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Most of my published work

The pathobiome of Salmo trutta from the North Sea to the Barents Sea.

Lennox, R.J., Miller, K.M., Madhun, A., Schulze, A.D., Eldøy, S.H., Isaksen, T.E., Nilsen, R., Shea, D., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Davidsen, J.G., Cooke, S.J., Vollset, K.W. (in press).

Journal of Biogeography

Genetic sex and origin identification suggests differential migration of male and female Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Northeast Atlantic.

Nielsen, E.E., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2024).

Evolutionary Applications, 17, e70009.

The effect of trapping on the migration and survival of Atlantic salmon smolts.

Sortland, L.K., Jepsen, N., Kennedy, R., Koed, A., del Villar-Guerra, D., Lennox, R.J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (in press).

River Research and Applications.

A comparative study of the alternative life history of iteroparous salmonids.

Lennox, R.J., Nilsen, C.I., Dahlmo, L., Behre, S., Barlaup, B., Normann, E., Landro, Y., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Cooke, S.J., & Vollset, K.W. (2024).

Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 33, e12786. 

Tracking aquatic animals for fisheries management in European waters.

Özgül, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Abecasis, D., Alós, J., Aarestrup, K., Reubens, J., Bolland, J., Lök, A., Edwards, J.E., Pengal, P., Prchalová, M., et al. (2024).

Fisheries Management and Ecology, 31, e12706.

Despite plasticity, heatwaves are costly for a coral reef fish.

Van Wert, J.C., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Gallagher, J., Hardison, E.A., Landfield, K., Burkepile, D., & Eliason, E.J. (2024).

Scientific Reports, 14, 13320.

Comparing the migration behaviour and survival of Atlantic salmon and brown trout smolts.

Sortland, L.K., Aarestrup, K., & Birnie-Gauvin, K. (in press).

Journal of Fish Biology (Special Issue: Advances in telemetry approaches and technologies applied to fish ecology and management).

Effects of pre-winter cortisol exposure on condition, diet, and morphology of wild juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Colborne, S., Peiman, K.S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M.H., Aarestrup, K., & Cooke, S.J. (2024).

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A, 341, 282-292. 

Evidence of marine predation on silver New Zealand longfin eels, Anguilla dieffenbachii

Jellyman, D., Franklin, P., Aarestrup, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Baker, C., & Jellyman, P. (2024).

Fisheries Management and Ecology, 31, e12695. 

Oceanic migration routes and behaviour of the New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii).

Franklin, P.A., Jellyman, D., Baker, C., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Jellyman, P., Aarestrup, K. (2023).

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 724, 127-139. 

Otolith microchemistry combined with genetics reveal patterns of straying and population connectivity in a salmonid.

Källo, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Baktoft, H., Lesher, C., Bekkevold, D., Grønkjær, P., Bederford, G., Aarestrup, K. (2024).

Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 33, e12760.

Tracking aquatic animals to understand a world increasingly shaped by a changing climate and extreme weather events.

Lennox, R. J., Afonso, P., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2024).

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81, 326-339. 

Mechanisms of cardiac collapse at high temperature in a marine teleost (Girella nigrians).

Schwieterman, G. D., Hardison, E. A., Cox, G. K., Van Wert, J. C., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Eliason, E. J. (2023).

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 286, 111512. 

Measures to safeguard and restore river connectivity.

Thieme, M., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Opperman, J. J., Franklin, P., Richter, H., Baumgartner, L., Ning, N., Vu, A.V., Brink, K., Sakala, M., O’Brien, G. C., Petersen, R., Tongchai, P., Cooke, S. J. (2023).

Environmental Reviews, 32, 366-386.

Positioning aquatic animals with acoustic transmitters.

Lennox, R. J., Alós, J., Arlinghaus, R., Aspillaga, E., Bertram, M., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2023).

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 2514-2530. 

Anaerobic metabolism and recovery: roles and implications for mortality in Pacific salmon.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Patterson, D. A., Cooke, S. J., Hinch, S. G., Eliason, E. J. (2023).

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 31, 497-522. 

Is it a new day for freshwater biodiversity? Reflections on outcomes of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Cooke, S. J., Harrison, I., Thieme, M., Landsman, S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2023).

PLOS Sustainability & Transformation, 2, e0000065.

