Seminar Topics and Paper Titles (CONS 486) 2013
1) Feb 25 (“Long-term changes in ecosystems”)
Topic 4
Climate change and Pacific salmon
Martins, E.G., Hinch, S.G., Cooke, S.J., 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. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 22:887-914.
Topic 11
Evolutionary changes by fish in response to anthropogenic 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 17:84-96.
2) March 4 (“Politicians, parasites, and pathogens- oh my!”)
Topic 8
Fish diseases and effects on fish conservation
Bakke, T.A. and P.D. Harris. 1998. Diseases and parasites in wild Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) populations. Can.
J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 55(supplement):247-266.
Topic 17
Government bureaucracies as impediments to 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. 54:1198-1210
3) March 8 (“Human-induced changes to ecosystems”)
Topic 1
Anthropogenic 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. 60:461-490.
Topic 18
Species invasions in large ecosystems
Grigorovich, I.A., R.I. Colautti, E.L. Mills, K. Holeck, A.G. Ballert, and H.J.MacIsaac. 2003. Ballast-mediated animal introductions in the Laurentian Great Lakes: retrospective and prospective analyses. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.
60:740-756.
4) March 11 (“Hey, fish are vertebrates too!”)
Topic 5
Do fish feel pain and its 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 and Fisheries (In Press). 1-37.
Topic 9
Ethics and conservation of capture-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): 153-164.

5) March 15 (“Restoration, Protection, Productive?”)
Topic 19
Usefulness of aquatic protected areas
Kaiser, M.J. et al. 2007. Evidence for greater reproductive output per unit area in areas protected from fishing. Can.
J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 64:1284-1289.
Topic 20
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: 831–841
6) March 18 (“Aquaculture: Supplementation or ‘Hatchery vs. Wild?’”)
Topic 6
Salmon aquaculture controversies
Naylor, R., K. Hindar, I.A. Fleming, R. Goldburg, S. Williams, J. Volpe, f. Whoriskey, J. Eagle, D. Kelso, and M.
Mangel. 2005. Fugitive salmon: Assessing the risks of escaped fish from net-pen aquaculture. BioScience 55: 427-
437
Topic 10
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 and Fisheries 3:79-94.
7) March 22 (“Exploitation of aquatic and marine species, with a bit of history”)
Topic 14
Overharvest of commercially valuable invertebrates
Anthony, J.L., and J.A. Downing. 2001. Exploitation trajectory of a declining fauna: a century of freshwater mussel fisheries in North America. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 2071–2090.
Topic 16
Tropical biodiversity and overexploitation
Witte, F., J. H. Wanink, and M. Kishe-Machumu. 2007. Species distinction and the biodiversity crisis in Lake
Victoria. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 136:1146–1159.
Topic 12
Use of historical 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. pp. 329-349.