Publications
45. Källo, K., Baktoft, H., Kristensen, M. L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (in press). Not so faithful after all? High prevalence of straying in a salmonid population. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
44. Madliger, C. L., Creighton, M. J. A., Raby, G. D., Bennett, J. R., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lennox, R. J., & Cooke, S. J. (in press). Using physiology in recovery planning for at-risk animal populations: a Canadian case study with global recommendations. Conservation Science and Practice.
43. Cooke, S.J., Auld, H.L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Elvidge, C.K., Piczak, M.L., Twardek, W.M., Raby, G.D., Brownscombe, J.W., Midwood, J.D., Lennox, J.R., Madliger, C., Wilson, A.D.M., Binder, T.R., Schreck, C.B., McLaughlin, R.L., Grant, J., & Muir, A.M. (in press). On the relevance of animal behavior to the management and conservation of fishes and fisheries. Environmental Biology of Fishes. doi: 10.1007/s10641-022-01255-3
42. Cooke, S. J., Vermaire, J. C., Baulch, H. M., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Twardek, W., & Richardson J. S. (in press). Our failure to protect the stream and its valley: A call to “back off” from riparian development. Freshwater Science. doi: 10.1086/719958
41. Koster, W., Aarestrup, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Church, B., Dawson, D., Lyon, J., O’Connor, J., Righton, D., Rose, D., Westerberg, H., & Stuart, I. (2021). First tracking of the oceanic spawning migrations of Australasian short-finned eels (Anguilla australis). Scientific Reports, 11, 22976. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02325-9
40. Bubb, D., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Tummers, J., Aarestrup, K., Jepsen, N., & Lucas, M.C. (2021). Short-term effects of low-head barrier removals on fish communities and habitats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Special Issue: Challenges and benefits of restoring river connectivity), 9, 697106. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.697106
39. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. (in press). Repeatability of migratory behaviour suggests trade-off between size and survival in a wild iteroparous salmonid. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13917
38. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Bordeleau, X., Cooke, S.J., Davidsen, J.D., Eldøy, S.H., Eliason, E.J., Moore, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2021). Life-history strategies in salmonids: the role of physiology and its consequences. Biological Reviews, 96, 2304-2320. doi: 10.1111/brv.12753
37. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Rytwinski, T., Harper, M., Taylor, J.J., Smith, A., Smokorowski, K.E., Turgeon, K., Bradford, M.J., & Cooke, S.J. (2021) How do natural changes in flow magnitude affect fish abundance and diversity in temperate regions? A systematic review protocol. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2, e12079. doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12079
36. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M.H., Peiman, K.S., Midwood, J.D., Wilson, A.D.M., Cooke, S.J., & Aarestrup, K. (2021). No evidence for long-term carryover effects in a wild salmonid fish. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94, 319-329. doi: 10.1086/716000
35. Desforges, J. E., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Aarestrup, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2021). Upper thermal tolerance indicated by CTmax fails to predict migration strategy and timing, growth, and predation vulnerability in juvenile brown trout Salmo trutta. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 94, 215-227. doi: 10.1086/714636
34. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., & Aarestrup, K. (2021). Energetic state and the continuum of migratory tactics in brown trout (Salmo trutta). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78, 1435-1443. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0025
33. Belletti, B., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Jones, J., Bizzi, S., Börger, L., Segura, G., Castelletti, A., van de Bund, W., Aarestrup, K., Barry, J., Belka, K., Berkhuysen, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2020). More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers. Nature, 588, 436-441. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3005-2. Featured on cover
32. Lennox, R. J., Pulg, U., Malley, B., Gabrielsen, S. E., Hanssen, E. M., Cooke, S. J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Barlaup, B. T., & Vollset, K. W. (2020). On the various ways that anadromous salmonids use lake habitats to complete their life history. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78, 90-100. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2020-0225
31. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Nielsen, J., Frandsen, S. B., Olsen, H. M., & Aarestrup, K. (2020). Catchment-scale effects of river fragmentation: a case study on restoring connectivity. Journal of Environmental Management. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110408
30. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lennox, R. L., Guglielmo, C. G., Teffer, A. K., Crossin, G. T., Norris, D. R., Aarestrup, K., Cooke, S. J. (2020). The value of experimental approaches in migration biology. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 93, 210-226. doi: 10.1086/708455
29. Koed, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Sivebæk, F., & Aarestrup, K. (2020). From endangered to sustainable: multi-faceted management in rivers and coasts improves Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations in Denmark. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 27, 64-76. doi: 10.1111/fme.12385
28. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Thorstad, E. B., & Aarestrup, K. (2019). Overlooked aspects of the Salmo salar and Salmo trutta lifecycles. Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries, 29, 749-766. doi: 10.1007/s11160-019-09575-x
27. Lennox, R.J., Paukert, C., Aarestrup, K., Auger-Methe, M., Baumgartner, L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., et al. (2019). 100 pressing questions on the future of global fish migration science, conservation, and policy. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00286.
