Richard James Beamish

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PhD Fisheries Biology University of British Columbia
Masters Marine Biology University of Victoria
Bachelors Biology University of Victoria

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Richard James Beamish's Published Works

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The Forgotten Requirement for Age Validation in Fisheries Biology (1983) (852)
Pacific salmon production trends in relation to climate (1993) (508)
Climate change and northern fish populations (1995) (486)
A critical size and period hypothesis to explain natural regulation of salmon abundance and the linkage to climate and climate change (2001) (452)
The regime concept and natural trends in the production of Pacific salmon (1999) (377)
Acidification of the La Cloche Mountain Lakes, Ontario, and Resulting Fish Mortalities (1972) (365)
Are multispecies models an improvement on single-species models for measuring fishing impacts on marine ecosystems? (2000) (303)
Ecosystems and Their Goods and Services (2001) (297)
Have there been recent changes in climate? Ask the fish (2000) (282)
Equation-free mechanistic ecosystem forecasting using empirical dynamic modeling (2015) (265)
Age determination methods for fishes studied by the Groundfish Program at the Pacific Biological Sta (1982) (258)
Projected impacts of climate change on marine fish and fisheries (2013) (238)
Evidence That Reduced Early Marine Growth is Associated with Lower Marine Survival of Coho Salmon (2004) (234)
General Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Fishes and Fish Populations (2006) (227)
Production of Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in relation to decadal-scale changes in the climate and the ocean (1997) (183)
Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models (2004) (180)
Acidification of lakes in Canada by acid precipitation and the resulting effects on fishes (1976) (180)
Climate and exceptional fish production off the West Coast of North America (1993) (160)
Adult Biology of the River Lamprey (Lampetra ayresi) and the Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentate) from the Pacific Coast of Canada (1980) (156)
An Overview of Effects of Climate Change on Selected Arctic Freshwater and Anadromous Fishes (2006) (144)
The ecology, distribution, and abundance of midwater fishes of the Subarctic Pacific gyres (1999) (140)
Differences in the Age of Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus) Using Whole Otoliths and Sections of Otoliths (1979) (133)
A framework for modelling fish and shellfish responses to future climate change (2009) (127)
New Information on the Longevity of Pacific Ocean Perch (Sebastes alutus) (1979) (124)
On the decline of Pacific salmon and speculative links to salmon farming in British Columbia (2000) (122)
Climatic Influence Linking Copepod Production with Strong Year-Classes in Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria (1992) (114)
Loss of fish populations from unexploited remote lakes in Ontario, Canada as a consequence of atmospheric fallout of acid (1974) (112)
Hatchery and wild production of Pacific salmon in relation to large-scale, natural shifts in the productivity of the marine environment (1997) (110)
The Future of Fisheries Science in North America (2009) (103)
Sexual Maturity, Fecundity, Spawning, and Early Life History of Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) off the Pacific Coast of Canada (1983) (98)
Ontogenetic Diet Shifts of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in Nearshore and Offshore Habitats of Puget Sound (2010) (91)
Sea lice on adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of Central British Columbia, Canada (2005) (90)
Selection of Dosages of Oxytetracycline for Age Validation Studies (1987) (89)
Preliminary Evaluation of a Method to Determine the Age of Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (1982) (86)
Comparison of Fin-Ray and Scale Age Determinations for Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and Their Implications for Estimates of Growth and Annual Survival (1980) (83)
Spiny Dogfish Predation on Chinook and Coho Salmon and the Potential Effects on Hatchery‐Produced Salmon (1992) (81)
Glossary for otolith studies (1995) (80)
Declines in chinook salmon catches in the Strait of Georgia in relation to shifts in the marine environment (1995) (80)
