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QFC Publications

2025

  1. Flinn, S., T.O. Brenden, and K.F. Robinson. In press. Predicting the response of fish populations to changes in river connectivity using individual-based models. Journal of Great Lakes Research
  2. Lewandoski, S.A., and T.O. Brenden. In press. A modeling framework for quantifying spatial recruitment dynamics using abundance estimation and sibship analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  3. Ebener, M.P., J.R. Bence, R.D. Clark, Jr., and K.T. Scribmer. In press. Using strain-specific genetic information to estimate the reproductive potential of lake trout spawning biomass in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research  

2024

  1. Wilberg, M.J., B.J. Irwin, and M.L. Jones. 2024. Participatory modelling to support evaluation of management actions for recreational fisheries. Pages xxx-xxxx in K. Pope, R. Arlinghaus, L. Hunt, A. Lynch, and B. VanPoorten, editors. Understanding behaviours of recreational fishers – disciplinary perspectives for interdisciplinary approaches to management. Springer 
  2. Colborne, S., M.D. Faust, T.O. Brenden, T.A. Hayden, J.M. Robinson, T.M. MacDougall, H.A. Cook, D.A. Isermann, D.J. Dembkowski, M. Haffley, and C.S. Vandergoot. 2024. Estimating internal transmitter and external tag retention by walleye (Sander vitreus) in the Laurentian Great Lakes over multiple years. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44:377-393.
  3. Bopp, J., L.R. Nathan, J.D. Robinson, J. Kanefsky, K. T. Scribner, S. Herbst, and K.F. Robinson. 2024. Assessing grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) occupancy and detection probability within Lake Erie from environmental DNA.  Management of Biological Invasions 15:51-72.
  4. Liljestrand, E.M., J.R. Bence, and J.J. Deroba. 2024. The effect of process variability and data quality on performance of a state-space stock assessment model. Fisheries Research 275:e107023. 
  5. Ebener, M.P., James R. Bence, and Richard D. Clark, Jr.  2024.  Concept Paper: Using genetic information to improve estimates of Lake Trout spawning biomass in southern Lake Michigan.   Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2024-01. Available via figshare DOI:  10.6084/m9.figshare.25627824
  6. Ivan, L.N., M.L. Jones, J.L. Albers, M.J. Carvan, N. Garcia-Reyero, D> Nacci, B. Clark, R. Klingler, and C.A. Murphy. 2024. How model organisms and model uncertainty impact our understanding of the risk of sublethal impacts of toxicants to survival and growth of ecologically relevant species. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 43:2122-2133.
  7. Stebbins, E., J.R. Bence, T.O. Brenden, and M.J. Hansen. 2024. A hierarchical model of persistent and transient growth variation applied to Lake Superior lake trout. Fisheries Research 278:107081. 
  8. He, J.X., T.M. Goniea, J.R. Bence, T.C. Wills, S.J. Herbst, A.S. Briggs, and D.G. Fielder. In press. The spatial and seasonal patterns and stability of the lake whitefish fishery in Michigan waters of southern Lake Huron. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.  
  9. Glassic, H.C., D.D. Chagaris, C.S. Guy, L.M. Tronstad, D.R. Lujan, M.A. Briggs, L.K. Albertson, T.O. Brenden, T.E. Walsworth, and T.M. Koel. 2024. Yellowstone cutthroat trout recovery in Yellowstone Lake: complex interactions among invasive species suppression, disease, and climate change. Fisheries 49:55-70. 
  10. Haas, T.F., T.O. Brenden, Z.D. Deng, and C.M. Wagner. 2024. Evaluation of survival estimates generated from tracking downstream migrating juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) with a miniature acoustic telemetry tag. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81:403-416. 
  11. Robinson, K.F., M.L. Jones, S. Herbst, L. Nathan, J. Fischer, M. DuFour, T. Newcomb. 2023. Lessons learned in applying decision analysis to natural resource management for high-stakes issues surrounded by uncertainty. Decision Analysis 20:326-342. 
  12. Acre, M.R., T.M. Hessler, S.M. Bonjour, J.J. Roberts, S.F. Colborne, T.O. Brenden, L. Nathan, D.Broaddus, C.S. Vandergoot, C.M. Mayer, S.S. Qian, R.D. Hunter, R. Brown, and R.D. Calfee. 2024. Capturing potential: leveraging grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella behavior for enhanced removal. Journal of Great Lakes Research 50(4), 102373 
  13. Glassic, H.C., J.R. Junker, C.S. Guy, L.M. Tronstad, M.A. Briggs, L.K. Albertson, D.R. Lujan, T.O. Brenden, T.E. Walsworth, and T.M. Koel. 2024. An invasive predator substantially alters energy flux without changing food web functional state or stability. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34:e4240.

2023

  1. Muir, A.M., J.R. Bernhardt, N.W. Boucher, C. Cvitanovicd, J.M. Dettmers,, M. Gaden, J.L.M. Hinderer, B. Locke, K.F. Robinson, M.J. Siefkes, N. Young, and S.J. Cooke. 2023. Confronting a post-pandemic new normal-threats and opportunities to trust-based relationships in natural resource science and management. Journal of Environmental Management 330:117140.
  2. Zink, M., T.O. Brenden, S. Valle de Souza, T. Cwalinski, and R.M. Claramunt. 2023. Status of a stocked Atlantic Salmon population in Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 49:713-724.
  3. He, J.X. and J.R. Bence.  2023. Systematic change and random variations: understanding lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) growth dynamics in US waters of Lake Huron.  Journal of Great Lakes Research 49(3):737-745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.03.008  
  4. Liljestrand, E.M., J.R. Bence, and J.J. Deroba.  Applying a novel state-space stock assessment framework using a fisheries-dependent index of fishing mortality.  Fisheries Research 264: 106707.
  5. Clark, R.D., Jr., M.P. Ebener, J.R. Bence, M.S. Kornis, C.R. Bronte, T.J. Treska, J.L. Jonas, C.P. Madenjian, and I.W. Tsehaye. 2023.  Estimates of adult Lake Trout mortality from coded-wire tags in a population with developing natural reproduction in southern Lake Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 43(4):1035-1051. 
  6. Krabbenhoft, C.A., S.A. Ludsin, E.A. Marschall, R.R. Budnik, L.Z. Almeida, C.L. Cahill, H.S. Embke, Z.S. Feiner, P.J. Schmalz, M.J. Thorstensen, M.J. Weber, M.R. Wuellner, and G.J.A. Hansen. 2023.  Synthesizing professional opinion and published science to build a conceptual model of walleye recruitment.  Fisheries 48:141-156. 
  7. Funnell, T.R., T.O. Brenden, R. Kraus, T. MacDougall, J. Markham, C. Murray, J. Robinson, and C.S. Vandergoot. 2023. Seasonal spatial ecology of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Lake Erie. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 152(5):513-708 
  8. Duong, T.Y., J. Bence, P.S. Forsythe, J.A. Crossman, E.A.Baker, and K.T. Scribner. 2023. Individual-based analyses reveal effects of behavioral and demographic variables associated with multi-annual reproductive success of male and female lake sturgeon. Ecology and Evolution 13(7). doi:10.1002/ece3.10253. 
  9. Knupp, C., M. Faisal, T.O. Brenden, E. Soto, B.R. LaFentz, M.J. Griffin, G.D. Wiens, W. Cavender, D. Van Vliet, and T.P. Loch. 2023.  Ultraviolet light treatment differentially reduces viability of fish- and fish-farm associated flavobacteria (Family Flavobacteriaceae and Weeksellaceae). North American Journal of Aquaculture 85(4): 311-323.
  10. Bopp, J., S.J. Herbst, T.O. Brenden, K. Wehrly, and J.-M. Hessenauer. In press. Biotic and abiotic factors that influence walleye recruitment in stocked lakes in Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 
  11. Robinson, K.F., M.L. Jones, S. Herbst, L. Nathan, J. Fischer, M. DuFour, T. Newcomb. In revision. Applications of decision analysis to environmental management decisions in the Great Lakes: lessons learned and future challenges. Decision Analysis (December 2023) 
  12. Bopp, J.J., T.O. Brenden, M.D. Faust, C.S. Vandergoot, R.T. Kraus, J.J. Roberts, and L.R. Nathan. 2023. Drivers and timing of grass carp movement within the Sandusky River, Ohio: implications to potential spawning barrier response strategy. Biological Invasions 25:2439-2549.

2022

  1. Fischer, J.L., L.R. Nathan, J. Buszkiewicz, J. Colm, D.A. Drake, M.R. DuFour, P.M. Kočovský, D. Marson, E.R.B. Smyth, R. Young, and K.F. Robinson. 2022. Using surrogate taxa to inform response methods for invasive grass carp in the Laurentian Great Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42:151-163. 
  2. Scribner, K.T., T. O. Brenden, I. Tsehaye, J. Bence, R. Elliott, M. Donofrio, K Bott, J. Kanefsky, and J. Homola. 2022. Compositions of lake sturgeon mixtures in Lake Michigan: hierarchical spatial heterogeneity and evidence of improving recruitment in Wisconsin spawning populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.  E-first https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0006.pdf 
  3. Reid, C.H., M.D. Faust, G.D. Raby, T.O. Brenden, S.J. Cooke, and C.S. Vandergoot. 2022. Post-release survival and migration behaviour of adult walleyes following intracoelomic transmitter implantation using two methods of electro-immobilization. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 151:100-111.
  4. Adams, J.V., and M.L. Jones. 2022. Estimation of lake-scale stock-recruitment models for Great Lakes sea lampreys. Ecological Modeling 467:109916.
  5. Cook et al. 2022. An expert-elicited approach to inform proactive risk assessments for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. Conservation Science and Practice 4:e12678. 
    https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12678
  6. Fitzpatrick, K.B., B.C. Weidel, M.J. Connerton, J.R. Lantry, J.P. Holden, M.J. Yuille, B. Lantry, S.R. LaPan, L.G. Rudstam, P.J. Sullivan, T.O. Brenden, and S.A. Sethi. 2022. Balancing prey availability and predator consumption: a multispecies stock assessment for Lake Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79:1529-1545pdf 
  7. Harrison, C.E., C.K. Knupp, T.O. Brenden, M.P. Ebener, and T.P. Loch. 2022. First isolation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, from wild adult Great Lakes lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). Journal of Fish Diseases 45:1023-1032. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13626 
  8. Lewandoski, S.A., and T.O. Brenden. 2022. Forecasting suppression of invasive sea lamprey in Lake Superior. Journal of Applied Ecology 59:2023-2035.  
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14203 
  9. Fischer, J.L. T.O. Brenden, and L.R. Nathan. 2022. Influence of study design and movement behavior on performance of open-population spatial Cormack-Jolly-Seber models: application to acoustic telemetry technology. Environmental Biology of Fishes 105:2027-2043.  
  10. Gallinat, M.P., J.R. Bence, L.A. Ross, and L.S. Miller. 2023.  Determining optimum size at release for hatchery-origin Tucannon River spring Chinook Salmon using PIT tags. North American Journal of Aquaculture 85:31-47. DOI: 10.1002/naaq.10269
  11. He, J.X., A.E. Honsey, D.F. Staples, J.R. Bence, and T. Claramunt. 2023. Longitudinal analyses of catch-at-age data for reconstructing year-class strength, with an application to lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the main basin of Lake Huron. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(1):183-194.
  12. Brenden, T.O., L.N. Ivan, and T.P. Loch. 2023. Reducing Flavobacterium psychrophilum transmission risk in raceways via hatchery-rearing practices: an individual-based modeling evaluation. Aquaculture 563:738868. 
  13. G. Courtice, B. Bauer, C.L. Cahill, Gholemreza N, and A. Paul. 2022. Suspended sediment releases in rivers: Toward establishing a safe sediment dose for construction projects.  Science of the Total Environment 848:157685  

