Publications

Meek. M., N. Mamoozadeh*, J. Glaubitz, M. Hare, and C. Kraft. 2025. Range-wide climate risk and adaptive potential in an iconic cold-water species. Nature Communications. 16: 7514. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62811-w

Hugentobler, S.*, A. Goodbla, L. Conrad, T. Sommer, and M. Meek. 2025. Genetic assessment of floodplain habitat use by juvenile chinook salmon. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4rf039nq

Mamoozadeh, N.*, M. Wade*, B. Reid, E. Bardwell*, E. Collins*, S. Hugentobler,* S. Jackson*, B. Kline*, H. Rothkopf*, A. Zhang*, and M. Meek. 2025. A practical guide to measuring and monitoring effective population size (Ne) for conservation and management. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 154(4): 352–371, https://doi.org/10.1093/tafafs/vnaf025

O’Leary, S. J, Thompson, T. Q, & Meek, M. H. (2024). Every Cog and Wheel: Identifying Biocomplexity at the Genomic and Phenotypic Level in a Population Complex of Chinook Salmon. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 22(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2024v22iss4art5

Kershaw, F. and The Coalition for Conservation Genetics. 2024. Protecting genetic diversity to benefit nature and society. Open Access Government April 2024, pp.392-393. https://doi.org/10.56367/OAG-042-11389.

Thompson, T., S. O’Leary, S. O’Rourke, C. Tarsa, M. Baerwald, P. Goertler, and M. Meek. 2024. Genomics and twenty years of sampling reveal phenotypic differences between subpopulations of outmigrating Central Valley Chinook salmon. Evolutionary Applications. Special issue on Advances in Salmonid Genomics http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13705

Hugentobler, S., A. Sturrock, M. Willmes, F. Cordelioni, R. Johnson, and M. Meek. 2024. Remnant salmon life history diversity rediscovered in a highly compressed habitat. Evolutionary Applications. Special issue on Advances in Salmonid Genomics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13741

Willmes, M., A. Sturrock, F. Cordoleani, S. Hugentobler, M. Meek, G. Whitman, K. Evans, E. Palkovacs, N. Stauffer-Olsen, and R. Johnson. 2024. Integrating otolith and genetic tools to reveal intraspecific biodiversity in a highly impacted salmon population. Journal of Fish Biology special issue.

Hoban, S., I. Paz-Vinas, R. Shaw, L. Castillo-Reina, J. da Silva, et al.. 2024. DNA-based studies and genetic diversity indicator assessments are complementary approaches to conserving evolutionary potential. Conservation Genetics, ⟨10.1007/s10592-024-01632-8⟩.

Narum, SR, M Campbell, K. Coykendall, M. Meek, K. O’Malley, M. Wellenreuther. 2024. Advances in salmonid genetics–insights from Coastwide and beyond. Editorial in Special issue in Evolutionary applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13732

Wade, M., K. Bucci, C. Rochman, and M. Meek. 2024. Microplastic exposure is associated with epigenomic effects in the model organism Pimephales promelas (fatthead minnow). Journal of Heredity. esae027. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esae027.

Bertola, L. D. et al. 2024. A pragmatic approach for integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation. Conservation Science and Practice. 6(1):e13053. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13053

Hoban, S., JM da Silva, A. Hughes, M. Hunter, B. Kalamujić Stroil, L. Laikre, A. Mastretta-Yanes, K. Millette, I. Paz-Vinas, L. Ruiz Bustos, R. Shaw, C. Vernesi, and The Coalition for Conservation Genetics. 2024. Too simple, too complex, or just right? Advantages, challenges, and guidance for indicators of genetic diversity, BioScience. 74(4):269–280. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae006

Mamoozadeh, N., A. Whiteley, B. Letcher, D. Kazyak, C. Tarsa, and M. Meek. 2023. A new genomic resource to enable standardized surveys of SNPs across the native range of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Accepted at Molecular Ecology Resources for Special Issue: “Omics tools for species conservation”. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.13853

Mamoozadeh, N., C. Goldswothy, L. Miller, N. Peterson, M.H. Meek. 2023. Sources of coaster brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) revealed by genomic analysis along Minnesota’s shoreline with Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 49(4):901-917.

