(September 2015 - December 2016)
I am interested in understanding the effects of stress on the survival and life-history traits of fish. More specifically, I wish to understand the extent to which anthropogenic activities affect aquatic ecosystems. My previous research has focused on weakly electric fish and the electrical connections within their pacemaker nucleus during my undergraduate degree – I am now thrilled for the upcoming journey!
Background
Education: 2011-2015, Honours B.Sc. Biology with specialization in Animal Physiology, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON)
Lab Publications (44)
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Birnie-Gauvin, K., K.A. Robinson, E.E. Byrnes, J.C. Van Wert, J.G. Venditti, S.J. Cooke, E.J. Eliason and D.A. Patterson. In Press. Burst swimming in sockeye salmon during their 1100km upstream migration. Conservation Physiology. 00:000-000.
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Cooke, S.J., M. Thaker, J. Kendall-Bar, E.S. Choy, E. Bennitt, K. Birnie-Gauvin, M. Piczak, L.M. Trondrud, L. LaRochelle, S.K. Maloney and A. Fuller. In Press. Biologging and biotelemetry tools bridge behaviour and physiology to advance the conservation and management of wildlife. Conservation Physiology. 00:000-000.
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Cooke, S.J., R. Lennox, K.W. Vollset, M. Thapar, C. Junge, K. Birnie-Gauvin, P. Lundberg, G. Velle, L.S. Dahlmo, M.L. Piczak, R.D. Grubbs, C.T. Hasler, J.A. Robichaud and R.T. Kraus. In Press. The value of electronic tagging and tracking studies for understanding fish-hypoxia interactions. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 00:000-000.
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Cooke, S. J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Madliger, C., Suski, C. D., Eliason, E. J., Jeffries, K., & Clements, J. C. (2025). The Tool Box for Mechanistic Understanding of Conservation Problems Facing Marine Wildlife. In J.M. Molina and G.E. Blasina, Editors. Volume 2: Marine Ecology: An Ecosystemic View of Anthropogenic Impacts. Taylor and Francis, NY.
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Lennox, R. J., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Bate, C., Cooke, S. J., Haraldstad, T., Berhe, S., Penney, H. P., Bangley, C. W., Vollset, K. W., and Piczak, M. L. 2025. Marine fish passage – underappreciated threats to connectivity within the marine environment. Marine Ecology. 46(1):e12859.
