Publications
- Cooke, S.J., S.G. Hinch, M.R. Donaldson, T.D. Clark, E.J. Eliason, G.T. Crossin, G.D. Raby, K.M. Jeffries, M. Lapointe, K. Miller, D.A. Patterson, A.P. Farrell 2012. Conservation physiology in practice: How physiological knowledge has improved our ability to sustainably manage Pacific salmon during up-river migration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B In Press
- Eliason, E. J., T. D. Clark, M. J. Hague, L. M. Hanson, Zoe S. Gallagher, K. M. Jeffries, M. K. Gale, D. A. Patterson, S. G. Hinch, A. P. Farrell 2011. Differences in thermal tolerance among sockeye salmon populations. Science 332: 109-112
- Gale, M.K., S.G. Hinch, E.J. Eliason, S.J. Cooke, D.A. Patterson 2011. Physiological impairment of adult sockeye salmon in fresh water after simulated capture-and-release across a range of temperatures. Fisheries Research 112: 85-95
- Eliason, E.J., B. Djordjevic, S. Trattner, J. Pickova, A. Karlsson, A.P. Farrell, A. Kiessling 2010. Time-course patterns of postprandial lipid uptake into the hepatic portal vein of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after a single meal. Aquaculture Nutrition 16: 536-543
- Farrell, A.P., E.J. Eliason, E. Sandblom, T.D. Clark 2009. Fish cardiorespiratory physiology in an era of climate change. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 835-851
Erika Eliason
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Office phone: 604.822.4910
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Research area: Comparative Physiology
Supervisor: T. Farrell
History: B.Sc Simon Fraser University, 2003
M.Sc University of British Columbia, 2006
Ph.D University of British Columbia, 2011
All animals have an optimum temperature, which in part sets their geographical distribution. My PhD research examined this phenomenon across populations of adult sockeye salmon. The genetically discrete and high fidelity spawning populations of Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada, adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) provide an excellent model to examine temperature optima at an intraspecific level because different populations encounter widely different river temperatures (~8-22 degree C), hydraulic challenges, migration distances (~100-1000 km) and elevation (~10-1100 m) during their adult river migration. We hypothesized that each sockeye salmon population has adapted through natural selection to meet their unique environmental challenges. I examined this hypothesis across many levels of biological organisation: whole animal swimming and cardiorespiratory performance, organ performance, gross organ morphology, ultrastructure and receptors.
Awards
2012
Faculty of Science Graduate Prize - PhD
For Research
2011
Peter A. Larkin Award
For Research
Canadian Aquatic Resources Section, American Fisheries Society
2011
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
For Research
2010
Best Student Oral Presentation
For Research
International Congress on the Biology of Fish
2010
Hoar Award
For Research
Best Student Presentation, Canadian Society of Zoologists Annual General Meeting
2009
UBC Four Year Fellowship for PhD students
For Research
2009
McLean Fraser Summer Research Scholarship
For Research
2007
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
For Research
2006
Pacific Salmon Forum Grant
For Research
2006
UBC Department of Zoology Graduate Entrance Award
For Research
2006
UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service
For Service
2004
SFU Graduate Fellowship (declined)
For Research
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