Christina Bourne

Stock assessment biologist with the Pelagic Fish Section, DFO Newfoundland and Labrador Region. Specalizing in Atlantic herring and capelin.
Key publications
Bourne, C., Mowbray, F., Squires, B., and Koen-Alonso, M. (2018) 2017 Assessment of Newfoundland east and south coast Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) stock complexes. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. (2018/026)
Wilson, C.J., Murphy, H.M., Bourne, C., Pepin, P., and Robert, D. (2018) Feeding ecology of autumn-spawned Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Is recruitment linked to main prey availability? J. Plankton Res. 00(00):1-14. doi.10.1093/plankt/fby003
Lamichhaney, S., Fuentes-Pardo, A.P., Rafati, N., Ryman, N., McCraken, G.R., Bourne, C., Singh, R., Ruzzante, D.E., and Andersson, L. (2017) Parallel adaptive evolution of geographically distant herring populations on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1617728114
Bourne, C, Mowbray, F, Squires, B, Croft,C. (2015) An assessment of Newfoundland east and south coast herring stocks to the spring of 2014. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. (2015/055)
Bourne, C, Mowbray, F, Squires, B, Croft,C. (2015) A Framework Assessment of Newfoundland east and south coast herring stocks to the spring of 2013. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. (2015/029)
Bourne, C, Mowbray, F, Squires, B, Croft,C. (2013) An assessment of Newfoundland east and south coast herring stocks to the spring of 2011. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. (2013/039)
Bourne, C, Kehler, D, Wiersma, Y, Cote, D. (2011) Barriers to fish passage and barriers to fish passage assessments: The impact of assessment methods and assumptions on barrier identification and quantification of watershed connectivity. Aquatic Ecology. 45:389-403
Cote D, Kehler D, Bourne C, Wiersma Y. (2008). A new measure of longitudinal connectivity for stream networks. Landscape Ecology. 24(1), 101-113