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David Lloyd George Noakes (1942–2020) was a remarkable man. He was a friend, mentor, professor, editor, and writer. Herein, his peer-reviewed and edited publications are compiled and synthesized to demonstrate his academic contributions. David generated more than 213 publications including nine books, 29 book sections, and 175 peer-reviewed articles between 1973 and 2021. His research was focused in three main themes: (1) behaviour, ecology, and evolution of fishes; (2) behaviour as it influences fish populations; and (3) native salmonine conservation. Within these themes, 38 species in 16 families and three classes were studied, Salmonidae being the most prevalent taxon representing nearly 60% of published articles. He cared deeply about people, history, and tradition; he led or contributed to 12 tributes to the foremothers and fathers of fish biology. David was collaborative. He was remarkable at facilitating connections and establishing strong and lasting relationships. His network consisted of at least 262 unique co-authors spanning 17 countries and representing 110 unique partner institutions. This bibliographic synthesis is intended to form the basis for the many detailed investigations of notable achievements, advancement of fields, and societal impacts within this issue that together honour the loss of a giant in our field.
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Special thanks to Margaret Docker for accepting the role of Editor-in-Chief for Environmental Biology of Fishes, thereby continuing David’s legacy, and for coordinating this Special Issue in honour of our friend. Thanks to Nick Boucher and Jessica Ives (Great Lakes Fishery Commission) for assistance in accessing articles contained in Table 1 and to Randy Eshenroder and Gail Mitchell (Great Lakes Fishery Commission) for reviewing and formatting data in Table 1. Thanks to Ken Frank and Jordan Tait (Michigan State University) for the crash course on network analysis and to Jean Adams (U.S. Geological Survey) for assisting with R code. Finally, thanks to the reviewers for their excellent contributions which helped improve the manuscript.
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Muir, A.M. A CHARRmed life: a synthesis of scientific contributions by David Lloyd George Noakes (1942–2020). Environ Biol Fish 106, 769–784 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01242-8
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