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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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425-347-6935, ext. 231
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Background
Casey Rice is a Research Fisheries Biologist at NOAA's Mukilteo Field Facility. In sixteen years with NOAA he has been involved in several research projects focusing on the biological effects of human activities in coastal marine and estuarine environments. Casey holds B.A. and B.S. degrees (The Evergreen State College 1989), an M.S. in fisheries (University of Washington 1997), and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences under the supervision of Dr. James Karr.
Current Research
Casey's current research areas include the estuarine ecology of juvenile Chinook salmon and other nearshore fishes and gelatinous zooplankton in Puget Sound, hatchery/wild interactions, and the biological effects of human activity in nearshore Puget Sound. Specific topics are:
Seasonal, geographic, and length distributions; feeding ecology; and BKD prevalence in wild and hatchery Chinook salmon.
Relative abundances of pelagic fishes and gelatinous zooplankton in nearshore surface waters.
Relationships between urbanization and marine bird and waterfowl assemblage composition.
Effects of anthropogenic shoreline modification on nearshore ecosystems.
Biological monitoring of estuarine restoration.
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