a changing climate.
Science of the Total Environment 872(10): 162143.
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2023.
Angler preferences for management of aquatic invasive species in the USA and Canada: A discrete choice experiment.
Journal of Great Lakes Research 49(2):545-553.
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2023.
Invasive species as sentinels: measuring health outcomes in silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) during removal.
Ichthyology and Herpetology 111(1): 8-19.
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2023.
Capture is predicted by behavior and size, not metabolism, in Muskellunge.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 43(1): 231-243.
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2023.
A 30-year dataset of CO2 in flowing freshwaters in the United States.
Scientific Data 10: 20.
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2023.
Freshwater protected areas can preserve high-performance phenotypes in populations of a popular sportfish.
Conservation Physiology 11(1): coad004.
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2022
2022.
Post-release locomotor activity of ice-angled Northern Pike.
Fisheries Research 256:106481.
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2022.
Are we any closer to understanding why fish can die after severe exercise?
Fish and Fisheries 23(6):1400-1417.
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2022.
Thermal tolerance of fish to heatwaves in agricultural streams: What does not kill you makes you stronger?
Freshwater Biology 67(10): 1801-1814.
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2022.
A decision-making framework for evaluating environmental tradeoffs in enhancing ecosystem services across complex agricultural landscapes.
Journal of Environmental Management 314: 115077.
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2022.
An examination of freezing in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) following ice fishing using a histological approach.
Journal of Applied Ichthyology 38(3): 285-292.
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2022.
Catch-and-release ice fishing: status, issues and research needs.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 151(3): 322-332.
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2022.
The value of eudaimonia for understanding relationships among values and pro-environmental behavior.
Journal of Environmental Psychology 80: 101778
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2022.
Physiological and behavioral responses of ageā0 Muskellunge during simulated stocking in elevated pH water.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(2): 361-368
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2022.
Restoration physiology of fishes: Frontiers old and new for aquatic restoration.
In: Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene – Issues and Applications. Fish Physiology Series, Volume 39, Part B, Pages 393-428.
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2022.
Words matter: a systematic review of communication in non-native aquatic species literature.
NeoBiota 74:1-28.
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2022.
Deterring the movement of an invasive fish: individual variation in common carp responses to acoustic and stroboscopic stimuli.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 151(1): 112-123.
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2021
2021.
Reducing invasive species transport among recreational anglers: the importance of values and risk perceptions.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41(6): 1812-1825.
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2021.
Snake River: A navigation and spawning dilemma.
Open Journal of Soil Science 11(10) 479-503.
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2021.
Why the Stall? Using metabolomics to define the lack of upstream movement of invasive bigheaded carp in the Illinois River.
PLoS One 16(10): e0258150.
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2021.
Depth-based barotrauma severity, reflex impairment and stress response in two species of ice-angled fish.
Fisheries Management and Ecology 28(4): 383-392.
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2021.
Food security: impact of European settlement and infrastructure on Columbia River salmon migration.
Open Journal of Soil Science 11(7): 367-388
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2021.
Technological innovations in the recreational fishing sector: implications for fisheries management and policy.
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 31(2): 253-288.
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2021.
Mississippi River delta: land subsidence and coastal erosion.
Open Journal of Soil Science 11(3): 139-163.
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2021.
Quantifying tradeoffs between electricity generation and fish populations via population habitat duration curves.
Ecological Modelling 440: 109373.
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2021.
Beyond the catch: fostering stewardship among recreational anglers through the development of a water ethic.
In: Angler Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation: The Future of Fisheries and Aquatic Conservation, pages 141-154. American Fisheries Society.
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2021.
Simulated instream restoration structures offer smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) swimming and energetic advantages at high flow velocities.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78(1): 40-56.
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2020
2020.
Variation in behavioural responses of sub-tropical marine fishes to experimental longline capture.
ICES Journal of Marine Science 77(7-8: 2763-2775.
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2020.
St. Lawrence seaway: eastern great lakes, the Niagara River and Welland Canal replacement, maintenance and protection.
Journal of Water Resource and Protection 12(9): 778.
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2020.
Reflections on the influence of a synthesis of circleāhook evidence on the angling community and conservation policy and practice.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30(9): 1747-1752.
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2020.
Development of carbon dioxide barriers to deter invasive fishes: insights and lessons learned from bigheaded carp
Fishes 5(3): 25.
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2020.
St. Lawrence Seaway: Navigation on Gulf of Saint Lawrence Estuary and the St. Lawrence River.
Journal of Water Resource and Protection 12(8): 672-691.
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2020.
Big, hungry fish get the lure: size and food availability determine capture over boldness and exploratory behaviors.
Fisheries Research 227: 105554.
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2020.
A deliberative research approach to valuing agro-ecosystem services in a worked landscape.
Ecosystem Services 42: 101083.
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2020.
On improved care of black bass during liveārelease competitive angling eventsārecent innovations and associated research needs.
Fisheries 45(4): 178-183.
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2020.
Gonad development and reproductive hormones of invasive silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the Illinois River.
Biology of Reproduction 102(3): 647-659.
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2019
2019.
Presence of conspecifics reduces between-individual variation and increases avoidance of multiple stressors in bluegill.
Animal Behaviour 158:15-24.
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2019.
Impact of iceāangling and handling on swimming performance in Bluegill and Largemouth Bass.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39(6): 1301-1310.
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2019.
Food deprived largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are inactive and stressed, but do not show changes in lure inspections.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 238: 110556.
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2019.
Physiological status of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the Illinois River: An assessment of fish at the leading edge of the invasion front.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 32: 100614.
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2019.
Largemouth bass use prior experience, but not information from experienced conspecifics, to avoid capture by anglers.
