Submitted
[8] Environmental transcriptomics reveal the responses of freshwater eukaryotes to heat and nutrient stressors
Maruki, T., He, X., Hechler, R.M., Gamero, W.M., Gros, M., Fussmann, G.F., Gonzalez, A., Fugère, V., & Cristescu, M.E.
Submitted
Articles
[7] Quantifying species interactions in the Anthropocene
Hechler, R.M.
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 2025. [link]
[6] 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
[5] Revealing population demographics with environmental RNA
Hechler, R.M., & Cristescu, M.E.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 2024 [link]
[4] 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)
[3] 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
[2] Pacific herring spawns transfer energy to coastal ecosystems
Hechler, R.M., & Krkosek, M.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2023 [link]
[1] Crow predation on intertidal invertebrates
Hechler, R.M.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2021 [link]
Book chapter
[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)