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Eric Ward
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
3,165 Points

Contributions by role

Author 505
Preprint Author 105
Reviewer 85
Editor 2,470

Contributions by subject area

Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Marine Biology
Spatial and Geographic Information Science
Conservation Biology
Ecosystem Science
Soil Science
Statistics
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Natural Resource Management
Mathematical Biology
Data Science
Science Policy
Science and Medical Education
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Climate Change Biology
Zoology
Freshwater Biology
Animal Behavior
Public Health
COVID-19
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Evolutionary Studies
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Biological Oceanography
Metabolic Sciences
Food Science and Technology
Environmental Impacts
Population Biology
Plant Science
Taxonomy
Genetics
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry

Eric J Ward

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

I’m a statistician / quantitative ecologist at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NOAA) in Seattle and an affiliate professor at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) at the University of Washington. I work on a wide range of statistical problems – population dynamics, extinction risk, conservation genetics, fisheries stock assessment, reproductive success studies, etc. Most of the species I study are fish, but I also work with data from marine mammals, seabirds, and turtles. Much of my recent modeling interests have been pursuing applications of multivariate state-space time series and spatio-temporal models, isotope mixing models, and Bayesian model selection techniques.

Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Biodiversity Biogeography Computational Biology Conservation Biology Data Science Ecology Ecosystem Science Freshwater Biology Marine Biology Mathematical Biology Population Biology Statistics

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Washington

Work details

Research Scientist / Statistician

Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA
Affiliate Professor, University of Washington

Affiliate Faculty

University of Washington
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Websites

  • Homepage
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 4
  • Preprints 3
  • Edited 19
  • Reviewed 2
November 8, 2022
Regularizing priors for Bayesian VAR applications to large ecological datasets
Eric J. Ward, Kristin Marshall, Mark D. Scheuerell
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14332 PubMed 36389409
February 14, 2022
The shadow model: how and why small choices in spatially explicit species distribution models affect predictions
Christian J. C. Commander, Lewis A. K. Barnett, Eric J. Ward, Sean C. Anderson, Timothy E. Essington
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12783 PubMed 35186453
June 21, 2018
Analyzing mixing systems using a new generation of Bayesian tracer mixing models
Brian C. Stock, Andrew L. Jackson, Eric J. Ward, Andrew C. Parnell, Donald L. Phillips, Brice X. Semmens
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5096 PubMed 29942712
January 15, 2015
Using citizen-science data to identify local hotspots of seabird occurrence
Eric J. Ward, Kristin N. Marshall, Toby Ross, Adam Sedgley, Todd Hass, Scott F. Pearson, Gerald Joyce, Nathalie J. Hamel, Peter J. Hodum, Rob Faucett
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.704 PubMed 25653898
April 24, 2018 - Version: 1
Analyzing mixing systems using a new generation of Bayesian tracer mixing models
Brian C Stock, Andrew L Jackson, Eric J Ward, Andrew C Parnell, Donald L Phillips, Brice X Semmens
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26884v1
February 18, 2016 - Version: 1
Daniel Goodman’s empirical approach to Bayesian statistics
Tim Gerrodette, Eric J Ward, Rebecca L Taylor, Lisa K Schwartz, Tomoharu Eguchi, Paul R Wade, Gina K Himes Boor
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1755v1
October 24, 2014 - Version: 1
Using citizen-science data to identify local hotspots of species occurrence
Eric J. Ward, Kristin N Marshall, Todd Hass, Scott F. Pearson, Gerald Joyce, Nathalie J. Hamel, Adam Sedgley, Toby Ross, Peter J. Hodum, Rob Faucett
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.557v1