26. Kristensen, M. L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Aarestrup K. (2019). Behaviour of veteran sea trout Salmo trutta L. in a dangerous fjord system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 616, 141-153. doi: 10.3354/meps12940
25. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Flavio, H., Kristensen, M. L., Walton-Rabideau, S., Cooke, S. J., Willmore, W. G., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2019). Cortisol predicts migration timing and success in both Atlantic salmon and sea trout kelts. Scientific Reports, 9, 2422. doi: 10.1028/s41598-019-39153-x
24. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Højrup, L. B., Kragh, T., Jacobsen, L., & Aarestrup, K. (2019). Getting cosy in freshwater: Assumed to be brackish pike are not so brackish after all. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 28, 376-384. doi: 10.1111/eff.12460
23. Birnie‐Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (2018). A call for a paradigm shift: Assumed‐to‐be premature migrants actually yield good returns. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 28, 62-68. doi: 10.1111/eff.12431
22. Kristensen, M. L., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. (2018). Routes and survival of anadromous brown trout Salmo trutta L. post-smolts during early marine migration through a Danish fjord system. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 209, 102-109. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.05.015
21. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Franklin, P., Wilkes, M., & Aarestrup, K. (2019). Moving beyond fitting fish into equations: Progressing the fish passage debate in the Anthropocene. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29, 1095-1105. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2946
20. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Candee, M. M., Baktoft, H., Larsen, M. H., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. (2018). River connectivity reestablished: effects and implications of six weir removals on brown trout smolt migration. River Research and Applications, 34, 548-554. doi: 10.1002/rra.3271
19. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Aarestrup, K., Gilmour, K. M., & Cooke, S. J. (2018). Comparison of cocoa butter and vegetable shortening as vehicles for manipulation in Salmo trutta. Journal of Fish Biology, 92, 229-236. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13513
18. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., Thomassen, S. T., & Aarestrup, K. (2018). Testing three common stocking methods: differences in smolt size, migration rate and timing of two strains of stocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture, 483, 163-168. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.10.021
17. Bower, S., Brownscombe, J. W., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Ford, M., Moraga, A., Pusiak, R., Turenne, E. D., Zolderdo, A., Cooke, S. J., & Bennett, J. R. (2018). Making touch choices: Picking the appropriate conservation decision-making tool. Conservation Letters, 11, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/conl.12418
16. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Tummers, J. S., Lucas, M. C., & Aarestrup, K. (2017). Adaptive management in the context of barriers in European freshwater ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management, 204, 436-431. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.023
15. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., Nielsen, J., & Aarestrup, K. (2017). 30 years of data reveal a dramatic increase in abundance of brown trout following the removal of a small hydrodam. Journal of Environmental Management, 204, 467-471. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.022
14. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., Aarestrup, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2018). N-acetylcysteine manipulation fails to elicit an increase in glutathione in a teleost model. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 44, 137-142. doi: 10.1007/s10695-017-0419-3
13. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Baktoft, H., Aarestrup, K., Willmore, W. G. & Cooke, S. J. (2017). Oxidative stress and partial migration brown trout (Salmo trutta). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 95, 829-835. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2016-0312
