Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Marras, S., Killen, S. S., Claireaux, G., Domenici, P., and McKenzie, D. J. In Press. Behavioural and kinematic components of the fast-start escape response in fish: individual variation and temporal repeatability. Journal of Experimental Biology.
  2. Killen, S. S., Marras, S., Steffensen, J. F., and McKenzie, D. J. In Press. Aerobic capacity influences the spatial position of individuals within fish schools. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
  3. Killen, S. S., Marras, S., and McKenzie, D. J. In Press. Fuel, fasting, fear: Routine metabolic rate and food deprivation exert synergistic effects on risk-taking in individual juvenile European sea bass. Journal of Animal Ecology.
  4. Killen, S. S., Atkinson, D., and Glazier, D. S. 2010. The scaling of metabolic rate with body mass in fishes depends on lifestyle and temperature. Ecology Letters. 13: 184-193.
  5. Avery, T. S., Killen, S. S., and Hollinger, T. R. 2009. The relationship of embryonic development, mortality, hatching success, and larval quality to normal or abnormal early embryonic cleavage in Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Aquaculture. 289: 265-273.
  6. Killen, S. S., Brown, J. A., and Gamperl, A. K. 2008. Lack of metabolic thermal compensation during the early life stages of ocean pout Zoarces americanus: A benthic, cold-water marine species. Journal of Fish Biology.  72: 763-772.
  7. Killen, S. S., Gamperl, A. K., and Brown, J. A. 2007. Ontogeny of predator-sensitive foraging and routine metabolism in larval shorthorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius. Marine Biology. 152: 1249-1261.
  8. Killen, S. S., Brown, J. A., and Gamperl, A. K. 2007. The effect of prey density on foraging mode selection in juvenile lumpfish: balancing food-intake with the metabolic cost of foraging. Journal of Animal Ecology. 76: 814-825.
  9. Suski, C. D., Kieffer, J. D., Killen, S. S. and Tufts, B. L. 2007. Sub-lethal ammonia toxicity in largemouth bass. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 146: 381-389. 
  10. Killen, S. S., Costa, I., Brown, J. A., and Gamperl, A. K. 2007. Little left in the tank: metabolic scaling in marine teleosts and its implications for aerobic scope.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B.  274: 431-438.
  11. Killen, S. S., and Brown, J. A. 2006. Energetic cost of reduced foraging under predation threat in newly hatched ocean pout. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 321: 255-266. 
  12. Killen, S. S., Suski, C. D., Cooke, S. J., Philipp, D. P., and Tufts, B. L. 2006. Factors contributing to the physiological disturbance in walleyes during simulated live-release angling tournaments. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 135: 557-569. 
  13. Suski, C. D., Killen, S. S., Kieffer, J. D., and Tufts, B. L. 2006. The influence of environmental temperature and oxygen concentration on the recovery of largemouth bass from exercise: implications for live-release angling tournaments. Journal of Fish Biology. 68: 120-136.
  14. Suski, C. D., Cooke, S. J., Killen, S. S., Wahl, D. H., Philipp, D. P. and Tufts, B. L. 2005. Behaviour of walleye, Sander vitreus, and largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, exposed to different wave intensities and boat operating conditions during livewell confinement.  Fisheries Management and Ecology. 12: 19-26.
  15. Suski, C. D., Killen, S. S., Cooke, S. J., Kieffer, J. D., Philipp, D. P., and Tufts, B. L. 2004. Physiological significance of the weigh-in during live-release angling tournaments for largemouth bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 133: 1291-1303.
  16. Killen, S. S., Suski, C. D., Morrissey, M. B., Dyment, P., Furimsky, M., and Tufts, B. L. 2003. Physiological responses of walleyes to live-release angling tournaments. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 23:1237-1245.
  17. Suski, C. D., Killen, S. S., Morrissey, M. B., Lund, S.G., and Tufts, B.L. 2003. Physiological changes in largemouth bass caused by live-release angling tournaments in southeastern Ontario. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 23:760-769. 

Invited Articles

  • Killen, S. S., and Marras, S. In Preparation. Physiological and behavioural trade-offs associated with the spatial positioning of individuals within fish schools. Journal of Fish Biology

Book Chapters

  • Killen S.S. (2011) Energetics of Foraging Decisions and Prey Handling. In: Farrell A.P., (ed.), Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment, volume 3, pp. 1588–1595. San Diego: Academic Press