Recent Publications:


Curry, R.A., C. Brady, D.L.G. Noakes, and R.G. Danzmann. 1997. The use of small streams by young brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) spawned in lakes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 126:77-83

Curry, R.A. and K. Devito. 1996. Hydrogeology of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) spawning and incubation habitats: implications for forestry and land use development. Can. J. For. Res. 26:767-772

Curry, R.A. 1995. The importance of habitat to the fish ecologist. A solicited critique of Stream hydrology: an introduction for ecologists. Environ. Biol. Fishes 42:213-214.

Curry, R.A., D.L.G. Noakes, and G.E. Morgan. 1995. Groundwater and incubation habitats, embryo survival, and alevin emergence of brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52:1733-1740

Curry, R.A. and D.L.G. Noakes. 1995. Groundwater and spawning site selection by brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52:1741-1749

Noakes, D.L.G. and R.A. Curry. 1995. Lessons to be learned from attempts to restore Salvelinus species other than S. namaycush: A review of reproductive behaviour. J. Great Lakes Res. 21 (Suppl. 1):54-64

Curry, R.A., J. Gehrels, D.L.G. Noakes, and R. Swainson. 1994. Effects of streamflow regulation on brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, spawning and incubation habitats. Hydrobiologia 277:121-134

Curry, R.A., S. Allen, M.G. Fox, and G.E. Morgan. 1993. Growth and food of young-of-the-year brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, in lake and creek environments. Environ. Biol. Fishes 37:131-138.

 

Recent NBCFWRU Reports:


Hawkins, R. and R.A. Curry. 1998. Assessment of the Fish Community in the Grand Lake Meadows and the Potential Impacts of the Fredericton to Moncton Highway Project - Spring Habitats and Final Recommendations, Report #3. New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fisheries Report #98-3.

Hawkins, R. and R.A. Curry. 1998. Assessment of the Fish Community in the Grand Lake Meadows and the Potential Impacts of the Fredericton to Moncton Highway Project - Winter Habitats and Survival, Report #2. New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fisheries Report #98-2.

Barry, E. and R.A. Curry. 1998. Mercury Pathways and Trophic Interactions in New Brunswick Lakes - Final Report 1997. New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fisheries Report #98-1.

Hawkins, R. and R.A. Curry. 1997. Assessment of the Fish Community in the Grand Lake Meadows and the Potential Impacts of the Fredericton to Moncton Highway Project - Summer and Fall Habitats. New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fisheries Report #97-2.

Curry, R.A. and D. Sparks. 1997. The Kennebecasis River sea run brook trout study. Final Report and Integration into Phase II of the Fundy Model Forest. New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fisheries Report #97-1.

Hoggarth, C.T. and R.A. Curry. 1996. The Nepisiguit River Brook Trout Study. New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fisheries Report #96-1.

Recent Conference Presentations:


Barry, E. and R.A. Curry. Mercury pathways and trophic interactions in New Brunswick Lakes. Paper - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Edmonton, AB. January 1999.

MacNeill, S. and R.A. Curry. Juvenile brook trout abundance and habitat use in relation to sediment loads in PEI streams. Paper - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Edmonton, AB. January 1999.

Corrigan, S. and R.A. Curry. Fish communities and distribution in the inter-tidal zone of the Bay of Fundy. Poster - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Edmonton, AB. January 1999.

Corrigan, S. and R.A. Curry. Temporal use of rockweed by fishes in the Bay of Fundy. Paper-Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists, Rocky Harbor, NF. October 1998.

Barry, E. and R.A. Curry. Variations in mercury levels in fishes and the effect of lake type. Paper-Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists, Rocky Harbor, NF. October 1998.

Clarke, K.D., D.A. Scruton, J.H. McCarthy and R. A. Curry.  1998.  The Copper Lake Buffer Zone Study: A case study assessing the impacts of forest harvesting on salmonid populations and their habitat within a small headwater system.  38th Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists, St. John's, NF. October 1998.

Clarke, K.D., D.A. Scruton, J.H. McCarthy, L.J. Cole, and R.A. Curry. The ecology of brook charr existing as a single species assemblage in a small headwater system of Newfoundland, Canada. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Hartford, CT. August 1998.

Morris, C. and R.A. Curry. Biology of brown bullheads in a New Brunswick river. Atlantic Universities Undergraduate Biology Conference, Halifax, NS. March 1998.

Crabbe, S., F. Whoriskey, and R.A. Curry. Juvenile ecology of trout and salmon in the Ponoi River. Atlantic Universities Undergraduate Biology Conference, Halifax, NS. March 1998.

MacNeill, S. and R.A. Curry. Effects of landuse on early life history stages of brook trout on PEI. Paper -Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Kingston, ON. January 1998.

Rogers, S. and R.A. Curry. Using a genetic analyser to assess microsatellite loci for polymorphisms in brook trout. Poster - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Kingston, ON. January 1998.

Sparks, D. and R.A. Curry. Movements of brook trout in the Kennebecasis River, New Brunswick. Paper - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Kingston, ON. January 1998.

Curry, R.A., D. Scruton, and K. Clarke. Riparian buffer zones and percent catchment harvests: impacts on the incubation habitats of brook trout in Newfoundland. Paper - Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists, Alma, NB. October 1997.

MacNeill, S. and R.A. Curry. Impacts of sediment on brook trout on PEI. Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists, Alma, NB. Paper - October 1997.

Curry, R.A., D. Scruton, and K. Clarke. Effects of riparian buffer zones on the incubation habitats of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Paper - Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Monterey, CA. August 1997.

Chernoff, E., R.A. Curry, and F.W. Whoriskey. A quantitative comparison of life history characteristics between a tributary and main stem population of Atlantic salmon in central New Brunswick. Paper - Atlantic Universities Undergraduate Biology Conference, Turo, NS. March 1997.

Curry, R.A., C. Brady, D.L.G. Noakes, and R.G. Danzmann. The use of small streams by young brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) spawned in lakes. Paper - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, ON. January 1997.

Currie, S.L. and R.A. Curry. Seasonal habitats of young-of-the-year smallmouth bass: predicting winter survival rates. Paper - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, ON. January 1997.