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David Patterson

Program Head, Fraser River Environmental Watch Program, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Adjunct Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management

Mr. Patterson research focusses on environmental factors that influence juvenile or adult salmon survival in fresh water, with a focus on stress physiology, migration behaviour, and thermal ecology.


Science advice is provided to managers to assist in the prediction of migration mortality associated with adverse river conditions and on the impact of anthropogenic stressors on salmon survival in fresh water.


 Fraser River environmental watch | Pacific Region | Fisheries and Oceans Canada (dfo-mpo.gc.ca)



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