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Bryan D. Neff is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Oceanography.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas, with a focus on Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Neff's recent publications reflect this breadth of expertise:

  • Factors influencing the variation of microplastic uptake in demersal fishes from the upper Thames River Ontario, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Temperature-dependent plasticity mediates heart morphology and thermal performance of cardiac function in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), 2022, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Emergent trophic interactions following the Chinook salmon invasion of Patagonia, 2022, Ecosphere
  • Non-native Chinook salmon add nutrient subsidies and functional novelty to Patagonian streams, 2020, Freshwater Biology
  • Dietary thiaminase impairs cardiac function and increases heart size in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum in Artedi, 1792)), 2023, Canadian Journal of Zoology

The scientist collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors, including Shawn R. Garner, Christian A. Therrien, Carlie A. Muir, Kevin A. Adeli, and Sashko Damjanovski. These collaborations have contributed to a significant number of publications, particularly with Garner and Therrien.

Neff has published multiple papers in prominent journals such as the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Freshwater Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Journal of Great Lakes Research. This pattern indicates a strong focus on aquatic ecosystems and their dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Genetic quality and sexual selection: an integrated framework for good genes and compatible genes.

    Bryan D. Neff;Trevor E. Pitcher

  • Multiple mating and sequential mate choice in guppies: females trade up

    Trevor E. Pitcher;Bryan D. Neff;F. Helen Rodd;Locke Rowe

  • Microsatellite evolution in vertebrates: inference from AC dinucleotide repeats.

    Bryan D. Neff;Mart R. Gross

  • Decisions about parental care in response to perceived paternity

    Bryan D. Neff

  • Sperm investment and alternative mating tactics in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)

    Bryan D. Neff;Peng Fu;Mart R. Gross

  • Relationships between condition factors, parasite load and paternity in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

    Bryan D. Neff;Luca M. Cargnelli

  • Adaptive potential of a Pacific salmon challenged by climate change

    Nicolas J. Muñoz;Anthony P. Farrell;John W. Heath;Bryan D. Neff

  • Assessing the statistical power of genetic analyses to detect multiple mating in fishes

    B. D. Neff;T. E. Pitcher

  • Stabilizing selection on genomic divergence in a wild fish population

    Bryan D. Neff

  • Inter‐population variation in multiple paternity and reproductive skew in the guppy

    Bryan D. Neff;Trevor E. Pitcher;Indar W. Ramnarine

  • Dynamic adjustment of parental care in response to perceived paternity.

    Bryan D. Neff;Mart R. Gross

  • Polyandry and alternative mating tactics

    Bryan D. Neff;Erik I. Svensson

  • Major histocompatibility complex heterozygote advantage and widespread bacterial infections in populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

    Melissa L. Evans;Bryan D. Neff

  • Sperm competition in a fish with external fertilization: the contribution of sperm number, speed and length.

    J. A. Stoltz;B. D. Neff

  • Genetic Paternity Analysis and Breeding Success in Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)

    B. D. Neff

  • Tactic–specific success in sperm competition

    Peng Fu;Bryan D. Neff;Mart R. Gross

  • Genetic quality and offspring performance in Chinook salmon: implications for supportive breeding

    Trevor E. Pitcher;Trevor E. Pitcher;Bryan D. Neff

  • DNA fingerprinting of bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) using (GT)n microsatellites and its potential for assessment of mating success

    John Kenneth Colbourne;Bryan D. Neff;Jonathan M. Wright;Mart R. Gross

  • The MHC and non-random mating in a captive population of Chinook salmon

    B D Neff;S R Garner;J W Heath;D D Heath

  • MHC class IIB alleles contribute to both additive and nonadditive genetic effects on survival in Chinook salmon.

    Trevor E. Pitcher;Bryan D. Neff

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris C. Wilson
Chris C. Wilson Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Trevor E. Pitcher
Trevor E. Pitcher University of Windsor
Mart R. Gross
Mart R. Gross University of Toronto
Sigal Balshine
Sigal Balshine McMaster University
Daniel D. Heath
Daniel D. Heath University of Windsor
Fred J. Longstaffe
Fred J. Longstaffe University of Western Ontario
Indar W. Ramnarine
Indar W. Ramnarine University of the West Indies
Anthony P. Farrell
Anthony P. Farrell University of British Columbia
Paul W. Sherman
Paul W. Sherman Cornell University
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington

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