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Assistant Professor

Department of Environmental Biology
311 Illick Hall

kaartell@esf.edu
315-470-6935

Overview

My group contributes to conservation, management, restoration, and stewardship approaches that support people, other species, and places. Much of this is in collaboration with First Nations (especially the Hai麓?zaqv Nation where I live part-time) communities and governments in an area now commonly referred to as the Great Bear Rainforest of Coastal British Columbia, Canada.

Research Areas

• Ecology and stewardship of culturally important species, including wolves, black bears, and grizzly (brown) bears
• Place-based stewardship in support of people and biodiversity including the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) First Nation-led Xvíɫm̓ístaƛ h̓ákq̓áṃ qṇtxv bákvḷásu (“Our food will return”) program restoring multiple linked marine and intertidal species and ecosystems throughout their territory
• Inquiry into conservation and management approaches at scales from regional to continental

Current Students

Tyler Black
PhD candidate
Co-supervised with
Project: Investigation the barriers to recovery in marine bivalves impacted by a marine diesel oil spill

My research seeks to investigate the impacts of marine oil spills to sensitive and important intertidal ecosystems, in collaboration with the Hai麓?zaqv (Heiltsuk) First Nation in Bella Bella, BC. Using a blend of field and lab-based approaches, I have been evaluating health metrics on populations of manila clam (Venerupis philippinarum) in sites impacted by the Nathan E. Stewart oil spill that occurred in Hai麓?zaqv Territory. In collaboration with the University of Guelph, and the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department, we are seeking to inform restoration efforts of the local clam populations. My previous work assessed the impacts of oil spills to invertebrate communities in a freshwater context at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area in northern Ontario, Canada on Treaty 3 land and Anishinabewaki Territory.

 

 

Victoria Loor
MSc student
Co-supervised with

My thesis research concentrates on investigating the effects of marine diesel oil (MDO) to the socio-ecologically important Manila clam (Venerupis philippinarum). To better understand this, I am assessing the toxicity of individual aromatic compounds which have been attributed to whole oil toxicity. With this, I can determine species-specific toxicity and contribute to risk assessment in future marine oil spills. This research is conducted as a part of a unique collaboration between the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department and the University of Guelph with hopes to provide an understanding to the negative effects of marine diesel oil to intertidal bivalves following oil spills. During my undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Guelph, I was awarded a NSERC-USRA evaluating novel decontamination technologies to reduce food waste and single-use PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am passionate about environmental conservation, sustainability, and remediation, and love spending my free time camping, hiking, and birding!

 

Ana Strbac
MSc student
Co-supervised with
Project: Developing critical target lipid body burden model of purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)

The goal of my research is to assess how oil contamination impacts the purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus). More specifically, I will be developing a critical target lipid body burden model by determining the effects of polycyclic aromatic chemicals (PACs) on sea urchin embryological development. This work is a collaboration between the University of Guelph and the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department. I previously worked with aquatic invertebrates at McMaster University, both as a research assistant and an honours thesis student. My honours thesis focused on the impacts of microplastics on a freshwater snail (Planorbella pilsbryi). In my free time I enjoy being outdoors and off-grid, playing sports, and listening to old music!

Milène Weibe
MSc student
Co-supervised with

My research focuses on the invasion ecology of European green crabs (Carcinus maenas). In particular, I am evaluating management strategies that aim to limit their negative effects on intertidal communities within the traditional territory of the Hai麓?zaqv Nation on the central coast of British Columbia in collaboration with the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department. Previously I gained experience with invasive species with Parks Canada, working to stop the spread of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Manitoba. My honours thesis at the University of Manitoba focused on determining if proximate body condition could be used as a predictor for fecundity in sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) within the Great Lakes. I am passionate about conservation and wildlife management, making science accessible, the outdoors, and dogs.

Publications

White (Q?íx?itasu), E.*,Artelle, K.A.*, Brown (Haíɫzaqv), E., Brown (??áqvamut), K., Chan, D.E., Housty (Dúqva?ís?a), W.G. 2024. M??úxv?it model for centering Indigenous knowledge and governance. Conservation Biology. *shared lead authorship

Artelle, K.A., Johnson, H., McCaffery, R., Schell, C., Williams, T.D., Wilson, S.2024. From drivers of conflict to solutions: shifting our lens on human-carnivore coexistence research. Conservation Science and Practice. 

