Carie Hoover is currently a PhD student looking at the effects of climate change on polar ecosystem. Her research focuses on identifying threats to top predators in the Antarctic Peninsula and Hudson Bay ecosystems. Carie completed her Bachelor of Science degree concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology (EEMB) at the University of California Santa Barbara. While attending UCSB she became a volunteer and supervisor for the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center, where she helped to rehabilitate abandoned or distressed seals and sea lions. After leaving California, Carie moved to Scotland to attend the University of St Andrews where she completed her Masters degree in a biology-mathematics conversion program, with her thesis focusing on predator prey interactions of grey seals, and prey selectivity.

Carie is a member of the Fisheries Ecosystem Restoration Research group under Dr Tony Pitcher. To visit the FERR website please click here.

References:

Hoover, C. (2008) Understanding the Hudson Bay ecosystem through firsthand  experiences and expert knowledge. FishBytes 14(4).

Guenette, S., Christensen, V., Hoover, C., Lam, M.E., Preikshot, D., Pauly, D. (2007) A synthesis of research activities at the Fisheries Centre on ecosystem based fisheries modelling and assessment with emphasis on the Northern Central Coast of BC. Fisheries Centre Research Report. Vol 15(1), 32p.

Hoover, C. (2005) Species and size preference of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). University of St Andrews, Master's thesis.