LISA C. THOMPSON

Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology Department

University of California, Davis

1063, Academic Surge, Davis, CA 95616-8751 USA

Phone: (530) 754-5732, Fax: (530) 752-4154, E-mail: lcthompson@ucdavis.edu

1999     Ph.D., Zoology (ecology, fisheries), University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1992     M.Sc., Biology (limnology, aquatic ecology), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

            Title: The influence of hydraulic retention time on planktonic biomass in lakes and reservoirs.

            Advisor: Dr. Robert Henry Peters

GRANTS & ACADEMIC AWARDS

2000 US National Academy of Sciences Grant, $10,000;  A  Straightforward, Empirical Approach to Predict Ecological Responses from Land Use Change & Hydrological Change, (Co-P.I.)

1998 Best Student Paper Award, American Fisheries Society (AFS) Western Division; Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska

1995 AFS Western Division Graduate Student Scholarship

1995 Best Student Paper Award, AFS North Pacific International Chapter Annual Meeting

1990 - 1991 NSERC (National Science and Engineering Research Council) PGS 2 Award

1983 - 1984 University of Western Ontario Entrance Scholarship (declined)

Sept. 2001 -   Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Anadromous & Inland Fisheries, UC Davis

• Conduct applied fisheries research and outreach through the UC Cooperative Extension system

July 1999 -    Postdoctoral Associate, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis, UCSB

Aug. 2001

• Coordinated activities of the multidisciplinary Hydrological Regimes working group, investigating the effects of land use and flow regime changes on stream and river ecology
• Taught in NCEAS "Kids Do Ecology" program for local grade 5 classes

Feb. 1997 -    Consultant, B.C. Ministry of Fisheries

present

• Analyze data (zooplankton, Mysis relicta) from fertilization experiments on the Arrow Lakes Reservoir and Kootenay Lake, B.C.
• Developed improved methods for stock assessment of shore-spawning kokanee salmon in Okanagan Lake, B.C.

April 1997 -   Research Assistant, Civil & Mechanical Engineering Department, UBC

June 1999

• Analyzed limnological data from the Arrow Lakes Reservoir, B.C. pre-fertilization baseline monitoring program, and from fertilization experiment on Kootenay Lake, B.C.
• Presented results at international conferences, public open houses and local schools

• Advised provincial managers on progress of restoration experiments

Sept. 1992 -   Research Assistant, Zoology Department, UBC

Mar. 1997

• Analyzed data (zooplankton, fish) from fertilization experiment on Kootenay Lake, B.C.
• Designed and maintained project database
• Hired, trained and supervised field and laboratory technicians

Jan. 1990 -    Teaching Assistant, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

April 1991

• Taught introductory level organismal biology and genetics

Dec. 1989 -   Consultant, World University Service of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Dec. 1991

• Conducted orientation sessions for volunteers posted to Malawi, Central Africa

Sept. 1987 -   Science Teacher, Mangochi Secondary School, Malawi, Central Africa

Aug. 1989

• Taught physics, chemistry, and biology to Malawian boys

2001                 Session Chair, AFS Conference: Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems, Eugene, OR

2000 - 2001     Co-organizer of NCEAS EcoLunch Seminar Series

1994 - 1995     Student Liaison, Canadian Aquatic Resources Section Newsletter, AFS

                        Member, AFS Excellence in Education Award Committee

1993 - 1994     Canadian Representative, Student Subsection of Education Section, AFS

1990 - 1992     McGill University Post Graduate Students' Society Representative

1986 - 1987     Head of 4th Year Women, Trinity College, University of Toronto

Computers - Visual Basic and QuickBasic modeling, GIS modeling using ArcView, Access database design and management, Excel, Powerpoint, Systat, SPSS
Boat Operation - inboard, outboard, and trailering
SCUBA Diving - NAUI Certification
Swimming - RLSSC Bronze Medallion and Silver Life Saving Fitness Award
First Aid - St. John Ambulance Basic First Aid Certificate and CPR
Driver's License – Class C
Languages - French, some Chichewa (national language of Malawi), Mandarin Chinese, & Spanish

PUBLICATIONS

1. Thompson, L.C. 2000. Relationship of kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) abundance to total phosphorus loading, and Mysis relicta density in Kootenay Lake, British Columbia. Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol. 27: 1-6.

2. Ashley, K.I., L.C. Thompson, K.E. Smokorowski, D. Sebastian, and H. Andrusak. 1999. Restoration of kokanee in a large intermontane lake by controlled seasonal application of limiting nutrients. In Aquatic Restoration in Canada. Edited by T. Murphy, and M. Munawar. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. pp. 127-169.