Kaechele, N., Beveridge, R., Adams, M., Boyce, P., Artelle, K.A. 2024. A Primer for the Practice of Reflexivity in Conservation Science. Conservation Letters. 

Kimmerer, R.W., Artelle, K.A.. 2024. Time to support Indigenous science. Science.

Adams, M.S., Levi, T., Bourbonnais, M., Service, C.N., Artelle, K.A., Bryan, H.M., Paquet, P.C., Nelson, T., Darimont, C.T. 2024. Human disturbance in riparian areas disrupts predator-prey interactions between grizzly bears and salmon. Ecology and Evolution. 

Field, K.A., Short, M., Moody, J., Artelle, K.A., Bourbonnais, M.L., Paquet, P.C., Darimont, C.T. 2024. Influence of ecotourism on grizzly bear activity depends on salmon abundance in the Atnarko River corridor, Nuxalk Territory. 2024. Human disturbance in riparian areas disrupts predator-prey interactions between grizzly bears and salmon. Conservation Science and Practice 

Short, M, Service, C., Suraci, J., Artelle, K.A. , Field, K., Darimont, C.2024. Ecology of fear alters behavior of grizzly bears exposed to bear-viewing ecotourism. Ecology. 

Artelle, K.A., Adams, M.S., Bryan, H.M., Darimont, C.T., Housty, J. (‘Cúagila?kv), Housty, W.G. (Dúqva?ís?a), Moody, J., Moody, M.F., Neasloss, D. (Muq’vas Glaw), Service, C.N., Walkus, J. 2022. Decolonial Model of Environmental Management and Conservation: Insights from Indigenous-led grizzly bear stewardship in the Great Bear Rainforest. Ethics, Policy & Environment

lark, D., Artelle, K.A., Darimont, C.T., Housty, W.G., Tallio, C., Neasloss, D., Schmidt, A., Wiget, A.,Turner, N. 2021 Grizzly and polar bears as nonconsumptive cultural keystone species. Facets.

Darimont, C., Hannah, H. Eckert, L., Mihalik, I., Artelle, K., Treves, A., Paquet, P. 2021. Large carnivore hunting and the social licence to hunt. Conservation Biology.

Treves, A., Paquet, P.C., Artelle, K.A., Cornman, A.M., Krofel, M., Darimont, C.T. 2021. Transparency 糖心vlog Values and Assertions of Fact in Natural Resource Management. Frontiers in Conservation Science.

Artelle, K.A., , Brown, K., Chan, D.E., Silver, J.J. 2020. A community-led approach to COVID-19. Science.

Walsh, J.C., Pendray, J.E., Goodwin, S.C., Artelle, K.A. , Kindsvater, H.K., Field, R.D., Harding, J.N., Swain, N.R., Reynolds, J.D. . 2020. Relationships between Pacific salmon and aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: implications for ecosystem-based management. Ecology.

Artelle, K.A., Zurba, M., Bhattacharyya, J., Chan, D.E., Brown, K., Housty, J.A., Moola, F. 2019. Supporting resurgent Indigenous-led governance: a nascent mechanism for just and effective conservation. Biological Conservation.

Field, K.A., Paquet, P.C., Artelle, K.A., Proulx, G., Brook, R.K., Darimont, C.T. 2019. Publication reform to safeguard wildlife from researcher harm. PLOS Biology.

Treves, A., Artelle, K.A., Paquet, P.C. 2019. Differentiating between regulation and hunting as conservation interventions. Conservation Biology.

Treves, A., Artelle, K.A., Paquet, P.C. 2019. Differentiating between regulation and hunting as conservation interventions. Conservation Biology.

Service, C.N., Bateman, A.W., Adams, M.S., Artelle, K.A., Reimchen, T.E., Paquet, P.C., Darimont, C.T. 2019. Salmonid species diversity predicts salmon consumption by terrestrial wildlife. Journal of Animal Ecology.

