Search Results - "Rennie, Michael D."

Microplastic contamination in Lake Winnipeg, Canada by Anderson, Philip J., Warrack, Sarah, Langen, Victoria, Challis, Jonathan K., Hanson, Mark L., Rennie, Michael D.

“…Microplastics are an emerging contaminant of concern in aquatic ecosystems. To better understand microplastic contamination in North American surface waters,…”
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Thermal stratification and fish thermal preference explain vertical eDNA distributions in lakes by Littlefair, Joanne E., Hrenchuk, Lee E., Blanchfield, Paul J., Rennie, Michael D., Cristescu, Melania E.

“…Significant advances have been made towards surveying animal and plant communities using DNA isolated from environmental samples. Despite rapid progress, we…”
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Broad shifts in the resource use of a commercially harvested fish following the invasion of dreissenid mussels by Fera, Shannon A., Rennie, Michael D., Dunlop, Erin S.

“…Dreissenid mussels, including the zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga (Dreissena rostiformus bugensis) mussel, are invasive species known for their…”
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Behavioral responses to annual temperature variation alter the dominant energy pathway, growth, and condition of a cold-water predator by Guzzo, Matthew M., Blanchfield, Paul J., Rennie, Michael D.

“…There is a pressing need to understand how ecosystems will respond to climate change. To date, no long-term empirical studies have confirmed that fish…”
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Environmental nucleic acids: A field‐based comparison for monitoring freshwater habitats using eDNA and eRNA by Littlefair, Joanne E., Rennie, Michael D., Cristescu, Melania E.

“…Nucleic acids released by organisms and isolated from environmental substrates are increasingly being used for molecular biomonitoring. While environmental DNA…”
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Decline of young-of-year walleye (Sander vitreus) growth due to Bythotrephes impacts predicted from bioenergetic principles by Gartshore, Danni J., Rennie, Michael D.

“…Invasive species are a major threat to ecosystem structure and function. For example, Bythotrephes cederströmii ( Bythotrephes hereafter) invasions have…”
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Winter in water: differential responses and the maintenance of biodiversity by McMeans, Bailey C., McCann, Kevin S., Guzzo, Matthew M., Bartley, Timothy J., Bieg, Carling, Blanchfield, Paul J., Fernandes, Timothy, Giacomini, Henrique C., Middel, Trevor, Rennie, Michael D., Ridgway, Mark S., Shuter, Brian J., Donohue, Ian

“…The ecological consequences of winter in freshwater systems are an understudied but rapidly emerging research area. Here, we argue that winter periods of…”
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Direct and indirect responses of a freshwater food web to a potent synthetic oestrogen by Kidd, Karen A., Paterson, Michael J., Rennie, Michael D., Podemski, Cheryl L., Findlay, Dave L., Blanchfield, Paul J., Liber, Karsten

“…Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in municipal effluents directly affect the sexual development and reproductive success of fishes, but indirect effects on…”
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Freshwater connectivity transforms spatially integrated signals of biodiversity by Littlefair, Joanne E., Hleap, José S., Palace, Vince, Rennie, Michael D., Paterson, Michael J., Cristescu, Melania E.

“…Aquatic ecosystems offer a continuum of water flow from headwater streams to inland lakes and coastal marine systems. This spatial connectivity influences the…”
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Whole-lake nanosilver additions reduce northern pike (Esox lucius) growth by Slongo, Brenden D., Hayhurst, Lauren D., Drombolis, Paul C.T., Metcalfe, Chris D., Rennie, Michael D.

“…Nanosilver (AgNP) is an anti-microbial agent widely used in consumer products, with significant potential for these nanoparticles to be released into aquatic…”
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Microplastics at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations Had Minimal Impacts on Pelagic Zooplankton Communities in a Large In-Lake Mesocosm Experiment by Langenfeld, Desiree, Bucci, Kennedy, Veneruzzo, Cody, McNamee, Rachel, Gao, Gloria, Rochman, Chelsea M., Rennie, Michael D., Hoffman, Matthew J., Orihel, Diane M., Provencher, Jennifer F., Higgins, Scott N., Paterson, Michael J.

