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Summary of Expertise

Population Dynamics Modelling, Marine ecology, Salmon biology and life history diversity, Project Management

Research Interests

I am globally interested in understanding the combined effects of human and/or environmental forcing and biological interactions on the dynamics of marine and freshwater populations and ecosystems.

I am currently involved in various projects that all aims at improving our understanding of threatened California Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon populations dynamics and at providing useful data and recommendations for their management. 

In particular, I have been working on the development of a life cycle model that aims at evaluating the impact of California’s state and federal water project operations and climate change on spring-run Chinook salmon populations.

I am also using several biological markers, such as acoustic tags and otoliths isotope analysis, and floodplain enclosure experiments to evaluate movement, survival and growth rates of spring-run juvenile salmons across various Central Valley habitats (e.g., natal tributary, Sacramento River, floodlplain, esturay), as well as to assess the success of different juvenile freswhater rearing/migrating strategies in the adult population.

Biography, Education and Training

I obtained a Phd in Marine Ecology at Aix-Marseille University in France and decided to move to California where I have been studying the dynamics of spring-run Chinook salmon populations.

As a project scientist at NOAA and UCSC I have been working on evaluating the impact of California’s state and federal water project operations and climate change on California Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon populations.