Dana is currently doing a post-doc at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center in the Conservation Biology division, working on creating a food web model for salmon streams and trying to quantify the amount of nutrients brought back to streams by returning adult salmon.
Publications
- Influence of spring floods on year-class strength of fall and spring spawning salmonids in Catskill Mountain streams
- Status and distribution of fish in an acid-impacted watershed of the northeastern United States (Hubbard Brook, NH)
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Ongoing Research
- Influence of Woody Debris on Stream Nitrogen Retention
- Woody debris dynamics in northeastern stream systems
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Collaborations
- Evaluating woody debris in mature and old growth forest streams
- Stream habitat and biotic community responses to “natural channel design” stream restorations in the Catskill Mountains of New York
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Dana is an ecologist studying the bio-geo-chemical and structural influences on biological productivity in stream and river systems. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 2008. Dana is currently an NRC post-doctoral fellow at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center.