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Division:
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CB
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Status:
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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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Job Title:
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Team leader, Salmon Risk Evaluation group
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Phone:
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206-860-3266
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Email:
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send e-mail
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NWFSC Publications
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Background
Mary Ruckelshaus joined NOAA Fisheries in 1997 as a research fisheries biologist. Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in the Biology Department at Florida State University. In 2000, she became the team leader for the Salmon risk evaluation group in the Conservation Biology Division. Mary holds a B.A. in human biology from Stanford University, an MSc in Fisheries and a PhD in Botany from the University of Washington.
Current Research
Mary is a population biologist whose research interests include the evolutionary ecology and conservation of marine and anadromous species. Her research has focused on population and evolutionary dynamics of seagrasses, marine reserve design, and developing viability criteria for salmonids. She currently leads the salmon risk team, which conducts analyses related to recovery planning for salmon listed under the Endangered Species Act. Her team works on developing quantitative methods for (1) identifying demographically isolated groups of salmon, (2) determining population and ESU viability criteria and (3) evaluating the effects of harvest, habitat, and hatchery management practices and natural background environmental variation on salmon population viability. She is especially interested in the science of using technical information to inform practical conservation problem solving and decision-making.
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