Thomas C. Wainwright


NOAA Fisheries Service

Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Newport, Oregon

Education

1994

Ph.D., Fisheries, University of Washington. Dissertation: Population size-structure in Dungeness crab, Cancer magister Dana.

1982

M.S., Ecology, University of California, Davis. Thesis: Vegetational characteristics of Mixed Evergreen Forest in the Sonoma Mountains of California.

1977

B.S., Biology, Stanford University. Research Project: An Ecological Study of Mono Lake, California.

Positions Held

1997-present

Research Fishery Biologist. Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Newport, Oregon. Research in marine ecosystems and fish population ecology and conservation.

1992-97

Research Fishery Biologist. Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington. Research in fish population ecology emphasizing salmonid conservation biology.

1990-92

Fishery Biologist III. School of Fisheries, University of Washington. Research in crab population ecology and fishery oceanography, oversight of contract and budget.

1989-90

Predoctoral Research Associate II. School of Fisheries, University of Washington. Research in crab population ecology and fishery oceanography.

1989

Predoctoral Researcher. Center for Quantitative Sciences, University of Washington. Administration of a research computer network for the Center for Spatial Statistics.

1987-88

Predoctoral Teaching Associate I. Center for Quantitative Sciences, University of Washington. Instruction in quantitative ecology, statistics, and computer applications in biology.

1986-87

Predoctoral Research Associate I. School of Fisheries, University of Washington. Stock assessment and analysis of impacts to Dungeness crab populations.

1985

Fishery Biologist II. School of Fisheries, University of Washington. Investigation of environmental influences on recruitment variation in coho salmon stocks.

1975-85

Staff Research Associate I, Botany Department, UC Davis; Consulting Ecologist, Self-employed;Teaching Assistant, Botany Department, UC Davis; Research Assistant, Institute of Ecology, UC Davis.

Publications

Peer-reviewed research papers

2006

T. C. Wainwright, L. R. Feinberg, R. C. Hoof, and W. T. Peterson. A comparison of two lower trophic models for the California Current system. Ecol. Modell. 202:120-131.

1999

T. C. Wainwright and R. G. Kope. Methods of extinction risk assessment developed for U.S. West Coast salmon. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 56:444-448.

1998

T. C. Wainwright and R. S. Waples. Prioritizing Pacific salmon stocks for conservation: Response to Allendorf et al. Conserv. Biol. 12(5):1144-1147.

1998

R. Kope and T. Wainwright. Trends in the status of Pacific salmon populations in Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho. N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Bull. 1:1-12.

1993

T. C. Wainwright and D. A. Armstrong. Growth patterns in the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister Dana): synthesis of data and comparison of models. J. Crustacean Biol. 13:36-50.

1993

D. A. Armstrong, T. C. Wainwright, G. C. Jensen, P. A. Dinnel, and H. B. Andersen. Taking refuge from bycatch issues: red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and trawl fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 50:1993-2000.

1992

T. C. Wainwright, D. A. Armstrong, P. A. Dinnel, J. M. Orensanz, and K. A. McGraw. Predicting effects of dredging on a crab population: an equivalent adult loss approach. Fish. Bull. U.S. 90:171-182.

1988

L. W. Botsford, T. C. Wainwright, J. T. Smith, S. Mastrup, and D. F. Lott. Population dynamics of California quail related to meteorological conditions. J. Wildl. Manag. 52:469-477.

1987

L. W. Botsford, B. Vondracek, T. C. Wainwright, A. L. Linden, R. G. Kope, D. E. Reed, and J. J. Cech, Jr. Population development of the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in rice fields. Env. Biol. Fish. 20(2):143-154.

1986

D. F. Johnson, L. W. Botsford, R. D. Methot, and T. C. Wainwright. Wind stress and cycles in Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) catch off California, Oregon, and Washington. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 43:838-845.

1985

L. W. Botsford and T. C. Wainwright. Optimal fishery policy: an equilibrium solution with irreversible investment. J. Math. Biol. 21:317-327.

1984

T. C. Wainwright and M. G. Barbour. Characteristics of mixed evergreen forest in the Sonoma Mountains of California. Madroño 31:219-230.

1984

T. C. Wainwright, R. G. Kope, L. W. Botsford, and J. J. Cech, Jr. Implications of laboratory mosquitofish experiments for population development in rice fields. Proc. Calif. Mosquito and Vector Control Assoc. 52:110-114.

Peer-reviewed book chapters, reports, and proceedings

2003

A. D. MacCall and T. C. Wainwright (eds.) Assessing extinction risk for West Coast salmon: Proceedings of the Workshop, November 13-15, 1996, Seattle, Washington. U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-56, 198 pp.

