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Refereed Publications (bold denotes supervised students or PDFs)—Total 130.
Papers published and in press (2008)
Rasmussen, J.B., Trudeau V. and G.R. Morinville (2008). Estimating the scale of fish feeding
movements in rivers using13C signature gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology. (In press)
Browne, D., and J. B. Rasmussen 2008. The effect of yellow perch on the trophic ecology of
brook trout: an example of inrraguild predation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
(In press)
Miller, L.L., Rasmussen J.B., Palace, V.P., Wang, F. and A. Hontela. 2008. Physiological stress
response of fish from agricultural drain waters enriched with pesticides and selenium.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (In press)
Rasmussen, J.B., Gunn, J.M., Sherwood G.D. et al. 2008. Direct and indirect (foodweb
mediated) effects of metal exposure on the on the growth of yellow perch: Implications for
Ecological Risk Assessment. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 14: 317-350.
Morinville, G.R. and J.B. Rasmussen. 2008. Distinguishing between juvenile anadromous and
resident brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) using morphology Environmental Biology of Fishes
81: 171-184.
Papers published (2007)
Rasmussen, J.B. and V. Trudeau. 2007. Influence of velocity and chlorophyll standing stock on
periphyton δ13C and δ15N in the Ste. Marguerite River system, Quebec. Canadian Journal of
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:1370-1381.
Tewfik, A., J.B. Rasmussen and K.S. McCann. 2007. Simplification of seagrass foodwebs across a
gradient of nutrient enrichment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:956967
Papers published (2006)
Trudel, M., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2006. Bioenergetics and mercury dynamics in fish: a modelling
perspective. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:1890-1902.
Morinville, G.R. and J.B. Rasmussen. 2006. Marine feeding patterns of anadromous brook trout
(Salvelinus fontinalis) inhabiting an estuarine river fjord. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences 63:2011-2027.
Morinville,GR J.B. Rasmussen. 2006. Does life history variability in salmonids affect habitat use
by juveniles? A comparison among streams open and closed to anadromy. Journal of Animal
Ecology 75 (3): 693-704.
Hatton, I., K.S. McCann, J. Umbanhowar, and J.B. Rasmussen. A Graphical approach to risk in
exploited fisheries. Ecological Applications 16:1238-1248.
Papers published (2005)
Tewfik, A., J.B. Rasmussen and K.S. McCann. 2005. Anthropogenic enrichment alters a marine
benthic food web. Ecology 86(10):2726-36.
Vadeboncoeur Y, McCann KS, Vander Zanden MJ and J.B. Rasmussen. 2004. Effects of multichain omnivory on the strength of trophic control in lakes. Ecosystems. 8(6): 682 – 693.
Gilbert, M., J.B. Rasmussen, D.L. Kramer. 2005. Estimating the density and biomass of moray
eels using an improved visual census method for hole-dwelling reef fauna. Environmental
Biology of Fishes 73:415-426
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McCann K.S., J.B. Rasmussen, and J.Umbanhowar. 2005. The dynamics of spatially coupled
food webs. Ecology Letters. 8:513-533.
Iles, A., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2005. Indirect effects of metal contamination on energetics of
yellow perch resulting from food web simplification. Freshwater Biology 50: 976-992.
Kovecses, J., Sherwood G.D., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2005. Impacts of altered benthic invertebrate
communities on the feeding ecology of perch (Perca flavescens) in metal contaminated lakes.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:153-162.
Papers published (2004)
Cattaneo A, Manca M., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2004. Peculiarities in the stable isotope composition
of organisms from an alpine lake. Aquatic Sciences 66: 440-445.
Giguère, A., Campbell, P.G.C., Hare, L., McDonald, D.G., and J.B.Rasmussen. Influence of lake
chemistry and fish age on Cd, Cu and Zn concentrations in various organs of indigenous yellow
perch (Perca flavescens). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61:1702-1716.
deBruyn AM, McCann KS, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2004. Migration supports uneven consumer
control in a sewage-enriched river food web. Journal of Animal Ecology 73 (4): 737-746.
Papers published (2003)
deBruyn A.M.H, Marcogliese, D., and J.B. Rasmussen . 2003. The role of sewage in a large
river food web. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60:1632-1644.
Campbell, P.G.C, A. Hontela and J.B. Rasmussen et al. 2003. Differentiating between direct
(physiological) and food chain mediated (bioenergetic) effects on fish in metal impacted lakes.
