Cole Brookson, MSc
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2025
Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle
Poisot T, Becker D, Brookson C, Graeden E, Ryan S, Turon G, Carlson C. Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle. PLOS Computational Biology 2025, 21: e1012731. PMID: 39899593, PMCID: PMC11790144, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathogens and planetary change
Carlson C, Brookson C, Becker D, Cummings C, Gibb R, Halliday F, Heckley A, Huang Z, Lavelle T, Robertson H, Vicente-Santos A, Weets C, Poisot T. Pathogens and planetary change. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 2025, 1: 32-49. DOI: 10.1038/s44358-024-00005-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBiodiversity lossAnthropogenic environmental changesLand-use changeBiodiversity conservationWildlife healthLand-useEcological costsDie-offGlobal changeBiodiversityEnvironmental changesEcological interventionsLive animal marketsInfectious disease riskPathogen surveillanceHuman-animal contactPathogensVector-borne diseasesSpeciesEvolutionary principlesWildlifeHigh-risk virusesEcosystemGlobal gapConservation
2024
The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource to support trait-based ocean research
Gleiber M, Hardy N, Roote Z, Krug-MacLeod A, Morganson C, Tandy Z, George I, Matuch C, Brookson C, Daly E, Portner E, Choy C, Crowder L, Green S. The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource to support trait-based ocean research. Scientific Data 2024, 11: 2. PMID: 38216562, PMCID: PMC10786825, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02689-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrait databasesSpecies range shiftsTrait-based approachTrait-based frameworkFood web dynamicsTrait-based researchPrey guildHabitat useCalifornia Current SystemPelagic speciesPelagic fishEcological communitiesMarine ecosystemsOceanic predatorsPredator populationsRange shiftsSpecies interactionsWeb dynamicsInvertebrate speciesFunctional traitsOpen-ocean systemsGlobal changePredatorsPreyNE Pacific Ocean
2023
Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution
Braga P, Hébert K, Hudgins E, Scott E, Edwards B, Reyes L, Grainger M, Foroughirad V, Hillemann F, Binley A, Brookson C, Gaynor K, Sabet S, Güncan A, Weierbach H, Gomes D, Crystal‐Ornelas R. Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution. Methods In Ecology And Evolution 2023, 14: 1364-1380. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.14108.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory
Lewis A, Rollinson C, Allyn A, Ashander J, Brodie S, Brookson C, Collins E, Dietze M, Gallinat A, Juvigny‐Khenafou N, Koren G, McGlinn D, Moustahfid H, Peters J, Record N, Robbins C, Tonkin J, Wardle G. The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory. Methods In Ecology And Evolution 2022, 14: 746-756. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrait-based approaches to global change ecology: moving from description to prediction
Green S, Brookson C, Hardy N, Crowder L. Trait-based approaches to global change ecology: moving from description to prediction. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2022, 289: 20220071. PMID: 35291837, PMCID: PMC8924753, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrait-based approachGlobal change predictionsGlobal changeIntensifying global changesPredicting ecological effectsConservation decision-makingChange predictionsGlobal change ecologyTrait-based researchLife history traitsTraits to changesEcological effectsAbiotic limitationsEnvironmental filteringSpecies distributionSpecies rangeChange ecologyEnvironmental parametersMultivariate traitsOrgan sizePlant morphologyTraitsOrgan distributionEcosystemRe-assembly
2021
Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making
Bodner K, Firkowski C, Bennett J, Brookson C, Dietze M, Green S, Hughes J, Kerr J, Kunegel‐Lion M, Leroux S, McIntire E, Molnár P, Simpkins C, Tekwa E, Watts A, Fortin M. Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making. Ecosphere 2021, 12 DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrait‐based vulnerability reveals hotspots of potential impact for a global marine invader
Linardich C, Brookson C, Green S. Trait‐based vulnerability reveals hotspots of potential impact for a global marine invader. Global Change Biology 2021, 27: 4322-4338. PMID: 34091996, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLionfish predationInvasive Indo-Pacific lionfishIndo-Pacific lionfishRange-restricted speciesVulnerability of fishProbability of fishOffshore island groupsVulnerable fishInvaded rangeHabitat overlapMarine invadersConservation planningVulnerable speciesInvaded regionsInvasive frontLionfishPriority locationsAmplified declinesMarine fishSouthwestern AtlanticRichness analysisVulnerability scoresPredatorsFishIsland groups
2020
Differential infestation of juvenile Pacific salmon by parasitic sea lice in British Columbia, Canada
Brookson C, Krkošek M, Hunt B, Johnson B, Rogers L, Godwin S. Differential infestation of juvenile Pacific salmon by parasitic sea lice in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal Of Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences 2020, 77: 1960-1968. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2020-0160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSea liceFarmed salmonPink salmonPacific salmonParasitic sea liceLouse speciesDiscovery IslandsJuvenile Pacific salmonJohnstone StraitJuvenile pinkL. salmonisC. clemensiOncorhynchus gorbuschaOncorhynchus ketaCaligus clemensiChum salmonOncorhynchus nerkaSockeye salmonRiver salmonWild herringSalmonOncorhynchusLiceSockeyeBritish Columbia
2019
Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite
Rochman C, Brookson C, Bikker J, Djuric N, Earn A, Bucci K, Athey S, Huntington A, McIlwraith H, Munno K, De Frond H, Kolomijeca A, Erdle L, Grbic J, Bayoumi M, Borrelle S, Wu T, Santoro S, Werbowski L, Zhu X, Giles R, Hamilton B, Thaysen C, Kaura A, Klasios N, Ead L, Kim J, Sherlock C, Ho A, Hung C. Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite. Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry 2019, 38: 703-711. PMID: 30909321, DOI: 10.1002/etc.4371.Peer-Reviewed Original Research