Population genetics of brook trout in the southern Appalachian Mountains

DC Kazyak, BA Lubinski, MA Kulp… - Transactions of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Broad‐scale patterns of genetic diversity for Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis remain poorly
understood across their endemic range in the eastern United States. We characterized …

Microgeographic variation in demography and thermal regimes stabilize regional abundance of a widespread freshwater fish

BK Gallagher, DJ Fraser - Ecological Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the persistence of species under climate change is an increasingly important
objective in ecological research and management. However, biotic and abiotic …

Population correlates of rapid captive‐induced maladaptation in a wild fish

DJ Fraser, L Walker, MC Yates, K Marin… - Evolutionary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the extent to which captivity generates maladaptation in wild species can
inform species recovery programs and elucidate wild population responses to novel …

Body shape is related to the attempt rate and passage success of brook trout at in‐stream barriers

E Goerig, BA Wasserman… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to move between habitats has important implications for fitness in many species.
In‐stream barriers such as culverts can impede movements of riverine fishes and thus …

Stream groundwater inputs generate fine‐scale variation in brook trout phenology and growth across a warming landscape

BK Gallagher, DJ Fraser - Freshwater Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is increasing global atmospheric temperatures, which can reduce
abundance and cause range shifts in species that are sensitive to warming. However, fine …

Small population size and low genomic diversity have no effect on fitness in experimental translocations of a wild fish

MC Yates, E Bowles, DJ Fraser - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Little empirical work in nature has quantified how wild populations with varying effective
population sizes and genetic diversity perform when exposed to a gradient of ecologically …

Is now the time? Review of genetic rescue as a conservation tool for brook trout

SL White, JM Rash, DC Kazyak - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Brook trout populations have been declining throughout their native range in the east coast
of the United States. Many populations are now distributed in small, isolated habitat patches …

Genetic rescue insights from population-and family-level hybridization effects in brook trout

ZRR Wells, TA Bernos, MC Yates, DJ Fraser - Conservation Genetics, 2019 - Springer
Although hybridization can be used as a tool for genetic rescue, it can also generate
outbreeding depression and reduce local adaptation. Improved understanding of these …

Using high-throughput sequencing to investigate the factors structuring genomic variation of a Mediterranean grasshopper of great conservation concern

MJ González-Serna, PJ Cordero, J Ortego - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Inferring the demographic history of species is fundamental for understanding their
responses to past climate/landscape alterations and improving our predictions about the …

Life'sa ditch: demographic history and environmental factors shape fine-scale local adaptation within small populations of brook trout

HB Jeon, M Yates, BK Gallagher… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Many studies have investigated the loss of adaptive potential in endangered or exploited
species experiencing recent population declines. Less research has studied adaptive …