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2024
Babyn, J., Ruzzante, D. E., Bravington, M., Mills-Flemming, J. (2024) Estimating Effective Population Size Using Close Kin Mark-Recapture. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Read here.
Kho, J., Ruzzante, D. E. (2024). The role of DNA methylation in facilitating life history trait diversity in fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Read here
Wolfenson, L. I., Pereira, J. A., Ruzzante, D. E., Solé-Cava, A. M., McCracken, G. R., Gómez-Fernández, J., Pereyra, M. D., Mirol, P. M. (2024). Southern marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) populations assessed using Amplicon Sequencing on fecal samples. Scientific Reports,14(1):16169.
Clarke, S. H., Lawrence, E., Matte, J-M., Gallagher, B., Salisbury, S. J., Michaelides, S., Koumrouyan, R., Ruzzante, D.E., Grant, J.W.A., Fraser, D.J. (2024) Global assessment of effective population sizes: consistent taxonomic differences in meeting the 50/500 rule. Molecular Ecology. Read here.
Fuentes-Pardo, A. P., Stanley, R., Bourne, C., Singh, R., Emond, K., Pinkham, L., McDermid, J. L., Andersson, L., Ruzzante D. E. (2024). Adaptation to seasonal reproduction and temperature-associated factors drive temporal and spatial differentiation in northwest Atlantic herring despite gene flow. Evolutionary Applications. 2024; 17: e13675. Read here.
Kho, J, Delgado, M. L., McCracken, G., Munden, J., Ruzzante, D. E. (2024). Epigenetic patterns in Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): temperature and photoperiod as environmental stressors during larval development. Molecular Ecology, 33: e17187. Read here.
2023
Weise EM, Van Wyngaarden M, Den Heyer C, Mills Flemming J, Kess T, Einfeldt AL, Fisher JAD, Ditta R, Pare G, Ruzzante DE. (2023) SNP panel and genomic sex identification in Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Marine Biotechnology, online June 23, 2023. Read here.
Salisbury SJ, McCracken GR, Perry R, Keefe D, Layton KKS, Kess T, Bradbury IR, Ruzzante DE (2023) Geography, environment, and colonization history interact with morph type to shape genomic variation in an Arctic fish. Molecular Ecology, 32: 3025-3043. Read here.
Delgado ML, Manosalva A, Urbina MA, Dalziel AC, Habit E, Link O, Ruzzante DE. (2024) Does the loss of diadromy imply the loss of salinity tolerance? A gene expression study with replicate non-diadromous populations of Galaxias maculatus. Molecular Ecology, 32: 2219–2233. Read here.
2022
Durante CA, Loizaga R, McCracken G, Crespo EA, Ruzzante DE (2022). Commerson’s dolphin population structure: Evidence for female philopatry and male dispersal Scientific Reports 12, 22219 (2022). Read here.
Wolfenson LI, McCracken GR, Ruzzante DE, Mirol P, Solé-Cava AM. (MS) Development and characterization of 25 new microsatellite markers for Blastocerus dichotomus by Next Generation Sequencing. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 45, 4, e20220105 (2022). Read here.
Clarke S, McCracken GR; Humphries S; Ruzzante DE; Grant J; Fraser D. 2022. Demographic resilience of brook trout populations subjected to experimental size-selective harvesting. Evol. Applications. Read here.
Tymoshuk KM, Delgado ML, McCracken GR, Alonso M, Górski K, Habit E, Ruzzante DE. 2022. Drainage reversal with no lineage expansion, a case of competitive exclusion? The genetics of Galaxias maculatus in two connected trans-Andean systems. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136(2): 213-225. Read here.
Salisbury SJ, McCracken GR, Perry R, Keefe D, Layton KKS, Kess T, Nugent CM, Bradbury IR, Koop BF, Ferguson MM, Ruzzante DE. 2022. The Genomic Consistency of the Loss of Anadromy in an Arctic Fish (Salvelinus alpinus). The American Naturalist, 199 (5): 617-635. Read here.
Salisbury SJ, Ruzzante DE. 2022. Genetic causes and consequences of sympatric morph divergence in Salmonidae: a search for mechanisms. Annual Reviews in Animal Biosciences, 10. Read here.
Valenzuela-Aguayo F, McCracken GR, Manosalva A, Habit EA, Ruzzante DE. 2022. Connectivity, diversity, and hybridization between two endemic fish species (genus Percilia) in a complex temperate landscape. Conservation Genetics 23, 23-33. Read here.
2021
Pérez S, Manosalva A, Colin N, González J, Habit E, Ruzzante DE, Górski K. 2021. Juvenile salmon influence on the diet of native Puye Galaxias maculatus in lakes and estuaries of Patagonian fjords. Biological Invasions. Read here.