Wade, M. J., K. Moore-O’Leary, S.M. Grodsky, R.R. Hernandez, & M.H. Meek. 2023. Of Mojave milkweed and mirrors: The population genomic structure of a species impacted by solar energy development. Conservation Science and Practice, e12987. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.12987

Saunders, S., B. Bateman, J. Grand, M. Meek, C. Wilsey, N. Forstenhaeusler, E. Graham, R. Warren, and J. Price. 2023. A call for alignment of protected areas with climate change refugia in North America. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2592

Meek, M., E. Beever, S. Barbosa, S. Fitzpatrick, N. Fletcher, C. Mittan, B. Reid, S. Campbell-Staton, N. Green, and J. Hellmann. 2023. Understanding local adaptation to prepare populations for climate change. Bioscience. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biac101/6832533

Baerwald, M., E. Funk, A. Goodbla, M. Campbell, T. Thompson, M. Meek, and A. Schreier. 2023. Rapid CRISPR-Cas13a genetic identification enables new opportunities for listed Chinook 2 salmon management. Accepted at Molecular Ecology Resources. Special issue: “Omics tools for species conservation”. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1755-0998.13777

Hoban, S., Bruford, M.W., da Silva, J.M. et al. 2023. Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01492-0

Bertho, S., A. Herpin, E. Jouanno, A. Yano, J. Bobe, H. Parrinello, L. Journot, R. Guyomard, M. Thomas, P. Swanson, G. McKinney, K. Williamson, M. Meek, M. Schartl, and Y. Guiguen. 2022. A non-functional copy of the salmonid sex determining gene (sdY) is responsible for the “apparent” XY females in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Accepted at G3. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.28.454148v1

Kershaw, F., M. Bruford, W.C. Funk, C. Grueber, S. Hoban. M. Hunter, L. Laikre, A. MacDonald, M. Meek, C. Mittan, D. O’Brien, R. Ogden, R. Shaw, C. Vernesi, and G. Segelbacher. 2022. The Coalition for Conservation Genetics – Working across organizations to build capacity and achieve change in policy and practice. In press at Conservation Science and Practice. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.12635

Newell C., J. Durand, M. Meek, and P. Moyle. 2021. Black Sea Jellyfish: Shocking Newcomers to Suisun Marsh. Frontiers for Young Minds. 9:609315. doi: 10.3389/frym.2021.609315. https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2021.609315

Hoban, S., M. Bruford, M. Lopes-Fernandes, WC Funk, P. Galbusera, MP Griffith, C. Grueber, M. Heuertz, ME Hunter, C. Hvilsom, B. Kalamujic Stroil, F. Kershaw, CK Khoury, L. Laikre, AJ MacDonald, J. Mergeay, M. Meek, C. Mittan, TA Mukassabi, D. O’Brien, R. Ogden, C. Palma da Silva, U. Ramakrishnan, G. Segelbacher, RE Shaw, P. Sjögren-Gulve, N. Velickovic, and C. Vernesi. 2021. Global commitments to conserving and monitoring genetic diversity are now necessary and feasible. Bioscience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab054

Anderson, S., P. Elsen, B. Hughes, R. Tonietto, M. Bletz, D. Gill, M. Holgerson, S. Kuebbing, C. McDonogh Mackenzie, M. Meek, D. Verissimo. Trends in ecology and conservation over eight decades. 2021. In Press at Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2320

Taft, H., D. McCoskey, J. Miller, S. Pearson, M. Coleman, N. Fletcher, C. Mittan, M. Meek, and S. Barbosa. 2020. Research-management partnerships: an opportunity to integrate genetics in conservation actions. In Press at Conservation Science and Practice.

