Telephone: +47 410 41 653
E-mail: jon.mageroy@nina.no
Department:
NINA Oslo
Knowledge areas
Freshwater mussels and fish, parasites, zooplankton and benthic invertebrates. Monitoring and research. Habitat requirements, genetics, human impacts and ecosystem services.
Key qualifications
I have extensive experience with research on and monitoring of freshwater mussels in Norway, Canada and the USA. Research topics include habitat requirements, genetics, human impacts and ecosystem services, among others. As a part of this work, I have also studied confirmed and potential host fish for mussels. Therefore, I have gained experience with a variety of freshwater fish, both through experiments and field work. During my Ph.D., I worked on evolutionary theories on parasites that castrate their hosts. Specifically, I worked on a bacterium that castrates water fleas (daphnia).
Through my work on freshwater mussels I have also become a member of the IUCN mollusc specialist group (
Molluscs), member of the management committee for the research network CONFREMUS (
confremus.eu), which is a COST network for freshwater mussels in Europe, and member of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (
FMCS).
Education
Ph.D. in Biology
The University of Bergen, Norway, 2012
Thesis: Environmental Impact on Host-Parasite Interactions: A Study on the Adaptive Value of Host Castration and Gigantism when Hosts can Regain Reproduction
Supervisors: Dr. Per J. Jakobsen and Dr. Knut Helge Jensen
Master of Natural Science: Biology - Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology
The University of Bergen, Norway, 2005
Thesis: The Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.) in the Oselva River: A Population Study of a Red-Listed Species
Supervisors: Dr. Per J. Jakobsen (UoB) og Researcher II Bjørn Mejdell Larsen (NINA)
Bacheor of Arts - Major in Biology and Minor in Chemistry
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, USA, 2002
Experience
Researcher II
Research on and monitroing of freshwater mussels, fish, parasites, zooplankton and benthic invertebrates
Department for Landscape Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Oslo, Norway: 2016 - present
Environmental Consultant (part time)
Critical habitat determination for the Rocky Mountain ridged mussel (Gonidea angulata)
For the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans: 2016
Post Doctoral Fellow
Rocky Mountain ridged mussel: Host interactions, and the impact of introduced fish species and restauration of river channels
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada: 2014-2015
Freshwater Mussel Technician
Determination of freshwater mussel distribution within Wyoming
Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Casper, WY, USA: 2014
Post Dctoral Fellow
Rocky Mountain ridged mussel: Recruitment, host interactions and the impact of control methods for introduced plant species
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada: 2013-2014
Researcher (part time)
Fieldwork and laboratory development associated with the cultivation of the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
Department of Biology, the University of Bergen, Norway: 2011-2012
Ph.D. Research Fellow
Research on host-parasite interactions among parasites that castrate their hosts and leacturing/TAing in several biological subjects
Department of Biology, the University of Bergen, Norway: 2006-2011
Visiting Lecturer
Evolution
The School of Natural Science, the University of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, the Faroe Islands: 2006-2007
Teacher
Biology, Natural Science and Geography
Tryggheim High School, Nærbø, Norway: 2005-2006
Environmental Consultant
Impact assessment with respect to species diversity
For Skjørsand Micro Hydro Power Plant, Fusa, Norway: 2005-2006
Languages
Norwegian - mother tongue
English - fluent
German - Rudimentary
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