Hlina, B.L., D.M. Glassman, E.J.I. Lédée, L.B. Nowell, J.E. Claussen, D.P. Philipp, J.E. Marsden, M. Power and S.J. Cooke. 2024. Habitat-dependent metabolic costs for a wild cold-water fish. Aquatic Sciences. 86:36.
Philipp, D.P., A. Zolderdo, M.J. Lawrence, J.E. Claussen, L. Nowell, P. Holder and S.J. Cooke. 2023. COVID-19 reduced recreational fishing effort during the black bass spawning season, resulting in increases in black bass reproductive success and annual recruitment. Fisheries Research. 259:106580.
Brownscombe, J.W., T.D. Ward, L. Nowell, R.J. Lennox, J.M. Chapman, A.J. Danylchuk and S.J. Cooke. 2022. Identifying thresholds in air exposure, water temperature, and fish size that determine reflex impairment in brook trout exposed to catch-and-release angling. Conservation Physiology. 10(1):coac070.
Chhor, A.D., J.R. Reid, P.E. Holder, L.B. Nowell, J.W. Brownscombe, A.J. Danylchuk and S.J. Cooke. 2022. Temporary retention in cold water reduces post-release behavioural impairment in angled Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 42:140-150.
Clarke, S.H., J.W. Brownscombe, L. Nowell, A.J. Zolderdo, A.J. Danylchuk and S.J. Cooke. 2021. Do angler experience and fishing lure characteristics influence welfare outcomes for largemouth bass? Fisheries Research. 233:105756.
Lizee T.W., R.J. Lennox, T.D. Ward, J.W. Brownscombe, J.M. Chapman, A.J. Danylchuk, L.B. Nowell and S.J. Cooke. 2018. Influence of landing net mesh type on handling time and tissue damage of angled brook trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 38:76-83.
Nowell, L.B., J.W. Brownscombe, L.F.G. Gutowsky, K.J. Murchie, C.D. Suski, A.J. Danylchuk, A. Shultz and S.J. Cooke. 2015. Swimming energetics and thermal ecology of adult bonefish (Albula vulpes): A combined laboratory and field study in Eleuthera, The Bahamas. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98:2133-2146.
Brownscombe, J.W., A.D.M. Wilson, E. Samson, L. Nowell, S.J. Cooke and A.J. Danylchuk. 2015. Individual differences in activity and habitat selection of juvenile queen conch evaluated using acceleration biologgers. Endangered Species Research. 27:181-188.
Brownscombe, J.W., S.D. Bower, W. Bowden, L. Nowell, J.D. Midwood, N. Johnson and S.J. Cooke. 2014. Canadian recreational fisheries: 35 years of social, biological, and economic dynamics from a national survey. Fisheries. 39:251-260.
Our lab celebrates our most recent grad students for defending their MSc and PhD theses (Sept 2023).
September 17, 2023 4:25 am
Lab members assembled at the inaugural SCAS meeting in Montreal in February of 2023.
February 27, 2023 11:01 pm
There were many team members (past and present) at the meeting. Dr. Cooke assumed the role of President of SCAS and will hold that position until the next SCAS meeting in February 2024 in Fredericton. 
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PhD student Jessica Robichaud discusses her turtle research with CBC Radio
November 11, 2022 10:09 pm
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November 2, 2022 4:57 pm
The Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation and the FECPL at Carleton University are developing a research agenda on tipping points and cumulative effects in marine, terrestrial and freshwater systems and associated socio-economic systems. This research agenda will identify current knowledge … Read More
Dr. Cooke to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
September 19, 2022 4:23 pm
Dr. Cooke to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada at the Celebration of Excellence and Engagement in Calgary in November 2022. https://carleton.ca/biology/2022/dr-steve-cooke-elected-to-the-royal-society-of-canada/… Read More
