Publications

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In the pipeline!

  • Hill J.M., Levangie P., Bernos T.A., Morissette O., Drouin A., Vachon N., Aviljaš S., Ricciardi A., Mandrak N.E., Avery T.S. Population Dynamics of the invasive Tench (Tinca tinca) in the St. Lawrence River Watershed. In prep.
  • Grimm J.*, Soares B.E. *, Zanjani L.V.* (*Equal contributions), Ballard M., Chiblow S., Andrade R.S., Duncan A.T., Artuso C., Bowles E., Fraser D.J., Mandrak N.E., Bernos T.A., Species at risk assessments need greater inclusion of Indigenous knowledges and sciences to fulfill the intent of endangered species laws. Under Review.
  • Bernos T.A.*, MacLeod P*, Bernatchez L., Fraser D.J. (* Equal contributions) Biocultural approaches to fish stewardship: synergies between cultural diversity and biodiversity across scales (from genes to place). Under Review.
  • Vandervelde, C., Lackmann A., Thorstensen M., Bernos T.A., Watkinson D., Sereda J., Enders E., Long J., Jeffries K. Genetic Population structure of Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) across North America. Under Review.

Peer-reviewed publications

  • Bernos T.A.*, Gibelli J.*, Michaelides S.*, Won H.* (* Equal contributions), Jeon H-B., Marin K., Boguski D.A., Janjua M.Y., Gallagher C.P., Howland K.L., Fraser D.J. (2024) Widespread admixture blurs population structure and compounds Lake Trout (Salvelinus Namaycush) management even in the genomic era. Scientific Report, doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81531-7
  • Bernos T.A., Lajbner Z., Kotlík P., Hill J.M., Marková S., Yick J., Mandrak N.E., Jeffries K.M. (2024) Assessing the impacts of adaptation to native-range habitats and contemporary founder effects on genetic diversity in an invasive fish. Evolutionary Applications.
  • Bernos T.A., Day C.C., Hill J., Morissette O., Ricciardi A., Mandrak N.E., Jeffries K.M. (2023) Simulating the effects of long-distance dispersal and landscape heterogeneity on the eco-evolutionary outcomes of range expansion in an invasive riverine fish, the Tench (Tinca tinca). Molecular Ecology.
  • Bernos T.A*, Chang S.L*, Giglio R.M.*, Davenport K.* (* Equal contributions), Fisher J., Lowery E., Bearlin A., Simmons R., Fortin M.-J., Day C.C., Landguth E.L. (2023) Evaluating the evolutionary mechanisms maintaining alternative mating strategies in a simulated Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9965 ** This paper was the result of a truly collaborative effort involving an amazing working group from the Landscape Genetics Distributed Graduate Seminar!**
  • Bernos T.A.*, Yates M.C.* (Equal contributions), Docker M.F., Fitzgerald A., Hanner R., Heath D., Imrit A., Livernois J., Myler E., Patel K., Sharma S., Young R.,  Mandrak N.E., (2023) Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications in freshwater fisheries management and conservation in Canada: overview of current challenges and opportunities. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2022-0162
  • Bernos T.A., Avlijas S., Hill J., Morissette O., Ricciardi A., Mandrak N.E., Jeffries K.M.,  (2023) Genetic diversity and structure of a recent fish invasion: Tench (Tinca tinca) in eastern North America. Evolutionary Applications, doi: 10.1111/eva.13520
  • Bernos T.A., Jeffries K.M, Mandrak N.E., (2022) Aquatic invasive species specialists’ perceptions on the importance of genetic tools and concepts to inform management. Biological Invasions, doi: 10.1007/s10530-022-02758-x
  • Bernos T.A., Travouck C., Ramasinoro N., Fraser D.J., Mathevon B. (2021) What can be learned from fishers’ perceptions for fishery management planning? Case study insights from Sainte-Marie, Madagascar. PLoS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259792
  • Bernos T.A., Jeffries K.M., Mandrak N.E. (2020) Linking genomics and fish conservation decision making: a review.  Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, doi: 10.1007/s11160-020-09618-8
  • Wells Z.R.R.*, Bernos T.A.* (* Equal contributions), Yates M.C., Fraser D.J. (2019) Population hybridization outcomes are unrelated to population divergence in Brook Trout. Conservation Genetics, doi: 10.1007/s10592-019-01179-z
  • Lawrence E.R., Benavente J.N., Matte J.M., Marin K., Wells Z., Bernos T.A., Krasteva N., Habrich A, Nessel G., Koumrouyan A.R., Fraser D.J. (2019) Geo-referenced population-specific microsatellite data across the American continents: the MacroPopGen Database. Scientific data, doi: s41597-019-0024-7
  • Fraser D.J., Walker L., Yates M.C., Wood J., Marin K., Bernos T.A., Zastavniouk C. (2018), Population correlates of rapid captive-induced maladaptation in a wild fish. Evolutionary Applications, doi: 10.1111/eva.12649
  • Bernos T. A., Yates M.C., Fraser D.J. (2017), Fine-scale differences in genetic and census population size ratios between two stream fishes. Conservation Genetics, doi: 10.1007/s10592-017-0997-8
  • Yates M.C., Bernos T.A., Fraser D.J. (2017), A critical assessment of estimating census population size from genetic population size (or vice versa) in three fishes. Evolutionary Applications, doi: 10.1111/eva.12496
  • Bernos T. A. and Fraser D. J. (2016), Spatiotemporal relationship between adult census size and genetic population size across a wide population size gradient. Molecular Ecology, doi: 10.1111/mec.13790