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Elizabeth G. Boulding

Elizabeth G. Boulding

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
4691
World Ranking
7379
National Ranking
457

Overview

Elizabeth G. Boulding is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and has contributed to research primarily within Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their publications cover a range of topics including parasite biology and host interactions, marine and fisheries research, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, identification and quantification in food, genetic diversity and population structure, marine biology and ecology research, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Their recent research papers reflect interdisciplinary work involving ecology, genetics, marine biology, and environmental science. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Strike a pose: Does communication by a facultative cleaner fish, the cunner wrasse (Tautogolabrus adspersus), facilitate interaction with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)?" published in 2021 in Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • "Putative chromosomal rearrangements are associated primarily with ecotype divergence rather than geographic separation in an intertidal, poorly dispersing snail" published in 2020 in Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • "Comparison of DNA metabarcoding and morphological diet analysis of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) as methods of estimating sea lice cleaning efficacy inside commercial Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) sea cages" published in 2024 in Aquaculture
  • "Periodic invasions during El Niño events by the predatory lined shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes): forecasted effects of its establishment on direct-developing indigenous prey species (Littorina spp.)" published in 2020 in Canadian Journal of Zoology
  • "High-density linkage maps detail sex-specific regions of suppressed recombination near fusions of polymorphic chromosomes in purebred and hybrid North American Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)" published in 2023 in Genome

Frequent coauthors working alongside Elizabeth G. Boulding include:

  • Ben Whittaker
  • Sumika Maeda
  • Jessica L. Roy
  • Tony Kess
  • Matthew K. Brachmann

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in notable venues such as Aquaculture (2 publications), Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Genome, and Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Elizabeth G. Boulding's research interests intersect several key subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, genetics, molecular biology, and oceanography. Their expertise emphasizes ecological dynamics and molecular approaches to understanding species interactions and evolutionary processes in marine and intertidal environments.

The body of work contributed by Elizabeth G. Boulding spans diverse yet interconnected research areas, contributing data on biological communication, chromosomal rearrangements linked to ecotypes, DNA metabarcoding techniques in aquaculture, ecological impacts of invasive species during climatic events, and genetic mapping in Atlantic salmon.

Best Publications

  • Comparative population genetic structure of marine gastropods (Littorina spp.) with and without pelagic larval dispersal

    C. J. Kyle;E. G. Boulding

  • Crab-resistant features of shells of burrowing bivalves: decreasing vulnerability by increasing handling time

    Elizabeth Grace Boulding

  • Claw morphology, prey size selection and foraging efficiency in generalist and specialist shell-breaking crabs

    Sylvia Behrens Yamada;Elizabeth G. Boulding

  • Claw morphology, prey size selection and foraging efficiency in generalist and specialist shell-breaking crabs

    S.B. Yamada;E.G. Boulding

  • Variation in temperature tolerance among families of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is associated with hypoxia tolerance, ventricle size and myoglobin level

    Katja Anttila;Rashpal S Dhillon;Elizabeth G Boulding;Anthony P Farrell

  • Associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes and growth rate in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.).

    W J Tao;E G Boulding

  • Mechanisms of differential survival and growth of two species of Littorina on wave-exposed and on protected shores

    Elizabeth G. Boulding;Kathryn L. Van Alstyne

  • Spatial and temporal population genetic structure of four northeastern Pacific littorinid gastropods: the effect of mode of larval development on variation at one mitochondrial and two nuclear DNA markers.

    Hyuk Je Lee;Elizabeth G. Boulding

  • QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF SHELL FORM OF AN INTERTIDAL SNAIL: CONSTRAINTS ON SHORT-TERM RESPONSE TO SELECTION.

    Elizabeth G. Boulding;Toby K. Hay

  • The role of highly mobile crab predators in the intertidal zonation of their gastropod prey

    Sylvia Behrens Yamada;Elizabeth G. Boulding

  • A genetic and morphological comparison of shallow- and deep-water populations of the introduced dreissenid bivalve Dreissena bugensis

    W Trevor Claxton;Anthony B Wilson;Gerry L Mackie;Elizabeth G Boulding

  • Genetic structure and phylogeography of the lined shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes, along the northeastern and western Pacific coasts

    Bryan J. Cassone;Bryan J. Cassone;Elizabeth G. Boulding

  • State-dependent habitat selection by an intertidal snail: the costs of selecting a physically stressful microhabitat

    K.Martha M Jones;Elizabeth G Boulding

  • Nonallopatric and parallel origin of local reproductive barriers between two snail ecotypes.

    Emilio Rolán-Alvarez;Monica Carballo;Juan Galindo;Paloma Morán

  • Changes in selection on gastropod shell size and thickness with wave-exposure on northeastern pacific shores.

    Elizabeth G Boulding;Meike Holst;Vicki Pilon

  • Genetic and demographic parameters determining population persistence after a discrete change in the environment

    Elizabeth Grace Boulding;Toby Hay

  • FATIGUE DAMAGE: REPEATED LOADING ENABLES CRABS TO OPEN LARGER BIVALVES

    Elizabeth Grace Boulding;Michael Labarbera

  • Multiple dispersal strategies of the invasive quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis) as revealed by microsatellite analysis

    A B Wilson;K A Naish;E G Boulding

  • Crab Response to Prey Density Can Result in Density-Dependent Mortality of Clams

    E. G. Boulding;T. K. Hay

  • Outlier SNPs show more genetic structure between two Bay of Fundy metapopulations of Atlantic salmon than do neutral SNPs

    Heather Freamo;Patrick O’Reilly;Paul R. Berg;Sigbjørn Lien

  • Chromosomal differences between European and North American Atlantic salmon discovered by linkage mapping and supported by fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis

    Silje Brenna-Hansen;Jieying Li;Matthew P Kent;Elizabeth G Boulding

  • Conservation genomics of Atlantic salmon: SNPs associated with QTLs for adaptive traits in parr from four trans-Atlantic backcrosses.

    E G Boulding;M Culling;B Glebe;P R Berg

Frequent Co-Authors

Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Inna M. Sokolova
Inna M. Sokolova University of Rostock
L.R. Schaeffer
L.R. Schaeffer University of Guelph
Michael E. Brookfield
Michael E. Brookfield The University of Texas at Austin
Armando Caballero
Armando Caballero Universidade de Vigo
Patricia M. Schulte
Patricia M. Schulte University of British Columbia
Roy G. Danzmann
Roy G. Danzmann University of Guelph
William S. Davidson
William S. Davidson Simon Fraser University
Emilio Rolán-Alvarez
Emilio Rolán-Alvarez Universidade de Vigo
Anthony P. Farrell
Anthony P. Farrell University of British Columbia

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