Ecology Section
Personnel
- Dr. Ben Letcher - Section leader
- Matt O'Donnell - Fish Ecologist
- Todd Dubreuil - Fish Ecologist
- Tyler Evans - Fisheries Technician
- Meg Chapman - Fisheries Technician
Post-Docs
Current Graduate Students
- Douglas Sigourney - (Ph.D., 2001- ) Growth and mortality of individually-tagged Atlantic salmon in Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick. In collaboration with Dr. Rick Cunjak, University of New Brunswick.
- Jason Coombs - (Ph.D., 2002- ) Brook trout and Brown Trout geneology reconstruction and metapopulation dynamics.
- Paul Schueller - (Ph.D., 2008- ) Effects of fragmentation on the persistence stream fish.
- Krzysztof Sakrejda-Leavitt - (Ph.D., 2008- ) Disease ecology of stream fish.
- Chris Wood - (M.S., 2008-) Feeding behavior of American mink.
Former Post-Docs and Graduate Students :
- Dr. Kitty Griswold
- Dr. Julie Zimmerman
- Dr. Andrew Hendry
- Matthew J. O'Donnell - (M.S., 1997-2000) Age, size, hatch-date and growth rate distribution of young-of-year of American shad in the Connecticut River. Abstract
- Melissa S. Grader - (M.S., 1997-2000) Studies investigating the factors influencing the diet and growth of juvenile Atlantic salmon. Abstract, e-mail
- J. Nathan Henderson - (M.S., 1997-2000) Predation by resident salmonids on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry stocked in southern New England streams. Abstract, e-mail
- Stephanie Carlson - (M.S., 2000-2002) Growth and mortality of individually-tagged brook and brown trout in West Brook, MA. Abstract, e-mail
- Justin Scace - (M.S., 2000-2003) Efficient smolt trap for sandy and debris laden streams. Abstract
- Mariska Obedzinski - (M.S., 2000-2003) Family and population variation in feeding and growth of Atlantic salmon juveniles. Abstract
- Jamie Pearlstein - (M.S., 2001-2005 ) Predicting smolting in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): time course of the relative effectiveness of body morphology and size. Abstract
- Dr. Gregg Horton - (Ph.D., 2000-2006 ) Growth and mortality of individually-tagged Atlantic salmon in Shorey Brook, ME. Abstract
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