Life HistorY & population Ecology

Most of my past projects revolve around a common theme of understand the factors that naturally influence the life history and ecology of fishes and other aquatic organisms, as well as how natural and anthropogenic disturbances can influence the dynamics of their populations.  

My research has spanned both marine and freshwater systems, and included stress physiology, behavioral ecology, spatial ecology, predator-prey interactions, and adaptations in life history traits as a response to disturbance.  Some of this work involves the use of telemetry and associated emerging technologies to understand the ways fish function under “normal” and disturbed conditions, and combines the results of these studies with laboratory and field manipulations to identify specific mechanistic causes of stress in fish.

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Projects & Topics

  • Variation in age, growth, and reproduction of pumpkinseed sunfish in Eastern Ontario lakes

  • Influence of winterkill and forestry practices on the life history of fathead minnows in boreal Alberta lakes

  • Disturbance on juvenile green sea turtles by snorkelers in Culebra, Puerto Rico

  • Movement patterns of striped bass in Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, MA

  • Stream and coastal movements of sea-run brook trout, Red Brook, MA

  • Movement patterns of horseshoe crabs in Stage Harbor, MA

  • Spatial ecology and potential impacts of dredging on diamondback terrapins in Wellfleet, MA

  • Effects of catch-and-release on peacock bass (Puerto Rico), golden mahseer (India), golden dorado (Argentina), arapaima (Guyana), fat snook (Brazil), juvenile lemon sharks (The Bahamas), and steelhead (British Columbia, Canada).

  • Life history, population dynamics, and impacts of overfishing on bonefish in Anaa Atoll, French Polynesia. 

 
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Sustainable Aquaculture

Some of my past work has also focused on sustainable aquaculture and the development of integrated food production models as a mechanism to reduce impacts on fish stocks and local, regional, and global ecosystems.

Projects & Topics

  • Offshore aquaculture for cobia 

  • Aquaponics 

  • Building-integrated aquaculture 

  • Low-cost recirculating aquaculture systems