3. Thompson, L.C. 1998. Responses of kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka ) in Kootenay Lake, B.C. to large-scale nutrient additions. In Graduate Student Symposium on Fish Population Dynamics and Management. Edited by M. Vasconcellos, and D. Preikshot. Fisheries Centre Research Reports. 6(3): 6-9.

4. Ashley, K., Thompson, L.C., Lasenby, D.C., McEachern, L., Smokorowski, K.E., and Sebastian, D. 1997. Restoration of an interior lake ecosystem: the Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment. Water Qual. Res. J. Canada. 32: 295-323.

5. Thompson, L.C. 1995. Effects of nutrient additions to Kootenay Lake, B.C. on the biomass and productivity of plankton and fish. Lake Reserv. Manage. 11(2): 196.

6. Thompson, L.C. 1994. Effects of nutrient additions to Kootenay Lake, B.C. on zooplankton and kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) biomass and productivity. Proceedings of Canada/United States Technical Workshop on the Upper Columbia River Basin, Spokane, WA. State of Washington Water Research Center, p. 141-145.

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW

1. Nilsson, D.C., J.E. Pizzuto, G. Moglen, M.A. Palmer, E.H. Stanley, and L.C. Thompson. Ecological forecasting and running water systems: Challenges for economists, hydrologists, geomorphologists, and ecologists. (Ecological Applications)

2. Strayer, D.L., R.E. Beighley, L.C. Thompson, S. Brooks, D.C. Nilsson, G. Pinay, and R.J. Naiman. Effects of land-cover change on stream ecosystems: roles of empirical models and scaling issues. (Ecological Applications)

3. Naiman, R.J., S.E. Bunn, D.C. Nilsson, G.E. Petts, G. Pinay, and L.C. Thompson (ICSU-SCOWAR Working Group on Freshwater and Environmental Change). Legitimizing Fluvial Ecosystems as Users of Water. (Environmental Management)

PUBLISHED DATA/MODELS

1. Thompson, L.C. 1999. KootenayLake94 (Koot94EP.mdb) - Balanced EcoPath model of Kootenay Lake, B.C. pelagic food web. Available free of charge at EcoPath web site, http://www.ecopath.org/ , Published Models, North America - inland waters: Canada, Kootenay Lake, British Columbia (pelagic food web, growing season, 1994), koot94ep.zip. Runs on EcoPath with EcoSim version 4.0, free software, available at same web site.

REPORTS

1. Thompson, L.C. and Vidmanic, L. 2001. Arrow Lakes Reservoir fertilization experiment – Year 4 (2000) report: Responses of Zooplankton and Mysis relicta. Prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Province of British Columbia. 58 p.

2. Thompson, L.C. and Vidmanic, L. 2001. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment – Year 9 (2000) report: Responses of Zooplankton and Mysis relicta. Prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 50 p.

3. Thompson, L.C. and Vidmanic, L. 2000. Arrow Lakes Reservoir fertilization experiment – Year 3 (1999) report: Responses of Zooplankton and Mysis relicta. Prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Province of British Columbia. 54 p.

4. Thompson, L.C. and Vidmanic, L. 2000. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment – Year 8 (1999/00) report: Responses of Zooplankton and Mysis relicta. Prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 45 p.

5. Thompson, L.C. 1999. New Focus for SCOWAR (Scientific Committee on Water Research). Science International, No. 71: 8-9. (International Council for Science (ICSU) Newsletter)

6. Pieters, R., L.C. Thompson, L. Vidmanic, M. Roushorne, J. Stockner, K. Hall, M. Young, S. Pond, M. Derham, K. Ashley, B. Lindsay, G. Lawrence, D. Sebastian and G. Scholten, F. McLaughlin, A. Wüest, A. Matzinger and E. Carmack. 1999. Arrow Reservoir limnology and trophic status - Year 2 (1998/99) report. RD 72, Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia.

7. Thompson, L.C. and Vidmanic, L. 1999. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment – Year 7 (1998/99) report: Responses of Zooplankton, Kokanee Salmon, and Rainbow Trout. Prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 68 p.

8. Ashley, K., Thompson, L.C., Lombard, D., Yang, J.-R., Pick, F.R., Hamilton, P.B., Lasenby, D.C., Smokorowski, K.E., Sebastian, D., and Scholten, G. 1999. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment - Year 5 (1996/97) report. Fisheries Project Report No. RD 65, Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 185 p.

9. Thompson, L.C. and Lombard, D.L. 1998. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment – Year 6 (1997/98) report: Responses of Zooplankton, Kokanee Salmon, and Rainbow Trout. Prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 63 p.

10. Pieters, R., Thompson, L.C., Vidmanic, L., Pond, S. Stockner, J., Hamblin, P., Young, M., Ashley, K., Lindsay, B., Lawrence, G., Sebastian, D., Scholten, G., and Lombard D.L. 1998. Arrow Reservoir limnology and trophic status - Year 1 (1997/98) report. Fisheries Project Report No. RD 67, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.

