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(2) Burns, M.D., Satterfield, D.R., Peoples, N., Chan, H., Barley, A.J., Yuan, M.L., Roberts-Hugghis, A.S., Russell, K.T., Hess, M., Williamson, S.L., Corn, K.A., Mihalitsis, M., Wainwright, D.K., and Wainwright, P.C. (2024). Complexity and weak integration promote the diversity of reef fish oral jaws. Communications Biology, 7(1433). Link.
(1) Okechi, J. K., Peoples, N., Nyamweya, C. S., Glaser, S., and Kaufman, L. (2022). The ecological health of Lake Victoria (Kenya) in the face of growing cage aquaculture. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(11), e12826 *cover image*. Link
Submitted and in Review
Peoples, N. and Wainwright, P.C. Multifaceted impacts of an innovation on dental diversity in an adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes. Submitted
Peoples, N., Mihalitsis, M. and Wainwright, P.C. Incompatibility between two major innovations shaped the diversification of fish feeding mechanisms. In Review at PLOS Biology
Okechi, J.K., Peoples, N., Nyamweya, C.S., Orina, P.S., Cooperman, M.S., and Kaufman, L. Cage aquaculture of Nile tilapia has significant impacts on limnology in the world’s largest tropical lake. Accepted at Journal of Great Lakes Research