Over 200,000 kilometers of free-flowing river habitat in Europe is altered due to impoundments.

Parasiewicz, P., Belka, K., Łapińska, M., Ławniczak, K., Prus, P., Adamczyk, M., Buras, P., Szlakowski, J., Kaczkowski, Z., Krause, K., O’Keeffe, J., Suska, K., Ligięza, J., Melcher, A., O’Hanley, J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2023).

Nature Communications, 14, 6289. 

A review of iteroparity in anadromous salmonids: biology, threats and implications.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Bordeleau, X., Eldøy, S. H., Bøe, K., Kristensen, M. L., Nilsen, C., Lennox, R. J. (2023).

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 33, 1005-1025.

The ecological relevance of Critical Thermal Maxima methodology (CTM) for fishes.

Desforges, J. E., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Jutfelt, F., Gilmour, K. M., Eliason, E. J., Dressler, T. L., McKenzie, D. J., Bates, A. E., Lawrence, M. J., Cooke, S. J. (2023).

Journal of Fish Biology, 102, 1000-1016. 

The RACE for freshwater biodiversity: Essential actions to create the social context for meaningful conservation.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lynch, A. J., Franklin, P., Reid, A. J., Landsman, S. J., Tickner, D., Dalton, J., Cooke, S. J., Aarestrup, K. (2023).

Conservation Science and Practice, 5, e12911. 

How do natural changes in flow magnitude affect fish abundance and biomass in temperate regions? A systematic review.

Rytwinski, T., Lin, H-Y., Harper, M., Smokorowski, K. E., Smith, A., Reid, J. L., Taylor, J. J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al.  (2023). Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4, e12216. 

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) predation on adult anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Källo, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Jepsen, N., & Aarestrup, K. (2023).

Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 32, 488-495. 

The conservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity can be enhanced with ecopracticology.

Cooke, S. J., & Birnie-Gauvin, K. (2022).

Socio-Ecological Practice Science, 4, 409-416. 

Variability in straying behaviour among repeat spawning anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) followed over several years.

Källo, K., Baktoft, H., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (2022).

ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79, 2453-2460.

The physiological costs of reproduction in capital breeders.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Berthelsen, C., Larsen, T., & Aarestrup, K. (2022).

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 96, 40-52. 

First tagging data on large Atlantic bluefin tuna returning to Nordic waters suggest repeated behaviour and skipped spawning.

Aarestrup, K., Baktoft, H., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2022).

Scientific Reports, 12, 11772. 

The movement ecology of fishes.

Cooke, S. J., Bergman, J. N., Twardek, W. M., Piczak, M. L., Casselberry, G. A., Lutek, K., Dahlmo, L. S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Griffin, et al. (2022).

Journal of Fish Biology, 101, 756-779. 

High prevalence of straying in a wild brown trout (Salmo trutta) population in a fjord system.

Källo, K., Baktoft, H., Kristensen, M. L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (2022).

ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79, 1539-1547.

On the relevance of animal behavior to the management and conservation of fishes and fisheries.

Cooke, S. J., Auld, H. L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2022). 

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 106, 785-810.

Physiology as a tool for at-risk animal recovery planning: An analysis of Canadian recovery strategies with global recommendations.

Madliger, C. L., Creighton, M. J. A., Raby, G. D., Bennett, J. R., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lennox, R. J., & Cooke, S. J. (2022). Conservation Science and Practice, 4, e12701.

Our failure to protect the stream and its valley: A call to “back off” from riparian development.

Cooke, S. J., Vermaire, J. C., Baulch, H. M., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Twardek, W., & Richardson J. S. (2022).

Freshwater Science, 41, 183-194. 

First tracking of the oceanic spawning migrations of Australasian short-finned eels (Anguilla australis).

Koster, W., Aarestrup, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2021).

Scientific Reports, 11, 22976. 

Short-term effects of low-head barrier removals on fish communities and habitats.

Bubb, D., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Tummers, J., Aarestrup, K., Jepsen, N., & Lucas, M.C. (2021).

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Special Issue: Challenges and benefits of restoring river connectivity), 9, 697106. 

Repeatability of migratory behaviour suggests trade-off between size and survival in a wild iteroparous salmonid.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2021).

Functional Ecology, 35, 2717-2727. 

