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Areas of expertise

Fish ecology , Aquatic ecology , Bioenergetics , Conservation biology , Ecohydraulics , Fish behavior , Fish passage , Fisheries science , Habitat restoration , Telemetry

  • Associate Professor

Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre

490 de la Couronne Street
Quebec City, Quebec  G1K 9A9
Canada

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Research interests

Professor Enders is primarily interested in fish ecology, fish and habitat conservation and restoration, and environmental impact assessments of anthropogenic flow and climate changes on fish populations. The focus is on the following issues:

  • The winter biology of freshwater fishes in respect to habitat use and availability, energetic costs of overwintering, survival, and activity patterns
  • Fish passage through fishways and culverts
  • The effects of turbulence on fish behaviour and energetics

The Riverine Fish Ecology Lab of the INRS – Centre Eau Terre Environnement has broad research interests in conservation biology, ecophysiology, fish behaviour and bioenergetics, and aquatic ecology to provide scientific advice for Species at Risk and Fish Habitat Protection. Freshwater fishes are used as research models for experiments conducted in both the laboratory and the field. 

University education

  • PhD Fish Ecology, Université de Montréal
  • MSc Fisheries Science and Hydrobiology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Affiliations

 

Scientific activities

Publications

Durhack, Travis C., Simpson, Holly A., Watkinson, Douglas A., Pegg, Mark A. & Enders, Eva C. (2024). A comparison of tag retention and mortality from two tagging methods for internal tag placement in Channel Catfish. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 44 (2): 428-437.
DOI: 10.1002/nafm.10991

Durhack, Travis c., Aminot, Melanie, Treberg, Jason R. & Enders, Eva C. (2024). Comparing whole body and red muscle mitochondrial respiration in an active teleost fish, Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 102 (3): 217-227.
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2023-0045

Durhack, Travis C., Thorstensen, Matt J., Mackey, Theresa E., Aminot, Melanie, Lawrence, MIchael J., Audet, Céline, Enders, Eva C. & Jeffries, Ken M. (2024). Behavioural responses to acute warming precede critical shifts in the cellular and physiological thermal stress responses in fish. bioRxiv, online.
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.29.577477

Jarvis, Lauren, Rosenfeld, Jordan, Gonzalez-Espinosa, Pedro & Enders, Eva C. (2024). A process framework for integrating stressor-response functions into cumulative effects models. Science of The Total Environment, 906 : Art. 167456.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167456

Docker, Margaret F. & Enders, Eva C. (2023). Advisory Editor profile: Eva Enders. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 106: Art. 1917.
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-023-01478-y

Glowa, Sarah E., Kneale, Andrea J., Watkinson, Douglas A., Ghamry, Haitham K., Enders, Eva C. & Jardine, Timothy D. (2023). Applying a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model to estimate fish stranding risk downstream from a hydropeaking hydroelectric station. Ecohydrology, 16 (4): Art. e2530.
DOI: 10.1002/eco.2530

Jeffrey, JD, MJ Thorstensen, EC Enders, JR Treberg & KM Jeffries (2023). Using transcriptomics to examine the physiological status of wild-caught walleye (Sander vitreus) FACETS 8, 1-15.
DOI: 10.1139/facets-2022-0177

Enders, E.C. & T.C. Durhack (2022). Metabolic rate and critical thermal maximum CTmax estimates for westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi. Conservation Physiology, 10(1): coac071.
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coac071

Glowa, S.E., D.A. Watkinson, T.D. Jardine, E.C. & Enders, E. C. (2022). Evaluating the risk of fish stranding due to hydropeaking in a large continental river. River Research and Applications, Online First.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.4083

Hansen, H.H., S.D. Kachman, M.A. Pegg, C. Charles, D.A. Watkinson & E.C. Enders (2022) Informative priors assess tradeoffs between mark–recapture and telemetry-based fish movement in a large river system. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 79(11): 1961-1976.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0238

Kissinger, B.C., E.C. Enders & G.W. Anderson (2022) A salt on your senses: influences of rearing environment on salinity preference and sensing in lake trout Salvelinus namaycush. Environmental Biology of Fishes, Online First.
DOI : 10.1007/s10641-022-01286-w

Lawrence, M.J., K.M. Jeffries, S.J. Cooke, E.C. Enders, C.T. Hasler, C.M. Somers, C.D. Suski & M.J Louison (2022) Catch‐and‐Release Ice Fishing: Status, Issues, and Research Needs. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 151: 322-332.
DOI : 10.1002/tafs.10349

Martin, Z.A., R.F. Tallman & E.C. Enders (2022) Investigation into the role of water velocity on broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus) habitat use in the Arctic Red River during spawning migration. Advances in Limnology, 60: 277-292.
DOI: 10.1127/adv_limnol/2021/0079

