Philip M Harrison, PhD
Post-doc: Behaviour and spatial ecology of fish using telemetry and isotope tools.
ABOUT ME
I am a Research Associate at the Canadian Rivers Institute, at the University of New Brunswick. I work on fish passage projects on the St John River, within the Mactaquac Aquatic Ecosystem Study (MAES)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Individual variation in spatial ecology and diet
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why do individual fish differ in their dietary habits?
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why do individual fish have such different movement patterns?
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why does this variation matter?
Diel migrations
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why do fish use shallow water at night?
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why do fish use deep water during the day?
Partial migrations
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why do only some fish migrate?
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why do some stay behind?
Fish passage and entrainment at hydropower dams
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what happens to fish when then swim near dams?
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how can we help fish move past dams?
Philip M Harrison
I am a fish ecologist interested in a mix of basic and applied science and all things quantitative and fishy.
Key research areas:
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Inter-individual variation in movement and feeding patterns of fish and the ecological consequences of this variation
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Understanding diel migrations
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Interactions between fish and hydropower
Favorite Research Tools:
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Acoustic Telemetry
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Stable Isotopes
Favorite Species: Burbot, Lota lota
EDUCATION
2010-2015
University of Waterloo, Canada
PhD Biology- Supervised by Micheal Power
2008-2009
Hull International Fisheries Institute, Unversity of Hull
MSc Fisheries Science Supervised by Ian Cowx
1999-2003
Sparsholt College Hampshire
BSc Fisheries Management and Aquaculture