2000

L. A. Weitkamp, T. C. Wainwright, G. J. Bryant, D. J. Teel, and R. G. Kope. Review of the status of coho salmon from Washington, Oregon, and California. In E. E. Knudsen et al. (eds.), Sustainable fisheries management: Pacific salmon. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. Pp. 111-118.

2000

P. J. Busby, T. C. Wainwright, and G. J. Bryant. Status review of steelhead from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California. In E. E. Knudsen et al. (eds.), Sustainable fisheries management: Pacific salmon. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida. Pp. 119-132

1997

O. W. Johnson, R. S. Waples, T. C. Wainwright, K. G. Neely, F. W. Waknitz, and L. T. Parker. Summary of the biological status review of Umpqua River sea-run cutthroat trout. In J. Hall (ed.), Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout: Biology, Management, and Future Conservation. Oregon Chapter, American Fisheries Society, Corvallis, Oregon. Pp. 87-102.

Technical reports

In Press

P. W. Lawson, E. P. Bjorkstedt, M. W. Chilcote, C. W. Huntington, J. S. Mills, K. M.S. Moores, T. E. Nickelson, G. H. Reeves, H. A. Stout, and T. C. Wainwright. Identification of Historical Populations of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Oregon Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-xx.

2000

P. McElhany, M. H. Ruckelshaus, M. J. Ford, T. C. Wainwright, and E. P. Bjorkstedt. 2000. Viable salmonid populations and the recovery of evolutionarily significant units. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-42. 156 p.

1998

J. M. Myers, R. G. Kope, G. J. Bryant, D. Teel, L. J. Lierheimer, T. C. Wainwright, W. S. Grant, F. W. Waknitz, K. Neely, S. T. Lindley, and R. S. Waples. Status review of chinook salmon from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California. U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-35. 443 p.

1997

R. G. Gustafson, T. C. Wainwright, G. A. Winans, F. W. Waknitz, L. T. Parker, and R. S Waples. Status review of sockeye salmon from Washington and Oregon. U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-33. 282 p.

1996

P. J. Busby, T. C. Wainwright, G. J. Bryant, L. J. Lierheimer, R. S. Waples, F. W. Waknitz, and I. V. Lagomarsino. Status review of West Coast steelhead from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-27. 261 p.

1995

F. W. Waknitz, G. M. Matthews, T. C. Wainwright, and G. A. Winans. Status review for mid-Columbia River summer chinook salmon. U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-22. 80 p.

1995

L. A. Weitkamp, T. C. Wainwright, G. J. Bryant, G. B. Milner, D. J. Teel, R. G. Kope, and R. S. Waples. Status review of coho salmon from Washington, Oregon, and California. U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-24. 258 p.

1994

O. W. Johnson, R. W. Waples, T. C. Wainwright, C. G. Neeley, F. W. Waknitz, and L. T. Parker. 1994. Status review for Oregon’s Umpqua River sea-run cutthroat trout. U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-15. 122 p.

1994

P. J. Busby, T. C. Wainwright, and R. S. Waples. Status review for Klamath Mountains Province steelhead. U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-19. 130 p.

1993

P. J. Busby, O. W. Johnson, T. C. Wainwright, F. W. Waknitz, and R. W. Waples. 1993. Status review for Oregon’s Illinois River winter steelhead. U. S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-10. 85 p.

1992

T. C. Wainwright, D. A. Armstrong, H. B. Andersen, P. A. Dinnel, D. W. Herren, G. C. Jensen, J. M. Orensanz, and J. A. Shaffer. Coastal fisheries oceanography of the southern Bering Sea and North Aleutian Basin: Port Moller king crab studies. Final Report. Univ. of Washington Fisheries Research Institute Report FRI-UW-9212.

1990

T. C. Wainwright, D. A. Armstrong, B. Dumbauld, K. A. McGraw, and L. L. Conquest. Impact of dredging on Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, in Grays Harbor, Washington, during August 1989, final report. Univ. of Washington Fisheries Research Institute Report FRI-UW-9004.

1984

T. C. Wainwright. Status report on Baker's meadowfoam, Limnanthes bakeri J. T. Howell. Prepared for U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Endangered Species Office.

1984

T. C. Wainwright. Status report on Sebastopol meadowfoam, Limnanthes vinculans R. Ornduff. Prepared for U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Endangered Species Office.

1977

J. Burch, J. Robbins, and T. Wainwright. Botany. Chapter 6 in D. W. Winkler (ed.), An Ecological Study of Mono Lake, California. Institute of Ecology Publication No. 12, University of California, Davis.