Publications
Chen, C.Y., M.E. Borsuk, D.M. Bugge, T. Hollweg, P.H. Balcom, D.M.
Ward, J. Williams, R.P. Mason. 2014. Benthic and pelagic pathways of
methylmercury bioaccumulation in estuarine food webs of the northeast
United States. PLoS ONE 9(2):e89305.DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0089305
Dijkstra, J. A., K.L. Buckman, D.M. Ward, D.W. Evans, M. Dionne and C.Y. Chen. 2013. Experimental and Natural Warming Elevates Mercury Concentrations in Estuarine Fish. PLoS ONE 8(3):e58401.
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0058401
Ward, D. M., K.H. Nislow and C.L. Folt. 2012. Do Low-Mercury Terrestrial Resources Subsidize Low-Mercury Growth of Stream Fish? Differences between Species along a Productivity Gradient. PloS one 7(11):e49582.
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0049582
Ward, D. M., B. M. Mayes, S. Sturup, C. L. Folt, and C. Y. Chen. 2012. Assessing element-specific patterns of bioaccumulation across New England lakes. Science of the Total Environment 2012:230-237.
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.058
Brooks, R. T., S. L. Eggert, K. H. Nislow, R. K. Kolka, C. Y. Chen, and D. M. Ward. 2012. Preliminary Assessment of Mercury Accumulation in Massachusetts and Minnesota Seasonal Forest Pools. Wetlands.
DOI:10.1007/s13157-012-0298-4
Ward, D.M., K.H. Nislow, and C.L. Folt. 2011. Seasonal
shift in the effect of predators on juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) energetics. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68:(12) 2080-2089.
DOI:10.1139/f2011-123
Ward, D. M. and N.A. Hvidsten 2010. Predation: Compensation and Context Dependence, in Atlantic Salmon Ecology (eds Ø. Aas, S. Einum, A. Klemetsen and J. Skurdal), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327755.ch8
Ward, D.M., K.H. Nislow, C.Y. Chen, and C.L. Folt. 2010. Reduced trace
element concentrations in fast-growing juvenile Atlantic salmon in
natural streams. Environmental Science & Technology 44:3245-3251.
DOI:10.1021/es902639a
Ward, D.M, K.H. Nislow, and C.L. Folt. 2010.
Bioaccumulation syndrome: identifying factors that make some stream
food webs prone to methylmercury accumulation. Annals of the New
York Academy of Sciences 1195 The Year in Ecology and Conservation
Biology 2010: 62-83.
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05456.x
Ward, D.M., K.H. Nislow, C.Y. Chen, and C.L. Folt. 2010.
Rapid, efficient growth reduces mercury concentrations in
stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon. Transactions of the American
Fisheries Society 139:1-10.
DOI:10.1577/T09-032.1
Chen,
C.Y., M. Dionne, B.M. Mayes, D.M. Ward, S. Sturup, and B.
Jackson. 2009. Mercury bioavailability and bioaccumulation
in estuarine food webs in the Gulf of Maine. Environmental
Science & Technology 43:1804-1810.
DOI:10.1021/es8017122
Ward,
D.M., K.H. Nislow, and C.L. Folt. 2009. Increased
population density and suppressed prey biomass: relative impacts on
juvenile Atlantic salmon growth. Transactions of the American
Fisheries Society 138:135-143.
DOI: 10.1577/T08-128.1
Ward
D.M., K.H. Nislow, and C.L. Folt. 2008. Predators reverse the
direction of density dependence for juvenile salmon mortality.
Oecologia 156:515-522.
DOI:10.1007/s00442-008-1011-4
Ward, D.M., K.H. Nislow, and C.L. Folt. 2008. Do native species limit survival of reintroduced Atlantic salmon in historic rearing streams? Biological Conservation 141:146-152. DOI:0.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.006
Ward, D.M., K.H. Nislow, J.D. Armstrong, S. Einum, and C.L. Folt. 2007.
Is the shape of the density-growth relationship for stream salmonids evidence
for exploitative rather than interference competition? Journal of Animal
Ecology 76: 135-138.
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01169.x
DOI:10.1139/F06-010