Population size, habitat fragmentation, and the nature of adaptive variation in a stream fish

DJ Fraser, PV Debes… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Whether and how habitat fragmentation and population size jointly affect adaptive genetic
variation and adaptive population differentiation are largely unexplored. Owing to …

Size reductions and genomic changes within two generations in wild walleye populations: associated with harvest?

E Bowles, K Marin, S Mogensen… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The extent and rate of harvest‐induced genetic changes in natural populations may impact
population productivity, recovery, and persistence. While there is substantial evidence for …

Spatiotemporal relationship between adult census size and genetic population size across a wide population size gradient

TA Bernos, DJ Fraser - Molecular Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Adult census population size (N) and effective number of breeders (Nb) are highly relevant
for designing effective conservation strategies. Both parameters are often challenging to …

Traditional ecological knowledge reveals the extent of sympatric lake trout diversity and habitat preferences

K Marin, A Coon, DJ Fraser - Ecology and Society, 2017 - JSTOR
Multidisciplinary approaches to conservation have become increasingly important in
northern regions. Because many First Nations communities have relied on freshwater fish …

Striking Phenotypic Variation yet Low Genetic Differentiation in Sympatric Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

K Marin, A Coon, R Carson, PV Debes, DJ Fraser - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The study of population differentiation in the context of ecological speciation is commonly
assessed using populations with obvious discreteness. Fewer studies have examined …

Freshwater fisheries monitoring in northern ecosystems using Indigenous ecological knowledge, genomics, and life history: Insights for community decision-making

E Bowles, HB Jeon, K Marin, P MacLeod, DJ Fraser - FACETS, 2022 - facetsjournal.com
Natural resources in northern regions are often data-limited because they are difficult and
expensive to access. Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) can provide information similar …

How to put forest and conservation genomics into motion for and with Indigenous communities?

L Touchette, JM Beaudoin, N Isabel, N Gélinas… - The Forestry …, 2021 - pubs.cif-ifc.org
Sustainable management and conservation (SMC) projects for natural resources in
collaboration with Indigenous Peoples using a genomics approach are increasing in …

A critical assessment of estimating census population size from genetic population size (or vice versa) in three fishes

MC Yates, TA Bernos, DJ Fraser - Evolutionary Applications, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Technological and methodological advances have facilitated the use of genetic data to infer
census population size (Nc) in natural populations, particularly where traditional mark‐and …

Development of genetic baseline information to support the conservation and management of wild brook trout in North Carolina

DC Kazyak, BA Lubinski, JM Rash… - … American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
After centuries of declines, there is growing interest in conserving extant wild populations of
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis and reintroducing Brook Trout populations of native …

Assessing conservation risks to populations of an anadromous Arctic salmonid, the northern Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma malma), via estimates of effective and …

LN Harris, FP Palstra, R Bajno, CP Gallagher… - Conservation …, 2017 - Springer
Census population size (N c) is crucial to the development of resource management
strategies, however, monitoring the effective population size (N e) of managed populations …