Mary E. Thiess
Current research and/or projects
To provide analytic and field program support to fisheries research programs on Canada's Pacific coast.
Professional activities / interests
- data management & analysis
- research program coordination
- provision of science advice
- support of regional stock assessment programs
Education and awards
MMath, Statistics-Biostatistics, University of Waterloo, 2000
BSc, Mathematics (Statistics concentration), Simon Fraser University, 1998
Pacific Region Distinction Award, November 2014
Key publications
Trudel, M., Thiess, M. E., Bucer, C., Farley, E. V. Jr., Macfarlane, R. B., Casillas, E.,Fisher, J., Morris, J. T. F. & Murphy, J. M. (2007). Regional variation in the marine growth and energy accumulation of juvenile Chinook salmon and coho salmon along the west coast of North America. American Fisheries Society Symposium Series 57, 205 – 232.
S. Tucker, M. E. Thiess, J. F. T. Morris, D. Mackas, W. T. Peterson, J. R. Candy, T. D. Beacham, E. M.Iwamoto, D. J. Teel, M. Peterson & M. Trudel (2015) Coastal Distribution and Consequent Factors Influencing Production of Endangered Snake River Sockeye Salmon, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 144:1, 107-123, DOI:10.1080/00028487.2014.968292
Tucker, S., M. Trudel, D.W. Welch, J.R. Candy, J.F.T. Morris, M.E. Thiess, C. Wallace, and T.D. Beacham. 2012. Annual coastal migration of juvenile Chinook salmon: Static stock-specific patterns in a highly dynamic ocean. Mar. Ec. Prog. Ser. 449:245-262.
DOI: 10.3354/meps09528
Tompkins, A., G. Brown, and M. Thiess. 2011. Temporal Patterns in Productivity of North American Sockeye and Chinook Salmon. NPAFC Doc. 1356. 4 pp. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Available at http://www.npafc.org).
Thiess, M.E., C. Neville, and M. Trudel. 2016. Canadian juvenile salmon surveys in 2016-2017. NPAFC Doc. 1656. 15 pp. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station (Available at http://www.npafc.org).