PIT antenna, Smith Brook, VT
Juvenile American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
Collecting non-lethal gill biopsy from an Atlantic salmon smolt (Salmo salar)
Fish ladder at Cabot Station Power Plant, Turners Falls, MA
Research areas:
Identification, localization and endocrine regulation of ion transport proteins in the gill of Atlantic salmon that are responsible for their capacity to move from fresh water to seawater.
Endocrine disruption and acidification impacts on smolt development and seawater performance of Atlantic salmon.
Survey of acidification-related water chemistry in New England streams and relation to physiological and population impacts on Atlantic salmon.
Developmental and environmental influences, including climate change, on development of salinity tolerance and migratory behavior in anadromous clupeids (alewife, blueback herring, American shad).
Long-term monitoring of the migration timing and over-winter survival of Atlantic salmon smolts in a restoration stream of the Connecticut River (Smith Brook, Newfane, VT).
Funding sources:
In addition to the base support of the USGS, we have obtained funding for our research from the following agencies:
