Journal Articles & Major Project Reports
2025
- Griffin KR, Holbrook C, Zielinski D, Cahill C, Wagner CM. In Press. Not all who meander are lost: migrating sea lamprey follow river thalwegs to facilitate safe and efficient upstream passage. Journal of Experimental Biology. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.249539
- Haro A, Miehls S, Johnson NS, Wagner CM. In Press. Field and laboratory evaluation of visible light as a cue for guiding downstream migrant sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
- Luhring TM, Hume JB, Wagner CM. In Press. Predation risk creates unexpected migration decisions in a non-homing semelparous fish. Animal Behaviour. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.10.027
- Lewandowski SA, Robinson KF, Brenden TO, Booth R, Hrodey P, Hume JB, Pratt TC, Scott AM, Symbal M, Wagner CM, Johnson NS. 2024. Decision analysis of integrated pest management: A case study on invasive sea lamprey. Journal of Environmental Management , 373: 123666. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123666
- Feder ME, Wisenden BD, Luhring TM, Wagner CM. 2024. Speed kills? Migrating sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) increase speed when exposed to an antipredator cue but make worse short-term decisions. Journal Great Lakes Research, 50: 102398. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102398
- Clemens BJ, Wagner CM. 2024. Stream and river flows mediate adult lamprey spawning migrations: Considerations for management. River Research and Applications, 40: 1447-1468. DOI: 10.1002/rra.4322
- Flavio H, Wagner CM, Miehls S, Deng D, Pye J, Wilkie, M. 2024. Physiological and behavioural effects of tagging post-metamorphic sea lamprey with a microacoustic tag. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Haas TF, Brenden TO, Deng ZD, Wagner CM. 2023. Evaluation of survival estimates generated from tracking downstream migrating juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) with a miniature acoustic telemetry tag. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81: 403-416. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2023-0194
- Wagner CM, Bals JD, Byford GJ, Scott AM, Feder ME. 2023. Olfactory sensitivity and threat-sensitive responses to alarm cue in an invasive fish. Biological Invasions, 25: 3083–3101. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03092-6
- Haas TF, Castro-Santos T, Miehls SM, Deng ZD, Brunning TM, Wagner CM. 2023. Survival, healing, and swim performance of juvenile migratory sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) implanted with a new acoustic micro-transmitter designed for small eel-like fishes. Animal Biotelemetry, 11, Article number: 9. DOI: 10.1186/s40317-023-00318-1
- Wagner CM. 2023. NIFA Final Report: Developing novel strategies for the control of Great Lakes sea lamprey based on the manipulation of movements and decisions.
- Mensch EL, Dissanayake AA, Nair MG, Wagner CM. 2022. The effect of putrescine on space use and activity in sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Nature Scientific Reports. 12, 17400. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22143-x
- Mensch EL, Dissanayake AA, Nair MG, Wagner CM. 2022. Sea lamprey alarm cue comprises water- and chloroform-soluble components. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 48: 704-717. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-022-01384-0
- Wagner CM, Bals JD, Hanson ME, Scott AM. 2022. Attenuation and recovery of an avoidance response to a chemical antipredator cue in an invasive fish: implications for use as a repellent in conservation. Conservation Physiology, 10(1): coac019. DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coac019
- Wisenden BE, Taylor AA, Undem JD, Wagner CM. 2022. Moby-Bass: suction feeding by predators limits direct release of alarm cues in fishes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76: 33. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-022-03146-0
- Nair MG, Wagner CM, Dissanayake A, Mensch E. 2022. Bioassay directed isolation and characterization of a natural sea lamprey deterrent – Phase II. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Hume JB, Wagner CM, Docker MF, Dawson H, Dobiesz N. 2022. Reducing uncertainty in the sea lamprey operating model with life-stage specific empirical evidence: a methodological approach and model-based evaluation. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Dissanayake A, Wagner CM, Nair M. 2021. Evaluation of Health Benefits of Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Isolates Using In Vitro Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Assays. PLoS One, 16(11): e0259587. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259587
- Sabal MC, Boyce MS, Charpentier CL, Furey NB, Luhring TM, Martin HW, Melnychuk MC, Srygley RB, Wagner CM, Wirsing AJ, Ydenberg RC, Palkovacs EP. 2021. Predation Landscapes Influence Migratory Prey Ecology and Evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36:737-749. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.04.010
- Evans TM, Wagner CM, Haas TF, Miehls SM, Johnson NS, Moser MB, Dunlop E, Manzon R. 2021. Before the first meal: Sea lamprey life history after metamorphosis but before parasitic feeding and potential research directions. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: S580-S589. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.02.005
- Fissette S, Scott A, Wagner CM, Buchinger T, Johnson NS, Li W. 2021. Semiochemicals for use in sea lamprey control: review and prospectus. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: S660-S672. DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.02.008
