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​
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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
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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
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​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
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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
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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
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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