Published (or in press):
Blain, S. A.*, Schluter, D., Adams, C. E., Amundsen, P.-A., Knudsen, R., & Chavarie, L. (2023). Patterns and repeatability of multi-ecotype assemblages of sympatric salmonids. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–14. PDF, *Supervised student.
O. Hooker*, C.E. Adams, and L. Chavarie. 2022. Arctic charr phenotypic responses to abrupt generational scale temperature change: an insight into how cold-water fish could respond to extreme climatic events. Environ Biol Fish. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01363-0. PDF *Supervised Student.
M.J. Hansen, N.A. Nate, A.M. Muir, L. Chavarie, K.L. Howland, C.C. Krueger. 2022. Usefulness of otolith weight for estimating age‐based life‐history metrics of Lake Trout. North Am J Fish Manage. DOI:10.1002/nafm.10829. PDF
S. Blain*, L. Chavarie, D. Schluter. 2022. A test of frequency dependent selection in the evolution of a generalist phenotype. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8831. PDF *Supervised student.
C.E. Adams, L. Chavarie, J.R Rodger, H.M. Honkanen, D. Thambithurai, and M. Newton. 2022. An opinion piece: the evolutionary and ecological consequences of changing selection pressures on marine migration in Atlantic salmon. Fish Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15024. PDF
L. Chavarie, H.M. Honkanen, M. Newton, J.M. Lilly, H.R. Greetham, and C.E. Adams. 2022. The benefits of merging passive and active tracking approaches: new insights into riverine migration by salmonid smolts. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4045 PDF
C. Gallagher, R.J. Wastle, J.R. Marentette, L. Chavarie, and K.L. Howland. Age estimation comparison between whole and thin-sectioned otoliths and pelvic fin-ray sections of long-lived lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, from Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Polar Biology, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-021-02901-9 PDF
T. Ozersky et al. (2021). The Changing Face of Winter: Lessons and Questions from the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006247
L. Chavarie, S. Voelker, M.J. Hansen, C.C. Bronte, .M. Muir, and C.C. Krueger, C.C. 2020. Temporal instability of lake charr phenotypes: synchronicity of growth rates and morphology linked to environmental variables? Evolutionary Applications 14: 1159-1177. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L.N. Harris, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, and C.C. Krueger. 2020. Among-individual diet variation within a lake trout ecotype: lack of stability of niche use. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7158. PDF
L. Chavarie, J. Hoffman, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, C.C. Krueger, L.L. Loseto, and H. Swanson. 2020. Dietary vs non-dietary fatty acid profiles of lake trout morphs from Lake Superior and Great Bear Lake: Are fish what they eat? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 77: 1209-1220. PDF
M. Roesti, D. Anstett, B. Freeman, J. Lee-Yaw, L. Chavarie, J. Rolland, D. Schluter, and R. Holzman. 2020. Predation in the world's open oceans is higher at temperate than tropical latitudes. Nature Communications, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15335-4
M. Hansen, L. Chavarie, A.M. Muir, M. Zimmerman, K.L. Howland, and C.C. Krueger. 2019. Variation in the relationship between fork length and total length within and among populations across North America. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, DOI: 10.3996/102019-JFWM-096.
