The Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) is multidisciplinary with faculty and collaborators from many disciplines, including biology, geology, chemistry, engineering, marine biology, molecular biology, genetics and ecology.
Researchers at GLIER address complex environmental problems that cross conventional disciplinary boundaries such as the effects of multiple environmental stressors on large lakes, their watersheds and marine environments.
GLIER's multidisciplinary focus on research and graduate training has faculty and graduate students conducting research both locally within the Great Lakes Basin and around the world.
The institute has extensively equipped laboratories, core facilities, and dedicated research vessels.
GLIER researchers hold NSERC Canada Research Chairs in Great Lakes Research, Trophic Ecology, and Environmental Genomics, as well as a Department of Fisheries and Oceans Research Chair in Invasion Biology.
The Scientific Director of the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN) is a faculty member at GLIER.
Submissions from 2012
Seabird predation on Arctic cod during summer in the Canadian Arctic, Jordan K. Matley, Aaron T. Fisk, and Terry A. Dick
Trophic transfer of contaminants in a changing arctic marine food web: Cumberland sound, Nunavut, Canada, Melissa A. McKinney, Bailey C. McMeans, Gregg T. Tomy, Bruno Rosenberg, Steven H. Ferguson, Adam Morris, Derek C.G. Muir, and Aaron T. Fisk
Similarity between predator and prey fatty acid profiles is tissue dependent in Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus): Implications for diet reconstruction, Bailey C. McMeans, Michael T. Arts, and Aaron T. Fisk
Seasonal patterns in fatty acids of Calanus hyperboreus (Copepoda, Calanoida) from Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Bailey C. McMeans, Michael T. Arts, Scott A. Rush, and Aaron T. Fisk
Unique seasonal forage bases within a local population of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Jill A. Olin, Patricia A. Fair, Melissa A. Recks, Eric Zolman, Jeff Adams, and Aaron T. Fisk
Isotopic Ratios Reveal Mixed Seasonal Variation Among Fishes from Two Subtropical Estuarine Systems, Jill A. Olin, Scott A. Rush, M. Aaron MacNeil, and Aaron T. Fisk
Collecting winter data on U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers, Ben O. Oyserman, William C. Woityra, George S. Bullerjahn, Benjamin F.N. Beall, and Robert Michael L. McKay
Ecology: The heartbeat of ecosystems, Margaret A. Palmer and Catherine M. Febria
Pretreating mixed anaerobic communities from different sources: Correlating the hydrogen yield with hydrogenase activity and microbial diversity, Brahmaiah Pendyala, Subba Rao Chaganti, Jerald A. Lalman, Saraoanan R. Shanmugam, Daniel D. Heath, and Peter C. K. Lau
Metabolic traits of westslope cutthroat trout, introduced rainbow trout and their hybrids in an ecotonal hybrid zone along an elevation gradient, Joseph B. Rasmussen, Michael D. Robinson, Alice Hontela, and Daniel D. Heath
Assessing the impact of palmitic, myristic and lauric acids on hydrogen production from glucose fermentation by mixed anaerobic granular cultures, Noori M. Cata Saady, Subba Rao Chaganti, Jerald A. Lalman, Sathyanarayanan S. Veeravalli, Saravanan R. Shanmugam, and Daniel D. Heath
Effects of linoleic acid and its degradation by-products on mesophilic hydrogen production using flocculated and granular mixed anaerobic cultures, Noori M. Cata Saady, Subba Rao Chaganti, Jerald A. Lalman, Sathyanarayanan S. Veeravalli, Saravanan R. Shanmugam, and Daniel D. Heath
Plasticity of total and intracellular phosphorus quotas in Microcystis aeruginosa cultures and Lake Erie algal assemblages, Matthew A. Saxton, Robert J. Arnold, Richard A. Bourbonniere, Robert Michael L. McKay, and Steven W. Wilhelm
Seasonal Si:C ratios in Lake Erie diatoms - Evidence of an active winter diatom community, Matthew A. Saxton, Nigel A. D'souza, Richard A. Bourbonniere, Robert Michael L. McKay, and Steven W. Wilhelm
Effect of triploidy on growth and ionoregulatory performance in ocean-type Chinook salmon: A quantitative genetics approach, J. M. Shrimpton, J. W. Heath, R. H. Devlin, and Daniel D. Heath
