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Amanda S Ackiss, PhD

Amanda Ackiss, PhD, is a Fisheries Biologist based out of Ann Arbor, MI. 

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Genomic and environmental influences on resilience in a cold-water fish near the edge of its range

Small, isolated populations present a challenge for conservation. The dueling effects of selection and drift in a limited pool of genetic diversity make the responses of small populations to environmental perturbations erratic and difficult to predict. This is particularly true at the edge of a species range, where populations often persist at the limits of their environmental tolerances. Populati
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Ecosystems, Great Lakes Science Center

Pre-USGS Publications

Ackiss, AS, Balao, F. Diving in uncharted waters: an updated genetics toolkit highlights the challenges of polyploidy in landscape genomics analyses. Mol Ecol Resour. 2020;00:1–3. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13203
Biesack, EE, Dang, BT, Ackiss, AS, Bird, CE, Chheng, P, Phounvisouk, L, Truong, OT, Carpenter, KE. Evidence for population genetic structure in two exploited Mekong River fishes across a natural riverine barrier. Journal of Fish Biology. 2020 Jun 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14424
Ackiss, AS, Larson, WA, Stott, W. Genotyping‐by‐sequencing illuminates high levels of divergence among sympatric forms of coregonines in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Evol Appl. 2020; 00: 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12919
Dang, BT, Vu, QH, Biesack, EE, Doan, TV, Truong, OT, Tran, TL, Ackiss, AS, Stockwell, BL, Carpenter, KE. Population genomics of the peripheral freshwater fish Polynemus melanochir (Perciformes, Polynemidae) in a changing Mekong Delta. Conservation Genetics. 2019 Oct 15;20(5):961-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01189-x
Ackiss, AS, Dang, BT, Bird, CE, Biesack, EE, Chheng, P, Phounvisouk, L, Vu, QH, Uy, S, Carpenter, KE. Cryptic lineages and a population dammed to incipient extinction? Insights into the genetic structure of a Mekong River catfish. Journal of Heredity. 2019 Jul;110(5):535-47, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz016
Ackiss, AS, Bird, CE, Akita, Y, Santos, MD, Tachihara, K, Carpenter, KE. Genetic patterns in peripheral marine populations of the fusilier fish Caesio cuning within the Kuroshio Current. Ecol Evol. 2018; 8: 11875– 11886. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4644
Ackiss, AS, Pardede, S, Crandall, ED, Ablan-Lagman, MC, Ambariyanto, Romena, N, Barber, PH, Carpenter, KE. Pronounced genetic structure in a highly mobile coral reef fish, Caesio cuning, in the Coral Triangle. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2013 Apr 22;480:185-97. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10199

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    Genomic and environmental influences on resilience in a cold-water fish near the edge of its range

    Small, isolated populations present a challenge for conservation. The dueling effects of selection and drift in a limited pool of genetic diversity make the responses of small populations to environmental perturbations erratic and difficult to predict. This is particularly true at the edge of a species range, where populations often persist at the limits of their environmental tolerances. Populati
    By
    Ecosystems, Great Lakes Science Center

    Pre-USGS Publications

    Ackiss, AS, Balao, F. Diving in uncharted waters: an updated genetics toolkit highlights the challenges of polyploidy in landscape genomics analyses. Mol Ecol Resour. 2020;00:1–3. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13203
    Biesack, EE, Dang, BT, Ackiss, AS, Bird, CE, Chheng, P, Phounvisouk, L, Truong, OT, Carpenter, KE. Evidence for population genetic structure in two exploited Mekong River fishes across a natural riverine barrier. Journal of Fish Biology. 2020 Jun 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14424
    Ackiss, AS, Larson, WA, Stott, W. Genotyping‐by‐sequencing illuminates high levels of divergence among sympatric forms of coregonines in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Evol Appl. 2020; 00: 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12919
    Dang, BT, Vu, QH, Biesack, EE, Doan, TV, Truong, OT, Tran, TL, Ackiss, AS, Stockwell, BL, Carpenter, KE. Population genomics of the peripheral freshwater fish Polynemus melanochir (Perciformes, Polynemidae) in a changing Mekong Delta. Conservation Genetics. 2019 Oct 15;20(5):961-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01189-x
    Ackiss, AS, Dang, BT, Bird, CE, Biesack, EE, Chheng, P, Phounvisouk, L, Vu, QH, Uy, S, Carpenter, KE. Cryptic lineages and a population dammed to incipient extinction? Insights into the genetic structure of a Mekong River catfish. Journal of Heredity. 2019 Jul;110(5):535-47, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz016
    Ackiss, AS, Bird, CE, Akita, Y, Santos, MD, Tachihara, K, Carpenter, KE. Genetic patterns in peripheral marine populations of the fusilier fish Caesio cuning within the Kuroshio Current. Ecol Evol. 2018; 8: 11875– 11886. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4644
    Ackiss, AS, Pardede, S, Crandall, ED, Ablan-Lagman, MC, Ambariyanto, Romena, N, Barber, PH, Carpenter, KE. Pronounced genetic structure in a highly mobile coral reef fish, Caesio cuning, in the Coral Triangle. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2013 Apr 22;480:185-97. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10199