Munaweera, I., S. Muthukumarana, D.M. Gillis, D.A. Watkinson, C. Charles & E.C. Enders (2021) Assessing movement patterns using Bayesian state space models on Lake Winnipeg walleye. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78(10): 1407-1421.
DOI : 10.1139/cjfas-2020-0262

Rosenfeld, J., P. Gonzalez-Espinosa, L. Jarvis, E.C. Enders, M. Bayly, A. Paul, L. MacPherson, J. Moore, M. Sullivan, M. Ulaski & K. Wilson (2022) Stressor-response functions as a generalizable model for context dependence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37(12): 1032-1035.
DOI : 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.010

Thorstensen, M.J., P.T. Euclide, J.D. Jeffrey, Y. Shi, J.R. Treberg, D.A. Watkinson, E.C. Enders & K.M. Jeffries (2022) A chromosomal inversion may facilitate adaptation despite periodic gene flow in a freshwater fish. Ecology and Evolution, 12(5): e8898.
DOI : 10.1002/ece3.8898

Caskenette, A., Durhack, T., Hnytka, S., C. Kovachick & E.C. Enders (2021) Evidence of effect of riparian attributes on listed freshwater fishes and mussels and their aquatic critical habitat: A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence, 10: 18.
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-021-00231-1

Depew, D.C., E. Krutzelmann, K.E. Watchorn, A. Caskenette & E.C. Enders (2021) The distribution, density, and biomass of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on natural substrates in Lake Winnipeg 2017–2019. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: 556-566.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.12.005

Dey, C.J et al. (2021) Research priorities for the management of freshwater fish habitat in Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78: 1744-1754.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0002

Durhack, T.C., N.J. Mochnacz, C.J. Macnaughton, E.C. Enders & J.R. Treberg (2021) Life through a wider scope: Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) exhibit similar aerobic scope across a broad temperature range. Thermal Biology, 99: 102929.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.102929

Enders, E.C., C. Charles, A. van der Lee & C.E. Lumb (2021) Temporal variations in the pelagic fish community of Lake Winnipeg from 2002 to 2019. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: 626-634.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.01.004

Koehler, G., R.B. Brua & E.C. Enders (2021) Foreword to the second Lake Winnipeg special issue. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: 553-555.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.03.024

Mackey, T.E., C.T. Hasler, T. Durhack, J.D. Jeffrey, C.J. Macnaughton, K. Ta, E.C. Enders & K.M. Jeffries (2021) Molecular and physiological responses predict acclimation limits in juvenile brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Journal of Experimental Biology, 224: jeb241885.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.241885

Macnaughton, C.J., T.C. Durhack, N.J. Mochnacz & E.C. Enders (2021) Metabolic performance and thermal preference of Westslope Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi and non-native trout across an ecologically relevant range of temperatures. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78: 1247-1256.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2020-0173

Rudolfsen, T.A, D.A. Watkinson, C. Charles, C. Kovachik & E.C. Enders (2021) Developing habitat associations for fishes in Lake Winnipeg by linking large scale bathymetric and substrate data with fish telemetry detections. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: 635-647.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.02.002

Turner, N.A., C. Charles, D.A. Watkinson, E.C. Enders, G. Klein & M.D. Rennie (2021) Historical and contemporary movement and survival rates of walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Winnipeg, Canada. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: 614-625.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.01.012

Watkinson, D.A., C. Charles & E.C. Enders (2021) Spatial ecology of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Lake Winnipeg and its potential for management actions. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: 583-591.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2021.03.004

Wong, C.H.S., E.C. Enders & C.T. Hasler (2021) Limited evidence of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) consumption by freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in Lake Winnipeg, Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47: 592-602.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.08.020

Algera, D.A., T. Rytwinski, J.J. Taylor, J.R. Bennett, K.E. Smokorowski, P.M. Harrison, K.D. Clarke, E.C. Enders, M. Power M.S. Bevelhimer & S.J. Cooke (2020) What are the relative risks of mortality and injury for fish during downstream passage at hydroelectric dams in temperate regions? A systematic review. Environmental Evidence, 9: 3.
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-020-0184-0

Casas-Mulet, R., D. Vanzo, A. Adeva-Bustos, C.J. Macnaughton, M.J. Stewardson, G.B. Pasternack, E.C. Enders & F. Dyer (2020) How to strengthen interdisciplinarity in ecohydraulics? Outcomes from ISE 2018. Journal of Ecohydraulics, en ligne.
DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2020.1813057

Durhack, T.C., J.D. Jeffrey & E.C. Enders (2020) In search of an anaesthesia alternative for field-based research. Aquaculture, 525: 735285.
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735285