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 9: 847-866.
Morinville, G, and J.B. Rasmussen . 2003. Early juvenile bioenergetic differences between
anadromous and resident brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences 60: 401-410.
Trudeau, V., and J.B. Rasmussen 2003. The effect of water velocity on C and N stable isotope
signatures of stream periphyton. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2194-2199.
Vander Zanden, M.J. and J.B. Rasmussen. 2003. Food web perspectives on the study of bass
populations in North-Temperate lakes. American Fisheries Society Symposium 31: 173-184.
Papers published (2002)
deBruyn A.M.H, Marcogliese, D., and J.B. Rasmussen . 2002. Altered body size distributions in
a large river fish community enriched by sewage. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 59: 819-828.
Pazzia, I., Trudel, M., Ridgway, M., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2002. The influence of food web
structure on the growth and bioenergetics of lake trout. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences 59:1593-1605.
Sherwood GD, Pazzia I, Moeser A, Hontela A., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2002. Shifting gears:
enzymatic evidence for the energetic advantage of switching diet in wild-living fish. Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59:229-241.
DeBruyn, A., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2002. Quantifying assimilation of sewage-derived organic
matter by riverine benthos. Ecological Applications 12 : 511-520.
Sherwood, G., J. Kovecses, A. Hontela, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2002. Energetic bottlenecks
resulting from simplified communities in metal-polluted systems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1-5.
Papers published (2001)
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Vander Zanden, M.J. and J.B. Rasmussen. 2001. Variation in δ15N and δ13C trophic
fractionation: implications for aquatic food-web studies. Limnology and Oceanography 46:206166.
deBruyn, A.M.H. and J.B. Rasmussen. 2001. Freeze concentration of ambient waters for toxicity
testing. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20:1733-1739.
Trudel, M., and J.B. Rasmussen. 2001. Predicting mercury concentrations in fish using massbalance models. Ecological Applications 11: 517-529.
Trudel, M., A. Tremblay, A. Shetagne, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2001. Why are dwarf fish so small?
An energetic analysis of polymorphism in lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 58: 394-405
Papers published (2000)
Branstrator, D.K., G. Cabana, A. Mazumder, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2000. Measuring life-history
omnivory in the opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta, with stable nitrogen isotopes. Limnology and
Oceanography 45: 463-467.
Vander Zanden, M.J., N. Lester, B. Shuter, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2000. Within- and among
population variation in trophic position of lake trout. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 57: 725-731.
Trudel, M., A. Tremblay, A. Schetagne, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2000. Estimating food
consumption rates of fish using a mercury mass balance model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences 57: 414-428.
Sherwood, G., J.C. Brodeur, A. Hontela, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2000. The bioenergetic cost of
pollution by heavy metals in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) as measured with a radionuclide
mass-balance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciiences. 57: 441-450.
Sarakinos, H.C., N. Bermingham, P.A. White, and J.B. Rasmussen. 2000. Correspondence
between whole effluent toxicity (WET) and the presence of priority substances in complex
industrial effluents. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19: 63-71.
Papers published (1999)
Tucker, S., I. Pazzia, D.J. Rowan, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1999. Detecting pan-Atlantic migration
in salmon (Salmo salar) using 137Cs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:
2235-2239.
Vander Zanden, M.J., B. Shuter, N. Lester, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1999. Patterns of food chain
length in lakes. American Naturalist 154: 406-416.
Vander Zanden, M.J., J.M. Casselman, and J.B. Rasmussen 1999. Stable isotope evidence for
food web consequences of species invasions in lakes. Nature 401: 464-467.
Vander Zanden, M.J. and J.B. Rasmussen 1999. Primary consumer 13C and 15N and the
trophic position of aquatic consumers. Ecology 80: 1395-1404.
White, P.A., S.Robitaille, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1999. Heritable reproductive effects of
benzo[a]pyrene on the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry. 18: 1843-1847.
Tucker S. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1999. Using radiocesium (137Cs) to measure and compare
bioenergetic budgets of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brook trout (Salvelinus
fontinalis) in the field. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 875-887.
Ricciardi, A, and J.B.Rasmussen. 1999. Extinction rates of North American freshwater fauna.
Conservation Biology 13: 1220-1222.
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DeBruyn, A.M.H., and J.B.Rasmussen. 1999. Applicability of Tedlar ™ bags to aqueous
sampling for ambient toxicity testing: adsorption of trace metals. Environmental Toxicology &
Chemistry 18: 1932-1933.
