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  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Scott G. Hinch is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their academic work focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields of interest include Immunology and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research topics encompass areas such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, and Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations. Other notable areas of study include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota.

Their publication record features several recent papers including:

  • "Two-Eyed Seeing": An Indigenous framework to transform fisheries research and management, 2020, Fish and Fisheries
  • Knowledge co-production: A pathway to effective fisheries management, conservation, and governance, 2020, Fisheries
  • Learning from Indigenous knowledge holders on the state and future of wild Pacific salmon, 2022, FACETS
  • Exceptionally high mortality of adult female salmon: a large-scale pattern and a conservation concern, 2021, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Maxed Out: Optimizing Accuracy, Precision, and Power for Field Measures of Maximum Metabolic Rate in Fishes, 2020, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Scott G. Hinch regularly publishes in journals such as:

  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Conservation Physiology
  • North American Journal of Fisheries Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Steven J. Cooke, David A. Patterson, Erika J. Eliason, Arthur L. Bass, and Kristina M. Miller.

Scott G. Hinch was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020, recognized by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Biotelemetry: a mechanistic approach to ecology.

    Steven J. Cooke;Scott G. Hinch;Martin Wikelski;Russel D. Andrews

  • Differences in thermal tolerance among sockeye salmon populations.

    Erika J. Eliason;Timothy D. Clark;Merran J. Hague;Linda M. Hanson

  • The effect of temperature on swimming performance and oxygen consumption in adult sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and coho (O. kisutch) salmon stocks

    C. G. Lee;A. P. Farrell;A. Lotto;M. J. MacNutt

  • “Two‐Eyed Seeing”: An Indigenous framework to transform fisheries research and management

    Andrea J. Reid;Andrea J. Reid;Lauren E. Eckert;John‐Francis Lane;Nathan Young

  • Pacific salmon in hot water: applying aerobic scope models and biotelemetry to predict the success of spawning migrations.

    A. P. Farrell;S. G. Hinch;S. J. Cooke;DA Patterson

  • Effectiveness monitoring of fish passage facilities historical trends, geographic patterns and future directions

    David W Roscoe;Scott G Hinch

  • Infectious disease, shifting climates, and opportunistic predators: cumulative factors potentially impacting wild salmon declines.

    Kristina M. Miller;Kristina M. Miller;Amy Teffer;Strahan Tucker;Shaorong Li

  • Energetics and morphology of sockeye salmon: effects of upriver migratory distance and elevation

    Glenn Terrence Crossin;S. G. Hinch;A. P. Farrell;DA Higgs

  • Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption in adult sockeye ( Oncorhynchus nerka) and coho (O. kisutch) salmon following critical speed swimming

    C. G. Lee;A. P. Farrell;A. Lotto;S. G. Hinch

  • Swim speeds and energy use of upriver-migrating sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka): role of local environment and fish characteristics

    Scott G Hinch;Peter S Rand

  • Genomic Signatures Predict Migration and Spawning Failure in Wild Canadian Salmon

    Kristina M. Miller;Kristina M. Miller;Shaorong Li;Karia H. Kaukinen;Norma Ginther

  • Effects of River Discharge, Temperature, and Future Climates on Energetics and Mortality of Adult Migrating Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

    P. S. Rand;S. G. Hinch;J. Morrison;M. G. G. Foreman

  • Exposure to high temperature influences the behaviour, physiology, and survival of sockeye salmon during spawning migration

    Glenn Terrence Crossin;S. G. Hinch;S. J. Cooke;D. W. Welch

  • Effects of river temperature and climate warming on stock-specific survival of adult migrating Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

    Eduardo G. Martins;Scott G. Hinch;David A. Patterson;Merran J. Hague

  • Abnormal Migration Timing and High en route Mortality of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, British Columbia

    Steven J. Cooke;Scott G. Hinch;Anthony P. Farrell;Michael F. Lapointe

  • Taxonomic bias and international biodiversity conservation research

    Michael R. Donaldson;Michael R. Donaldson;Nicholas J. Burnett;Nicholas J. Burnett;Douglas C. Braun;Cory D. Suski

  • Behavioural Physiology of Fish Migrations: salmon as a model approach

    Scott G. Hinch;Steven J. Cooke;Michael C. Healey;A.P. (Tony) Farrell

  • Optimal swimming speeds and forward-assisted propulsion : energy-conserving behaviours of upriver-migrating adult salmon

    Scott G Hinch;Peter S Rand

  • The physiological consequences of catch‐and‐release angling: perspectives on experimental design, interpretation, extrapolation and relevance to stakeholders

    S. J. Cooke;M. R. Donaldson;C. M. O'connor;G. D. Raby

  • Improving the reliability of fishway attraction and passage efficiency estimates to inform fishway engineering, science, and practice

    Steven J. Cooke;Scott G. Hinch

  • Coupling non‐invasive physiological assessments with telemetry to understand inter‐individual variation in behaviour and survivorship of sockeye salmon: development and validation of a technique

    S. J. Cooke;Glenn Terrence Crossin;DA Patterson;K. K. English

  • Activity and energetics of free-swimming fish: insights from electromyogram telemetry

    Steven J Cooke;Eva B Thorstad;Scott G Hinch

  • Exceptional aerobic scope and cardiovascular performance of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) may underlie resilience in a warming climate

    Timothy D. Clark;Kenneth M. Jeffries;Scott G. Hinch;Anthony P. Farrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Cooke
Steven J. Cooke Carleton University
David A. Patterson
David A. Patterson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Anthony P. Farrell
Anthony P. Farrell University of British Columbia
Kristina M. Miller
Kristina M. Miller Fisheries and Oceans Canada
David W. Welch
David W. Welch University of Auckland
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Sara J. Iverson
Sara J. Iverson Dalhousie University
Cory D. Suski
Cory D. Suski University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John S. Richardson
John S. Richardson University of British Columbia
Paul Pavlidis
Paul Pavlidis University of British Columbia

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