2021

  1. Robinson, K.F., A.K. Fuller, and M.L. Jones. 2021. Using structured decision making to incorporate ecological and social values into harvest decisions: case studies of white-tailed deer and walleye. Pages 131-146 in Harvest of Fish and Wildlife: New Paradigms for Sustainable Management.
  2. Robinson, K.F., P.J. Alsip, D.A.R. Drake, Y.-C. Kao, M.A. Koops, D.M. Mason, E.S. Rutherford, and H. Zhang. 2021. Reviewing uncertainty in bioenergetics and food web models to project invasion impacts: four major Chinese carps in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(1):83-95.pdf
  3. D.G. Simpkins, M.S. Kornis, A.C. Maguffee, J.R. Bence, K.W. Pankow, and C.R. Bronte. 2021 Spatial and temporal variation in marking rates and severity of sea lamprey attacks on salmonines in Lakes Michigan and Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl, 1):S612-S627. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.01.002pdf
  4. Woodard, G., T.O. Brenden, and W. Mattes. 2021. Contemporary diets of Lake Superior lake whitefish off the Keweenaw Peninsula and changes in condition from the 1980s to 2010s. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(2):463-474.pdf
  5. Inman, S., J. Esquible, M. Jones, B. Bechtol, and B. O’Connors. 2021. Opportunities and impediments for use of local data in the management of salmon fisheries Ecology and Society 26(2):26.pdf
  6. Adams, J.V. O. Birceanu, W.L. Chadderton, M.L. Jones, J.M. Lepak, T.S. Seleimer, T.B. Steeves, W.P. Sullivan, and J. Wingfield. 2021. Trade-offs between suppression and eradication of sea lampreys from the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl, 1):S782-S795.
  7. Robinson, K.F., S.M. Miehls, and M.J. Siefkes. 2021. Understanding sea lamprey abundances in the Great Lakes prior to broad implementation of sea lamprey control. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl 1):S328-S334. 
  8. Hume, J.B., G.A. Bravener, S. Flinn, and N. Johnson. 2021. What can commercial fishery data in the Great Lakes reveal about juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ecology and management? Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl, 1):S590-S603.
  9. Volkel, S., K.F. Robinson, D.B. Bunnell, M.J. Connerton, J.P Holden, D. Hondorp,  and B. Weidel. 2021. Slimy sculpin depth shifts and habitat squeeze following the round goby invasion in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(6):1793-1803.  
  10. He, J.X., M.P. Ebener, R.D. Clark Jr, J.R. Bence, C.P. Madenjian, K.N. McDonnell, M.S. Kornis, and C.R. Bronte. 2021.  Estimating catch curve mortality based on relative return rates of coded wire tagged lake trout in US waters of Lake Huron.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. e-First https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0075pdf
  11. Peterson, L.K., M.L. Jones, T.O. Brenden, C.S. Vandergoot, and C.C. Krueger. 2021. Evaluating methods for estimating mortality from acoustic telemetry data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78(10):1444-1454.pdf  
  12. Lewandoski, S.A., T.O. Brenden, M.J. Siefkes, and N. Johnson. 2021. An adaptive management framework for applying and evaluating supplemental sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) controls in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl. 1):S753-S763.pdf
  13. Song, C., S.D. Peacor, C.W. Osenberg, and J.R. Bence. 2022. An assessment of statistical methods for non-independent data in ecological meta-analyses: reply. Ecology 103(1) e03578pdf
  14. Ebener, M.P., R.D. Clark, Jr., J.R. Bence. 2021. Diagnostics of the WI345 Lake Trout Stock Assessment in Western Lake Michigan. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2021-01. Available via figshare DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16862401pdf 
  15. Ebener, M.P., R.D. Clark, Jr., J.R. Bence. 2021. Diagnostics of the southern Lake Michigan Lake Trout Stock Assessment. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2021-02. Available via figshare DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16862446pdf 
  16. Harris, C., T.O. Brenden, C.S. Vandergoot, M.D. Faust, S.J. Herbst, J.T. Buskiewicz, L.R. Nathan, J.L. Fischer, and C.C. Krueger. 2021. Movement and space use of grass carp in the Sandusky River: Implications for Lake Erie eradication efforts. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:513-530.pdf 
  17. Heredia, N.A., R.E. Gresswell, M.A.H. Webb, T. O. Brenden, and P.T. Sandstrom. 2021. Invasive lake trout reproduction in Yellowstone Lake under an active suppression program. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 150(5):637-650. 
  18. Knupp, C., M. Faisal, G.D. Wiens, T.O. Brenden, and T.P. Loch. 2021. In vivo experiments provide evidence that Flavobacterium psychrophilum strains belonging to multilocus sequence typing clonal complex ST191 are virulent to rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 33(3):190-195.pdf
  19. Knupp, C., M. Kiupel., T.O. Brenden, and T.P. Loch. 2021. Host specific preference of some Flavobacterium psychrophilum multi-locus sequence typing genotypes determines their ability to cause bacterial coldwater disease in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Journal of Fish Diseases 44(5):521-531.pdf 
  20. Criger, L.A., J.M. Barber, G.A. Bravener, T.O. Brenden, F.B. Neave, and K. Tallon. 2021. The evolution of sea lamprey control in the St. Marys River: 1997-2019. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47:S479-S491.pdf
  21. Miehls, S., H.A. Dawson, A.C. Maguffee, N.S. Johnson, M.L. Jones, and N. Dobiesz. 2021. Where you trap matters: implications for integrated sea lamprey management. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl 1):S320-327.pdf  
  22. Hinderer, J.L.M., Blevins, Z., Cooke, S.J., Dunlop, E., Robinson, K.F., Stang, D.L., Stewart, T.J., Tyson, J.T., Welsh, A.B., Young, N., and Muir, A.M. 2021. Insights from a novel, user-driven science transfer program for resource management. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 3: 337–362. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42532-021-00093-4
  23. Bence, J.R. 2020. Review of long-term fishery-independent surveys in the Great Lakes. Report to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division. 

2020

  1. Vincent, M.T., T.O. Brenden, and J.R. Bence. 2020. Parameter estimation performance of a recovery conditioned integrated tagging catch-at-age analysis model. Fisheries Research 224:105451.pdf
  2. Lennox, R.J., G.A. Bravener, H.-Y. Lin, C.P. Madenjian, A.M. Muir, C.K. Remucal, K.F. Robinson, A.M. Rous, M.J. Siefkes, M.P. Wilkie, D.P. Zielinski, and S.J. Cooke. 2020. Potential changes to the biology and challenges to the management of invasive sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in the Laurentian Great Lakes due to climate change. Global Change Biology 26(3):1118-1137.pdf
  3. Harris, C., T.O. Brenden, C.S. Vandergoot, M.D. Faust, S.J. Herbst, and C.C. Krueger. 2021. Tributary use and large-scale movements of grass carp in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(1):48-58. pdf
  4. Syslo, J.M., T.O. Brenden, C.S. Guy, T.M. Koel, P.E. Bigelow, P.D. Doepke, J.L. Arnold, and B.D. Ertel. 2020. Could ecological release buffer suppression efforts for non-native lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 77(6):1010-1025. pdf
  5. Lin, H.-Y., K.F. Robinson, and L. Walter. 2020. Trade-offs among road-stream crossing upgrade prioritizations based on connectivity restoration and erosion risk control. River Research and Applications 36(3):371-382.pdf
  6. He, J.X., J.R. Bence, C.P. Madenjian, and R. M. Claramunt. 2020. Dynamics of lake trout production in the main basin of Lake Huron. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77(3):975:987pdf
  7. Fisch, N.C., and J.R. Bence. 2020. Data quality, data quantity, and its effect on an applied stock assessment of cisco in Thunder Bay, Ontario. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 40(2):368-382pdf
  8. Hunter, R.D., E.F. Roseman, N.M. Sard, D.B. Hayes, T.O. Brenden, R.L. DeBruyne, and K.T. Scribner. 2020. Egg and larval collection methods affect numbers of spawning adults inferred by pedigree analysis. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 40(2):307-319.pdf
  9. Stevens, B.S., D.R. Luukkonen, C.A. Steward, W.F. Porter, J.R. Bence, and M.L. Jones. 2020. Spatial-temporal dynamics of hunter effort for wild turkeys in Michigan. PLOS One 15(4):e0230747pdf
  10. Stevens, B.S., J.R. Bence, D.R. Luukkonen, and W.F. Porter. 2020. A hierarchical framework for estimating abundance and population growth from imperfectly observed removals. Ecosphere 11(5):e03131 doi/10.1002/ecs2.3131.pdf
  11. Adams, J.V., and M.L. Jones. 2021. Evidence of host switching: sea lampreys disproportionately attack Chinook salmon when lake trout abundance is low in Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl. 1):S604-S611. pdf
  12. Robinson, K.F., M. DuFour, M. Jones, S. Herbst, T. Newcomb, J. Boase, T. Brenden, D. Chapman, J. Dettmers, J. Francis, T. Hartman, P. Kocovsky, B. Locke, C. Mayer, and J. Tyson. 2021. Using decision analysis to collaboratively respond to invasive species threats: a case study of Lake Erie grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(1):108-119.pdf
  13. Jones, M.L. 2020. From deckhand to department chair: my unplanned journey to becoming a fisheries leader. Pages 87-90 in Taylor et al., editors. Lessons in leadership: integrating courage, vision, and innovation for the future of sustainable fisheries. American Fisheries Society.
  14. Jones, M.L., and J.V. Adams. 2021. Eradication of sea lampreys from the Laurentian Great Lakes is possible. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl. 1):S776-S781.pdf
  15. Koel, T.M., J.L. Arnold, P.E. Bigelow, T.O. Brenden, J.D. Davis, C.R. Detjens, P.D. Doepke, B.D. Ertel, H.C. Glassic, R.E. Gresswell, C.S. Guy, D.J. MacDonald, M.E. Ruhl, T.J. Stuth, D.P. Sweet, J.M. Syslo, N.A. Thomas, L.M. Tronstad, P.J. White, and A.V. Zale. 2020. Yellowstone Lake ecosystem restoration: a case study for invasive fish management. Fishes 5(2):18pdf
  16. Robinson, K.F., C.R. Bronte, D.B. Bunnell, P.T. Euclide, D. Hondorp, J.A. Janssen, M.S. Kornis, D.H. Ogle, W. Otte, S.C. Riley, M.R. Vinson, S.L. Vokel, B. Weidel. 2021. A synthesis of the biology and ecology of sculpin species in the Laurentian Great Lakes and implications for the adaptive capacity of the benthic ecosystem. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture 29(1):96-121. DOI: 10.1080/23308249.2020.1782341pdf
  17. Pappalardo, P., K. Ogle, E.A. Hamman, J. R. Bence, B.A. Hungate, and C.W. Osenberg. 2020. Comparing traditional and Bayesian approaches to ecological meta-analyses. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11(10):1286-1295.  Doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.pdf
  18. DuFour, M.R., K.F. Robinson, M.L. Jones, and S.J. Herbst. 2021. A matrix population model to aid agency response to grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in the Great Lakes Basin-Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(1):69-82pdf
  19. C. Song, J.R. Bence, S. Peacor, and C. Osenberg. 2020. An assessment of statistical methods for non-independent data in ecological meta-analyses. Ecology 101(12):e03184. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3184.pdf   
  20. Adams, J.V., M.L. Jones, and J.R. Bence. 2021. Using simulation to understand annual sea lamprey marking rates on lake trout. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl. 1):S628-S638 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.08.008
  21. Hume et al. 2021. Managing native and non-native sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) through anthropogenic change: a prospective assessment of key threats and uncertainties. Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(Suppl. 1):S704-S722.pdf
  22. Adams, J.V., M.L. Jones, and J.R. Bence. 2020. Investigating apparent misalignment of predator-prey dynamics: Great Lakes lake trout and sea lampreys.  Fisheries Research 232 (December 2020): article 105734.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105734  
  23. Lester, N.P., B.J. Shuter, M.L. Jones, and S. Sanstrom. 2020. A general, life-history based model for sustainable exploitation of lake charr across their range.  Pages 429-485 in Muir et al., editors. The Lake Charr Salvelinus namaycush: biology, ecology, distribution, and management. Springer Nature
  24. Midway, S., M. Robertson, S. Flinn, and M. Kaller. 2020. Comparing multiple comparisons: practical guidance for choosing the best multiple comparisons test. Peer Journal 8:e10387 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10387.pdf
  25. M.P. Ebener, R.D. Clark, Jr., J.R. Bence, M.S. Kornis, T. Treska, and C.R. Bronte.  2020.  Development of statistical catch-at-age data files of lake trout in western and southern Lake Michigan. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2020-01.  Available via figshare.  DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13495725pdf