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L.N. Harris, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, W. Harford, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, and C.C. Krueger. 2019. Juvenile Lake Trout of Great Bear Lake: a habitat use paradox. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, DOI 10.1111/eff.12470. PDF
L. Chavarie, J.D. Reist, L. Hardwood, and M. Power. 2018. Influences of environmental variation on anadromous Arctic charr from the Hornaday River, NWT. Hydrobiologia, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3828-0. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L.N. Harris, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, W. Harford, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, and C.C. Krueger. 2018. Multiple axes of divergence from top to bottom: do Lake Trout diversify along a depth gradient in Great Bear Lake, NT? PLos one, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.019392, PDF
P.A. Cott, A.L. Amos, M.M. Guzzo, L. Chavarie, C.P. Goater, D.C.G. Muir, M.S. Evans. 2018. Can Traditional Methods of Selecting Food Accurately Assess Fish Condition? Arctic Science, DOI: 10.1139/as-2017-0052, PDF
L. Chavarie, W. Harford, K. Howland, A.M. Muir, C.C. Krueger, and W. Tonn. 2016. Multiple generalist morphs of Lake Trout: avoiding constraints on the evolution of intraspecific divergence? Ecology and Evolution, DOI - 10.1002/ece3.2506, PDF
L. Chavarie, A.M. Muir, M.S. Zimmerman S.M. Baillie, M.J. Hansen, N.A. Nate, D.L. Yule, T. Middel, P. Bentzen, and C.C. Krueger. 2016. Challenge to the model for lake charr evolution: Co-existence of shallow- and deep-water morphs in a small postglacial lake. Biological Journal of Linnean Biology Society, DOI: 10.1111/bij.12913, PDF.
M.S. Poesch, L. Chavarie, C. Chu, S.N. Pandit, and W. Tonn. 2016. Climate change impacts on freshwater fishes: A Canadian perspective. Fisheries, DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1180285 PDF
M.J. Hansen, N.A. Nate, L. Chavarie, A.M. Muir, M.S. Zimmerman, and C.C. Krueger. 2015. Life history differences between fat and lean lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) morphs in Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Hydrobiologia: DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2633-2. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, P. Venturelli, B. Kissinger, R. Tallman, and W. Tonn. 2015. Life-history variation among four shallow-water morphotypes of Lake Trout from Great Bear Lake, NT. Journal of Great Lakes Research: DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2015.07.006 PDF
J.M.E. Tondu, A.M. Balasubramaniam, L. Chavarie, N. Gantner, J.A. Knopp, J.F. Provencher, and P.B.Y. Wong. 2014. Working with Northern Communities to Build Collaborative Research Partnerships: Perspectives from Early Career Researchers. ARCTIC 67: 419-429. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, C. Gallagher, Tonn, W. 2014. Fatty acid signatures and stomach contents of four sympatric Lake Trout: assessment of trophic patterns among morphotypes in Great Bear Lake. Ecology of Freshwater Fish : DOI: 10.1111/eff.12195. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L. Harris, and W. Tonn. 2014. Polymorphism in Lake Trout in Great Bear Lake: intra-lake morphological diversification at two spatial scales. Biological Journal of Linnean Biology: DOI: 10.1111/bij.12398. PDF
L. Harris, L. Chavarie, R. Bajno, K. Howland, S. Wiley, W. Tonn, and E. Taylor. 2014. Evolution and origin of sympatric shallow-water morphotypes of Lake Trout, Salvelinus namaycush, in Canada’s Great Bear Lake. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.74. PDF
K. Howland, X. Zhu, D. Leonard, T. Carmichael, L. Chavarie, C. Gallagher, M.J. Janjua, C. Podemski, R. Tallman, W. Tonn. 2014. Understanding Fish Community dynamics and Environmental Associations in the Great Lakes of the Nortwest Territories, Canada. American Fisheries Society 144th Annual Meeting. Québec.
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, and W. Tonn. 2013. Sympatric Polymorphism in Lake Trout:The Coexistence of Multiple Shallow-Water Morphotypes in Great Bear Lake, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142: 814-823. PDF
L. Chavarie, B. Dempson, J. Schwarz, J.D. Reist, G. Power and M. Power. 2010. Latitudinal variation in growth among Arctic charr in eastern North America: evidence for countergradient variation? Hydrobiologia: DOI 10.1007/s10750-009-0043. PDF
M. Power, B. Dempson, B. Doidge, W. Michaud, L. Chavarie, J.D. Reist, M. Lewis, and A.E. Lewis. 2010, The IRIS 4 assessment of charr in a changing climate: how will charr like the tropics? ArcticNet 7th Annual Scientific Meeting. Ottawa.
