Item talk:Q49819

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:24:36.769425'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/joseph-tomoleoni
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - EDUCATION
   - MS, Marine Affairs & Policy/Marine Biology & Fisheries, University of Miami
     Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science (FL), 2007
   - BS, Marine Biology, University of Miami
   email: jtomoleoni@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Sea Otter Biology & Ecology
   - Marine Mammal Biology & Ecology
   - Marine Community Ecology
   - Population Biology
   - Marine Fish & Invertebrate Biology
   - VHF Radio Telemetry
   - Oxygen Rebreather Diving
   - SCUBA diving
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Joe is a USGS biologist that is broadly interested in the ecology of coastal
     marine communities, particularly the influences of vertebrate predators on community
     structure.
   name: Joseph Tomoleoni
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-6980-251X
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/werc
   organization_name: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
   personal_statement: 'Most of his field research has focused on sea otter populations
     around the Northeastern Pacific Ocean.  His past and current study sites focus
     mostly on Central and Southern California (including the Channel Islands), but
     also include many other locations around the Northeast Pacific like the Aleutian
     Islands, Southeast and Southcentral Alaska, and Washington. These studies are
     designed to better understand the suite of direct and indirect interactions
     between sea otters and other species in the nearshore environment.  Joe and
     his colleagues use this model system to elucidate the influence of high-trophic-level
     consumers on the organization of the communities in which they live. Their research
     questions aim to investigate various aspects of sea otter behavioral ecology
     including: foraging trends, activity budgets, movement patterns, survival, and
     reproduction. The information gathered from their research helps to obtain a
     better understanding of sea otter biology, which, through species interactions
     with biotic and abiotic factors in their environment, advances our knowledge
     base for entire nearshore marine ecosystems.In addition to sea otter population
     studies, Joes fieldwork also includes intertidal and subtidal surveys of nearshore
     communities, as well as dive work to capture and tag sea otters and collect
     data or samples that help us better understand the link between otters, kelp
     forests, estuaries, and people. Joe and his USGS colleagues are also the lead
     agency conducting the annual sea otter census in California, which monitors
     population change and distribution over time.  Joe also serves on the USGS National
     Dive Safety Board as the Southwest Region Dive Safety Officer.'
   professional_experience: []
   title: Biologist & Southwest Region Dive Safety Officer