Kess T, Einfeldt AL, Wringe B, Lehnert SJ, Layton KKS, McBride M, Robert D, Fisher J, Le Bris A, den Heyer C, Shackell N, Ruzzante DE, Bentzen P, Bradbury IR. 2021. A putative structural variant and environmental variation associated with genomic divergence across the Northwest Atlantic in Atlantic Halibut. ICES Journal of Marine Science. Read here.
Kess T, Dempson JB, Lehnert SJ, Layton K, Einfeldt A, Bentzen P, Salisbury SJ, Messmer A, Duffy S, Ruzzante DE, Nugent CM, Ferguson MM, Leong JS, Koop BF, Bradbury IR. 2021. Genomic basis of extreme deep-water adaptation in sympatric Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) morphs. Molecular Ecology, 30(18): 4415-4432. Read here.
Prystupa S, McCracken GR, Perry R, Ruzzante DE. 2021. Population Abundance and Structure in Yukon Arctic Grayling Using Genomics and Close-Kin Mark-Recapture. Ecology and Evolution 11(9):4763-4773. Read here.
Einfeldt AL, Kess T, Wringe B, Bradbury IR, Fisher J, den Heyer C, Ruzzante DE, Bentzen P. 2021. Chromosome level reference of Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus provides insight into the evolution of sexual determination systems. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21(5):1686-1696. Read here.
Petrou EL, Fuentes-Pardo AP, Rogers LA, Orobko M, Tarpey C, Moss ML, Yang D, Pitcher TJ, Sandell T, Lowry D, Ruzzante DE, Hauser L. 2021. Functional genetic diversity in an exploited marine species and its relevance to management. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Feb 24, 2021. Read here.
Layton KKS, Snelgrove PVR, Dempson JB, Kess T, Lehnert SJ, Bentzen P, Duffy SJ, Messmer AM, Stanley RRE, DiBacco C, Salisbury SJ, Ruzzante DE, Nugent CM, Ferguson MM, Leong JS, Koop B, Bradbury IR. 2021. Genomic evidence of past and future climate-linked loss in a migratory Arctic fish. Nature Climate Change. Read here.
2020
Delgado ML, Ruzzante DE. 2020. Investigating diadromy in fishes and its loss in an -omics era. iScience. Read here.
Delgado ML, Manosalva A, Urbina M, Habit E, Link O, Ruzzante DE. 2020. Genomic basis of the loss of diadromy in Galaxias maculatus: insights from reciprocal transplant experiments Molecular Ecology 29:4857–4870. Read here.
Salisbury SJ, McCracken GR, Perry R, Keefe D, Layton KKS, Kess T, Nugent CM, Bradbury IR, Koop BF, Ferguson MM, Ruzzante DE. 2020. Limited genetic parallelism underlies recent, repeated incipient speciation in geographically proximate populations of an Arctic fish (Salvelinus alpinus) Molecular Ecology 29: 4280-4294. Read here.
Vera-Escalona I, Delgado ML, Habit E, Ruzzante DE. 2020. Historical and contemporary diversity of galaxiids in South America: biogeographic and phylogenetic perspectives. Diversity 2020, 12, 304. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, Simons AP, McCracken GR, Habit E, Walde SJ. 2020. Multiple drainage reversal episodes and glacial refugia in a Patagonian fish revealed by sequenced microsatellites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20200468. Read here.
Layton KKS, Dempson B, Snelgrove PVR , Duffy SJ, Messmer AM, Paterson IG, Jeffery NW, Kess T, Horne JB, Salisbury SJ, Ruzzante DE, Bentzen P, Côté D, Nugent CM, Ferguson MM, Jong S. Leong JS, Koop BF, Bradbury IR. 2020. Resolving fine‐scale population structure and fishery exploitation using sequenced microsatellites in a northern fish. Evolutionary Applications, 13:1055–1068. Read here.
Valenzuela-Aguayo F, McCracken GR, Manosalva A, Habit E, DE Ruzzante. 2020. Anthropogenic habitat fragmentation effects on connectivity, diversity and persistence of the endemic Percilia irwini, in the Biobío system in Chile. Evolutionary Applications. 13: 794 – 807. Read here.
2019
Delgado ML, Gorski K, Habit E, Ruzzante DE. 2019. The effects of diadromy and its loss on genomic divergence: the case of amphidromous Galaxias maculatus populations. Molecular Ecology 28 (24): 5217-5231. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, McCracken GR, Førland B, MacMillan J, Notte D, Buhariwalla C, Mills Flemming J, Skaug H. 2019. Validation of close-kin mark-recapture (CKMR) methods for estimating population abundance. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10 (9):1445–1453. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, GR McCracken, SJ Salisbury, H Brewis, D Keefe, OE Gaggiotti, R Perry 2019. Landscape, colonization and life history: Their effects on genetic diversity in four sympatric species inhabiting a dendritic system. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76: 2288-2302. Read here.