- Wagner CM, Haas TF, Brenden T, Holbrook C, Deng D, Miehls S. 2021. Estimation of transformer out-migration mortality. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Haro A, Miehls S, Johnson NS, Wagner CM. 2020. Evaluation of visible light as a cue for guiding downstream migrant juvenile Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 149: 635-647. DOI: 10.1002/tafs.10261
- Hume JB, Lucas MC, Reinhardt U, Hrodey PJ, Wagner CM. 2020. Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) transit of a ramp equipped with studded substrate: Implications for fish passage and invasive species control. Ecological Engineering, 155: 105957. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105957
- Hume JB, Luhring TM, Wagner CM. 2020. Push, pull, or push-pull? A predation cue better guides migrating sea lamprey towards capture devices than a mating pheromone during the reproductive migration. Biological Invasions, 22: 2129–2142. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02242-4
- Johnson NS, Lewandoski S, Bethany JA, O’Connor L, Bravener G, Hrodey P, Huerta B, Barber J, Li W, Wagner CM, Siefkes MJ. 2020. Behavioral responses of sea lamprey to varying application rates of a synthesized pheromone in diverse trapping applications. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46: 233-249. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-020-01151-z
- Dissanayake A, Wagner CM, Nair MG. 2019. Nitrogenous compounds characterized in the deterrent skin extract of migratory adult sea lamprey from the Great Lakes region. PLOS ONE, 14(5): e0217417. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217417
- Johnson NS, Miehls SM, Haro A, Wagner CM. 2019. Push and pull of downstream moving juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) exposed to chemosensory and light cues. Conservation Physiology, 7(1): coz080. DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coz080
- Wagner CM, Hanson JE, Meckley TD, Johnson NS, Bals JD. 2018. A simple, cost-effective emitter for controlled release of fish pheromones: development, testing, and application to management of the invasive sea lamprey. PLOS ONE 13(6): e0197569. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197569
- Hume JB, Wagner CM. 2018. A death in the family: sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) avoidance of confamilial alarm cues diminishes with phylogenetic distance. Ecology and Evolution 8: 3751–3762. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3930
- Wagner CM. 2018. NIFA Umbrella Project Final Report: Developing useful management applications for the Great Lakes based on the application of sea lamprey pheromones.
- Nair M, Wagner CM, Dissanayake A. 2018. Project Completion Report: Bioassay-directed isolation and characterization of a natural sea lamprey deterrent. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Meckley TD, Gurarie E, Miller JR, Wagner CM. 2017. How do fishes find the shore? Evidence for orientation to bathymetry from the non-homing sea lamprey. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74: 2045-2058. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0412
- Hume JB, Wagner CM, Lucas M, Reinhardt U, Hrodey P. 2017. Project Completion Report: A proof-of-concept test of selective removal of sea lamprey via behavioral guidance in a model fishway. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Barnett M, Imre I, Wagner CM, DiRocco RT, Johnson NS, Brown GE. 2016. Evaluating potential artefacts of photo-reversal on behavioral studies with nocturnal invasive sea lamprey. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 94: 405-410. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2015-0254
- Byford GJ, Hume JB, Moser ML, Wagner CM. 2016. Do native Pacific lamprey and invasive sea lamprey share an alarm cue? Implications for use of a natural repellent to guide imperiled Pacific lamprey into fishways. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 35: 1090-1096. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2016.1198286
- Dawson HA, Jones ML, Irwin BJ, Johnson NS, Wagner CM, Szymanski M. 2016. Management strategy evaluation of a new control tactic to manage an invasive fish. Natural Resources Modeling, 29: 448-469. DOI: 10.1111/nrm.12096
- Dissanayake A, Wagner CM, Nair MG. 2016. Chemical characterization of lipophilic constituents in the skin of migratory adult sea lamprey from the Great Lakes region. PLoS ONE, 11(12): e0168609. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168609
- Gurarie E, Delgado M, Bracis C, Meckley TD, Kojola I, Wagner CM. 2016. What is the animal doing? Tools for exploring behavioural structure in animal movements. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85: 69–84. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12379
- Luhring TM, Meckley TD, Johnson NS, Siefkes MJ, Hume JB†, Wagner CM. 2016. A semelparous fish continues upstream migration when exposed to alarm cue but adjusts movement speed and timing. Animal Behaviour, 121: 41-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.08.007
- Wagner CM, Kierczynski K, Hume JB, Luhring TM. 2016. Exposure to an adult alarm cue suppresses downstream movement in larval sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus in the laboratory. Journal of Fish Biology, 89: 1897-1904. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13095
- Wagner CM, Luhring TM, Siefkes MJ, Johnson NS, Twohey MB, Miehls A. 2016. Project Completion Report: Implementing Trap-based Control of Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes. Project Final Report, US Environmental Protection Agency.