Diatoms abound in ice-covered Lake Erie: An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010, M. R. Twiss, R. M.L. McKay, R. A. Bourbonniere, G. S. Bullerjahn, H. J. Carrick, R. E.H. Smith, J. G. Winter, N. A. D'souza, P. C. Furey, A. R. Lashaway, M. A. Saxton, and S. W. Wilhelm
Erratum to "Diatoms abound in ice-covered Lake Erie: An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010" [J. Great Lakes Res. 38 (2012) 18-30], M. R. Twiss, R. M.L. McKay, R. A. Bourbonniere, G. S. Bullerjahn, H. J. Carrick, R. E.H. Smith, J. G. Winter, N. A. D'souza, P. C. Furey, A. R. Lashaway, M. A. Saxton, and S. W. Wilhelm
Historical and Anthropogenic Factors Affecting the Population Genetic Structure of Ontario's Inland Lake Populations of Walleye (Sander vitreus), Ryan P. Walter, Christopher J. Cena, George E. Morgan, and Daniel D. Heath
The slowest fish: Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Christian Lydersen, Aaron T. Fisk, and Kit M. Kovacs
Influence of density and major histocompatibility genotype on sexual selection in a salmonid alternative mating strategy, Laura K. Weir, Jeffrey A. Hutchings, and Daniel D. Heath
Fine-Scale Population Genetic Structure and Dispersal of Juvenile Steelhead in the Bulkley-Morice River, British Columbia, Kyle W. Wellband, Dana Y. Atagi, Rachel A. Koehler, and Daniel D. Heath
Submissions from 2011
Rapid evolution of osmoregulatory function by modification of gene transcription in steelhead trout, Tutku Aykanat, Frank P. Thrower, and Daniel D. Heath
Dispersal strategies, secondary range expansion and invasion genetics of the nonindigenous round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, in Great Lakes tributaries, Jennifer E. Bronnenhuber, Brad A. Dufour, Dennis M. Higgs, and Daniel D. Heath
Automated sperm head morphology analyzer for open-source software, I. A. E. Butts, M. A.R. Ward, M. K. Litvak, Trevor E. Pitcher, and S. M. H. Alavi
Utilization of stomach content DNA to determine diet diversity in piscivorous fishes, L. Carreon-Martinez, T. B. Johnson, S. A. Ludsin, and Daniel D. Heath
Ocean tracking network Canada: A network approach to addressing critical issues in fisheries and resource management with implications for ocean governance, Steven J. Cooke, Sara J. Iverson, Michael J.W. Stokesbury, Scott G. Hinch, Aaron T. Fisk, David L. VanderZwaag, Richard Apostle, and Fred Whoriskey
Marine mammal and seabird summer distribution and abundance in the fjords of northeast Cumberland Sound of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, Kristen M. Diemer, Michael J. Conroy, Steven H. Ferguson, Donna D.W. Hauser, Alice Grgicak-Mannion, and Aaron T. Fisk
Intraspecific evidence from guppies for correlated patterns of male and female genital trait diversification, Jonathan P. Evans, Clelia Gasparini, Gregory I. Holwell, Indar W. Ramnarine, and Trevor E. Pitcher
Cultured growth hormone transgenic salmon are reproductively out-competed by wild-reared salmon in semi-natural mating arenas, John L. Fitzpatrick, Hamid Akbarashandiz, Dionne Sakhrani, Carlo A. Biagi, and Trevor E. Pitcher
Song and Sperm in Crickets: A Trade-off between Pre- and Post-copulatory Traits or Phenotype-Linked Fertility?, Samantha P. Klaus, Lauren P. Fitzsimmons, Trevor E. Pitcher, and Susan M. Bertram
Effects of environmental exposure and diet on levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in eggs of a top predator in the North Atlantic in 1980 and 2008, Eliza H.K. Leat, Sophie Bourgeon, Katrine Borgå, Hallvard Strøm, Sveinn A. Hanssen, Geir W. Gabrielsen, Ævar Petersen, Kristin Olafsdottir, Ellen Magnusdottir, Aaron T. Fisk, Sandra Ellis, Jan O. Bustnes, and Robert W. Furness
Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) scavenge offal from minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) whaling operations in Svalbard (Norway), Lisa Marie Leclerc, Christian Lydersen, Tore Haug, Kevin A. Glover, Aaron T. Fisk, and Kit M. Kovacs
Winter limnology on the Great Lakes: The role of the U.S. Coast Guard, Robert Michael L. McKay, Benjamin F.N. Beall, George S. Bullerjahn, and LCDR William C. Woityra
Polymethylene-interrupted fatty acids: Biomarkers for native and exotic mussels in the Laurentian Great Lakes, Tadej Mezek, Ed Sverko, Martina D. Rudy, Donna Zaruk, Alfredo Capretta, Craig E. Hebert, Aaron T. Fisk, Daryl J. McGoldrick, Teresa J. Newton, Trent M. Sutton, Marten A. Koops, Andrew M. Muir, Timothy B. Johnson, Mark P. Ebener, and Michael T. Arts