2019

  1. Lin, H. and K. Robinson. 2019. How do migratory fish populations respond to barrier removal in spawning and nursery grounds? Theoretical Ecology 12:379-390. doi: 10.1007/s12080-018-0405-0.pdf
  2. Lin, H.-Y., K. Robinson, A. Milt, and L. Walter. 2019. The application of decision support tools and the influence of local data in prioritizing barrier removal in lower Michigan, USA. Journal of Great Lakes Research 45(2):360-370.pdf
  3. Robinson, K.F., A.K. Fuller, R.C. Stedman, W.F. Siemer, and D.J. Decker. 2019. Integration of social and ecological sciences for natural resource decision making: challenges and opportunities. Environmental Management 63(5):565-573.pdf
  4. Thresher, R.E., M. Jones, and A.R. Drake. 2019. Evaluating active genetic options for the control of sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(7):1186-1202.pdf
  5. Faust, M.D., C.S. Vandergoot, T.O. Brenden, R.T. Kraus, T. Hartman, and C.C. Krueger. 2019. Acoustic telemetry as a potential tool for mixed-stock analysis of fishery harvest: a feasibility study using Lake Erie walleye. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(6):1019-1030. pdf
  6. Brownscome, J.W., E.J.I. Lédée, G.D. Raby, D.P. Struthers, L.F.G. Gutowsky, V.M. Nguyen, N. Young, M.J.W. Stokesbury, C.M. Holbrook, T.O. Brenden, C.S. Vandergoot, K.J. Murchie, K. Whoriskey, J.M. Flemming, S.T. Kessel, C.C. Krueger, and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Conducting and interpreting fish telemetry studies: considerations for researchers and resource managers. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 29(2):369-400.pdf
  7. Fisch, N.C., J.R. Bence, J.T. Myers, E.K. Berglund, and D.L. Yule. 2019. Evaluating the sustainability of a cisco fishery in Thunder Bay, Ontario under alternative harvest policies. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39(3):543-559.pdf
  8. Lin, H.-Y., K.F. Robinson, M.L. Jones, and L. Walter. 2019. Using structured decision making to overcome scale mismatch challenges in barrier removal for watershed restoration. Fisheries 44(11):545-550.pdf
  9. Bence, J.R. 2019. Ohio Lake Erie Creel Survey Review. Report to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.   

2018

  1. Robinson, K.F., C. Barans, and M. Arendt. 2017. Predictions of the presence of coastal pelagic fishes off Georgia, USA, from local oceanographic and biological conditions. Proceedings of the 70th Annual Conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute.pdf
  2. DuFour, M.R., C.M. Mayer, S.S. Qian, C.S. Vandergoot, R.T. Kraus, P.M. Kocovsky, and D.M. Warner. 2018. Inferred fish behavior its implications for hydroacoustic surveys in nearshore habitats. Fisheries Research 199:63-75.pdf
  3. Ivan, L.N., T.O. Brenden, I.F. Standish, and M. Faisal. 2018. Individual-based model evaluation of using vaccinated hatchery fish to minimize disease spread in wild fish populations. Ecosphere.9(2):e02116.pdf
  4. Brenden, T.O., I. Tsehaye, J.R. Bence, W. Liu, J. Kanefsky, and K.T. Scribner. 2018. Indexing recruitment for source populations contributing to mixed fisheries by incorporating age in genetic stock identification models. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(6):934-954. pdf
  5. Dobiesz, N.E., J.R. Bence, T. Sutton, M. Ebener, T.C. Pratt, L.M. O’Connor, T.B. Steeves. 2018. Evaluation of sea lamprey-associated mortality sources on a generalized lake sturgeon population in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 44(2):319-329.pdf
  6. Doll, J.C., and S.J. Jacquemin. 2018. Introduction to Bayesian modeling and inference for fisheries scientists. Fisheries 43(3):152-161.pdf
  7. Jensen, A.J., and M.L. Jones. 2018. Forecasting the response of Great Lakes sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to barrier removals. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(9):1415-1426.pdf
  8. Dobiesz, N.E., and J.R. Bence. 2018. Modeling sea lamprey abundance in Lake Huron after stopping lampricide treatment on specific rivers. QFC Technical Report T2018-01. Available on figshare: DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6216848.pdf
  9. Fisch, N.F., and J.R. Bence. 2018. Sampling intensity, aging intensity, and its effect on an age-structured assessment of Cisco in Thunder Bay. QFC Technical Report T2018-01. Available on figshare: DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6167522.pdf
  10. Boonthai, T., T.P. Loch, C.J. Yamashita, G.D. Smith, A.D. Winters, M. Kiupel, T.O. Brenden, and M. Faisal. 2018. Laboratory investigation into the role of largemouth bass virus (Ranavirus, Iridoviridae) in smallmouth bass mortality events in Pennsylvania rivers. BMC Veterinary Research 14(1):62.pdf
  11. Dunlop, E.S., R.L. McLaughlin, J.V. Adams, M.L. Jones, O. Birceanu, M.R. Christie, L.A. Criger, J.L.M. Hinderer, R.M. Hollingworth, N.S. Johnson, S.R. Lantz, W. Li, J.R. Miller, B. Morrison, D. Mota-Sanchez, A.M. Muir, M.S. Sepúlveda, T. Steeves, L. Walter, E. Westman, I. Wirgin, and M.P. Wilkie. 2018. Rapid evolution meets invasive species control: the potential for pesticide resistance in sea lamprey. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(1):152-168.
  12. Li, Y., J.R. Bence, and T.O. Brenden. 2018. Can spawning origin information of catch or a recruitment penalty improve assessment and fishery management performance for a spatially structured stock assessment model? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(12):2136-2148,pdf
  13. Brenden, T.O., R. Reilly, E. Eisch, A. Switzer, and G. Whelan. 2018. Temporal variation in total phosphorus concentrations revealed from a multidecadal monitoring program on Platte Lake, Michigan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190(7):430. doi:10.1007/s10661-018-6818-9.pdf
  14. Smith, K., B.M. Roth, S.J. Herbst, R.F. Thoma, N. Popoff, D.B. Hayes, and M.L. Jones. 2018. Assessment of invasion risks for red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in Michigan, USA. Management of Biological Invasions 9(4):405-415.pdf
  15. Scribner, K.T., I. Tsehaye, T.O. Brenden, W. Stott, J. Kanefsky, and. J.R. Bence. 2018. Hatchery strain contributions to emerging wild lake trout populations in Lake Huron. Journal of Heredity 109(6):675-688.pdf
  16. Hamman, E., P. Pappalardo, J.R. Bence, S. Peacor, and C. Osenberg. 2018. Bias in meta-analyses using Hedges' d. Ecosphere 9(9):e02419.pdf
  17. Fisch, N.C., J.R. Bence, J.T. Myers, E.K. Berglund, and D.L. Yule. 2019. A comparison of age- and size-structured assessment models applied to a stock of cisco in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Fisheries Research 209:86-100.pdf
  18. Thresher, R.E., M.L. Jones, and A.R. Drake. 2019. Stakeholder attitudes towards to the use of recombinant technology to manage the impact of an invasive species: sea lamprey in the North American Great Lakes. Biological Invasions 21(special issue 2):575-586.pdf
  19. Smith, K.R., B.M. Roth, M.L. Jones, D.B. Hayes, S.J. Herbst, and N. Popoff. 2019. Changes in the distribution of Michigan crayfishes and the influence of invasive rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) on native crayfish substrate associations. Biological Invasions 21(2):637-656.pdf
  20. Turschak, B.A., S. Czesny, J.C. Doll, B. Grunert, T.O. Höök, J. Janssen, and H.A. Bootsma. 2019. Spatial variation in trophic structure of nearshore fishes in Lake Michigan as it relates to water clarity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(3):364-377.pdf
  21. Marino, J.A., S.D. Peacor, D.B. Bunnell, H.A. Vanderploeg, S.A. Pothoven, A.K. Elgin, J.R. Bence, J. Jiao, and E.L. Ionides. 2019. Evaluating consumptive and nonconsumptive predator effects on prey density using field time series data. Ecology 100(3):e02583. pdf

2017

  1. Dawson, H.A., G. Bravener, J. Beaulaurier, N.S. Johnson, M. Twohey, R.L. McLaughlin, and T.O. Brenden. 2017. Contribution of manipulable and non-manipulable environmental factors to trapping efficiency of invasive sea lamprey. Journal of Great Lakes Research 43(1):172-181.pdf
  2. Truesdell, S.B., J.R. Bence, J.M. Syslo, and M.P. Ebener. 2017. Estimating multinomial effective sample size in catch-at-age and catch-at-size models. Fisheries Research 192:66-83.pdf
  3. Stevens, B.S., J.R. Bence, W.F. Porter, and C.J. Parent. 2017. Structural uncertainty limits generality of fall harvest strategies for wild turkeys. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(4):617-628.pdf
  4. Kraus, R.T., C.S. Vandergoot, P.M. Kocovsky, M.W. Rogers, H.A. Cook, and T.O. Brenden. 2017. Reconciling catch differences from multiple fishery independent gill net surveys. Fisheries Research 188:17-22.pdf
  5. Herbst, S.J., B.S. Stevens, D.B. Hayes, and P.A. Hanchin. 2017. Influence of movement dynamics on walleye harvest management in intermixed fisheries in a chain of lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37(3):467-479.pdf
  6. Throckmorton, E., T. Brenden, A. Peters, T. Newcomb, G. Whelan, and M. Faisal. 2017. Potential reservoirs and risk factors for VHSV IVb in an enzootic system: Budd Lake, Michigan, United States. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 29(1):31-42.pdf
  7. Millard, E.V., S.E. LaPatra, T.O. Brenden, A.M. Bourke, S.D. Fitzgerald, and M. Faisal. 2017. DNA vaccination partially protects muskellunge against viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV-IVb). Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 29(1):50-56.pdf
  8. Johnson, N.S., W.D. Swink, and T.O. Brenden. 2017. Field study suggests that sex determination in sea lamprey is directly influenced by larval growth rate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20170262.
  9. Truesdell, S.B., D.R. Hart and Y. Chen. 2017. Effects of unequal capture probability on stock assessment abundance and mortality estimates: an example using the US Atlantic sea scallop fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74(11):1904-1917.
  10. Vidal, T.E., B.J. Irwin, T. Wagner, L.G. Rudstam, J.R. Bence, and J.R. Jackson. 2017. Using variance structure to quantify responses to perturbation in fish catches. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 146(4):584-593.pdf
  11. Stevens, B.S., J.R. Bence. W.F. Porter and M.L. Jones.  2017.  Identifying target reference points for harvesting assessment-limited wildlife populations: a case study.  Ecological Applications 27(6):1916-1931.
  12. Li, Y., J.R. Bence, Z. Zhang, and M.P. Ebener. 2017. Why do lake whitefish move long distances in Lake Huron? Bayesian variable selection of factors explaining fish movement distance. Fisheries Research 195:169-179.pdf
  13. Vincent, M.T., T.O. Brenden, and J.R. Bence. 2017. Simulation testing the robustness of a multi-region tag-integrated assessment model that exhibits natal homing and estimates natural mortality and reporting rate. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74(11):1930-1949.
  14. Clark, R.D. Jr., J.R. Bence, R.M. Claramunt, J.A. Clevenger, M.S. Kornis, C.R. Bronte, C.P. Madenjian, and E.F. Roseman. 2017. Changes in movements of Chinook salmon between Lakes Huron and Michigan after alewife population collapse. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37(6):1311-1331.pdf
  15. Maguffee, A.C., M.L. Jones, R. Clark, M. Kornis, and C.R. Bronte. 2017. Determining the natal origin of angler-caught Chinook Salmon using otolith microchemistry classification algorithms. QFC Technical Report T2017-01.pdf
  16. Ogle, D.H., T.O. Brenden, and J.L. McCormick. 2017. Growth estimation: growth models and statistical inference. Page 265-359 in M. Quist and D. Isermann, editors. Age and growth of fishes: principles and techniques. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
  17. Sitar, S.P., T.O. Brenden, J.X. He, and J.E. Johnson. 2017. Recreational postrelease mortality of lake trout in Lakes Superior and Huron. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37(4):789-808.pdf
  18. Bence, J.R.  2017. Mille Lacs creel survey external review: Revised June 2017 version. Report to Minnesota DNR. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2017-02.  

