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Investigators
Principal
Investigator: Edward O. Otis IV (Ted)
Title: Fishery Research Biologist
Alaska Department of Fish and Game,
Commercial Fisheries Division
3298
Douglas Place,
Homer, AK 99603 USA
Email: ted_otis@fishgame.state.ak.us
Voice: (907) 235-1723
Fax: (907)235-2448
Education
Master of Science, Fisheries Science, University of
Arizona, 1994.
Bachelor’s of Science, Environmental
Science, University of New Hampshire, 1988.
Professional Experience
- April 1996-present: Area Finfish Research Biologist for Lower
Cook Inlet, Alaska Department of Fish and Game- Commercial Fisheries Division,
Homer, AK.
- April 1994-March 1996: Fishery Bio-technician, Kenai Fishery Resources
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai, AK.
- June 1991-March 1994: Graduate Research Asst., Univ. of Arizona,
Dept. of Renewable Natural Resources, Tucson, AZ.
- August 1987-June 1991 (intermittent): Fishery Bio-technician,
Kenai Fishery Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai, AK.
Research Interests
- Developing an effective stock identification tool to assist state herring
fishery managers better understand the structure of putative stocks in their
respective management areas
- Developing digital video and time-lapse recording technology for application
towards monitoring remote salmon escapements in-season on systems that don’t
warrant the expense of more expensive technologies such as weir or sonar
Ron A. Heintz
Title: Fishery Research Biologist
National Marine Fisheries Service-Auke Bay Laboratory
11305 Glacier Hwy.
Juneau, AK 99801 USA
Email: Ron.Heintz@noaa.gov
Voice: (907) 789-6058
Fax : (907)789-6094
Education:
- B.S. Ecology Ethology and Evolution, June 1979, University
of Illinois, Urbana Illinois
- M.S. Fisheries Biology, May 1987, University of Alaska, Juneau
Alaska
Employment and Study Focus:
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
National Marine Fisheries Service, Auke Bay Laboratory since 1985.
Prior
to 2000
Examined the effects of crude oil exposure during embryogenesis on the
life history of fish.
Since 2000
Lead laboratory program investigating the nutritional status and trophic
relationships of marine forage species.
Principle Findings:
- Embryonic exposure to crude oil results in life long effects in pink
salmon .
- The components of oil that persist longest in the environment are
those that are also the most toxic.
- Fatty acids are better at discriminating herring stocks than elemental
analysis of otoliths.
- The benefits provided to juvenile salmon by decaying salmon carcasses
include substantial increases in reserve energy.
Relevant Publications:
Barron, M. G., R. Heintz, M. M. Kran. 2003. Sci. Tot. Env. 311:111-133.
Heintz, R. A., J. W. Short, S. D. Rice. 1999. Env. Tox. and Chem.
18:3.
Heintz, R.A., S. D. Rice, A. C. Wertheimer, R. F. Bradshaw, F. P
Thrower, J. E. Joyce and J. W. Short. (2000). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
208:205-218.
Heintz, R.A., B. D. Nelson, M. Larsen, L. Holland, M. Wipfli, and
J. Hudson. In Press. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. Accepted Oct. 12, 2003.
Marty, G. D., J. W. Short, D. M. Dambach, N. H. Willits, R. A. Heintz,
S. D. Rice, J. J. Stegeman, and D. E. Hinton. 1997. Can. J. Zoology.
75:989_1007.
Murphy, M. L., R. A. Heintz, J. W. Short, M. L. Larsen, and S. D.
Rice. 1999. Trans. Am Fish Soc. 128:909-918.
Otis, E.O., and R. Heintz. 2003. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration
Project . Draft Final Report (Restoration Project 02538), Alaska Department
of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Homer, Alaska.
48 pp.
Short J. W and R. A. Heintz. 1997. Environmental Science Technology.
31:2375-2384.
Nate A. Bickford, Ph D
Institute of Marine Science
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks
P.O. Box 757220
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7220
Office: 907-474-6469
E-mail: nate@sfos.uaf.edu
https://www.sfos.uaf.edu/people/research/
Education
- NSF Polar Post – Doctoral Work - University
of Alaska Fairbanks. Research: Movement patterns of fish in the Bering
Sea and Gulf of Alaska, 2004 - Present
- PhD - Environmental Science (emphasis
in biology and chemistry) Arkansas State University.