Vera-Escalona I, Habit E, Ruzzante DE. 2019. Invasive species and postglacial colonization: their effects on the genetic diversity of a Patagonian fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 286: 20182567. Read here.
Salisbury SJ, GR McCracken, D Keefe, R Perry, DE Ruzzante. 2019. Extensive Secondary Contact among Three Glacial Lineages of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) in Newfoundland and Labrador. Ecology & Evolution 9: 2031–2045. Read here.
Kerr QR, Fuentes-Pardo AP, Kho J, J McDermid, DE Ruzzante, 2019. Temporal Stability of Genomic Differentiation between Spawning Season Components in Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus). Ecology and Evolution 9: 500–510. Read here.
2018
McCracken GR, Valenzuela-Aguayo FV, Habit E, DE Ruzzante (2018). Microsatellie records for volume 10, issue 2 (Development and characterization of 33 microsatellite markers for Percilia irwini, a threatened species endemic to Chile). Conservation Genetics Resources 10(2):269-276. Read here.
Vera-Escalona I, Senthivassan S, Habit E, DE Ruzzante (2018). Past, present and future of a freshwater fish metapopulation in a threatened landscape. Conservation Biology 32(4):849-859. Read here.
Sinclair-Waters M, Bradbury IR, Morris CJ, Ruzzante DR and P Bentzen (2018). Genomic tools for management and conservation of Atlantic Cod in a coastal marine protected area. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. Read here.
Salisbury SJ, C Booker, GR McCracken, D Keefe, T Knight, R Perry, DE Ruzzante (2018). Genetic divergence among and within landlocked and anadromous Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) populations in Labrador, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75(8):1256-1269. Read here.
Trovant B, F Márquez, C del Río, DE Ruzzante, S Martínez, JM (Lobo) Orensanz. (2018) Insights on the history of the scorched mussel Brachidontes rodriguezii (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the Southwest Atlantic: A geometric morphometrics perspective. Historical Biology 30(4):56-572. Read here.
2017
Vera-Escalona I, E Habit, DE Ruzzante 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater fish Galaxias platei and a comparison with other species of the genus Galaxias (faraway, so close?). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 28(2):176-177. Read here.
Fuentes-Pardo AP, DE Ruzzante. (2017) Whole-genome sequencing approaches for conservation biology: advantages, limitations, and practical recommendations. Molecular Ecology, 26: 5369–5406. Invited review. Read here.
Lamichhaney S, Fuentes-Pardo AP, Rafati N, Ryman N, McCracken GR, Bourne C, Singh R, Ruzzante DE and L Andersson (2017) Parallel adaptive evolution of geographically distant herring populations on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. PNAS, 114(17): E3452-E3461 Read here.
Górski K, González JF, Vivancos A, Habit EM, DE Ruzzante. (2017). Young-of-the-year Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch recruit in fresh waters of remote Patagonian fjords in southern Chile (51°S). Biological Invasions 19(4): 1127-1136. Read here.
2016
De los Rios-Escalante P, J González, K Górski, E Habit, DE Ruzzante 2016. Crustacean zooplankton assemblages in inland waters of southern Patagonia (Alacalufes National Reserve), Chile (49-51°S). Crustaceana 89(14):1639-1647. Read here.
Salisbury SJ, GR McCracken, D Keefe, R Perry, DE Ruzzante. 2016. Portrait of a sucker: the landscape genetics of longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) in a spatially fragmented system. Mol Ecol 25, 4126-4145. Read here.
Jorquera E, E Kenchington, DE Ruzzante. 2016. High prevalence of Multiple Paternity in the Deep-Sea Shrimp Acanthephyra pelagica. Marine Biology 163:89. Read here.
Trovant B, NG Basso, JM (Lobo) Orensanz, E Lessa, F Dincao, DE Ruzzante. 2016. Scorched Mussels (Brachidontes spp., Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Tropical and Warm-temperate Southwestern Atlantic: The role of the Amazon river in their speciation. Ecology and Evolution. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, G McCracken, S Parmelee, K Hill, A Corrigan, J MacMillan, SJ Walde. 2016. Effective number of breeders, effective population size and their relationship with census size in an iteroparous species, Salvelinus fontinalis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 283. Read here.
