Staff Member
Brian Healy
Education
- MS Texas A&M University 2002
Biography
Following the receipt of his Master's Degree in Wildlife/Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M in 2002, Brian's career path led him to the Fisheries Program Manager position at Grand Canyon National Park. Brian is currently a PhD Candidate.. Brian's research interests are the drivers of population dynamics of imperiled species. This involves the study of the effectiveness of conservation actions for imperiled native fish communities in arid-land habitats. He studies how varying hydrologic and thermal regimes may influence vital rates (i.e., growth, survival, reproduction, recruitment) of native and invasive fishes in streams and rivers where native fish restoration activities are implemented. Project Title: Efficacy of conservation actions for native fishes in tributaries of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Healy, B.D., R. C. Schelly, C. B. Yackulic, E. C. Omana Smith, P. Budy. 2020. Remarkable response of native fishes to invasive trout suppression varies with trout density, temperature, and annual hydrology. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 77(9):1446-1462. USGS FSP IP-117490. | Abstract | Download | June 2020 |
| Healy, B. D., P. Budy, C. B. Yackulic, B. P. Murphy, M. C. McKinstry, R. C. Schelly. 2022. Exploring management options for a metapopulation of a global invader in a river network under climate change. Conservation Biology 2022;e13993. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13993. USGS FSP IP-138467. | Abstract | Publisher Website | September 2022 |
| Healy, B. D., P. Budy, M. M. Conner, E. Omana Smith. 2022. Life and death in a dynamic environment: invasive trout, floods, and intra-specific drivers of translocated populations. Ecological Applications 2022;e2635. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2635. USGS FSP IP-133488. | Abstract | April 2022 |
| Bouska, K., B. Healy, M. Moore, C. Dunn, J. Spurgeon, and C. Paukert. 2023. Diverse portfolios: investing in tributaries for restoration of large river fishes in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1151315 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website | March 2023 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Healy, Brian D., Phaedra Budy, Charles. B. Yackulic, Brendan P. Murphy, Robert C. Schelly, Mark C. McKinstry. 2022. Exploring metapopulation-scale suppression alternatives for a global invader in a river network. Oral presentation, 152nd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Spokane, Washington, August 21-25 | August 2022 |
| Healy, Brian D. 1, 2, Robert C. Schelly2, Charles B. Yackulic3, Emily C. Omana Smith2,4, and Phaedra Budy5. Rapid native fish recovery following salmonid suppression varies along environmental gradients in a Colorado River tributary in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Oral Presentation: Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids V, Granada, Spain, May 20-24, 2019. | May 2019 |
| Healy, B.D., R. C. Schelly, C. B. Yackulic, E.C. Omana Smith, M.M. McKinstry, M.M. Conner, and P. Budy. Native Fish Population Responses to Mechanical Suppression of Invasive Brown Trout in a Grand Canyon Tributary. Oral Presentation: American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society Joint Conference, Reno, Nevada, September 30-October 3, 2019. | October 2019 |
| Healy, B. D., P. Budy, M. M. Conner, E. C. Omana Smith. 2020. Drivers of demographic rates in translocated populations of an endangered fish in Colorado river tributaries of demographic rates in translocated populations of an endangered fish in Colorado river tributaries. Oral presentation,150th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Virtual meeting, August 30 - September 3, 2020. | August 2020 |
| Healy, B. D., P. Budy, C. B. Yackulic, and B. P. Murphy. 2021. Towards a better understanding of the population dynamics of a global invader: a stage-based population viability model for predicting eradication success. 2021 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Long Beach, CA. August 1-6, 2021. | August 2021 |
| Healy, B. D., M. M. Conner, P. Budy, C. B. Yackulic, E. C. Omana Smith, D. R. Van Haverbeke, R. C. Schelly, and M. M. McKinstry. 2020. Oral presentation. Life and death in a dynamic environment: understanding resistance and resilience in demographic rates of imperiled desert fishes. Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 12-16, 2020. | April 2020 |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fisheries Society - Member | Healy | January 1998 | January 2020 |