Julia Parrish Explained

Julia Kathyrn Parrish
Workplaces:University of Washington
Alma Mater:Duke University
Thesis Title:The costs and benefits of schooling in fish
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1988
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Julia Parrish is an ecologist and conservation biologist at the University of Washington known for her research on seabirds and for her leadership in citizen science. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Education and career

Parrish has an undergraduate degree from Carnegie-Mellon (1982)[1] where she studied biochemistry and biophysics. While she was an undergraduate student, she spent a period of time at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, which she credits for guiding her towards getting her Ph.D. at Duke University studying the schooling behavior of fish.[2] Parrish moved to the University of Washington where she holds the Lowell A. and Frankie L. Wakefield Endowed Professorship.[3]

Research

Parrish's research is a combination of observational research and conservation activities. Her graduate research centered on fish where she examined mucus production by the Atlantic silverside fish[4] and the importance of physical location within schooling groups of fish.[5] [6] Parrish began working on Tatoosh Island in 1990 after an invitation to the island from a graduate student in Bob Paine's lab.[7] Her work on the island focuses on common murres,[8] a seabird that forms dense nesting colonies on the island. She has examined interactions between bald eagles and common murres and noted declines in the common murre population as a result of the recovery of the bald eagles.[9] Parrish has modeled the role of aggregating animals in the survival of organisms[10] [11] and its subsequent implications for marine protected areas in the conservation of marine species.[12] Parrish's research has linked dead birds found on the beach with changing seawater off California,[13] the presence of harmful algal blooms,[14] and marine heatwaves.[15] [16] Through the collection of data from volunteers, Parrish was able to link recent observations of the by-the-wind sailor jellyfish with seawater conditions off the beaches of California.[17] [18] [19]