2015
Rodríguez-Clark KM, MA Olivera-Miranda, M Aguilera, Á Martino, M Mendez, C Miyaki, MG Montiel-Villalobos, RM de Oliveira-Miranda, E Poulin, DE Ruzzante, A Solé-Cava.j. 2015. Finding the Conservation in Conservation Genetics – Progress in Latin America. Journal of Heredity, 106 Suppl 1(S1):423-427. Read here.
Roy D, MA Treble, DC Hardie, JD Reist, DE Ruzzante. 2015. Panmixia and incomplete lineage sorting can give similar mtDNA signals: Response to comments by Carr and Davidson (2015). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 72, 1122-1123. Read here.
Vera-Escalona I, E Habit, DE Ruzzante. 2015. Echoes of a distant time: effects of historical processes on contemporary genetic patterns in Galaxias platei in Patagonia. Molecular Ecology, 24, 4112-4128. Read here.
Trovant B, JM (Lobo) Orensanz, DE Ruzzante, W Stotz, N Basso. 2015. Scorched Mussels (Bivalvia: Mtytilidae: Brachidontinae) from the Temperate Coasts of South-America: Phylogenetic relationships, trans-Pacific Connections and the fingerprints of Quaternary Glaciations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82, 60-74. Read here.
2014
Bradbury IR, S Bowman, T Borza, PVR Snelgrove, JA Hutchings, PR Berg, N Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, J Lighten, DE Ruzzante, CT Taggart, P Bentzen (MS) Long distance linkage disequilibrium and limited hybridization suggest cryptic speciation in Atlantic cod. PLOS One. Read here.
McCracken GR, KL Wilson, HT Brewis, M McBride, I Paterson, R Perry, D Keefe, DE Ruzzante (MS) Development of 26 novel microsatellite markers for the round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) and successful polymorphic cross-specific amplification from 7 previously developed salmonid markers. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(4). Read here.
McCracken GR, HT Brewis, M McBride, R Perry, D Keefe, DE Ruzzante (2014). Development and characterization of 36 novel microsatellite markers for lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) using Illumina paired-end sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(4). Read here.
Vera-Escalona I, LE Anthes, IG Paterson, DE Ruzzante (2014) Seventeen novel microsatellite markers for the southern hemisphere fish Galaxias maculatus. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(4): available online, June 9, 2014. Read here.
Vera-Escalona I, IG Paterson, E Habit, DE Ruzzante. 2014. Development and characterization of 15 novel microsatellite markers for the freshwater fish Galaxias platei. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(4). Read here.
Jorquera E, L Anstey, I Paterson, E Kenchington, DE Ruzzante. 2014. Isolation and characterization of twenty six novel microsatellite loci in the deep-sea shrimp Acanthephyra pelagica. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(3): 731-733. Read here.
Roy D, M Treble, D Hardie, J Reist, DE Ruzzante. 2014. Evidence supporting panmixia in Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) in the Northwest Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 71(5): 763-774. Read here.
McCracken GR, KL Wilson, I Paterson, R Perry, D Keefe, DE Ruzzante. 2014. Development of 17 novel microsatellite markers for the longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) and successful cross-specific amplification of 14 previously developed markers from congeneric species. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(2): 329 - 332. Read here.
2013
McCracken GR, R Perry, D Keefe, DE Ruzzante. 2013. Hierarchical population structure and genetic diversity of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in a dendritic system in Northern Labrador. Freshwater Biology, 58(9) 1903-1917. Read here.
Trovant B, DE Ruzzante, N Basso, JM (Lobo) Orensanz. 2013. Distinctness, Phylogenetic Relations and Biogeography of Intertidal Mussels (Brachidontes, MYTILIDAE) from the Southwestern Atlantic. J Marine Biology Association of the UK, accepted Jan. 8, 2013. Read here.
Gomez-Uchida D, FP Palstra, T Knight, DE Ruzzante 2013. Contemporary population and metapopulation effective size (Ne and meta-Ne): Comparison among three salmonid species inhabiting a fragmented system and differing in gene flow and its asymmetries. Ecology and Evolution, 3: 569-580. Read here.
Halfyard EA, AJF Gibson, MJW Stokesbury, DE Ruzzante, FG Whoriskey 2013. Correlates of early marine survival of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts from Nova Scotia’s Southern upland. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 70(3): 452-470. Read here.
Johnstone D, MF O’Connell, FP Palstra & DE Ruzzante. 2013. Mature male parr contribution to the effective size of an anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population over 30 years. Molecular Ecology, 22: 2394-2407. Read here.
Elgueta A, J Gonzalez, DE Ruzzante, SJ Walde, E Habit. 2013. Trophic interference by Salmo trutta on Aplochiton zebra and Aplochiton taeniatus in southern Patagonian lakes. Journal of Fish Biology, 82(2): 430-443. Read here.
