Her research program is focused on fish ecology that addresses applied problems. Specifically, problems related to the ecology of anadromous fish, processes that structure estuarine fish communities, how to use community ecology to devise fish sampling regimes that aid conservation, and integrated bio-social approaches to natural resource conflicts.
Presently, I direct a program of research, education, and outreach-extension-service focused on fish ecology that addresses both basic science and applied conservation and restoration problems.
Specifically, I am interested in problems related to
- Basic ecological processes that structure freshwater and estuarine fish communities;
- Patterns, mechanisms, consequences of fish movements;
- Role of heterogeneity in ecological structure and function across scales (including the role of dams);
- Integrated, interdisciplinary, bio-social approaches to natural resource conflicts.
Areas of Specialization:
- Fish Ecology / Integrated Biological-Social Science Research / Using Science to Address Applied Conservation Problems.
Subject areas:
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
