In the pipeline
[10] Temperature variation and life history mediate the degree of nonlinearity in fluctuations of global marine fish populations
Hechler, R.M., & Krkosek, M.
Submitted
[9] Environmental RNA captures community and gene expression responses to heat and nutrient stress in freshwater ecosystems
Maruki, T., He, X., Hechler, R.M., Gamero, W.M., Gros, M., Belley, V., Nault, C., Fussmann, G.F., Gonzalez, A., Fugère, V., & Cristescu, M.E.
Submitted
Articles
[8] Quantifying species interactions in the Anthropocene
Hechler, R.M.
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 2025. [link]
[7] On increasing equity and inclusion of early-career professionals for conferences and conference networking in Canadian fisheries and aquatic science societies
*Semeniuk, C.A.D., *Church, K.D.W., Eissenhauer, F., *Grimm, J., *Hechler, R.M., *Howell, B.E., *Ivanova, S.V., *Klemet-N'guessan, S., *Madliger, C.L., *Reid, J., *Thompson-Kumar, K., *Arismendi, I., *Penaluna, B., *Kirkwood, A.E., & *Febria, C.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2024 [link]
* equal contributions by all, ordered by career stage and alphabetically
[6] Revealing population demographics with environmental RNA
Hechler, R.M., & Cristescu, M.E.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 2024 [link]
[5] Environmental transcriptomics under heat stress: Can environmental RNA reveal changes in gene expression of aquatic organisms?
Hechler, R.M., Yates, M.C., Chain, F.J.J., & Cristescu, M.E.
Molecular Ecology, 2023 [link]
Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 institutional nomination by McGill University
Harry Smith Prize 2024 (best paper published by an ECR in Molecular Ecology)
[4] Environmental RNA degrades more rapidly than environmental DNA across a broad range of pH conditions
Kagzi, K., Hechler, R.M., Fussmann, G.F., & Cristescu, M.E.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 2022 [link]
Natural history notes
[3] Pacific herring spawns transfer energy to coastal ecosystems
Hechler, R.M., & Krkosek, M.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2023 [link]
[2] Crow predation on intertidal invertebrates
Hechler, R.M.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2021 [link]
Book chapters
[1] Fish assemblages
McGarvey, D.J., Falke, J.A., Hechler, R.M., & Troutman, A.
In Methods in Stream Ecology, 4th Edition.
Editors: Hauer, F.R., Lamberti, G.A., Tank, J.L., & Hall, R. Academic Press, Boston, MA (Forthcoming book chapter)