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Sean F. Werle Aquatic Biologist |
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Sean Werle has over 10 years of professional experience working as an aquatic biologist. At New England Environmental, Inc. (NEE) he is responsible for the development and implementation of aquatic macroinvertebrate protection plans and rare species assessments in compliance with state and federal permitting. |
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Education |
Ph. D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2004. M.Sc., Entomology – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2000. B.Sc., Zoology - University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1995. |
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Credentials |
SCUBA (PADI) Rescue Diver |
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Experience |
New England Environmental, Inc. |
2010-present |
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Aquatic Biologist Responsibilities include rare species sampling and habitat use; providing scientific data and guidance to assist clients in meeting standards for Conservation and Management Permits under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act; developing mitigation plans to minimize impacts to wildlife habitat; report writing. |
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Axarus Environmental Consulting, LLC |
2000-present |
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Senior Scientist and Principal Development and production of educational materials for AP High School and college students. |
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
2004-present |
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Adjunct lecturer, Faculty of Biology
Teaching undergraduate courses including Aquatic Invertebrates, Tropical Field Biology, and Biology of Social Issues.
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
2006-Present |
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Curator, Natural History Collections Curation of and acquisition for the invertebrate collections including numerous collecting expeditions in New England, Costa Rica, Mexico and Belize.
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
June 1995-May 2004 |
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Graduate research and teaching assistant
Served as a teaching assistant in numerous laboratory courses and conducted research on turfgrass insects (1995-2000) and aquatic insects (1999-2004).
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Publications |
Asikainen, CA and SF Werle. 2007. Accretion of ferromanganese nodules that form pavement in Second Connecticut Lake, New Hampshire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (45): 17579-17581.
Werle, SF, NA Johnson, ER Dumont and P Parasiewicz. 2007. Ecological dissimilarity analysis: A simple method of demonstrating community-habitat correlations for frequency data. Northeastern Naturalist 14 (3): 439-446.
Werle SF. 2005. Populations of a Connecticut River midge structured by geological history and downstream gene flow. Chromosome Research 13 (1): 97-106.
Werle SF, DG Smith and E Klekowski. 2004. Life in crumbling clay: The biology of Axarus species (Diptera : Chironomidae) in the Connecticut River. Northeastern Naturalist 11 (4): 443-458.
Werle SF, E Klekowski and DG Smith. 2004. Inversion polymorphism in a Connecticut River Axarus species (Diptera: Chironomidae): biometric effects of a triple inversion heterozygote. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82 (1): 118-129.
Smith DG, SF Werle and E Klekowski. 2003. The anatomy and brooding biology of Pottsiella erecta (Potts, 1884) (Ectoprocta : Gymnolaemata : Ctenostomata), with an expanded diagnosis of the Pottsiellidae. Hydrobiologia 490 (1-3): 135-145.
Smith DG, SF Werle and E Klekowski. 2002. The rapid colonization and emerging biology of Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) (Cnidaria : Clavidae) in the Connecticut River. Journal Of Freshwater Ecology 17 (3): 423-430.
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Languages |
Fluent English, training in Spanish |
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