Book:
L. Chavarie, C.E. Adams, H.K. Swanson, M.S. Ridgway, W.M. Tonn, and C.C. Wilson. 2021. Ecological Diversity. In "The Lake Charr Salvelinus namaycush: Biology, Ecology, Distribution, and Management", Springer. PDF
M. Vinson, L. Chavarie, C.L. Rosinski, H.K. Swanson, M. 2021. Trophy Ecology. In "The Lake Charr Salvelinus namaycush: Biology, Ecology, Distribution, and Management", Springer.
Tonn, W., Swanson, H., Paszkowski, C., Hanish, J., and Chavarie, L. 2013. Northern North America, in “Freshwater Fisheries Ecology", John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK.
M. Power, B. Dempson, B. Doidge, W. Michaud, L. Chavarie, J.D. Reist, and M. Lewis. 2012. Arctic charr in a changing climate: predicting possible impacts of climate change on a valued northern species. In book: Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: From science to policy. An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of climate change and modernization, Edition: In Allard, M. and Lemay, M (eds),Chapter: Arctic charr in a changing climate: predicting possible impacts of climate change on a valued northern species, pp.199-221. PDF
Peer-reviewed technical reports:
Howland, K., Gallagher, C., Boguski, D., Chavarie, L., Reist, J., Rosenburg, B., and Wiley, S. 2013. Variation in morphology, life history and ecology of cisco in Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2013/106. v + 40 p. PDF
Thesis:
L. Chavarie. 2014. The biology and ecology of polymorphic Lake Trout, Salvelinus namaycush, in Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories. PhD Thesis, University of Alberta. PDF
L. Chavarie. 2008. Changes in the biological characteristics of Canadian Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) populations in response to climate-induced environmental variation. MSc thesis, University of Waterloo. PDF
Blain, S. A.*, Schluter, D., Adams, C. E., Amundsen, P.-A., Knudsen, R., & Chavarie, L. (2023). Patterns and repeatability of multi-ecotype assemblages of sympatric salmonids. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–14. PDF, *Supervised student.
O. Hooker*, C.E. Adams, and L. Chavarie. 2022. Arctic charr phenotypic responses to abrupt generational scale temperature change: an insight into how cold-water fish could respond to extreme climatic events. Environ Biol Fish. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-022-01363-0. PDF *Supervised Student.
M.J. Hansen, N.A. Nate, A.M. Muir, L. Chavarie, K.L. Howland, C.C. Krueger. 2022. Usefulness of otolith weight for estimating age‐based life‐history metrics of Lake Trout. North Am J Fish Manage. DOI:10.1002/nafm.10829. PDF
S. Blain*, L. Chavarie, D. Schluter. 2022. A test of frequency dependent selection in the evolution of a generalist phenotype. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8831. PDF *Supervised student.