Regimes and the history of the major fisheries off Canada's west coast [review article] (2004) (79)
Statistical Models for the Analysis of Ageing Error (1992) (79)
Phylogeny of the lamprey genus Lampetra inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b and ND3 gene sequences (1999) (78)
Use of Fin‐Ray Sections to Age Walleye Pollock, Pacific Cod, and Albacore, and the Importance of this Method (1981) (75)
Age Determination in the White Sucker (1969) (73)
The Synchronous Failure of Juvenile Pacific Salmon and Herring Production in the Strait of Georgia in 2007 and the Poor Return of Sockeye Salmon to the Fraser River in 2009 (2012) (72)
Estimating the Abundance of Juvenile Coho Salmon in the Strait of Georgia by Means of Surface Trawls (2000) (71)
Isotopic composition of otoliths as a chemical tracer in population identification of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) (1999) (69)
Replacement of Wild Coho Salmon by Hatchery-Reared Coho Salmon in the Strait of Georgia over the past Three Decades (2003) (69)
Recent declines in the recreational catch of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Strait of Georgia are related to climate (1999) (68)
Lethal pH for the White Sucker Catostomus commersoni (Lacépède) (1972) (68)
Salmon Lice: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Parasite Abundance and Distribution (2011) (65)
Annulus Development on the Second Dorsal Spine of the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and Its Validity for Age Determination (1985) (65)
Extinction of a Population of Anadromous Parasitic Lamprey, Lampetra tridentata, Upstream of an Impassable Dam (1989) (63)
Abundance and Freshwater Migrations of the Anadromous Parasitic Lamprey, Lampetra tridentate, in a Tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia (1991) (63)
Population Dynamics of Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in British Columbia Waters (1979) (63)
Determination of Age and Growth of Populations of the White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Exhibiting a Wide Range in Size at Maturity (1973) (62)
Crystalline otoliths in teleosts: Comparisons between hatchery and wild coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Strait of Georgia (2004) (62)
Exceptional marine survival of pink salmon that entered the marine environment in 2003 suggests that farmed Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully in a marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada (2006) (61)
Changes in the Population Ecology of Hatchery and Wild Coho Salmon in the Strait of Georgia (2008) (61)
Reevaluation of the interpretation of annuli from otoliths of a long-lived fish, Anoplopoma fimbria (2000) (60)
The re-occurrence of sardines off British Columbia characterises the dynamic nature of regimes (2001) (59)
Early Marine Survival of Coho Salmon in the Strait of Georgia Declines to Very Low Levels (2010) (56)
Factors controlling the timing of the spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia estuary, British Columbia, Canada (1997) (54)
A Review of the Critical Size, Critical Period Hypothesis for Juvenile Pacific Salmon (2007) (54)
Precipitation Loading of Acid and Heavy Metals to a Small Acid Lake near Sudbury, Ontario (1977) (53)
The Importance of Size as an Isolating Mechanism in Lampreys (1992) (52)
Wild chinook salmon survive better than hatchery salmon in a period of poor production (2012) (51)
Importance of wind and river discharge in influencing nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton production in summer in the central Strait of Georgia (1997) (50)
Differences in otolith microstructure between hatchery-reared and wild Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (1995) (49)
Pacific salmon and Pacific herring mortalities in the Fraser River plume caused by river lamprey (Lampetra ayresi) (1995) (48)
Production of Nonviable Oocytes by Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus) (1980) (47)
Spring bloom in the central Strait of Georgia: interactions of river discharge, winds and grazing (1996) (47)
Evidence that Parasitic and Nonparasitic Life History Types are Produced by One Population of Lamprey (1987) (47)
Descriptions and Keys for Ammocoetes of Lampreys from British Columbia, Canada (1982) (45)
Evaluation of Endocrine Indices of Growth in Individual Postsmolt Coho Salmon (2004) (45)
The Fraser River plume: some preliminary observations on the distribution of juvenile salmon, herring, and their prey (1992) (44)
