Dr. Lusardi is a postdoctoral scholar and works with Peter Moyle. Rob is broadly interested in stream ecology and food web dynamics of volcanic spring-fed ecosystems in northern California. His research examines interactions between water temperature and food availablity on the growth and survival of juvneile coho salmon, the role of aquatic macrophytes on invertebrate production and salmonid rearing in stream ecosystems, and how different environmental factors shape biotic response in spring-fed and runoff rivers. Other research interests include the conservation management and genetics of inland trout populations.
Robert Lusardi
Postdoctoral Scholar
Davis, CA, United States
https://www.mysciencework.com/profile/robert.lusardi
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Threat evolution: negative feedbacks between management actions and species recovery in threatened trout (Salmonidae)
Published in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Resource managers are often presented with dilemmas that require immediate action to avoid species extinction, but that also ensure species long-term persistence. These objectives may conflict with one another, resulting in new threats as initial threats are ameliorated. Such threat evolution is a common pattern in the long history of efforts to co...
Environmental heterogeneity and community structure of the Kobuk River, Alaska, in response to climate change
...Published in Ecosphere
The Kobuk River runs west along the southern Brooks Range from Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska, USA, to the Chukchi Sea. It is highly vulnerable to changes in climate due to its sub-Arctic location, unique geography, and permafrost foundation. Combined with its pristine condition, these qualities make the Kobuk an ideal system upon whic...
Low specific conductivity limits growth and survival of the New Zealand mud snail from the Upper Owens River, California...
Published in Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist
The New Zealand mud snail (NZMS), Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray), is an invasive species of aquatic snail that is becoming widespread in inland and coastal waters of the western United States. The New Zealand mud snail can have significant impacts on stream ecosystems, as they may consume a large fraction of available algae production and compete ...
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Longitudinal Baseline Assessment of Salmonid Habitat Characteristics of the Shasta River, March through September, 2008
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Baseline Assessment of Physical and Biological Conditions Within Waterways on Big Springs Ranch, Siskiyou County, Califo...
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Volcanic spring-fed rivers: ecosystem productivity and important for Pacific salmonids
