Hotwater physa (Physella wrighti) COSEWIC assessment and upate status report: chapter 14

Biographical Summary of Report Writer

  • B.Sc. (Honours) Biology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., 1981.
  • M.Sc. (Biology), University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C., 2000.

During undergraduate work at Simon Fraser University, Ms. Lee attended a semester of courses at the Bamfield Marine Station and became fully engaged in marine biology, working at the Station for the next 10 years collecting and maintaining collections of all types of marine organisms, including molluscs. Later, in Victoria, B.C., she worked as a naturalist in many provincial parks on southern Vancouver Island and then was employed by The Nature Conservancy as the Assistant Data Manager at the B.C. Conservation Data Centre. This job inspired her interest in freshwater molluscs and led her to further study. At the University of Northern British Columbia, in Prince George, she completed her M.Sc. degree in 2000 with her thesis entitled “The Distribution and Ecology of the Freshwater Molluscs of Northern British Columbia”. During this time she also wrote COSEWIC status reports for three potentially endangered freshwater snails including the Hotwater Physa, Physella wrighti, which is now listed by COSEWIC as endangered. She spent 2 ½ years surveying for molluscs throughout the American Midwest with Ecological Specialists, Inc. and now lives in Vancouver, B.C. Though not employed as a biologist, she continues to pursue her interest in freshwater molluscs as a private consultant. She is a former member of the COSEWIC Mollusc Species Specialist Subcommittee.

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