Age Determination of Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) Using Dorsal Fin Rays and Scales (1977) (43)
A Relationship between Fraser River Discharge and Interannual Production of Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) in the Strait of Georgia (1994) (43)
Migratory patterns of pelagic fishes and possible linkages between open ocean and coastal ecosystems off the Pacific coast of North America (2005) (43)
The Influence of Climate on the Stock and Recruitment of Pink and Sockeye Salmon from the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada (2004) (42)
Effects of a fluctuation in Fraser River discharge of primary production in the central Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada (1997) (42)
Entrainment of Nitrate in the Fraser River Estuary and its Biological Implications. II. Effects of Springvs.Neap Tides and River Discharge (1995) (42)
Anomalous Ocean Conditions May Explain the Recent Extreme Variability in Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Production (2012) (42)
Growth and Survival of White Suckers (Catostomus commersoni) in an Acidified Lake (1974) (41)
Entrainment of Nitrate in the Fraser River Estuary and its Biological Implications. I. Effects of the Salt Wedge (1995) (39)
Life History and Abundance of Young Adult Lampetra ayresi in the Fraser River and Their Possible Impact on Salmon and Herring Stocks in the Strait of Georgia (1987) (38)
Stable isotope variations in otoliths of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) and indications of the possible 1990 regime shift (2003) (38)
Improvement of Juvenile Pacific Salmon Production in a Regional Ecosystem after the 1998 Climatic Regime Shift (2004) (38)
Lampetra macrostoma, a New Species of Freshwater Parasitic Lamprey from the West Coast of Canada (1982) (38)
Resident and Dispersal Behavior of Adult Sablefish (Anaplopoma fimbria) in the Slope Waters off Canada's West Coast (1988) (38)
Heavy-Metal Contamination by Atmospheric Fallout of Several Flin Flon Area Lakes and the Relation to Fish Populations (1977) (37)
Conservation Challenges and Research Needs for Pacific Lamprey in the Columbia River Basin (2017) (37)
Effect of an External Tag on Growth of Sabiefish (Anoplopoma fimbria), and Consequences to Mortality and Age at Maturity (1990) (36)
Stock-Specific Migration Pathways of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in British Columbia Waters and in the Gulf of Alaska (2014) (36)
Incorporating the dynamics of marine systems into the stock assessment and management of sablefish (2001) (36)
First Evidence of Validity of the Fin-Ray Method of Age Determination for Marine Fishes (1983) (34)
A dynamic model describing ecosystem-level changes in the Strait of Georgia from 1960 to 2010 (2013) (34)
The Residence Time of Juvenile Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in the Strait of Georgia (2012) (34)
Recent colonization of a major salmon-producing lake in British Columbia by Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) (1984) (34)
A proposed life history strategy for the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis in the subarctic Pacific (2007) (33)
Entrainment of Nitrate in the Fraser River Estuary and its Biological Implications. III. Effects of Winds (1995) (32)
Comment on "Declining Wild Salmon Populations in Relation to Parasites from Farm Salmon" (2008) (32)
The Use of Acoustic Tags to Determine the Timing and Location of the Juvenile Coho Salmon Migration out of the Strait of Georgia, Canada (2009) (32)
Taking the Next Step in Fisheries Management (1999) (30)
A critical review of Pacific salmon marine research relating to climate (2009) (29)
Impacts of Climate and Climate Change on the Key Species in the Fisheries in the North Pacific (2008) (29)
A large, natural infection of sea lice on juvenile Pacific salmon in the Gulf Islands area of British Columbia, Canada. (2009) (28)
A Horizontally Resolving Physical–Biological Model of Nitrate Concentration and Primary Productivity in the Strait of Georgia (1993) (27)
Stock-Specific Size of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in British Columbia Waters and the Gulf of Alaska (2014) (27)
Freshwater ecosystems and fisheries (2005) (26)
Karyotypes and DNA values for members of the suborder Esocoidei (Osteichthyes: Salmoniformes) (1971) (25)
