Lizee T.W., R.J. Lennox, T.D. Ward, J.W. Brownscombe, J.M. Chapman, A.J. Danylchuk, L.B. Nowell and S.J. Cooke. 2018. Influence of landing net mesh type on handling time and tissue damage of angled brook trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 38:76-83.
Bower, S.D., Brownscombe, J.W., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Ford, M., Moraga, A.D., Pusiak, R.J.P., Turenne, E., Zolderdo, A.J., Cooke, S.J., and J.R. Bennett. 2018. Making tough choices: Picking the appropriate conservation decision-making tool. Conservation Letters. 11(2):1-7.
Algera, D.A., J.W. Brownscombe, K.M. Gilmour, M.J. Lawrence, A.J. Zolderdo and S.J. Cooke. 2017. Cortisol treatment affects locomotor activity and swimming behaviour of male smallmouth bass engaged in paternal care: A field study using acceleration biologgers. Physiology and Behavior. 181:59-68.
Prystay, T.S., E.J. Eliason, M.J. Lawrence, M. Dick, J.W. Brownscombe, D.A. Patterson, G.T. Crossin, S.G. Hinch and S.J. Cooke. 2017. The influence of water temperature on sockeye salmon heart rate recovery following simulated fisheries interactions. Conservation Physiology. 5(1):cox050.
Shipley, O.N., J.W. Brownscombe, A.J. Danylchuk, S.J. Cooke, O.R. O’Shea and E.J. Brooks. 2018. Fine-scale movement and activity patterns of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) in The Bahamas. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 101:1097-1104.
Lawrence, M.J., E.J. Eliason, J.W. Brownscombe, K.M. Gilmour, J.W. Mandelman, L.F.G. Gutowsky and S.J. Cooke. 2018. Influence of supraphysiological cortisol manipulation on predator avoidance behaviours and physiological responses to a predation threat in a wild marine teleost fish. Integrative Zoology. 13:206-218.
Lennox R.J., A. Filous, S.C. Danylchuk, S.J. Cooke, J.W. Brownscombe, A.M. Friedlander and A.J. Danylchuk. 2017. Factors influencing post-release predation for a catch-and-release tropical flats fishery with a high predator burden. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 37:1045–1053.
Brownscombe, J.W., S.J. Cooke, D.A. Algera, K.C. Hanson, E.J. Eliason, N.J. Burnett, A.J. Danylchuk, S.G. Hinch and A.P. Farrell. 2017. Ecology of exercise in wild fish: integrating concepts of individual physiological capacity, behaviour and fitness through diverse case studies. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57:281-292.
Brownscombe J.W., A.J. Reid, L. Dolgova, R. Pusiak, B. Laurich, E.D. Turenne, A. Zolderdo, A. Moraga, K. Birnie-Gauvin, J. Brooks, B. Sullivan, M. Ford, S.D. Bower, P. Szekeres, J.R. Bennett and S.J. Cooke. 2017. Aquatic Conservation. In D. Gibson, Eds. Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. New York, Oxford University Press.
Szekeres, P., A.D.M. Wilson, C.R. Haak, A.J. Danylchuk, J.W. Brownscombe, C.K. Elvidge, A.D. Shultz and S.J. Cooke. 2017. Does Coastal Light Pollution Alter the Nocturnal Behavior and Blood Physiology of Juvenile Bonefish (Albula vulpes)? Bulletin of Marine Science. 93:491-505.
The Cooke Lab (past and present) was well represented at the AFS Annual Meeting in San Antonio
August 18, 2025 11:59 am
Dr. Cooke delivered the plenary address for the Black Bass 2025 meeting and also facilitated a session on future-proofing black bass management. Students Joel Zhang, Raegan Davis, Luc LaRochelle and Justin Lombardo delivered presentations as did Cooke alum Drs. Morgan … Read More
July 3, 2025 12:31 pm
Dr. Steven Cooke and Dr. John Smol (Queen’s University) have published an article in the United Nations Today magazine highlighting threats to freshwater ecosystems.
“INTERNATIONAL BODIES NEED TO PUT FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS ON THE AGENDA”
Article is available below:
Cooke lab members attend the American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Honolulu!
November 22, 2024 4:37 pm
Several past and present Cooke lab members presented and enjoyed their time at the latest American Fisheries Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (August, 2024). A great experience connecting with and learning with colleagues …. we are looking forward to the … Read More
Our lab celebrates our most recent grad students for defending their MSc and PhD theses (Sept 2023).
September 17, 2023 4:25 am
Lab members assembled at the inaugural SCAS meeting in Montreal in February of 2023.
February 27, 2023 11:01 pm
There were many team members (past and present) at the meeting. Dr. Cooke assumed the role of President of SCAS and will hold that position until the next SCAS meeting in February 2024 in Fredericton. 
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