Papers published (1998)
Ricciardi, A., J. Neves, and J.B. Rasmussen 1998. Impending extinctions of unionid mussels in
the Mississippi River basin due to infestation with the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha).
Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 613-619.
White, P.A. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1998. The genotoxic hazard of domestic wastes in surface
waters. Mutation Research 410: 223-236.
Meeuwig, J.J., J. B. Rasmussen, and R.H. Peters. 1998. Turbid waters and clarifying mussels:
their moderation of empirical chl:nutrient relations in estuaries in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 171:139-150.
Ricciardi, A, and J.B.Rasmussen. 1998. Predicting the identity and impact of future biological
invaders: a priority for aquatic resource management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences 55: 1759-1765.
Vander Zanden, M.J., M. Hulshof, M.S. Ridgway, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1998. Application of
stable isotope techniques to trophic studies of age-0 smallmouth bass. Transactions of the
American Fisheries Society 127: 729-739.
Sarakinos, H.C., and J.B. Rasmussen 1998. Use of bioassay-based whole effluent toxicity
(WET) tests to predict benthic community response to a complex industrial effluent. Journal of
Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 6: 141-157.
White, P.A., J.B. Rasmussen, and C.Blaise. 1998. Genotoxic substances in the St.Lawrence
system I. Industrial genotoxins sorbed to particulate matter in the St.Lawrence, St.Maurice, and
Saguenay rivers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 17:286-303.
White, P.A., J.B. Rasmussen, and C.Blaise. 1998. Genotoxic substances in the St.Lawrence
system II. extracts from fish and macroinvertebrates from the St.Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers
(Canada). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 17:304-316.
Rowan, D.J. and J.B. Rasmussen 1998. The fate of radiocesium in freshwater communities--Why
is biomagnification variable both within and between species? Journal of Environmental
Radioactivity. 40:15-36.
Papers published (1997)
Brodeur, J., Sherwood, G., Rasmussen, J.B., and Hontela A. 1997. Cortisol impairment in yellow
perch (Perca flavescens) from lakes polluted with heavy metals. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences 54:2752-2758.
Ricciardi, A., F.Whoriskey, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1997. The role of the zebra mussel (Dreissena
polymorpha) in structuring macroinvertebrate communities on hard substrata. Canadian Journal
of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 2596-2608.
Rasmussen, J.B. and D.J. Rowan. 1997. Wave velocity thresholds for fine sediment accumulation
in lakes, and their effect on zoobenthic biomass and composition. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 16: 449-465.
White, P.A., J.B. Rasmussen, and C.Blaise. 1997. Detection of genotoxic substances in bivalve
molluscs from the Saguenay Fjord (Canada) using the SOS Chromotest. Mutation Research 392:
277-300.
Rowan, D.J. and J.B. Rasmussen 1997. Reply--Measuring the bioenergetic cost of fish activity in
situ using a globally dispersed radiotracer (137Cs). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 54: 1955-1956.
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Vander Zanden, M.J., G. Cabana, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1997. Comparing trophic position of
freshwater fish calculated using stable nitrogen isotopes (15N) and literature dietary data.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54: 1142-1158.
Trudel. M. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1997. The elimination of mercury by fish. Environmental
Science and Technology 31: 1716-1722.
Hontela, A., C. Daniel and J.B. Rasmussen. 1997. Structural and functional impairment of the
hypothalamo-pituitary-interrenal axis in fish exposed to bleached kraft mill effluent in the St.
Maurice River, Quebec. Ecotoxicology 6: 1-12.
Rowan, D.J. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1997 A bioenergetics approach to modelling seasonal patterns
in the bioaccumulation of radiocesium. Freshwater and Estuarine Radioecology. Ed G. Desmat
et al., pp. 387-393.
Papers published (1996)
Rowan, D.J. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1996. Measuring the bioenergetic cost of fish activity in situ
using a globally dispersed radiotracer 137Cs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 53: 734-745.
Cabana, G., and J.B. Rasmussen. Comparing the length of aquatic food chains using stable N
isotopes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 93: 10844-10847.
Ricciardi, A., F. Whoriskey, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1996. Impact of the Dreissena invasion on
native bivalves in the upper St. Lawrence River. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 53: 1434-44.
Boisclair, D., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1996. Empirical analysis of the influence of environmental
variables on perch growth, consumption, and activity rates. Annales Zoologica Fennici 33:
507-515.
