EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Conservation Ecology, 2004 University of California, Davis
M.S.
Biological Conservation, 1994
California State University Sacramento
B.S. Environmental and Systematic
Biology, 1991
California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, Department of
Environmental Studies, California State University,
Sacramento, 2001-present
Lecturer, Natural Resources, University of California,
Davis Extension, 2000-present
Teaching Assistant,
Aquatic Entomology, Department of Biology, California
State University, Sacramento, 1996
Lab
Assistant, Department of Biology, California State
University, Sacramento, 1993-94
Lab Assistant, Department
of Environmental and Systematic Biology, California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1990
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
East Bay Municipal Utility
District
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
ENTRIX INC.
California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Elkins, E. M., G.B. Pasternack, and J.E. Merz.
2007. Use of slope creation for rehabilitating
incised, 3 regulated, gravel bed rivers. Water
Resources Research 43:1-15
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Jeffres, C. A. A. P. Klimley, J. E. Merz and J.
J. Cech Jr. 2006. Movement of Sacramento sucker,
Catostomus occidentalis, and hitch, Lavinia
exilicauda, during a spring release of water from
Camanche Dam in the Mokelumne River, California.
Environmental Biology of Fishes 75:365–373.
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Merz,
J. E., J. D. Setka, G.B. Pasternack and J.M. Wheaton.
2004. Predicting benefits of spawning habitat
rehabilitation to salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.)
fry production in a regulated California river.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
61:1-14.
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________, and L.K. Chan. 2005. Effects of Gravel
Augmentation on Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in a
Regulated California River. River Research and
Applications 21:61-74.
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________, and W. R. Merz. 2004. Morphological features
used to identify Chinook salmon sex during fish
passage. Southwestern Naturalist 49(2): 1-12.
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________, and P. B. Moyle. 2006. Salmon,
wildlife, and wine: Marine-derived nutrients in
human-dominated ecosystems of Central California.
Ecological Applications 16(3):999-1009.
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________, G.B. Pasternack and J.M. Wheaton. 2006. Sediment budget for salmonid spawning
habitat rehabilitation in a regulated river 76:207-228.
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________, and J. D. Setka. 2004. Evaluation of a
spawning habitat enhancement site for Chinook salmon in
a regulated California River. North American Journal of
Fisheries Management 24:397-407.
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Merz,
J.E. 2002. Seasonal feeding habits of steelhead trout
in the lower Mokelumne River, California. California
Fish and Game 88(3) 95-111.
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2002. Comparison of prickly sculpin and juvenile
fall-run Chinook salmon diets in the lower Mokelumne
River, California. Southwestern Naturalist
47(2):195-204.
________
2001.
Association of
fall-run chinook salmon redds and woody debris in the
lower Mokelumne River, California. California Fish and
Game 87(2):1-15.
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________ 2001. Diet of juvenile fall-run
Chinook salmon in the lower Mokelumne River, California.
California Fish and Game 87(3):11-26.
________, and C. D. Vanicek. 1996. Comparative feeding habits of
juvenile Chinook salmon, steelhead, and Sacramento
squawfish in the lower American River, California.
California Fish and Game 82(4):149-159.
Pasternack, G. B., C. L. Wang and J. E. Merz. 2004.
Application of a 2D hydrodynamic model to design of
reach-scale spawning gravel replenishment on the
Mokelumne River, California. River Research and
Applications 20(2):205-225.
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Sieving, K., and 14 others. 1994. The population crisis
demands a focused agenda. Conservation Biology 8(1):
305-307.
Wheaton, J.M., G. B. Pasternack and J. E.
Merz. 2004. Spawning habitat rehabilitation – I.
Conceptual approach and methods. International Journal
of River Basin Management 2(1):3–20.
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Wheaton, J.M., G. B. Pasternack and J. E. Merz. 2004.
Spawning habitat rehabilitation – II. Using hypothesis
development and testing in design, Mokelumne River,
California, U.S.A. International Journal of River Basin
Management 2(1):21-37.
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Workman, Michelle L. and Joseph E. Merz. San Francisco
Estuary and Watershed Science. Vol. 5, Issue 1 February
2007]. Article 1.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/jmie/sfews/vol5/iss1/art1
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Wheaton, J.M., G. B. Pasternack, and J. E. Merz. 2004.
Including Habitat Heterogeneity In Salmonid Spawning
Habitat Rehabilitation Design. In: Fifth
International Symposium on Ecohydraulics in Madrid,
September 12-17, 2004.
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Williams, J.G., K. Vyverberg, T. Horner, and J.E. Merz.
2003. The hyporheic environment of larval Chinook salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawystcha in Central Valley
streams. Early Life History of Fishes In the San
Francisco Estuary and Watershed. Symposium and
Proceedings Volume American Fisheries Society, Larval
Fish Conference August 20-23, 2003. University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Wheaton, J.M., G.B.Pasternack, and J.E. Merz. 2003.
Salmonid Spawning Habitat Rehabilitation in Regulated
Rivers. In: The Restoration Toolbox: Joint
Regional Conference of Society for Ecological
Restoration and Society of Wetland Scientists, Portland,
OR.
Pasternack, GB, J.M. Wheaton, and J.E. Merz. 2003.
Interdisciplinary Approach to Rehabilitating Salmon
Spawning Habitat and Fluvial Geomorphic Processes in the
Central Valley. In: Second Biennial CALFED
Science Conference, January 14-16, 2003, Sacramento, CA.
Pasternack, GB, Wheaton, J.M. and J.E. Merz, JE. 2001.
Integrating Empirical Geomorphology, CAD and 2-D
Hydraulic Models as Design Tools for Salmonid Spawning
Gravel Rehabilitation Projects. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47),
University of California, Davis, Fall Meeting.
Supplemental Abstract H52B-03992001.
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