A science and management partnership to restore coregonine diversity to the Laurentian Great Lakes

DB Bunnell, AS Ackiss, KM Alofs, CO Brant… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Similar to many freshwater ecosystems, the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America have
undergone numerous anthropogenic stressors resulting in considerable loss of biodiversity …

Genetic causes and consequences of sympatric morph divergence in Salmonidae: a search for mechanisms

SJ Salisbury, DE Ruzzante - Annual Review of Animal …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Repeatedly and recently evolved sympatric morphs exhibiting consistent phenotypic
differences provide natural experimental replicates of speciation. Because such morphs are …

Phylogenomics and species delimitation of the economically important Black Basses (Micropterus)

D Kim, AT Taylor, TJ Near - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Informed management and conservation efforts are vital to sustainable recreational fishing
and biodiversity conservation. Because the taxonomic rank of species is important in …

A GT‐seq panel for walleye (Sander vitreus) provides important insights for efficient development and implementation of amplicon panels in non‐model organisms

ML Bootsma, KM Gruenthal… - Molecular Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted amplicon sequencing methods, such as genotyping‐in‐thousands by sequencing
(GT‐seq), facilitate rapid, accurate, and cost‐effective analysis of hundreds of genetic loci in …

[HTML][HTML] Lake Superior fish community and fisheries, 2001–2022: An era of stability

CA Goldsworthy, DD Carl, SP Sitar, MJ Seider… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lake Superior is the least anthropogenically impacted of the Laurentian Great Lakes
ecosystems, yet dramatic changes to the fish community are evident. Previous published …

The ghosts of propagation past: haplotype information clarifies the relative influence of stocking history and phylogeographic processes on contemporary population …

ML Bootsma, L Miller, GG Sass… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stocking of fish is an important tool for maintaining fisheries but can also significantly alter
population genetic structure and erode the portfolio of within‐species diversity that is …

Mixed‐stock analysis using Rapture genotyping to evaluate stock‐specific exploitation of a walleye population despite weak genetic structure

PT Euclide, T MacDougall, JM Robinson… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed‐stock analyses using genetic markers have informed fisheries management in cases
where strong genetic differentiation occurs among local spawning populations, yet many …

Results of the collaborative Lake Ontario bloater restoration stocking and assessment, 2012–2020

BC Weidel, AS Ackiss, MA Chalupnicki… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bloater, Coregonus hoyi, are deepwater planktivores native to the Laurentian Great Lakes
and Lake Nipigon. Interpretations of commercial fishery time series suggest they were …

Incorporating genomics into insect conservation: Butterflies as a model group

A Sucháčková Bartoňová, D Linke… - Insect Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic data are not yet widely used in insect conservation practice. Here, with a focus on
butterflies, we aim to identify the strengths, limitations and remaining gaps between the …

[PDF][PDF] Brown trout phylogenetics: a persistent mirage towards (too) many species

B Guinand, M Oral, C Tougard - Journal of Fish Biology, 2021 - hal.science
Because of its socio-economic importance in fisheries or as highly-prized sport species, the
brown trout, Salmo trutta (Linnaeus, 1758) has acquired one iconic status. A statement …