Pierce, C.L., J.B. Rasmussen, and W.C. Leggett. 1996. Back-calculation of fish length from
scales: empirical comparison of proportional methods. Transactions of the American Fisheries
Society 125: 889-898.
White, P.A., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1996. Empirical relationship between SOS Genotoxicity, Ames
Mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity for pure compounds and environmental mixtures.
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenisis. 27:270-305.
White, P.A. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1996. A semi-automated, microplate version of the SOS
Chromotest for the analysis of complex environmental extracts. Mutation Research. 360:5174.
Vander Zanden, M.J., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1996. A trophic position model for pelagic food
webs; implications for contaminant bioaccumulation by lake trout. Ecological Monographs.
66: 451-477.
Lonergan, S. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1996. Multivariate analysis of littoral invertebrate
communities in relation to acidification in Canadian Shield lakes. Canadian Journal of
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53: 1778-1787.
White, P.A., J.B. Rasmussen, and C.Blaise. 1996. Comparing the presence, potency, and
potential hazard of organic genotoxic compounds extracted from a broad range of industrial
effluents. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 27: 116-139.
White, P.A., J.B. Rasmussen, and C.Blaise. 1996. Sorption of organic genotoxins to suspended
sediments in industrial effluents. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 27: 140-151.
Papers published (1995)
Kiriluk, R., M.R. Servos, D.M. Whittle, G. Cabana and J.B. Rasmussen. 1995. Using ratios of
stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes to characterize the biomagnification of DDE, Mirex, and
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PCB in the Lake Ontario pelagic food web. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 52: 2660-2674.
Mellina, E., E.Mills, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1995. The impact of zebra mussels (Dreissena
polymorpha) on the phosphorus budgets and phytoplankton biomass in lakes. Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 2553-2573.
Ricciardi, A., F. Whoriskey, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1995. Predicting the intensity and impacts of
Dreissena infestation on native unionid bivalves from Dreissena field density Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 1449-1461.
Rowan, D.J., J.B. Rasmussen, and J. Kalff. 1995. Optimum allocation of sampling effort in lake
sediment studies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 2146-2158.
Rowan, D.J. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1995. The elimination of radiocesium from fish. Journal of
Applied Ecology 32: 739-744.
White, P.A., J.B. Rasmussen, and C. Blaise. 1995. Genotoxicity of snow in the Montreal area.
Water Air and Soil Pollution 83: 315-334.
Liao, H., C.L. Pierce, D.H. Wahl, J.B. Rasmussen, and W.C. Leggett. 1995. Relative weight
(Wr) as a field assessment tool: relationships with growth, prey biomass and environmental
conditions. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 124: 387-400.
Papers published (1994)
Rowan, D.J., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1994. The bioaccumulation of radiocesium by fish: the
influence of physico-chemical factors and trophic structure. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Sciences 51: 2388-2410.
Cabana, G., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1994. Modelling food chain structure and contaminant
bioaccumulation using stable N-isotopes. Nature 372: 255-58.
Mellina, E., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1994. Occurrence of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
in the intertidal region of the St.Lawrence Estuary. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 9: 81-85.
Jackson, L.J., J.B. Rasmussen, and J. Kalff. 1994. A mass-balance analysis of trace metals in
two weedbeds. Water Air and Soil Pollution. 75:107-119.
Cabana, G., A. Tremblay, J. Kalff, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1994. Food chain length as a
determinant of Mercury levels in Ontario Lake trout. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 51:381-389.
Mellina, E., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1994. Patterns in the distribution and abundance of the zebra
mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in rivers and lakes in relation to substrate and other physicochemical factors. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51: 1024-1036.
Pierce, C.L., J.B. Rasmussen, and W.C. Leggett. 1994. Abundance, variation, and structure of
littoral fish communities in southern Quebec Lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 51: 1128-1138.
Papers published (1993)
Rasmussen, J.B. 1993. Patterns in the size structure of littoral macroinvertebrate communities.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 2192-2207.
Hontela, A., J.B. Rasmussen, K. Lederis, and G. Chevalier. 1993. Elevated levels of Arginine
Vasotocin in the brain of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) from acid lakes: a field test of a
potential biomarker for acid stress. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:
1717-1727.
Lamontagne, S., and J.B. Rasmussen. 1993. Estimating crayfish density in lakes with quadrats:
minimizing variance and effort. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 623626.
