This biographical article is written like a résumé. (July 2024) |
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Peter B. Moyle PhD | |
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Born | 1942 Minnesota |
Occupation(s) | Zoologist; Distinguished Professor of Fish Biology, Emeritus; Associate Director, Center for Watershed Science, University of California-Davis |
Known for | Educator-lead author of a widely used text in fish biology (5 editions) and author of Inland Fishes of California, the standard reference work on CA fishes. Research team leader – developed quantitative methods to evaluate status, distribution, and ecology of native and non-native fishes of California; quantified potential impacts of climate change on each species |
Academic background | |
Education | 1964 University of Minnesota, B.A., Zoology; 1966 Cornell University, M.S., Conservation; 1969 University of Minnesota, PhD, Zoology |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Zoology, Conservation Biology |
Institutions | 1969—1972 Assistant Professor, Biology, California State University, Fresno, CA; 1972—2015 Assistant to Full Professor, University of California-Davis; 2015-present Distinguished Professor Emeritus. |
Main interests | Ecology and conservation of estuarine and freshwater fishes, especially in California. |
Website | https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/people/peter-b-moyle |
Peter B. Moyle (born 1942 in Minnesota) is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and associate director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis. He has studied the ecology and conservation of fishes in freshwater and estuarine habitats in California (US) for over fifty years. He has a special interest in salmonid fishes and in the state's highly endemic freshwater and estuarine fish fauna. Moyle has authored or co-authored more than 270 peer-reviewed publications, including 10 books, and over 225 other publications, including ca. 75 blogs.[1]