Freshwater Ecology and Fisheries

鱼类对生态系统变化的反应（例如，气候变化、物种入侵或污染物），包括行为的变化。行为变化可以改变生长率，从而改变生存和产卵活动/成功。行为变化也会影响鱼类遇到渔网的可能性（称为可捕性），资源管理人员使用渔网来估计种群规模（和可捕量）。主席的研究计划旨在了解鱼类行为的作用及其在面临生态系统变化的鱼类种群中的适应作用，并确定鱼类行为与可捕性之间的关系，以便资源管理人员能够改善渔业种群和收获估计。

Fishes respond to ecosystem change (e.g., climate change, species invasions or contaminants) in many ways, including changes in behaviour. Behavioural changes can alter growth rates, and therefore survival and spawning activity/success. Behavioural changes can also affect the likelihood of fish encountering fishing nets (termed catchability) that resource managers use to estimate population size (and allowable harvest). The research program of the Chair seeks to understand the role of fish behaviour and its adaptive role among fish populations facing ecosystem change, and to define relationships between fish behaviour and catchability so resource managers can improve fisheries population and harvest estimates.