Statewide | Ecosystem Perspectives
Prospective students: New opportunities with the Integrated Marine Fisheries Lab at OSU Presenter: Cheryl Barnes , cheryl.lee.barnes@gmail.com, Oregon State University The main objective of the Integrated Marine Fisheries Lab is to conduct science that informs marine resource management. Much of our work focuses on better understanding population and community dynamics of groundfishes in the North Pacific. We value collaboration among academic and agency scientists, resource managers, and fishery stakeholders because of its benefit to both process and product. Some common research themes include evaluating effects of scale on ecological inferences, enhancing scientific lessons through cross-regional comparisons, and using multiple metrics to improve our understanding about processes of interest. We rely on field sampling, lab-based research, and statistical modeling to inform data-poor stock assessments and support ecosystem-based fisheries management. Over the next few years, we will be recruiting MS/PhD students and postdocs who are interested in working on highly collaborative projects that are specifically designed to answer management-relevant questions. Topics may relate to marine spatial ecology, food web dynamics, climate change impacts, and improving commonly-used statistical tools. We intentionally seek out diverse identities, backgrounds, and perspectives, which enhance the quality of our work. Thus, we strongly encourage those from underrepresented and/or historically marginalized groups to apply. The Integrated Marine Fisheries Lab is in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences at Oregon State University and part of the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station based at the Hatfield Marine Science Center. We are supported by and work in close collaboration with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine Resources Program.
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