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Boisclair, D. NSERC HydroNet, a national research network for the sustainable development of hydropower in Canada: from projects to findings. ADM Guest Lecturer. Ottawa, Ontario. March 2013. Invited speaker.

Boisclair, D., S.J. Cooke, R. McLaughlin, and G. Guénard. 2013. A framework to assess the consequences of the fragmentation of aquatic ecosystems on fisheries productivity. Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. Biophysical Coupling Workshop. Invited speaker. Huron, Ohio. August 2013.

Boisclair, D., S.J. Cooke, R. McLaughlin, and G. Guénard. Multistate Markov Models as tools to assess the effects of hydropower developments on fisheries productivity. AARMS-CRM Workshop on sustainability of aquatic ecosystem networks. Fredericton, New Brunswick. October 2013.

Bourque, G., N. Satre, and D. Boisclair. Preliminary results of the mesoscale modeling of the metrics of fish production in the littoral zone of reservoirs. Meeting of the Project Committee of HydroNet's Reservoir Project in Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba. January 2013.

Brush, J.M., K.D. Clarke, K.E. Smokorowski, J. Marty and M. Power. Fish diet composition and resource use under different operating regimes in regulated rivers of Ontario and Newfoundland. 66th Meeting of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Windsor, Ontario. January 2013.

Cooke, S.J. Improving estimates of fishway biological effectiveness. Plenary Presentation, 2nd Conference on Fish Passage Biology and Engineering, Corvallis, Oregon.  June 2013.

Gutowsky, L.F.G., P.M. Harrison, E.G. Martins, D.A. Patterson, A. Leake, M. Power, and S.J. Cooke. Diel vertical migration hypotheses predict size-dependent behaviour in a freshwater piscivore. 2nd International Conference on Fish Telemetry. Grahamstown, SA. July 2013.

Gutowsky, L.F.G., P.M. Harrison, E.G. Martins, A. Leake, D.A. Patterson, M. Power and S.J. Cooke. Size-dependent diel and seasonal patterns of depth and vertical movement in a freshwater piscivore. 66th Meeting of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Windsor, Ontario. January 2013.

Harrison, P.M., L.F.G. Gutowsky, E.G. Martins, D. Patterson, A. Leake, S.J. Cooke, and M. Power. Spatial behaviour of Bull Trout and Burbot in Kinbasket Reservoir. BC Hydro Mica Revelstoke Entrainment Meeting. Revelstoke, British Columbia. March 2013.

Harvey-Lavoie, S., and D. Boisclair. Habituation and white muscle anaerobic capacity of fish experiencing daily flow fluctuations. 66th Meeting of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Windsor, Ontario. January 2013.

Kelly, B., K.E. Smokorowski, and M. Power. 2013. Comparisons of patterns in fish growth between a regulated and a natural river. Water Institute Research Symposium, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. May 2013.

Kelly, B., K.E. Smokorowski, and M. Power. 2013. Fish condition, growth rates and thermal habitat use between a regulated and unregulated pair of boreal rivers. Invited Seminar. University of Bergen, Marine Research Institute. October 2013.

Kelly, B., K.E. Smokorowski, and M. Power. 2013. Comparisons of patterns in fish growth between a regulated and a natural river. Graduate Research Conference, University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario. April 2013.

Langford, M., C. Robertson, D.Z. Zhu, and A. Leake. The use of CFD to simulate intake hydraulics for assessment of fish entrainment risk at Mica Dam, BC, Canada. Proc. of 21st Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference. Banff, Alberta. May 2013.

Maheu, A., A. St-Hilaire, L. Beaupré, A. Daigle, and D. Caissie. Impact des barrages sur le régime thermique de la rivière Fourchue. Colloque du CIRSA, Québec. May 2013. p. 10.

Martins, E.G., L.F.G. Gutowsky, P.M. Harrison, M. Langford, D.A. Patterson, D.Z. Zhu, M. Power, and S.J. Cooke. Entrainment vulnerability of bull trout and burbot at Mica Dam. Mica-Revelstoke Fish Entrainment Strategy Detailed Assessment Phase Workshop. Revelstoke, British Columbia. March 2013.

Martins, E.G. Modeling fish movements and visualizing their behaviour in a highly dynamic environment. OTN Canada Third Symposium. Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 2013.

Muirhead, J., A. Smith, B. Annable, M. Power, and K.E. Smokorowski. Hydraulic implications of hydroelectric dam discharge practices on critical fish spawning habitat in the Rainy River, Ontario. 66th Meeting of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR). Windsor, Ontario. January 2013.

Nafziger, J, F. Hicks, P. Thoms, V. McFarlane, J. Banack, and R. Cunjak. 2013. Supercooling prevalence on small regulated and unregulated streams in New Brunswick and Newfoundland, Canada. 17th CGU-HS CRIPE Workshop on River Ice. Edmonton, Alberta.

Satre, N., G. Bourque, and D. Boisclair. Context and methodological challenges on the mesoscale modeling of the metrics of fish production in the littoral zone of reservoirs. Meeting of the Project Committee of HydroNet's Reservoir Project in Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 2013.

Senay, C., and D. Boisclair. A classification of river habitat types across Canada. 66th Meeting of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Windsor, Ontario. January 2013.

Smith, A., J. Muirhead, M. Power, B. Annable, K.E. Smokorowski, and J. Marty.  Characterization of food web structure in the Rainy River, Ontario under regulated discharge practices. 66th Meeting of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR). Windsor, Ontario. January 2013.

Thiem, J.D. Field and laboratory approaches to addressing barriers to fish migration. Inland Fisheries Centre, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Narrandera NSW, Australia. February 2013. Invited presentation.

Thiem, J.D., T.R. Binder, P. Dumont, D. Hatin, J.W. Dawson, C. Katopodis, D.Z. Zhu, and S.J. Cooke.  Behaviour and passage success of upriver-migrating lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in a vertical slot fishway on the Richelieu River, Quebec, Canada. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Atherton QLD, Australia. February 2013. Invited presentation.

Wheeland, L., and R. Pollom. Hydroacoustic assessments of lakes and reservoirs: avoidance, densities and size spectra. Fisheries Ecosystems Seminar Series, Marine Institute. St. John's Newfoundland. April 2013. (Invited speaker).

Wheeland, L. Acoustic size spectra: Assessing differences among fish habitats in a hydropower reservoir. 66th Meeting of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Windsor, Ontario. January 2013.