12. Peiman, K. S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., Colborne, S., Gilmour, K. M., Aarestrup, K., Willmore, W. G., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). Morphological, physiological and dietary covariation in migratory and resident adult brown trout (Salmo trutta). Zoology, 123, 79-90. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2017.07.002
11. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Raubenheimer, D., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). Nutritional physiology of wildlife in a changing world. Conservation Physiology, 5, cox030. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox030
10. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Aarestrup, K., Riis, T. M. O., Jepsen, N., & Koed, A. (2017). Shining a light on the loss of rheophilic fish habitat in lowland rivers as a forgotten consequence of barriers and its implications for management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27, 1345-1349. doi: 10.1002/aqc.2795
9. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Walton, S., Delle Palme, C. A., Manouchehri, B. A., Venne, S., Lennox, R. J., Chapman, J. M., Bennett, J. R., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). Conservation can inform threat assessment and recovery planning processes for threatened species. Endangered Species Research, 32, 507-513. doi: 10.3354/esr/00831
8. Cooke, S.J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Lennox, R. J., Taylor, J. J., Rytwinski, T., Rummer, J. L., Franklin, C. E., Bennett, R. J., & Haddaway, N. R. (2017). How experimental biology and ecology can support evidence-based decision-making in conservation: Avoiding pitfalls and enabling application. Conservation Physiology, 5, cox043. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox043
7. Brownscombe, J. W., Reid, A. J., Dolgova, L., Pusiak, R., Laurich, B., Turenne, E. D., Zolderdo, A., Moraga, A., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Brooks, J., Sullivan, B., Ford, M., Bower, S. D., Bennett, J. R., & Cooke, S. J. “Aquatic Conservation”. In Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. Ed. David Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press.
6. Peiman, K. S., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Midwood, J. D., Larsen, M. H., Wilson, A. D. M., Aarestrup, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). If and when: Intrinsic differences and environmental stressors influence migration in brown trout (Salmo trutta). Oecologia, 184, 375-384. doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-3873-9
5. Szekeres, P., Wilson, A. D. M., Haak, C. R., Danylchuk, A. J., Brownscombe, J. W., Elvidge, C. K., Shultz, A. D., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). Does coastal light pollution alter the nocturnal behavior and blood physiology of juvenile bonefish (Albula vulpes)? Bulletin of Marine Science, 93, 491-505. doi: 10.5343/bms.2016.1061
4. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Aarestrup, K., Willmore, W. G., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). Short-term and long-term effects of exogenous cortisol manipulation on oxidative stress in juvenile brown trout. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 1693-1700. doi: 10.1241/jeb.155465
3. Aarestrup, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., & M.H. Larsen. (2018). Another paradigm lost? Autumn downstream migration of juvenile brown trout: evidence for a pre-smolt migration. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 27, 513-516. doi: 10.1111/eff.12335
2. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Costantini, D., Willmore, W. G., & Cooke, S. J. (2017). A comparative and evolutionary approach to oxidative stress in fish: a review. Fish and Fisheries, 18, 928-942. doi: 10.1111/faf.12215
1. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Gallagher, A. J., de Bruijn, R., & Cooke, S. J. (2016). Sublethal consequences of urban life for wild vertebrates. Environmental Reviews, 24, 416-425. doi: 10.1139/er-2016-0029
Editorials, book chapters & reports
10. Birnie-Gauvin, K. (2020). Sleeping beauties—how do frogs stay alive without oxygen? Conservation Physiology in Action, 8, coaa042. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coaa042
9. Birnie-Gauvin K., MacKenzie B.R., and Aarestrup K. (2020). Electronic tagging of bluefin tunas in Scandinavian waters 2018. ICCAT Collect. Vol. Sci. Paps. 76, 631-636.
