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Articles submitted or in press:

Letcher, B.H., K.H. Nislow, M. J. O’Donnell. Submitted. Do pools affect survival and growth rates of stream-dwelling salmonids: moving beyond presence/absence, Ecology

Castro-Santos, T., B.H. Letcher. Submitted. Migratory Energetics of American shad (Alosa sapidissima), Implications for the Conservation of an Iteroparous Anadromous Fish, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

Aubin-Horth N., B. H. Letcher, and H. A. Hofmann. Submitted. The genomic expression signatures of the plastic life cycle of Atlantic salmon, Molec. Ecol.

Xu, C., B. H. Letcher, and K. H. Nislow. Submitted. Size-dependent survival of brook trout in summer: effects of water temperature and stream flow, Ecology.

Zimmerman, JKH, B.H. Letcher, K.H. Nislow, K.A Lutz, and F. J. Magilligan. Submitted. Determining the effects of dams on subdaily variation in river flows at a whole-basin scale, River Research and Applications.

Xu, C., B. H. Letcher, and K. H. Nislow. Submitted. Overwinter survival of brook trout: do stream size, water temperature, and stream flow matter? J. Anim. Ecol.

Coombs, J. A., B. H. Letcher and K.H. Nislow. Submitted. PEDAGOG: Software for simulating eco-evolutionary, population dynamics, Molecular Ecology Research

Coombs, J. A., B. H. Letcher and K.H. Nislow. Submitted. PEDAGOGGLES: Software to quantify error and assess accuracy and congruence for genetically reconstructed pedigree relationships, Molecular Ecology Research

O'Donnell, M. J., G. E. Horton and B. H. Letcher. Submitted. Use of portable antennas to estimate population abundance of PIT tagged fish in small streams: factors affecting detection efficiency.

Horton, G E., B.H. Letcher, M. M. Bailey, M. T. Kinnison, in Press. Atlantic salmon smolt production: the relative importance of survival and body growth, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

Charney, N. D., B. H. Letcher, A. Haro, P. S. Warren. in Press. Terrestrial Passive Integrated Transponder Antennae for Tracking Small Animal Movements. Journal of Wildlife Management.

Published articles:

2008:

Coombs, J. A., B. H. Letcher and K. H. Nislow. 2008. CREATE: a software to create input files from diploid genotypic data for 52 genetic software programs. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 578-580.

Horton, G.E., and B.H. Letcher. 2008. Movement patterns and study area boundaries: influences on survival estimation in capture–mark–recapture studies. Oikos 117(8): 1131-1142.

Letcher, B.H., G.E. Horton. 2008. Seasonal variation in size-dependent survival of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): performance of multistate capture-mark-recapture models, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 1649-1666.

O’Donnell, M. J. and B. H. Letcher. 2008. Size and age distributions of juvenile Connecticut River American shad above Hadley Falls: influence on outmigration representation and timing. River Research and Applications 24: 929-940.

Sigourney, D.B., B.H. Letcher, M. Obedzinski, and R.A. Cunjak.2008.  Size-independent growth in fish: patterns, models and metrics. J. Fish Biol. 72(10): 2435-2455.

2007:

Carlson, S. M., A. P. Hendry, and B. H. Letcher. 2007. Growth rate differences between resident native brook trout and non-native brown trout. Journal of Fish Biology 71: 1430-1447.

Garcia de Leaniz, C., I. A. Fleming, S. Einum, E. Verspoor, W. C. Jordan, S. Consuegra, N. ubin-Horth, D. Lajus, B. H. Letcher, A. F. Youngson, J. H. Webb, L. A. Vollestad, B. Villanueva, A. Ferguson, and T. P. Quinn. 2007. A critical review of adaptive genetic variation in Atlantic salmon: implications for conservation. Biological Reviews 82(2): 173-211.

Horton, G. E., T. L. Dubreuil, and B. H. Letcher. 2007. A model for estimating passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag antenna efficiencies for interval-specific emigration rates. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136: 1165-1176.