- Wagner CM, Byford GJ, Nair MG, Miller JR. 2016. Project Completion Report: Altering migratory routes of sea lamprey through push-pull application of semiochemicals. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Hume JB, Meckley TD, Johnson NS, Luhring TM, Siefkes MJ, Wagner CM. 2015. The application of an alarm cue in a push-pull configuration hastens arrival of invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) at a trapping location. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 72: 1799-1806. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0535
- Johnson NS, Siefkes MJ, Wagner CM, Bravener G, Steeves M, Twohey MB, Li W. 2015. Factors influencing capture of sea lamprey in traps baited with a synthesized pheromone component. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 913-923. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-015-0626-2
- Johnson NS, Tix JA, Hlina BL, Wagner CM, Siefkes MJ, Wang H, Li W. 2015. Sea lamprey sex pheromone mixture increases trap catch relative to a single synthesized component in specific environments. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 311-321. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-015-0561-2
- Meckley TD, Holbrook C, Wagner CM, Binder TR. 2014. An approach for filtering hyperbolically positioned underwater acoustic telemetry data with position precision estimates. Animal Biotelemetry, 2:7 (28 April 2014). DOI:10.1186/2050-3385-2-7
- Meckley TD, Wagner CM, Gurarie E. 2014. Coastal movements of migrating sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in response to a partial pheromone: implications for management of invasive populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 71(4): 533-544. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0487
- Wagner CM, Hume JB. 2014. Project Completion Report: A species-specific chemical barrier to vastly improve sea lamprey control. Project Final Report, US Environmental Protection Agency.
- Wagner CM, Stroud E. 2014. Project Completion Report: Development of a putrefaction-derived repellent for the sea lamprey. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Johnson NS, Siefkes MJ, Wagner CM, Dawson HA, Wang H, Steeves T, Twohey MB, Li W. 2013. A synthesized mating pheromone component increases adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) trap capture in management scenarios. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 70:1101-1108. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0080
- Wagner CM, Rice PH, Pease AP. 2013. First record of dicephalia in a bull shark foetus Carcharhinus leucas (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) from the Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. Journal of Fish Biology, 82: 1419–1422. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12064
- Wagner CM, Grossman GD. 2013. Input matching and patch use by native and invasive minnows. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 22: 55-65. DOI: 10.1111/eff.12001
- Johnson NS, Wagner CM, Siefkes MJ, Li W. 2013. Project Completion Report: Application of natural male mating pheromone at management scales to increase sea lamprey capture and compare effectiveness to 3kPZS. Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Hanson JE, Wagner CM. 2013. Project Completion Report: Development of a controlled-release polymer for deployment of the sea lamprey pheromone 3-keto-petromyzonol sulfate. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Wagner CM, Bergstedt RA, Li W, Twohey MB. 2013. Project Completion Report: A field investigation of the potential to control sea lamprey through pheromone-mediated redistribution of migrants in the Great Lakes. Project Final Report, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Bals JD, Wagner CM. 2012. Behavioral responses of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to a putative alarm cue derived from conspecific and heterospecific sources. Behaviour, 149: 901-923. DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003009
- Meckley TD, Wagner CM, Luehring MA. 2012. Field evaluation of larval odor and mixtures of synthesized pheromone components for attracting migrating sea lampreys in rivers. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38:1062–1069. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0159-x
- Wagner CM, Stroud EM, Meckley TD. 2011. A deathly odor suggests a new sustainable tool for controlling a costly invasive species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 68: 1157–1160. DOI: 10.1139/f2011-072
- Luehring MA, Wagner CM, Li W. 2011. The efficacy of two synthesized sea lamprey sex pheromone components as a trap lure when placed in direct competition with natural male odors. Biological Invasions, 13: 1589–1597. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9916-3