Fisheries Management and Ecology 26(6): 600-610.
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2019.
Effects of acclimation temperature on critical thermal limits and swimming performance of the state-endangered bigeye chub Hybopsis amblops.
Aquatic Biology 28: 137-147.
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2019.
The role of social network behavior, swimming performance, and fish size in the determination of angling vulnerability in bluegill.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73(10): 139.
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2019.
Influence of nutritional status on carbon dioxide tolerance and avoidance behavior in a freshwater Teleost.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 148(5): 914-925.
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2019.
Evidence of fish spillover from freshwater protected areas in lakes of eastern Ontario.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(7):1106-1122.
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2019.
Quick learning, quick capture: largemouth bass that rapidly learn an association task are more likely to be captured by recreational anglers.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73(2): 23.
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2019.
Swimming performance of a freshwater fish during exposure to high carbon dioxide.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26(4): 3447-3454.
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2019.
Human-nature relationships and normative beliefs influence behaviors that reduce the spread of aquatic invasive species.
Environmental Management 63(1): 67-79.
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2019.
Glucocorticoid and behavioral variation in relation to carbon dioxide avoidance across two experiments in freshwater teleost fishes.
Biological Invasions 21: 505-517.
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2019.
Avoidance of carbon dioxide in flowing water by bighead carp.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(6): 961-969.
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2018
2018.
Metabolic response of bluegill to exercise at low water temperature: implications for angling conservation.
Environmental Biology of Fishes 101(12): 1657-1667.
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2018.
Temperature dependent effects of carbon dioxide on avoidance behaviors in bigheaded carps.
Biological Invasions 20(11): 3095-3105.
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2018.
Shelter-seeking behavior of crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, in elevated carbon dioxide.
Aquatic Ecology 52(2): 225-233.
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2018.
Sociable bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus, are selectively captured via recreational angling.
Animal Behaviour 142: 129-137.
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2018.
Effects of catch-and-release angling on a largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) population in a north temperate lake, 2001ā2005.
Fisheries Research 204: 95-102.
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2018.
Hot and bothered: effects of elevated pCO2 and temperature on juvenile freshwater mussels.
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 315(1): R115-R127.
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2018.
Fish behavior in elevated CO2: implications for a movement barrier in flowing water.
Biological Invasions 20(7): 1899-1911.
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2018.
Associations of intestinal helminth infections with health parameters of spring-migrating female lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) in the upper Midwest, USA.
Parasitology Research 117(6) 1877-1890.
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2018.
A macrophysiology approach to watershed science and management.
Science of the Total Environment 626: 434-440.
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2018.
In situ swimming behaviors and oxygen consumption rates of juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris).
Environmental Biology of Fishes 101(5): 761-773.
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2018.
Chronic exposure of a freshwater mussel to elevated pCO2: Effects on the control of biomineralization and ionāregulatory responses.
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 37(2): 538-550.
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2018.
Exercise intensity while hooked is associated with physiological status of longline-captured sharks.
Conservation Physiology 6(1): coy074.
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2018.
Metabolic phenotype is not associated with vulnerability to angling in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus).
Canadian Journal of Zoology 96(11): 1264-1271.
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2018.
Biological consequences of weak acidification caused by elevated carbon dioxide in freshwater ecosystems.
Hydrobiologia 806(1): 1-12.
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2017
2017.
Using dissolved carbon dioxide to alter the behavior of invasive round goby.
Management of Biological Invasions 8(4): 567-574.
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2017.
Tolerance to hypercarbia is repeatable and related to a component of the metabolic phenotype in a freshwater fish.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90(5): 583-587.
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2017.
Hormonal responsiveness to stress is negatively associated with vulnerability to angling capture in fish.
Journal of Experimental Biology 220(14):2529-2535.
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2017.
Spatiotemporal distributions of intestinal helminths in female lesser scaup Aythya affinis during spring migration from the upper Midwest, USA.
Journal of Helminthology 91(4):479-490.
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2017.
Valve movement of three species of North American freshwater mussels exposed to elevated carbon dioxide.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24(18):15567-15575.
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2017.
Effect of weight and frontal area of external telemetry packages on the kinematics, activity levels and swimming performance of smallābodied sharks.
Journal of Fish Biology 90(5):2097-2110.
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2017.
The energetic, physiological, and behavioral response of lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) to simulated longline capture.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 207:65-72.
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2017.
Can ozone be used to control the spread of freshwater aquatic invasive species?
Management of Biological Invasions 8:1.
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2017.
Elevated carbon dioxide has the potential to impact alarm cue responses in some freshwater fishes.
Aquatic Ecology 51(1): 59-72.
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2017.
Elevated carbon dioxide has limited acute effects on Lepomis macrochirus behaviour.
Journal of Fish Biology 90(3): 751-772.
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2017.
Predation of freshwater fish in environments with elevated carbon dioxide.
Marine and Freshwater Research 68(9): 1585-1592.
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2017.
Physiological effects of iceāangling capture and handling on northern pike, Esox lucius.
Fisheries Management and Ecology 24(1): 10-18.
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2017.
Consequences of oral lure retention on the physiology and behaviour of adult northern pike (Esox lucius L.).
Fisheries Research 186: 601-611.
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2017.
Responses to elevated CO2 exposure in a freshwater mussel, Fusconaia flava.
Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187:87-101.
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2017.
Chill out: physiological responses to winter ice-angling in two temperate freshwater fishes.
Conservation Physiology 5(1): cox027.
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2017.
Swimming speeds and metabolic rates of semi-captive juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris, Poey) estimated with acceleration biologgers.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 486: 245-254.
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