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Determining the energetic, fitness, and potential evolutionary consequences of a variety of natural (e.g., winter, reproduction) and anthropogenic (e.g., angling, environmental pollution) stressors.
Understanding the diversity of energetic, physiological, and behavioural responses of fish to stress at the individual, population, and species level.
We then apply the fundamental knowledge derived from these basic research activities to aid in the conservation and management of aquatic resources. Of late, we have been involved with defining the new discipline of “conservation physiology” – a field dedicated to understanding the mechanisms underlying conservation problems. Because our work is heavily based in the field, we rely on technologies including underwater videography and telemetry to monitor free-swimming fish in the wild.
Professor Cooke
1 Lab Manager/Biologist
7 Post Doctoral Researchers
19 Graduate Students
And 9 Undergraduate Research Students
Cooke Lab members reconnect at the CCFFR/SCL/SCAS meeting in Vancouver
March 8
Lab members (past and present) connected in Vancouver at the CCFFR/SCL/SCAS meeting after a two year pause due to COVID... Read more →
Hakai Magazine covers salmon research by Cooke Lab.
December 2
Dr. Cooke discusses how pacific salmon populations are in decline, to the point where low numbers prevent researchers from conducting... Read more →
Dr. Cooke named Highly Cited Researcher for 2021 (Nov 2021).
November 18
For two consecutive years now, Dr. Cooke has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics – a distinction... Read more →
Voicescu, S.A., J-F. Lane, S.J. Cooke, E. Higgs, A.C. Fisher, L. Rochefort, N. Shackelford and S. Murphy. In Press. Awareness and use of SER’s International Principles And Standards For The Practice Of Ecological Restoration in Canada. Restoration Ecology. 00:000-000.
Griffin, L.P., C. Friess, M. Bakenhaster, K. Bassos-Hull, S. Walters Burnsed, J.W. Brownscombe, S.J. Cooke, R.D. Ellis, J.M. Gardiner, J. Locascio, S. Lowerre-Barbieri, G. Poulakis, T. Wiley, K.A. Wilkinson, J.K. Wilson, A.K. Wooley, A.J. Adams and A.J. Danylchuk. In Press. Assessing the potential for red tide (Karenia brevis) algal bloom impacts on Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) along the southwestern coast of Florida. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 00:000-000.
Nyboer, E.A., A.J. Reid, A.L. Jeanson, R. Kelly, M. Mackay, J. House, S.M. Arnold, P.W. Simonin, M.G.C. Sedanza, E.D. Rice, T.E.A.L. Quiros, A. Pierucci, K. Ortega‑Cisneros, J.N. Nakamura, V. Melli, S. Mbabazi, M.S.L. Martins, A.B.B. Ledesma, C. Obregón, C.K. Labatt, A.N. Kadykalo, M. Heldsinger, M.E. Green, J.L. Fuller, M. Franco‑Meléndez, M.J. Burnett, J.A. Bolin, S. Andrade‑Vera and S.J. Cooke. In Press. Goals, challenges, and next steps in transdisciplinary fisheries research: perspectives and experiences from early‑career researchers. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 00:000-000.