Juvenile habitat partitioning and relative productivity in allochronically isolated sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), E. K. Fillatre Miller, I. R. Bradbury, and Daniel D. Heath
Conservation and enhancement of wild fish populations: preserving genetic quality versus genetic diversity, Bryan D. Neff, Shawn R. Garner, and Trevor E. Pitcher
Spatial and temporal trends of selected trace elements in liver tissue from polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Alaska, Canada and Greenland, Heli Routti, Robert J. Letcher, Erik W. Born, Marsha Branigan, Rune Dietz, Thomas J. Evans, Aaron T. Fisk, Elizabeth Peacock, and Christian Sonne
Influence of increasing populations of Double-crested Cormorants on soil nutrient characteristics of nesting islands in western Lake Erie, Scott A. Rush, Stephanie Verkoeyen, Tammy Dobbie, Sandy Dobbyn, Craig E. Hebert, Joel Gagnon, and Aaron T. Fisk
Genetic structure and connectivity among lake populations of threatened Paratherina sailfin silversides from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Ryan P. Walter, J. Derek Hogan, G. Douglas Haffner, and Daniel D. Heath
Submissions from 2010
Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 October 2009-30 November 2009, Junghwa An, Arnaud Bechet, Asa Berggren, Sarah K. Brown, Michael W. Bruford, Qingui Cai, Anna Cassel-Lundhagen, Frank Cezilly, and Daniel D. Heath
Cyanobacterial bioreporters as sensors of nutrient availability, George S. Bullerjahn, Ramakrishna Boyanapalli, Mark J. Rozmarynowycz, and R. Michael L. McKay
Revolution in food web analysis and trophic ecology: diet analysis by DNA and stable isotope analysis, L. Carreon-Martinez and Daniel D. Heath
Transcriptional differences between triploid and diploid Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) during live Vibrio anguillarum challenge, B. Ching, Sara Jamieson, J. W. Heath, Daniel D. Heath, and Andrew V. Hubberstey
Hierarchical analysis of a remote, Arctic, artisanal longline fishery, Susan T. Dennard, M. Aaron MacNeil, Margaret A. Treble, Steven Campana, and Aaron T. Fisk
Diet discrimination factors are inversely related to delta N-15 and delta C-13 values of food for fish under controlled conditions, Caroline A. Dennis, M. Aaron MacNeil, Jennifer Y. Rosati, Trevor E. Pitcher, and Aaron T. Fisk
Geographic variation in sperm traits reflects predation risk and natural rates of multiple paternity in the guppy, K. E. Elgee, J. P. Evans, I. W. Ramnarine, S. A. Rush, and Trevor E. Pitcher
MHC-mediated local adaptation in reciprocally translocated Chinook salmon, Melissa L. Evans, Bryan D. Neff, and Daniel D. Heath
MHC genetic structure and divergence across populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), M. L. Evans, B. D. Neff, and Daniel D. Heath
Quantitative genetic and translocation experiments reveal genotype-by-environment effects on juvenile life-history traits in two populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), M. L. Evans, B. D. Neff, and Daniel D. Heath
Characterizing seasonal changes in physicochemistry and bacterial community composition in hyporheic sediments, C. M. Febria, R. R. Fulthorpe, and D. D. Williams
Sexual conflict inhibits female mate choice for major histocompatibility complex dissimilarity in Chinook salmon, Shawn R. Garner, Romina N. Bortoluzzi, Daniel D. Heath, and Bryan D. Neff
Iron deficiency in micro-sized diatoms in the Oyashio region of the Western subarctic Pacific during spring, Ai Hattori-Saito, Jun Nishioka, Tsuneo Ono, R. Michael L. McKay, and Koji Suzuki
Variability in connectivity indicated by chaotic genetic patchiness within and among populations of a marine fish, J. Derek Hogan, Roger J. Thiessen, and Daniel D. Heath
Seasonal expression of the picocyanobacterial phosphonate transporter gene phnD in the Sargasso sea, Irina N. Ilikchyan, Robert Michael L. McKay, Olga A. Kutovaya, Rob Condon, and George S. Bullerjahn
Soft-tissue mineralization of bullfrog larvae (Rana catesbeiana) at a wastewater treatment facility, M. Kevin Keel, Alina M. Ruiz, Aaron T. Fisk, Wilson K. Rumbeiha, Andrew K. Davis, and John C. Maerz
