Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Promoting resilience of Pacific ocean perch, Sebastes alutus: The interaction of reproductive biology and environment

Water temperature effects on aquatic ecosystems - Cutthroat utilization of cold water refuges during seasonal high temperature events on the Willamette River

 Using 3D skeletal reconstructions to describe the evolution of the fish superfamily Cottoidea (the sculpins and their relatives).

I will be studying how changes in water chemistry and temperature will affect the physiology of Pacific Lampreys.

I am interested in the relationship between wildlife and habitat. I want to research resource selection, how species move about the landscape and how it drives population dynamics and effects fitness.

Breeding ecology and survey methods of arctic-breeding shorebirds.

Exploring novel molecular methods for wildlife management. Currently working with ODFW to create a database of mitogenomes and develop an eDNA monitoring program for Oregon's freshwater vertebrates.

I’m interested in ways to improve small scale fisheries management by incorporating understandings of individual and group behavior and decision making

I am tracking redband trout in the Klamath watershed to understand how these fish use isolated thermal refuges to survive extreme summer temperatures across most of their habitat.

My interest lies at the intersection of disease ecology, community biology, and wildlife conservation. Specifically, I am curious about the impacts of the amphibian microbiome on immune function and disease susceptibility. In my PhD, I look forward to examining the role of host vs....

My primary academic interests involve assessing the ecological, political, and social factors that drive contemporary natural resource policy and management decisions. 

Exploring the effects of wildfire on the limnology/ecology of Crater Lake, OR.

Participation of underrepresented communities in Fisheries Sciences

Population health of coastal and offshore common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) located off of the California coast

Presence of microplastics in a vital fish species (Rockfish) off the coast of Oregon

Coastal Cutthroat Trout movement pattern differences between streams with and without anthropogenic disturbances. 

I will be studying habitat complexity and ecosystem processes in restored riparian systems in Eastern Oregon. 

Factors influencing the population dynamics of the endangered Hawaiian Duck (Anas wyvilliana) on Kaua'i.

Disease and wildlife community dynamics across gradients of land-use change in tropical forests

I’m interested in studying the spatial and temporal impacts of behavioral ecology on populations within marine systems.

Using fecal DNA to estimate Roosevelt Elk populations in two Wildlife Management Units in the Oregon Coast and Cascade Ranges.

My research centers on population structure and genomic diversity of redband and coastal rainbow trout in the Klamath Basin prior to dam removal.

Stream amphibian and fish community responses to riparian thinning across watersheds

Studying interactions between mammalian carnivores and their shared prey at Starkey Experimental Forest in NE Oregon.

Characterizing the spread of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada "California" bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) populations.

I use a social psychological and governance approach to understand small-scale fisheries management in the wider-Caribbean region.

1. Vulnerability of traditional women's foods, medicinals, and product plants to climate change on the Olympic Peninsula, WA: Management projections and implications for tribal perspectives on Usual and Accustomed gathering areas
2. Changes in Non-Migratory Roosevelt Elk (Cervus elaphus...

Gail J. Woodside is a large landscape aridland ecologist and Traditional Knowledge Specialist.  She is interested in subsistence landscape restoration, elk behavior and movement, and creating partnerships between Western and Traditional science.  She is a member of the Advisory Board the Native...