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Biography: Noel Alfonso

Noel Alfonso.

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Noel Alfonso

Senior Research Assistant, Life Sciences (Ichthyology)
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4064
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: nalfonso@mus-nature.ca

Education

  • M.Sc., University of Ottawa, 2001.

Specialties

  • Phylogeny and taxonomy of temperate and Indo-Pacific flatfishes, taxonomy of the lake charr, Salvelinus namaycush, and of catostomids.

Projects

  • Comparison of the arctic and smooth flounders.
    I am doing an appraisal of the species identities of Pleuronectes (formerly Liopsetta) putnami and P. glacialis. They are not separable morphologically and the literature supports this difficulty in identification. An initial analysis was performed that hints at multi- or combination character differences, but I will expand the suite of morphological and meristic characters as well as investigate molecular differences.
  • Validity of the Jasper longnose sucker, C. catostomus lacustris
    I have applied to the Parks Canada Species at Risk Inventory Fund (SARINV) to collect whole specimens and tissue for genetic analysis of the Jasper longnose sucker, C. catostomus lacustris, a subspecies endemic to Jasper National Park, Alberta.

Professional Services

  • Identification of fish species.
  • GIS and multivariate statistics.

Publications

Coad, B.W. and Alfonso, N. (2005). The Hornyhead Chub, Nocomis biguttatus, a Fish New to the National Capital Region (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). Trail and Landscape 39: 68-72.

Alfonso, N.R. (2004). Evidence for Two Morphotypes of Lake Charr (Salvelinus namaycush) from Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Environmental Biology of Fishes: 71: 21-32.

Renaud, C.B., Alfonso, N., Comba, M.E. and Kaiser, K.L.E. (2004). A Comparison of Organochlorine Contaminant Levels, on a Lipid Basis, in Sea Lamprey Larvae from Mad River, Lake Huron Basin and Michipicoten River, Lake Superior Basin (1960-1976) Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 39: 75-82.

Alfonso, N. (2002). Review of Introduction to Biometry. Pierre Jolicoeur. Biodiversity 3: 44-45.

Alfonso, N. and Coad, B.W. (2002). Donald Evan McAllister 23 August 1934 - 17 June 2001. Poster presented at 2002 Annual Meeting Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, 3-5 January, Empire Landmark Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Campbell, M. and Alfonso, N. (eds). (2001). Sea Wind 15(1/2). 64 pp.

Coad, B.W., Reist, J.D., Renaud, C.B., McAllister, D.E., Møller, P.R., Alfonso, N. and Berkes, F. (2001). A Field Guide to the Arctic Marine Fishes of Canada. Poster presented at Arctic Ocean Sciences Board, Twentieth Meeting (AOSB-XX), 23-24 April 2001, Iqaluit.

Alfonso, N. (2001). Revision of the Family Samaridae (Pleuronectiformes: Actinopterygii). Unpubl. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. 178 pp.

Alfonso, N. and McAllister, D.E. (2000). Deepwater Coral Distribution on Canada's West Coast. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Deep Sea Corals, Science and Conservation of Deep Sea Corals, July 30 August 3, 2000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Alfonso, N. and McAllister, D.E. (1994). Biodiversity and the Grande-Baleine Hydroelectric Development. Great Whale Environmental Assessment: Background Paper No. 11, Great Whale Public Review Support Office. 75 pp.