C.E. Adams, L. Chavarie, J.R Rodger, H.M. Honkanen, D. Thambithurai, and M. Newton. 2022. An opinion piece: the evolutionary and ecological consequences of changing selection pressures on marine migration in Atlantic salmon. Fish Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15024. PDF
L. Chavarie, H.M. Honkanen, M. Newton, J.M. Lilly, H.R. Greetham, and C.E. Adams. 2022. The benefits of merging passive and active tracking approaches: new insights into riverine migration by salmonid smolts. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4045 PDF
C. Gallagher, R.J. Wastle, J.R. Marentette, L. Chavarie, and K.L. Howland. Age estimation comparison between whole and thin-sectioned otoliths and pelvic fin-ray sections of long-lived lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, from Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Polar Biology, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-021-02901-9 PDF
T. Ozersky et al. (2021). The Changing Face of Winter: Lessons and Questions from the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006247
L. Chavarie, S. Voelker, M.J. Hansen, C.C. Bronte, .M. Muir, and C.C. Krueger, C.C. 2020. Temporal instability of lake charr phenotypes: synchronicity of growth rates and morphology linked to environmental variables? Evolutionary Applications 14: 1159-1177. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L.N. Harris, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, and C.C. Krueger. 2020. Among-individual diet variation within a lake trout ecotype: lack of stability of niche use. Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7158. PDF
L. Chavarie, J. Hoffman, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, C.C. Krueger, L.L. Loseto, and H. Swanson. 2020. Dietary vs non-dietary fatty acid profiles of lake trout morphs from Lake Superior and Great Bear Lake: Are fish what they eat? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 77: 1209-1220. PDF
M. Roesti, D. Anstett, B. Freeman, J. Lee-Yaw, L. Chavarie, J. Rolland, D. Schluter, and R. Holzman. 2020. Predation in the world's open oceans is higher at temperate than tropical latitudes. Nature Communications, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15335-4
M. Hansen, L. Chavarie, A.M. Muir, M. Zimmerman, K.L. Howland, and C.C. Krueger. 2019. Variation in the relationship between fork length and total length within and among populations across North America. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, DOI: 10.3996/102019-JFWM-096.
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L.N. Harris, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, W. Harford, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, and C.C. Krueger. 2019. Juvenile Lake Trout of Great Bear Lake: a habitat use paradox. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, DOI 10.1111/eff.12470. PDF
L. Chavarie, J.D. Reist, L. Hardwood, and M. Power. 2018. Influences of environmental variation on anadromous Arctic charr from the Hornaday River, NWT. Hydrobiologia, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3828-0. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L.N. Harris, C. Gallagher, M.J. Hansen, W. Harford, A.M. Muir, W. Tonn, and C.C. Krueger. 2018. Multiple axes of divergence from top to bottom: do Lake Trout diversify along a depth gradient in Great Bear Lake, NT? PLos one, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.019392, PDF
P.A. Cott, A.L. Amos, M.M. Guzzo, L. Chavarie, C.P. Goater, D.C.G. Muir, M.S. Evans. 2018. Can Traditional Methods of Selecting Food Accurately Assess Fish Condition? Arctic Science, DOI: 10.1139/as-2017-0052, PDF
L. Chavarie, W. Harford, K. Howland, A.M. Muir, C.C. Krueger, and W. Tonn. 2016. Multiple generalist morphs of Lake Trout: avoiding constraints on the evolution of intraspecific divergence? Ecology and Evolution, DOI - 10.1002/ece3.2506, PDF
L. Chavarie, A.M. Muir, M.S. Zimmerman S.M. Baillie, M.J. Hansen, N.A. Nate, D.L. Yule, T. Middel, P. Bentzen, and C.C. Krueger. 2016. Challenge to the model for lake charr evolution: Co-existence of shallow- and deep-water morphs in a small postglacial lake. Biological Journal of Linnean Biology Society, DOI: 10.1111/bij.12913, PDF.
