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Anthony S. Fischbach Title: Wildlife Biologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7145 Fax: (907) 786-7150 Email: afischbach@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

M.A.	1994	University of Texas, Austin, TX	Ecology
B.S.	1989	University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI	Molecular Biology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Population monitoring and modeling; applying population biology to problems of conservation and subsistence; managing records of population biology field work. Walrus Research Program

Professional Experience

2004-Present	Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
2003-2004	Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak, Alaska
1999 - 2003	Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1998 - 1999	Wildlife Biologist, Marine Mammals Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska
1997 - 1999 (summers)	Volunteer Wildlife Biologist, Tongass Bat Habitat Project, U.S. Forest Service, Thorne Bay, Alaska
1996 - 1998	Biological Technician / Walrus Harvest Monitor, Marine Mammals Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska
1995 - 1996	Volunteer, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Soldotna, Alaska

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Arctic Institute of North America

Honors and/or Awards

1989-1990 Fulbright Scholar, Bayreuth, Germany

Significant Recent Publications

Fischbach, A.S., Jay, C.V., Jackson, J.V., Andersen, L.W., Sage, G.K., and Talbot, S.L., 2008, Molecular Method for Determining Sex of Walruses: Journal of Wildlife Management, v. 72, p. 1808-1812.

Fischbach, A.S., Amstrup, S.C., and Douglas, D.C. 2007. Landward and eastward shift of Alaskan polar bear denning associated with recent sea ice changes. Polar Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0300-4

Udevitz, M. S., C. V. Jay, A. S. Fischbach, and J. L. Garlich-Miller. 2007. Adjusting for telemetry bias in behavior data. Annual Meeting of the Alaska Chapter of the American Statistical Association, 24-26 July, Anchorage, Alaska

Jay, C. V., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, A. S. Fischbach, M. V. Jensen, D. F. Tessler, and A. V. Jensen. 2006. Comparison of remotely deployed satellite radio transmitters on walruses. Marine Mammal Science 22(1):226-236.

Talbot, S. L., J. R. Gust, G. K. Sage, A. Fischbach, K. Amstrup, W. Leacock, and L. Van Daele. 2005. Genetic characterization of brown bears of the Kodiak Archipelago. Unpublished Report. USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage

Evans, T.J., Fischbach, A.S., Schliebe, S.L., Manly, B., Kalxdorff, S., York, G. 2003. Polar Bear Aerial Survey in the Eastern Chukchi Sea: A Pilot Study. Arctic 56: 359-366.

Durner, G.M. Amstrup, S.C., Fischbach, A.S. 2003. Habitat Characteristics of Polar Bear Terrestrial Maternal Den Sites in Northern Alaska. Arctic 56:55-62.

Brower, C. D., A. Carpenter, M. L. Branigan, W. Calvert, T. Evans, A. S. Fischbach, J. A. Nagy, S. Schliebe, and I. Stirling. 2002. The polar bear management agreement for the southern Beaufort Sea: An evaluation of the first ten years of a unique conservation agreement. Arctic 55(4):362-372

Schliebe, S.L., Evans, T.J., Fischbach, A.S., Cronin, M.A. 1999. Using Genetics to Verify Sex of Harvested Polar Bears: Management Implications. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:592-597.

Fischbach, A. S., D. Burn, and S.C. Amstrup. 1999. Modeling the southern Beaufort Sea polar bear stock. Focus on the Future- Alaska Environmental Studies. Proceedings of the Alaska OCS Region Information Transfer Meeting.

Conti, E., Fischbach, A.S., Sytsma, K.J. 1993. Tribal Relationships in Onagraceae: Implications from rbcL Sequence Data (in rbcL Sequence Data and Phylogenetic Reconstruction in Seed Plants). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 672-685.

Websites of Interest

Walrus Research Program
Polar Bear Research Program