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John D. Armstrong

John D. Armstrong

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
11195
World Ranking
2115
National Ranking
251

Overview

John D. Armstrong is affiliated with Marine Scotland in the United Kingdom and focuses on research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Parasitology, Organic Chemistry, and Immunology.

Armstrong's main research topics include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Bird parasitology and diseases, Parasites and Host Interactions, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, as well as Aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Notable recent papers by Armstrong include:

  • Metabolic Rate Interacts with Resource Availability to Determine Individual Variation in Microhabitat Use in the Wild, 2020, The American Naturalist
  • Salmon lice loads on Atlantic salmon smolts associated with reduced welfare and increased population mortalities, 2023, Aquaculture Environment Interactions
  • Nutrient limitation in Atlantic salmon rivers and streams: Causes, consequences, and management strategies, 2022, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Inshore and offshore marine migration pathways of Atlantic salmon post-smolts from multiple rivers in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, 2024, Journal of Fish Biology
  • High summer temperatures are associated with poorer performance of underyearling Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in upland streams, 2022, Journal of Fish Biology

Frequent coauthors working alongside Armstrong include SC Ives, Alexander G. Murray, Keith H. Nislow, Neil B. Metcalfe, and Meadhbh Moriarty.

Their publications have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Aquaculture Environment Interactions
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • The American Naturalist
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Best Publications

  • Habitat requirements of Atlantic salmon and brown trout in rivers and streams

    J.D Armstrong;P.S Kemp;P.S Kemp;G.J.A Kennedy;M Ladle

  • What causes intraspecific variation in resting metabolic rate and what are its ecological consequences

    T. Burton;S. S. Killen;J. D. Armstrong;N. B. Metcalfe

  • The natural control of salmon and trout populations in streams

    N.J. Milner;J.M. Elliott;J.D. Armstrong;R. Gardiner

  • Physiological effects of dominance hierarchies: laboratory artefacts or natural phenomena?

    K. A. Sloman;J. D. Armstrong

  • Sequence and topology of a model intracellular membrane protein, E1 glycoprotein, from a coronavirus

    John Armstrong;Heiner Niemann;Sjef Smeekens;Peter Rottier

  • Basin‐scale phenology and effects of climate variability on global timing of initial seaward migration of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Jaime Otero;Jan Henning L'Abée-Lund;Ted Castro-Santos;Kjell Leonardsson

  • Presence of shelter reduces maintenance metabolism of juvenile salmon

    K. J. Millidine;J. D. Armstrong;N. B. Metcalfe

  • Movements of adult Atlantic salmon in relation to a hydroelectric dam and fish ladder

    A. R. D. Gowans;J. D. Armstrong;I. G. Priede

  • Movements of Atlantic salmon migrating upstream through a fish‐pass complex in Scotland

    A. R. D. Gowans;A. R. D. Gowans;J. D. Armstrong;I. G. Priede;S. Mckelvey

  • Foraging behavior of abyssal grenadier fish: inferences from acoustic tagging and tracking in the North Pacific Ocean

    Imants George Priede;Kenneth L. Smith;John D. Armstrong

  • Spatial strategies of wild Atlantic salmon parr: Exploration and settlement in unfamiliar areas

    John D. Armstrong;Victoria A. Braithwaite;Felicity A. Huntingford

  • Juvenile salmon with high standard metabolic rates have higher energy costs but can process meals faster

    K.J. Millidine;J.D. Armstrong;N.B. Metcalfe

  • A flat‐bed passive integrated transponder antenna array for monitoring behaviour of Atlantic salmon parr and other fish

    J. D. Armstrong;V. A. Braithwaite;P. Rycroft

  • Growth rates of wild stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon correlate with activity and sex but not dominance

    Keith M. Martin-Smith;John D. Armstrong

  • Photographic and acoustic tracking observations of the behaviour of the grenadier Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus, the eel Synaphobranchus bathybius, and other abyssal demersal fish in the North Atlantic Ocean

    John D. Armstrong;Philip Michael Bagley;Imants George Priede

  • Kin-biased territory overlap and food sharing among Atlantic salmon juveniles

    Sian Wyn Griffiths;Sian Wyn Griffiths;John D. Armstrong

  • Functional and aggregative responses of harbour seals to changes in salmonid abundance.

    Stuart Middlemas;Timothy Roy Barton;J. D. Armstrong;Paul Michael Thompson

  • Direct measurements of metabolism, activity and feeding behaviour of pike, Esox Zucius L., in the wild, by the use of heart rate telemetry

    M. C. Lucas;I. G. Priede;J. D. Armstrong;A. N. Z. Gindy

  • The performance advantage of a high resting metabolic rate in juvenile salmon is habitat dependent

    Donald Reid;John D. Armstrong;Neil B. Metcalfe

  • Direct measurement of active dispersal of food-falls by deep-sea demersal fishes

    Imants George Priede;Philip Michael Bagley;John D. Armstrong;Kenneth L. Smith

  • Critical habitat during the transition from maternal provisioning in freshwater fish, with emphasis on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta)

    J. D. Armstrong;K. H. Nislow

  • Redistribution of juvenile salmonid fishes after localized catastrophic depletion

    J. D. Armstrong;P. E. Shackley;R. Gardiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil B. Metcalfe
Neil B. Metcalfe University of Glasgow
Keith H. Nislow
Keith H. Nislow US Forest Service
Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen
Anne E. Magurran
Anne E. Magurran University of St Andrews
Felicity A. Huntingford
Felicity A. Huntingford University of Glasgow
Martyn C. Lucas
Martyn C. Lucas Durham University
David Gilvear
David Gilvear Plymouth University
Victoria A. Braithwaite
Victoria A. Braithwaite Pennsylvania State University
Sigurd Einum
Sigurd Einum Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mia O. Hoogenboom
Mia O. Hoogenboom James Cook University

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