Use of otolith microstructure to study life history of juvenile chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia in 1995 and 1996 (2000) (25)
Freshwater Parasitic Lamprey on Vancouver Island and a Theory of the Evolution of the Freshwater Parasitic and Nonparasitic Life History Types (1985) (24)
A History of the Research on the Early Marine Life of Pacific Salmon Off Canada's Pacific Coast (2003) (24)
Comparison of the internal morphology of adults of a population of lampreys that contains a nonparasitic life-history type, Lampetra richardsoni, and a potentially parasitic form, L. richardsoni var. marifuga (1991) (24)
Synchrony of Marine Fish Catches and Climate and Ocean Regime Shifts in the North Pacific Ocean (2009) (23)
Stable isotopic composition of otoliths from tagged Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis (2003) (22)
Estuarine and marine diets of out-migrating Chinook Salmon smolts in relation to local zooplankton populations, including harmful blooms (2018) (22)
Nutritional Condition of the Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) Deprived of Food for Periods of Up to Two Years (1993) (20)
Lentic Spawning by the Pacific Lamprey, Lampetra tridentata (1987) (19)
Early Ocean Life History of Harrison River Sockeye Salmon and their Contribution to the Biodiversity of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada (2016) (18)
A Simple Fish Tag Suitable for Long-Term Marking Experiments (1972) (18)
Poor Survival of Acoustically-Tagged Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada (2015) (16)
Applying Ecosystem Management to Fisheries in the Strait of Georgia (1999) (16)
A comparison of endocrine pancreatic tissue in adults of four species of lampreys in British Columbia: a morphological and immunohistochemical study. (1988) (14)
Stock-Specific Size and Migration of Juvenile Coho Salmon in British Columbia and Southeast Alaska Waters (2016) (14)
Design of a Trapnet with Interchangeable Parts for the Capture of Large and Small Fishes from Varying Depths (1973) (14)
A Tag Suitable for Assessing Long-Term Movements of Spiny Dogfish and Preliminary Results from Use of This Tag (1986) (12)
Global Warming, Aquaculture, and Commercial Fisheries (2008) (10)
Cytotaxonomic Study of Gila Trout, Salmo gilae (1977) (10)
Forecasting climate impacts on future production of commercially exploited fish and shellfish (2008) (10)
Response of Recently Metamorphosed Anadromous Parasitic Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) to Confinement in Fresh Water (1988) (9)
Critical Habitat and the Conservation Ecology of the Freshwater Parasitic Lamprey, Lampetra macrostoma (2008) (9)
Examination of the possible effects of Sudbury nickel mining and smelting operations on fishes and the water chemistry of lakes within the White Fish Lake Indian Reserve (1975) (8)
What the past tells us about the future of Pacific salmon research (2017) (8)
Lepeophtheirus salmonis on salmonids in the northeast Pacific Ocean. (2011) (8)
Observations and Speculations on the Reasons for Recent Increases in Pink Salmon Production (2012) (8)
Late Ocean Entry Timing Provides Resilience to Populations of Chinook and Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River (2013) (7)
Applying the Krogh Principle to Find Shortcuts to Understanding Pacific Salmon Production (2016) (6)
Climate impacts on Pacific salmon : bibliography (2010) (6)
A Biochemical and Cytological Study of the Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) and Large and Dwarf Forms of the White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) (1971) (6)
Validity of the Subspecies Designation for the Dwarf White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni utawana) (1977) (6)
COMPARISON OF THE DIETS OF OCEAN AGE 0 HATCHERY AND WILD CHINOOK SALMON. (1999) (6)
Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (2010) (6)
The effects of climate on Pacific salmon-A Summary of published literature (2009) (5)
The Winter Infection of Sea Lice on Salmon in Farms in a Coastal Inlet in (2011) (5)
Density-Dependent Growth of Sockeye Salmon in the North Pacific Ocean (2007) (5)
The Use of Gill Pore Papillae in the Taxonomy of Lampreys (2010) (5)
Changes in the diet composition of juvenile sockeye salmon in the Strait of Georgia from the 1960s to the present (2010) (5)
Response to Dr. Neil Frazer's comment on “Sea lice on adult Pacific salmon in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada” by R.J. Beamish et al. (2005) (2007) (4)
