Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability

Publications

Publications

• An integrated approach to understanding the linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being

  Published on July 22, 2015
  We examined how human dependence on ES and HWB might be affected by direct drivers, such as a natural disaster, and how human dependence on ES and direct and indirect drivers might affect HWB.

• Quantifying human well-being for sustainability research and policy

  Published on July 17, 2015
  To address human dependence on natural resources and anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health, understanding and management of the linkages between nature and human well-being (HWB) are urgently needed.

• Differences in sexual maturity and fall emigration between diploid and triploid brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in an Adirondack lake

  Published on July 6, 2015
  High levels of emigration coincident with maturity and spawning have been reported from brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations in Adirondack lakes.

• Survival, Distribution, and Ion Composition in Two Strains of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Fry after Exposure to Episodic pH Depressions in an Adirondack Lake

  Published on July 6, 2015
  Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) fry are susceptible to high mortality in acidified waters because of their low tolerance to acidic conditions and the potential occurrence of this life stage with episodic acidification associated with snowmelt

• Stock Structure of Rainbow Smelt in Western Lake Superior: Biochemical Genetics

  Published on July 6, 2015
  Serum transferrin (TFN) and glucosephosphate isomerase from white muscle were examined in rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax from Lake Superio

• Heritage Brook Trout in Northeastern USA: Genetic Variability within and among Populations

  Published on July 6, 2015
  Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis from 21 unstocked waters, 3 naturalized lakes, and 4 hatcheries in New York and Pennsylvania were analyzed electrophoretically for allozyme expression. Thirty-two of the 68 loci examined were polymorphic.

• Growth, Mortality, and Mark Retention of Hatchery Brook Trout Marked with Visible Implant Tags, Jaw Tags, and Adipose Fin Clips

  Published on July 6, 2015
  Growth, mortality, mark retention, and mark readability were compared among control and treatment groups of 197-265-mm hatchery brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis marked with visible implant tags, adipose tin clips, or stainless steel circularstrap jaw tags

• Ecology of Pacific Salmon: Introduction

  Published on July 6, 2015
  A key component of the program goal of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative (AYK SSI) is to “..understand the trends and causes of variation in abundance and fisheries...” of Pacific salmon

• Survival, Growth, Movement, and Distribution of Two Brook Trout Strains Stocked into Small Adirondack Streams

  Published on July 6, 2015
  Six field trials were conducted in two streams to compare the survival, growth, movement, and distribution of young-of-year Assinica strain and Temiscamie strain brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis 15-91 d after stocking

• Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Populations in Northeastern North America: Genetic Differentiation and Affinities

  Published on July 6, 2015
  We examined genetic population structure in 3253 sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) sampled at 53 sites in northeastern North America and the British Isles

• Reproductive Isolation in Sympatric Populations of Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon

  Published on July 6, 2015
  Pallid sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus and shovelnose sturgeon S. platorynchus are recognized morphologically as separate species

• Diet and Prey Selection of Naturalized Smallmouth Bass in an Oligotrophic Adirondack Lake

  Published on July 6, 2015
  Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) introduced nearly 50 years ago have established a permanent population in Little Moose Lake, NY.

• Genetic variation at microsatellite loci in sturgeon: primer sequence homology in Acipenser and Scaphirhynchus

  Published on June 17, 2015
  Eleven motif microsatellite loci were identified in a lake sturgeon genomic library and were tested against the six North American species of Acipenser and the two species of Scaphirhynchus using four to six individuals of each species.

• Genetic Aspects of Fisheries Rehabilitation Programs

  Published on June 17, 2015
  The stocking of indigenous or exotic fish species is often a desirable aspect of fisheries rehabilitation programs.

• Inheritance of duplicated fumarase and phosphoglucomutase loci in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

  Published on June 17, 2015
  Two polymorphic, duplicated loci (fumarase-1,2 and phosphoglucomutase-3,4), previously undescribed in salmonids, were examined in lake trout to determine their electrophoretic expression, mode of inheritance, and linkage associations.

• If Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus is ‘the most diverse vertebrate', what is the lake charr Salvelinus namaycush?

  Published on June 17, 2015
  Teleost fishes are prominent vertebrate models of evolution, illustrated among old-world radiations by the Cichlidae of East African Great Lakes and new-world radiations by the circumpolar Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus. Herein, we describe variation

• Undergraduate Fisheries Education: Technical Specialization or Broad Foundation?

  Published on June 17, 2015
  The fisheries profession continues to increase in complexity, and fisheries professionals are more frequently being called upon to function in new settings.

• Political influences on greenhouse gas emissions from US states

  Published on June 15, 2015
  We evaluate the extent to which politics attenuates the effects of economic and demographic factors on environmental outcomes by examining variation in CO2 emissions across US states and within states over time.

• Muskellunge and Northern Pike Ecology and Management: Important Issues and Research Needs

  Published on June 4, 2015
  Future Muskellunge and Northern Pike research should focus on egg survival based on habitat characteristics, and developing a better understanding of how selective exploitation can alter population size structure, and life history characteristics.

• Muskellunge Spawning Site Selection in Northern Wisconsin Lakes and a GIS-Based Predictive Habitat Model

  Published on June 4, 2015
  Spawning habitat degradation has been linked to declines in naturally reproducing Muskellunge Esox masquinongy populations, and managers require efficient methods to identify and protect these habitats.