M.S. Poesch, L. Chavarie, C. Chu, S.N. Pandit, and W. Tonn. 2016. Climate change impacts on freshwater fishes: A Canadian perspective. Fisheries, DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2016.1180285 PDF
M.J. Hansen, N.A. Nate, L. Chavarie, A.M. Muir, M.S. Zimmerman, and C.C. Krueger. 2015. Life history differences between fat and lean lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) morphs in Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Hydrobiologia: DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2633-2. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, P. Venturelli, B. Kissinger, R. Tallman, and W. Tonn. 2015. Life-history variation among four shallow-water morphotypes of Lake Trout from Great Bear Lake, NT. Journal of Great Lakes Research: DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2015.07.006 PDF
J.M.E. Tondu, A.M. Balasubramaniam, L. Chavarie, N. Gantner, J.A. Knopp, J.F. Provencher, and P.B.Y. Wong. 2014. Working with Northern Communities to Build Collaborative Research Partnerships: Perspectives from Early Career Researchers. ARCTIC 67: 419-429. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, C. Gallagher, Tonn, W. 2014. Fatty acid signatures and stomach contents of four sympatric Lake Trout: assessment of trophic patterns among morphotypes in Great Bear Lake. Ecology of Freshwater Fish : DOI: 10.1111/eff.12195. PDF
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, L. Harris, and W. Tonn. 2014. Polymorphism in Lake Trout in Great Bear Lake: intra-lake morphological diversification at two spatial scales. Biological Journal of Linnean Biology: DOI: 10.1111/bij.12398. PDF
L. Harris, L. Chavarie, R. Bajno, K. Howland, S. Wiley, W. Tonn, and E. Taylor. 2014. Evolution and origin of sympatric shallow-water morphotypes of Lake Trout, Salvelinus namaycush, in Canada’s Great Bear Lake. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.74. PDF
K. Howland, X. Zhu, D. Leonard, T. Carmichael, L. Chavarie, C. Gallagher, M.J. Janjua, C. Podemski, R. Tallman, W. Tonn. 2014. Understanding Fish Community dynamics and Environmental Associations in the Great Lakes of the Nortwest Territories, Canada. American Fisheries Society 144th Annual Meeting. Québec.
L. Chavarie, K. Howland, and W. Tonn. 2013. Sympatric Polymorphism in Lake Trout:The Coexistence of Multiple Shallow-Water Morphotypes in Great Bear Lake, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142: 814-823. PDF
L. Chavarie, B. Dempson, J. Schwarz, J.D. Reist, G. Power and M. Power. 2010. Latitudinal variation in growth among Arctic charr in eastern North America: evidence for countergradient variation? Hydrobiologia: DOI 10.1007/s10750-009-0043. PDF
M. Power, B. Dempson, B. Doidge, W. Michaud, L. Chavarie, J.D. Reist, M. Lewis, and A.E. Lewis. 2010, The IRIS 4 assessment of charr in a changing climate: how will charr like the tropics? ArcticNet 7th Annual Scientific Meeting. Ottawa.
Book:
L. Chavarie, C.E. Adams, H.K. Swanson, M.S. Ridgway, W.M. Tonn, and C.C. Wilson. 2021. Ecological Diversity. In "The Lake Charr Salvelinus namaycush: Biology, Ecology, Distribution, and Management", Springer. PDF
M. Vinson, L. Chavarie, C.L. Rosinski, H.K. Swanson, M. 2021. Trophy Ecology. In "The Lake Charr Salvelinus namaycush: Biology, Ecology, Distribution, and Management", Springer.
Tonn, W., Swanson, H., Paszkowski, C., Hanish, J., and Chavarie, L. 2013. Northern North America, in “Freshwater Fisheries Ecology", John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK.
M. Power, B. Dempson, B. Doidge, W. Michaud, L. Chavarie, J.D. Reist, and M. Lewis. 2012. Arctic charr in a changing climate: predicting possible impacts of climate change on a valued northern species. In book: Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: From science to policy. An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of climate change and modernization, Edition: In Allard, M. and Lemay, M (eds),Chapter: Arctic charr in a changing climate: predicting possible impacts of climate change on a valued northern species, pp.199-221. PDF
Peer-reviewed technical reports:
Howland, K., Gallagher, C., Boguski, D., Chavarie, L., Reist, J., Rosenburg, B., and Wiley, S. 2013. Variation in morphology, life history and ecology of cisco in Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2013/106. v + 40 p. PDF
Thesis:
L. Chavarie. 2014. The biology and ecology of polymorphic Lake Trout, Salvelinus namaycush, in Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories. PhD Thesis, University of Alberta. PDF
L. Chavarie. 2008. Changes in the biological characteristics of Canadian Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) populations in response to climate-induced environmental variation. MSc thesis, University of Waterloo. PDF