John P. Volpe

		Mailing Address
		Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9 Office Number: Z-1007 Bio Sciences Email address: jvolpe@ualberta.ca Phone Number: (780) 492-4637 Fax Number: (780) 492-9234
Academic Degrees
	B.Sc., University of Guelph M.Sc., University of Guelph Ph.D., University of Victoria
Areas of Involvement
	Academic Committees
	Environmental Biology & Ecology Research Interest Group Systematics and Evolution Research Interest Group
Current Research Interests
	The principle research interest in my lab is the study of aquatic and marine bioinvasions, specifically 1) methods to move invasion biology from a descriptive to predictive discipline 2) major shifts in selection regimes often accompany invasions (both for invading and native species), therefore we use invasions as model systems to investigate patterns and processes of population and community level adaptive response. Other research foci include the management and conservation of harvested, fringe and insular fish populations; fish phenotypic plasticity and evolution; measures of biodiversity and the relationships between biodiversity measures and ecosystem functions.
Current Teaching
	Biology 468 - Problems in Conservation Biology Gene Expression
Current Graduate Students
	Louise Hahn (co-supervised with Dr. B.R. Anholt, U. of Victoria) Dave Park Mike Rodtka
Recent Publications
	Volpe, J.P. 2001. Super-Unnatural BC: Atlantic salmon in British Columbia. David Suzuki Foundation, Vancouver B.C. 32pp. http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Publications/Aquaculture_Reports/default.asp Volpe, J.P., B.W. Glickman and B.R. Anholt. 2001. Reproduction of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a controlled stream channel on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130: 489-494. Volpe, J.P., B.R. Anholt and B.W. Glickman. 2001. Competition among juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Relevance to invasion potential in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58: 197-207. Volpe, J.P. and G. Horne. 2000. A simple and inexpensive method for providing natural forage in a laboratory environment. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 20: 801-803. Volpe, J.P., E.B. Taylor, D.W. Rimmer, B.W. Glickman. 2000. Natural reproduction of aquaculture escaped Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a coastal British Columbia river. Conservation Biology 14: 899-903. Volpe, J.P. and B.R. Anholt. 2001. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in British Columbia. In Marine Bioinvasions: Proceedings of the First National Conference (January 24-27 1999; edited by J. Pederson). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. pp. 256-259. Taylor, E.B., Harvey, S., Pollard, S., and J. Volpe. 1997. Postglacial genetic differentiation between reproductive ecotypes of kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia. Molecular Ecology 6: 503-517. da Cruz, A.D., J.P. Volpe, V. Saddi, J. Curry, M.P. Curado, B.W. Glickman. 1997. Radiation risk estimation in human populations: Lessons from the radiological accident in Brazil. Mutation Research. 373: 207-217. Volpe, J.P. and M.M. Ferguson. 1996. Molecular genetic examination of the polymorphic Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, of Thingvallavatn, Iceland. Molecular Ecology 5: 763-772.

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