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Eric Ward
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
960 Points

Contributions by role

Author 370
Preprint Author 105
Reviewer 85
Editor 400

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
Science Policy
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Climate Change Biology
Science and Medical Education
Zoology
Freshwater Biology
Animal Behavior
Public Health
COVID-19
Biodiversity
Molecular Biology
Food Science and Technology
Environmental Impacts

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 3
  • Preprints 3
  • Edited 2
  • Reviewed 2
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

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
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

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

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