Bradbury IR, Hubert S, Higgins B, Bowman S, Paterson IG, Snelgrove P, Morris C, Gregory R, Hardie D, Hutchings JA, Borza T, Ruzzante DE, Taggart CT, Bentzen P. 2013. Genomic islands of divergence and their consequences for the resolution of spatial structure in an exploited marine fish. Evolutionary Applications, 6(3): 450-461. Read here.
Carrea C, VE Cussac, DE Ruzzante. 2013. Genetic and phenotypic variation among Galaxias maculatus populations reflects contrasting landscape effects between northern and southern Patagonia. Freshwater Biology, 58: 36-49. Read here.
2012
Habit E, J Gonzalez, DE Ruzzante, SJ Walde. 2012. Native and introduced fish species richness in lacustrine Chilean Patagonia: Inferences on species invasion success from salmonid free lakes. Diversity and Distributions, 18(12):1153-1165. Read here.
Halfyard EA, AJF Gibson, DE Ruzzante, MJW Stokesbury, FG Whoriskey (2012) Migratory behavior and survival of Atlantic salmon smolts from Nova Scotia’s Southern Upland. Journal Fish Biology, 81: 1626-1645. Read here.
Carrea C; JP Barriga; VE Cussac, DE Ruzzante. 2012. Genetic and phenotypic differentiation among Galaxias maculatus populations in a Patagonian postglacial lake system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107: 368-382. Read here.
Fraser CI, R Nikula, DE Ruzzante, JM Waters. 2012. Poleward bound: biological impacts of Southern Hemisphere glaciations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27(8): 462-471. Read here.
Arias et al. (2012) Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2011 – 31 January 2012. Zemlak TS, C Carrea, E Newton, IG Paterson, DE Ruzzante. Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers for a galaxiid fish endemic to Patagonia. Mol Ecol Res, 12:570-572. Read here.
Roy D, T Hurlbut, DE Ruzzante (2012) Biocomplexity in a demersal exploited fish, white hake (Urophycis tenuis): Depth related structure and inadequacy of current management approaches. Can J Fish & Aquat Sci, 69(3): 414 - 429. Read here.
Pampoulie C, AK Danielsdottir,V Thorsteinsson, E Hjörleifsson, G Marteinsdóttir, DE Ruzzante. (2012) The composition of adult overwintering and juvenile aggregations of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) around Iceland using neutral and functional markers: a statistical challenge. Can J Fish & Aquat Sci., 69(2): 307-320. Read here.
2011
Zemlak TS, SJ Walde, E. Habit, DE Ruzzante (2011) Climate induced changes to the ancestral population size of two Patagonian galaxiids: the influence of glacial cycling. Mol Ecol 20: 5280-5294. Read here.
Bekkevold D, LAW Clausen, S Mariani, C André, EMC Hatfield, E Torstensen, N Ryman, GR Carvalho, DE Ruzzante. 2011. Distributions of Atlantic herring populations in a mixed feeding area determined with genetic mixed-stock analysis. MEPS, 442: 187-199. Read here.
Palstra FP, DE Ruzzante. 2011. Contemporary meta-population effective size: Factors influencing its empirical estimation in salmonid fish. Heredity, 107, 444–455. Read here.
Jakobsdóttir KB, H Pardoe, Á Magnússon, H Björnsson, C Pampoulie, DE Ruzzante, G Marteinsdóttir. 2011. Historical changes in genotypic frequencies at the Pantophysin locus in Atlantic cod in Icelandic waters: Evidence of fisheries-induced selection? Evolutionary Applications, 4: 562-573. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, J Rabassa. 2011. Palaeogeography and Palaeoclimatology of Patagonia: Effects on biodiversity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103(2): 221-229. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, SJ Walde, PJ Macchi, M Alonso, JP Barriga. 2011. Phylogeography and phenotypic diversification in the Patagonian fish Percichthys trucha: the roles of Quaternary glacial cycles and natural selection. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society,103(2): 514-529. Read here.
Hare M, L Nunney, M Schwartz, DE Ruzzante, M Burford, RS Waples, K Ruegg, FP Palstra. (2011). Understanding and estimating effective population size for practical application in marine species management. Conservation Biology, 25(3): 438-449. Read here.
André C, LC Larsson, L Laikre, D Bekkevold, J Brigham, GR Carvalho, TG Dahlgren, WF Hutchinson, S Mariani, K Mudde, DE Ruzzante, N Ryman (2011) Detecting population structure in a high gene-flow species, Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): direct simultaneous evaluation of neutral vs. putatively selected loci. Heredity, 106: 270-280. Read here.
