Publications
Peer- Reviewed Publications
Rector, M. E., & Filgueira, R. (2025). Different coasts for different folks: Place-based community values and experience mediate social acceptability of low-trophic aquaculture. Marine Policy, 171, 106445.
Krause, G., Weitzman, J., Rector, M. E., Filgueira, R., Burg, S. V. D., Dankel, D. J., ... & Osmundsen, T. C. (2024). The social science of offshore aquaculture: uncertainties, challenges and solution-oriented governance needs. Frontiers in Aquaculture, 3, 1384037.
Rector, M.E., Filgueira, R., Grant, J. (2024). The role of salmon aquaculture eco-certification in corporate social responsibility and the delivery of ecosystem services and disservices. Marine Policy, 160: 105948.
Rector, M.E., Filgueira, R., Grant, J. (2023). Does eco-certification change public opinion of salmon aquaculture in Canada? A comparison of communities with and without salmon farms. Aquaculture Economics & Management.
Rector, M.E., Filgueira, R., Grant, J. (2023). From farm sustainability to ecosystem sustainability: Exploring the limitations of farm-applied aquaculture eco-certification schemes. Journal of Environmental Management, 339: 117869.
Rector, M.E., Filgueria, R., Bailey, M., Walker, T., Grant, J. (2023). Sustainability outcomes of aquaculture eco-certification: opportunities and challenges. Reviews in Aquaculture, 15: 840-852.
Rector, M. E., Weitzman, J., Filgueira, R., & Grant, J. (2022). Environmental indicators in salmon aquaculture research: A systematic review. Reviews in Aquaculture, 14: 156-177.
Rector, M. E., Filgueira, R., & Grant, J. (2021). Ecosystem services in salmon aquaculture sustainability schemes. Ecosystem Services, 52: 101379.
Fitzsimmons, M. G., Rector, M. E., McKay, D. W., & Storey, A. E. (2017). High growth and low corticosterone in food-supplemented Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica chicks under poor foraging conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 565, 217-226.
Wille, M., Huang, Y., Robertson, G. J., Ryan, P., Wilhelm, S. I., Fifield, D., ... & Lang, A. S. (2014). Evaluation of seabirds in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, as hosts of influenza A viruses. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 50(1), 98-103.
Rector, M. E., Walsh, C. J., Kouwenberg, A. L., Fitzsimmons, M. G., & Storey, A. E. (2014). Signals of need and quality: Atlantic puffin chicks can beg and boast. Behavioral Ecology, 25(3), 496-503.
Rector, M. E., Kouwenberg, A. L., Wilhelm, S. I., Robertson, G. J., McKay, D. W., Fitzsimmons, M. G., ... & Storey, A. E. (2012). Corticosterone levels of Atlantic puffins vary with breeding stage and sex but are not elevated in poor foraging years. General and comparative endocrinology, 178(2), 408-416.
Thesis Work
Rector, Megan E. "The role of eco-certification in marine salmon farming". PhD thesis. Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University.
Rector, Megan E. "Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) parent-offspring behaviour and condition under varying nutritional constraints". Masters thesis. Cognitive & Behavioural Ecology Program, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