2016

  1. Truesdell, S.B., D.R. Hart, and Y. Chen. 2016. Effects of spatial heterogeneity in growth and fishing effort on yield-per-recruit models: an application to the US Atlantic sea scallop fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science 73(4):1062-1073.
  2. Herbst, S.J., B.S. Stevens, D.B. Hayes, and P.A. Hanchin. 2016. Estimating walleye (Sander vitreus) movement and fishing mortality using state-space models: implications for management of spatially structured populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73(3):330-348.
  3. Cooper, A.R., D.M. Infante, K.E. Wehrly, L. Wang, and T.O. Brenden. 2016. Identifying indicators and quantifying large-scale effects of dams on fishes. Ecological Indicators 61:646-657.
  4. Robinson, J.M., M.J. Wilberg, J.V. Adams, and M.L. Jones. 2016. Tradeoff between assessment and control of aquatic invasive species: a case study of sea lamprey management in the St. Marys River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(1):11-20.
  5. Holbrook, C.M., R.A. Bergstedt, J. Barber. G.A Bravener, M.L. Jones, and C.C. Krueger. 2016. Evaluating harvest-based control of invasive fish with telemetry: performance of sea lamprey traps in the Great Lakes. Ecological Applications 26(6):1595-1609.
  6. Bence, J.R., C.P. Madenjian, J.X. He, D.G. Fielder, S.A. Pothoven, N.E. Dobiesz, J.E. Johnson, M.P. Ebener, R.A. Cottrill, L.C. Mohr, and S.R. Koproski. 2016. Reply to comments by Riley and Dunlop on He et al. (2015). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73(5):865-868. 
  7. Fielder, D.G., M.L. Jones, and J.R. Bence. 2016. Use of a structured approach to analysis of management options and value of information for a recreationally exploited fish population: a case study of walleyes in Saginaw Bay. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(2):407-420.
  8. Syslo, J.M, C.S. Guy, and T.M. Koel. 2016. Feeding ecology of native and nonnative salmonids during the expansion of a nonnative apex predator in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145(3):476-492.
  9. Dawson, H.A., M.L. Jones, B.J. Irwin, N.S. Johnson, M.C. Wagner, and M.D. Szymanski. 2016. Management strategy evaluation of pheromone-baited trapping techniques to improve management of invasive sea lamprey. Natural Resource Modeling 29(3):448-469.
  10. Truesdell, S.B., and J.R. Bence. 2015. A review of stock assessment methods for lake trout and lake whitefish in 1836 Treaty waters of Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior. QFC Technical Report T2016-01.
  11. He, J.X., J.R. Bence, E.F. Roseman, D.G. Fielder, and M.P. Ebener. 2016. Using time-varying asymptotic length and body condition of top piscivores to indicate ecosystem regime shift in the main basin of Lake Huron: a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73(7):1092-1103.
  12. Johnson, N.S., W.D. Swink, H.A. Dawson, and M.L. Jones. 2016. Effects of coded wire tagging on stream dwelling sea lamprey larvae. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(5):1059-1067.
  13. Jensen, A.J., G.B. Zydlewski, S. Barker, and M. Pietrak. 2016. Sea lice infestations of a wild fish assemblage in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145(1):7-16.
  14. Tsehaye, I., B.M. Roth, and G.G. Sass. 2016. Exploring optimal walleye exploitation rates for northern Wisconsin Ceded Territory lakes using a hierarchical Bayesian age-structured model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73(9):1413-1433.
  15. Li, Y., J.R. Bence, and T.O. Brenden. 2016. The influence of stock assessment frequency on achievement of fishery management objectives. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(4):793-812.
  16. Johnson, N.S., W.D. Swink. T.O. Brenden, and M. Lipps. 2016. Determine the contribution of transformers from lentic areas to sea lamprey populations in Lakes Huron and Michigan. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Project Completion Report, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  17. Johnson, N.S., T.O. Brenden, W.D. Swink, and M. Lipps. 2016. Survival and metamorphosis of larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) residing in Lakes Michigan and Huron near river mouths. Journal of Great Lakes Research 42(6):1461-1469.
  18. Clark, R.D., Jr., J.R. Bence, R.M. Claramunt, J.E. Johnson, D. Gonder, N.D. Legler, S.R. Robillard, and B.D. Dickinson. 2016. A spatially explicit assessment of changes in Chinook salmon fisheries in Lakes Michigan and Huron from 1986 to 2011. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36(5):1068-1083.
  19. Standish, I.F., E.V Millard, T.O. Brenden, and M. Faisal. 2016. A DNA vaccine encoding the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus genotype IVb glycoprotein confers protection in muskellunge (Esox masquinongy), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), brown trout (Salmo trutta), and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Virology Journal 13(1):203; doi:10.1186/s12985-016-0662-8.
  20. Standish, I.F., T.O. Brenden, and M. Faisal. 2016. Does herd immunity exist in aquatic animals? International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17(11):1898; doi:10.3390/ijms17111898.
  21. Jones, M., J. Bence, G. Hansen, P. Schmalz, C. Vandergoot, and A. Drake. 2016. External review of Lake Nipissing's walleye fishery and management. QFC Technical Report T2016-02.
  22. Jones, M.L., and A.J. Jensen. 2016. Stock assessment review of Michigan's Lake Gogebic walleye fishery. QFC Technical Report T2016-03.

  23. Honeyfield, D.C., A.K. Peters, and M.L. Jones. 2016. Thiamine and lipid utilization in fasting Chinook salmon. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin 6:13-19.

2015

  1. Myers, J.T., D.L. Yule, M.L. Jones, T.D. Ahrenstorff, T.R. Hrabik, R.M. Claramunt, M.P. Ebener, and E.K. Berglund. 2015. Spatial synchrony in cisco recruitment. Fisheries Research 165:11-21.
  2. Langseth, B.J., and A. Cottrill. 2015. Influence of fishing practices on lake trout bycatch in the Canadian lake-whitefish commercial fishery in Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 41:280-291.
  3. Potts, D.D., H.A. Dawson, and M.L. Jones. 2015. Validation of a relationship between statolith size and age of larval Great Lakes sea lamprey. Environmental Biology of Fishes 98:1859-1869.
  4. Bence, J.R., and J.X. He. 2015. Update to the Brenden et al. (2012) statistical catch-at-age assessment for Chinook salmon in the main basin of Lake Huron. QFC Technical Report T2015-01.
  5. Bence, J.R., J. X. He, and N. Dobiesz.  Quantifying new top-down influences on the rapidly changing food web in the main basin of Lake Huron.  Completion report submitted to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.  February 2015.
  6. Brenden, T.O., J.R. Bence, W. Liu, I. Tsehaye, and K.T. Scribner. 2015. Comparison of the accuracy and consistency of likelihood-based estimation routines for genetic stock identification. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6:817-827.
  7. Brenden, T.O., J.R. Bence, K.T. Scribner, I. Tsehaye, and W. Liu. 2015.  Simultaneous analysis of genetic and age data to estimate stock contribution for mixed-stock and strain, open-water fisheries in the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Project Completion Report, East Lansing, Michigan.
  8. Throckmorton, E., A. Peters, T. Brenden, and M. Faisal. 2015. Direct and indirect evidence suggests the continuous presence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (genotype IVb) in Budd Lake, Michigan: management implications. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 35:503-511.
  9. Brenden, T.O. K.T. Scribner, J.R. Bence, I. Tsehaye, J. Kanefsky, C.S. Vandergoot, and D.G. Fielder. 2015. Contributions of Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair walleye populations to the Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, recreational fishery: evidence from genetic stock identification. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 35:567-577
  10. Stevens, B.S., J.R. Bence, W.F. Porter, and C.J. Parent. 2016. Ecology matters: robustness and management tradeoffs for maximum harvests of wild turkeys. Proceedings of the 11th National Wild Turkey Symposium 11:189-210.
  11. Ivan, L.N., and T.O. Höök. 2015. Energy allocation strategies of young temperate fish: an eco-genetic modeling approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72:1243-1258.
  12. Parent, C.J., B.S. Stevens, A.C. Bowling, and W.F. Porter. 2016.  Wild turkey harvest trends across the Midwest in the 21st Century.  Proceedings of the 11th National Wild Turkey Symposium 11:211-223.
  13. Watkins, C. J., B. S. Stevens, M. C. Quist, B. B. Shepard, and S.C. Ireland. 2015. Patterns of fish assemblage structure and habitat use among main- and side-channel environments in the lower Kootenai River, Idaho. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 144:1340-1355.
  14. Tsehaye, I., M.L. Jones, B.J. Irwin, D.G. Fielder, J.E. Breck, and D.R. Luukkonen. 2015. A predictive model to inform adaptive management of double-crested cormorants and fisheries in Michigan. Natural Resource Modeling 28:348-376.
  15. Scribner, K., I. Tsehaye, T. Brenden, W. Stott, J. Kanefsky, and J. Bence. 2015. Joint analysis of genetic and age data to estimate trends in strain-specific recruitment of emerging wild lake trout populations in Lake Huron. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Project Completion Report, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  16. Jones, M.L., T.O. Brenden, and B.J. Irwin. 2015. Re-examination of sea lamprey control policies for the St. Marys River: completion of an adaptive management cycle. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72:1538-1551
  17. Madenjian, C.P., D.B. Bunnell, D.M. Warner, S.A. Pothoven, G.L. Fahnenstiel, T.F. Nalepa, H.A. Vanderploeg, I. Tsehaye, R.M. Claramunt, and Clark, R.D., Jr.  2015. Changes in the Lake Michigan food web following dreissenid mussel invasions: a synthesis. Journal of Great Lakes Research 41(Suppl. 3):217-231
  18. Tsehaye, I., T.O. Brenden, J.R. Bence, W. Liu, K.T. Scribner, J. Kanefsky, K. Bott, and R.F. Elliott. 2016. Combining genetics with age/length data to estimate temporal changes in year-class strength of source populations contributing to mixtures. Fisheries Research 173:236-249.
  19. Venturelli, P., J.R. Bence, T.O. Brenden, N. Lester, and L. Rudstam. 2015.  Mille Lacs Lake walleye blue ribbon panel data review and recommendations for future data collection and management final report.  Report to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2015-02.

