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Jeffrey Bromaghin
Title: Research Statistician
Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626
Phone: (907) 786-7086
Fax: (907) 786-7150
Email: jbromaghin@usgs.gov
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Education and/or Training
| Ph.D. | 1991 | University of Wyoming | Statistics |
| M.S. | 1988 | University of Wyoming | Statistics |
| B.S. | 1985 | University of Alaska | Wildlife Management |
Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests
The use of statistical methods and models to improve our understanding of the ecological mechanisms underlying wildlife population dynamics and demographics: Wildlife and fishery biometrics, modeling population dynamics, statistical methods in wildlife genetics, statistical computation and simulation.
Professional Experience
| 2009 - Present | Research Statistician, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska |
| 2000 - 2009 | Statistician, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fisheries and Ecological Services, Alaska Region Regional Office, Anchorage, Alaska |
| 1990 - 2000 | Regional Biometrician, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region, Anchorage, Alaska |
Professional Activities and/or Memberships
Member, The International Biometric Society
Member, The American Statistical Association
Member, The Wildlife Society
Member, American Fisheries Society
Honors and/or Awards
2012 U. S. Geological Survey, STAR award for special achievement
2012 Stevan Phelps Award, American Fisheries Society (Bromaghin et al., 2011, TAFS 140:235-249)
2011 U. S. Geological Survey, STAR award for special achievement
2010 U. S. Geological Survey, STAR award for special achievement
2007 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, STAR award for exceptional performance.
2007 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Regional Director’s Excellence Award for Science Excellence.
2004 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, quality step increase for sustained exceptional performance.
2001 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, STAR award for outstanding performance.
1993 Letter of commendation for outstanding professional paper peer review from the Director of the Commercial Fisheries Management and Development Division, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, Alaska.
1992 Deming Award for distinguished graduate program. Department of Statistics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.
Significant Recent Publications
Bromaghin, J. F., T. L. McDonald, and S. C. Amstrup. 2013. Plausible combinations: An improved method to evaluate the covariate structure of Cormack-Jolly-Seber mark-recapture models. Open Journal of Ecology 3:11-22. doi: 10.4236/oje.2013.31002
Bromaghin, J. F., M. M. Lance, E. W. Elliot, S. J. Jeffries, A. Acevedo-Gutierrez, and J. M. Kennish. 2013. New insights into the diets of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Salish Sea revealed by analysis of fatty acid signatures. Fishery Bulletin 111:13-26. doi:10.7755/FB.111.1.2
Bromaghin, J. F., D. F. Evenson, T. H. McLain, and B. G. Flannery. 2011. Using a genetic mixture model to study phenotypic traits: Differential fecundity among Yukon River chinook salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140(2):235-249.
Recipient of the 2012 Stevan Phelps Award, American Fisheries Society
Bromaghin, J. F., R. M. Nielson, and J. J. Hard. 2011. A model of chinook salmon population dynamics incorporating size-selective exploitation and inheritance of polygenic correlated traits. Natural Resource Modeling 24(1):1-47.
Bromaghin, J. F., K. S. Gates, and D. E. Palmer. 2010. A likelihood framework for joint estimation of salmon abundance and migratory timing using telemetric mark-recapture. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30:1385-1394.
Bromaghin, J. F. 2008. BELS: Backward elimination locus selection for studies of mixture composition or individual assignment. Molecular Ecology Resources 8:568-571.
Bromaghin, J. F., R. M. Nielson, and J. J. Hard. 2008. An investigation of the potential effects of selective exploitation on the demography and productivity of Yukon River chinook salmon. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 100, Anchorage, Alaska.
Olsen, J. B., B. G. Flannery, T. D. Beacham, J. F. Bromaghin, P. A. Crane, C. F. Lean, K. M. Dunmall, and J. K. Wenburg. 2008. The influence of hydrographic structure and seasonal run timing on genetic diversity and isolation-by-distance in chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:2026-2042.
Bromaghin, J. F. 2007. The genetic mark-recapture likelihood function of capwire. Molecular Ecology 16:4883-4884.
Bromaghin, J. F., T. J. Underwood, and R. F. Hander. 2007. Residual effects from fish wheel capture and handling of Yukon River fall chum salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27(3):860-872.
Lisac, M. J., and J. F. Bromaghin. 2007. Abundance estimates of spawning Dolly Varden in tributaries of the Togiak River, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2003. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 98, Anchorage, Alaska.
Bromaghin, J. F. 2006. OptiBin: A computer program to bin alleles similarly distributed across populations. Molecular Ecology Notes 6:573-575.