Life-history strategies in salmonids: the role of physiology and its consequences.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Bordeleau, X., Cooke, S.J., Davidsen, J.D., Eldøy, S.H., Eliason, E.J., Moore, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2021).  Biological Reviews, 96, 2304-2320. 

How do natural changes in flow magnitude affect fish abundance and diversity in temperate regions? A systematic review protocol.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Rytwinski, T., Harper, M., Taylor, J.J., et al. (2021).

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2, e12079. 

No evidence for long-term carryover effects in a wild salmonid fish.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M.H., Peiman, K.S., Midwood, J.D., Wilson, A.D.M., Cooke, S.J., & Aarestrup, K. (2021). 

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94, 319-329. 

Upper thermal tolerance indicated by CTmax fails to predict migration strategy and timing, growth, and predation vulnerability in juvenile brown trout Salmo trutta.

Desforges, J. E., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Aarestrup, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2021).

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94, 215-227. 

Energetic state and the continuum of migratory tactics in brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., & Aarestrup, K. (2021).

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78, 1435-1443.

More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers.

Belletti, B., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Jones, J., Bizzi, S., Börger, L., Segura, G., Castelletti, A., van de Bund, W., Aarestrup, K., Barry, J., Belka, K., Berkhuysen, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2020).

Nature, 588, 436-441. 

On the various ways that anadromous salmonids use lake habitats to complete their life history.

Lennox, R. J., Pulg, U., Malley, B., Gabrielsen, S. E., Hanssen, E. M., Cooke, S. J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Barlaup, B. T., & Vollset, K. W. (2020).

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78, 90-100.

Catchment-scale effects of river fragmentation: a case study on restoring connectivity.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Nielsen, J., Frandsen, S. B., Olsen, H. M., & Aarestrup, K. (2020).

Journal of Environmental Management, 264, 110408. 

The value of experimental approaches in migration biology.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lennox, R. J., Guglielmo, C. G., Teffer, A. K., Crossin, G. T., Norris, D. R., Aarestrup, K., Cooke, S. J. (2020).

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 93, 210-226. 

From endangered to sustainable: multi-faceted management in rivers and coasts improves Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations in Denmark.

Koed, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Sivebæk, F., & Aarestrup, K. (2020).

Fisheries Management and Ecology, 27, 64-76. 

Overlooked aspects of the Salmo salar and Salmo trutta lifecycles.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Thorstad, E. B., & Aarestrup, K. (2019).

Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries, 29, 749-766. 

100 pressing questions on the future of global fish migration science, conservation, and policy.

Lennox, R.J., Paukert, C., Aarestrup, K., Auger-Methe, M., Baumgartner, L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2019).

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 286. 

Behaviour of veteran sea trout Salmo trutta L. in a dangerous fjord system.

Kristensen, M. L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Aarestrup K. (2019).

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 616, 141-153. 

Cortisol predicts migration timing and success in both Atlantic salmon and sea trout kelts.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Flavio, H., Kristensen, M. L., Walton-Rabideau, S., Cooke, S. J., Willmore, W. G., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2019).

Scientific Reports, 9, 2422.

Getting cosy in freshwater: Assumed to be brackish pike are not so brackish after all.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Højrup, L. B., Kragh, T., Jacobsen, L., & Aarestrup, K. (2019).
Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 28, 376-384.

A call for a paradigm shift: Assumed‐to‐be premature migrants actually yield good returns.

Birnie‐Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (2018).

Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 28, 62-68. 

Routes and survival of anadromous brown trout Salmo trutta L. post-smolts during early marine migration through a Danish fjord system.

Kristensen, M. L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (2018).

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 209, 102-109. 

Moving beyond fitting fish into equations: Progressing the fish passage debate in the Anthropocene.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Franklin, P., Wilkes, M., & Aarestrup, K. (2018).

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29, 1095-1105. 

 

River connectivity reestablished: effects and implications of six weir removals on brown trout smolt migration.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Candee, M. M., Baktoft, H., Larsen, M. H., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2018).

River Research and Applications, 34, 548-554. 

River connectivity reestablished: effects and implications of six weir removals on brown trout smolt migration.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Candee, M. M., Baktoft, H., Larsen, M. H., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2018).

River Research and Applications, 34, 548-554. 

