In the pipeline... 45. Murdoch, A., Connors B.M., Lapointe, N.W.R., Mills Flemming, J, Cooke, S.J., and C. Mantyka-Pringle. In review. Multiple environmental drivers across life-stages influence Yukon River Chinook salmon productivity. 44. Peacock, S., Braun B., Hodgson E. Connors B.M., Bryan K., and K. Connors. In review. Testing for broad-scale relationships between freshwater habitat pressure indicators and Pacific salmon population trends. 43. Price M., Moore J., McKinnell S., Connors B.M., and J. Reynolds. Habitat modulates population-level responses of freshwater salmon growth to a century of change in climate and competition. 2022 42. Bass, A, Bateman A.W., Connors B.M., Staton B., Rondeau E., Mordecai J.M., Teffer A.K., Kaukinen K.H., Li S., Tabata A., Patterson D., Hinch S.G., and K. M. Miller. 2022. Identification of infectious agents in early marine Chinook and Coho salmon associated with cohort survival. FACETS.7: 742–773. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2021-0102 41. Connors B.M., Siegle M., Harding J., Rossi S., Staton B., Jones M., Bradford M., Brown R., Bechtol B, Doherty B., and S. Cox. 2022. Chinook salmon population diversity contributes to fishery stability and tradeoffs with mixed-stock harvest in the Yukon River. Ecological Applications. e2079. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2709 2021 40. Adams. M., Connors B.M., Levi T., Shaw D., Walkus J., Rogers S., and D Darimont. 2021. Local values and data empower culturally-guided ecosystem-based fisheries management of the Wuikinuxv bear-salmon-human system. 13: 362-378. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10171 [Hakai Magazine article; Globe & Mail article; Watershed Sentinel article; Anthropocene article] 39. English, P., E.J. Ward, C.N. Rooper, R.E. Forrest, L.A. Rogers, K.L. Hunter, A.M. Edwards, B.M. Connors, S.C. Anderson. 2021. Contrasting climate velocity impacts in warm and cool locations: A meta-analysis across 38 demersal fish species in the northeast Pacific. Fish and Fisheries. 23: 239-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12613 38. Bates, A., R. B. Primack, PAN-Environment Working Group, and C. M. Duarte. 2021. Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation. 101917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175 37. Inman, S., Esquible V., Bechtol B., Jones M., and B. Connors. 2021. Opportunities for community-based monitoring to provide management-relevant data for data-poor salmon fisheries. Ecology and Society. 26: 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12117-260226 36. Moore, J. Connors B.M., and E. Hodgson. 2021. Conservation risks and portfolio effects in mixed-stock fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12567 35. Price M, Moore J., Connors B.M., Wilson K., and J. Reynolds. 2021. Portfolio simplification arising from a century of change in salmon population diversity and artificial production. Journal of Applied Ecology.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13835 [Tyee article; bioGraphic story] 2020 34. Kehoe L., Lund J. Chalifour L., Casey J.M., Asadian Y., Balke E., Boyd S., Connors B.M., Cryer N., Drever M., Levings C., Macduffee M., McGregor H., Richardson J., Scott D.C., Stewart D., Vennesland R.G., Wilkinson C.E., Zevit P., Baum J.K. and T.G. Martin. 2020. Conservation in heavily urbanized biodiverse regions requires urgent management action and attention to governance. Conservation Science and Practice. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.310. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.310 33. Peacock, S., Hertz E., Holt A., Connors B., Freshwater C. and K. Connors. 2020. Evaluating the consequences of common assumptions in run reconstructions on Pacific-salmon biological status assessments. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77: 1904–1920. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0432 [Graphical abstract] 32. Shea D., A. Bateman, S. Li, A. Tabata, A. Schulze, L. Ogsten, J. P. Volpe, L. N. Frazer, B.M. Connors, K. M. Miller, S. Short, M. Krkosek. 2020. Environmental DNA from multiple pathogens is elevated near active Atlantic salmon farms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20202010. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2010 [CBC article] 31. Connors B.M., Malick M., Ruggerone R., Rand P., Adkison M., Irvine J., Campbell R., and K. Gorman. 2020. Climate and competition shape sockeye salmon population dynamics across the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.77: 943-949.https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0422 [NCEAS article] 30. Walsh J.C., K. Connors, E. Hertz, L. Kehoe, J. Halverson, T. Martin, B. Connors, J. Reynolds. 2020. Prioritizing conservation actions for Pacific salmon in Canada. Journal of Animal Ecology. 