2014

  1. Vandergoot, C.S., and T.O. Brenden. 2014. Spatially varying population demographics and fishery characteristics of Lake Erie Walleyes inferred from a long-term tag recovery study. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143:188-204
  2. Johnson, N.S., W.D. Swink, T.O. Brenden, J.W. Slade, T.B. Steeves, M.F. Fodale, and M.L. Jones. 2014. Survival and metamorphosis of low-density populations of larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) in streams following lampricide treatment. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40:155-163.
  3. Bunnell, D.B., R.P. Barbiero, S.A. Ludsin, C.P. Madenjian, G.J. Warren, D.M. Dolan, T.O. Brenden, R. Briland, O.T. Gorman, J.X. He, T.H. Johengen, B.F. Lantry, B.M. Lesht, T.F. Nalepa, S. C. Riley, C. M. Riseng, T.J. Treska, I. Tsehaye, M.G. Walsh, D.M. Warner, and B.C. Weidel. 2014. Changing ecosystem dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes: bottom-up and top-down regulations. BioScience 64:26-39.
  4. Tsehaye, I., M.L. Jones, T.O. Brenden, J.R. Bence, and R.M. Claramunt. 2014. Changes in the salmonine community of Lake Michigan and their implications for predator-prey balance. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143:420-437.
  5. Tsehaye, I., M.L. Jones, J.R. Bence, T.O. Brenden, C.P. Madenjian, and D.M. Warner. 2014. A multispecies statistical age-structured model to assess prey-predator balance in the Lake Michigan pelagic fish community. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71:627-644.
  6. Millard, E., T. Brenden, S. LaPatra, S. Marcquenski, and M. Faisal. 2014. Detection of antibodies to viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus-IVb in fish sera using a competitive ELISA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 108:187-199.
  7. Li, Y., J.R. Bence, and T.O. Brenden. 2015. An evaluation of alternative assessment approaches for intermixing fish populations: a case study with Great Lakes lake whitefish. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72:70-81.
  8. Winters, A.D., T.L. Marsh, T. Brenden, and M. Faisal. 2014. Molecular characterization of bacterial communities associated with sediments in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40:640-645.
  9. Robinson, J.M., M.J. Wilberg, J.V. Adams, and M.L. Jones. 2014. Comparing methods for estimating larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) density in the St. Marys River for the purposes of control. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40:739-747.
  10. Maurer, B.A., J.R. Bence, and T.O. Brenden. 2014.  Assessing dynamics of Lake Huron fish communities using dynamic factor analysis. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2014-01, East Lansing, Michigan.
  11. Holbrook, C.M., N.S. Johnson, J.P. Steibel, M.B. Twohey, T.B. Binder, C.C. Krueger, and M.L. Jones. 2014. Estimating reach-specific fish movement probabilities in rivers with a Bayesian state-space model: application to sea lamprey passage and capture at dams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71:1713-1729.
  12. Winters, A.D., T. Nalepa, S. Fitzgerald, T.O. Brenden, and M. Faisal. 2014. Historical and contemporary parasitic infection and its potential role in declining Diporeia spp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) abundances in southern Lake Michigan (USA). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 121:37-45.
  13. Jones, M.J., R.D. Clark, Jr., and I. Tsehaye. 2014. Workshops to revise and improve the Lake Michigan Red Flags Analysis (with addendum) . Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report.
  14. Fielder, D.F., and J.R. Bence. 2014. Integration of auxiliary information in statistical catch-at-age analysis of the Saginaw Bay stock of Walleyes in Lake Huron.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34:970-987.
  15. Myers, J.T., D.L. Yule, M.J. Jones, H.R. Quinlan, and E.K. Berglund. 2014. Foraging and predation risk for larval cisco (Coregonus artedi) in Lake Superior: a modelling synthesis of empirical survey data. Ecological Modelling 294:71-83.
  16. He, J.X., J.R. Bence, C.P. Madenjian, S.A. Pothoven, N.E. Dobiesz, D.G. Fielder, J.E. Johnson, M.P. Ebener, A. Cottrill, L.C. Mohr, and S. R. Koproski. 2015. Coupling age-structured stock assessment and fish bioenergetics models: a system of time-varying models for quantifying piscivory patterns during the rapid trophic shift in the main basin of Lake Huron. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72:1-17.
  17. Vandergoot, C.S., and T.O. Brenden. 2015. Accuracy and precision of fishery and demographic estimates from a spatial tag-recovery model when inter-regional movements are treated as fixed. Fisheries Research 164:8-25.
  18. Winters, A.D., T.L. Marsh, T.O. Brenden, and M. Faisal. 2015. Analysis of bacterial communities associated with the benthic amphipod, Diporeia, in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 61:72-81.
  19. Catalano, M.J., and M.L. Jones. 2014. A simulation-based evaluation of in-season management tactics for anadromous fisheries: accounting for risk in the Yukon River fall chum salmon fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34:122-1241.
  20. Jones, M.L. 2014. Black Sturgeon River Structured Decision Making Project. Final Report to Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Great Lakes Fishery Commission
  21. Jones, M.L. and G.J.A. Hansen. 2014. Making adaptive management work: lessons from the past and opportunities for the future. Pages 443-449 in W.W. Taylor, A.J. Lynch, N.J. Leonard, editors. Future of fisheries: perspectives for emerging professionals. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
  22. Clark, R.D., Jr., M.L. Jones, and I. Tsehaye. 2014. Instruction manual for the Lake Michigan Chinook salmon-alewife predator-prey ratio analysis. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2014-02, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
  23. Bence, J.R., T.O. Brenden, and R. Reilly. 2014. Quantitative fisheries center review of walleye population management on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota final report.  Report to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2014-03.

2013

  1. Irwin, B.J., T. Wagner, J.R. Bence, M. Kepler, W.Liu, and D. Hayes. 2013. Estimating spatial and temporal components of variation for fisheries count data using negative binomial mixed models. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142:171-183.
  2. Prichard, C.G., and J.R. Bence. 2013. Estimating wounding of lake trout by sea lamprey in the upper Great Lakes: allowing for changing size-specific patterns. Journal of Great Lakes Research 39:110-119.
  3. Wagner, T, B.J. Irwin, J.R. Bence, and D.B Hayes. 2013. Detecting temporal trends in freshwater fisheries surveys: statistical power and the important linkages between management question and monitoring objectives. Fisheries 38:309-319.
  4. Fleischman, S.J., M.J. Catalano, R.A. Clark, and D.R. Bernard. 2013. An age-structured state-space stock-recruit model for Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70:401-414.
  5. Wang, L., T. Brenden. J. Lyons, and D. Infante. 2013. Predictability of in-stream physical habitat for Wisconsin and northern Michigan wadeable streams using GIS-derived landscape data. Riparian Ecology and Conservation 1:11-24.
  6. Stevens, B.S., D. Naugle, B. Dennis, J.W. Connelly, T. Griffiths, and K.P. Reese. 2013. Mapping sage-grouse fence collision risk:  Spatially explicit models to target conservation implementation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:409-415.
  7. Stevens, B.S., and B. Dennis. 2013. Wildlife mortality from infrastructure collisions: statistical modeling of count data from carcass surveys. Ecology 94:2087-2096.
  8. Molton, K.J., T.O. Brenden, and J.R. Bence. 2013. Harvest levels that conserve spawning biomass can provide larger and more stable and sustainable yields in intermixed fisheries. Fisheries Research 147:264-283.
  9. Tsehaye, I., M. Catalano, G. Sass, D. Glover, and B. Roth. 2013. Prospects for fishery-induced collapse of invasive Asian carp in the Illinois River. Fisheries 38:445-454.
  10. Brenden. T.O. 2013. Evaluation of sampling requirements to answer management questions with coded wire tagged Chinook salmon returns in Lake Michigan. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2013-01, East Lansing, Michigan.
  11. Robinson, J.M., M.J. Wilberg, J.V. Adams, and M.L. Jones. 2013. A spatial age-structured model for describing sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) population dynamics. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70:1709-1722.
  12. Jones, M.J., R.D. Clark, Jr., and I. Tsehaye. 2013. Workshops to revise and improve the Lake Michigan Red Flags Analysis. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report.
  13. Langseth, B.J., M.L. Jones, and S.C. Riley. 2014. The effect of adjusting model inputs to achieve mass balance on time-dynamic simulations in a food-web model of Lake Huron. Ecological Modelling 273:44-54.
  14. Johnson, N.S., W.D. Swink, T.O. Brenden, J.W. Slade, T.B. Steeves, M.F. Fodale, and M.L. Jones. 2013. Tracking transformation of low-density populations of larval sea lampreys in streams tributary to lakes Huron and Michigan following treatment with lampricides. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Project Completion Report, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2012

  1. Deroba, J.J., and J.R. Bence. 2012. Evaluating harvest control rules for lake whitefish in the Great Lakes: accounting for variable life-history traits. Fisheries Research 121-122:88-103.
  2. Vandergoot, C.S., T.O. Brenden, M.V. Thomas, D.W. Einhouse, H.A. Cook, and M.W. Turner. 2012. Estimation of tag shedding and reporting rates for Lake Erie jaw tagged walleyes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32:211-223.
  3. Brenden, T.O., J.R. Bence, and E.B. Szalai. 2012. An age-structured integrated assessment of Chinook salmon population dynamics in Lake Huron’s main basin since 1968. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141:919-933.
  4. Irwin, B. J., W. Liu, J. R. Bence, and M. L. Jones. 2012. Defining economic injury levels for sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes Basin. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32:760-771.
  5. Faisal, M., C. Schulz, A. Eissa, T. Brenden, A. Winters, G. Whelan, M. Wolgamood, E. Eisch, and J. VanAmberg. 2012. Epidemiological investigation of Renibacterium salmoninarum in three Oncorhynchus spp. in Michigan from 2001 to 2010. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 107:260-274.
  6. Wang, L., T. Brenden, Y. Cao, and P. Seelbach. 2012. Delineation and validation of river network spatial scales for water resources and fisheries management. Environmental Management 50:875-887.
  7. Clark, R.D., Jr. 2012. Review of Lake Michigan Red Flags Analysis. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2012-01.
  8. Brenden, T.O., and Y. Zhao. 2012. Simulation-based evaluation of the accuracy in indirectly estimating gillnet selectivity. Fisheries Research 134-136:64-72.
  9. Langseth, B., M. Rogers, and H. Zhang. 2012. Modeling species invasions in Ecopath with Ecosim: an evaluation using Laurentian Great Lakes models. Ecological Modelling 247:251-261.
  10. Molton, K.J., T.O. Brenden, and J.R. Bence. 2012. Control rule performance for intermixing lake whitefish populations in the 1836 Treaty waters of the Great Lakes: a simulation-based evaluation. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38:686-698.
  11. Berger, A.M, M.L. Jones, and Y. Zhao. 2012. Improving fishery-independent indices of abundance for a migratory walleye population. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38:755-765.
  12. Jones, M.L., and B.J. Langseth. 2012. A decision analysis for multispecies harvest management of Lake Huron commercial fisheries. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report.
  13. Jones, M.L., T.O. Brenden, and B.J. Irwin. 2012. Evaluating integrated pest management in the St. Marys River. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report.
  14. McLaughlin, R.L., E.R.B. Smyth, T. Castro-Santos, M.L. Jones, M.A. Koops, T.C. Pratt, and L. Velez-Espino. 2013. Unintended consequences and trade-offs of fish passage. Fish and Fisheries 14:580-604.
  15. Catalano, M.J. and J.S. Spaeder. 2012. Compilation of evidence for long‐term decline and periodic low returns of AYK Region Chinook populations. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative, Project Completion Report.
  16. Catalano, M.J. 2012. A comparative analysis of patterns in productivity for AYK and selected non-AYK Chinook salmon stocks. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative, Project Completion Report. 
  17. Clark, R.D., Jr. 2012. Direct estimates of the catchability of gill nets on spawning congregation of cisco in Lake Superior, Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority, Project Completion Report. 
  18. Jones, M.L., M.J. Catalano, E. Volk, M. Adkison, B. Bue, S. Fleischman, and A. Munro. 2012. AYK-SSI escapement goal expert panel: phase 2. Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative, Project Completion Report.  

