Northern Research Station
11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200
Newtown Square, PA 19073
(610) 557-4017
(610) 557-4132 TTY/TDD
Title: Research Fisheries Biologist
Unit: Center for Research on Ecosystem Change
Previous Unit: Wildlife and Fish Habitat Relationships in New England Ecosystems
Address: Northern Research Station
201 Holdsworth NRC, Univ. of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9285
Phone: 413-545-0357
E-mail: Contact Keith Nislow
American Fisheries Society – Associate Editor
North American Benthological Society
Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Ecological Society of America
Technical Advisor to:
The Nature Conservancy – Connecticut River Intiative
US Fish & Wildlife Service – Gulf of Maine Program
Maine Atlantic salmon Recovery Team
Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission
My research deals with the relationship between land use, aquatic habitat, and the distribution and abundance of fish and aquatic invertebrates. Specializing in establishing explicit, mechanistic links between environmental variation with behavior, growth, and survival, I am particularly interested in using basic science to assist restoration, conservation, and management.
Freshwater ecosystems in New England and the northeastern US are strongly influenced by past and present anthropogenic change. In order for managers and stakeholders to make decisions based on sound science, we need to understand the links between land use change, freshwater ecosystems and sustainable fish populations, and effectively communicate this knowledge.
Last Modified: 11/19/2008