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Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	1998	University of Washington, Seattle, WA	Fisheries Science
M.S.	1988	University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, WI	Aquatic Ecology
B.S.	1983	Utah State University, Logan, UT	Wildlife and Fisheries Management

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Evolutionary ecology of fishes, conservation biology, predator/prey coevolutionary relationships, molecular genetics, resource selection modeling, wildlife ecology.

Professional Experience

1993 - Present	Research Fishery Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1992 - 1993	Fish Biologist, University of Washington, Fishery Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
1992 - 1993	Fishery Consultant, HARZA Kirkland, Washington
1991 - 1992	Research Assistant (Fisheries), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1988 - 1991	Fish and Wildlife Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Petersburg, Alaska
1985 - 1987	Research Assistant, National Fishery Research Laboratory, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
1983 - 1985	Aquaculture Specialist, U.S. Peace Corps., Ecuador, South America
1983	Biotechnician (Waterfowl), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Saskatchewan, Canada
1982	Biotechnician (Wildlife), Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1980 - 1981	Field Crew Chief, International Endangered Marine Turtle Recovery Project, (Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, Texas) Tamaulipas, Mexico
1979	Fisheries Technician, Utah Division of Natural Resources

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Present:
Past President (2001 to 2002) - Alaska Chapter, American Fisheries Society
Member - American Fisheries Society
Committee Member - American Fisheries Society, Endangered Species Committee
Past:
President (2000 to 2001) - Alaska Chapter, American Fisheries Society
Member National Wildlife Society
SIGMA XI, Honorary Scientific Research Society

Honors and/or Awards

Grants:
Competitive Grant through the National Park Service - Historic salmon production in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: relevance to contemporary subsistence use. $60,000. 2001-2002.
Competitive Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior, Federal Office of Subsistence - Escapement estimates for Lake Clark sockeye salmon. $229,200. 2001-2002.
Competitive Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior, Federal Office of Subsistence - Population assessment of Lake Clark sockeye salmon. $210,000. 1999-2001.
Competitive Grant awarded through the Natural Resource and Park Preservation Program, National Park Service - Population dynamics and ecology of Lake Clark sockeye salmon. $234,000. 1999-2001.
Awards:
Best Poster Award - Alaska Chapter, American Fisheries Society Meeting, 1996

Significant Recent Publications

C. A. Woody. 2004. Population monitoring of sockeye salmon from the Newhalen and Tazimina Rivers, Kvichak River watershed, Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2000-2003. U.S. Dept. Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management.

K. M. Ramstad, C. A. Woody, G. K. Sage, and F. W. Allendorf. 2004. Founding events influence genetic population structure of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Lake Clark, Alaska. Molecular Ecology 13:277-290. http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/Fisheries/Lake_Clark/genetics.htm

Ramstad, K. and C. A. Woody. 2003. Radio tag retention and tag related mortality in migrating sockeye salmon. North American Journal of Fishery Management. 23:978-982. [PDF file - 42 kb]

C. A. Woody. 2003. Unlocking the secrets of Lake Clark sockeye salmon. Alaska Park Science. National Park Service. Alaska Support Office, Anchorage AK. Summer 2003 Issue.

D. Rogers, T. Quinn, D. Schindler, R. Britton, R. Hilborn, and C. A. Woody. 2003. Alaska Salmon Research 2002. School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. University of Washington. SAFS-UW-0304. 41 pp.

Woody, C. A., J. Nelson, and K. Ramstad. 2002. Clove oil as an anaesthetic for adult sockeye salmon: field trials. Journal of Fish Biology. 60:340-347. http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/Fisheries/Lake_Clark/cloveoil.htm

Woody, C. A., J. Olsen, J. Reynolds, and P. Bentzen. 2000. Temporal variation in phenotypic and genotypic traits in two sockeye salmon populations, Tustumena Lake, Alaska. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 129:1031-1043. http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/Fisheries/Tustumena/temporal_variation.htm

Woody, C. A. 1998. Ecological, Morphological, Genetic, and Life History Comparison of Two Sockeye Salmon Populations, Tustumena Lake, Alaska. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Washington, Seattle.

C. A. Woody. 1998. Ecological, morphological, genetic and life history characteristics of two sockeye salmon populations, Tustumena Lake, Alaska. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 114 pp. http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/Fisheries/Tustumena/tustumena.htm

Konecki, J. (deceased), Woody, C. A. and T. P. Quinn. 1995. Temperature preference in two populations of juvenile coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch). Environmental Biology of Fishes 44:417-421.

Konecki, J. (deceased), Woody, C. A., T. P. Quinn. 1995. Influence of temperature on incubation rates of coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch) from ten Washington populations. Northwest Science 69(2):126-132.

Konecki, J. T. (deceased), C. A. Woody, and T. P. Quinn. 1995. Influence of temperature on incubation rates of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from ten Washington populations. Northwest Science, 69(2):126-132.

Konecki, J. T.(deceased), C. A.Woody, and T. P. Quinn. 1995. Critical thermal maxima of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) fry under field and laboratory acclimation regimes. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 73:993 - 996.

Konecki, J. T. (deceased), C. A. Woody, and T. P. Quinn. 1995. Temperature preference in two populations of juvenile coho salmon, (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 44:417-421.

Woody, C. A. and L. Holland-Bartels. 1993. Reproductive characteristics of a population of washboard mussels, Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque 1820), in the upper Mississippi River. J. Freshwater Ecol. 8:57-66.

Woody, C. A. and S. Riefensthul. 1991. Streamside incubation of chum salmon eggs at two streams on Kuiu Island, Alaska. Proceedings of the 15th NE pink and chum salmon workshop. Pacific Salmon Commission. Vancouver, B. C.

Websites of Interest

Sockeye salmon ecology in Tustumena Lake
Lake Clark sockeye salmon research projects