Academic Editor on

January 26, 2023
Spatiotemporal variability of oxygen concentration in coral reefs of Gorgona Island (Eastern Tropical Pacific) and its effect on the coral Pocillopora capitata
Ana Lucia Castrillón-Cifuentes, Fernando A. Zapata, Alan Giraldo, Christian Wild
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14586
January 25, 2023
Inferring fish behaviour at the trawl mouth from escape location
Vang Y. Nguyen, Shannon M. Bayse, Haraldur Arnar Einarsson, Ólafur Arnar Ingólfsson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14746
November 28, 2022
Spatial variation of parrotfish assemblages at oceanic islands in the western Caribbean: evidence of indirect effects of fishing?
Natalia Rivas, Arturo Acero P., José Tavera
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14178 PubMed 36518271
November 17, 2022
Benthic invertebrates in Svalbard fjords—when metabarcoding does not outperform traditional biodiversity assessment
Endre Willassen, Jon-Ivar Westgaard, Jon Anders Kongsrud, Tanja Hanebrekke, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Børge Holte
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14321 PubMed 36415859
November 15, 2022
Low cost macroalgal canopy biomass monitoring using light attenuation
Mark P. Johnson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14368 PubMed 36405024
November 8, 2022
A decade of invertebrate recruitment at Santa Catalina Island, California
Peter J. Edmunds, Jessica Clayton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14286 PubMed 36389429
October 18, 2022
Artificial light at night correlates with seabird groundings: mapping city lights near a seabird breeding hotspot
Ariel-Micaiah Heswall, Lynn Miller, Ellery J. McNaughton, Amy L. Brunton-Martin, Kristal E. Cain, Megan R. Friesen, Anne C. Gaskett
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14237 PubMed 36275461
October 14, 2022
Proteomic response of early juvenile Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) to temperature
Grace Crandall, Rhonda Elliott Thompson, Benoit Eudeline, Brent Vadopalas, Emma Timmins-Schiffman, Steven Roberts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14158 PubMed 36262416
October 14, 2022
biomonitoR: an R package for managing ecological data and calculating biomonitoring indices
Alex Laini, Simone Guareschi, Rossano Bolpagni, Gemma Burgazzi, Daniel Bruno, Cayetano Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Rafael Miranda, Cédric Mondy, Gábor Várbíró, Tommaso Cancellario
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14183
October 14, 2022
Coral reef fish assemblages exhibit signs of depletion in two protected areas from the eastern of Los Canarreos archipelago (Cuba, Caribbean Sea)
Zenaida María Navarro-Martínez, Maickel Armenteros, Leonardo Espinosa, Patricia González-Díaz, Amy Apprill
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14229 PubMed 36262415
September 28, 2022
Lack of a genetic cline and temporal genetic stability in an introduced barnacle along the Pacific coast of Japan
Takefumi Yorisue
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14073 PubMed 36193430
September 26, 2022
What’s the effectiveness of stocking actions in small creeks? The role of water discharge behind hatchery trout downstream movement
Stefano Brignone, Vanessa De Santis, Tiziano Putelli, Christophe Molina, Armando Piccinini, Richard A. Carmichael, Pietro Volta
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14069 PubMed 36187751
August 23, 2022
Predictability and transferability of local biodiversity environment relationships
Martin Jung
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13872 PubMed 36032939
August 23, 2022
Estimating uncertainty in density surface models
David L. Miller, Elizabeth A. Becker, Karin A. Forney, Jason J. Roberts, Ana Cañadas, Robert S. Schick
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13950 PubMed 36032955
August 2, 2022
Hydrological and lock operation conditions associated with paddlefish and bigheaded carp dam passage on a large and small scale in the Upper Mississippi River (Pools 14–18)
Dominique D. Turney, Andrea K. Fritts, Brent C. Knights, Jon M. Vallazza, Douglas S. Appel, James T. Lamer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13822 PubMed 35935253
July 27, 2022
Spatial variation in diatom abundance and composition in Biwase Bay and Hamanaka Bay (Eastern Hokkaido, Japan), with reference to environmental features
Hyojin Ahn, Miho Ito, Naoko Kouchi, Kentaro Watanabe, Hiroya Abe, Tomonori Isada, Masahiro Nakaoka
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13705 PubMed 35915753
July 20, 2022
Baleen whale inhalation variability revealed using animal-borne video tags
Emily C. Nazario, David E. Cade, K.C. Bierlich, Max F. Czapanskiy, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport, Julie M. van der Hoop, Merceline T. San Luis, Ari S. Friedlaender
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13724 PubMed 35880219
June 28, 2022
Public awareness of seafood mislabeling
Savannah J. Ryburn, Wilker M. Ballantine, Florencia M. Loncan, Olivia G. Manning, Meggan A. Alston, Blaire Steinwand, John F. Bruno
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13486 PubMed 35782099
March 21, 2022
The direct and indirect effects of a global pandemic on US fishers and seafood workers
Easton R. White, Jill Levine, Amanda Moeser, Julie Sorensen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13007 PubMed 35341052

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February 8, 2018
Forecasting biodiversity in breeding birds using best practices
David J. Harris, Shawn D. Taylor, Ethan P. White
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4278 PubMed 29441230
March 4, 2014
Lack of quantitative training among early-career ecologists: a survey of the problem and potential solutions
Frédéric Barraquand, Thomas H.G. Ezard, Peter S. Jørgensen, Naupaka Zimmerman, Scott Chamberlain, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Timothy J. Curran, Timothée Poisot
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.285 PubMed 24688862