Matthew J Young, PhD
Matthew Young is a research fish biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and has been with the California Water Science Center since 2016.
He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Davis. His work research is focused on interactions of native and non-native fishes with their environment, including novel ecosystem elements such as altered hydrology and proliferating non-native habitat engineers such as submersed aquatic vegetation. Currently he works in a variety of systems exploring relationships between native fishes and changes to their environment. This includes the spread of non-native species and potential displacement/competition, habitat alteration and the loss of underlying ecosystem processes, and the potential for habitat restoration to provide key mechanistic benefits to native fishes and other aquatic organisms.
Science and Products
Using the Distinct Population Segment concept to protect fishes with low levels of genomic differentiation: conservation of an endemic minnow (Hitch, Lavinia exilicauda)
Fish-habitat relationships along the estuarine gradient of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Implications for habitat restoration
Non-USGS Publications**
Sommer T. Understanding imperfect detection in a San
Francisco Estuary long-term larval and juvenile fish monitoring
programme. Fish Manag Ecol. 2017;24:488–503.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12257
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Using the Distinct Population Segment concept to protect fishes with low levels of genomic differentiation: conservation of an endemic minnow (Hitch, Lavinia exilicauda)
Fish-habitat relationships along the estuarine gradient of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Implications for habitat restoration
Non-USGS Publications**
Sommer T. Understanding imperfect detection in a San
Francisco Estuary long-term larval and juvenile fish monitoring
programme. Fish Manag Ecol. 2017;24:488–503.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12257
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.