Treves, A., Santiago-Ávila, F. J., Popescu, V. D., Paquet, P. C., Lynn, W. S., Darimont, C. T., Artelle, K.A. 2019. Trophy hunting: Insufficient evidence.

Artelle, K.A., Stephenson, J., Bragg, C., Housty, W.G., Housty, J.A., Kawharu, M., Turner, N.J. 2018. Values-Led Management: the guidance of place-based values in environmental relationships of the past, present, and future. Ecology and Society.

Artelle, K.A., Reynolds, J.D., Treves, A., Walsh, J.C., Paquet, P.C., and Darimont, C.T. 2018. Working constructively toward an improved North American approach to wildlife management. Science Advances.

Artelle, K.A., Moola, F.M., Paquet, P.C., Darimont, C.T. 2018. British Columbia's wildlife model reform. Science. .

Artelle, K.A., Reynolds, J.D., Treves, A., Walsh, J.C., Paquet, P.C., Darimont, C.T. 2018. Distinguishing science from “fact by assertion” in natural resource management. Science Advances. Response to eLetter

Artelle, K.A., Reynolds, J.D., Treves, A., Walsh, J.C., Paquet, P.C., Darimont, C.T. 2018. Hallmarks of science missing from North American wildlife management. Science Advances.

Darimont, C.T., Paquet, P.C., Treves, A., Artelle, K.A., Chapron, G. 2018. 'Political populations' of large carnivores. Conservation Biology.

Treves, A., Artelle, K.A. , Darimont, C.T., Lynn, W.S, Paquet, P.C., Santiago-Ávila, F.J., Shaw, R., Wood, M.C. 2018. Intergenerational equity can help to prevent climate change and extinction. Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Darimont, C.T., Artelle, K.A., Moola, F., and Paquet, P. 2017. Trophy Hunting: Science on its own can’t dictate policy. Nature.

Adams, MS, Service, C.N., Bateman, A. Bourbonnais, M., Artelle, K.A., , Nelson, T.A., Paquet, P.C., Levi, T, Darimont, C.T. 2017. Intrapopulation diversity in isotopic niche over landscapes: Spatial patterns inform conservation of bear-salmon systems. Ecosphere.

Treves, A., Artelle, K.A., Darimont, C.T., Parsons, D. 2017. Mismeasured mortality: correcting estimates of wolf poaching in the United States. Journal of Mammalogy.

Artelle, K.A., Anderson, S.C., Reynolds, J.D., Cooper, A.B., Paquet, P.C., Darimont, C.T. 2016. Ecology of conflict: marine food supply affects human-wildlife interactions on land. Scientific Reports.

Popescu, V.D.*, Artelle, K.A.*, Pop, M.I., Manolache, S., Rozylowicz, L. 2016. Assessing biological realism of wildlife population estimates in data-poor systems. Journal of Applied Ecology. *Authors contributed equally.

Darimont, C.T., Artelle, K.A., Bryan, H.B., MacDuffee, M., Paquet, P.C. 2015. Brown Bears, Salmon, People: Traveling Upstream to a Sustainable Future. In Bear Necessities: Rescue, Rehabilitation, Sanctuary, and Advocacy (L. Kemmerer, Ed).  

Service, C.N., Adams, M.S., Artelle, K.A., Paquet, P.C., Grant, L.V., Darimont, C.T. 2014. Indigenous knowledge and science unite to reveal spatial and temporal dimensions of distributional shift in wildlife of conservation concern. PLOS ONE.  

Artelle, K.A., Reynolds, J.D., Paquet, P.C., Darimont, C.T. 2014. When Science-Based Management Isn’t. Science  343: 1311 

Artelle, K.A., Anderson, S.C., Cooper, A.B., Paquet, P.C., Reynolds, J.D., Darimont, C.T.. 2013. Confronting uncertainty in wildlife management: performance of grizzly bear management in British Columbia, Canada. PLOS ONE 8(11):e78041 

Artelle, K.A., Dumoulin, L.K., Reimchen, T.E.. 2011. Behavioural responses of dogs to asymmetrical tail wagging of a robotic dog replica. Laterality 16(2): 129-135