Seminar Topics, Paper Titles and Schedule
CONS 486, Spring 2017
February 17th -- Human impacts on fish: Part I
Topic 1: Anthropogenic and massive changes to large aquatic ecosystems
Mills, E.L., and 16 others. 2003. Lake Ontario: food web dynamics in a changing ecosystem (1970-2000).
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60.
Presenters: Priya Joshi, Amanda Mar, Alexis Shin
Review Paper: Brian Sung, Daniel Lundgren, Chany Lapierre
Topic 14: Species invasions in large ecosystems
Grigorovich, I.A., R.I. Colautti, E.L. Mills, K. Holeck, A.G. Ballert, and H.J.MacIsaac. 2003. Ballastmediated animal introductions in the Laurentian Great Lakes: retrospective and prospective analyses. Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60.
Presenters: Josef Eriksson, Lukas Jarron, Michelle Yang
Review Paper: Ruimeng Pang, Cassandra Harper, Mariella Becu
Topic 12: Tropical lakes biodiversity crises
Witte, F., J. H. Wanink, and M. Kishe-Machumu. 2007. Species distinction and the biodiversity crisis in
Lake Victoria. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 136.
Presenters: Veronique Dumais Lalonde, Meghana Paranjape, Anna Weixelman
Review Paper: John Quinn, Simone Levesque, Jeremy Greenberg
February 27th -- Human impacts on fish: Part II
Topic 18: Ocean acidification and effects on aquatic fauna
Pörtner, H.O. 2008. Ecosystem effects of ocean acidification in times of ocean warming: a physiologist’s
view. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 373.
Presenters: Spencer Bronson, Kendall McLaughlin, Rebecca Wort
Review Paper: Emily Dorey, Andrew Flockhart, Anneka Vanderpas
Topic 8: Changes by fish in response to large scale ecosystem changes
Waples, R.S., R.W. Zabel, M.D. Scheuerell and B.L. Sanderson. 2007. Evolutionary responses by native
species to major anthropogenic changes to their ecosystems: Pacific salmon in the Columbia River
hydropower system. Mol. Ecol. 17.
Presenters: Melissa Goodwin, Tom Leung, Kaitlyn Zinn
Review Paper: Elizabeth Goullaud, Adam Kanigan, Sophie Le Noble
March 3rd -- Climate change, Fisheries management: Part I
Topic 4: Climate change and future of Pacific salmon
Martins, E.G., Hinch, S.G., Cooke, S.J., and Patterson, D.A., 2012. Climate effects on growth, phenology,
and survival of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka): a synthesis of the current state of knowledge and
future research directions. Rev. Fish Biol. Fish. 22.
Presenters: Steve Cha, Natalie Chan, Brian Sung
Review Paper: Hilary Buckley, Ian Bailey, Sam Mayer
Topic 21: Climate change and invasive species
Walther, Gian-Reto, et al. 2009. Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities. Trends Ecol.
Evol. 24.
Presenters: Corissa Ducharme, Ruimeng Pang, John Quinn
Review Paper: Joshua Green, Jared Barney, Austin Zeller
Topic 13: How governments and bureaucracies impede fish conservation
Hutchings, J.A., C. Walters, and R.L. Haedrich. 1997. Is scientific inquiry incompatible with government
information control? Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54.
Presenters: Clark Christie, Elizabeth Gallipeau, Christina Howard
Review Paper: Robert McLeod, Rosha Budathoki, Iain Reid
March 6th --
Fisheries management: Part II
Topic 19: Fishing without borders: Ocean governance and transboundary fisheries
Allison, E.H. 2001. Big laws, small catches: Global ocean governance and the fisheries crisis. J. Int. Dev.
13.
Presenters: Cassandra Harper, Daniel Lundgren, Brett Tripp
Review Paper: Spencer Bronson, Luca Marsaglia, Priya Joshi
Topic 9: Use of historical and indigenous knowledge in fisheries management
Spens, J. 2006. Can historical names and fishers’ knowledge help to reconstruct the distribution of fish
populations in lakes? In Fishers’ Knowledge in Fisheries Science and Management.
Presenters: Chany Lapierre, Mariella Becu, Simone Levesque
Review Paper: Alexis Shin, Lukas Jarron, Noa Sison
March 10th --
Ethics in fisheries
Topic 5: Do fish feel pain and does this play a role in conservation and management
Rose, J.D., R. Arlinghaus, S.J. Cooke, B.K. Diggles, W. Sawynok, E.D. Stevens, and C.D.L. Wynne. 2012.
Can fish really feel pain? Fish Fish.
Presenters: Emily Dorey, Elizabeth Goullaud, Anneka Vanderpas
Review Paper: Rebecca Wort, Amanda Mar, Melissa Goodwin
Topic 6: Ethics and conservation of capture and release fisheries
Arlinghaus, R. A. Schwab, C. Riepe, and T. Teel. 2012. A Primer on Anti-Angling Philosophy and Its
Relevance for Recreational Fisheries in Urbanized Societies. Fisheries 37(4).
Presenters: Andrew Flockhart, Jeremy Greenberg, Adam Kanigan
Review Paper: Tom Leung, Michelle Yang, Anna Weixelman
March 13th
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Conservation and restoration: Part I
Topic 2: Aquatic habitat compensation in Canada – diamond mining and fish
Jones, N.E., W.M. Tonn, G.J. Scrimgeour, and C. Katopodis. 2003. Productive capacity of an artificial
stream in the Canadian Arctic: assessing the effectiveness of fish habitat compensation. Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci. 60.
Presenters: Hilary Buckley, Joshua Green, Sophie Le Noble
Review Paper: Josef Eriksson, Veronique Dumais Lalonde, Kendall McLaughlin
Topic 17: Conservation and ecotourism
Gallagher, A. J., and N. Hammerschlag. 2011. Global shark currency: the distribution, frequency, and
economic value of shark ecotourism. Curr. Iss. Tour. 14.
Presenters: Ian Bailey, Jared Barney, Robert McLeod
Review Paper: Steve Cha, Meghana Paranjape, Kaitlyn Zinn
March 17th --
Conservation and restoration: Part II
Topic 7: Role of conservation biology in fish hatcheries
Brown, C., and R.L. Day. 2002. The future of stock enhancements: lessons for hatchery practice from
conservation biology. Fish Fish. 3.
Presenters: Sam Mayer, Iain Reid, Noa Sison
Review Paper: Natalie Chan, Corissa Ducharme, Elizabeth Gallipeau
Topic 16: Does stream restoration work?
Whiteway, S.L., P.M. Biron, A. Zimmermann, O. Venter and J.W.A. Grant . 2010. Do in-stream restoration
structures enhance salmonid abundance? A meta-analysis. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 67.
Presenters: Rosha Budathoki, Luca Marsaglia, Austin Zeller
Review Paper: Clark Christie, Brett Tripp, Christina Howard