Atlantic salmon in regulated rivers: Understanding river management through the ecosystem services lens

J Watz, D Aldvén, P Andreasson, K Aziz… - Fish and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Known as the “king of fishes,” the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Salmonidae) is an iconic
freshwater species whose contribution to human well‐being has long been recognized, as …

Left out in the cold: the understudied overwintering ecology of striped bass in Canada

SN Andrews, CF Buhariwalla, B Fleet-Pardy… - Environmental biology of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Striped Bass in Canadian waters occur at the most northern extent of the species
range. At these latitudes, overwintering represents a significant portion of annual activities …

What have we lost? Modeling dam impacts on American Shad populations through their native range

J Zydlewski, DS Stich, S Roy, M Bailey… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
American shad (Alosa sapidissima) are native to the east coast of North America from the St.
Johns River, Florida, to the St. Lawrence River region in Canada. Since the 1800s, dams …

Consumption of Atlantic salmon smolt by striped bass: a review of the predator-prey encounter literature and implications for the design of effective sampling strategies

SN Andrews, SV Hirtle, T Linnansaari, RA Curry - Fishes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The native striped bass (Morone saxatilis) population of the Miramichi River, New Brunswick
is undergoing an unprecedented recovery while Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) numbers …

Activity patterns of anadromous fish below a tide gate: Observations from high‐resolution imaging sonar

CB Rillahan, D Alcott… - Marine and Coastal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of dams and tide gates on waterways has altered the physical structure of
many coastal, estuarine, and freshwater systems. These changes have come at a cost to fish …

Tide gates form physical and ecological obstacles to river herring (Alosa spp.) spawning migrations

D Alcott, E Goerig, C Rillahan, P He… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
River herring (Alosa spp.) are anadromous fish that enter North American Atlantic coastal
rivers and lakes each spring to spawn. Anthropogenic structures such as dams and tide …

Sea to the mountains: quantifying freshwater eel and trout diet reliance on marine subsidies from upstream migrating fish

SD Stewart, R Holmes, Y Vadeboncoeur… - New Zealand Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Despite the Southern Hemisphere's high proportion of endemic diadromous
fish, the trophic role of upstream migrating forage fish in freshwater ecosystems remains …

Large dam renewals and removals—Part 1: Building a science framework to support a decision‐making process

RA Curry, G Yamazaki, T Linnansaari… - River Research and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Altered rivers and managed flows are a hallmark of civilization and dams are a principal
agent of alteration. Peak dam construction occurred at the turn of the last century in Western …

Wait and snap: eastern snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) prey on migratory fish at road-stream crossing culverts

D Alcott, M Long, T Castro-Santos - Biology Letters, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
There is growing evidence that culverts at road-stream crossings can increase fish density
by reducing stream width and fish movement rates, making these passageways ideal …

Food availability influences angling vulnerability in muskellunge

JF Bieber, SA MacDougall‐Shackleton… - Fisheries …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reduced food availability increases the capture of several fish species, although the
mechanisms responsible for how food resources result in increased capture are undefined …