Ryan Walter

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research,
University of Windsor,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4
ph. (519) 253-3000 ext. 4730
Fax (519) 971-3616
email: Ryan

Supervisor(s): 
Heath & Haffner

Hometown:    
Rochester, NY, USA

Education:
PhD, UWindsor 2009
MSc, Brockport 2002
BSc, Brockport 2000                                                                                          

Research Title:                                                                                                             
Post-doctoral fellow

Research Summary:                                                                           
My research focuses on understanding the processes influencing population differentiation and speciation in animals. I am interested in the interaction between selection for specific life-history traits and gene flow, and how this relationship affects neutral genetic variance.

Contributions to Research                                             

Papers:
Walter RP, GD Haffner, DD Heath (2009) Dispersal and population genetic structure of Telmatherina antoniae, an endemic freshwater Sailfin silverside from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 314-323.
Walter RP, Aykanat T, Kelly D, Shrimpton JM, Heath DD (2009) Gene flow increases temporal stability of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) populations in the Upper Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal for Fisheries and Aquatic Science 66: 167-176.
Walter RP, Haffner GD, Heath DD (in press) No barriers to gene flow among sympatric polychromatic ‘small’ Telmatherina antoniae from Indonesia's Lake Matano. Journal of Fish Biology.
Walter RP, Ovenden JR, Heath DD (2007) Characterization of four tetranucleotide and six dinucleotide microsatellite markers for use in the tropical freshwater fish Telmatherina antoniae and related species. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 651-653.     
Walter RP, Haynes JM (2006) Fish and coral community structure are related on shallow water patch reefs near San Salvador, Bahamas. Bulletin of Marine Science 79: 365-374.
Lowie CE, Haynes JM, Walter RP (2001) Comparison of walleye habitat suitability index (HSI) information with habitat features of a walleye spawning stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 16: 621-632.

Conferences:
Walter, RP (2007) Dispersal and population genetic structure in Telmatherina antoniae. Department seminar, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie, Fakultät Biologie, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. December 17, 2007.
Walter, RP, Haffner GD, Heath DD (2007) Dispersal and gene flow in endemic Indonesian Sailfin silversides. Evolution. Christchurch, New Zealand.
Walter RP, Haffner GD, Heath DD (2007) Gene flow among colour-morphs of Indonesian Sailfin silversides: implications for sexual selection in an adaptive radiation. Poster presentation at Evolution. Christchurch, New Zealand. Poster.
Walter RP, Haffner GD, Heath DD (2006) Population structure of endemic Telmatherinid Fishes of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Evolution Stony Brook, New York.
Walter RP, Aykanat T, Shrimpton, JM, Heath DD (2006) Temporal instability in Chinook Salmon populations. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR). Calgary, Alberta.