57:1688–1699. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13646 [Graphical abstract] 29. Staton B., Catalano M., Connors B.M., Coggins L., Jones M., Walters C., Fleischman S. and D. Gwinn. 2020. Evaluation of methods for quantifying population diversity in mixed- stock Pacific salmon fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77: 1149-1162. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0281 28. Connors B.M., Staton B., Coggins L., Walters C., Jones M., Gwinn D., Catalano M. and S. Fleischman. 2020. Incorporating harvest – population diversity trade-offs into harvest policy analyses of salmon management in large river basins. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77: 1076-1089. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0282 27. Kapur, M., Haltuch M., Connors B.M., Rogers L., Berger A., Cope J., Kootnz E., Echave K., Fenske K., Hanselman D., and A.E. Punt. 2020. Oceanographic features delineate growth zonation in Northeast Pacific sablefish. Fisheries Research. 222: 105414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105414 2019 26. Connors B.M., Atlas W., Melymick C., Moody M. and J. Moody. 2019. Conservation risk and uncertainty in recovery prospects for a collapsed and culturally important salmon population in a mixed-stock fishery. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 11(6), pp.423-436. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10092 25. Price M, Connors B.M., Candy J. McIntosh B., Beacham T., Moore J. and J. Reynolds. 2019. Genetics of century-old fish scales reveal population patterns of decline. Conservation Letters. e12669. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12669 [Science Magazine article] 24. Tamburello N.†, Connors B.M. †,Fullerton D. and C.C. Phillis. 2019. Durability of environment-recruitment relationships in aquatic ecosystems: insights from long-term monitoring in a highly modified estuary and implications for management. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(S1): S223-S239. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11037 [†joint authorship] 2018 23. Rogers L., Salomon A., Connors B.M., and M, Krkosek. 2018. Collapse, tipping points and spatial demographic structure arising from the adopted migrant life history. American Naturalist. 192: 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1086/697488 [Hakai Magazine article] 2016 22. Gibeau P., Connors B.M. and W.J. Palen. 2016. Run-of-River hydropower and salmonids: potential effects and perspectives on future research. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74(7): 1135-1149. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0253 21. Peacock S.J., Bateman A.W., Krkosek M.K., Connors B.M., Rogers S., Porter L., Polk Z., Webb C. and A. Morton. 2016. Sea-louse parasites on juvenile wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada. Ecology (data paper). 97: 1887. doi:10.1002/ecy.1438 20. Ruggerone R., Agler B.A., Connors B.M., Farley Jr. E.V., Irvine J.R., Wilson L., and E. M. Yasumiishi. 2016. Competition between pink and sockeye salmon at sea and its influence on Bristol Bay sockeye salmon forecast error. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin. Bulletin No. 6: 349-361. 19. Bateman A.W., Peacock S.J., Connors B.M., Polk Z, Berg D., Krkošek,M., and A. Morton. 2016. Recent failure in control of seal ice epizootics on salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 73(8): 1164-1172. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0122 [video abstract, ScienceDaily article and Tyee article] 18. Groner M.L., Rogers L.A., Bateman A.W., Connors B.M., Frazer L.N., Godwin S.C., Krkošek,M., Lewis, M.A., Peacock, S.J., Rees, E.E., Revie, C.W., and U. Schlägel. 2016 . Lessons from sea lice and salmon epidemiology. Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society B. 371: 20150203. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0203 [part of a theme issue on Marine Disease] 2015 17. Ruggerone, G.T. and B.M. Connors. 2015. Productivity and life history of sockeye salmon in relation to competition with pink and sockeye salmon abundance in the North Pacific ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72(6): 818-833. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0134 [CBC radio interview and Vancouver Sun article] 2014 16. Connors B.M., Cooper A.B., Peterman R.M. and N.K. Dulvy. 2014. The false classification of extinction risk in noisy environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281: 1787. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2935 15. Connors B.M., and A.B. Cooper. 2014. Determining decision thresholds and evaluating indicators when conservation status is measured as a continum. Conservation Biology. 28: 1626–1635. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12364 14. Price, M. and B.M. Connors. 