2010
Bradbury IR, S Hubert, B Higgins, S Bowman, I Paterson, P Snelgrove, C Morris, R Gregory, D Hardie, JA Hutchings, T Borza, DE Ruzzante, CT Taggart, P Bentzen (2010) Parallel adaptive evolution of Atlantic cod on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in response to temperature. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 277: 3725-3734. Read here.
Habit E, P Piedra, DE Ruzzante, SJ Walde, VE Cussac, M Belk, J Gonzalez, N Colin. 2010. Changes in the distribution of native fishes in response to introduced species and other anthropogenic effects. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19: 697–710. Read here.
Zemlak, TS, E Habit, SJ Walde, C Carrea, DE Ruzzante. 2010. Surviving historical Patagonian landscapes and climate: molecular insights from Galaxias maculatus. BMC, Evolutionary Biology, 2010, 10: 67. Read here.
Paterson IG, D Hardie, MA Treble, DE Ruzzante. 2010. Development of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides). Conservation Genetics Resources 2: 97-100. Read here.
D Roy, IG Paterson, TR Hurlbut, DE Ruzzante. 2010. Development and design of five multi-locus microsatellite PCR panels for population genetic surveys of white hake (Urophycis tenuis) in the Northwest Atlantic. Conservation Genetic Resources, 2: 45-49. Read here.
Palstra, FP, DE Ruzzante. 2010. A temporal perspective on population structure and gene flow in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Newfoundland. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 67(2): 225 - 242. Read here.
2009
Gomez-Uchida D, T Knight, DE Ruzzante. 2009. Interaction of landscape and life-history attributes on genetic diversity, neutral divergence and gene flow in a pristine community of salmonids. Molecular Ecology, 18: 4854-4869. Read here.
Gaggiotti O, D Bekkevold, H Jorgensen, M Foll, G Carvalho, C Andre, DE Ruzzante. 2009. Disentangling effects of evolutionary, demographic & environmental factors influencing genetic structure of natural populations: Atlantic Herring as a case study. Evolution, 63 (11): 2939-2951. Read here.
Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium 2009. Permanent Genetic Resources Note. Paterson IG, MI Trucco, ML Lasta, DE Ruzzante. Isolation and characterization of 11 microsatellite loci for the Patagonian Scallop, Zygochlamys patagonica. Mol. Ecol. Res., 9: 1460-1466.
Carrea C, IG Paterson, VE Cussac, DE Ruzzante. 2009. Ten novel microsatellite loci characterized for a remarkably widespread fish: Galaxias maculatus (Galaxiidae). Mol. Ecol. Res. 9: 1503-1505. Read here.
Palstra FP, MW O’Connell, DE Ruzzante. 2009. Age structure, demography and effective population size in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Genetics, 182(4):1233-1249. Read here.
2008
Zemlak TS, EM Habit, SJ Walde, MA Battini, E Adams, DE Ruzzante. 2008. Across the southern Andes on fin: Glacial refugia, drainage reversals & a secondary contact zone revealed by the phylogeographic signal of Galaxias platei in Patagonia. Mol. Ecol.,17: 5049-5061. Read here.
Gomez-Uchida D, KP Dunphy, MF O’Connell, DE Ruzzante. 2008. Genetic divergence between sympatric Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.) morphs in Gander Lake, Newfoundland: roles of migration, mutation, and unequal effective population sizes. J Fish Biol, 73: 2040-2057. Read here.
Palstra FP, DE Ruzzante. 2008. Genetic estimates of contemporary effective population size: what can they tell us about the importance of genetic stochasticity for wild populations persistence? Molecular Ecology, 17: 3428 – 3447 (Invited Review). Read here.
Stet RJM, K Mudde, JW Wynne, A Nooijen, TG Dahlgren, DE Ruzzante, C Andre. 2008. Characterization of a major histocompatibility Class II A gene (Clha – DAA) with an embedded microsatellite marker in Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus. J Fish Biol, 73: 367 - 381. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, SJ Walde, JC Gosse, VE Cussac, E Habit, TS Zemlak, EDM Adams.. 2008. Climate Control on Ancestral Population Dynamics: Insight from Patagonian Fish Phylogeography. Molecular Ecology 17: 2234 - 2244. Read here.
Paterson I, S Walde, V Cussac, E Habit, DE Ruzzante. 2008. Isolation and characterization of 13 microsatellite loci for Percichthys trucha (Percichthyidae). Mol Ecol Res 8: 907-909. Read here.
Jørgensen H, C Pertoldi, MM Hansen, DE Ruzzante, V Loeschcke. 2008. Genetic & environmental correlates of morphological variation in a marine fish: the case of Baltic Sea herring. Can J Fish Aquat Sci, 65: 389-400. Read here.