Letcher BH, Nislow KH, Coombs JA, O’Donnell MJ, Dubreuil TL. 2007. Population Response to Habitat Fragmentation in a Stream-Dwelling Brook Trout Population. PLoS ONE 2(11): e1139. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001139

Pearlstein, J. H., B. H. Letcher, and M. Obedzinski. 2007. Early discrimination of Atlantic salmon smolt age: Time course of the relative effectiveness of body size and shape. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136: 1622-1632.

Scace, J. G., B. H. Letcher, and J. Noreika. 2007. An efficient smolt trap for sandy and Debris-Laden streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27: 1276-1286.

2006:

Grader, M. and B. H. Letcher. 2006. Diel and seasonal variation in food habits of Atlantic salmon parr in a small stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21(3): 503-517.

Sigourney, D. B., B. H. Letcher, and R. A. Cunjak. 2006. Influence of beaver activity on summer growth and condition of age-2 Atlantic salmon parr. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135(4): 1068-1075.

Zydlewski, G.B., G. Horton, T. Dubreuil, B. Letcher, S. Casey, and J. Zydlewski. 2006. Remote monitoring of fish in small streams: a unified approach using PIT tags. Fisheries 31(10): 492-502.

2005:

Aubin-Horth, N., B. H. Letcher, and H. A. Hofmann. 2005. Interaction of rearing environment and reproductive tactic on gene expression profiles in Atlantic salmon. Journal of Heredity 96(3): 261-278.

Aubin-Horth, N., C. R. Landry, B. H. Letcher, and H. A. Hofmann. 2005. Alternative life histories shape brain gene expression profiles in males of the same population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 272(1573): 1655-1662.

King, T. L., M. S. Eackles, and B. H. Letcher. 2005. Microsatellite DNA markers for the study of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) kinship, population structure, and mixed-fishery analyses. Molecular Ecology Notes 5(1): 130-132.

Letcher, B. H., G. E. Horton, T. L. Dubreuil, and M. J. O'Donnell. 2005. A field test of the extent of bias in selection estimates after accounting for emigration. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7(4): 643-650.

Sigourney, D. B., G. E. Horton, T. L. Dubreuil, A. M. Varaday, and B. H. Letcher. 2005. Electroshocking and PIT tagging of juvenile Atlantic salmon: Are there interactive effects on growth and survival? North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25(3): 1016-1021.

2004:

Carlson, S. M., A. P. Hendry, and B. H. Letcher. 2004. Natural selection acting on body size, growth rate and compensatory growth: an empirical test in a wild trout population. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6(7): 955-973.

Letcher, B. H., T. Dubreuil, M. J. O'Donnell, M. Obedzinski, K. Griswold, and K. H. Nislow. 2004. Long-term consequences of variation in timing and manner of fry introduction on juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) growth, survival, and life-history expression. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61(12): 2288-2301.

Obedzinski, M. and B. H. Letcher. 2004. Variation in freshwater growth and development among five New England Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations reared in a common environment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61(12): 2314-2328.

Spidle, A. P., T. L. King, and B. H. Letcher. 2004. Comparison of genetic diversity in the recently founded Connecticut River Atlantic salmon population to that of its primary donor stock, Maine's Penobscot River. Aquaculture 236(1-4): 253-265.

2003:

Carlson, S. M. and B. H. Letcher. 2003. Variation in brook and brown trout survival within and among seasons, species, and age classes. Journal of Fish Biology 63(3): 780-794.

Henderson, J. N. and B. H. Letcher. 2003. Predation on stocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60(1): 32-42.

Hendry, A. P., B. H. Letcher, and G. Gries. 2003. Estimating natural selection acting on stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon: Implications for the restoration of extirpated populations. Conservation Biology 17(3): 795-805.

Letcher, B. H. and G. Gries. 2003. Effects of life history variation on size and growth in stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon. Journal of Fish Biology 62(1): 97-114.