2014. Evaluating relationships between wild Skeena River sockeye salmon productivity and the abundance of spawning channel enhanced sockeye smolts. PLoS ONE. 9(4): e95718. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095718 2013 13. Frid A., Connors B.M., Cooper A.B. and J. Marliave. 2013. Size structured abundance relationships between upper- and mid-trophic level predators in temperate rocky reefs. 2013. Ethology Ecology and Evolution. 25:253-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2013.798350 12. Peacock S.J., Connors B.M., Krkošek M., Irvine J.R. and M.A Lewis. 2013. Can reduced predation offset negative effects of sea louse parasites on chum salmon? Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281: 20132913. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2913 [this article has a correction] 2012 11. Connors B.M., Braun D.C., Peterman R.M., Cooper A.B., Reynolds J.D., Dill L.M., Ruggerone G.T., and M. Krkošek. 2012. Migration links ocean-scale competition and local climate with exposure to farmed salmon to shape wild salmon dynamics. Conservation Letters. 5: 304-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00244.x [Cover story for issue and Vancouver Sun article] 10. Krkošek M., Connors B.M., Lewis M.A., and R. Poulin. 2012. Mate limitation of parasites dampens disease dynamics in a coastal marine ecosystem. American Naturalist. 179: 401-412. https://doi.org/10.1086/664458 2011 9. Krkošek M., Connors B.M., Morton A., Lewis M.A., Dill L.M. and R. Hilborn. 2011. Effects of parasites from salmon farms on productivity of wild salmon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108: 14700-14704. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1101845108 [CBC article] 8. Connors B.M., Lagasse,C. and L.M. Dill. 2011. What’s love got to do with it? Ontogenetic drivers of dispersal in a marine ectoparasite. Behavioral Ecology. 22: 588-593. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr024 7. Krkošek M., Connors B.M., Ford H., Peacock S., Mages P., Ford J.S., Morton A., Volpe J.P., Hilborn R., Dill L.M. and M.A. Lewis. 2011. Fish farms, parasites, and predators: implications for salmon population dynamics. Ecological Applications. 21: 897-914. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1861.1 2010 6. McConnell A., Routledge R. and Connors B.M. 2010. The effect of artificial light on marine invertebrate and fish abundance in an area of active salmon farming. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 419: 147-156. doi: 10.3354/meps08822 5. Connors B.M., Krkošek M., Ford J., and L.M. Dill. 2010. Coho salmon productivity in relation to salmon lice from infected prey and salmon farms. Journal of Applied Ecology. 47: 1372-1377. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01889.x 4. Connors B.M., Hargreaves B., Jones S.R.M. and L.M. Dill. 2010. Predation intensifies parasite exposure in a salmonid food chain. Journal of Applied Ecology. 47: 1365-1371. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01887.x 2009 3. Dill L.M., Losos C., Connors B.M.and P. Mages. 2009. Comment on Beamish et al. (2005) “A proposed life history strategy for the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis in the subarctic Pacific”. Aquaculture. 286: 154-155. 2008 2. Connors B.M., Krkošek, M and L.M. Dill. 2008. Sea lice escape predation on their host. Biology Letters. 4: 455-457. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0276 [Science article] 1. Connors B.M., E. Juarez-Colunga, and L. M. Dill. 2008. Effects of varying salinities on Lepeophtheirus salmonis survival on juvenile pink and chum salmon. Journal of Fish Biology. 72: 1825-1830. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01839.x Peer-reviewed technical reports and book chapters 4. Peacock, S.J., Bateman, A.W., Connors, B., Godwin, S.C., Lewis, M.A., Krkošek, M. 2019. Ecology of a marine ectoparasite in farmed and wild salmon. In Wilson, K., Fenton, A., Tompkins, D.M. (eds), Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application. Cambridge University Press. 3. Nelitz, M., A. Hall, C. Michielsens, B. Connors, M. Lapointe, K. Forrest, and E. Jenkins. 2017. Summary of a Review of Fraser River Test Fisheries. Pacific Salmon Comm. Tech. Rep. No. 39:155 p. [pdf] 2. Connors, B.M., D.R. Marmorek, E. Olson, A.W. Hall, P. de la Cueva Bueno, A. Bensen, K. Bryan, C. Perrin, E. Parkinson, D. Abraham, C. Alexander, C. Murray, R. Smith, L. Grieg, and G. Farrell. 2014. Independent Review of Run-of-River Hydroelectric Projects and their Impacts on Salmonid Species in British Columbia. 157 pp + xiv. [pdf] 1. Connors B.M. 2010. Examination of relationships between salmon aquaculture and sockeye salmon population dynamics. Cohen Commission Technical Report 5B. 115 p. Vancouver, BC. [pdf]

