Sandy Milner

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Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Alexander Milner’s research involves river ecosystems in alpine and Arctic environments and includes long-term studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Denali National Park in Alaska. The study in Glacier Bay represents the longest continual study of stream succession and development within a primary successional framework. Other studies have included how water sources are changing in glacially influenced river systems with climate change and how these changes alter ecological structure and function. Ongoing research includes:

Hydroecology of glacier-fed river systems in Arctic and alpine regions (French Pyrenees, New Zealand, Lapland and Svalbard)
Colonisation and development of new streams in coastal Alaska
Long term variation in benthic communities/upwelling channels of braided floodplains in Denali National Park, interior Alaska

Professor Milner welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral researchers in his areas of interest.

1994 …2024

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Mark Ledger

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Kieran Khamis

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Chris Bradley

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Luisa Orsini

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Greg Sambrook-Smith

  • Geography - Professor of Fluvial Sedimentology

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Nicholas Barrand

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Lee E Brown

  • University of Leeds

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Julia L.A. Knapp

  • ETH Zürich
  • Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen,
  • University of Durham

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Guy Woodward

  • Imperial College London
  • University of Canberra
  • Queen Mary, University of London

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Marie J Kurz

  • Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research
  • Drexel University
  • Department for Urban and Environmental Sociology
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Tenna Riis

  • Aarhus Universitet

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Adam S. Ward

  • Indiana University

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Noah M. Schmadel

  • Indiana University
  • U.S. Geological Survey

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Anne L. Robertson

  • Roehampton Institute

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Jennifer D. Drummond

  • Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
  • Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) C/Accés a la Cala St Francesc
  • University of Birmingham

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Jay P. Zarnetske

  • Michigan State University

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Megan J. Klaar

  • University of Leeds

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Jón S. Ólafsson

  • Marine and Freshwater Research Institute
  • Marine and Freshwater Research Institute

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Eugènia Martí

  • Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)

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Aaron I. Packman

  • Northwestern University

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Clara Mendoza-lera

  • Brandenburgische Technische Universitat Cottbus
  • Irstea, UR MALY
  • University of Koblenz-Landau

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Thibault Datry

  • Irstea, UR MALY
  • Irstea
  • INRAE

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Gísli Már Gíslason

  • University of Iceland

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Nikolai Friberg

  • University of Leeds
  • Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
  • University of Copenhagen

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Jonathan L. Carrivick

  • University of Leeds

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Fredric M Windsor

  • Cardiff University
  • University of Birmingham

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Jörg Lewandowski

  • Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin

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Steven M. Wondzell

  • USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
  • USDA Forest Service

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François K. Edwards

  • UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

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J. E. Brittain

  • Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
  • Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)
  • University of Oslo

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Christopher T. Robinson

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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Sarah Fell

  • University of Leeds

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Melinda Miller

  • Indiana University

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E Castella

  • Institut F.A. Forel and Institute for Environmental Sciences
  • University of Geneva

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E. A. Flory

  • University of Stirling

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Angang Li

  • Northwestern University

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Stephen Plont

  • Michigan State University
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

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Valeria Lencioni

  • MUSE-Museo delle Scienze

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Koji Tojo

  • Shinshu University

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Martin Wilkes

  • Coventry University

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Leopold Füreder

  • University of Innsbruck

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Nathan I. Wisnoski

  • Indiana University

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Matthew R. Sloat

  • Wild Salmon Center

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Benjamin W. Abbott

  • Brigham Young University

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George R. Pess

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Jacqueline Wells

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Catalina Segura

  • Oregon State University

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Dean Jacobsen

  • University of Copenhagen

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Diane C. Whited

  • University of Montana Missoula

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Jason Toyoda

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

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Craig B Thompson

  • Western Wyoming Community College

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William H.M. James

  • University of Leeds

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Simon Rosenhøj Leth

  • Aarhus Universitet

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Sarah Hainie

  • Environment Agency

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Lupita Renteria

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Jan H. Fleckenstein

  • Department of Hydrogeology
  • Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research
  • Department for Urban and Environmental Sociology
  • Universität Bayreuth

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Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Jonathan W. Moore

  • Simon Fraser University

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Lawrence J.B. Eagle

  • University of Leeds

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Viktor Baranov

  • University of Munich
  • Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut

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Clare Gray

  • Imperial College London
  • Queen Mary, University of London

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Svein J. Saltveit

  • University of Oslo

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Ciaran J. Harman

  • Johns Hopkins University

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J Lewandowski

  • Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin

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Rich Brenner

  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Todd Royer

  • Indiana University

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Gordan H. Reeves

  • USDA Forest Service
  • United States Department of Agriculture

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Daniel E. Schindler

  • University of Washington

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Gilles Pinay

  • Universite of Rennes 1; OSUR-CNRS-ECOBIO; Campus de Beaulieu. avenue general Leclerc Rennes cedex 35042 France
  • CNRS – OSUR – ECOBIO, University Rennes 1
  • CNRS-CEA

