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Cindy Chu – Publications

Publications (more recent list: Google Scholar)

    • Benoit, D.M., C. Chu, H.C. Giacomini, D.A. Jackson. 2022. Depth and temperature drive patterns of spatial overlap among fish thermal guilds in lakes across Ontario, Canada. Diversity and Distributions https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13661
    • Qian, H., C. Chu, D. Li, Y. Cao, B. Sandel, M.U.M. Anas, N.E. Mandrak. 2022. Effects of non- native species on phylogenetic dispersion of freshwater fish assemblages in North America. Diversity and Distributions https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13647
    • Benoit, D., C. Chu, H.C. Giacomini, D.A. Jackson. 2022. Evaluating impacts of fisheries  management practices on a freshwater fish community through size spectrum modelling. Ecosphere https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4163
    • Smith, D.A., H.C. Giacomini, D.T. de Kerckhove, H. Ball, L.F.G. Gutowsky, C. Chu. 2022. Brook trout occupancy in rivers and streams of the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone, Ontario. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 32(1): 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12671.
    • Lynch, A.J., B.J.E. Myers, J.P. Wong, C. Chu, R.W. Tingley III, J.A. Falke, T.J. Kwak, C.P. Paukert, and T.J. Krabbenhoft. 2022. Reducing uncertainty in climate change responses for inland fisheries management: a decision-path approach. Conservation Science and Practice 2022: e12724. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12724
    • Loewen, C.J.G., D.A. Jackson, C. Chu, K.M. Alofs, G.J.A. Hansen, A.E. Honsey, C.K. Minns, and K.E. Wehrly. 2022. Bioregions are predominantly climatic for fishes of northern inland lakes. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 233-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13424
    • McLeod, A.M., S. Leroux, D. Gravel, C. Chu, A. Cirtwill, M-J. Fortin, N. Galiana, T. Poisot, and S. Wood. Sampling and asymptotic network properties of spatial multi-trophic networks. Oikos 130 (12): 2250-2259. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08650
    • Paukert, C., J. Olden, A. Lynch, D. Brashears, C. Chambers, C. Chu, M. Daley, K. Dibble, J. Falke, D. Isaak, P. Jacobson, O. Jensen, and D. Munroe. 2021. Climate change effects on North American fish and fisheries to inform adaptation strategies. Fisheries 46: 449-464. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10668
    • Benoit, D.M., H. Correa Giacomini, C. Chu, and D. Jackson. 2021. Identifying influential parameters of a multi-species fish size spectrum model for a northern temperate lake through sensitivity analyses. Ecological Modelling 460: 109740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109740
    • Qian, H., Y. Cao, C. Chu, D. Li, B. Sandel, X. Wang and Y. Jin. 2021. Taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity of freshwater fish assemblages in relation to geographic and climatic determinants in North America. Global Ecology and Biogeography https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13358
    • Alminagorta Cabezas, O., C. Loewen, D. de Kerckhove, D. Jackson, and C. Chu. 2021.  Exploratory analysis of multivariate data: applications of parallel coordinates in ecology. Ecological Informatics 64: 101361.
    • Dey, C., A. Rego, M. Bradford…C. Chu…S.M. Reid...+ 67 authors. 2021. Research priorities for the management of freshwater fish habitat in Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78 (11): 1744-1754. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0002
    • Benoit, D.M., D.A. Jackson, C. Chu. 2021. Partitioning fish communities into guilds for ecological analyses: an overview of current approaches and future directions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78: 984-993. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0455.
    • Lester, N.P., S. Sandstrom, D. de Kerckhove, K. Armstrong, H. Ball. T. Dunkley, J. Amos, M. Rawson, P. Addison, A. Dextrase, D. Taillon, B. Wasylenko, P. Lennox, H. Corrêa Giacomini and C. Chu. 2020. Standardized broad-scale management and monitoring of inland lake fisheries: an overview of the Ontario Experience. Fisheries 46: 107-118. doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10534.
    • Qian, H, Y. Cao, L. Daijiang, C. Chu, B. Sandel and X. Wang. 2020. Geographic patterns and environmental drivers of phylogenetic relatedness and diversity for freshwater fishes in North America. Ecography 43: 1814–1824. doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05280.
    • Jarvis, L. B, McMeans, H.C. Giacomini, C. Chu. 2020. Species-specific preferences drive the differential effects of lake factors on fish productivity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 77: 1625-1637. doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0105.
    • Shyam, T. S. Melles, R. Mackereth, T. Tunney, C. Chu, C. Oswald, S. Bhavsar, T. Johnston. 2020. Climate and landscape conditions indirectly affect fish mercury levels by altering lake water chemistry and fish size. Environmental Research 188: 109750.
    • Krabbenhoft, T.J., B.J.E. Myers, J. Wong, C. Chu, R.W. Tingley III, J.A. Falke, T.J. Kwak, C.P. Paukert, A.J. Lynch. 2020. Fish and Climate Change (FiCli) Database: Informing climate change adaptation and management actions for freshwater fishes. Scientific Data 7:124.
    • Giacomini, H., N.P. Lester, P. Addison, S. Sandstrom, D. Nadeau, C. Chu., D. de Kerckhove. 2020. Gillnet catchability of Walleye (Sander vitreus): comparison of North American and provincial standards. Fisheries Research 224: 105433.
    • McLeod, A.M., S.J. Leroux and C. Chu. 2020. Effects of species traits, motif profiles, and environment on spatial variation in multi-trophic antagonistic networks. Ecosphere 11(2): e03018.
    • Lamothe, K.A., K.M. Alofs, and Chu, C. 2019. Evaluating functional diversity conservation for freshwater fishes resulting from terrestrial protected areas. Freshwater Biology 64: 2057-2070.