Getting the Message Out (2007) (4)
On the Future of Fisheries Science (2009) (4)
Use of otolith microstructure to identify hatchery-reared and wild Pacific salmon (1994) (4)
A Climate Related Explanation for the Natural Control of Pacific Salmon Abundance in the First Marine Year (2002) (4)
Distribution and Monitoring of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in British Columbia, Canada - a contribution to the development of a Pink Salmon Watch (2003) (4)
Recent returns of Pink salmon to the Fraser River indicate the importance of relating stock to recruitment on a regime scale by (2002) (3)
The Future of Fisheries Science on Canada's West Coast Is Keeping up with the Changes (2009) (3)
Evidence of a linkage between fall-winter ocean conditions and the critical size hypothesis for a study of pink salmon in the central coast area of British Columbia (2006) (3)
Getting the Word Out in the Fight to Save the Earth (1995) (2)
The use of acoustic tags to monitor the movement and survival of juvenile chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia (2010) (2)
BASS WORKSHOP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE SUBARCTIC PACIFIC BASIN ECOSYSTEMS ( Co-convenors : (2002) (2)
Response of anadromous fish to climate change in the North Pacific (2020) (2)
Bill Ricker: A Man of Gifted Intellect, Insatiable Curiosity and Generous Spirit (2005) (2)
The Natural Regulation and Relevance of Wild and Hatchery Coho Salmon Production in the Strait of Georgia (2021) (2)
Beamish Beliefs , speculations and the sad history of dogfish management (2005) (2)
New information on resident areas of ocean age 0 Chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia (2018) (2)
Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel: ERRATA (2013) (1)
Sea lice counts on Adult Pacific salmon caught in the Central Coast of British Columbia using trawl and troll gear. (2004) (1)
A Proposal to Establish an International Year of the Salmon (2012) (1)
Evidence of the validity of the critical size and critical period hypothesis (2001) (1)
Comparison of juvenile salmon diets in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound 1997-2006 (2006) (1)
Memoir of the life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, civil engineer, vice- president of the Royal society, corresponding member of the Institute of France, &c .. (2007) (1)
Changes in Coastal Ecosystems in the NE Pacific Ocean (2004) (1)
Understanding the Mechanisums that Regulate Coho Salmon Abundance in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada (2018) (1)
Teaming up Internationally to Optimize Wild and Hatchery Pacific Salmon Production in a Future of Changing Ocean Ecosystems – the International Year of the Salmon ( IYS ) (2018) (1)
William Edwin Ricker OC, FRSC, LLD, DSc (2002) (1)
Workshop Synopsis (2012) (1)
Canadian Fisheries and Aquaculture: Prospects under a Changing Climate (2017) (1)
Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel: 1831–1843 (2013) (0)
15 Canada (2009) (0)
New Information about the Ocean Ecology of Sockeye Salmon and Relevance to Populations in the Fraser River, British Columbia (2022) (0)
W X Canada (2007) (0)
The Fraser River Is a Safe Refuge for a Major Predator of Pacific Salmon and Herring (2013) (0)
Chapter 1 On the Future of Fisheries Science (2008) (0)
TRANSACTIONS of the AMERICAN IISHERIE $ SOCIETY November 1983 (2004) (0)
Juvenile Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) and their interactions with ecosystem components in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (2017) (0)
Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel: 1821–1831 (2013) (0)
Impact of Acid Precipitation on Forest and Freshwater Ecosystems in Norway. Research Report 6/76. (1978) (0)
Ecosystem-based Management Should Include an Assessment of the Impacts of Pacific Salmon Escapements and Enhancement on the Juvenile Salmon that Rear in the Strait of Georgia (2003) (0)
Wild chinook salmon survive better than hatchery salmon in a period of poor production (2011) (0)
the Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, and (0)
Delayed high seas migration by chum salmon (1994) (0)
Changes in Coastal Ecosystem in the NE Ocean (2004) (0)
Highlights of PICES VI (1998) (0)
Relationship between early marine growth and returning adults of Fraser sockeye salmon (2018) (0)
I-1. International Year of the Salmon (IYS): Teaming up internationally to understand Pacific salmon production (2018) (0)