Download Export of Invertebrate Drift from Headwater Streams

Export of Invertebrate Drift from Headwater Streams
Jon Hollis, MS Gr aduate Student
Peggy Wilzbach, Principal Investig ator
Jon received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan Universit y
with a double major in Biology and Envi ronmental
Studies in 2007. Since graduating , he h as worked
continuously with both the USGS (West ern Ecological
Research Cen ter) and California’s Dep artment of Fi sh
and Wildlife conducting research involving long-term
monitoring of forest conditions in national parks
across California and Oregon, hydrology analysi s in
the San Fr anci sco and Klam ath region s, and salmon
spawning and life cycle monitoring acro ss the North
Coast .
Jon was admitt ed to the Fi sheri es Program at HSU in
Januar y 2015, and is currently pursuing a mast er’s
degree with Pegg y Wilzbach.
His project will attempt to quanti fy exp ort of invertebrate pr ey from headwat er
streams to downstream fish-bearing waters of the Lower Klamath River, and
evalu ate th e use of thi s resource by fish .
Jon sp ends hi s fr ee time fly fi shing the jetty for lingcod and rockfi sh, m aking
Spey casts to North Coast st eelhead, p ad dling kayaks and cano es, and br ewing
beer in his backyard.