Jonathan Moore

Assistant Professor
Ecology and Conservation of Freshwaters
B.A. (Biology, with honors, Carleton College)
Ph.D. (School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, University of Washington)

Dr. Jonathan Moore is broadly interested in the ecology and management of aquatic ecosystems. Jon does most of his work in stream and lake systems. His current research seeks to understand how species interactions and disturbances drive ecosystem processes, community dynamics, and evolution in freshwaters. Jon and his students are interested in questions such as: What are the consequences of species additions or extinctions? How are human activities altering disturbance regimes? What are the causes and ecological consequences of population dynamics of Pacific salmon, an ecologically and culturally important group of species? Although his focus is generally on food webs, he draws from multiple perspectives, applying theories and approaches from evolutionary, ecosystem, food-web, and community ecology viewpoints. Dr. Moore and his students supplement experiments and comparative studies in field settings with modeling and stable isotope techniques.

Selected publications:
Full publication listing

• Moore, J.W., S.A. Hayes, W. Duffy, S. Gallagher, C.J. Michel, and D. Wright. 2011. Nutrient fluxes and the recent collapse of coastal California salmon populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68: 1161-1170.
• Novak, M., J.W. Moore, and R.A. Leidy. 2011. Nestedness patterns and the dual nature of community reassembly in California streams: a multivariate permutation-based approach. Global Change Biology 17: 3714-3724.
• Yeakel, J.D., M. Novak, P.R. Guimaraes Jr., N.J. Dominy, P.L. Koch, E.J. Ward, J.W. Moore, and B.X. Semmens. 2011. Merging resource availability with isotope mixing models: the role of neutral interaction assumptions. PLoS ONE 6:e22015.
• Ward, E.J., B.X. Semmens, D.L. Phillips, J.W. Moore, and N. Bouwees. 2011. A quantitative approach to combine sources in stable isotope mixing models. Ecosphere 2:art19. doi:10.1890/ES10-00190.1.
• Moore, J.W., M. McClure, L.A. Rogers, and D.E. Schindler. 2010. Synchronization and portfolio performance of threatened salmon. Conservation Letters 3: 340-348.
• Moore, J.W., and D.E. Schindler. 2010. Spawning salmon and the phenology of emergence in stream insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 1695-1703.
• Denton, K.P., H.B. Rich Jr., J.W. Moore, and T.P. Quinn. 2010. The utilization of a Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus nerka subsidy by three populations of charr Salvelinus spp. Journal of Fish Biology 77: 1006-1023.
• Yeakel, J.D., B.D. Patterson, K. Fox-Dobbs, M.M. Okumura, T.E. Cerling, J.W. Moore, P.L. Koch, and N.J. Dominy. 2009. Cooperation and individuality among man-eating lions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 19040-19043.
• Semmens, B.X., E.J. Ward, J.W. Moore, and C.T. Darimont. 2009. Quantifying inter- and intra-population niche variability using hierarchical Bayesian stable isotope mixing models. PLoS ONE 4: e6187.
• Zavaleta, E., J. Pasari, J.W. Moore, D. Hernandez, K.B. Suttle, and C.C. Wilmers. 2009. Ecosystems responses to community disassembly. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 1162: 311-333.
• Moore, J.W., and B.X. Semmens. 2008. Incorporating uncertainty and prior information in stable isotope mixing models. Ecology Letters 11: 470-480.
• Moore, J.W., and D.E. Schindler. 2008. Biotic disturbance and community dynamics in salmon-bearing streams. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 275-284.
• Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, and C.P. Ruff. 2008. Habitat saturation drives thresholds in stream subsidies. Ecology 89: 306-312.
• Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, J.L. Carter, J.M. Fox, J. Griffiths, and G.W. Holtgrieve. 2007. Biotic control of stream ecosystem fluxes: spawning salmon drive nutrient and matter export. Ecology 88: 1278-1291.
• Scheuerell, M.D., J.W. Moore, D.E. Schindler, C.J. Harvey. 2007. Varying effects of anadromous salmon on the trophic ecology of resident stream fishes in Alaska. Freshwater Biology 52: 1944-1956.
• Moore, J.W. 2006. Animal ecosystem engineers of streams. BioScience 56: 237-246.
• Payne, L.X., and J.W. Moore. 2006. Mobile scavengers create hotspots of biological productivity in freshwater ecosystems. Oikos 115: 69-80.
• Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, and M.D. Scheuerell. 2004. Disturbance by spawning salmon of Alaskan stream and lake ecosystems. Oecologia 139: 298-308.
• Moore, J.W., J.L. Ruesink, and K.A. McDonald. 2004. Impact of supply-side ecology on consumer-mediated coexistence. The American Naturalist 163: 480-487.
• Moore, J.W., and D.E. Schindler. 2004. Nutrient export from freshwater systems by anadromous sockeye salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 1582-1589.
• Schindler, D.E., M.D. Scheuerell, J.W. Moore, S.M. Gende, T.B. Francis, and W.J. Palen. 2003. Pacific salmon and the ecology of coastal ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 31-37.
• Moore, J.W., D.E. Schindler, M.D. Scheuerell, J. Frodge, and D. Smith. 2003. Lake eutrophication at the urban fringe: the Seattle region. Ambio 32: 13-18.

Dr. Moore joined SFU in 2011, and his appointment is shared between REM and Biological Sciences. For REM, he teaches Conservation and Ecology of Coastal B.C. (REM 475).