Climate warming and aquatic invasive species
For my Ph.D. research at McGill University, I will examine the competitive performance and feeding efficiencies of a select group of invasive species (including freshwater fishes and crayfishes) across a range of water temperatures reflecting current and projected future warming scenarios for the Great Lakes basin.
Photo: envirobites
- Crayfish occupancy in intermittent streams
- For my M.S. at the University of Arkansas, I examined how crayfish distribution and abundance is related to hydrology. Our research reinforced the importance of lower-order streams in supporting biodiversity and determined that two crayfish species of conservation concern appear dependent on intermittent streams in the Ozark Highlands.
Modelling crayfish extinction risk
As part of my M.S. at the University of Arkansas, I constructed stage-structured demographic models to help determine the extinction risk of three crayfish species of conservation concern (including the newly reclassified Faxonius roberti, pictured) in the context of simulated drought and invasion impacts.
As part of my M.S. at the University of Arkansas, I constructed stage-structured demographic models to help determine the extinction risk of three crayfish species of conservation concern (including the newly reclassified Faxonius roberti, pictured) in the context of simulated drought and invasion impacts.
Surface water reservoirs and downstream biota
My undergraduate Honor's thesis at UMass Amherst included developing stage-discharge rating curves to quantify the flow regimes downstream of small water supply reservoirs. Hydrologic and thermal metrics were calculated and downstream benthic macroinvertebrates and fish were sampled to determine the effects of reservoirs on biota.
My undergraduate Honor's thesis at UMass Amherst included developing stage-discharge rating curves to quantify the flow regimes downstream of small water supply reservoirs. Hydrologic and thermal metrics were calculated and downstream benthic macroinvertebrates and fish were sampled to determine the effects of reservoirs on biota.