In the pipeline...

45. Murdoch, A., Connors B.M., Lapointe, N.W.R., Mills Flemming, J, Cooke, S.J., and C. Mantyka-Pringle. In review. Multiple environmental drivers across life-stages influence Yukon River Chinook salmon productivity.

44. Peacock, S., Braun B., Hodgson E. Connors B.M., Bryan K., and K. Connors. In review. Testing for broad-scale relationships between freshwater habitat pressure indicators and Pacific salmon population trends.

43. Price M., Moore J., McKinnell S., Connors B.M., and J. Reynolds. Habitat modulates population-level responses of freshwater salmon growth to a century of change in climate and competition.

2022

42. Bass, A, Bateman A.W., Connors B.M., Staton B., Rondeau E., Mordecai J.M., Teffer A.K., Kaukinen K.H., Li S., Tabata A., Patterson D., Hinch S.G., and K. M. Miller. 2022. Identification of infectious agents in early marine Chinook and Coho salmon associated with cohort survival. FACETS.7: 742–773. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2021-0102

41. Connors B.M., Siegle M., Harding J., Rossi S., Staton B., Jones M., Bradford M., Brown R., Bechtol B, Doherty B., and S. Cox. 2022. Chinook salmon population diversity contributes to fishery stability and tradeoffs with mixed-stock harvest in the Yukon River. Ecological Applications. e2079. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2709

2021

40. Adams. M., Connors B.M., Levi T., Shaw D., Walkus J., Rogers S., and D Darimont. 2021. Local values and data empower culturally-guided ecosystem-based fisheries management of the Wuikinuxv bear-salmon-human system. 13: 362-378. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10171

[Hakai Magazine article; Globe & Mail article; Watershed Sentinel article; Anthropocene article]

39. English, P., E.J. Ward, C.N. Rooper, R.E. Forrest, L.A. Rogers, K.L. Hunter, A.M. Edwards, B.M. Connors, S.C. Anderson. 2021. Contrasting climate velocity impacts in warm and cool locations: A meta-analysis across 38 demersal fish species in the northeast Pacific. Fish and Fisheries. 23: 239-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12613

38. Bates, A., R. B. Primack, PAN-Environment Working Group, and C. M. Duarte. 2021. Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation. 101917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175

37. Inman, S., Esquible V., Bechtol B., Jones M., and B. Connors. 2021. Opportunities for community-based monitoring to provide management-relevant data for data-poor salmon fisheries. Ecology and Society. 26: 26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12117-260226

36. Moore, J. Connors B.M., and E. Hodgson. 2021. Conservation risks and portfolio effects in mixed-stock fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12567

35. Price M, Moore J., Connors B.M., Wilson K., and J. Reynolds. 2021. Portfolio simplification arising from a century of change in salmon population diversity and artificial production. Journal of Applied Ecology.https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13835

[Tyee article; bioGraphic story]

2020

34. Kehoe L., Lund J. Chalifour L., Casey J.M., Asadian Y., Balke E., Boyd S., Connors B.M., Cryer N., Drever M., Levings C., Macduffee M., McGregor H., Richardson J., Scott D.C., Stewart D., Vennesland R.G., Wilkinson C.E., Zevit P., Baum J.K. and T.G. Martin. 2020. Conservation in heavily urbanized biodiverse regions requires urgent management action and attention to governance. Conservation Science and Practice. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.310. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.310

33. Peacock, S., Hertz E., Holt A., Connors B., Freshwater C. and K. Connors. 2020. Evaluating the consequences of common assumptions in run reconstructions on Pacific-salmon biological status assessments. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77: 1904–1920. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0432

[Graphical abstract]

32. Shea D., A. Bateman, S. Li, A. Tabata, A. Schulze, L. Ogsten, J. P. Volpe, L. N. Frazer, B.M. Connors, K. M. Miller, S. Short, M. Krkosek. 2020. Environmental DNA from multiple pathogens is elevated near active Atlantic salmon farms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20202010. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2010

[CBC article]

31. Connors B.M., Malick M., Ruggerone R., Rand P., Adkison M., Irvine J., Campbell R., and K. Gorman. 2020. Climate and competition shape sockeye salmon population dynamics across the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.77: 943-949.https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0422

[NCEAS article]

30. Walsh J.C., K. Connors, E. Hertz, L. Kehoe, J. Halverson, T. Martin, B. Connors, J. Reynolds. 2020. Prioritizing conservation actions for Pacific salmon in Canada. Journal of Animal Ecology. 57:1688–1699. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13646

