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Overview

James D. Reist is affiliated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, General Health Professions, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in their research focus on aspects of marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, as well as broader marine animal studies. Additional areas of interest include Indigenous studies and ecology, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, isotope analysis in ecology, and marine biology and ecology research.

James D. Reist has published in several scholarly venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Arctic Science
  • ARCTIC
  • Fisheries
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Animal Migration

Selected recent publications by James D. Reist include:

  • "A Brief History of Fisheries in Canada," 2020, published in Fisheries
  • "Biological Impact of Ocean Acidification in the Canadian Arctic: Widespread Severe Pteropod Shell Dissolution in Amundsen Gulf," 2021, published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Circumpolar genetic population structure of polar cod, Boreogadus saida," 2020, published in Polar Biology
  • "Noteworthy occurrences among six marine species documented with community engagement in the Canadian Arctic," 2021, published in Animal Migration
  • "An updated review of the post-glacial history, ecology, and diversity of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Dolly Varden (S. malma)," 2024, published in Environmental Biology of Fishes

Frequent collaborators of James D. Reist include Karen M. Dunmall, Andrew Majewski, Andrea Niemi, Heidi K. Swanson, and Tracey N. Loewen.

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Arctic sea ice in transformation: A review of recent observed changes and impacts on biology and human activity

    Walter N. Meier;Greta K. Hovelsrud;Bob E.H. van Oort;Jeffrey R. Key

  • An empirical evaluation of several univariate methods that adjust for size variation in morphometric data

    James D. Reist

  • A new probabilistic method for quantifying n‐dimensional ecological niches and niche overlap

    Heidi K. Swanson;Martin Lysy;Michael Power;Ashley D. Stasko

  • Climate Change Effects on Aquatic Biota, Ecosystem Structure and Function

    Frederick J. Wrona;Terry D. Prowse;James D. Reist;John E. Hobbie

  • Climate Change Effects on Hydroecology of Arctic Freshwater Ecosystems

    Terry D. Prowse;Frederick J. Wrona;James D. Reist;John J. Gibson

  • General effects of climate change on Arctic fishes and fish populations.

    James D. Reist;Frederick J. Wrona;Terry D. Prowse;Michael Power

  • An empirical evaluation of coefficients used in residual and allometric adjustment of size covariation

    James D. Reist

  • An overview of effects of climate change on selected arctic freshwater and anadromous fishes.

    James D. Reist;Frederick J. Wrona;Terry D. Prowse;Michael Power

  • Arctic Societies, Cultures, and Peoples in a Changing Cryosphere

    Grete K. Hovelsrud;Birger Poppel;Bob van Oort;James D. Reist

  • Using stable isotopes to confirm the trophic ecology of Arctic charr morphotypes from Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada

    K. R. R. A. Guiguer;J. D. Reist;M. Power;J. A. Babaluk

  • Ecological Implications of Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere.

    Warwick F. Vincent;Terry V. Callaghan;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Margareta Johansson

  • Genetic comparisons of New and Old World coregonid fishes

    R. A. Bodaly;J. Vuorinen;R. D. Ward;M. Luczynski

  • Phylogeography and postglacial dispersal of arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in North America

    C. C. Wilson;P. D. N. Hebert;J. D. Reist;J. B. Dempson

  • First Records of Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and Pink Salmon (O. gorbuscha) from Banks Island and Other Records of Pacific Salmon in Northwest Territories, Canada

    John A. Babaluk;James D. Reist;James D. Johnson;Lionel Johnson

  • Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): a case study of the importance of understanding biodiversity and taxonomic issues in northern fishes

    James D. Reist;Michael Power;J. Brian Dempson

  • Implications of Climate Change for Northern Canada: Freshwater, Marine, and Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Terry D Prowse;Chris Furgal;Fred J Wrona;James D Reist

  • Climate Impacts on Arctic Freshwater Ecosystems and Fisheries: Background, Rationale and Approach of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)

    Frederick J. Wrona;Terry D. Prowse;James D. Reist;John E. Hobbie

  • General features of the arctic relevant to climate change in freshwater ecosystems.

    Terry D. Prowse;Frederick J. Wrona;James D. Reist;John E. Hobbie

  • Anadromy in Arctic populations of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush): otolith microchemistry, stable isotopes, and comparisons with Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

    Heidi K. SwansonH.K. Swanson;Heidi K. SwansonH.K. Swanson;Heidi K. SwansonH.K. Swanson;Karen A. KiddK.A. Kidd;Karen A. KiddK.A. Kidd;Karen A. KiddK.A. Kidd;John A. BabalukJ.A. Babaluk;John A. BabalukJ.A. Babaluk;John A. BabalukJ.A. Babaluk;Rick J. WastleR.J. Wastle;Rick J. WastleR.J. Wastle;Rick J. WastleR.J. Wastle

  • Evidence for Non-Anadromous Behaviour of Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) from Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, Based on Scanning Proton Microprobe Analysis of Otolith Strontium Distribution

    John A. Babaluk;Norman M. Halden;James D. Reist;Allan H. Kristofferson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Power
Michael Power University of Waterloo
Frederick J. Wrona
Frederick J. Wrona University of Calgary
Terry D. Prowse
Terry D. Prowse University of Victoria
Warwick F. Vincent
Warwick F. Vincent Université Laval
Wojciech Walkusz
Wojciech Walkusz Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Christine Michel
Christine Michel Fisheries and Oceans Canada
J. Brian Dempson
J. Brian Dempson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
John E. Hobbie
John E. Hobbie Marine Biological Laboratory
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Russell R. Hopcroft
Russell R. Hopcroft University of Alaska Fairbanks

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