8. MacKenzie B.R., Aarestrup K., Birnie-Gauvin K., Cardinale M., Casini M., Harkes I., Onandia I., Quilez-Badia G., and Sundelöf A. (2020). Electronic tagging of adult bluefin tunas by sport fishery in the Skagerrak, 2017. ICCAT Collect. Vol. Sci. Paps. 76, 616-630.
7. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Cage diving is costly, not for humans, but for white sharks. SEB Journal Highlights. Published online, April 1, 2019.
6. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Raccoons with access to food waste are chubbier and sweeter. SEB Journal Highlights. Published online, November 1, 2018.
5. Birnie-Gauvin, K. (2018). Toads are plastic, it’s fantastic! Or is it?. Conservation Physiology, 6, coy048. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coy048
4. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Muskox wooly undercoat: unexpected tool for health monitoring and conservation. SEB Journal Highlights. Published online, April 29, 2018.
3. Birnie-Gauvin, K. (2018). Right whale poo: the key to conserving an endangered species? Conservation Physiology, 5, cox063. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox063
2. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Feeding in a human-dominated world. SEB Journal Highlights. SEB Journal Highlights. Published online, November 1, 2017.
1. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Heat Wave. The effects of global warming and ocean acidification on marine ectotherms: a meta-analysis. SEB Journal Highlights. Published online, October 31, 2016.
Invited seminars
4. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Where, when and why fish move: telemetry and how it can help us better manage fish. EEMB Seminar, January 2022. University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA.
3. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Rethinking the brown trout lifecycle: Challenging some old paradigms, what's new in brown trout research, and looking ahead. Seminar, May 2021. University of College Cork, Ireland. Online.
2. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Barrier removal and river restoration: benefitting fish, people and the economy. Dam Removal Europe, 25 September 2019. Rennes, France.
1. Birnie-Gauvin, K. Barrier removal: the Danish perspective. Dam Removal Europe, 22 May 2019. Parnü, Estonia.
Presentations
9. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, T., Berthelsen, C., & Aarestrup, K. Bringing physiology in the field to understand the proximate causes underlying the cost of reproduction in capital breeders. Society for Experimental Biology, July 2021. Online.
8. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, M. H., Peiman, K. S., Midwood, J. D., Wilson, A. D. M., Cooke, S. J., & Aarestrup, K. Early life stressors have short-term but not long-term carryover effects in a wild salmonid. Canadian Society of Zoology, May 2021. Online.
7. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Larsen, T., Berthelsen, C., & Aarestrup, K. Ecology and physiology of sea trout during their spawning migration. NOWPAS Conference, March 2020. Laugarvatn, Iceland.
6. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Thorstad, E. B., & Aarestrup, K. Oversete aspekter af Salmo trutta livscyclus. Sjøørretkonferansen, January 2020. Trondheim, Norway.
5. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Flavio, H., Kristensen, M. L., Walton-Rabideau, S., Cooke, S. J., Willmore, W. G., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. Combining physiology and telemetry to understand migration timing and success in Atlantic salmon and sea trout kelts. International Conference on Fish Telemetry, June 2019. Arendal, Norway.
4. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Flavio, H., Kristensen, M. L., Walton-Rabideau, S., Cooke, S. J., Willmore, W. G., Koed, A., & Aarestrup, K. Cortisol predicts migration timing and success in both Atlantic salmon and sea trout kelts. NOWPAS Conference, March 2019. Loch Lomond, Scotland.
3. Birnie-Gauvin, K., & Aarestrup, K. Brown trout lifecycle version 2.0? Paradigm shift & management implications. NOWPAS Conference, March 2018. Oulanka-Kuusamo, Finland.
2. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Baktoft, H., Aarestrup, K., Willmore, W. G. & Cooke, S. J. Do brown trout plan ahead? International Conference on Fish Telemetry, June 2017. Cairns, Australia.
1. Birnie-Gauvin, K., Peiman, K. S., Larsen, M. H., Aarestrup, K., Willmore, W. G., & Cooke, S.J. Oxidative Stress and Migration: Linking Oxidative Status to Life History Strategies. International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, June 2016. San Marcos, USA.