Enders, E.C., T. Nagalingam, A.L. Caskenette, T.A. Rudolfsen, C. Charles & D.A. Watkinson (2020) Diet of a rare Canadian fish species, Carmine Shiner (Notropis percobromus) in the Birch River, Manitoba, Canada. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 134(1): 64-70.
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v134i1.2301

Hansen, H., M. Pegg, M. Van Den Broeke, D.A. Watkinson & E.C. Enders (2020) An unseen synchrony or recurrent resource pulse opportunity? Linking fisheries with aeroecology. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 6: 366-380.
DOI: 10.1002/rse2.147

Jeffrey, J.D., H. Carlson, D. Wrubleski, E.C. Enders, J.R. Treberg & K.M. Jeffries (2020) Applying a gene-suite approach to examine the physiological status of wild-caught walleye (Sander vitreus). Conservation Physiology, 8(1): coaa099.
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa099

Morrison, S.M., T.E. Mackey, T. Durhack, J.D. Jeffrey, L.M. Wiens, N.J. Mochnacz, C.T. Hasler, E.C. Enders, J.R. Treberg & K.M. Jeffries (2020) Sub‐lethal temperature thresholds indicate acclimation and physiological limits in brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis. Journal of Fish Biology, 97: 583-587.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14411

Naman, S.M., J.S. Rosenfeld, J.R. Neuswanger, E.C. Enders, J.W. Hayes, E.O. Goodwin, I. Jowett & B.C. Eaton (2020) Bioenergetic habitat suitability curves for instream flow modelling: Introducing user‐friendly software and its potential applications. Fisheries, 45(11): 605-613.
DOI: 10.1002/fsh.10489

Thorstensen, M.J., J.D. Jeffrey, J.R. Treberg, D.A. Watkinson, E.C. Enders & K.M. Jeffries (2020) Genomic signals found using RNA sequencing show signatures of selection and subtle population differentiation in walleye (Sander vitreus) in a large freshwater ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 7173-7188.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6418

Enders, E.C., C. Charles, A.L. Caskenette, T.A. Rudolfsen & D.A. Watkinson (2019) Distribution patterns of the early invasion of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in the south basin of Lake Winnipeg. BioInvasions Records, 8(2): 329-342.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.2.15

Enders, E.C., C. Charles, D.A. Watkinson, C. Kovachik, D.R. Leroux, H. Hansen & M.A. Pegg (2019) Identifying requirements for fish passage at dams and weirs using a large-scale acoustic receiver network. Sustainability, 11: 3051.
DOI: 10.3390/su11113051

Enders, E.C., A.J. Wall & J.C. Svendsen (2019) Hypoxia but not shy-bold phenotype mediates thermal preferences in a threatened freshwater fish, Notropis percobromus. Journal of Thermal Biology, 84: 479-487.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.08.001

Macnaughton, C.J., D. Deslauriers, E.L. Ipsen, E. Corey & E.C. Enders (2019) Using meta-analysis to derive a respiration model for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) to assess bioenergetics requirements of juveniles in two Canadian rivers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76(12): 2225-2234.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0436

Mochnacz, N.J.,H.K. Ghamry, E.C. Enders, D.A. Watkinson, C.P. Gallagher & J.D. Reist (2019) Flow and spawning habitat relationships for Dolly Varden: Understanding habitat–population dynamics in the Canadian Western Arctic. River Research and Applications, 36: 68-78.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3547

Naman, S.M., J.S. Rosenfeld, J.R. Neuswanger, E.C. Enders & B.C. Eaton (2019) Comparing correlative and bioenergetics‐based habitat suitability models for drift‐feeding fishes. Freshwater Biology, 64: 1613–1626.
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13358

Caskenette, A., E.C. Enders, D.A. Watkinson & D. Wrubleski (2018) Partial exclusion of spawning Cyprinus carpio improves marsh habitat at the cost of increased population growth. Ecological Modelling, 385: 58-64.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.07.005

Deslauriers, D., J.C. Svendsen, J. Genz, A.J. Wall, H. Baktoft, E.C. Enders & W.G. Anderson (2018) Environmental calcium and variation in yolk sac size influence swimming performance in larval lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb.164533
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.164533

Kraus, R.T., C.M. Holbrook, C.S. Vandergoot, T.R. Stewart, M.D. Faust, D. Watkinson, C. Charles, M. Pegg, E.C. Enders & C.C. Krueger (2018) Evaluation of acoustic telemetry grids for determining aquatic animal movement and survival. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(6): 1489-1502.
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12996

Macnaughton, C.J., C. Kovachik, C. Charles & E.C. Enders (2018) Standard metabolic rate models for Carmine Shiner (Notropis percobromus) and Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus) across different temperature regimes. Journal of Fish Biology, 94(1): 113-121.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13869

Macnaughton, C.J., C. Kovachik, C. Charles & E.C. Enders (2018) Using the shuttlebox experimental design to determine temperature preference for juvenile Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi). Conservation Physiology, 6: coy018.
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coy018