Comparison of cocoa butter and vegetable shortening as vehicles for manipulation in Salmo trutta.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Aarestrup, K., Gilmour, K. M., & Cooke, S. J. (2018).

Journal of Fish Biology, 92, 229-236. 

Making tough choices: Picking the appropriate conservation decision-making tool.

Bower, S., Brownscombe, J. W., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Ford, M., Moraga, A., Pusiak, R., Turenne, E. D., Zolderdo, A., Cooke, S. J., & Bennett, J. R. (2018).

Conservation Letters, 11, 1-7. 

Adaptive management in the context of barriers in European freshwater ecosystems.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Tummers, J. S., Lucas, M. C., & Aarestrup, K. (2017).

Journal of Environmental Management, 204, 436-431. 

30 years of data reveal a dramatic increase in abundance of brown trout following the removal of a small hydrodam.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., Nielsen, J., & Aarestrup, K. (2017).

Journal of Environmental Management, 204, 467-471. 

N-acetylcysteine manipulation fails to elicit an increase in glutathione in a teleost model.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., Aarestrup, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2018).

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 44, 137-142. 

Oxidative stress and partial migration brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Baktoft, H., Aarestrup, K., Willmore, W. G. & Cooke, S. J. (2017).

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 95, 829-835. 

Morphological, physiological and dietary covariation in migratory and resident adult brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Peiman, K. S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., et al. (2017).

Zoology, 123, 79-90. 

Nutritional physiology of wildlife in a changing world.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Raubenheimer, D., & Cooke, S. J. (2017).

Conservation Physiology, 5, cox030. 

Shining a light on the loss of rheophilic fish habitat in lowland rivers as a forgotten consequence of barriers and its implications for management.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Aarestrup, K., Riis, T. M. O., Jepsen, N., & Koed, A. (2017).

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27, 1345-1349.

Conservation can inform threat assessment and recovery planning processes for threatened species.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Walton, S., Delle Palme, C. A., Manouchehri, B. A., Venne, S., Lennox, R. J., Chapman, J. M., Bennett, J. R., & Cooke, S. J. (2017).

Endangered Species Research, 32, 507-513. 

How experimental biology and ecology can support evidence-based decision-making in conservation: Avoiding pitfalls and enabling application.

Cooke, S.J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lennox, R. J., et al. (2017).

Conservation Physiology, 5, cox043. 

Aquatic Conservation. 

Brownscombe, J. W., Reid, A. J., Dolgova, L., Pusiak, R., Laurich, B., Turenne, E. D., Zolderdo, A., Moraga, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Brooks, J., Sullivan, B., Ford, M., Bower, S. D., Bennett, J. R., & Cooke, S. J.

Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. Ed. David Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press.

If and when: Intrinsic differences and environmental stressors influence migration in brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Peiman, K. S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Midwood, J. D., Larsen, M. H., Wilson, A. D. M., Aarestrup, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2017).

Oecologia, 184, 375-384. 

Does coastal light pollution alter the nocturnal behavior and blood physiology of juvenile bonefish (Albula vulpes)?

Szekeres, P., Wilson, A. D. M., Haak, C. R., Danylchuk, A. J., Brownscombe, J. W., Elvidge, C. K., Shultz, A. D., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2017).

Bulletin of Marine Science, 93, 491-505. 

Short-term and long-term effects of exogenous cortisol manipulation on oxidative stress in juvenile brown trout.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Aarestrup, K., Willmore, W. G., & Cooke, S. J. (2017).

Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 1693-1700. 

Another paradigm lost? Autumn downstream migration of juvenile brown trout: evidence for a pre-smolt migration.

Aarestrup, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & M.H. Larsen. (2018).

Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 27, 513-516. 

A comparative and evolutionary approach to oxidative stress in fish: a review.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Costantini, D., Willmore, W. G., & Cooke, S. J. (2017).

Fish and Fisheries, 18, 928-942. 

Sublethal consequences of urban life for wild vertebrates.

Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Gallagher, A. J., de Bruijn, R., & Cooke, S. J. (2016).

Environmental Reviews, 24, 416-425. 

Conservation physiology of fishes for tomorrow: successful conservation in a changing world and priority actions for the field.

Komoroske, L., Birnie-Gauvin, K. (2022).

In: Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene – Issues and Applications (Volume 39B).

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