11. Thompson, L.C. 1998. Field test of a video camera counting method for enumeration of Okanagan Lake shore spawning kokanee. Report prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 5 p.

12. Ashley, K., B. Shepherd, D. Sebastian, L. Thompson, L. Vidmanic, P. Ward, H.A. Yassien, L. McEachern, R. Nordin, D. Lasenby, J. Quirt, J.D. Whall, P. Dill, E. Taylor, S. Pollard, C. Wong, J. den Dulk, and G. Scholten. 1998. Okanagan Lake action plan - Year 1 (1996-97) and year 2 (1997-98) report. Fisheries Project Report No. RD 73, Fisheries Management Branch, Ministry of Fisheries, Province of British Columbia. 396 p.

13. Thompson, L.C. 1997. Review of Okanagan Lake shore spawning kokanee enumeration: Methods, results and recommendations. Report prepared for the Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 22 p.

14. Ashley, K., L.C. Thompson, P. Warburton, J.-R. Yang, F.R. Pick, P.B. Hamiliton, D.C. Lasenby, K.E. Smokorowski, L. McEachern, D. Sebastian, and G. Scholten. 1997. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment - Year 4 (1995/96) report. Fisheries Project Report No. RD 58, Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 181 p.

15. Ashley, K.I., Thompson, L.C., Haywood-Farmer, L., Yang, J.-R., Pick, F.R., Hamilton, P.B., Lasenby, D.C., Smokorowski, K.E., McEachern, L., Sebastian, D., and Scholten, G. 1996. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment - Year 3 (1994/95) report. Fisheries Project Report No. RD 49, Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 171 p.

16. Ashley, K.I., Thompson, L.C., Haywood-Farmer, L., Rae, R., Pick, F.R., Hamilton, P.B., Lasenby, D.C., Smokorowski, K.E., and L. McEachern. 1994. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment - Year 2 (1993/94) report. Fisheries Project Report No. RD 41, Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 155 p.

17. Ashley, K.I., and L.C. Thompson. 1993. Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment - Year 1 (1992/93) report. Fisheries Project Report No. RD 32, Fisheries Branch, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Province of British Columbia. 56 p.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Thompson, L.C. 2000. Adaptive management of large lakes in the Columbia River basin: Nutrient additions and salmon restoration. Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, December 4, 2000, Davis, CA.

2. Thompson, L.C. 1999. Nutrient additions as a restoration method for lakes impacted by upstream dams: Trophic responses of zooplankton and kokanee salmon in Kootenay Lake, B.C. School of Fisheries, University of Washington, November 4, 1999, Seattle, WA.

3. Thompson, L.C. 1998. Zooplankton, kokanee salmon and rainbow trout in Kootenay Lake, B.C. before and during fertilization. Paper, The State of Fisheries in Kootenay Lake and Arrow Reservoir, WestLand Television Public Conference, October 24-25, 1998, Nelson, B.C.

4. Thompson, L.C. 1998. Zooplankton and Mysis relicta in the Arrow Lakes Reservoir, B.C. Paper, The State of Fisheries in Kootenay Lake and Arrow Reservoir, WestLand Television Public Conference, October 24-25, 1998, Nelson, B.C.

5. Thompson, L.C. 1997. Kootenay Lake: Mysis, dams, fertilization and lake productivity. Panel Discussion, Wild Idaho North Conference, September 13, 1997. Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

OTHER PRESENTATIONS

1. Thompson, L.C. 2001. Responses of zooplankton and kokanee salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka) in Kootenay Lake, British Columbia during artificial fertilization. Paper, American Fisheries Society International Conference: Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems, Eugene, OR.

2. Thompson, L.C. and C.J. Walters. 1999. Restoration of lakes impacted by upstream dams: Responses of the Kootenay Lake, B.C. food web to nutrient additions and water flow regime. Poster, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane, Washington.

3. Thompson, L.C. 1998. Effects of nutrient additions to Kootenay Lake, B.C. on kokanee salmon: density, distribution and diet. Paper, American Fisheries Society Western Division Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska.

4. Thompson, L.C. 1998. Use of nutrient additions to restore kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) abundance in a large, interior British Columbia lake: the Kootenay Lake fertilization experiment. Paper, Societas Internationalis Limnologiae Congress ’98, Dublin, Ireland.

5. Thompson, L.C. 1998. Long term trends in zooplankton and kokanee salmon abundance in large, southern interior British Columbia lakes: Kootenay, Okanagan, and Arrow. Paper, Toward Ecosystem-Based Management in the Upper Columbia River Basin, Workshop, Castlegar, B.C.