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Jackson, L.J., J.B. Rasmussen, and J. Kalff. 1993 Sediment pH and redox potential affect the
bioavailability of Al, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn to rooted aquatic macrophytes. Canadian Journal of
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 143-148.
Hontela, A., J.B. Rasmussen, and G. Chevalier. 1993 Endocrine responses as indicators of toxic
stress in fish from polluted environments. Water Pollution Research Journal of Canada. 28:767780.
Papers published (1992)
Rowan, D.J. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1992. Why don't Great Lakes fish reflect environmental
concentrations of organic contaminants?--An analysis of between-lake variability in the
ecological partitioning of PCBs and DDT. Journal of Great Lakes Research 18: 724-741.
Rowan, D.J., J.Kalff, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1992. Estimating lake deposition boundary depth
from wave theory. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 2490-2497.
Rowan, D.J., J. Kalff, and J.B.Rasmussen. 1992. Profundal sediment organic content and physical
character do not reflect lake trophic status, but rather reflect inorganic sedimentation and
exposure. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1431-1438.
Langevin, R., J.B. Rasmussen, H.H. Sloterdijk, and C.Blaise. 1992. Genotoxicity in water and
sediment extracts from the St. Lawrence system using the SOS chromotest. Water Research
26:419-430.
Hontela, A., J.B. Rasmussen, C.Audet, and G.Chevalier. 1992. Impaired cortisol stress response in
fish from environments polluted by PAHs, PCBs, and mercury. Archives of Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology 22: 278-283.
Papers published (1987-1991)
Hontela, A., J.B. Rasmussen, D.Ko, K.Lederis, and G. Chevalier. 1991. Arginine vasotocin, an
osmoregulatory hormone, as an indicator of acid-stress in fish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences 48: 238-242.
White, P.A. J. Kalff, J.B. Rasmussen and J. Gasol. 1991. The effect of temperature and algal
biomass on bacterial production and specific growth rate in freshwater and marine environments.
Microbial Ecology 21:99-118.
Jackson, L.J., J.B. Rasmussen, R.H. Peters, and J.Kalff. 1991. Empirical relationships between
the element composition in aquatic macrophytes and their underlying sediments.
Biogeochemistry 12:71-86.
Rasmussen, J.B., D.J. Rowan, D.R.S. Lean, and J.H. Carey. 1990. Food chain structure affects
PCB levels in pelagic fish from Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 47:2030-2038.
Pierce, C.L., J.B. Rasmussen, and W.C. Leggett. 1990. Sampling littoral fish with a seine:
corrections for variable capture efficiency. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
47:1004-1010.
Rasmussen, J.B., L. Godbout, and M. Schallenberg 1989. The humic content of lakewater and
its relationship to watershed features. Limnology and Oceanography 34:1336-1343.
Schallenberg, M., J. Kalff, and J.B. Rasmussen 1989. Solutions to problems in enumerating
sediment bacteria by direct counts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 55:1214-1219.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1988. Habitat requirements of burrowing mayflies (Ephemeridae: Hexagenia in
lakes, with special reference to the effects of eutrophication. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 7:15-64.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1988. Littoral zoobenthic biomass in lakes, and its relationship to physical,
chemical, and trophic factors. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45:14361447.
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Rasmussen, J.B. and J.A. Downing 1988. The spatial response of chirononid larvae to the
predatory leech, Nephelopsis obscura. The American Naturalist 131:14-21.
Rasmussen, J.B. and J. Kalff 1987. Empirical models of zoobenthic biomass in lakes Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44:990-1001.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1987. The effect of a predatory leech, Nephelopsis obscura on mortality, growth,
and production of chirononid larvae in a small pond. Oecologia 73:133-140.
Anholt, B.R., D. Ludwig, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1987. Optimal pursuit times; How long should
predators pursue their prey? Theoretical Population Biology 31:453-464.
Papers published (pre-1987)
Rasmussen, J.B. 1985. Effect of density and microdetritus enrichment on the growth of
chirononid larvae in a small pond. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
42:1418-1422.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1984. Chironomus (Camptochironomus) vockerothi n.sp. (Diptera:
Chironomidae) from Alberta, Canada. Canadian Entomologist 116:1643-1646.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1984. Comparison of gut contents and assimilation efficiency of two coexisting
chironomidae, Chironomus riparius Meigen and Glyptotendipes paripes (Edwards). Canadian
Journal of Zoology 62:1022-1026.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1984. The life-history, distribution, and production of Chironomus riparius and
Glyptotendipes paripes in a prairie pond. Hydrobiologia 119:65-72.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1983. An analysis of competition between the larvae of a deposit-feeding and a
filter-feeding species of chironomid (Diptera), using a mechanistic model. Lecture notes in
Biomathematics 52:238-245.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1982. The effect of thermal effluent, before and after macrophyte harvesting, on
standing crop and species composition of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Lake
Wabamun. Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 3196-3205.
