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Mark Poesch
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Latest papers
Population structure of Plains Sucker Pantosteus jordani (Evermann 1893) in Canada
PLoS ONE · 2026 · senior author
What Makes A Bank A Bank? Differences and Commonalities in Credit Calculation, Application, and Risks in Mitigation Banks Targeting Freshwater Fish Species and Associated Ecosystems.
Environmental management · 2024 · senior author
Mitigation bank applications for freshwater systems: Control mechanisms, project complexity, and caveats.
PloS one · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $237,970
Developing rapid response to emerging fisheries issues with citizen science, mobile apps and machine learning
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $8,000,000
Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $8,000,000
Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
12 publications.
Population structure of Plains Sucker Pantosteus jordani (Evermann 1893) in Canada
Linda Lait, Doug A. Watkinson, Abdullah A. Gharamah, Patrick C. Hanington, Mark S. Poesch
What Makes A Bank A Bank? Differences and Commonalities in Credit Calculation, Application, and Risks in Mitigation Banks Targeting Freshwater Fish Species and Associated Ecosystems.
Theis S, Poesch M
Mitigation bank applications for freshwater systems: Control mechanisms, project complexity, and caveats.
Theis S, Poesch M
Nearshore fish community changes along the Toronto waterfront in accordance with management and restoration goals: Insights from two decades of monitoring.
Theis S, Chreston A, Wallace A, Graham B, Coey B, Little D, Cartwright L, Poesch M, Portiss R, Ruppert J
Season and species influence stable isotope ratios between lethally and non-lethally sampled tissues in freshwater fish.
Roberts KN, Lund T, Hayden B, Poesch M
The Downstream Impacts of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous and Local Knowledge: Examples from the Peace-Athabasca, Mekong, and Amazon.
Baird IG, Silvano RAM, Parlee B, Poesch M, Maclean B, Napoleon A, Lepine M, Hallwass G
Correction to: The Downstream Impacts of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous and Local Knowledge: Examples from the Peace-Athabasca, Mekong, and Amazon.
Baird IG, Silvano RAM, Parlee B, Poesch M, Maclean B, Napoleon A, Lepine M, Hallwass G
Bioaccumulation of Tl in otoliths of Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) from the Athabasca River, upstream and downstream of bitumen mining and upgrading.
Shotyk W, Bicalho B, Cuss CW, Grant-Weaver I, Nagel A, Noernberg T, Poesch M, Sinnatamby NR
Spatial assessment of major and trace element concentrations from Lower Athabasca Region Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) otoliths.
Sinnatamby RN, Loewen TN, Luo Y, Pearson DG, Bicalho B, Grant-Weaver I, Cuss CW, Poesch M, Shotyk W
Selenium in surface waters of the lower Athabasca River watershed: Chemical speciation and implications for aquatic life.
Donner MW, Cuss CW, Poesch M, Sinnatamby RN, Shotyk W, Siddique T
Developing rapid response to emerging fisheries issues with citizen science, mobile apps and machine learning
Principal investigators: Lewis, Mark
Keywords: Angler's Atlas citizen science machine learning mobile apps Bayesian Belief Network data visualization angler pressure fisheries management
Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda
Keywords: Biodiversity Well-being Conservation Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Peoples
Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda
Ecological impacts of hydrologic alteration due to water extraction
Principal investigators: Poesch, Mark
Aquatic Conservation and Fisheries Management Research Laboratory
Principal investigators: Poesch, Mark
Keywords: freshwater biodiversity, aquatic ecology, endangered species, landscape change, modeling, biostatistics, fisheries management
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- William Shotyk and Chad Cuss: 56 shared papers
- William Shotyk and Mark Poesch: 4 shared papers
- Chad Cuss and Mark Poesch: 4 shared papers
- William Shotyk and Tariq Siddique: 3 shared papers
- Tariq Siddique and Chad Cuss: 2 shared papers
- Tariq Siddique and Mark Poesch: 2 shared papers
- Brenda Parlee and Mark Poesch: 2 shared papers
- Brian Hayden and Mark Poesch: 1 shared paper
- William Shotyk and David Pearson: 1 shared paper
- Patrick Hanington and Mark Poesch: 1 shared paper
- David Pearson and Chad Cuss: 1 shared paper
- David Pearson and Mark Poesch: 1 shared paper
- Keith Tierney and Mark Poesch: 1 shared paper
- Mark Poesch and Jonathan Ruppert: 1 shared paper
- Renewable Resources Dept
- School of Science and the Environment
- Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology
- Department of Archaeology
- Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- Centre for Urban Environments
- Biological Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
William Shotyk
Renewable Resources Dept
4 shared papers, latest 2019
Chad Cuss
School of Science and the Environment
4 shared papers, latest 2019
Brenda Parlee
Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Tariq Siddique
Renewable Resources Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Jonathan Ruppert
Centre for Urban Environments
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Jonathan Martin
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
David Pearson
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Keith Tierney
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Brian Hayden
Department of Archaeology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Patrick Hanington
School of Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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