Yoon, G.R., D. Deslauriers, E.C. Enders, J.R. Treberg & G. Anderson (2018) Effects of temperature, dissolved oxygen and substrate on the development of metabolic phenotypes in age-0 Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens: Implications for overwintering survival. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76(9): 1596-1607.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0399

Enders, E.C., T. Castro-Santos & R.W.J. Lacey (2017) The effects of horizontally- and vertically-oriented baffles on flow structure and swimming performance of upstream migrating fish. Journal of Ecohydraulics, 2: 38-52.
DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2017.1288555

Enders, E.C., D.A. Watkinson, H. Ghamry, K.H. Mills & W.G. Franzin (2017) Fish age and size distributions and species composition in a large, hydropeaking Prairie River. River Research and Applications, 33(8):1246-1256.
DOI: 10.1002/rra.3173

Kissinger, B.C., J. Bystriansky, N. Czehryn, E.C. Enders, J. Treberg, J.D. Reist, E. Whitmore, W.G. Anderson (2017) Environment-phenotype interactions: influences of brackish-water rearing on lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) physiology. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100(7): 797–814.
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-017-0607-0

Mochnacz, N., B.C. Kissinger, D. Deslauriers, M. Guzzo, E.C. Enders, G.A. Anderson, M. Docker, D. Isaak & J. Treberg (2017) Comparing metabolic rate estimates measured from juvenile Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) using laboratory- versus field-based intermittent-flow respirometry. Conservation Physiology, 5(1): cox 048.

Murray, L., M.D. Rennie, E.C. Enders, K. Pleskach & J. Martin (2017) Effect of nanosilver on cortisol release and morphometrics in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(6):1606-1613.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3691

Murray, L., M.D. Rennie, J.C. Svendsen & E.C. Enders (2017) Effect of nanosilver on metabolism in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): An investigation using different respirometric approaches. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36: 2722-2729.
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3827

Murray, L., M.D. Rennie, J.S. Svendsen & E.C. Enders (2017) Respirometry increases cortisol levels in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: implications for measurements of metabolic rate. Journal of Fish Biology, 90(5): 2206–2213.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13292

Pandit, S.N., L. Koirala; B.M. Maitland; M. Poesch & E.C. Enders (2017) Climate change risks, extinction debt, and conservation implications for an endangered freshwater fish Carmine Shiner (Notropis percobromus). Science of The Total Environment, 598: 1-11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.228

Struthers, D., L. Gutowsky, E.C. Enders, K.E. Smokorowski, D.A. Watkinson, E. Bibeau & S.J. Cooke (2017) Evaluating riverine hydrokinetic turbine operations relative to the spatial ecology of wild fishes. Journal of Ecohydraulics, 2: 53-67.
DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2017.1287530

Struthers, D., L.F.G. Gutowsky, E.C. Enders, K.E. Smokorowski, D.A. Watkinson, A. T. Silva, M. Cvetkovic, E. Bibeau & S.J. Cooke (2017) Factors influencing the spatial ecology of Lake Sturgeon and Walleye within an impounded reach of the Winnipeg River. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100(7): 1085–1103.
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-017-0629-7

Wilkes, M., E.C. Enders, A. Silvia, M. Acreman & I. Maddock (2017) Position choice and swimming costs of juvenile Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in turbulent flow. Journal of Ecohydraulics, 2,: 16-27.
DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2017.1287532

Enders, E.C. & D. Boisclair (2016) Effects of environmental fluctuations on fish metabolism: Atlantic salmon Salmo salar as a case study. Journal of Fish Biology, 88: 344-358.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12786

Pandit, S.N., J. Kolasa, K. Cottenie & E.C. Enders (2016) The role of local and regional processes on population synchrony along the gradients of habitat specialization. Ecosphere, 7(5): e01217.10.1002/ecs2.1217.
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1217

Treberg, J.A, S.S. Killen, T. J. MacCormack, S. Lamarre & E.C. Enders (2016) Estimates of metabolic rate and major constituents of metabolic demand in fishes under field conditions: Methods, proxies, and new perspectives. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 202: 10-22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.04.022

Carr, M., D.A. Watkinson, J.C. Svendsen, E.C. Enders, J. Long & K.-E. Lindenschmidt (2015) Geospatial modelling of the Birch River: distribution of Carmine Shiner (Notropis percobromus) in Geomorphic Response Units (GRU). International Review of Hydrobiology, 100: 129-140.
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.201501789

Oligny-Hébert, H., C. Senay, E.C. Enders & D. Boisclair (2015) Effects of diel temperature fluctuation on the standard metabolic rate of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): influence of acclimation temperature and provenience. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 72: 1306-1315.
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0345