Garlich-Miller, J. L., L. T. Quakenbush, and J. F. Bromaghin. 2006. Trends in age structure and productivity of Pacific Walruses harvested in the Bering Strait region of Alaska, 1952-2002. Marine Mammal Science 22:880-896.
Hetrick, N. J., and J. F. Bromaghin. 2006. Sampling bias of hook-and-line gear used to capture rainbow trout in Gertrude Creek, Alaska. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:13-23.
Bromaghin, J. F. 2005. A versatile net selectivity model, with application to Pacific salmon and freshwater species of the Yukon River, Alaska. Fisheries Research 74:157-168.
Bromaghin, J. F., and P. A. Crane. 2005. A method to bin alleles of genetic loci that maintains population heterogeneity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:1570-1579.
Harper, K. C., J. F. Bromaghin, and S. P. Klosiewski. 2005. Rainbow trout abundance in the Kisaralik River, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1997. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai Fish and Wildlife Field Office, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 78, Kenai, Alaska.
Bromaghin, J. F. 2004. An evaluation of candidate net selectivity models for 1990-2003 Yukon River sonar gill-net catch data. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 75, Anchorage, Alaska.
Bromaghin, J. F., and T. J. Underwood. 2004. Evidence of residual effects from the capture and handling of Yukon River fall chum salmon in 2002. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 70, Anchorage, Alaska.
Bromaghin, J. F., T. J. Underwood, and R. Hander. 2004. An evaluation of fall chum salmon mark rates upriver of the Rampart mark-recapture tagging site, Yukon River, Alaska, 2003. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 76, Anchorage, Alaska.
Apodaca, C. K., T. J. Underwood, J. F. Bromaghin, and D. W. Daum. 2004. Estimated abundance of adult fall chum salmon in the middle Yukon River, Alaska, 2003. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 71, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Underwood, T. J., C. K. Apodaca, J. F. Bromaghin, and D. W. Daum. 2004. Estimated abundance of adult fall chum salmon in the middle Yukon River, Alaska, 2002. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 66, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Underwood, T. J., J. F. Bromaghin, and S. P. Klosiewski. 2004. Evidence of handling mortality of adult chum salmon caused by fish wheel capture in the Yukon River, Alaska. North American Journal of Fishery Management 24: 237-243.
Bromaghin, J. F., and T. J. Underwood. 2003. Evidence of residual effects from tagging Yukon River fall chum salmon in 2001. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 67, Anchorage, Alaska.
Underwood, T. J., and J. F. Bromaghin. 2002. Estimated abundance of adult fall chum salmon in the middle Yukon River, Alaska, 2000-2001. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fishery Resource Office, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 62, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Underwood, T. J., J. F. Bromaghin, and S. P. Klosiewski. 2002. Evidence of handling mortality in fall chum salmon caused by fish wheel capture on the Yukon River, Alaska. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fishery Resource Office, Alaska Fisheries Technical Report Number 59, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Cappiello, T. A., and J. F. Bromaghin. 1997. Mark-recapture abundance estimate of fall-run chum salmon in the upper Tanana River, Alaska, 1995. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 4: 12-35.
Bromaghin, J. F. 1993. Sample size determination for interval estimation of multinomial probabilities. The American Statistician 47:203-206.
Bromaghin, J. F., and L. L. McDonald. 1993. A systematic-encounter-sampling design for nesting studies. The Auk 110:646-651.
Bromaghin, J. F., and L. L. McDonald. 1993. Weighted nest survival models. Biometrics 49:1164-1172.
Bromaghin, J. F., and L. L. McDonald. 1992. Systematic encounter sampling: A simulation study. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 40:177-191.
Windberg, L. A., R. M. Engeman, and J. F. Bromaghin. 1991. Body size and condition of coyotes in southern Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 27:47-52.
Engeman, R. M., and J. F. Bromaghin. 1990. An approach to estimating density from line-transect data where animals move in response to the observer. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 34:145-154.
Bromaghin, J. F., and R. M. Engeman. 1989. Head-to-head comparison of SAS and ASTM - proposed probit computer program. Invited paper, In Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate: Eleventh Volume, ASTM STP 1007, G.W. Suter II and M.A. Lewis, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia.
Engeman, R. M., D. L. Otis, J. F. Bromaghin, and W. E. Dusenberry. 1989. On the use of the R50. In Vertebrate Pest Control and Management Materials: 6th Volume, ASTM STP 1055, Kathleen A. Fagerstone and Richard D. Curnow, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia.
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