usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:18:12.637594' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/collin-eagles-smith profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - Ph.D., Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA (2006) - B.S., Environmental Resource Sciences - Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Davis, CA (2000) email: ceagles-smith@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - aquatic ecosystems - benthic ecosystems - ecological processes - ecosystems - estuarine ecosystems - freshwater ecosystems - habitat alteration - habitats - wetland ecosystems - contamination and pollution - human impacts - marine water quality - mine drainage - nonpoint-source pollution - toxic trace element contamination - water quality - inland fishery resources - coastal ecosystems - animals - capturing (animals) - invasive species - invertebrates - migratory species - plant and animal testing - migration (organisms) - vertebrates - wildlife - wildlife population management - field methods - isotopic analysis - laboratory methods - risk assessment - surface water quality honors: [] intro_statements: - I am a Research Ecologist with the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center in Corvallis, Oregon. My research focuses on the interactions among ecological processes, contaminant bioaccumulation, and effects on wild populations. name: Collin Eagles-Smith name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0003-1329-5285 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/forest-and-rangeland-ecosystem-science-center organization_name: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center personal_statement: My work specifically focuses on (1) the ecological factors regulating contaminant bioaccumulation and trophic transfer, with an emphasis on food web processes and contaminant cycling, (2) land use practices and ecosystem restoration effects on contaminant cycling through food webs, and (3) the sublethal effects of contaminants on individuals and contaminant-induced impairment to reproduction in the wild. My research is broadly applied across taxa - primarily fish and waterbirds, and habitat types - including lakes, freshwater wetlands, agricultural fields, and estuarine habitats. professional_experience: - '2010-present: Supervisory Research Ecologist, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR' - '2007-2010: Wildlife Biologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Davis, CA' - '2003-2007: Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento, CA' title: Supervisory Research Ecologist