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PUBLICATIONS
Submitted/In Review
Robertson, M.D. & Regular, P.M. Why focusing on environment-recruitment relationships made them harder to find. Fish & Fisheries.
Robertson, M.D., Cadigan, N.G., Eddy, T.D., & Eliason, E.J. Hungry like the fish: Evidence for and implications of starvation mortality on marine animal population dynamics. Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries.
Robertson, M.D., Embke, H.S., Lynch, A.J., Midway, S.R., and Paukert, C.P. Inland recreational fisheries harvest far exceeds reported inland harvest in the United States. Fisheries.
Published
Lynch, K.E., Koen-Alonso, M., Munro, H., & Robertson, M.D. Comparing capelin abundance estimates from predator diet data and an acoustic survey. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In Press.
Soares, M., Regular, P., Cadigan, N., & Robertson, M.D. Assessing ecosystem-scale synchrony in Atlantic cod body condition. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In Press.
West, H., Wudrick, A. Vajas, P., Robertson, M.D., Eddy, T.D. Harp seals have a greater impact than fisheries in the stalled cod recovery in Newfoundland & Labrador. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 772, 215-231. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14943
Duplisea, D.E., Eddy, T., Robertson, M.D., Ruiz-Díaz, R., Solberg, C.A., & Zhang, F. 2025. The ghosts of overfishing past that haunt the effectiveness of present day fisheries management and potential solutions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 82, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0216
Robertson, M.D., Cadigan, N.G., Nirmalkanna, K., & Wheeland, L. 2025. Impact of starvation-induced mortality on the collapse and lack of recovery of American plaice on the Newfoundland Grand Banks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 82, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0216
Wszola, L, Sievert, N.A., Lynch, A.L., Embke, H.S., Kaz, A.L., Robertson, M.D., Midway, S.R., & Paukert, C.P. 2024. Lake temperature and morphometry shape the thermal composition of recreational fishing catch. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 153(6), 746–762. https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10481
Robertson, M.D., Cadigan, N., Regular, P.M., Koen-Alonso, M., Bélanger, F., Cyr, F., Zhang, F., & Eddy, T. 2024.Testing models of increasing complexity to develop ecosystem-informed fisheries advice. Fish and Fisheries. 25(3), 491-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12820
Robertson, M.D., Midway, S.R., Embke, H.S., Kaz, A.L., Lang, M., Paukert, C., Sievert, N.A., Wszola, L., & Lynch, A.J. 2024. Estimating inland recreational fisheries catch and effort throughout the United States. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 31:e12650. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12650
Sievert, N.A., Lynch, A.J., Embke, H.S., Robertson, A., Lang, M., Kaz, A.L., Robertson, M.D., Midway, S.R., Wszola, L, & Paukert, C.P. 2023. CreelCat: A National Compilation of United States Inland Creel and Angler Survey Data. Scientific Data. 10 (762). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02523-2
Eddy, T.D., Duplisea, D., Robertson, M.D., Ruiz-Diaz, R., Solberg, C.A., & Zhang, F. 2023. Barriers to implementation of dynamic approaches in fisheries management. FACETS. 8, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2022-0216
Midway, S.R., Brum, J., & Robertson, M.D. Show and tell: Approaches for effective figures. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 8(2), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10288
Robertson, M.D., Regular, P.M., & Cadigan, N. 2022. Limited temporal variability in natural mortality for juvenile American plaice on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Science. 53, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v53.m738
Cadigan, N., Robertson, M.D., Nirmalkanna, K., & Zheng, N. 2022. The complex relationship between weight and length of cod off southern Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Fisheries Aquatic Sciences. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0325
Robertson, M.D., Koen-Alonso, M., Regular, P.M., Cadigan, N., & Zhang, F. Estimating prey dynamics using predator diet data: A case study for Northern sand lance (Ammodytes dubius) on the Grand Bank off Newfoundland. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(4), 880-893 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13795
Regular, P.M., Buren, A.D., Dwyer, K.S., Cadigan, N.G., Gregory, R.S., Koen-Alonso, M., Rideout, R. M., Robertson, G.J., Robertson, M.D., Stenson, G.B., Wheeland, L. J., & Zhang, F. Indexing starvation mortality to assess its role in the population regulation of northern cod. Fisheries Research, 247, 106180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106180
Midway, S.R., Robertson, M.D., Flinn, S., and Kaller, M.D. (2020). Comparing multiple comparisons: practical guidance for choosing the best multiple comparisons test. PeerJ. e10387. https://doi.org//10.7717/peerj.10387
Robertson, M.D., Gao, J., Regular, P.M., Morgan, M.J., & Zhang, F. (2021). Lagged recovery of fish spatial distributions following a cold-water perturbation. Scientific Reports. 11, 9513. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89066-x
Zheng, N., Robertson, M.D., Cadigan, N., Zhang, F., Morgan, M.J., & Wheeland, L. (2020). Spatiotemporal variation in maturation: A case study in American plaice
(Hippoglossoides platessoides) on the Grand Bank off Newfoundland. Canadian
Journal of Fisheries Aquatic Sciences, 77(10),1688-1699. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0017
McCormick, A., Robertson, M.D., Brasso, R, & S.R. Midway. (2020). Mercury concentrations in store-bought shrimp. Journal of Food Science & Nutrition, 8, 3731–3737. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.1659
Robertson, M.D. & Midway, S.R. (2019). Predicting coastal fishing community characteristics in Tanzania using local monitoring data. Journal of Environmental Management, 246, 514-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.082
Robertson, M.D., Midway, S.R., West, L., Tillya, H., & Rivera-Monroy, V.H. (2018) Fishery Characteristics in Two Districts of Coastal Tanzania. Ocean & Coastal Management: 163, 254-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.015
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