2007
Palstra, F, MW O'Connell, DE Ruzzante. 2007 Population structure and gene flow reversals in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) over contemporary and long-term temporal scales: effects of population size and life history. Molecular Ecology, 16: 4504 - 4522. Read here.
Buria L, SJ Walde, M Battini, PJ Macchi, M Alonso, DE Ruzzante, VE Cussac. (2007) Movement of an endemic perch (Percichthys trucha) in a montane Patagonian lake during spawning and pre-spawning periods. Journal Fish Biology, 70: 215 -230. Read here.
2006
Pampoulie C, DE Ruzzante, V Chosson, TD Jörunsdóttir, L Taylor, V Thorsteinsson, AK Daníelsdóttir & G Marteinsdóttir. 2006. The genetic structure of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) around Iceland: insight from microsatellites, the Pan I locus, and tagging experiments. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci ., 63: 2660 - 2674. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, SJ Walde, VE Cussac, ML Dalebout, J Seibert, S Ortubay, E Habit (2006) Phylogeography of the Percichthyidae in Patagonia: roles of orogeny, glaciation, and volcanism. Molecular Ecology, 15 (10): 2949 - 2968. Read here.
Dalebout ML, DE Ruzzante, H Whitehead, N Oien (2006) Genetic distinctiveness and population connectivity in North Atlantic bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus). Molecular Ecology, 15 (11): 3115 - 3129. Read here.
Seibert, J. & DE Ruzzante (2006) Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci for white hake (Urophycis tenuis). Mol Ecol Notes, 6: 924 - 926. Read here.
Ryman N, S Palm, C André C, GR Carvalho, TG Dahlgren PE Jorde, L Laikre, LC Larsson, A Palme, DE Ruzzante. 2006. Power for detecting genetic divergence: difference between statistical methods and marker loci. Molecular Ecology, 15: 2031 - 2045. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, Mariani S, D Bekkevold, C André, H Mosegaard, LAW Clausen, T Dahlgren, WF Hutchinson, EMC Hatfield, E Torstensen, J Brigham, EJ Simmonds, L Laikre, LC Larsson, RJM Stet, N Ryman & GR Carvalho. 2006. Biocomplexity in a highly migratory pelagic marine fish, Atlantic herring. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B: 273:1459 - 1464. Read here.
2005
Bekkevold D, C Andre, T Dahlgren, H Mosegaard, L Clausen, GR Carvalho, E Torstensen, E Nordinger, T Andersen, & DE Ruzzante. 2005. Environmental correlates of population differentiation in Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). Evolution 59, 2656-2668. Read here.
Mariani S, WF Hutchinson, EMC Hatfield, DE Ruzzante, EJ Simonds, TG Dahlgren, C Andre, J Brigham, E Torstensen, GR Carvalho. 2005. North Sea herring population structure: isolation by distance and age-class effect. MEPS 303: 245-257. Read here.
Jørgensen HA, MM Hansen, D Bekkevold, DE Ruzzante, V Loeschcke. 2005. Marine landscapes and population genetic structure of herring (Clupea harengus) in the Baltic Sea. Molecular Ecology 14, 3219-3234. Read here.
Milano D, DE Ruzzante , VE Cussac, PJ Macchi, RA Ferriz, JP Barriga, JA Aigo, ME Lattuca, and SJ Walde. 2005. Latitudinal and ecological correlates of morphological variation in Galaxias platei (Pisces: Galaxiidae) in Patagonia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 87, 69-82. Read here.
2004
Ruzzante, DE, MM Hansen, D Meldrup, K Ebert. 2004. Stocking impact and migration pattern in an anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) complex: where have all the stocked spawning sea trout gone? Molecular Ecology, 13, 1433-1445. Read here.
2003
Nielsen, EE, MM Hansen, DE Ruzzante , D Meldrup, P Grønkjær. 2003. A hybrid zone in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic and the Danish Belt Sea revealed by individual admixture analysis. Molecular Ecology, 12, 1497-1508. Read here.
Møller, P, EW Born, R Dietz, T Haug, DE Ruzzante , N Øien. 2003. Differences in fatty acid composition of blubber in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Greenland, the NE Atlantic Ocean, and the North Sea, 1998. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, Cambridge, England, 5(2): 115-124. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, SJ Walde, VE Cussac, PJ Macchi, MF Alonso, M Battini. 2003. Resource polymorphism in a Patagonian fish Percichthys trucha (Percichthyidae): phenotypic evidence for interlake pattern variation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78, 497-515. Read here.
