Freshwater and Marine Ecologist
Spatial Ecologist and GIS Manager

Degrees & Diplomas

B.Sc.: Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON (Honours Zoology) 1980
M.Sc.: University of Toronto, Toronto (Zoology) incomplete
Certif.: Ryerson University, Toronto (Digital Geography and GIS) 2000
Certif.: Ryerson University, Toronto (Advanced Digital Geography and GIS) expected 2007

Research Interests

• Spatial analysis and geostatistics
• Marine mammal ecology and habitat utilization
• GIS and remote sensing applications in freshwater/marine ecology
• Freshwater and marine ecology
• Fish ecology and habitat utilization
• Distance sampling and resource selection modeling
• Statistical modeling of distribution and abundance
• Data analysis and database design
• Application programming
• Field data capture technologies
• Environmental impact assessment

Capsule Resume

Ted has been with LGL Limited for 16 years. His expertise includes the design, conduct, and analysis of large-area aerial and vessel-based surveys for marine mammals. He has been an observer on aerial and vessel-based surveys for marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic and Atlantic Ocean. In addition, for over 10 years he has been responsible for the data acquisition (GPS, radar/laser altimeters, event logging), computer program development, seismic data integration, GIS mapping, and statistical spatial analysis of data derived from aerial and vessel surveys of marine mammals. These projects have included analysis of bowhead, beluga, and seal densities and locations in relation to seismic exploration efforts, and also analysis of general distribution patterns of marine mammals and birds for large geographic areas in the western and central Arctic. Analyses of these types also include the determination of habitat affinities for the animals studied. He has worked closely with MMS scientists in the use of their BWASP data and other industry-acquired marine mammal data for north Alaskan projects. Over a 3-year period in late 1990s, he developed the database design and analysis protocols for vessel-based marine mammals surveys used in the Arctic, now used in extensively in our work in the Arctic, Atlantic, and world-wide with the L-DEO program. He has also been integrating video, still, and other remote sensing (satellite-derived ice roughness and water temperature) methods into our aerial survey and analysis protocol.