Results from a trawl run in Kuskokwim Bay. Mostly juvenile chum salmon and one stickleback.
Christian E Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Actionable science to inform decision makers, managers, and the public
Professional Experience
2017 - Present Center Director, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
2015 - 2017 Chief, Water and Interdisciplinary Studies Office, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
2002 - Present Chair Scientific and Technical Committee, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative, Anchorage, Alaska
2001-2015 Research Fish Biologist, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK
2000 - 2001 Scientist, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1995 - 1997 Fishery Biologist, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon
1993 - 1995 Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
1992 Fishery Biologist, Thomas R. Payne and Associates/Pacific Land and Water Resources Consultants, Arcata, California
1991 Teaching Assistant, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
1990 - 1991 Research Assistant, Institute of Limnology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
1989 - 1990 Biological Technician, Redwood National Park, Arcata, California
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 2000 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Fishery Science
M.S. 1996 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Fishery Science
B.S. 1992 Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA Fishery Biology
Science and Products
Results from a trawl run in Kuskokwim Bay. Mostly juvenile chum salmon and one stickleback.
Jason Baker and Scott McLean pulling a beach seine in a side channel of the Yukon River
Jason Baker and Scott McLean pulling a beach seine in a side channel of the Yukon River
Strontium isotopes delineate fine-scale natal origins and migration histories of Pacific salmon
Diverse juvenile life-history behaviours contribute to the spawning stock of an anadromous fish population
Examining the utility of bulk otolith δ13C to describe diet in wild-caught black rockfish Sebastes melanops
Strontium isotopes in otoliths of a non-migratory fish (slimy sculpin): Implications for provenance studies
Use of glacier river-fed estuary channels by juvenile coho salmon: transitional or rearing habitats?
Mercury in fishes from Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Physiological and ecological effects of increasing temperature on fish production in lakes of Arctic Alaska
Estuarine environments as rearing habitats for juvenile Coho Salmon in contrasting south-central Alaska watersheds
Genetics, recruitment, and migration patterns of Arctic Cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) in the Colville River, Alaska and Mackenzie River, Canada
Species and life-history affects the utility of otolith chemical composition to determine natal stream-of-origin in Pacific salmon
Adaptive strategies and life history characteristics in a warming climate: salmon in the Arctic?
Lake trout otolith chronologies as multidecadal indicators of high-latitude freshwater ecosystems
Science and Products
Results from a trawl run in Kuskokwim Bay. Mostly juvenile chum salmon and one stickleback.
Results from a trawl run in Kuskokwim Bay. Mostly juvenile chum salmon and one stickleback.
Jason Baker and Scott McLean pulling a beach seine in a side channel of the Yukon River
Jason Baker and Scott McLean pulling a beach seine in a side channel of the Yukon River