Publications

All Publications by Dirk Algera

Algera, D.A., R. Kamal, T.D. Ward, N.K. Pleizier, C.J. Brauner, J.A. Crossman, A. Leake, D.Z. Zhu, M. Power and S.J. Cooke. 2022. Exposure risk of fish downstream of a hydropower facility to supersaturated total dissolved gas. Water Resources Research. 58:e2021WR031887.

Algera, D.A., K.L. Neigel, K. Kosziwka, A.E.I. Abrams, D.M. Glassman, J.R. Bennett, S.J. Cooke and N.W.R. Lapointe. 2022. Assessing a proponent-driven process for endangered species threat mitigation: Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, American Eel, and hydropower. FACETS Journal. 7:153-173.

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Algera, D.A., T. Ward, R. Zemlak, J. Crossman, P. Harrison, A. Leake, M. Power and S.J. Cooke. 2020. Stranded Kokanee salvaged from turbine intake infrastructure are at low risk for re-entrainment: A telemetry study in a hydropower facility forebay.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 40(6):1545-1552.

Fish and Fisheries

Pleizier, N.K., D. Algera, S.J. Cooke and C.J. Brauner. 2020. A meta-analysis of gas bubble trauma in fish. Fish and Fisheries. 21(6):1175-1194.

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Harrison, P.M., T. Ward, D.A. Algera, B. Culling, T. Euchner, A. Leake, J.A. Crossman, S.J. Cooke and M. Power. 2020. A comparison of turbine entrainment rates and seasonal entrainment vulnerability of two sympatric char species, bull trout and lake trout, in a hydropower reservoir. River Research and Applications. 36:1033-1045.

Algera, D.A., T. Rytwinski, J.J. Taylor, J.R. Bennett, K.E. Smokorowski, P.M. Harrison, K.D. Clarke, E.C. Enders, M. Power, M.S. Bevelhimer and S.J. Cooke. 2020. What are the relative risks of mortality and 1 injury for fish during downstream passage at hydroelectric dams in temperate regions? A systematic review. Environmental Evidence. 9(3):1-36.

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Jeanson, A.L., P. Soroye, A.N. Kadykalo, T.D. Ward, E. Paquette, A.E.I. Abrams, D.A. Algera, D. Demers, L.J. Epp, M.P. Giles, M.A. Litt, B.A. Manouchehri, R.J. James, S. McBeth, A. Paradis, L. Pittet, J. Sebes, S.C. Steell, A. Thompson, P. Tremblay, E.I. Tuononen, J.T. Kerr, J.R. Bennett and S.J. Cooke. 2020. Twenty actions for a ‘Good Anthropocene’ – Perspectives from early career conservation professionals. Environmental Reviews. 28(1):99-108.

Fish and Fisheries

Harrison, P.M., E.G. Martins, D.A. Algera, T. Rytwinski, B. Mossop, A.J. Leake, M. Power and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Turbine entrainment and passage of potadromous fish through hydropower dams: developing conceptual frameworks and metrics for moving beyond turbine passage mortality. Fish and Fisheries. 20(3):403-418.

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Lawrence, M.J., S. Jain-Schlaepfer, A.J. Zolderdo, D.A. Algera, K.M. Gilmour, A.J. Gallagher and S.J. Cooke. 2018. Are 3-minutes good enough for obtaining baseline physiological samples from teleost fish? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96:774-786.

Algera, D.A., J.W. Brownscombe, K.M. Gilmour, M.J. Lawrence, A.J. Zolderdo and S.J. Cooke. 2017.  Cortisol treatment affects locomotor activity and swimming behaviour of male smallmouth bass engaged in paternal care: A field study using acceleration biologgers.  Physiology and Behavior.  181:59-68.