Fisheries Biology, Invertebrate Biology and Identification
With more than 12 years of experience performing
freshwater ecological research, Mike leads ABR’s
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program. His primary
areas of interest and expertise are salmonid ecology,
macroinvertebrate ecology and taxonomy, bioassessment
of rivers and streams using macroinvertebrate communities,
watershed assessments and restoration of rivers
and streams. Mike routinely leads large-scale research
and assessment projects of fish and macroinvertebrate
communities across the Pacific Northwest. Much of
this work examines variation in biological conditions
across watersheds in relation to instream physical
and chemical conditions and adjacent land use, or
in response to watershed restoration efforts. From
study design and data collection, through analysis
and publication, Mike is highly skilled at all aspects
of freshwater ecological research. Mike has an extensive
understanding of how fish and macroinvertebrate
communities are shaped by physical and chemical
factors and altered by disturbance, and is active
in publishing pertinent works on the subject. Mike
is a NABS-certified taxonomist, performing all of
ABR’s identification work for both eastern
and western macroinvertebrates.
Mike is managing ABR’s aquatic program from
our new office in Greenfield, Massachusetts. ABR
currently has environmental projects in 6 northeastern
states.