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Joseph Lee-Cullin

  • Michigan State University

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Kerry Neil

  • Indiana University

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Emily Graham

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Kevin Roche

  • University of Notre Dame

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Rosalie Chu

  • Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

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Jase Hixson

  • Indiana University

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Kara J. Pitman

  • Simon Fraser University
  • University of British Columbia

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Eran W. Hood

  • University of Alaska

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John E. Brittain

  • University of Oslo

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Masaki Takenaka

  • Shinshu University
  • University of Tsukuba

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Jill Crossman

  • University of Windsor
  • University of Oxford

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Mark Trimmer

  • Queen Mary, University of London

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James Stegen

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Nathan J. Mantua

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Jukka Aroviita

  • Finnish Environment Institute

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Mathieu Sebilo

  • Sorbonne Universités
  • ISIR

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Ross M. Thompson

  • University of Canberra

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Christa A. Kelleher

  • Syracuse University
  • Lafayette College

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M. W. Oswood

  • University of Alaska

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Steve J. Ormerod

  • Cardiff University

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Jan Fleckenstein

  • Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research

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Jesus Gomez Velez

  • Vanderbilt University

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Robert W. Black

  • U.S. Geological Survey

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Anna A. Novichkova

  • Moscow State University
  • Federal State Budget Institution “State Nature Reserve ‘Wrangel Island’”

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Jerome E. Freilich

  • Olympic National Park

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Rebecca Shaftel

  • University of Alaska

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Eoin J. O’Gorman

  • University of Essex
  • Queen Mary, University of London
  • Aarhus Universitet

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Lawrence Eagle

  • University of Leeds

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Louis J. Skovsholt

  • Aarhus Universitet

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Finnur Ingimarsson

  • Natural History Museum of Kópavogur

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Martyn Tranter

  • Aarhus Universitet

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Judson Harvey

  • U.S. Geological Survey

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Doris E. Pichler

  • Queen Mary, University of London

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Viktor Baranov

  • Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
  • University of Munich

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A. Jäger

  • Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin

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Jennifer Lento

  • Canadian Rivers Institute

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Joseph M. Culp

  • Cold Regions Research Centre

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Valentina Radić

  • University of British Columbia

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Felicity Shelley

  • Queen Mary, University of London

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M. T. Grocott

  • University of Birmingham

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S. Rosenhøj Leth

  • Aarhus Universitet

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Patrik K. Magnusson

  • Karolinska Institutet
  • University of Birmingham

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Matthias Huss

  • ETH Zürich
  • University of Fribourg
  • Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

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Chris Kidd

  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • University of Maryland

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R. Tiberti

  • DSTA
  • Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente
  • University of Pavia
  • Alpine Wildlife Research Centre
  • Gran Paradiso National Park

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Kirsten S. Christoffersen

  • University of Copenhagen

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David R. Clark

  • University of Exeter

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F. Stuart Chapin

  • University of Alaska

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C Soulsby

  • University of Aberdeen

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Maria A. Baturina

  • Institute of Biology of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Skuyler Herzog

  • Indiana University

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Andrew J. Hodson

  • University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

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Andrea Woodward

  • U.S. Geological Survey

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Alex J. Dumbrell

  • University of Essex

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E. E. Knudsen

  • University of Birmingham

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C. Soiseth

  • University of Birmingham

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Danny Chun Pong Lau

  • Umeå University

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Daren C. Gooddy

  • British Geological Survey

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Jay P. Zarnetzke

  • Michigan State University

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Olga A. Loskutova

  • Institute of Biology of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Lawrence N. Hudson

  • The Natural History Museum
  • Imperial College London

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Takayuki Ogura

  • Kozo Production

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Jennifer Drummond

  • Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB‐CSIC)

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Ada Pastor

  • Aarhus Universitet

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Isabelle Durance

  • Cardiff University

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Susana Bernal

  • Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)

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Adam Ward

  • Indiana University

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Joseph M. Dorava

  • U.S. Geological Survey

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Ann Kristin Schartau

  • Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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Krista Chin

  • Government of the Northwest Territories

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Genki Yamada

  • Terabase Inc.

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Vincent H. Resh

  • University of California, Berkeley

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Gilles Pinay

  • RiverLy-Irstea

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K Tockner

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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P.D. Armitage

  • Freshwater Biological Association River Laboratory

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Todd D Schell

  • University of Birmingham

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Jay Zarnetske

  • Michigan State University

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Kirsten Seestern Christofferson

  • Freshwater Biological Laboratory

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Allison L. Bidlack

  • University of Alaska

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Tim J. Beechie

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Rebecca L. Kordas

  • University of British Columbia

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Mone Ito

  • Kozo Production

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Heikki Mykrä

  • Finnish Environment Institute

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Brianna Levenstein

  • Canadian Rivers Institute

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Chris Kidd

  • University of Maryland

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Anne H. Beaudreau

  • University of Alaska

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Daniel Bogan

  • University of Alaska

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Willem Goedkoop

  • Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

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