Publications | Lydia Walton

Publications & Presentations

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Peer-reviewed publications

Walton, L.N., de Groot, V., & Bates, A.E. (2026). Beating the heat at low tide: infrared thermography suggests persistent evaporative cooling in a keystone predator (Pisaster ochraceus). Journal of Thermal Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2026.104495

Gaffney, L.P., Polard, E., Kraemer, C., Walton, L.N., Covernton, G.A., Duguid, W., Jupp-Cliff, J., & Juanes, F. (2026). Timing matters: Early enrichment reduces vateritic otolith deformities in hatchery-reared coho salmon. Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2026.743915

Walton, L.N, Watts, V.R., Schuster, J.M., & Bates, A.E. (2025). Cool ocean temperatures offer limited protection to a heat-stressed keystone predator during atmospheric heatwaves. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14980

Gaffney, L.P., Polard, E., Walton, L.N., Kraemer, C., Molder, Z.A., Covernton, G.A., Atkinson, J., Elmer, L., James, S., Quindazzi, M., Duguid, W., & Juanes, F. (2025). Flow direction matters: hatchery-reared coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) develop less otolith deformities in tanks with alternating water flow directions. Aquaculture, 611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.743037

Gaffney, L.P., Quindazzi, M., Polard, E., Kraemer, C., Walton, L.N., Molder, Z.A., Greentree, W.L., Duguid, W., Bohlender, N., & Juanes, F. (2025). Vateritic otoliths in hatchery-reared Strait of Georgia Coho Salmon: variation among stocks, hatcheries, and life stages. Fisheries Research, 283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107296

Walton, L.N., Quindazzi, M., Gauthier, S., & Stevens, C. (2025). Fish ID face-off: A comparison of genetic barcoding and otolith shape analysis for streamlining species identification of mesopelagic fishes. Fisheries Research, 281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107254

Presentations at professional meetings and scientific outreach events

Walton, L.N & Krzus L. (Co-presenters; Jun. 3rd, 2026) Shining the light on baby crabs. Oral presentation. Our Ocean Neighbours, Ocean Week Campbell River hosted by Marine Education and Research Society, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada.

Walton, L.N., Watts, V.R., Schuster, J.M., & Bates, A.E. (Oct. 26th - Nov. 1st, 2024) Cool ocean temperatures fail to buffer the negative impacts of heat exposure during low tide on the keystone predator Pisaster ochraceus (Ochre sea star). Poster presentation. The FUTURE of PICES: Science for Sustainability in 2030, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Walton, L.N., Watts, V.R., Schuster, J.M., & Bates, A.E. (Apr. 9 - 10th, 2024) Physiological and behavioural responses of a keystone predator to contrasting ocean and air temperatures. Oral presentation. Biology Graduate Student Symposium, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Walton, L.N., Quindazzi, M., Gauthier, S., & Stevens, C. (Oct. 9 - 13th, 2023) Cataloguing otoliths of mesopelagic and bathypelagic fishes: a tool for species identification. Oral presentation. 7th International Otolith Symposium, Viña del Mar, Chile.

Awarded best student oral presentation

Walton, L.N., Rooney, N.M., & Baum, J.K. (Mar. 19 - 20th, 2022) The impact of global and local disturbances on the isotopic niche of a generalist carnivore reef fish, Paracirrhites arcatus. Poster presentation. Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.

Walton, L.N., Rooney, N.M., & Baum, J.K. (Jul. 19 - 23rd, 2021) Do disturbances impact the isotopic niche of a generalist carnivore reef fish, Paracirrhites arcatus? Poster presentation. 14th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen, Germany.