Biography

Dr. David Close is Director of the Aboriginal Fisheries Research Unit at the UBC-Fisheries Centre.  Dr. Close is also faculty in the Department of Zoology.  He is a citizen of the Cayuse Nation located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Dr. Close has been working in Aboriginal Fisheries for over 10 years.  His research is focused on answering biological questions directed towards sustainable aboriginal fisheries.  His current research focuses primarily on the ancient vertebrate, the lamprey which is a culturally important food to the aboriginal peoples along the west coast.  He conducts interdisciplinary research in the areas of aquatic ecology, fish physiology, chemical ecology, and integrating traditional knowledge and fisheries science.

Journal Articles:
 

Lin B., Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, K. Currens, A. Spidle, Y. Yamazaki, and D.A. Close.  (in press). AFLP Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Pacific Lamprey.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management.
 

Brim Box, J., J. Howard, D. Wolf, C. O ’Brien, D. Nez and D.A. Close. (2006).  Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of the Umatilla and Middle Fork John Day rivers in eastern Oregon.  Northwest Science 80(2):95-107.
 

Bryan, M.B., B.A. Young, D.A. Close, J. Semeyn, T.C. Robinson, J. Bayer, and W. Li.   (2006).  Comparison of synthesis of 15α-hydroxylated steroids in males of four North American lamprey species.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 149: 149-156.
 

Close, D.A., A.D. Jackson, B.P. Conner, and H.W. Li.   (2004).  Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) in Northeastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington from Indigenous Peoples of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Journal of Northwest Anthropology 38(2):141-162.
 

Torgersen, C.E., and D.A. Close.   (2004).  Influence of Habitat Heterogeneity on the Distribution of Larval Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) at two spatial scales.  Freshwater Biology 49: 614-630.
 

Close, D.A., M.S. Fitzpatrick, C.M. Lorion, H.W. Li, C.B. Schreck. (2003) Effects of Intraperitoneally Implanted Radio Transmitters on the Swimming Performance and Physiology of Pacific Lamprey.   North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1184-1192.
 

Moser, M.L., and D.A. Close.   (2003).  Assessing Pacific Lamprey Status in the Columbia River Basin.  Northwest Science 77(2):116-125.
 

Yun, S.S., A.P. Scott, J.M. Bayer, J.G. Seelye, D.A. Close, and W. Li.   (2003).  HPLC and ELISA analyses of larval bile acids from Pacific and western brook lampreys. Steroids 68: 515-523.
 

Close, D.A., M.S. Fitzpatrick, and H.W. Li.   (2002)  The Ecological and Cultural Importance of a Species at Risk of Extinction, Pacific Lamprey.”  Fisheries 27(7):19-25.

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