    • D’Aloia, C.C., I. Naujokaitis-Lewis, C. Blackford, C. Chu, J. Curtis, E. Darling, F. Guichard, S. Leroux, A. Camargo Martensen, B. Rayfield, J. Sunday, A. Xuereb and M-J. Fortin. 2019. Coupled networks of permanent protected areas and dynamic conservation areas for biodiversity conservation under climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: Article 27.
    • Gutowsky, L.F.G., H.C. Giacomini, D.T. de Kerckhove, R. Mackereth, D. McCormick, C. Chu. 2019. Quantifying multiple pressure interactions affecting populations of a recreationally and commercially targeted freshwater fish. Global Change Biology 25: 1049-1062.
    • Hoyle, J.A., C.M. Boston, C. Chu, M.J. Yuille, R. Portiss, R.G. Randall. 2018. Fish community indices of ecosystem health: how does Toronto Harbour compare to other Lake Ontario nearshore areas? Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 21: 306-317.
    • Chu, C., L. Ellis and D.T. de Kerckhove. 2018. Effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas for lake fish community conservation. Conservation Biology 32: 607-618.
    • Myers, B.J.E., A.J. Lynch, D.B. Bunnell, C. Chu, J.A. Falke, R.P. Kovach, T.J. Krabbenhoft, T.J. Kwak, C.P. Paukert. 2017. Global synthesis of the documented and projected effects of climate change on inland fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27: 339-361.
    • Poesch M.S., Chavarie L., Chu C., Pandit S.N., Tonn W. 2016. Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Fishes: A Canadian Perspective. Fisheries 41: 385-91.
    • Lynch A.J., Myers B.J., Chu C., Eby L.A., Falke J.A., Kovach R.P., Krabbenhoft T.J., Kwak T.J., Lyons J., Paukert C.P., Whitney J.E. 2016. Climate change effects on North American inland fish populations and assemblages. Fisheries 41: 346-361.
    • Chu C, Lester NP, Giacomini HC, Shuter BJ, Jackson DA. 2016. Catch-per-unit-effort and size spectra of lake fish assemblages reflect underlying patterns in ecological conditions and anthropogenic activities across regional and local scales 1. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 73: 535-546.
    • McDermid, J., Brown, D., Chetkiewicz, C., and C. Chu. 2015. Identifying a suite of surrogate freshwaterscape fish species: a case study of conservation prioritization in Ontario's Far North. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 25: 855-873.
    • de Kerckhove, D.T., Minns, C.K., and C. Chu. 2015. Estimating fish exploitation and aquatic habitat loss across diffuse inland recreational fisheries. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0121895.
    • Melles, S., Chu, C., Alofs, K., and D.A. Jackson. 2015. Potential spread of Great Lakes fishes given climate change and proposed dams; an approach using circuit theory to evaluate invasion risk. Landscape Ecology 30: 919-935.
    • Chu, C., Minns, C.K., Lester, N.P., and N.E. Mandrak. 2015. An updated assessment of freshwater fish biodiversity, the environment and human activities in Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72: 135-148.
    • Chu, C., Koops, M.A., Randall, R.G., Kraus, D., and S.E. Doka. 2014. Linking the land and the lake: a fish habitat classification for the nearshore of Lake Ontario. Freshwater Science 33: 1159-1173.
    • Koops, M., and C. Chu. 2012. Fish habitat in Encyclopedia of Environmetrics, Second Edition, A.-H. El-Shaarawi and W. Piegorsch (eds). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp. 1017-1025.
    • Chu, C., and N.E. Jones. 2011. Spatial variability of thermal regimes and other environmental determinants of stream fish communities in the Great Lakes Basin, Ontario. River Research and Applications 27: 646–662.
    • Chu, C., and Jones, N.E. 2010. Do existing ecological classifications characterize the spatial variability of stream temperatures in the Great Lakes Basin, Ontario? Journal of Great Lakes Research 36: 633-640.
    • Chu, C., Jones, N.E., and L. Allin. 2010. Linking the thermal regimes of streams in the Great Lakes Basin, Ontario, to landscape and climate variables. River Research and Applications 26: 221-241.
    • Chu, C., Jones, N.E., Piggott, A.R., and J.M. Buttle. 2009. Evaluation of a simple method to determine the thermal characteristics of streams using a nomogram of daily maximum air and water temperatures. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29: 1605-1619.
    • Hayes, D., Jones, M., Lester, N.P., Chu, C., Doka, S., Netto, J., Stockwell, J., Thompson, B., Minns, C.K., Shuter, B., and N. Collins. 2009. Linking fish population dynamics to habitat conditions: insights from the application of a process-oriented approach to several Great Lakes species. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 19: 295-312.
    • Chu, C. 2009. Thirty years later: the global growth of ITQs and their influence on stock status in marine fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 10: 217-230.
    • Chu, C., Jones, N.E., Mandrak, N.E., Piggott, A.R., and Minns, C.K. 2008. The influence of air temperature, groundwater discharge and climate change on the thermal diversity of stream fishes in southern Ontario watersheds. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 297-308.
    • Chu, C., Collins, N.C., Lester, N.P., and Shuter, B.J. 2006. Population dynamics of smallmouth bass in response to habitat supply. Ecological Modelling 195: 349-362.
    • Chu, C., Mandrak, N.E., and Minns, C.K. 2005. Potential impacts of climate change on the distributions of several common and rare freshwater fishes in Canada. Diversity and Distributions 11: 299-310.
    • Chu, C., Minns, C.K., Moore, J.E., and Millard, E.S. 2004. Impact of oligotrophication, temperature and water levels on walleye habitat in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 868-879.
    • Chu, C., Minns, C.K., and Mandrak, N.E. 2003. Comparative regional assessment of factors impacting freshwater fish biodiversity in Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60: 624-634.