Jamie Sweeney

Position: M.S. Student (Animal Biology Graduate Group)

Email: jksween@ucdavis.edu

Degree: B.S. University of California, Santa Cruz, 2012 (Marine Biology)

Research Interests:

My research interests and developing Master’s Thesis involve the use of white sturgeon fin ray microchemistry to reconstruct migratory life history within the California San Joaquin and San Francisco Estuary. With the new and exciting methods I have learned from previous migratory history studies on salmon otoliths, I feel the information we can learn from this research can provide new insight into the use of microchemistry as a valuable tool in fisheries management and may have the potential to influence future management decisions.

Publications:

Anderson, J., J. Sweeney, T. Hinkelman, K. Horvath and J. Merz. 2016. Juvenile salmonid out-migration monitoring at Caswell Memorial State Park in the Stanislaus River, California. 2016 Annual Report.

Sellheim, K., J. Merz, P. Haverkamp and J. Sweeney. 2015. Lower American River Monitoring: 2015 Steelhead Spawning and Stranding Surveys Annual Report. Central Valley Project, American River California. Mid-Pacific Region.

Sellheim, K., J. Merz, D. Stroud and J. Sweeney. 2016. Lower American River Monitoring: 2016 Steelhead Spawning and Stranding Surveys Annual Report. Central Valley Project, American River California. Mid-Pacific Region.

Poster Presentations:

Sturrock, A., J. Sweeney, K. Sellheim, J. Merz, G. Whitman and R. Johnson. 2016. Juvenile Chinook Salmon life history variation and phenotype success on the American River. Cal-Neva American Fisheries Society Annual Conference. Reno, NV.

Sweeney, J., K. Sellheim, J. Merz, and M. Vaghti. 2013. Improving floodplain connectivity: Increased growth of riparian vegetation following removal of coarse mine tailings. Cal-Neva American Fisheries Society Annual Conference. Davis, CA.

Sweeney, J., K. Sellheim, and J. Merz. 2014. Does gravel size influence benthic macroinvertebrate density, biomass and feeding guild composition? Cal-Neva American Fisheries Society Annual Conference and Ecological Society of America Annual Conference. Sacramento, CA.

Sweeney, J., K. Sellheim, and J. Merz. 2015. Assessing ancillary benefits of gravel augmentation on regulated rivers by examining benthic macroinvertebrate production. Cal-Neva American Fisheries Society Annual Conference. Santa Cruz, CA.

Sweeney, J., K. Sellheim, M. Willmes, J. Merz, and Z. Jackson. 2017. Using fin ray microchemistry to reconstruct migratory histories from White Sturgeon captured in the San Joaquin River and San Francisco Estuary, CA. Annual IEP Workshop. Folsom, CA.

Sweeney, J., J. Merz, M. Beakes, C. Hammersmark and K. Sellheim. 2017. Between a rock and a hard place; balancing competing life stage needs in habitat rehabilitation. Cal-Neva American Fisheries Society Annual Conference. Eureka, CA.