Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Meghna Marjadi

PhD
Email: mmarjadi@umass.edu

Biography

I joined the Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Environmental Conservation, UMASS-Amherst in May 2014 as a Master's student. I am researching alewife population dynamics in Eastern Massachusetts. I received my BSc. from McGill University in 2010.

Research Publications Publication Date
Marjadi, M.N., Roy, A.H., Devine, M.T., Gahagan, B.I., Jordaan, A., Rosset, J. and Whiteley, A.R. (2023). Effects of freshwater residence time on reproductive success in anadromous alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus): climate change implications. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 80(3), pp.563–576. doi:https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0086.
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| Publisher Website 		March 2023
Marjadi, M.N., A.H. Roy, M.G. Slocombe, J.J. Sheppard, S. Batchelder, R. Govostes, and J.K. Llopiz. 2024. A video monitoring and computational system for estimating juvenile fish abundance. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 22:295-310. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10607 | Download March 2024
Marjadi, M.N., A.H. Roy, A. Jordaan, B.I. Gahagan, M.P. Armstrong, and A.R. Whiteley. 2019. Larger body size and earlier run timing increase alewife reproductive success in a whole lake experiment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:1134-1146. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2017-0451 | Publisher Website July 2019
Project Completion Date
Investigating alewife population dynamics and parent-progeny-relationships in the Parker River towards determining landscape effects on productivity June 2016
Environmental factors controlling juvenile river herring productivity and emigration May 2023
Interannual Variation in Juvenile River Herring Productivity and Responses to Dam Removal August 2025
Presentations Presentation Date
Slocombe, M.G.P., M.N. Marjadi, M. Devine, L.W. Guo, A. Jordaan, and A.H. Roy. 2020. Temporal shifts in migratory river herring diets and zooplankton assemblages within a Connecticut River cove. Southern New England American Fisheries Society Winter Meeting, 13-14 January 2020, Cambridge, MA. January 2020
Slocombe, M.G., M. Marjadi, J.K. Llopiz, J.J. Sheppard, and A.H. Roy. 2019. Collaborating with citizen scientists to count migrating juvenile river herring from videos. Southern New England American Fisheries Society Summer Meeting, 27 June 2019, Hadley, MA. June 2019
Sheppard, J.J., M.N. Marjadi, S. Batchelder, R. Govostes, A.H. Roy, M.G. Slocombe, and J.K. Llopiz. 2024. A video monitoring and computational system for estimating juvenile river herring abundance. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, 15-19 September 2024, Honolulu, HI. September 2024
Roy, A.H., J. Rosset, M. Marjadi, A. Whiteley, B. Gahagan, A. Jordaan. 2016. Insights in reproduction, growth, and survival of anadromous alewife in freshwater lakes. New England Association of Environmental Biologists, 23-25 March 2016, Rockland, ME. March 2016
Roy, A., M. Devine, L. Guo, M. Marjadi, M.G. Slocombe, J. Benway, J. Davis, K. Job, A. Jordaan, S. McCormick, K. Sprankle, and M. Staudinger. 2023. Juvenile river herring habitat use in the Connecticut River. Joint meeting of the Northeast Division and Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 8-10 January 2023, Boston, MA. January 2023
Roy, A., A Jordaan, A. Whiteley, M. Devine, M. Marjadi, J. Rosset, M. Armstrong, B. Gahagan. 2017. The lake story: insights in reproduction, growth, and survival of anadromous alewife in freshwater. Gaspereau/Alewife Symposium, 16-20 June 2017, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 2017
Marjadi, M.N., J.K. Llopiz, M.G. Slocombe, J.J. Sheppard, S. Batchelder, R. Govostes, and A.H. Roy. 2023. Using video monitoring to assess emigration patterns for juvenile alewife. Joint meeting of the Northeast Division and Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 8-10 January 2023, Boston, MA. January 2023
Marjadi, M.N., A.H. Roy, M.T. Devine, B.I Gahagan, A. Jordaan, J. Rosset, and A.R. Whiteley. 2022. Longer adult freshwaer residence time related to higher reproductive output in an anadromous clupeid. Ecological Society of America Meeting, 14-19 August 2022, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 2022
Marjadi, M.N., A.H. Roy, M.T. Devine, B.I Gahagan, A. Jordaan, J. Rosset, and A.R. Whiteley. 2022. Alewife that stay longer mate longer: An investigation of adult freshwater residence time. Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Winter Meeting, 21 January 2022, Amherst, MA. January 2022
Marjadi, M., J. Rosset, A. Jordaan, A.H. Roy, B.I. Gahagan, and A.R. Whiteley. 2016. Earlier arrival and larger body size increase reproductive success in alewife. Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science, 21-25 May 2016, Sacramento, CA. May 2016
Marjadi, M., A.H. Roy, A. Jordaan, A.R. Whiteley, and E.M. Markowitz. 2017. "Counting fish is my yoga": Evaluating the social and educational value of a river herring citizen monitoring program. Gaspereau/Alewife Symposium, 16-20 June 2017, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 2017
Marjadi, M., A. Jordaan, A.H. Roy, B.I. Gahagan, and A.R. Whiteley. 2017. Reproductive success in coastal pond breeding river herring: effects of migration timing and body size. Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 20-24 August 2017, Tampa, FL. August 2017
Marjadi, M. A.H. Roy, A. Jordaan, A.R. Whiteley, and E.M. Markowitz. 2017. "Counting fish is my yoga": Evaluating the social and educational impacts of a river herring citizen monitoring program. Citizen Science Association 2017, St. Paul, Minnesota. May 2017
Marjadi, M. A. Jordaan, A.H. Roy, B.I. Gahagan, and A.R. Whiteley. 2016. Evaluating reproductive strategies in alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) using pedigree reconstruction. Winter Science Meeting, Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 14 Jan 2016, Groton, Connecticut. January 2016
Farrell, A., M. Marjadi, A. Roy, M. Devine, F. Perez, D. Sandanayaka, and J. Sheppard. 2023. Assessing food availability and growth rate as emigration triggers for juvenile river herring. Northeast Fish and Wildlife Agencies Conference, 30 April- 2 May 2023, Hershey, PA. April 2023
Farrell, A., M. Marjadi, A. Roy, M. Devine, F. Perez, D. Sandanayaka, and J. Sheppard. 2023. Assessing food availability and growth rate as emigration triggers for juvenile river herring. Joint meeting of the Northeast Division and Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 8-10 January 2023, Boston, MA. January 2023