Kasubinski, SF., J. Pechal, K. Smiles, C. Schmidt, H. Jordan, M. Meek, and M.E. Benbow. 2020. Dysbiosis in the dead: human postmortem microbiome beta-dispersion as an indicator of manner and cause of death. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.555347

Meek, MH. 2020. Linking gene expression patterns with survival studies elucidates adaptive potential in changing environments. Molecular Ecology. 29(6):1031-1034. link

Kasubinski, SF., J. Pechal, C. Schmidt, H. Jordan, M. Benbow, and M. Meek. 2020. Evaluating bioinformatic pipeline performance for forensic microbiome analysis. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 65(2): 513-525 https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14213

Meek, M. Stephens, A. Goodbla, B. May, and M. Baerwald. 2020. Identifying hidden population structure and genomic diversity in Chinook salmon, a migratory species with a history of anthropogenic influence. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 77(3): 534-547.

Euclide, P., G. McKinney, M. Bootsma, C. Tarsa, M. Meek, and W. Larson. 2020. Attack of the PCR clones: Rates of clonality have little effect on RAD-seq genotype calls. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20:66–78 doi:10.1111/1755‐0998.13087

Meek, M. and W. Larson. 2019. The future is now: amplicon sequencing and sequence capture usher in the conservation genomics era. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(4): 795-803 https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12998

Wetzel, W.C., and M.H. Meek. 2019. Physical defenses and herbivory vary more within plants than among plants in the tropical understory shrub Piper polytrichum. Botany. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2018-0160

Saglam, I. D. Prince, M. Meek, O. Ali, M. Miller, M. Peacock, H. Neville, A. Goodbla, C. Mellison, W. Somer, B. May & A. Finger. 2017. Genomic analysis reveals genetic distinctiveness of the Paiute Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris), Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2017.1356373

Winford, E., M. Wilkerson, L. Porensky, I. Lacher, K. Garbach, K. Deiner, J. Blickley, and
M. Meek. 2017. An undergraduate student’s guide to necessary skills for careers in wildlife science. In Krausman, P. and S. Henke (eds.) Becoming a wildlife professional. John Hopkins University Press and The Wildlife Society. https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/becoming-wildlife-professional

Meek, M., M. Baerwald, M. Stephens, A. Goodbla, K. Tomalty, M. Miller, and B. May. 2016. Sequencing improves our ability to study threatened migratory species: genetic population assignment in California’s Central Valley Chinook salmon. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2493

Meek, M., C. Wells, K. Tomalty, J. Ashander, E. Cole, D. Gille, B. Putnam, J.Rose, M. Savoca, L. Yamane, J. Hull, D. Rogers, E. Rosenblum, J. Shogren, R. Swaisgood, and B. May. 2016. We should not be afraid to talk about fear of failure on conservation. Biological Conservation. 194:218-219. (pdf)

Ali, O., S. O’Rourke, S. Amish, M. Meek, G. Luikart, C. Jeffres, and M. Miller. 2016. RAD Capture (Rapture): Flexible and efficient sequence-based genotyping. Genetics. 202(2): 389-400. (pdf)
Baerwald, M., M. Meek*, M. Stephens*, R. Nagarajan, A. Goodbla, K. Tomalty, G. Thorgaard, B. May, and K. Nichols. 2016. Migration-related phenotypic divergence is associated with epigenetic modifications in rainbow trout. Molecular Ecology. Special Issue: Epigenetic Studies in Ecology and Evolution. 25(8): 1785-1800. (pdf) *Authors contributed equally. Featured on cover.

