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Brian J. Shuter

Brian J. Shuter

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
11996
World Ranking
2317
National Ranking
156

Overview

Brian J. Shuter is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. The primary domain of their research falls within Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their scientific contributions mainly address topics including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Brian J. Shuter's research has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Ecology Letters
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Ecological Modelling

Frequent co-authors in their work include Bailey C. McMeans, Timothy Fernandes, Michael D. Rennie, Kevin S. McCann, and Charles K. Minns.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian J. Shuter encompass the following:

  • "Winter in water: differential responses and the maintenance of biodiversity", 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "The timing of spring warming shapes reproductive effort in a warm-water fish: the role of mismatches between hepatic and gonadal processes", 2021, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • "Consistent seasonal flexibility of the gut and its regions across wild populations of a winter-quiescent fish", 2024, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Predicting open-water thermal regimes of temperate North American lakes", 2021, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • "Species compositions mediate biomass conservation: The case of lake fish communities", 2021, Ecology

Best Publications

  • Canada's recreational fisheries: the invisible collapse?

    John R. Post;Michael Sullivan;Sean Cox;Nigel P. Lester

  • Climate, Population Viability, and the Zoogeography of Temperate Fishes

    B. J. Shuter;J. R. Post

  • Stochastic Simulation of Temperature Effects on First-Year Survival of Smallmouth Bass

    B. J. Shuter;J. A. Maclean;F. E. J. Fry;H. A. Regier

  • Interpreting the von Bertalanffy model of somatic growth in fishes: the cost of reproduction.

    N. P. Lester;B. J. Shuter;B. J. Shuter;P. A. Abrams

  • Patterns of Food Chain Length in Lakes: A Stable Isotope Study.

    M. Jake Vander Zanden;Brian J. Shuter;Nigel Lester;Joseph B. Rasmussen

  • Confronting climate change in the Great Lakes region : impacts on our communities and ecosystems

    George W. Kling;Katharine Hayhoe;Lucinda B. Johnson;Donald J. Magnuson

  • A model of physiological adaptation in unicellular algae

    Brian Shuter

  • Will northern fish populations be in hot water because of climate change

    Sapna Sharma;Donald A. Jackson;Charles K. Minns;Charles K. Minns;Brian J. Shuter;Brian J. Shuter

  • A general, life history based model for regional management of fish stocks: the inland lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) fisheries of Ontario

    B J Shuter;M L Jones;R M Korver;N P Lester

  • The role of winter phenology in shaping the ecology of freshwater fish and their sensitivities to climate change

    B. J. Shuter;B. J. Shuter;A. G. Finstad;I. P. Helland;I. Zweimüller

  • Within- and among-population variation in the trophic position of a pelagic predator, lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).

    M Jake Vander Zanden;Brian J Shuter;Nigel P Lester;Joseph B Rasmussen

  • The relative influence of body size and territorial behaviour on nesting asynchrony in male smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieui (Pisces : Centrarchidae)

    M.S. Ridgway;B.J. Shuter;E.E. Post

  • Biphasic growth in fish I: Theoretical foundations

    Christopher Quince;Peter A. Abrams;Brian J. Shuter;Brian J. Shuter;Nigel P. Lester;Nigel P. Lester

  • An Assessment of the Effects of Climate Warming on Great Lakes Basin Fishes

    J. Donald Meisner;John L. Goodier;Henry A. Regier;Brian J. Shuter

  • Forecasting impacts of climate change on Great Lakes surface water temperatures

    Justin Trumpickas;Justin Trumpickas;Brian J. Shuter;Brian J. Shuter;Charles K. Minns;Charles K. Minns

  • Empirical Predictors of Annual Surface Water Temperature Cycles in North American Lakes

    B. J. Shuter;D. A. Schlesinger;A. P. Zimmerman

  • An individual-based approach to predicting density-dependent dynamics in smallmouth bass populations☆

    D.L. DeAngelis;L. Godbout;B.J. Shuter

  • Factors affecting the production of zooplankton in lakes

    Brian J Shuter;K K Ing

  • Size distribution of pelagic particles in lakes

    W. Gary Sprules;J. M. Casselman;B.J. Shuter

  • Empirical Links between Thermal Habitat, Fish Growth, and Climate Change

    J. R. King;B. J. Shuter;A. P. Zimmerman

  • Evidence for harvest-induced maternal influences on the reproductive rates of fish populations

    Paul A. Venturelli;Brian J. Shuter;Cheryl A. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. Ridgway
Mark S. Ridgway Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Peter A. Abrams
Peter A. Abrams University of Toronto
Kevin S. McCann
Kevin S. McCann University of Guelph
Paul J. Blanchfield
Paul J. Blanchfield Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Donald A. Jackson
Donald A. Jackson University of Toronto
Donald L. DeAngelis
Donald L. DeAngelis United States Geological Survey
Bailey C. McMeans
Bailey C. McMeans University of Toronto
Michael L. Jones
Michael L. Jones Michigan State University
F. Helen Rodd
F. Helen Rodd University of Toronto
Chris C. Wilson
Chris C. Wilson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

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