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Conservation Ecology scientists support resource management agencies through lab and field studies that evaluate contamination, behavior, invasive species, fire, the persistence and fate of land management chemicals, and the causality of species and/or population declines with an emphasis on threatened or endangered species.    

Restoration Ecology scientists develop methods for evaluating the success of ecological restoration with an emphasis on monitoring ecosystem structure and function.  Much of the effort is in support of the DOI's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program and directed toward restoration in contaminated habitats.  The methods developed are intended to help resource managers ensure restoration activities lead to the recovery of ecosystem services.

Qualitative Ecology scientists conduct risk assessments to understand the potential spread of invasive species, and habitat characteristics that may influence their distribution.  They also conduct population and energetic modeling to understand habitat requirements of species at risk such as the pallid sturgeon. 

 

Contact David Walters, Ph.D., Branch Chief

## Browse Topics

Behavioral Toxicology

Ecological Restoration

Environmental Monitoring

Invasive Species Ecology

Population Ecology and Dynamics

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May 4, 2022

####                 Use and Evaluation of Stimuli for Herding Bigheaded Carps to Increase their Capture Efficiency              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Columbia Environmental Research Center

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May 4, 2022

####   Use and Evaluation of Stimuli for Herding Bigheaded Carps to Increase their Capture Efficiency

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October 2, 2019

####                 Comparative Freshwater Fish Toxicity Testing of Antimycin A              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Species Management Research Program, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 

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October 2, 2019

####   Comparative Freshwater Fish Toxicity Testing of Antimycin A

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September 14, 2018

####                 Development and Evaluation of Novel Capture Gears for Bigheaded Carps              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Columbia Environmental Research Center

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September 14, 2018

####   Development and Evaluation of Novel Capture Gears for Bigheaded Carps

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September 13, 2018

####                 Chemical Attractant Investigations to Increase Aggregation and Harvest for the Control of Asian Carp              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Columbia Environmental Research Center

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September 13, 2018

####   Chemical Attractant Investigations to Increase Aggregation and Harvest for the Control of Asian Carp

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September 12, 2018

####                 Assessment of Acoustic Stimuli for Manipulating Movement of Bigheaded Carps              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Columbia Environmental Research Center

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September 12, 2018

####   Assessment of Acoustic Stimuli for Manipulating Movement of Bigheaded Carps

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June 21, 2018

####                 High Resolution Vegetation Mapping at Palmyra Atoll Using Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS)-Acquired Imagery              

Columbia Environmental Research Center

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June 21, 2018

####   High Resolution Vegetation Mapping at Palmyra Atoll Using Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS)-Acquired Imagery

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June 21, 2018

####                 UAS and Other Remote Sensing and Imagery Analysis For Disaster Response, Remediation, and Restoration and Monitoring Ecological Restoration              

Columbia Environmental Research Center

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June 21, 2018

####   UAS and Other Remote Sensing and Imagery Analysis For Disaster Response, Remediation, and Restoration and Monitoring Ecological Restoration

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June 8, 2018

####                 Restoration Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring: Invasive Species Eradication and Control Program at the Little Saint Francis River Chat Pile              

Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Columbia Environmental Research Center

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June 8, 2018

####   Restoration Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring: Invasive Species Eradication and Control Program at the Little Saint Francis River Chat Pile

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June 6, 2018

####                 Fire and Climate Suitability for Woody Vegetation Communities in the South Central United States              

Columbia Environmental Research Center

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June 6, 2018

####   Fire and Climate Suitability for Woody Vegetation Communities in the South Central United States

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January 1, 2016

####                 Assessing hydrologic function, plant stress, and success of bottomland restoration using UAS              

Columbia Environmental Research Center, National Innovation Center

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January 1, 2016

####   Assessing hydrologic function, plant stress, and success of bottomland restoration using UAS

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