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SALMON WATERSHEDS LAB
Ecology & Conservation of Aquatic Systems
Jonathan Moore and Team
ALUMNI
Post Doctoral Fellows
Justin Yeakel
Position: Post Doctoral Researcher
Current Position: Omidyar Fellowship at the Santa Fe Institute
Project Description: Synchronization and stability of river metapopulation networks
Mark Novak
Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher (UCSC)
Current Position: Faculty at Oregon State University
Joel Harding
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Biology; Instream Fisheries)
Research Project: Examining and improving the efficacy of PIT tag arrays in estimating population sizes of salmonids
Eduardo Martins
Position: Post Doctoral Researcher, LiberEro Fellow
Research Project: Cumulative effects on Fraser River sockeye salmon
Ph D. Students
Michael Beakes
Position: PhD Candidate
Project Description: The effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbance in lotic ecosystems
Completed September 2014
Corey Phillis
Position: PhD Candidate
Project Description: Dam Anadromy: The ecology and evolution of a migratory life history
Completed September 2014
Ann-Marie Osterback
Position: PhD Candidate UCSC, co-advised by Carr
Project Description: The effect of avian predation on juvenile salmonids
Completed May 2014
Masters Students
Charmaine Carr-Harris
Position: MSc. Student (Biology)
Project Description: Early marine dynamics of Skeena River sockeye salmon
Completed January 2015
David Scott
Position: MRM student (Resource and Environmental Management)
Project Description: Evaluating the effects of flood proofing barriers on fish communities in urban streams
Completed December 2014
Holly Nesbitt
Position: MRM student (Resource and Environmental Management)
Current Position: Associate at Compass Resource Management
Project Description: Dendritic biodiversity and stability of First Nations fisheries throughout the Fraser River watershed
Completed March 2014
Corinna Favaro
Position: MSc. Student (Biology)
Project Description: Fish assemblages and potential barriers in urban streams
Completed December 2013
Rebecca Seifert
Position: MRM student (Resource and Environmental Management)
Project Description: Assessing flood box designs to balance flood protection and fish biodiversity
Undergraduate Students and Technicians
Megan Vaughan
Position: Lab Manager
Research Interests: Effects of climate change on species interactions in aquatic communities
Audrey Laîné
Position: Visiting Research Scientist
Research Project: What makes a climate change winner?
Christopher Pan
Position: Lab Technician
Research Project: Using scale analysis to determine size-biased mortality in steelhead
Luke Warkentin
Position: ISS Undergraduate (Biology)
Project Description: Impacts of infrastructure development on urban stream communities
Ellika Crichton
Position: Research Technician
Project Description: Quantifying the reliance of salmon on the estuary ecosystem of the Skeena River using stable isotope analysis.
Jen Gordon
Position: Research Technician
Project Description: Assessment of the suitability of flood protection infrastructure for support of salmonid populations
Angela Fortune
Position: Research Technician
Current Position: Graduate Student, UVic
Project Description: Using scale analysis to determine estuarine growth of Pacific salmon
Steve Sharron
Position: Honours student
Current Position: MSc. Morby Lab, Western University
Rachel Charish
Position: Field Technician
Current Position: Undergraduate student at SFU
Laura Twardochleb
Position: Lab/Field Technician
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Washington
Nic Retford
Position: Lab/Field Technician
Current Position: Graduate Student, UCSC
Cristina Cois
Position: Lab/Field Technician