2002
Hansen, MM, DE Ruzzante , EE Nielsen, D Bekkevold, K-LD Mensberg. 2002. Long term effective population sizes, temporal stability of genetic composition and potential for local adaptation in anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations. Molecular Ecology, 11, 2523-2535. Read here.
Milano, D, VE Cussac, PJ Macchi, DE Ruzzante, PH Vigliano, MF Alonso, MA Denegri. 2002. Predator associated morphology in Galaxias platei (Pisces: Galaxiidae) in Patagonian lakes. J. Fish Biol. 61: 138-156. Read here.
2001 & Earlier
Andersen, LW, DE Ruzzante, M Walton, P Berggren, A Bjørge, C Lockyer. 2001. Conservation genetics of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in the NE Atlantic. Conservation Genetics 2(4): 309-324. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, CT Taggart, RW Doyle, D Cook. 2001. Stability in the historical pattern of genetic structure of Newfoundland cod (Gadus morhua) despite the catastrophic decline in population size from 1964 to 1994. Conservation Genetics 2(3): 257-269. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, MM Hansen, D Meldrup. 2001. Distribution of individual inbreeding coefficients, relatedness and influence of stocking on native anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) population structure. Molecular Ecology 10 (9): 2107-2128. Read here.
Hansen, MM, DE Ruzzante, EE Nielsen, and K-LD Mensberg. 2001. Microsatellite polymorphism in domesticated and wild brown trout (Salmo trutta) and stocking impact assessment. Ecological Applications, 11(1): 148-160. Read here.
Hansen, MM, EE Nielsen, DE Ruzzante, C Bouza, K-LD Mensberg. 2000. Genetic monitoring of supportive breeding in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.), using microsatellite DNA markers. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 57: 2130-2139. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, CT Taggart, D Cook, S Lang. 2000. Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic cod near the Gulf of St. Lawrence based on microsatellite DNA. Ecological Applications, 10(4): 1090-1109. Read here.
Hansen, MM, DE Ruzzante, EE Nielsen, and K.-LD Mensberg. 2000. Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA polymorphism reveals life-history dependent interbreeding between hatchery and wild brown trout (Salmo trutta). Molecular Ecology, 9(4): 583-594. Read here.
Logan, MS, SJ Iverson, DE Ruzzante, SJ Walde, P Macchi, M Alonso, VE Cussac. 2000. Long term diet differences between morphs in trophically polymorphic Percichthys trucha (Pisces: Percichthyidae) populations from the southern Andes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 69: 599-616. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, JS Wroblewskic, CT Taggart, RK Smedbol, D Cook and SV Goddard. 2000. Bay-scale population structure in coastal Atlantic cod in Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada. J. Fish Biol., 56: 431-447. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, CT Taggart, D Cook. 1999. A review of the evidence for genetic structure of cod (Gadus morhua) populations in the Northwest Atlantic and population affinities of larval cod off Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fisheries Research, 43: 79-97. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, SJ Walde, VE Cussac, P Macchi, M Alonso. 1998. Trophic polymorphism, habitat and diet segregation within Percichthys trucha (Percichthyidae, Pisces) in the Andes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 65: 191-214. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE, CT Taggart, D Cook. 1998. A nuclear DNA basis for shelf- and bank-scale population structure in NW Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Labrador to Georges Bank. Molecular Ecology, 7: 1663-1680. Read here.
Ruzzante, DE. 1998. A comparison of several measures of genetic distance and population structure with microsatellite data: bias and sampling variance. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 55: 1-14. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, CT Taggart, D Cook, and SV Goddard. 1997. Genetic differentiation between inshore and offshore Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) off Newfoundland: a test, and evidence of temporal stability. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 54: 2700-2708. Read here.
McConnell SKJ, DE Ruzzante, P O'Reilly, L Hamilton, JM Wright. 1997. Microsatellite loci reveal highly significant genetic differences between Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations from the East Coast of Canada. Molecular Ecology, 6: 1075-1089. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, CT Taggart, D Cook. 1996. Spatial and temporal variation in the genetic composition of a larval cod (Gadus morhua) aggregation: cohort contribution and genetic stability. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 53: 2695-2705. Read here.
Bentzen P, CT Taggart, DE Ruzzante, D Cook. 1996. Microsatellite polymorphism and the population structure of cod (Gadus morhua) in the North West Atlantic. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 53: 2706-2721. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, CT Taggart, D Cook, SV Goddard. 1996. Genetic differentiation between inshore and offshore Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) off Newfoundland: microsatellite DNA variation and antifreeze protein levels. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 53: 634-645. Read here.
Ruzzante DE, DC Hamilton, DL Kramer, JWA Grant. 1996. Scaling of the variance and the quantification of resource monopolization. Behavioural Ecology, 7: 199-207. Read here.