2011

  1. Irwin, B.J., M.J., Wilberg, M.L. Jones, and J.R. Bence. 2011. Applying structured decision making to recreational fisheries management. Fisheries 36(3):113-122.
  2. Hansen, G.J.A, N.C. Ban, M.L. Jones, L. Kaufman, H. Panes, M. Yasue, A.C.J. Vincent. 2011. Hindsight in marine protected area designation and planning: a comparison of ecological representation arising from opportunistic and systematic approaches. Biological Conservation 144:1866-1875.
  3. Bence, J.R., and T.O. Brenden.  2011. Enhancing fishery stock assessment modeling capacity in the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report.
  4. Velez-Espino, L.A., R.L. McLaughlin, M.L. Jones, and T.C. Pratt. 2011. Demographic analysis of trade-offs with deliberate fragmentation of streams: Control of invasive species versus protection of native species. Biological Conservation 144:1068-1080.
  5. Faisal, M., W. Fayed, A. Nour, and T.O. Brenden. 2011. Spatio-temporal dynamics of gastrointestinal helminths infecting four lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)stocks in northern lakes Michigan and Huron, USA. Journal of Parasitology 97:760-774.
  6. Bence, J. R. and D.B. Hayes.  2012.  Integrating statistical methods and results into fishery publications.  Pages 65-87 in C. A. Jennings, T. Lauer, and B. Vondracek, editors.  Scientific communication for natural resource professionals.  American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
  7. Vandergoot, C.S., P.M. Kocovsky, T.O. Brenden, and W. Liu. 2011. Selectivity evaluation for two experimental gill-net configurations used to sample Lake Erie walleyes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31:832-842.
  8. Brenden, T.O., J.R. Bence, B.F. Lantry, J.R. Lantry, and T. Schaner. 2011. Population dynamics of Lake Ontario lake trout during 1985-2007. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31:962-979.
  9. Brenden, T.O., R.W. Brown, M.P. Ebener, K. Reid, and T.J. Newcomb. 2012. Great Lakes commercial fisheries: historical overview and prognoses for the future. Pages 339-397 in W. W. Taylor, A. Lynch, and N. Leonard, editors. Great Lakes fisheries policy and management: a binational perspective, 2nd edition, Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, Michigan.
  10. Berger, A.M., M.L. Jones, Y. Zhao, and J.R. Bence. 2012. Accounting for spatial population structure at scales relevant to life history improves stock assessment: the case for Lake Erie walleye Sander vitreus. Fisheries Research 115-116:44-59.
  11. Catalano, M.J., and J.R. Bence. 2011. The sensitivity to assumed ageing error of the stock assessment used to recommend lake whitefish yield for 2008 from management unit WFH01 of Lake Huron. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2011-01.
  12. Irwin, B.J., T. Wagner, M.V. Kepler, W. Liu, J.R. Bence, D.B. Hayes, and N.Lester. 2011. Spatial and temporal components of variation in Great Lake percid populations: implications for conservation and management. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, Project Completion Report.
  13. Irwin, B.J., L.G. Rudstam, J.R. Jackson, A.J. VanDeValk, and J.L. Forney. 2011. Long-term trends in the fish community of Oneida Lake: analysis of the zebra mussel invasion. Pages 375-396 in L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson, and D. J. Stewart, editors. Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed Ecosystem and its Fisheries.
  14. Vandergoot, C.S., K.J. Murchie, S.J. Cooke, J.M. Dettmers, R.A. Bergstedt, and D. Fielder. 2011. Evaluation of two forms of electroanesthesia and carbon dioxide for short-term anesthesia in walleye. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 13:914-922.
  15. Bence, J., S. Sitar, and M. Ebener.  2011.  Stock assessment models. Pages 5-16 in D.C. Caroffino and S.J. Lenart, editors.  Statistical catch-at-age models used to describe the status of lean lake trout populations in the 1836-Treaty ceded waters of lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior at the inception of the 2000 Consent Decree: a report prepared by the 1836 Treaty Waters Modeling Subcommittee for Technical Fisheries Committee, Parties to the 2000 Consent Decree, and the Amici Curiae.   Also available at www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/LakeTroutLongReport_353000_7.pdf
  16. Diefenbach, D.R., B.J. Irwin, and T. Wagner. 2011. Summary of outcomes for the structured decision making workshop for catch and release trout regulations. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Project Completion Report. 
  17. Catalano, M.J., and M.L. Jones. 2011. Management strategies for AYK salmon stocks: accounting for uncertainty. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative Project Completion Report. 
  18. Jones, M.L., M.J. Catalano, E. Volk, M. Adkison, B. Bue, S. Fleischman, and A. Munro. 2011. Management strategies for AYK salmon stocks: accounting for uncertainty. Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative, Project Completion Report.

2010

  1. Faisal, M., T.P. Loch, T.O. Brenden, A.A. Easa, M.P. Ebener, G.M. Wright, and M.L. Jones. 2010. Assessment of Renibacterium salmoninarum infection in four lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) stocks from northern lakes Huron and Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:29-37.
  2. Brenden, T.O., and W. Liu. 2010. Evaluation of regression approaches for predicting yellow perch (Perca flavescens) recreational harvest in Ohio waters of Lake Erie. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report T2010-01, East Lansing, Michigan.
  3. Faisal, M., W. Fayed, T.O. Brenden, A. Noor, M.P. Ebener, G.M. Wright, and M.L. Jones. 2010. Widespread infection of lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis with the swimbladder nematode Cystidicola farionis in northern lakes Michigan and Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:1-5.
  4. Ebener, M.P., T.O. Brenden, G.M. Wright, M.L. Jones, and M. Faisal. 2010. Spatial and temporal distributions of lake whitefish spawning stocks in northern lakes Michigan and Huron, 2003-2008. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:38-51.
  5. Brenden, T.O., M.P. Ebener, and T.M. Sutton. 2010. Assessing the health of lake whitefish populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes: foreword. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:1-5.
  6. Brenden, T.O., M.P. Ebener, T.M. Sutton, M.L. Jones, M.T. Arts, M. Faisal, T.B. Johnson, M.A. Koops, and G.M. Wright. 2010. Assessing the health of lake whitefish populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes: lessons learned and research recommendations. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:135-139.
  7. Fenichel, E.P., R.D. Horan, and J.R. Bence. 2010. Indirect management of invasive species through biocontrols: a bioeconomic model of salmon and alewife in Lake Michigan. Resource and Energy Economics 32:500-518.
  8. Brenden, T.O., and J.X. He. 2010.  Coordination workshops concerning early mortality of lake trout in the Great Lakes.  Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report.
  9. Linton, B.C., and J.R Bence. 2010. Catch-at-age assessments in the face of time-varying selectivity. ICES Journal of Marine Science 68:611-625.
  10. Catalano, M.J., and M.S. Allen. 2010. A size- and age-structured model to estimate fish recruitment, growth, mortality, and gear selectivity. Fisheries Research 105:38-45. A reprint of this publication can be obtained by contacting J.R. Bence atmjc0028@auburn.edu
  11. Madenjian, C.P., S.A. Pothoven, P.J. Schneeberger, M.P. Ebener, L.C. Mohr, T.F. Nalepa, and J.R. Bence. 2010. Dreissenid mussels are not a “dead end” in Great Lakes food webs. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36(Suppl. 1):75-79. A reprint of this publication can be obtained by contacting J.R. Bence at bence@msu.edu
  12. Ebener, M.P., S.P. Sitar, W.P. Mattes, T.R. Hrabik, and M.T. Mata. 2010. Offshore fish community: siscowet. Pages 97-100 in O.T. Gorman, M. P. Ebener, M.R. Vinson, editors. The state of a Lake Superior 2005. Great Lakes Fisheries Commission Special Publication 10-01, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  13. Catalano, M.J., G.J. Hickling, and J.I. Tsao. 2010. Modeling the performance of control measures to reduce Lyme disease risk through manipulating blacklegged tick populations and their hosts. Centers for Disease Control, Project Completion Report.
  14. Sitar, S.P., Bence, J.R., and Woldt, A.P. 2010. Stock assessment models. Pages 10-19 in D.C. Caroffino and S.J. Lenart, editors. Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2009: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2009.   Also available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_36925---,00.html

2009

  1. Fenichel, E.P., F. Lupi, J. Hoehn, and M. Kaplowitz. 2009. Split-sample Tests of "No Opinion" Responses in an Attribute Based Choice Model. Land Economics 85(2):348-362.
  2. Fenichel, E.P., J.I. Tsao and M. Jones. 2009. Modeling fish health to inform research and management: Renibacterium salmoninarum dynamics in Lake Michigan. Ecological Applications 19:747-760.
  3. Irwin, B.J., L.G. Rudstam, J.R. Jackson, A.J. VanDeValk, J.L. Forney, and D.G. Fitzgerald. 2009. Depensatory mortality, density-dependent growth, and delayed compensation: disentangling the interplay of mortality, growth, and density during early life stages of yellow perch. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138:99-110.
  4. Zhao, Y., M.L. Jones, B.J. Shuter, and E.F. Roseman. 2009. A biophysical model of Lake Erie walleye (Sander vitreus) explains interannual variations in recruitment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66:114-125.
  5. Hayes, D., M. Jones, N. Lester, C. Chu, S. Doka, J. Netto, J. Stockwell, B. Thompson, C.K. Minns, B. Shuter, and N. Collins. 2009. Linking fish population dynamics to habitat conditions: insights from the application of a process-oriented approach to several Great Lakes species. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 19(3):295-312.
  6. Deroba, J.J. and J.R. Bence. 2009. Developing model-based indices of lake whitefish abundance using commercial fishery catch and effort data in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:50-63.
  7. Irwin, B. J., T. O. Brenden, W. Liu, and J. R. Bence. 2009. Estimating the relationship between sea lamprey-induced mortality on lake trout and observed marking rates. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report T2009-01.
  8. Wagner, T., C.S. Vandergoot, J. Tyson. 2009. Evaluating the power to detect temporal trends in fishery-independent surveys: a case study based on gillnets set in the Ohio waters of Lake Erie for walleye. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29(3):805-816.
  9. Jones, M. L., B. J. Irwin, G. J. A. Hansen, H. A. Dawson, A. J. Treble, W. Liu, W. Dai, and J. R. Bence. 2009. An operating model for the integrated pest management of Great Lakes sea lampreys. The Open Fish Science Journal 15:59-73.
  10. Bence, J.R., M. Mata, and J. Nieland. 2009. Dynamics and biology of siscowet lake trout in Lake Superior. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act Project Completion Report.
  11. Wehrly, K.E., T.O. Brenden, and L. Wang. 2009. A comparison of statistical approaches for predicting stream temperatures across heterogenous landscapes. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 45:986-997.
  12. Dawson, H.A., M.L. Jones, K.T. Scribner, and S.A. Gilmore. 2009. An assessment of age determinations methods for Great Lakes larval sea lampreys. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:914-927.
  13. Dawson, H.A., and M.L. Jones. 2009. Factors affecting recruitment dynamics of Great Lakes sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) populations. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(3):353-360.
  14. Wagner, T., M.L. Jones, M.P. Ebener, M.T. Arts, M. Faisal, T.O. Brenden, D. Honeyfield, and G. Wright. 2010. Spatial and temporal dynamics of lake whitefish health measures: linking individual-based indicators to a management-relevant endpoint. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:123-136.
  15. Krause, A. E., K. A. Frank, M. L. Jones, T. F. Nalepa, R. P. Barbiero, C. P. Madenjian, M. Agy, M. S. Evans, W. W. Taylor, D. M. Mason, and N. J. Leonard. 2009. Adaptations in a hierarchical food web of southeastern Lake Michigan. Ecological Modeling 220(22):3147-3162.
  16. Myers, J.T., M.L. Jones, J.D. Stockwell, and D.L. Yule. 2009. Re-assessment of the predatory effects of rainbow smelt on ciscoes in Lake Superior. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 138(6):1352-1368.
  17. Hansen, G.J.A. and Jones, M.L. 2009. Variation in larval sea lamprey demographics among Great Lakes tributaries: A mixed-effects model analysis of historical survey data. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(4):591-602.
  18. Brenden, T.O, M.L. Jones, and M.P. Ebener. 2010. Sensitivity of tag recovery mortality estimates to tag shedding, handling mortality, and reporting rate inaccuracies. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:102-111.
  19. Ebener, M.P., T.O. Brenden, and M.L. Jones. 2010. Estimates of fishing and natural mortality rates for four lake whitefish stocks in northern lakes Huron and Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36:112-122.
  20. Brenden, T. O. and J. R. Bence. 2009. A model based evaluation of how stocking Oncorhynchus influences the fish communities of lakes Huron and Ontario. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report.
  21. Fenichel, E.P., and G.J.A. Hansen. 2009. The opportunity cost of information: an economic framework for understanding the balance between assessment and control in sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67:209-216.
  22. Bence, J.R. and J.X. He. 2009. Temporal patterns of growth and condition of lake trout and Chinook salmon in the Main Basin of Lake Huron. Appendix A to: Responses of lake trout and Chinook salmon to unprecedented declines in major prey fish abundance in Lake Huron, completion report submitted to the U.S.F.W.S. Restoration Act Program.
  23. Bence, J.R. and N. Nye, and W. Liu. 2009. Changing patterns of maturity schedules of lake trout and Chinook salmon in Lake Huron. Appendix B to: Responses of lake trout and Chinook salmon to unprecedented declines in major prey fish abundance in Lake Huron, completion report submitted to the U.S.F.W.S. Restoration Act Program.
  24. Bence, J.R., N. Nye, and J.X. He. 2009. Patterns in energy density, lipids and related energetics variables in lake trout and Chinook salmon during 2005-2007 and comparison with observations from Lake Huron and Lake Michigan during 2000-2004. Appendix C to: Responses of lake trout and Chinook salmon to unprecedented declines in major prey fish abundance in Lake Huron, completion report submitted to the U.S.F.W.S. Restoration Act Program.
  25. Bence, J.R., J.X. He, and N.J. Nye. 2009. Bioenergetics modeling of Chinook salmon and lake trout in Lake Huron: methods and results. Appendix D to: Responses of lake trout and Chinook salmon to unprecedented declines in major prey fish abundance in Lake Huron, completion report submitted to the U.S.F.W.S. Restoration Act Program.
  26. He, J.X., N.J. Nye, and J.R. Bence. 2009. Ecological and life-history dynamics of energetic status: lake trout in the main basin of Lake Huron, 2006-2008. Appendix E to: Responses of lake trout and Chinook salmon to unprecedented declines in major prey fish abundance in Lake Huron, completion report submitted to the U.S.F.W.S. Restoration Act Program.
  27. Ban, N.C., G.J.A. Hansen, M.L. Jones, and A.C.J. Vincent. 2009. Systematic marine conservation planning in data-poor regions: socioeconomic data are essential. Marine Policy 33:794-800.
  28. Bruggeman, D.J., M.L. Jones, K. Scribner, and F. Lupi. 2009. Relating tradable credits for biodiversity to sustainability criteria in a dynamic landscape. Landscape Ecology 24:775-790.
  29. Bence, J.R., N. Nye, and J.X. He. 2009. Responses of lake trout and Chinook salmon to unprecedented declines in major prey fish abundance in Lake Huron. USFWS Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, Project Completion Report.
  30. Sitar, S.P., Bence, J.R., and Woldt, A.P. 2009. Stock assessment models. Pages 9-18 in D.C. Caroffino and S.J. Lenart, editors. Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2008: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2008.   Also available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_36925---,00.html