Research: “Linkages between Hydrology
and Essential Fish Habitat” 2000 - 2004
- M.S. - Biology Appalachian State
University. Research: “Survey of Gastrointestinal
Helminths in Small Mammals in Watauga County, NC
and Changes in Parasite Populations Due to Changes
in Host Species and Changes in the Season” 1997
-2000
- B.S. – Biology Lenoir-Rhyne
University. Research: “The Caloric Content
of Wild and Captive Bears Diet and the Difference
in Calories Used by Captive Bears and Wild Bears” 1993
-1997
Professional Experience
- Affiliated Research Faculty: ESTES Department in
the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics – UAF 2005 – Present
- Laboratory Manager: the Inductively
Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) located
in the Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory in
the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics – UAF 2005 – Present
- NSF Polar Regions Post Doctoral program
Post-Doc: Identifying movement patterns
and stock identification in fish from the Bering
Sea and Gulf of Alaska. 2004 - Present
- Water Rock Life Lab (ASU) Post Doc:
CRUI: Environmental Life History of Freshwater
Fish using Otolith Microchemistry 2004
- Environmental Sciences Program (ASU) Graduate
Assistant: 2001 - 2004
Grant and Contract Funding
- AYK-SSI - Factors Affecting Juvenile AYK Chum Salmon Growth and Condition
$1,955,486 Co-Pi
Sea Grant – Mentoring Undergraduates in Fisheries Techniques
$10,000 PI
- EVOS – Pacific Herring study - Using otolith chemical analysis
to determine larval drift of Prince William Sound
Pacific herring (Clupea
pallasii). $52,000 PI
- OSRI – Pacific Herring in Prince William
Sound - Identifying past habitat use and essential
habitat of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii).-$33,000
Co-Pi
Sitka herring and salmon study – Stock delineation and natal
homing in herring and sockeye salmon. $30,000 Co-Pi.
- NSF Polar
Programs Post Doctoral Fellowship – “Identifying
movement patterns and stock identification in fish
from the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.” $140,000. Principal
Investigator
Arkansas Water Resources – “Otoliths and Environmental Life
History of Freshwater Fish”, $20,000. Co-Principal Investigator
- NSF
DBI 0328832 (2003-2007) “CRUI: Assessing Environmental
Life Histories of Freshwater Fish: Applications of
Otolith Microchemistry”.
$698,626. Project Manager (2003-2004).
Relevant Publications
Journal Articles
Bickford, N., and Hannigan, R. 2005. Stock
identification of Walleye (Sander vitreum)
using otolith
chemistry in the Eleven Point River, AR North American
Journal of Fisheries Management.
25: 1542-1549.
Sako, A., O’Reilly, C.M., Hannigan,
R., Bickford,
N., and Johnson, R.L. 2004. Stock identification
of two clupeid species, Stolothrissa tanganicae and Limnothrissa miodon in
Lake Tanganyika using otolith microchemistry. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment,
Analysis. 5:
Bickford, N.A. and Hannigan, R.E. 2003. Trace element
chemistry of fish tissues: Uptake routes in genus Moxostoma.
Environmental Geoscience 11(2): 226-236.
Christian,
A.D., Bouldin, J., Bickford, N., McCord, S.B., Sako, A., and
Ferris, J. 2003. Winter and
spring water quality of Big Creek watershed, Craighead
County, AR: Nutrients, habitat, and macroinvertebrates.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences 57: 27 -36
Book Chapter
B. Hamilton, N. Bickford, and R. Hannigan, "Elemental
chemistry of endolymph and otolith: Passive recorder or active writer",
bibl. Geological Society of America Special Publication,
GSA Press, Denver CO., (). Book Submitted of Collection: D.
Sarkar, R. Datta and R. Hannigan, "Current Perspectives in Environmental
Geochemistry"
Invited Presentations
Howard, R, Bickford, N., and Hannigan,
R. Environmental life history of walleye (Sander vitreum) in
Greer’s Ferry
Lake. ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Salt Lake City,
Utah 2005.
Bickford, N., and Hannigan, R. “Hydrochemical variations in a
Spring-Fed River, Spring River Arkansas”. Southwest regional meeting
of the American Chemical Society Oklahoma City, OK. 2003.
Bickford, N.A., Hamilton, B., and Hannigan, R.E Trace elements
chemistry in a spring-fed river (Spring River, Arkansas):
Ecotoxicological implications of chemical weathering. Southcentral-Southeast
sectional meeting of the Geological Society of America. Memphis TN.
2003.
Collaborators
Norcross, Brenda – University of Alaska
Fairbanks
Hannigan, Robyn – Arkansas State University
Brown, Randy – United States Fish and Wildlife
Spangler, Rob – Forest Service
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