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 abstract: Biologist with the Alaska Science Center
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 abstract: Nicole is a Biologist with the Nearshore Marine Ecosystem Research Program
   at the Alaska Science Center. Her work focuses on sea otter behavioral ecology
   and aerial surveys using remote sensing throughout the Gulf of Alaska.
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email: nlaroche@usgs.gov hasCredential: - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential

 name: MSc   2020    Fisheries, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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 name: BSc    2010    Marine Biology, University of California Santa Cruz

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   name: Alaska Science Center
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/alaska-science-center
 roleName: Biologist
 startDate: '2024-05-10T21:02:05.846829'

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 additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
 name: 2021 - Present   Biologist, USGS Alaska Science Center

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 additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
 name: 2020 - 2021        Alaska Sea Grant Fellowship, National Park Service

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 additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
 name: 2017 - 2020        Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of
   Alaska Fairbanks

- '@type': Occupation

 additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
 name: 2015 - 2017        Wildlife Safari Coordinator, Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris

- '@type': Occupation

 additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
 name: 2014 - 2015        Terrestrial Vertebrate Research Field Technician, National
   Park Service, Channel Islands National Park

- '@type': Occupation

 additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
 name: 2014                     Research Field Technician, Tulane University

- '@type': Occupation

 additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
 name: 2009 - 2014       Research Field Technician, University of California Santa
   Cruz and USGS Western Ecological Research Center

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jobTitle: Biologist knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing

 additionalType: self-claimed expertise
 name: Nearshore Marine Ecosystems

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 additionalType: self-claimed expertise
 name: Sea otter biology

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 additionalType: self-claimed expertise
 name: Sea otters

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 additionalType: self-claimed expertise
 name: foraging ecology

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 additionalType: self-claimed expertise
 name: remote sensing

memberOf:

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 member:
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   name: U.S. Geological Survey
 name: staff member
 startDate: '2024-05-10T21:02:05.843312'

name: Nicole LaRoche url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/nicole-laroche