Citizen science

Parrish founded and directs the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, COASST, a citizen science project started in 1999 that organizes volunteers to gather details about dead birds and marine debris on beaches along the west coast of the United States.[20] Parrish's activities include research into the scale of citizen science projects, the value of in-kind contributions made by volunteers,[21] factors limiting the use of data collected by citizen scientists,[22] and demographic factors leading to the success of data collection by citizen science projects.[23]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wagner. Eric. June 15, 2010. The Value of Dead Bird Watching. 2021-10-01. Pacific Standard. en.
  2. Web site: Julia K. Parrish UW Biology. 2021-10-01. www.biology.washington.edu. en.
  3. Web site: Julia Parrish. 2021-10-06. College of the Environment. en-US.
  4. Parrish. J. K.. Kroen. W. K.. 1988. Sloughed mucus and drag-reduction in a school of Atlantic silversides, Menidia menidia. Marine Biology. en. 97. 2. 165–169. 10.1007/BF00391298. 84320189. 0025-3162.
  5. Parrish. Julia K.. 1989. Re-examining the selfish herd: are central fish safer?. Animal Behaviour. en. 38. 6. 1048–1053. 10.1016/S0003-3472(89)80143-5. 53148279.
  6. Parrish. Julia K.. 1989. Layering with depth in a heterospecific fish aggregation. Environmental Biology of Fishes. en. 26. 2. 79–85. 10.1007/BF00001024. 40434181. 0378-1909.
  7. Web site: LYKE. M. L.. 2001-09-11. Murre-maid of Tatoosh. 2021-10-01. seattlepi.com. en-US.
  8. Parrish. Julia K.. 1995. Influence of Group Size and Habitat Type on Reproductive Success in Common Murres (Uria aalge). The Auk. 112. 2. 390–401. 10.2307/4088726. 4088726. 0004-8038. free.
  9. Parrish. Julia K.. Marvier. Michelle. Paine. Robert T.. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1858:DAIEIB2.0.CO;2 Direct and Indirect Effects: Interactions Between Bald Eagles and Common Murres]. 2001. Ecological Applications. en. 11. 6. 1858–1869. 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1858:DAIEIB]2.0.CO;2. 1051-0761.
  10. Parrish. J. K.. 1999-04-02. Complexity, Pattern, and Evolutionary Trade-Offs in Animal Aggregation. Science. 284. 5411. 99–101. 10.1126/science.284.5411.99. 10102827. 1999Sci...284...99P.
  11. Parrish. Julia K.. Viscido. Steven V.. Grünbaum. Daniel. 2002. Self-Organized Fish Schools: An Examination of Emergent Properties. The Biological Bulletin. en. 202. 3. 296–305. 10.2307/1543482. 1543482. 12087003. 377484. 0006-3185.
  12. Boersma. P.Dee. Parrish. Julia K. 1999. Limiting abuse: marine protected areas, a limited solution. Ecological Economics. en. 31. 2. 287–304. 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00085-3.
  13. Parrish. Jk. Bond. N. Nevins. H. Mantua. N. Loeffel. R. Peterson. Wt. Harvey. Jt. 2007-12-20. Beached birds and physical forcing in the California Current System. Marine Ecology Progress Series. en. 352. 275–288. 10.3354/meps07077. 2007MEPS..352..275P. 0171-8630. free.
  14. Jones. T. Parrish. Jk. Punt. Ae. Trainer. Vl. Kudela. R. Lang. J. Brancato. Ms. Odell. A. Hickey. B. 2017-09-14. Mass mortality of marine birds in the Northeast Pacific caused by Akashiwo sanguinea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. en. 579. 111–127. 10.3354/meps12253. 2017MEPS..579..111J. 0171-8630. free.
  15. Jones. Timothy. Parrish. Julia K.. Peterson. William T.. Bjorkstedt. Eric P.. Bond. Nicholas A.. Ballance. Lisa T.. Bowes. Victoria. Hipfner. J. Mark. Burgess. Hillary K.. Dolliver. Jane E.. Lindquist. Kirsten. 2018-04-16. Massive Mortality of a Planktivorous Seabird in Response to a Marine Heatwave. Geophysical Research Letters. en. 45. 7. 3193–3202. 10.1002/2017GL076164. 2018GeoRL..45.3193J. 53398813. 0094-8276. free.
  16. Piatt. John F.. Parrish. Julia K.. Renner. Heather M.. Schoen. Sarah K.. Jones. Timothy T.. Arimitsu. Mayumi L.. Kuletz. Kathy J.. Bodenstein. Barbara. García-Reyes. Marisol. Duerr. Rebecca S.. Corcoran. Robin M.. 2020-01-15. Hyrenbach. David. Extreme mortality and reproductive failure of common murres resulting from the northeast Pacific marine heatwave of 2014-2016. PLOS ONE. en. 15. 1. e0226087. 10.1371/journal.pone.0226087. 1932-6203. 6961838. 31940310. 2020PLoSO..1526087P. free.
  17. Jones. T. Parrish. Jk. Burgess. Hk. 2021-03-18. Long-term patterns of mass stranding of the colonial cnidarian Velella velella: influence of environmental forcing. Marine Ecology Progress Series. en. 662. 69–83. 10.3354/meps13644. 2021MEPS..662...69J. 232401785. 0171-8630. free.
  18. Web site: Duncombe. Jenessa. 2021-03-31. Why Trillions of Jellyfish Washed Ashore from Canada to California. 2021-10-06. Eos. en-US.
  19. Web site: Lindsey. John. August 10, 2021. Moon jellies, by-the-wind sailors washing up on local shores John Lindsey. 2021-10-06. Santa Ynez Valley News. en.
  20. Web site: Our Story – COASST. 2021-10-06. en-US.
  21. Theobald. E. J.. Ettinger. A. K.. Burgess. H. K.. DeBey. L. B.. Schmidt. N. R.. Froehlich. H. E.. Wagner. C.. HilleRisLambers. J.. Tewksbury. J.. Harsch. M. A.. Parrish. J. K.. 2015-01-01. Global change and local solutions: Tapping the unrealized potential of citizen science for biodiversity research. Biological Conservation. en. 181. 236–244. 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.021. 0006-3207. free.
  22. Burgess. H. K.. DeBey. L. B.. Froehlich. H. E.. Schmidt. N.. Theobald. E. J.. Ettinger. A. K.. HilleRisLambers. J.. Tewksbury. J.. Parrish. J. K.. 2017-04-01. The science of citizen science: Exploring barriers to use as a primary research tool. Biological Conservation. The role of citizen science in biological conservation. en. 208. 113–120. 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.014. 0006-3207. free.
  23. Parrish. Julia K.. Jones. Timothy. Burgess. Hillary K.. He. Yurong. Fortson. Lucy. Cavalier. Darlene. 2019-02-05. Hoping for optimality or designing for inclusion: Persistence, learning, and the social network of citizen science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. en. 116. 6. 1894–1901. 10.1073/pnas.1807186115. 0027-8424. 6369789. 30718390. 2019PNAS..116.1894P. free.
  24. Web site: Stanford. © Stanford University. Notice. California 94305 Copyright Complaints Trademark. 2006-03-16. 18 environmental researchers named 2006 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows. 2021-10-01. Stanford University. en.
  25. Web site: US NSF - ERE - Advisory Committee BE COV. 2021-10-01. www.nsf.gov.
  26. Web site: Mize. Alison. June 1, 2016. Ecological Society of America announces 2016 fellows – The Ecological Society of America. 2021-10-01. en-US.
  27. Web site: AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2019 Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-10-04. www.aaas.org. en.
  28. Web site: May 21, 2020. Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients – Pacific Seabird Group. 2021-10-01. en-US.
  29. Web site: Julia k. parrish. 2021-10-01. The White House. en.
  30. News: June 25, 2013. Four Scientists Honored at White House.

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