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Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Chinook and Coho Operational BiologistFraser and Interior Area Stock Assessment

Denny Island, Bc, Canada

A Masters student's project studying the effects of nutrients left by spawning salmon on the territory structure and breeding success of Pacific Wrens.I held the banding sub-permit that allowed us to use mist-nets and colour band. Other duties included spot-mapping, nest searching, behavioural observations, and vegetation surveys.

I completed a literature review on the impacts of Tar Sands development on the marine environment for a multi-university collaboration. My duties involved downloading and categorizing papers with regards to their relevance and trophic level and graphically representing their results.

North And East Harrison Lake Watersheds

A VPR USRA project on possible impacts of Run of River dams on Coastal Tailed frogs with a focus on changes in stage and discharge dynamics. I lead the design of an experimental arena that we used to test the ability of Tailed frog tadpole's to avoid stranding from flow ramping that occurs in RoR systems.Field work included multi-day camping trips in remote locations and working in fast flowing streams, taking stream measurements, and surveying for tadpoles.

Lower Fraser River

An NSERC USRA funded project on severed connectivity in Lower Fraser River tributaries, fish communities and changes in water quality. In a collaboration with a peer, I helped design and implement a thorough investigation into the water quality of unimpeded and disconnected streams in agriculturally dominated landscapes.Field work included day trips to streams to catch fish with minnow traps and a seine nets, identifying and processing fish, and taking water quality measurements.Publication:Gordon, J., Arbeider, M., Scott, D., Wilson, S. M., & Moore, J. W. 2015. When the Tides Don’t Turn: Floodgates and Hypoxic Zones in the Lower Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada. Estuaries and Coasts, 1-8.

Ubc Botanical Gardens

My duties included conducting canopy walkway tours about plant identification, natural history, indigenous uses and promoting eco-tourism to large and small groups of all ages.

Master'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Thesis: Juvenile salmon use of estuaries: investigating food web ecology, growth, and residency

Bachelor'S Degree, Ecology, Conservation And Evolutionary Biology With Honours

My honours' project focused on the survivorship of the Glaucous-winged Gull. I used the program MARK to analyze adult and juvenile.

Education record