Integration of metabolomics and in vitro metabolism assays for investigating the stereoselective transformation of triadimefon in rainbow trout, John F. Kenneke, Drew R. Ekman, Chris S. Mazur, Brad J. Konwick, Aaron T. Fisk, Jimmy K. Avants, and A. Wayne Garrison
Expression of hcp in freshwater synechococcus spp., a gene encoding a hyperconserved protein in picocyanobacteria, Olga A. Kutovaya, R. Michael L. McKay, and George S. Bullerjahn
Water Temperature and Prey Size Effects on the Rate of Digestion of Larval and Early Juvenile Fish, Nicholas D. Legler, Timothy B. Johnson, Daniel D. Heath, and Stuart A. Ludsin
Transitional states in marine fisheries: Adapting to predicted global change, M. Aaron MacNeil, Nicholas A.J. Graham, Joshua E. Cinner, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Philip A. Loring, Simon Jennings, Nicholas V.C. Polunin, Aaron T. Fisk, and Tim R. McClanahan
Diet and resource use among Greenland sharks (somniosus microcephalus) and teleosts sampled in icelandic waters, using δ13C, δ15N, and mercury, Bailey C. McMeans, Jöundur Svavarsson, Susan Dennard, and Aaron T. Fisk
Self-immobilization of recombinant Caulobacter crescentus and its application in removal of cadmium from water, Jigar Patel, Gregory Wilson, R. Michael L. McKay, Robert Vincent, and Zhaohui Xu
Genetic engineering of caulobacter crescentus for removal of cadmium from water, Jigar Patel, Qiong Zhang, R. Michael L. McKay, Robert Vincent, and Zhaohui Xu
Ecological consequences of hybridization between native westslope cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) and introduced rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) trout: effects on life history and habitat use, Joseph B. Rasmussen, Michael D. Robinson, and Daniel D. Heath
Patterns of development and abnormalities among tadpoles in a constructed wetland receiving treated wastewater, Alina M. Ruiz, John C. Maerz, Andrew K. Davis, M. Kevin Keel, Andrew R. Ferreira, Michael J. Conroy, Lawrence A. Morris, and Aaron T. Fisk
Trophic relationships of a marsh bird differ between gulf coast estuaries, Scott A. Rush, Jill A. Olin, Aaron T. Fisk, Mark S. Woodrey, and Robert J. Cooper
Local and regional genetic connectivity in a Caribbean coral reef fish, Eva Salas, Helena Molina-Urena, Ryan P. Walter, and Daniel D. Heath
Marine landscape shapes hybrid zone in a broadcast spawning bivalve: introgression and genetic structure in Canadian west coast Mytilus, J. L. Shields, J. W. Heath, and Daniel D. Heath
Novel and optimized polymorphic microsatellite loci for brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), L. I. Soederberg, J. A. Galarza, and Daniel D. Heath
Reply to the comment by Beacham and Withler on "Gene flow increases temporal stability of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) populations in the Upper Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada", Ryan P. Walter, J. Mark Shrimpton, and Daniel D. Heath
Ecotonal and other properties of the Hyporheic Zone, D. Dudley Williams, Catherine M. Febria, and Jessica C.Y. Wong
Submissions from 2009
Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs, G. R. Almany, S. R. Connolly, D. D. Heath, J. D. Hogan, G. P. Jones, L. J. McCook, M. Mills, R. L. Pressey, and D. H. Williamson
The effects of river barriers and range expansion of the population genetic structure and stability in Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides) populations, Courtney L. Beneteau, Nicholas E. Mandrak, and Daniel D. Heath
Preliminary assessment of Greenland halibut diet in Cumberland Sound using stable isotopes, Susan T. Dennard, Bailey C. McMeans, and Aaron T. Fisk
Metabolic turnover rates of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in captive juvenile snakes, Aaron T. Fisk, Kim Sash, John Maerz, William Palmer, John P. Carroll, and M. Aaron MacNeil
Genetic structure of juvenile cohorts of bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus) along the Mesoamerican barrier reef: chaos through time, R. I. Hepburn, P. F. Sale, B. Dixon, and Daniel D. Heath
Detection and expression of the phosphonate transporter gene phnD in marine and freshwater picocyanobacteria, Irina N. Ilikchyan, R. Michael L. McKay, Jonathan P. Zehr, Sonya T. Dyhrman, and George S. Bullerjahn
Integrating lipids and contaminants in aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology, Martin J. Kainz and Aaron T. Fisk
Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits and the maintenance of genetic diversity in song sparrows, Bryan D. Neff and Trevor E. Pitcher
Sperm design and function in the redside dace Clinostomus elongatus, Trevor E. Pitcher, J. J. Beausoleil, J. A. Abbott, and J. L. Vandereerden
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the redside dace, Clinostomus elongatus, Trevor E. Pitcher, Courtney L. Beneteau, Ryan P. Walter, Chris C. Wilson, and Nicholas E. Mandrak
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the redside dace, Clinostomus elongatus, Trevor E. Pitcher, Courtney L. Beneteau, Ryan P. Walter, Chris C. Wilson, Nicholas E. Mandrak, and Daniel D. Heath
Secondary sexual characters and sperm traits in coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch, Trevor E. Pitcher, S. M. Doucet, J.-M. J. Beausoleil, and D. Hanley
A precise water displacement method for estimating egg volume, Scott A. Rush, Tom Maddox, Aaron T. Fisk, Mark S. Woodrey, and Robert J. Cooper
Community structure and photosynthetic physiology of phytoplankton in the northwest subarctic Pacific during an in situ iron fertilization experiment (SEEDS-II), Koji Suzuki, Hiroaki Saito, Tomonori Isada, Ai Hattori-Saito, Hiroshi Kiyosawa, Jun Nishioka, R. Michael L. McKay, Akira Kuwata, and Atsushi Tsuda
Gene flow increases temporal stability of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) populations in the Upper Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada, Ryan P. Walter, Tutku Aykanat, David W. Kelly, J. Mark Shrimpton, and Daniel D. Heath
Structure and mechanics of intermittent Wetland communities: Bacteria to Anacondas, D. D. Williams, C. M. Febria, and T. A. Schriever
Submissions from 2008
Genetic differentiation among sympatric migratory and resident life history forms of rainbow trout in British Columbia, Daniel D. Heath, Corwyn M. Bettles, Sara Jamieson, Iga Stasiak, and Margaret F. Docker
Occurrence and biomagnification of polychlorinated naphthalenes and non- and mono-ortho PCBs in Lake Ontario sediment and biota, Paul A. Helm, Sarah B. Gewurtz, D. Michael Whittle, Chris H. Marvin, Aaron T. Fisk, and Gregg T. Tomy
Concentrations and patterns of perfluoroalkyl acids in Georgia, USA surface waters near and distant to a major use source, Brad J. Konwick, Gregg T. Tomy, Nargis Ismail, James T. Peterson, Rebecca J. Fauver, David Higginbotham, and Aaron T. Fisk
Mitochondrial cytochrome b variation in sleeper sharks (Squaliformes: Somniosidae), Brent William Murray, John Y. Wang, Shih Chu Yang, John D. Stevens, Aaron Fisk, and Jörundur Svavarsson
The MHC and non-random mating in a captive population of Chinook salmon, B. D. Neff, S. R. Garner, J. W. Heath, and D. D. Heath
Mate choice for non-additive genetic benefits: A resolution to the lek paradox, Bryan D. Neff and Trevor E. Pitcher
Inter-population variation in multiple paternity and reproductive skew in the guppy, Bryan D. Neff, Trevor E. Pitcher, and Indar W. Ramnarine
Fractionation and metabolic turnover of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in black fly larvae, Jay P. Overmyer, M. Aaron MacNeil, and Aaron T. Fisk
An introduction to genetic quality in the context of sexual selection, Trevor E. Pitcher and Herman L. Mays
Female choice and the relatedness of mates in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata), Trevor E. Pitcher, F. Helen Rodd, and Locke Rowe
Biocidal performance of acrylated glyphosate in a model photopolymerizable coating formulation, Victoria Piunova, Daniel Berger, Douglas C. Neckers, George S. Bullerjahn, R. Michael McKay, and Andrei V. Fedorov
Geographic distribution of selected elements in the livers of polar bears from Greenland, Canada and the United States, Scott A. Rush, Katrine Borgå, Rune Dietz, Erik W. Born, Christian Sonne, Thomas Evans, Derek C.G. Muir, Robert J. Letcher, Ross J. Norstrom, and Aaron T. Fisk
Growth and survival differences among native, introduced and hybrid blue mussels (Mytilus spp.): genotype, environment and interaction effects, Jody L. Shields, Penny Barnes, and Daniel D. Heath
Fluxes of dissolved organic carbon, other nutrients and microbial communities in a water-filled treehole ecosystem, Ralf C.M. Verdonschot, Catherine M. Febria, and D. Dudley Williams