Profile
Educational Background
Ph.D., Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, expected 2025
Certificate in Advanced Teaching and Learning, University of British Columbia, 2022
M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2016
B.S., Zoology; Environmental Science, Miami University, 2012
Research Interests
Fish ecology and conservation (salmonids, sciaenids, tunas, reef fishes). Habitat use, movement and migration, tagging and tracking, responses to stressors, gene expression, infection.
Courses Taught
BIOL 1030: General Biology I
BIOL 1040: General Biology II
BIOL 1200: Biological Inquiry Laboratory
BIOL 4490/4491: Field Ecology / Field Ecology Laboratory (Costa Rica; Co-instructor)
Selected Publications
Quigg, A., Wells, D., Rooker, J., Hill, R., Kitchens, L., Dance, M., Moulton, D., Sanchez, P., Padovani Ferreira, B. 2023. Food web connectivity in a mangrove-seagrass-patch reef (MSP) seascape: lessons from a tropical back-reef in Puerto Rico. Fishes 8(1): 44.
Elmer, L., Moulton, D., Reid, A., Farrell, A., Patterson, D., Hendriks, B., Cooke, S., Hinch, S. 2022. Thermal selection and delayed migration by adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) following escape from simulated in-river fisheries capture. Fisheries Research 251: 106321
Rooker, J., Dance, M., Wells, R., Quigg, A., Hill, R., Appeldoorn, R., Padovani Ferreira, B., Boswell, K., Sanchez, P., Moulton, D., Kitchens, L., Rooker, G., Aschenbrenner, A. 2018. Seascape connectivity and the influence of predation risk on the movement of fishes inhabiting a back-reef ecosystem. Ecosphere 9(4): e02200.
Moulton, D., Dance, M., Williams, J., Sluis, M., Stunz, G., Rooker, J. 2017. Habitat partitioning and seasonal movements of red drum and spotted seatrout. Estuaries and Coasts 40(3): 905-916.
Dance, M., Moulton, D., Furey, N., Rooker, J. 2016. Does transmitter placement or species affect detection efficiency of tagged animals in biotelemetry research? Fisheries Research 183: 80-85.
Alvarado-Bremer, J., Smith, B., Moulton, D., Lu, C-P., Cornic, M. 2014. Shake and stew: a non-destructive PCR-ready DNA isolation method from a single preserved fish larva. Journal of Fish Biology 84(1): 267-272
Honors and Awards
Best Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (Jordan L. Burke Memorial Award in Forestry) - UBC Faculty of Forestry
Outreach
- Exploring conservation careers / graduate school informational panels
- Undergraduate and graduate mentoring programs
- Skype a Scientist and other elementary and middle school science presentations
