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Margaret F. Docker

Margaret F. Docker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3381
World Ranking
8140
National Ranking
505

Overview

Margaret F. Docker is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Genetics, Aquatic Science, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily addresses topics related to Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate significant involvement in aquatic ecological studies and invasive species management. Notable papers include:

  • Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications in freshwater fisheries management and conservation in Canada: overview of current challenges and opportunities (2023), published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • A review of sea lamprey dispersal and population structure in the Great Lakes and the implications for control (2021), published in Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Genetic control of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes (2021), published in Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Contrasting physiological responses between invasive sea lamprey and non-target bluegill in response to acute lampricide exposure (2021), published in Aquatic Toxicology
  • Population structure in anadromous lampreys: Patterns and processes (2021), published in Journal of Great Lakes Research

The scholar has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Michael P. Wilkie, Colin J. Garroway, Phil Grayson, Ken M. Jeffries, and Michael Lawrence.

Margaret F. Docker's work has been published predominantly in the following academic venues:

  • Environmental Biology of Fishes (34 publications)
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (6 publications)
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (4 publications)
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Population genomics of Pacific lamprey: adaptive variation in a highly dispersive species.

    Jon E. Hess;Nathan R. Campbell;David A. Close;Margaret F. Docker

  • Molecular resolution of the family Dreissenidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with emphasis on Ponto-Caspian species, including first report of Mytilopsis leucophaeata in the Black Sea basin

    Thomas W. Therriault;Margaret F. Docker;Marina I. Orlova;Daniel D. Heath

  • Genetic comparison between sympatric anadromous steelhead and freshwater resident rainbow trout in British Columbia, Canada

    Margaret F. Docker;Daniel D. Heath

  • Conservation of Native Lampreys

    Peter S. Maitland;Claude B. Renaud;Bernardo R. Quintella;David A. Close

  • Similarities, Differences, and Unknowns in Biology and Management of Three Parasitic Lampreys of North America

    Benjamin J. Clemens;Thomas R. Binder;Margaret F. Docker;Mary L. Moser

  • Invasion genetics of a freshwater mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in eastern Europe: high gene flow and multiple introductions.

    T. W. Therriault;M. I. Orlova;M. F. Docker;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • Phylogeny of the lamprey genus Lampetra inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and ND3 gene sequences

    Margaret F Docker;John H Youson;Richard J Beamish;Robert H Devlin

  • Neither philopatric nor panmictic: microsatellite and mtDNA evidence suggests lack of natal homing but limits to dispersal in Pacific lamprey

    Erin K. Spice;Damon H. Goodman;Stewart B. Reid;Margaret F. Docker

  • Use of genotyping by sequencing data to develop a high‐throughput and multifunctional SNP panel for conservation applications in Pacific lamprey

    Jon E. Hess;Nathan R. Campbell;Margaret F. Docker;Cyndi Baker

  • Hybridization dynamics between sympatric species of trout: loss of reproductive isolation

    C. M. Bettles;M. F. Docker;B. Dufour;D. D. Heath

  • Lampreys : biology, conservation and control

    Margaret F. Docker

  • Mitochondrial DNA evidence for high levels of gene flow among populations of a widely distributed anadromous lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus (Petromyzontidae)

    D. H. Goodman;S. B. Reid;M. F. Docker;G. R. Haas

  • Sensitive and specific polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Loma salmonae (Microsporea)

    M. F. Docker;R. H. Devlin;J. Richard;J. Khattra

  • Redescription of the Presumed-Extinct Miller Lake Lamprey, Lampetra minima

    Christopher M. Lorion;Douglas F. Markle;Stewart B. Reid;Margaret F. Docker

  • Lampreys as Diverse Model Organisms in the Genomics Era

    David W. McCauley;Margaret F. Docker;Steve Whyard;Weiming Li

  • Erosion of interspecific reproductive barriers resulting from hatchery supplementation of rainbow trout sympatric with cutthroat trout

    Margaret F. Docker;Angie Dale;Daniel D. Heath

  • Contemporary gene flow between “paired” silver ( Ichthyomyzon unicuspis ) and northern brook ( I. fossor ) lampreys: implications for conservation

    Margaret F. Docker;Nicholas E. Mandrak;Daniel D. Heath

  • Age, growth, and sex ratio among populations of least brook lamprey,Lampetra aepyptera, larvae: an argument for environmental sex determination

    Margaret F. Docker;F. William H. Beamish

  • Conservation Challenges and Research Needs for Pacific Lamprey in the Columbia River Basin

    Benjamin J. Clemens;Richard J. Beamish;Kelly C. Coates;Margaret F. Docker

  • Introduction: A Surfeit of Lampreys

    Margaret F. Docker;John B. Hume;Benjamin J. Clemens

  • Recovery of a wild fish population from whole-lake additions of a synthetic estrogen.

    Paul J. Blanchfield;Karen A. Kidd;Margaret F. Docker;Vince P. Palace;Vince P. Palace

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel D. Heath
Daniel D. Heath University of Windsor
Robert H. Devlin
Robert H. Devlin Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ian C. Potter
Ian C. Potter Murdoch University
Shawn R. Narum
Shawn R. Narum University of Idaho
Daniel J. Isaak
Daniel J. Isaak US Forest Service
Mary L. Moser
Mary L. Moser Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Michael L. Kent
Michael L. Kent Oregon State University
Richard J. Beamish
Richard J. Beamish Fisheries and Oceans Canada
John H. Youson
John H. Youson University of Toronto
Carl B. Schreck
Carl B. Schreck Oregon State University

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