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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Earth & Marine Sciences A308
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JONATHAN W. MOORE Assistant Professor B.A., Carleton College Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle  MOORE LAB

Center for Ocean Health 100 Shaffer Road University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: 831.502.7387 Fax: 831.459.3383 jwmoore@biology.ucsc.edu office hours

Ecology and conservation of freshwater ecosystems

I am interested in the dynamics of freshwater ecosystems--how streams and lakes function, and how human activities impact that function. Although my focus is generally on food webs, I draw from multiple ecological perspectives, applying theories and approaches from evolutionary, ecosystem, food-web, and community viewpoints.

My current research seeks to understand how species interactions and disturbances drive ecosystem processes, community dynamics, and evolution in freshwaters. I am interested in questions such as: What are the consequences of species additions or extinctions? How are human activities altering aquatic disturbance regimes? What are the diverse impacts of dominant ecosystem engineers? How do mobile organisms connect freshwaters to adjacent habitats? What are the causes and ecological consequences of population dynamics of Pacific salmon, an ecologically and culturally important group of species?

Selected Publications

Moore, J.W., and B.X. Semmens. In press. Incorporating uncertainty and prior information in stable isotope mixing models. Ecology Letters. 

Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, and C.P. Ruff. In press. Habitat saturation drives thresholds in stream subsidies. Ecology.

Moore, J.W., and D.E. Schindler. In press. Biotic disturbance and community dynamics in salmon-bearing streams. Journal of Animal Ecology.

Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, J.L. Carter, J.M. Fox, J. Griffiths, and G.W. Holtgrieve. 2007. Biotic control of stream fluxes: spawning salmon drive nutrient and matter export. Ecology 88: 1278-1291.

Moore, J.W. 2006. Animal ecosystem engineers of streams. BioScience 56: 237-246.

Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, and M.D. Scheuerell. 2004. Disturbance by spawning salmon of Alaskan stream and lake ecosystems. Oecologia 139: 298-308.

Moore, J.W., J.L. Ruesink, and K.A. McDonald. 2004. Impact of supply-side ecology on consumer-mediated coexistence. The American Naturalist 163: 480-487.

Moore, J.W., and D.E. Schindler. 2004. Nutrient export from freshwater systems by anadromous sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1582-1589.

Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, M.D. Scheuerell, J. Frodge, and D. Smith. 2003. Lake eutrophication at the urban fringe: the Seattle region. Ambio 32: 13-18.