Professor, Freshwater and Riparian Area Ecology
Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca
Phone: (604)822-6586
Fax: (604)822-9102
Education:
B.Sc. (1979) University of Toronto (Zoology)
M.Sc. (1983) University of Alberta (Zoology)
Ph.D. (1989) University of British Columbia (Zoology)
Affiliations:
Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Associate of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Associate member of the Department of Zoology
Research Interests
Stream and riparian area ecology
Community and population ecology
Benthic invertebrates, amphibians, fish
Detrital-based food webs and donor-controlled systems
Conservation Biology
Current Research Projects
The Forest-Stream Linkages Project – Organic matter dynamics
Ecology of headwater streams
Effects of riparian management on streams and riparian areas
Amphibian population ecology (especially endangered species)
Stream restoration