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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:37:57.487943'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/alicia-berlin
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - 'Ph.D., Foraging values of Mulinia lateralis and Ischadium recurvum: energetic
     effects on surf scoters wintering in the Chesapeake Bay. (May 2008)  University
     of Maryland,'
   - M.S., Comparative Analysis of Embryonic Growth Rate and Incubation Length in
     Dabbling Ducks. (December 2000)   Michigan State University
   - B.S., Renewable Natural Resources; Concentration in Wildlife Management (May
     1998)  University of Connecticut, Storrs
   email: aberlin@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - benthic ecosystems
   - ecological competition
   - ecological processes
   - ecosystem diversity
   - estuarine ecosystems
   - habitats
   - migratory species
   - migration (organisms)
   - wildlife
   - wildlife population management
   - land use change
   - Wind energy
   - Seabirds
   - Bioenergetics
   - Underwater Hearing
   - Underwater Noise
   - Gillnet Bycatch
   - Deterrents
   - Seaducks
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Alicia Berlin is a Research Wildlife Biologist at the Eastern Ecological Science
     Center in Laurel, MD.
   name: Alicia Berlin, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-5275-3077
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc
   organization_name: Eastern Ecological Science Center
   personal_statement: 'Her background is in physiological ecology (the science of
     linking the physiology of an animal with on the ground management actions) and
     ornithology. Her research interests include bioenergetics modeling of waterbirds,
     habitat utilization of Atlantic seabirds using state of the art tracking technologies
     and developing innovative techniques to determine underwater noise impacts and
     potential deterrents on seabirds.New Research:Impacts of prey resources, weather,
     and time of day on habitat use for wintering lesser scaup in the Chesapeake
     Bay. Collaborators: University of Delaware (UDEL) and Maryland Department of
     Natural Resources (MDDNR)Improving and field-testing solar-powered GPS/GSM transmitter
     design and attachment techniques to increase effectiveness of the technology
     for tracking marine and coastal birds. Collaborators: USFWSIn-air and underwater
     hearing thresholds and assessment of auditory deterrents on diving birds. Collaborators:
     USFWS, University of Delaware (UDEL), Naval Undersea Warfare CenterUnderstanding
     visual stimuli aversive to diving birds to inform fisheries bycatch mitigation
     development. Collaborators: Royal Holloway University of London, Natural Environmental
     Research Council (NERC), Birdlife Europe and Birdlife International, Royal Society
     for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)Habitat Vulnerability Assessment for Wintering
     American Black Ducks in the Chesapeake Bay Refuge System in the Face of Impending
     Sea-Level Rise and Land Use Change Scenarios. Collaborators: USFWS refuges,
     Black Duck joint Venture (BDJV), Ducks Unlimited (DU), Atlantic Coast Joint
     Venture (ACJV)Previous Research:Captured surf scoters and long-tailed ducks
     using mist-nets, net gun, and night lighting techniques to implant with satellite
     transmitters in the Chesapeake Bay, Pamlico Sound, and coastal waters of Rhode
     Island and Nantucket the delineate the Atlantic flyway populations.Collaborators:
     USFWS, SDJV, CWS, MDDNR, VADGIF, URI, MA AudubonCaptured surf scoters, red-throated
     loons, and northern gannets to implant with satellite transmitters to determine
     potential impacts of offshore wind energy development on migratory seabirds.Collaborators:
     USFWS, SDJV, MDDNR, BOEM, VADGIF, BRI, Memorial University of NewfoundlandTesting
     the use of newly created GMT solar powered backpack transmitters on seabirds
     to reduce mortality, increase transmission time and quality, and reduce handling
     stress on seabirds.Collaborators: USFWS, BOEMRunning a clinical trial comparing
     the epizootology of our current manual feeder system to a more computerized
     enclosed feeding system.Collaborators: UMD, UMUCDetermined the electrosensory
     foraging capabilities of ruddy ducks.Collaborators: University of Lethbridge,
     SmithsonianDetermine the impact of corticosterone levels on reproductive effort
     of common eiders.Collaborators: University of Windsor, CWS'
   professional_experience: []
   title: Research Wildlife Biologist