Yates

Publications

Yates, M.C., M.E. Cristescu, and A.M. Derry. 2021. Integrating physiology and environmental dynamics to operationalize environmental DNA (eDNA) as a means to monitor freshwater macro-organism abundance. Molecular Ecology. (DOI:10.1111/mec.16202). [Altmetric Score]

Yates, M.C., A.M. Derry, and M.E. Cristescu. 2021. Environmental RNA: A revolution in Ecological Resolution? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 36: 601-609. (DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2021.03.001). [Altmetric Score]

Yates, M.C., and D.J. Fraser. 2021. Evaluating the correlation between genome-wide diversity and the release of plastic phenotypic variation in experimental translocations to novel natural environments. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34: 439-450. (DOI:10.1111/jeb.13747). [Altmetric Score]

Yates, M.C., T. Wilcox, K.S. McKelvey, M.K. Young, M.K. Schwartz, M.K., and A.M. Derry. 2021. Allometric scaling of eDNA production in stream-dwelling brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) inferred from population size structure. Environmental DNA. 3: 553-560. (DOI:10.1002/edn3.150). [Altmetric Score]

Yates, M.C., D. Glaser, J.R. Post, M.E. Cristescu, D.J. Fraser, and A.M. Derry. 2021. The relationship between eDNA particle concentration and organism abundance in nature is strengthened by allometric scaling. Molecular Ecology. 30: 3068-3082. (DOI:10.1111/mec.15543). [Altmetric Score]

Yates, M.C., E. Bowles, and D.J. Fraser. 2019. Small population size and low genomic diversity have no effects on fitness in experimental translocations of a wild fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286:20191989. (DOI:10.1098/rspb.2019.1989). [Altmetric Score]

Wells, Z.R.R.*+, T.A. Bernos*+, M.C. Yates, and D.J. Fraser. 2019. Genetic rescue insights from population- and family-level hybridization effects in brook trout. Conservation Genetics. 20:851-863. (DOI:10.1007/s10592-019-01179-z). [Altmetric Score]

+Both authors contributed equally

Yates, M.C., D.J. Fraser, and A.M. Derry. 2019. Meta-analysis supports further refinement of eDNA for monitoring aquatic species-specific abundance in nature. Environmental DNA. 1:5-13. (DOI:10.1002/edn3.7). [Altmetric Score]

†This manuscript is currently the third-most cited article in this journal.

Guernon, S.* +, M.C. Yates+, D.J. Fraser, and A.M. Derry. 2019. The co-evolution of adult body mass and excretion rate between genetically size-divergent brook trout populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 76:438-446. (DOI:10.1139/cjfas-2017-0508). [Altmetric Score]

+Both authors contributed equally

Fraser, D.J., L. Walker, M.C. Yates, K. Marin, J.L.A. Wood, T.A. Bernos*, C. Zastavniouk*. 2019. Population correlates of rapid captive-induced maladaptation in a wild fish. Evolutionary Applications. 12:1305-1317. (DOI:10.1111/eva.12649). [Altmetric Score]

Negrin-Dastis J., C. Charette, M.C. Yates, D.J. Fraser, A.M. Derry. 2018. A fish-mediated trophic cascade on freshwater calanoid copepod abundance is concealed by food web fatty acid availability, functional traits and population sex ratio. Journal of Plankton Biology. 40:197-208. (DOI:10.1093/plankt/fby002). [Altmetric Score]

Bernos T.*, M.C. Yates, D.J. Fraser. 2018. Fine scale differences in genetic and census population size ratios between two stream fishes. Conservation Genetics. 19:265-274. (DOI:10.1007/s10592-017-0997-8). [Altmetric Score]

Yates, M.C., T. A. Bernos*, D. J. Fraser. 2017. A critical assessment of estimating census population size from genetic population size (and vice versa) in three fishes. Evolutionary Applications. 10:935-945. (DOI:10.1111/eva.12496). [Altmetric Score]

Wood, J.L.A., M.C. Yates, D.J. Fraser. 2016. Are heritability and selection related to population size in nature? Meta-analysis and conservation implications. Evolutionary Applications. 9: 640-657. (DOI:10.1111/eva.12375). [Altmetric Score]

Yates, M.C., P.V. Debes, D.J. Fraser, and J.A. Hutchings. 2015. The influence of hybridization with domesticated conspecifics on alternative reproductive phenotypes in male Atlantic salmon in multiple temperature regimes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72: 1138-1145. (DOI:10.1139/cjfas-2014-0527). [Altmetric Score]

Debes, P.V., Fraser, D.J., Yates, M.C. and J.A. Hutchings. 2014. The between-population genetic architecture of growth, maturation, and plasticity in Atlantic salmon. Genetics. 196: 1277-1291. (DOI:10.1534/genetics.114.161729). 

Yates, M.C., and D.J. Fraser. 2014. Does source population size affect performance in new environments? Evolutionary Applications. 7: 871-882. (DOI:10.1111/eva.12181). [Altmetric Score]