- Johnson NS, Wagner CM, Siefkes MJ, Li W. 2011. Project Completion Report: Deployment of a synthesized pheromone for lamprey control. Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Wagner CM, Thomas A, Li W, Twohey MB, Bergstedt RA, McDonald R. 2011. Project Completion Report: A full-scale field test of the efficacy of the male mating pheromone compound 3-keto-petromyzonal-sulfate in trapping-for-control scenarios. Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Grossman GD, Ratajczak RE, Farr MD, Wagner CM, Petty JT. 2010. Why Are There Fewer Fish Upstream? Pages 63-82 in Gido, K.B. and Jackson, D.A. (eds.) Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques. American Fisheries Society Symposium, volume 73. DOI: 10.47886/9781934874141.ch4
- Grossman GD, Ratajczak RE, Wagner CM, Petty JT. 2010. Dynamics and regulation of the southern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)in an Appalachian stream. Freshwater Biology 55: 1494-1508. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02361.x
- Wagner CM, Twohey MB, Fine JM. 2009. Conspecific cueing in the sea lamprey: do reproductive migrations consistently follow the most intense larval odor? Animal Behavior 78: 593–599. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.027
- Wagner CM, Meckley TD. 2009. Project Completion Report: Identifying the most effective mixtures for use of the sea lamprey migratory pheromone in trapping and redistribution management scenarios. Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Li W, Twohey MB, Jones M, Wagner CM. 2007. Research to guide use of pheromones to control sea lamprey. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33 (Special Issue 2):70–86. DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[70:RTGUOP]2.0.CO;2
- Wagner CM, Luehring MA. 2007. Project Completion Report: A field test of the potential for sea lamprey pheromones to promote trapping success in natural streams. Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
- Wagner CM, Jones ML, Twohey MB, Sorensen PW. 2006. A field test verifies that pheromones can be useful for sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in the Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 475-479. DOI: 10.1139/f06-008
- Wagner CM. 1999. Expression of the estuarine species minimum in littoral fish assemblages of the lower Chesapeake Bay tributaries. Estuaries 22: 304-312. DOI: 10.2307/1352986
- Wagner CM, Austin HM. 1999. Correspondence between environmental gradients and summer littoral fish assemblages in low salinity reaches of the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 177: 197-212. DOI: 10.3354/meps177197
- Austin HM, Seaver DM, Wagner CM. 1997. Monitoring juvenile recreational fishes on the ocean beaches and eastern shore of Virginia with special focus on developing a bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, Young-of-the-Year index in Virginia. Vir. Inst. Mar. Sci. 133 p.
Theses & Dissertations
- Mensch EL. 2022. Progress toward chemical identification of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)alarm cue. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University. 66 pp. DOI: 10.25335/3dmf-4z92
- Hanson ME. 2021. Making a repellent : overcoming physiological impediments to guiding migratory sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)with an alarm cue. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University. 61 pp. DOI: 10.25335/8gnq-ss29
- Haas TF. 2021. Effects of a novel micro-acoustic transmitter on survival, swim performance, and movement ecology of out-migrating juvenile sea lamprey in laboratory and field settings. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University. 68 pp. DOI: 10.25335/2akn-2078
- Byford GJ. 2016. Altering the migratory routes of sea lamprey through the application of semiochemicals. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University. 99 pp. DOI: 10.25335/vkvn-s133
- Meckley TD. 2015. The search behavior of sea lamprey during their non-homing reproductive migration in the Great Lakes. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University. 322 pp. DOI: 10.25335/5rqy-mv91
- Meckley TD. 2011. The influence of conspecific larval odor on the riverine and lacustrine migration of sea lamprey. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University. 120 pp. DOI: 10.25335/phcs-3793
- Luehring MA. 2007. Investigations of female preference for male sea lamphrey odors that differ in concentration and composition. M.S. Thesis, Michigan State University. 76 pp. DOI: 10.25335/hmqw-vw78
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