“…To assess the potential risks of contemporary levels of plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems, a large-scale experiment was conducted over 10 weeks in a…”
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Spiny water flea invasion alters fish mercury bioaccumulation rates by Rennie, Michael D., James, Leah A. H., Arnott, Shelley E., Casselman, John M., Evans, David O., Sprules, W. Gary

“…Bythotrephes cederströemi are a predatory cladoceran zooplankter that have invaded numerous inland lakes in North America, many of which are stratified and…”
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A Multicompartment Assessment of Microplastic Contamination in Semi‐remote Boreal Lakes by McIlwraith, Hayley K., Dias, Minoli, Orihel, Diane M., Rennie, Michael D., Harrison, Anna L., Hoffman, Matthew J., Provencher, Jennifer F., Rochman, Chelsea M.

“…Microplastic contamination is ubiquitous across the globe, even in remote locations. Still, the sources and pathways of microplastics to such locations are…”
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Life at the top: Lake ecotype influences the foraging pattern, metabolic costs and life history of an apex fish predator by Cruz‐Font, Liset, Shuter, Brian J., Blanchfield, Paul J., Minns, C. Ken, Rennie, Michael D., Wang, Dehua

“…We used acoustic telemetry and acceleration sensors to compare population‐specific measures of the metabolic costs of an apex fish predator living in four…”
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Informing the Exposure Landscape: The Fate of Microplastics in a Large Pelagic In-Lake Mesocosm Experiment by Rochman, Chelsea M., Bucci, Kennedy, Langenfeld, Desiree, McNamee, Rachel, Veneruzzo, Cody, Covernton, Garth A., Gao, Gloria H. Y., Ghosh, Mira, Cable, Rachel N., Hermabessiere, Ludovic, Lazcano, Raul, Paterson, Michael J., Rennie, Michael D., Rooney, Rebecca C., Helm, Paul, Duhaime, Melissa B., Hoellein, Timothy, Jeffries, Kenneth M., Hoffman, Matthew J., Orihel, Diane M., Provencher, Jennifer F.

“…Understanding microplastic exposure and effects is critical to understanding risk. Here, we used large, in-lake closed-bottom mesocosms to investigate exposure…”
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Accumulation of Silver in Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) and Northern Pike (Esox lucius) From a Lake Dosed with Nanosilver by Martin, Jonathan D, Frost, Paul C, Hintelmann, Holger, Newman, Karla, Paterson, Michael J, Hayhurst, Lauren, Rennie, Michael D, Xenopoulos, Marguerite A, Yargeau, Viviane, Metcalfe, Chris D

“…A total of 15 kg of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was added continuously over two ice-free field seasons to a boreal lake (i.e., Lake 222) at the IISD…”
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The spatial extent of Walleye and Lake Sturgeon spawning migrations below a dam in the lower Black Sturgeon River, Lake Superior by Kosziwka, Kerri, Cooke, Steven J., Smokorowski, Karen E., Fischer, Friedrich, Dunlop, Erin S., Rennie, Michael D., Pratt, Thomas C.

“…In the Laurentian Great Lakes, the issue of barrier removal is complicated by the presence of non‐native species below barriers. A fish tracking study was…”
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Effect of nanosilver on cortisol release and morphometrics in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Murray, Laura, Rennie, Michael D., Enders, Eva C., Pleskach, Kerri, Martin, Jonathan D.

“…Nanosilver (nAg) is a nanoparticle commonly incorporated into consumer products for its antimicrobial properties that has been detected in aquatic…”
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A synthesis of senescence predictions for indeterminate growth, and support from multiple tests in wild lake trout by Purchase, Craig F, Rooke, Anna C, Gaudry, Michael J, Treberg, Jason R, Mittell, Elizabeth A, Morrissey, Michael B, Rennie, Michael D

“…Senescence-the deterioration of functionality with age-varies widely across taxa in pattern and rate. Insights into why and how this variation occurs are…”
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Effect of nanosilver on metabolism in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): An investigation using different respirometric approaches by Murray, Laura, Rennie, Michael D., Svendsen, Jon C., Enders, Eva C.

“…Nanosilver (nAg) has been incorporated into many consumer products, including clothing and washing machines, because of its antimicrobial properties…”
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