Meek, M., C. Wells, K. Tomalty, J. Ashander, E. Cole, D. Gille, B. Putnam, J.Rose, M. Savoca, L. Yamane, J. Hull, D. Rogers, E. Rosenblum, J. Shogren, R. Swaisgood, and B. May. 2015. Overcoming the fear of failure to improve the conservation of extremely small populations. Biological Conservation. 184: 209-217. (pdf)

Lew, R. A. Finger, M. Baerwald, A. Goodbla, B. May, and M. Meek*. 2015. Using next-gen sequencing to assist a conservation hatchery: A SNP panel for the genetic management of endangered Delta Smelt. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 144(4): 767-779. (pdf)

Tomalty, K., M. Meek, M. Stephens, G. Rincón, N. Fangue, B. May, and M. Baerwald. 2015. Transcriptional response to acute thermal stress in juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, determined by RNAseq. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 5(7): 1335-1349 (pdf)

Meek, M., M. Stephens, A. Wong. K. Tomalty, B. May, M. Baerwald. 2014. Genetic characterization of California’s Central Valley Chinook salmon. Ecology. 95(5):1431.

Meek, M., M. Stephens, K. Tomalty, B. May, and M. Baerwald. 2014. Genetic considerations for sourcing steelhead reintroductions: investigating possibilities for the San Joaquin River. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 12(1): jmie_sfews_16154. Online at http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6wn5q90h

Tomalty, K., M. Stephens, M. Baerwald, K. Bork, M. Meek, and B. May. 2014. Genetic considerations for fall-run Chinook salmon during the San Joaquin River Restoration. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 12(2): jmie_sfews_14880. Online at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7bp9m8t9

Meek, M., A. Wintzer, N. Sheperd*, and B. May. 2013. Genetic diversity and reproductive mode in two non-native hydromedusae, Maeotias marginata and Moerisia sp., in the Upper San Francisco Estuary, California. Biological Invasions. 15(1): 199-212. (pdf) *undergraduate co-author

Wintzer, A., M. Meek, and P. Moyle. 2013. Abundance, size, and diel feeding ecology of Blackfordia virginica (Mayer, 1910), a non-native hydrozoan in the lower Napa and Petaluma Rivers, California (USA). Aquatic Invasions. 8(2): 147-156. (pdf)

Meek, M. A. Wintzer, W. Wetzel, and B. May. 2012. Climate change likely to facilitate the invasion of the non-native hydroid, Cordylophora caspia, in the San Francisco Estuary, CA. PLoS ONE. 7(10): e46373. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046373.

Blickley, J., K. Deiner, K. Garbach, I. Lacher, M. Meek*, L. Porensky, M. Wilkerson, E. Winford, and M. Schwartz. 2012. A graduate student’s guide to necessary skill sets for conservation careers outside academia. Conservation Biology. 27(1): 24-34. *Order for first 8 authors determined alphabetically as all contributed equally. (pdf)

Baerwarld, M., M. Stephens, K. Bork, M. Meek, K. Tomalty, and B. May. 2011. Spring-run Chinook salmon genetic management plan. San Joaquin River Restoration Program. figshare. 124 pp. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.801104

Wintzer, A. and M. Meek. 2011. Notes on the morphology and ecology of non-native hydrozoa benthic stages in the brackish waters of the San Francisco Estuary. Interagency Ecological Program Newsletter. 24(3):12-16. (pdf)

Wintzer, A., M. Meek, P. Moyle, and B. May. 2011a. Ecological insights into the polyp stage of non-native hydrozoans in the San Francisco Estuary. Aquatic Ecology. 5(2): 151-161. (pdf)
Wintzer, A., M. Meek, and P. Moyle. 2011b. Trophic ecology of two non-native hydrozoans in the upper San Francisco Estuary: implications for the Pelagic Organism Decline. Marine and Freshwater Res. 62(8): 952-961. Featured on cover. (pdf)

Wintzer, A., M. Meek, and P. Moyle. 2011c. Life history and population dynamics of Moerisia sp., a non-native hydrozoan in the upper San Francisco Estuary (U.S.A.). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Sci. DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.017. (pdf)

Meek, M., M. Baerwald, A. Wintzer, and B. May. 2009. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in two non-native hydromedusae in the San Francisco Estuary: Maeotias marginata and Moerisia sp. Conservation Genetics Resources. 1(1): 205-208. (pdf)