Consumption of marine-derived nutrients from invasive Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) transfer ω-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids to invasive resident …

G Figueroa-Muñoz, I Arismendi, Á Urzúa… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine-derived nutrients (MDN) contained in gametes (mature eggs and sperm), carcasses
and metabolic wastes from anadromous migratory salmon can transfer energy and materials …

Trophic dynamics of the Lake Superior fish community

AN Edwards - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The Lake Superior food web has undergone many changes in recent decades,
including the rehabilitation of the native apex predator lake charr (Salvelinus namaycush) …

Pacific salmon as vectors of environmental contaminants: An experimental test confirms synoptic surveys in natural streams

BS Gerig, DT Chaloner, RR Rediske, G Paterson… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pacific salmon transfer large quantities of material to tributaries during their spawning
migrations, including carcass tissue and labile nutrients but also persistent organic …

Contaminant Biotransport by Pacific Salmon in the Great Lakes

BS Gerig, DJ Janetski, DT Chaloner… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the Laurentian Great Lakes, introduced Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) deposit
resources and contaminants as carcass and gametic tissue during spawning migrations to …

An ecosystem model for evaluating the effects of introduced Pacific salmon on contaminant burdens of stream-resident fish

LM McGill, BS Gerig, DT Chaloner, GA Lamberti - Ecological Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Laurentian Great Lakes, introduced Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) can
transport persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals to tributaries during their annual …

Environmental context and contaminant biotransport by Pacific salmon interact to mediate the bioaccumulation of contaminants by stream‐resident fish

BS Gerig, DT Chaloner, DJ Janetski… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The extent to which environmental context mediates the bioaccumulation of biotransported
contaminants by stream‐resident organisms is poorly understood. For example, it is unclear …

Ecological consequences of Great Lakes salmon subsidies for stream-resident brook and brown trout

NT Hermann, DT Chaloner, BS Gerig… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Introduced Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) deliver novel, pulsed resource subsidies to
Great Lakes streams. We explored interactions between native brook trout (Salvelinus …

Trophic ecology of salmonine predators in northern Lake Huron with emphasis on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

BS Gerig, DT Chaloner, SA Cullen, R Greil… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pacific salmon were introduced to the Great Lakes in the 1960s and now support major
recreational fishery. Population declines resulting from invasive species have prompted …

Metal accumulation in Lake Michigan prey fish: Influence of ontogeny, trophic position, and habitat

WM Conard, BS Gerig, LM Lovin, DB Bunnell… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing an understanding of factors that influence the accumulation and magnification of
heavy metals in fish of the Laurentian Great Lakes is central to managing ecosystem and …

Increasing connectivity of Great Lakes tributaries: Interspecific and intraspecific effects on resident brook trout and brown trout populations

TG Zorn, JM Hessenauer… - Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding resident fish population responses to restored connectivity would enhance
decision‐making on dam removal and fish passage. Since such evaluations are limited in …