River Herring w/ Dr. Adrian Jordaan 12-17-2020

Join the Director of the Gloucester Marine Station to learn about river herring Full title — River Herring: Linking Across Life Stages to Improve Understanding of Impacts from Climate Change to Restoration Exploring ecosystem connectivity, and the mechanisms available to coastal communities that advance resource stewardship, are critical during a time in which natural boundaries are increasingly uncertain and shifts in species and ecosystems are being witnessed that directly influence long-term sustainability. River herring are an ideal species for study of these topics, and the results are particularly important for maintenance of their populations. Adrian Jordaan is the Director of the Gloucester Marine Station (GMS) and an Associate Professor of Fish Population Ecology and Conservation in the Department of Ecological Conservation. He joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in September 2012 and began leading the revitalization of the GMS in 2015. His research emp