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Richard A. Cunjak is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research mainly focuses on topics related to fish ecology and management studies, with significant contributions to the understanding of thermal habitats, aquatic ecosystems, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Within the broader field of Environmental Science, Richard A. Cunjak's work spans several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, and Aquatic Science. Their research intersects various complex environmental processes particularly relevant to aquatic and fish biology.

The frequent topics addressed in their work include:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Richard A. Cunjak has published research in a variety of journals and publication venues such as Fishes, Ecosphere, Food Webs, Freshwater Biology, and Northeastern Naturalist. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary and applied aspects of their research in aquatic ecosystems and conservation biology.

Notable recent publications include:

  • The Role of Cold-Water Thermal Refuges for Stream Salmonids in a Changing Climate-Experiences from Atlantic Canada, 2023, Fishes
  • Salmonid thermal habitat contraction in a hydrogeologically complex setting, 2021, Ecosphere
  • Functional and trophic diversity of tropical headwater stream communities inferred from carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen stable isotope ratios, 2020, Food Webs
  • High temperature events shape the broadscale distribution of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), 2023, Freshwater Biology
  • A rapid classification tool for deformities in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) embryos, 2022, Journal of Fish Biology

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Tommi Linnansaari, Antóin M. O'Sullivan, Emily Corey, R. Allen Curry, and David X. Soto. These collaborations indicate a network of researchers focused on environmental and ecological aspects of aquatic sciences.

Best Publications

  • Lipid corrections in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses: comparison of chemical extraction and modelling methods

    John M. Logan;Timothy D. Jardine;Timothy J. Miller;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Winter habitat of selected stream fishes and potential impacts from land-use activity

    Richard A. Cunjak

  • Winter Habitat Utilization by Stream Resident Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)

    Richard A. Cunjak;Geoffrey Power

  • Spatial niche variability for young Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (S. trutta) in heterogeneous streams

    J. Heggenes;J. L. Baglinière;R. A. Cunjak

  • Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in winter: "the season of parr discontent"?

    R A Cunjak;T D Prowse;D L Parrish

  • Field test of a new method for tracking small fishes in shallow rivers using passive integrated transponder (PIT) technology

    J.-M. Roussel;A. Haro;R.A. Cunjak

  • Behaviour and Microhabitat of Young Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) during Winter

    Richard A. Cunjak

  • Physiological Consequences of Overwintering in Streams: The Cost of Acclimitization?

    Richard A. Cunjak

  • The feeding and energetics of stream-resident trout in winter*

    R. A. Cunjak;G. Power

  • Using stable isotope analysis with telemetry or mark-recapture data to identify fish movement and foraging

    R.A. Cunjak;Jean-Marc Roussel;M.A. Gray;J.P. Dietrich

  • Density-dependent growth of young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick

    I. Imre;J. W. A. Grant;R. A. Cunjak

  • Dry mass–length relationships for benthic insects: a review with new data from Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick, Canada

    Thomas A. Johnston;Richard A. Cunjak

  • Preserving, augmenting, and creating cold-water thermal refugia in rivers: concepts derived from research on the Miramichi River, New Brunswick (Canada)

    Barret L. Kurylyk;Kerry T. B. MacQuarrie;Tommi Linnansaari;Richard A. Cunjak

  • Behaviour during elevated water temperatures: can physiology explain movement of juvenile Atlantic salmon to cool water?

    Cindy Breau;Richard A. Cunjak;Stephan J. Peake

  • Implications of territory size for the measurement and prediction of salmonid abundance in streams

    James W.A. Grant;Stefán Ó. Steingrímsson;Ernest Robert Keeley;R.A. Cunjak

  • Variation in stream water chemistry and hydrograph separation in a small drainage basin

    Daniel Caissie;Tom L. Pollock;Richard A. Cunjak

  • Temperature-related loss of smolt characteristics in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the wild

    Stephen D McCormick;Richard A Cunjak;Brian Dempson;Michael F O'Dea

  • Age‐specific aggregation of wild juvenile Atlantic salmon Salmo salar at cool water sources during high temperature events

    C. Breau;R. A. Cunjak;G. Bremset

  • The effects of environmental heat stress on heat-shock mRNA and protein expression in Miramichi Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr

    Susan G Lund;Daniel Caissie;Richard A Cunjak;Mathilakath M Vijayan

  • Inter‐stage survival of wild juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

    R. A. Cunjak;J. Therrien

  • Stable Isotope Variability in Tissues of Temperate Stream Fishes

    Timothy D. Jardine;Michelle A. Gray;Sherisse M. McWilliam;Richard A. Cunjak

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy D. Jardine
Timothy D. Jardine University of Saskatchewan
André St-Hilaire
André St-Hilaire Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
James W. A. Grant
James W. A. Grant Concordia University
Karen A. Kidd
Karen A. Kidd McMaster University
Benjamin H. Letcher
Benjamin H. Letcher United States Geological Survey
Kerry T.B. MacQuarrie
Kerry T.B. MacQuarrie University of New Brunswick
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich
Paul A. Arp
Paul A. Arp University of New Brunswick
Barret L. Kurylyk
Barret L. Kurylyk Dalhousie University

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