2008

  1. Deroba, J.J., and J.R. Bence. 2008. Assessing model-based indices of lake trout abundance in 1836 Treaty waters of Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior. Research report prepared for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
  2. Deroba, J.J., and J.R. Bence. 2008. A review of harvest policies: understanding relative performance of control rules. Fisheries Research 94(3):210-223.
  3. Fenichel, E. P., J.I. Tsao, M. Jones, and G.J. Hickling. 2008. Fish Pathogen Screening and Its Influence on the Likelihood of Accidental Pathogen Introduction during Fish Translocations. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 20:19-28.
  4. He, J.X., J.R.Bence, J.J. Johnson, D.F. Clapp, and M.P. Ebener. 2008. Modeling variation in mass-length relations and condition indices of lake trout and Chinook salmon in Lake Huron: a hierarchical Bayesian approach. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:801-817.
  5. Brenden, T.O.,and J.R. Bence. 2008. Comment: use of piecewise regression models to estimate changing relationships in fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:844-846.
  6. Myers, J.T., J.D. Stockwell, D.L. Yule, and J.A. Black. 2008. Evaluating sampling strategies for larval cisco (Coregonus artedi). Journal of Great Lakes Research 34:245-252.
  7. Treble, A.J., M.L. Jones, and T.B. Steeves. 2008. Development and evaluation of a new predictive model for metamorphosis of Great Lakes larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) populations. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34(3):404-417.
  8. Brenden,T.O., L. Wang, and Z., Su. 2008. Quantitative identification of disturbance thresholds in support of aquatic resource management. Environmental Management 42:821-832.
  9. Jones, M.L. and J.R. Bence. 2008. Uncertainty and fishery management in the North American Great Lakes: lessons from applications of decision analysis. AYK SSI Salmon Symposium Proceedings.
  10. Wagner,T., T.O. Brenden, J. Qi, and R.C. Johnson. 2008. Buruli ulcer disease prevalence in West Africa: associations with land use/cover and the identification of disease clusters. International Journal of Health Geographics 7:25
  11. Wilberg, M.J. and J.R. Bence. 2008. Performance of deviance information criterion model selection in statistical catch-at-age analysis. Fisheries Research 93(1-2):212-221.
  12. Irwin, B.J., T.J. Treska, L.G. Rudstam, P.J. Sullivan, J.R. Jackson, A.J. VanDeValk, and J.L. Forney. 2008. Estimating walleye (Sander vitreus) density, gear catchability, and mortality using three fishery-independent data sets for Oneida Lake, New York. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65(7):1366-1378.
  13. Jones, M.L., M.T. Arts, M. Faisal, M.P. Ebener,T. Wagner, T.O. Brenden, D. Honeyfield, and G. Wright. 2008. Magnitude and potential causes of mortality in four lake whitefish populations in Lakes Michigan and Huron: a multidisciplinary approach. Fishery Trust Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report, T2008-01.
  14. Jones, M.L., G.J.A. Hansen, W. Liu, B. Irwin, A.J. Treble, and H.A. Dawson. 2008. Sea lamprey population dynamics: updating demographic models and application to a novel control strategy. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report, T2008-02.
  15. Irwin, B.J., M.J. Wilberg, J.R. Bence, M.L. Jones. 2008. Specified input values for a stochastic simulation model for yellow perch in southern Lake Michigan. QFC Technical Report, T2008-03.
  16. Wilberg, M.J., B.J. Irwin, M.L. Jones, J.R. Bence. 2008. Effects of source-sink dynamics on harvest policy performance for yellow perch in southern Lake Michigan. Fisheries Research 94(3):282-289. A reprint of this publication can be obtained by contacting M.J. Wilberg at wilberg@cbl.umces.edu.
  17. Irwin, B.J., M.J. Wilberg, J.R. Bence, M.L. Jones. 2008. Evaluating alternative harvest policies for yellow perch in southern Lake Michigan. Fisheries Research 94(3):267-281.
  18. Hansen, G.J.A. and M.L. Jones. 2008. The value of information in fishery management. Fisheries 33(7):340-348.
  19. Brenden,T.O., T. Wagner, and B.R. Murphy. 2008. Novel tools for analyzing proportional size distribution index data. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:1233-1242.
  20. Linton, B.C. and J.R. Bence. 2008. Evaluating methods for estimating process and observation error variances in statistical catch-at-age analysis. Fisheries Research 94(1):26-35.
  21. Jones, M.L. and G.J.A. Hansen. 2008. Evaluation of an alternative model of stream selection of lampricide treatment. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report, T2008-04.
  22. Bence, J.R., and L.C. Mohr [EDS.]. 2008. The State of Lake Huron in 2004. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Special Publication 08-01.pp 1-89.
  23. Bence, J.R., J.E. Johnson, J. He, J.S. Schaeffer, S. Riley, R.J. Young, M. Ebener, D. Reid, L.C. Mohr, D. Gonder, A. Cottrill, A. Woldt, T.J. Morse, G.C. Christie, and M. Ridgway. 2008. Offshore predators and their fish community. In The state of Lake Huron in 2004. Edited by J.R. Bence and L.C. Mohr. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Special Publication 08-01. pp. 11-36.
  24. Bence, J.R. and L.C. Mohr. 2008. State of Lake Huron: current and future. Edited by J.R. Bence and L.C. Mohr. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Special Publication 08-01. pp. 71-75.
  25. Linton, B. 2008. Sensitivity analysis of stock assessment models for lake whitefish in the 1836 treaty waters of Lake Huron. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division.
  26. Irwin, B. J., J. R. Bence, M. L. Jones, and W. Liu. 2008. Defining Targets for Sea Lamprey Control in the Great Lakes: Economic Injury Levels and Fish Community Goal-based Targets. Great Lakes Fishery Commission 2007 Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report T2008-05.
  27. Honeyfield, D.C., A.K. Peters, and M.L. Jones. 2008. Thiamine and fatty acid content of Lake Michigan Chinook salmon. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34(4):581-589.
  28. Bence, J.R., M.W. Dorn, B.J. Irwin, and A.E. Punt. 2008. Recent advances in the evaluation and implementation of harvest policies. Fisheries Research 94:207-209.
  29. Brenden, T.O., L. Wang, and P.W. Seelbach. 2008. A river valley segment classification of Michigan streams based on fish and physical attributes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(60):1621-1636.
  30. Hansen, G.J.A., and M. L. Jones. 2008. A rapid assessment approach to prioritizing streams for control of Great Lakes sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus): a case study in adaptive management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65(11):2471-2484.
  31. Szalai, E.B., J.R. Bence, C.P. Madenjian. 2008. Quantifying the effects of salmonine predation on alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and bloater (Coregonus hoyi) population dynamics in Lake Michigan, 1962-1999. Great Lakes Fishery Commission 2007 Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report T2008-06.
  32. Bence, J.R., N.E. Dobiesz, C.P. Madenjian, R. Argyle, R. Barbiero, J.N. Bowlby, R.M. Claramunt, R. O?Gorman, and T. Schaner. 2008. Top-Down effects of open-water Salmonine predators in the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Fishery Commission 2007 Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report T2008-07.
  33. Jones, M.L., J.R. Bence, E.B. Szalai, and Wenjing Dai. 2008. Assessing stocking policies for Lake Michigan salmonine fisheries using decision analysis. Great Lakes Fishery Commitee Special Publication. In The state of Lake Michigan in 2005. Edited by D.F. Clapp and W. Horns. Great Lakes Fishery Commitee Special Publication 08-02. pp. 81-88.
  34. Szalai, E.B., J.R. Bence, and M.L. Jones. 2008. Estimating sea lamprey damage to fish populations in Lakes Michigan and Huron. Great Lakes Fishery Commission 2007 Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report T2008-08.
  35. Nieland, J.L., M.J. Hansen, M.J. Seider, and J.J. Deroba.  2008.  Modeling the sustainability of lake trout fisheries in eastern Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior.  Fisheries Research 94(2008):304-314.
  36. Sitar, S.P., H.M. Morales, M.T. Mata, B.B. Bastar, D.M. Dupras, G.D. Kleaver, and K.D. Rathbun. 2008. Survey of siscowet lake trout at their maximum depth in Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34:276-286.
  37. Horan, R.D, C.A. Wolf, E.P. Fenichel, and K.H. Matthews. 2008. Joint management of wildlife and livestock disease. Environmental and Resource Economics 41:47-70.
  38. Smith, K.L., and M.L. Jones. 2008. Allocation of sampling effort to optimize efficiency of watershed-level ichthyofaunal inventories. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:1500-1506.
  39. Spence Cheruvelil, K., P.A. Soranno, M.T. Bremigan, T. Wagner, and S.L. Martin. 2008. Grouping lakes for water quality assessment and monitoring: the roles of regionalization and spatial scale. Environmental Management 41:425-440.
  40. Yule, D.L., J.D. Stockwell, J.A. Black, K.I. Cullis, G.A. Cholwek, and J.T. Myers. 2008. How systematic age underestimation can impede understanding of fish population dynamics: lessons learned from a Lake Superior cisco stock. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:481-495.
  41. Wang, L., T. Brenden, P. Seelbach, A. Cooper, D. Allan, R. Clark, Jr., and M. Wiley. 2008. Landscape based identification of human disturbance gradients and references for streams in Michigan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 141:1-17.
  42. Riseng, C, L. Wang, M. Wiley, E. Rutherford, and T. Brenden. 2008. State-of-the-art approaches for assessment of Great Lakes nearshore and large river fish habitat. Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Project Completion Report.
  43. Sitar, S.P., Bence, J.R., and Woldt, A.P. 2008. Stock assessment models. Pages 9-17 in A.P Woldt, and D.C. Caroffino, editors. Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2007: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2006, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2007.   Also available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_36925---,00.html
  44. Woldt, A.P., Bence, J.R., and Ebener, M.P. 2008. Executive summary. Pages 4-8 in A.P Woldt, and D.C. Caroffino, editors. Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2007: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2006, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2007.   Also available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_36925---,00.html
  45. Woldt, A.P., Bence, J.R., and Ebener, M.P. 2008. Recommendations and future directions to improve assessments. Pages 17-22 in A.P Woldt, and D.C. Caroffino, editors. Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2007: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2006, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2007.   Also available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_36925---,00.html