Osborne, L.L., R.W. Davies, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1980. The effect of total residual chlorine on
the respiration rates of two species of freshwater leech (Hirudinoidea). Comparative Physiology
and Biochemistry 67C:203-205
Gallup, D.N., M. Hickman, and J.B. Rasmussen. 1975. Effects of thermal effluent and
macrophyte harvesting on the benthos of an Alberta lake. Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 19:552561.
Book Chapters and Published Conference proceedings
McCann, K.S., J.B. Rasmussen, J., M. Humphries and Umbanhowar, J. 2006. The role of space,
time, and variability in food web dynamics. In deRuiters, P.C, et al. Eds. Dynamic Foodwebs,
Elsevier Press.
J. B. Rasmussen and M.J. Vander Zanden. 2004. The Variation of Lake Food Webs across the
Landscape and Its Effect on Contaminant Dynamics. Ch. 11 in Polis, Gary A., Mary E. Power,
and Gary R. Huxel, editors Food Webs at the Landscape Level. 528 p. University of Chicago
Press, Chicago Ill.
Rasmussen, J.B. 2002. Challenges facing the St.Lawrence River Biodiversity in the 21st Century.
In Madramootoo, C. (Ed) Managing the St. Lawrence River. Brace Centre for Water Resources
Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada pp. 27-40.
Kiriluk, R.M., Whittle, D.M., Russell, R.W., Cabana, G. and J.B. Rasmussen. 1999. Stable
isotopic compositions of archived walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) tissues as a measure of
historical changes in the food web dynamics of the western basin of Lake Erie. In M.Munawar
(Ed) State of Lake Erie (SOLE): Past, Present and Future, pp. 469-479, Ecovision World
Monograph Series.
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Technical Reports
Rasmussen, J.B. and E.B. Taylor. 2008. Status of the Athabasca Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus
mykiss) in Alberta. Alberta Wildlife Status Report No.##. Alberta Conservation Association. (in
press).
Rasmussen, J.B. and G. Scrimegeour. 2008. Establishing a plan for a Waterton Lakes fish
community monitoring study, based on a pilot survey using pelagic NORDIC gill nets. Report
prepared to Parks Canada.
Rasmussen, J.B. 2008. Report to the Selenium Working group on the Selenium Fish Science
Panel (SeFSP) Workshop Oct 9-11, 2007. Hinton, AB.
Other publications by members of my laboratory
DeBruyn, A.M.H. and J.J. Meeuwig. 2001. Detecting lunar cycles in marine ecology: periodic
regression versus categorical ANOVA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 214: 307-31.
Meeuwig, J.J. 1999. Predicting estuarine eutrophication from land-use variables. Marine
Ecology Progress Series 176:231-241.
Meeuwig, J.J., Kauppila, P., Pitkanen, H.. Predicting coastal eutrophication in the Baltic:
Vollenweider applied to Finnish estuaries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Ricciardi, A., R. Serrouya, and F.G. Whoriskey. 1995. Aerial exposure tolerance of zebra and
quagga mussels (Bivalvia: Dreisseniidae): implications for overland dispersal. Canadian Journal
of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 470-477.
Ricciardi, A., F.L. Snyder, D.O. Kelch, and H. Reiswig. 1995. Lethal and sublethal effects of
sponge overgrowth on introduced dreissenid mussels in the Great Lakes--St. Lawrence River
system Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 2695-2703.
Ricciardi, A. 1994. Occurrence of chironomid larvae (Paratanytarsus sp.) as commensals of
dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72:
1159-1162.
Kinney, R.M., Mancos, C.G., Mills, E.L., Mellina, E., and Lisk, D.J. 1994. Zebra mussels
(Dreissena polymorpha) as a biomonitoring tool for 90Sr Contamination. Chemosphere 28:729735
Mills, E.L., Dermott, R.M, Roseman, E.F., Mellina, E. et al. 1993. Colonization, ecology and
population structure of the Quagga Mussel (Bivalvia, Dreisseniidae) in the lower Great lakes.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 2305-2314.