[Graphical abstract]

29. Staton B., Catalano M., Connors B.M., Coggins L., Jones M., Walters C., Fleischman S. and D. Gwinn. 2020. Evaluation of methods for quantifying population diversity in mixed- stock Pacific salmon fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77: 1149-1162. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0281

28. Connors B.M., Staton B., Coggins L., Walters C., Jones M., Gwinn D., Catalano M. and S. Fleischman. 2020. Incorporating harvest – population diversity trade-offs into harvest policy analyses of salmon management in large river basins. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77: 1076-1089. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2019-0282

27. Kapur, M., Haltuch M., Connors B.M., Rogers L., Berger A., Cope J., Kootnz E., Echave K., Fenske K., Hanselman D., and A.E. Punt. 2020. Oceanographic features delineate growth zonation in Northeast Pacific sablefish. Fisheries Research. 222: 105414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105414

2019

26. Connors B.M., Atlas W., Melymick C., Moody M. and J. Moody. 2019. Conservation risk and uncertainty in recovery prospects for a collapsed and culturally important salmon population in a mixed-stock fishery. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 11(6), pp.423-436. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10092

25. Price M, Connors B.M., Candy J. McIntosh B., Beacham T., Moore J. and J. Reynolds. 2019. Genetics of century-old fish scales reveal population patterns of decline. Conservation Letters. e12669. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12669

[Science Magazine article]

24. Tamburello N.†, Connors B.M. †,Fullerton D. and C.C. Phillis. 2019. Durability of environment-recruitment relationships in aquatic ecosystems: insights from long-term monitoring in a highly modified estuary and implications for management. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(S1): S223-S239. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11037 [†joint authorship]

2018

23. Rogers L., Salomon A., Connors B.M., and M, Krkosek. 2018. Collapse, tipping points and spatial demographic structure arising from the adopted migrant life history. American Naturalist. 192: 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1086/697488

[Hakai Magazine article]

2016

22. Gibeau P., Connors B.M. and W.J. Palen. 2016. Run-of-River hydropower and salmonids: potential effects and perspectives on future research. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74(7): 1135-1149. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0253

21. Peacock S.J., Bateman A.W., Krkosek M.K., Connors B.M., Rogers S., Porter L., Polk Z., Webb C. and A. Morton. 2016. Sea-louse parasites on juvenile wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada. Ecology (data paper). 97: 1887. doi:10.1002/ecy.1438

20. Ruggerone R., Agler B.A., Connors B.M., Farley Jr. E.V., Irvine J.R., Wilson L., and E. M. Yasumiishi. 2016. Competition between pink and sockeye salmon at sea and its influence on Bristol Bay sockeye salmon forecast error. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin. Bulletin No. 6: 349-361.

19. Bateman A.W., Peacock S.J., Connors B.M., Polk Z, Berg D., Krkošek,M., and A. Morton. 2016. Recent failure in control of seal ice epizootics on salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 73(8): 1164-1172. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0122

[video abstract, ScienceDaily article and Tyee article]

18. Groner M.L., Rogers L.A., Bateman A.W., Connors B.M., Frazer L.N., Godwin S.C., Krkošek,M., Lewis, M.A., Peacock, S.J., Rees, E.E., Revie, C.W., and U. Schlägel. 2016 . Lessons from sea lice and salmon epidemiology. Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society B. 371: 20150203. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0203

[part of a theme issue on Marine Disease]

2015

17. Ruggerone, G.T. and B.M. Connors. 2015. Productivity and life history of sockeye salmon in relation to competition with pink and sockeye salmon abundance in the North Pacific ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72(6): 818-833. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0134

[CBC radio interview and Vancouver Sun article]

2014

16. Connors B.M., Cooper A.B., Peterman R.M. and N.K. Dulvy. 2014. The false classification of extinction risk in noisy environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281: 1787. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2935

15. Connors B.M., and A.B. Cooper. 2014. Determining decision thresholds and evaluating indicators when conservation status is measured as a continum. Conservation Biology. 28: 1626–1635. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12364

14. Price, M. and B.M. Connors. 2014. Evaluating relationships between wild Skeena River sockeye salmon productivity and the abundance of spawning channel enhanced sockeye smolts. PLoS ONE. 9(4): e95718. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095718