2007

  1. Peters, A.K., M.L. Jones, D.C. Honeyfield, and J.R. Bence. 2007. Monitoring energetic status of Lake Michigan Chinook salmon using water content as a predictor of whole-fish lipid content. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(1):253-263.
  2. Wagner, T., J.R. Bence, M.T. Bremigan, D.B. Hayes, and M.J. Wilberg. 2007. Regional trends in fish mean length at age: components of variance and the power to detect trends. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64(7):968-978.
  3. Jones, M.L. 2007. Towards improved assessment of sea lamprey population dynamics in support of cost-effective sea lamprey management. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(Special Issue 2):35-47.
  4. Wagner, T., P.A. Soranno, K. Spence Cheruvelil, B. Renwick, K. Webster, P. Vaux, and R. Abbitt. 2007. Quantifying sample biases of inland lake sampling programs in relation to lake surface area and land use/cover. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 141(1-3):131-147.
  5. Haeseker, S.L., M.L. Jones, R.M. Peterman, J.R. Bence, W. Dai, and G.C. Christie. 2007. Explicit consideration of uncertainty in Great Lakes fisheries management: decision analysis of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in the St. Marys River. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64(10):1456-1468.
  6. Jones, M.L. and J.M. Dettmers. 2007. Making wise decisions about transferring fish among lakes within the Great Lakes basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(4):930-934.
  7. Brenden, T.O., L. Wang, P.W. Seelbach, R.D. Clark, Jr., M.J. Wiley, and B.L. Sparks-Jackson. 2007. A spatially constrained clustering program for river valley segment delineation from GIS digital river networks. Environmental Modelling and Software. pp. 1-12.
  8. Wagner, T. W., M.E. Benbow, M. Burns, R.C. Johnson, R.W. Merritt, J. Qi, and P.L.C. Small. 2007. A landscape-based model for predicting Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection (Buruli Ulcer Disease) presence in Benin, West Africa. EcoHealth 5(1):69-79.
  9. Fenichel, E.P., J.I. Tsao, M. Jones, and G. Hickling. 2007. Real Options for Precautionary Fisheries Management. Fish and Fisheries 9(2):121-137.
  10. Woldt, A.P., J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener. 2007. Recommendations and future directions to improve assessments, pages 17-22 in A.P.Woldt, and S.P. Sitar. (eds.). Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2006: Status of lake trout and lake whitefish populations in the 1836 treaty-ceded waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2005, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2006.
  11. Woldt, A.P., J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener. 2007. Executive Summary, pages 4-7 in A.P. Woldt, and S.P. Sitar. (eds.). Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2006: Status of lake trout and lake whitefish populations in the 1836 treaty-ceded waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2005, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2006.
  12. Woldt, A.P., J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener. 2007. Stock assessment models, pages 8-16 in Woldt, A.P., and Sitar, S.P. (eds.). Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2006: Status of lake trout and lake whitefish populations in the 1836 treaty-ceded waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2005, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2006.
  13. Wagner, T. 2007. The statistical power to detect temporal trends in catch per unit effort from annual gillnet surveys for walleye in Lake Erie. Technical report prepared for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, Lake Erie Fisheries Unit, Sandusky Fisheries Research Unit. QFC Technical Report, T2007-01.
  14. Wagner, T. 2007. The statistical power to detect temporal trends in catch per unit effort from annual gillnet surveys for walleye in Lake Erie. Supplement I. Technical report prepared for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, Lake Erie Fisheries Unit, Sandusky Fisheries Research Unit. QFC Technical Report, T2007-02.
  15. Horan, R.D. and E. P. Fenichel. 2007. Economics and ecology of managing emerging infectious animal diseases. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89:1232-1238.
  16. Brenden, T.O., L. Wang, R.D. Clark, Jr., P.W. Seelbach, and J. Lyons. 2007. Comparison between model-predicted and field measured stream habitat features for evaluating fish assemblage-habitat relationships. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:580-592.
  17. Deroba, J. J., M. J. Hansen, N. A. Nate, and J. M. Hennessy. 2007. Temporal profiles of walleye angling effort, harvest rate, and harvest in Northern Wisconsin Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:717-727.
  18. Deroba, J. J., M. J. Hansen, N. A. Nate, and J. M. Hennessy. 2007. Evaluating creel survey efficiency for estimating walleye fishery metrics in northern Wisconsin lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:707-716.
  19. Fenichel, E.P. and R.D. Horan. 2007. Gender-based harvesting in wildlife disease management. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89:904-920.
  20. Linton, B.C., M.J. Hansen, S.T. Schram, and S.P. Sitar. 2007. Dynamics of a recovering lake trout population in eastern Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior, 1980-2001.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27(3):940-954.
  21. Smith, K.L. and M.L. Jones. 2007. When are historical data sufficient for making watershed-level stream fish management and conservation decisions? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 135:291-311.
  22. Fenichel, E.P., and R.D. Horan. 2007. Jointly-determined ecological thresholds and economic trade-offs in wildlife disease management. Natural Resource Modelling 20:511-547.
  23. Hayes, D.B., B. Thompson, J. Bence, and T. Kwak. 2007. Biomass, density and yield Estimators. Pages 327-374 in M. Brown and C. Guy, editors. Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
  24. Fenichel, E.P., J.I. Tsao, and M.L. Jones. 2007. A model of Renibacterium salmoninarum dynamics in Great Lakes fish populations: implications for bacterial kidney disease management and research in Lake Michigan. Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Project Completion Report.
  25. Nieland, J.L., J.J. Deroba, and M.J. Hansen. 2007. Estimating lake-wide relative abundance of lake trout in Lake Superior. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Project Completion Report.

2006

  1. Wilberg, M.J., and J.R. Bence. 2006. Performance of time-varying catchability estimators in statistical catch-at-age analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63(10):2275-2285.
  2. Peacor, S.D., J.R. Bence, and C.A. Pfister. 2006. The effect of size-dependent growth and environmental factors on animal size variability. Theoretical Population Biology 71(1):80-94.
  3. He, J.X., and J.R. Bence. 2007. Modeling annual growth variation using a hierarchical Bayesian approach and the von Bertalanffy growth function, with application to lake trout in southern Lake Huron. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(2):318-330.
  4. Bence, J.R. 2006. Approaches to Weighting Data Components and Addressing Concerns about Density-Dependent Catchability for Lake Erie Percid Assessments. Quantitative Fisheries Center Technical Report, T2006-01.
  5. Fenichel, E., J.I. Tsao, M. Jones, and G.J. Hickling. 2006. Managing Fish Translocation Risks Using Real Options: Sea lamprey pathogen screening as a case study. GLFC 2006 Project Completion Report and QFC Technical Report, T2006-02.
  6. Woldt, A.P., S.P. Sitar, J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener. 2006. Summary Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2004, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2005. Technical Fisheries Committee, 1836 Treaty- Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior , Huron and Michigan.
  7. Brenden, T.O., B.R. Murphy, and E.M. Hallerman. 2006. The effect of discharge on daytime habitat use and selection of muskellunge in the New River, Virginia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135(6):1546-1558.
  8. Brenden, T.O., E.M. Hallerman, B.R. Murphy, J.R. Copeland, and J.A. Williams. 2007. The New River, Virginia, muskellunge fishery: population dynamics, harvest regulation modeling, and angler attitudes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 79:11-25.
  9. Derosier, A.L., M.L. Jones, and K.T. Scribner. 2007. Dispersal of sea lamprey larvae during early life: relevance for recruitment dynamics. Environmental Biology of Fishes 78:271-274.
  10. Jones, M.L., B.J. Shuter, Y. Zhao, and J.T. Stockwell. 2006. Forecasting effects of climate change on Great Lakes fisheries: models that link habitat supply to population dynamics can help. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63(2):457-468.
  11. Wagner, C.M., M.L. Jones, M.B. Twohey, and P.W. Sorensen. 2006. A field test verifies that pheromones can be useful for sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in the Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:475-479.
  12. Koops, M.A., B.J. Irwin, J.E. MacNeil, E.S. Millard, and E.L. Mills. 2006. Comparative modelling of the ecosystem impacts of exotic invertebrates and productivity changes on fisheries in the Bay of Quinte and Oneida Lake. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Project Completion Report.
  13. Sitar, S.P., Bence, J.R., and Woldt, A.P. 2006. Stock assessment models. Pages 9-18 in A.P. Woldt, S.P. Sitar, J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener, editors. Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2005: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2004, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2005. Also available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_36925---,00.html
  14. Woldt, A.P., Bence, J.R., and Ebener, M.P. 2006. Executive summary. Pages 4-8 in A.P. Woldt, S.P. Sitar, J.R. Bence, and M.P. Ebener, editors. Technical Fisheries Committee Administrative Report 2005: Status of Lake Trout and Lake Whitefish Populations in the 1836 Treaty-Ceded Waters of Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan in 2004, with recommended yield and effort levels for 2005. Also available at http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_36925---,00.html 

2005

  1. Bruggeman, D.J., M.L. Jones, F. Lupi, and K.T. Scribner. 2005. Landscape equivalency analysis: methodology for estimating spatially explicit biodiversity credits. Environmental Management 36(4):518-534.
  2. Dobiesz, N.E., and J.R. Bence. 2005. Predator-prey interactions. Pages 91-98 in M. Ebener, editor. The State of Lake Huron in 1999, Great Lakes Fishery Commission Special Publication 05-2, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  3. Dobiesz, N.E., D.A. McLeish, R.L. Eshendroder, J.R. Bence, L.C. Mohr, B.A. Henderson, M.P. Ebener, T. Nalepa, A.P. Woldt, J.E. Johnson, R.L. Argyle, and J.C. Makarewicz. 2005. Ecology of the Lake Huron fish community 1970‑1999. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62(6):1432-1451.
  4. Ebener, M.P., J.R. Bence, K. Newman and P. Schneeberger. 2005. Application of statistical catch-at-age models to assess lake whitefish stocks in the 1836 treaty-ceded waters of the upper Great Lakes. Pages 271-309 in L.C. Mohr and T.F. Nalepa, editors. Proceedings of a workshop on the dynamics of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and the amphipod Diporeia spp. in the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Technical Report 66, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  5. Filcek, K.B., S. A. Gilmore, K.T. Scribner, and M.L. Jones. 2005. Discriminating lamprey species using multi-locus microsatellite genotypes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25(2):502-509.
  6. Jonas, J.L, D.F. Clapp, J.R. Bence, and M.E. Holey. 2005. Salmonine community. Pages 33-48 in M. E. Holey and T. N. Trudeau, editors. The state of Lake Michigan in 2000. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Special Publication 05-01, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  7. Madenjian, C.P., T.O. Höök, E.S. Rutherford, D.M. Mason, T.E. Croley II, E.B. Szalai, and J.R. Bence. 2005. Recruitment variability of alewives in Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134(1):218-230.
  8. Radomski, P., J.R. Bence, and T.J. Quinn II. 2005. Comparison of virtual population analysis and statistical kill‑at‑age analysis for a recreational, kill‑dominated fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62(2):436-452.
  9. Smith, K.L. and M.L. Jones. 2005. Watershed-level sampling effort requirements for determining riverine fish species composition. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62(7):1580-1588.
  10. Wilberg, M.J., J.R. Bence, B.T. Eggold, D. Makauskas, and D.F. Clapp. 2005. Yellow perch dynamics in southwestern Lake Michigan during 1986-2002. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25(3):1130-1152. 

 

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