Westslope cutthroat trout COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15
Biographical Summary of Report Writers
Allan B. Costello has been working in the fields of conservation biology / molecular ecology as a researcher for the past several years and is currently completing his doctorate work at the University of British Columbia. His research there examines the roles of ecological and evolutionary forces in shaping patterns of genetic and life history diversity in two species of native fish: the bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) and the cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii). Using molecular and ecological data, his work will help delineate the major groups for conservation in the province as well as quantifying the structuring and demographic independence of adjacent populations in the wild.
Emily Rubidge has worked extensively in the general fields of fish biology, conservation biology and molecular ecology. Most recently, her research has focused on the population dynamics of species; specifically, how anthropogenic changes to habitat (i.e., degradation, exotic species introductions, etc.) affect the population structure and dynamics of species. She has just completed her M.Sc. thesis at the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, examining a hybrid zone between introduced rainbow trout and native cutthroat trout in the East Kootenay Region of British Columbia. This project includes a broad-scale genetic assessment of hybridization in this region as well as a more in-depth examination of the factors that promote or inhibit such hybridization events.
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