Wilkie Research Lab

Recent Publications
2026
Bellhouse, E. P., Xeni, J., Deng, Z. D., Wilkie, M. P., & Flávio, H. (2026). Implantation with a novel micro-acoustic tag impairs aerobic metabolism of postmetamorphic sea lamprey. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0333 Webpage
2025
Wilkie, M. P. (2025). How the resilient ecophysiology of the sea lamprey allowed them to invade the Laurentian Great Lakes and could protect them from climate change. Frontiers in Fish Science, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frish.2025.1591515 PDF
Nalesnik, A. M., Martin, E. L., Kovacs, I. S., Johnson, C. S., Carroll, E. I., Jubar, A., Hemstrom, W., Wilkie, M. P., Dunlop, E. S., Sepulveda, M. S., Johnson, N. S., & Christie, M. R. (2025). Larger larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) have longer survival times when exposed to the lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 51(5), 102620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2025.102620 PDF
Cooke, S. J., Baker, C. L., Hinderer, J. L. M., Siefkes, M., Barber, J. M., Steeves, T. B., Docker, M. F., Li, W., Wilkie, M. P., Jones, M. L., Robinson, K. F., Dunlop, E. S., Brant, C. O., Johnson, N. S., Mattes, W. P., Gaden, M., & Muir, A. M. (2025). Ten lessons for controlling invasive species: Wisdom from the long-standing sea lamprey control program on the Laurentian Great Lakes. BioScience, 75(11), 985–996. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf133 PDF
Ionescu, R. A., Mitrovic, D., Birceanu, O., McDonald, A. E., Wilson, J. M., Servos, M. R., & Wilkie, M. P. (2025). Rainbow trout rapidly recover from exposure to niclosamide: A piscicide and molluscicide used to control sea lamprey and snail populations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 294, 110199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2025.110199 PDF
D’Souza, L., Flávio, H., & Wilkie, M. P. (2025). The lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) stimulates oxygen consumption by larval sea lamprey in a dose-dependent manner. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 51(2), 102536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2025.102536 PDF
2024
Hume, J. B., Bennis, S., Bruning, T., Docker, M. F., Good, S., Lampman, R., Rinchard, J., Searcy, T., Wilkie, M. P., & Johnson, N. S. (2024). Evaluation of Larval Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus Growth in the Laboratory: Influence of Temperature and Diet. Aquaculture Research, 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5547340 PDF