NRTG’s MicroCourses offer a dynamic training pathway that’s as flexible as it is enriching to build expertise. Our Identification of Factors Limiting Fish Productivity course, spanning four hours, delivers in-depth training in an easily digestible format. It’s designed to maximize your skills for immediate application.
In today’s regulatory landscape, offsetting environmental impacts is more crucial than ever. Achieving “no net loss” and managing delays in restoration outcomes hinge on accurately identifying limiting factors. Misidentification can jeopardize the success of your project.
This MicroCourse offers a concise yet thorough review of proven, science-based techniques for assessing limiting factors, such as life history, habitat space, competition, resource availability, and environmental conditions. By the end of this course, participants will be equipped to systematically evaluate these factors and use their findings to effectively guide restoration efforts.
Ideal for professionals seeking to enhance their project outcomes, this course ensures your approach is both defensible and aligned with today’s environmental standards.
Course will be 4 hours long.
Jeff Sereda, PhD.
Senior Fisheries Ecologist, Adjunct Professor University of Saskatchewan
Jeff holds a PhD. in Limnology and an Aquaculture Technician Diploma. He served as manager of a commercial salmonid hatchery for 4 years, lectured at the University of Saskatchewan on topics of fish physiology, taxonomy, ecology, conservation, and aquaculture. Currently, Jeff is a Senior Habitat and Population Ecologist with the Saskatchewan Government and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan.
Jeff’s research has encompassed topics such as assessing the risk of lakes to anthropogenic eutrophication, macrophyte management, fish habitat restoration, and the impacts of water management on species as risk (Bigmouth Buffalo, Chestnut Lamprey, Mountain Sucker, and Lake Sturgeon). Jeff’s research has been presented at over 60 national and international conferences and resulted in 15 peer reviewed publications.