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EC
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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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Phone:
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206-860-3408
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Email:
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send e-mail
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NWFSC Publications
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Background
Blake has been studying fish since 1984. His research interests have ranged from laboratory studies of gymnotid ethology and electrophysiology, to modeling anadromous salmonid populations at landscape scales. Specifically, Blake has studied fish population differences in resistance to low pH, and he has investigated juvenile anadromous salmonid audiology and ethology. He has used spatial analysis at large spatial scales to characterize patterns and processes in invaded estuaries; develop estuarine restoration site ranking protocols; characterize vegetation change in breached dike estuarine wetlands; assess potential dike-breach restoration sites in estuarine wetlands; and generate an inventory of breached dike estuarine wetlands along the Washington, Oregon, and California coast. Blake has a B.S. in Zoology (University of Wisconsin-Madison 1986), an M.S. in Fisheries (University of Washington 1991), and a Ph.D. in Fisheries (University of Washington 1999).
Current Research
At his current position, Blake is responsible for designing and participating in research in two areas: the relationship between various fish populations and their terrestrial/estuarine habitat; and the interaction between non-indigenous species and estuarine food webs and ecosystems. He uses a landscape scale approach for most of his research, but he is also interested in the effect of climate, spatio-temporal scaling, and various anthropogenic influences.
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