Letcher, B. H. 2003. Life history dependent morphometric variation in stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon. Oecologia 137(4): 533-540.

2002:

Gries, G. and B. H. Letcher. 2002. Tag retention and survival of age-0 Atlantic salmon following surgical implantation with passive integrated transponder tags. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22(1): 219-222.

Gries, G. and B. H. Letcher. 2002. A night seining technique for sampling juvenile Atlantic salmon in streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22(2): 595-601.

Gries, G. and B. H. Letcher. 2002. Tag retention and survival of age-0 Atlantic salmon following surgical implantation with passive integrated transponder tags (vol 22, pg 214, 2002). North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22(2): 702.

Letcher, B. H., G. Gries, and F. Juanes. 2002. Survival of stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon: Effects of life history variation, season, and age. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131(5): 838-854.

2001:

Letcher, B. H. and T. D. Terrick. 2001. Effects of developmental stage at stocking on growth and survival of Atlantic salmon fry. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21(1): 102-110.

Letcher, B. H. and T. L. King. 2001. Parentage and grandparentage assignment with known and unknown matings: application to Connecticut River Atlantic salmon restoration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58(9): 1812-1821.

Mayo, C.A., B.H. Letcher, and S. Scott. 2001. Zooplankton filtering efficiency of the baleen of a North Antlantic right whate, Eubalaena glacialis. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, special issue, vol. 2:225-230.

2000:

Juanes, F., B. H. Letcher, and G. Gries. 2000. Ecology of stream fish: insights gained from an individual-based approach to juvenile Atlantic salmon. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 9(1-2): 65-73.

1999:

Letcher, B. H. and T. L. King. 1999. Targeted stock identification using multilocus genotype 'familyprinting'. Fisheries Research 43(1-3): 99-111.

1998:

Buckel, J. A., B. H. Letcher, and D. O. Conover. 1998. Effects of a delayed onset of piscivory on the size of age-0 bluefish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127(4): 576-587.

Letcher, B. H., J. A. Priddy, J. R. Walters, and L. B. Crowder. 1998. An individual-based, spatially-explicit simulation model of the population dynamics of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis. Biological Conservation 86(1): 1-14.

Letcher, B. H. and T. D. Terrick. 1998. Maturation of male age-0 Atlantic salmon following a massive, localized flood. Journal of Fish Biology 53(6): 1243-1252.

Letcher, B. H. and T. D. Terrick. 1998. Thermal marking of Atlantic salmon otoliths. N. Amer. J. Fish. Manag., 18:406-410.

1997:

Letcher, B. H. and J. A. Rice. 1997. Prey patchiness and larval fish growth and survival: Inferences from an individual-based model. Ecological Modelling 95(1): 29-43.

Letcher, B. H., J. A. Rice, L. B. Crowder, and F. P. Binkowski. 1997. Size- and species dependent variability in consumption and growth rates of larvae and juveniles of three freshwater fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54(2): 405-414.

1996:

Letcher, B. H., J. A. Rice, L. B. Crowder, and F. P. Binkowski. 1996. Size-dependent effects of continuous and intermittent feeding on starvation time and mass loss in starving yellow perch larvae and juveniles. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125(1): 14-26.

Letcher, B. H., J. A. Rice, L. B. Crowder, and K. A. Rose. 1996. Variability in survival of larval fish: Disentangling components with a generalized individual-based model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53(4): 787-801.

1993:

Letcher, B. H. and D. A. Bengtson. 1993. Effects of Food Density on Growth and on Patterns of Prey Depletion by Larval Silverside Fish, Menidia-Beryllina (Cope) - A Laboratory Investigation with Image-Analysis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 167(2): 197-213.

Letcher, B. H. and D. A. Bengtson. 1993. Effects of Food Density and Temperature on Feeding and Growth of Young Inland Silversides (Menidia-Beryllina). Journal of Fish Biology 43(5): 671-686.