Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Phone number
+31 (0)222 36 9586
Location
Texel
Function
PhD student
University
Wageningen University
Promotor
Tom Buijse
Expertise
  • • Biotelemetry equipment deployment and array maintenance
  • • Internal and external tagging techniques for fish and crustaceans
  • • Analysis of movement data in R
NOV 14 2021 | Jena Edwards in 'Vissen naar de toekomst'  in VPRO Tegenlicht NPO2 from 22:48.

Jena Edwards

PhD student
Interests

Research interests

Understanding the movement ecology of marine fishes using aquatic biotelemetry. 

 

Functions

Functions

Jena is a PhD candidate specializing in the movement ecology of marine fishes and has extensive experience in at-sea field research and analysis of aquatic movement data. At NIOZ, she is currently employing a technical knowledge and hands-on experience in the deployment of satellite and acoustic telemetry technologies to develop a large-scale telemetry study for large fish in the Dutch Wadden Sea. 

Publications
Education

Professional education

BSc with First Class Honours in Marine Biology - 2017
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA 

MSc in Biological Sciences - 2020
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, CA

Awards

Awards and Prizes

  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) CGS - Masters, Canadian federal award (2019-2020)
  • The W. Garfield Weston Award in Northern Research - Master's (2019-2020)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) - Master's (2019-2020, declined)
  • Polar Knowledge Canada: Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP), Canadian federal award (2018, 2019)
  • University of Windsor Environmental Scholarship (2019)
  • A.R. & E.G. Ferris Award, Univeristy of Windsor (2018)
Other

Conference presentations

Edwards, J.E., Hedges, K.J., Fisk, A.T., and N.E. Hussey. Multi-year movement
behaviour of Greenland sharks (Somnious microcephalus) in a deep-water
Arctic fjord. ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2019), Halifax, Nova
Scotia. December 2019 (Oral presentation International Conference).

Edwards, J.E., and Hussey, N.E. Seasonal variation in coastal residency and
fine-scale movements of the Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus).
Canadian Society of Zoologists, Windsor, Ontario. May 2019 (Oral presentation
National Conference).

Edwards, J.E., Hiltz, E., Broell, F., Bushnell, P.G., Campana, S.E., Christiansen,
J.S., Devine, B.M., Gallant, J.J., Hedges, K.J., MacNeil, M.A., McMeans, B.C., Nielsen,
J., Præbel, K., Skomal, G.B., Steffensen, J.F., Walter, R.P., Watanabe, Y.Y.,
VanderZwaag, D.L., and Hussey, N.E. Advancing our understanding of longlived
species: A case study on the Greenland shark. 4th Sharks International,
Joao Pessoa, Brazil. June 2018 (Oral presentation International Conference).

Newsletter

SWIMWAY newsletter Nr. 1 july 2021  (only in Dutch)

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Linked projects

SWIMWAY
Supervisor
Anieke van Leeuwen
Funder
Waddenfonds
Project duration
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2024