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James E. Finn Title: Safety Officer/Biologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7064 Fax: (907) 786-7150 Email: jfinn@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

M.S.	1995	University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK	Fishery Biology
B.S.	1982	University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK	Fishery Biology
A.A.	1978	Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA	Environmental Science

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Salmonid spawning and rearing ecology. Local adaptation of salmon populations. Otolith microstructure and elemental analysis as a method for investigating life history strategies and as a stock discrimination method.

Professional Experience

1997 - Present	Fishery Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1995 - 1997	Guest Researcher, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1991 - 1994	Research Fishery Biologist, NBS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK
1987 - 1981	Fishery Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, King Salmon, Alaska
1984 - 1987	Fishery Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 8, Anchorage, Alaska
1982 - 1984	Fishery Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Special Studies, Anchorage, Alaska

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

American Fisheries Society

Significant Recent Publications

Kafemann, R., R. Thiel, J.E. Finn, and R. Neukamm. 1998. The role of freshwater habitats for the reproduction of common bream Abramis brama (L.) in a brackish water system. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol. 45(2):225-244.

Kafemann, R., R. Thiel, and J.E. Finn. 1998. Die bedeutung abiotischer Schluesselfaktoren fuer die Struktur der Fischgemeinschaft im Nord-Ostsee-Kanal (Abiotic key-parameters determining the structure of the fish community in the Kiel Canal). Fischoekologie, Heft 11.

Finn, J. E., E. E. Knudsen, R. Hander, S. H. Maclean, and A. Gryska. 1998. Estimating freshwater survival of several Yukon River chum salmon stocks: Progress Report for 1996 and 1997 Brood Years. U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, AK. 100pp.

Finn, J. E., C. V. Burger, and L. Holland-Bartels. 1997. Discrimination among populations of sockeye salmon with Fourier analysis of otolith banding patterns formed during incubation. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 126:559-578.

Burger, C. V., J. E. Finn, and L. Holland-Bartels. 1995. Pattern of shoreline spawning by sockeye salmon in a glacially turbid lake: evidence for subpopulation differentiation. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 124(1):1-15.

Irving, D. B., J. E. Finn, and J. P. Larson. 1995. Salmon escapement estimates into the Togiak River using sonar, Todiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1987, 1988, and 1990. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report, No. 41, King Salmon, Alaska.

McIntyre, J. D., R. R. Reisenbichler, J. M. Emlem, R. L. Wilmot, and J. E. Finn. 1988. Predation of Karluk River sockeye salmon by coho salmon and char. Fishery Bull. 86(3): 611-616.

Websites of Interest

Yukon River chum salmon freshwater ecology
Non-natal habitat use by juvenile chinook salmon: Seasonal use and importance in the upper Yukon River drainage