2013

13. Frid A., Connors B.M., Cooper A.B. and J. Marliave. 2013. Size structured abundance relationships between upper- and mid-trophic level predators in temperate rocky reefs. 2013. Ethology Ecology and Evolution. 25:253-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2013.798350

12. Peacock S.J., Connors B.M., Krkošek M., Irvine J.R. and M.A Lewis. 2013. Can reduced predation offset negative effects of sea louse parasites on chum salmon? Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281: 20132913. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2913

[this article has a correction]

2012

11. Connors B.M., Braun D.C., Peterman R.M., Cooper A.B., Reynolds J.D., Dill L.M., Ruggerone G.T., and M. Krkošek. 2012. Migration links ocean-scale competition and local climate with exposure to farmed salmon to shape wild salmon dynamics. Conservation Letters. 5: 304-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00244.x

[Cover story for issue and Vancouver Sun article]

10. Krkošek M., Connors B.M., Lewis M.A., and R. Poulin. 2012. Mate limitation of parasites dampens disease dynamics in a coastal marine ecosystem. American Naturalist. 179: 401-412. https://doi.org/10.1086/664458

2011

9. Krkošek M., Connors B.M., Morton A., Lewis M.A., Dill L.M. and R. Hilborn. 2011. Effects of parasites from salmon farms on productivity of wild salmon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108: 14700-14704. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1101845108

[CBC article]

8. Connors B.M., Lagasse,C. and L.M. Dill. 2011. What’s love got to do with it? Ontogenetic drivers of dispersal in a marine ectoparasite. Behavioral Ecology. 22: 588-593. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr024

7. Krkošek M., Connors B.M., Ford H., Peacock S., Mages P., Ford J.S., Morton A., Volpe J.P., Hilborn R., Dill L.M. and M.A. Lewis. 2011. Fish farms, parasites, and predators: implications for salmon population dynamics. Ecological Applications. 21: 897-914. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1861.1

2010

6. McConnell A., Routledge R. and Connors B.M. 2010. The effect of artificial light on marine invertebrate and fish abundance in an area of active salmon farming. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 419: 147-156. doi: 10.3354/meps08822

5. Connors B.M., Krkošek M., Ford J., and L.M. Dill. 2010. Coho salmon productivity in relation to salmon lice from infected prey and salmon farms. Journal of Applied Ecology. 47: 1372-1377. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01889.x

4. Connors B.M., Hargreaves B., Jones S.R.M. and L.M. Dill. 2010. Predation intensifies parasite exposure in a salmonid food chain. Journal of Applied Ecology. 47: 1365-1371. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01887.x

2009

3. Dill L.M., Losos C., Connors B.M.and P. Mages. 2009. Comment on Beamish et al. (2005) “A proposed life history strategy for the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis in the subarctic Pacific”. Aquaculture. 286: 154-155.

2008

2. Connors B.M., Krkošek, M and L.M. Dill. 2008. Sea lice escape predation on their host. Biology Letters. 4: 455-457. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0276

[Science article]

1. Connors B.M., E. Juarez-Colunga, and L. M. Dill. 2008. Effects of varying salinities on Lepeophtheirus salmonis survival on juvenile pink and chum salmon. Journal of Fish Biology. 72: 1825-1830. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01839.x

Peer-reviewed technical reports and book chapters

4. Peacock, S.J., Bateman, A.W., Connors, B., Godwin, S.C., Lewis, M.A., Krkošek, M. 2019. Ecology of a marine ectoparasite in farmed and wild salmon. In Wilson, K., Fenton, A., Tompkins, D.M. (eds), Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application. Cambridge University Press.

3. Nelitz, M., A. Hall, C. Michielsens, B. Connors, M. Lapointe, K. Forrest, and E. Jenkins. 2017. Summary of a Review of Fraser River Test Fisheries. Pacific Salmon Comm. Tech. Rep. No. 39:155 p.

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2. Connors, B.M., D.R. Marmorek, E. Olson, A.W. Hall, P. de la Cueva Bueno, A. Bensen, K. Bryan, C. Perrin, E. Parkinson, D. Abraham, C. Alexander, C. Murray, R. Smith, L. Grieg, and G. Farrell. 2014. Independent Review of Run-of-River Hydroelectric Projects and their Impacts on Salmonid Species in British Columbia. 157 pp + xiv.

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1. Connors B.M. 2010. Examination of relationships between salmon aquaculture and sockeye salmon population dynamics. Cohen Commission Technical Report 5B. 115 p. Vancouver, BC.

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