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Cynthia Le Doux-Bloom, Ph.D.
Lecturer & Research Associate
My research interests have always focused on anadromous and marine fishes. I study their behavioral physiology, habitat use, and use their health to measure ecosystem health. I retired from State of California in 2019, where I worked for the departments of Water Resources and Fish & Wildlife since 1988. I also worked at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, MBARI, and consulting firms. I love teaching everything about the ocean and fishes, developing curricula in English and Spanish, and assessing student’s learning. I am honored to teach and mentor the world’s next and best aquatic scientists!
Areas of Interest
Diving, horseback riding, fishing, hunting, and kayaking
- Ph.D., Animal Biology, 2012, University of California, Davis
- M.S., Marine Science & Bilingual Science Education, 1995, San Jose State, MLML
- B.A., Marine Biology, 1989, University of California, Santa Cruz
- A.S., Biology, 1986, Cabrillo College
OCN 109L General Oceanography Lab
FISH 220 Water Resources and Conservation
FISH 460 Advanced Fisheries Conservation and Management
SCI 100 Rising Tides: Becoming a STEM Marine Scientist
Faculty Advisor American Fisheries Society’s Humboldt Bay Student Subunit
LeDoux-Bloom, C.M., R.S. Lane, C.A. Masatani, G.J. Christian, J.E. Hemmert, and A.P. Klimley. (2021). Seasonal distribution, movement and habitat use of sub-adult striped bass Morone saxatilis in a highly-managed and tidally-influenced Pacific Coast Watershed. Environmental Biology of Fishes, Special Issue, Fish Movement. https://doi.org /10.1007/s10641-021-01197-2
California Indian Environmental Alliance. 2018.Cultural Impacts on Native Californian Tribal Fishing:Preliminary Methylmercury Fish Tissue Analyses from Clear Lake, Lake County, California. State of California, California Natural Resources Agency, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, Sacramento, CA. Draft.
LeDoux-Bloom, C.M. 2016. Department of the Navy. Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Activities Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ Overseas Environmental Impact Statement-Chapter 3 Fishes. Department of the Navy. AFTT EIS/OEIS Project Manager Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Silverdale, WA
LeDoux-Bloom, C.M. 2015. Department of the Navy. Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ Overseas Environmental Impact Statement- Supplemental. Department of the Navy. EIS/OEIS Project Manager Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, WA.
LeDoux-Bloom, C.M. 2015. River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Case Study in Baylands Habitat Ecosystem Habitat Goals. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, Calif./S.F. Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland, CA.
Kennedy, T.K., M. Cane, M.D. Bowen, and C.M. LeDoux-Bloom. 2014. Head of Old River Predatory Fish Study. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.
Caro, T., J. Darwin, T. Forrester, C. LeDoux-Bloom, and C. Wells. 2011. Conservation in the Anthropocene. Conservation Biology, Volume 26, No. 2, 185–188. Society for Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-559-5_9
Recent Presentations
Salmonid Restoration Federation [Fortuna, CA; April 2023]. Pacific Lamprey: Anthropocene Sentinel for Pacific Northwest Water Quality, LeDoux-Bloom CM. (invited talk)
American Fisheries Society, Cal-Neva Chapter [Folsom, CA May 2022] Fishermen-Led Assessment and Monitoring Experiment (FLAME): A approach to collecting real time recreational fishery data to assist management efforts. LeDoux-Bloom CM (presentation)
Bay-Delta Science Conference [Virtual; April 2021]. Can a Prehistoric Fish be Today’s Canary of the Anthropocene?
Evaluating the Utility of using Lamprey to Assess Water Quality? LeDoux-Bloom CM. (poster)
Lamprey Informational Exchange [Vancouver, WA; Dec 2019]. Investigating the Utility of Lamprey as a Surrogate of Ecosystem Health in the Klamath Basin: Is a Prehistoric Fish the Canary of the Anthropocene? LeDoux-Bloom CM. (invited talk)
Fish & Game Commission [Sacramento, CA; Dec 2019]. Delta Fisheries Management Plan. Striped Bass Reproduction Expert Witness.
LeDoux-Bloom CM. (invited talk)
Klamath Basin Monitoring Program [Yreka, CA; May 2018]. Big Mac vs. Slim Fast Bugs: Not All Fish Foods are Equal,
LeDoux-Bloom CM. (invited talk)
Salmonid Restoration Federation [Fortuna, CA; April 2018]. Super-Size Me: Invertebrate Fatty Acid Composition Matters, LeDoux-Bloom CM. (poster)
Yurok Tribe Klamath Estuary Workshop [Klamath, CA March 2018]. Reconstructing Historic Ecological Conditions of the Klamath Estuary, LeDoux-Bloom CM. (invited talk)
Salmonid Restoration Federation [Fortuna, CA; April 2016]. Presence and Prevalence of Parasites and Pathogens in California Salmonids, LeDoux-Bloom CM. (talk)
Ecological Restoration Program’s Predator Workshop [Sacramento, CA July 2013]. Sub-adult striped bass habitat use, movement, and residence patterns in the San Francisco Estuary Watershed, LeDoux-Bloom CM. (invited talk)
Inter-Agency Ecological Program [Folsom, CA; April 2013]. Seasonal Movement and Residence Patterns of Sub-adult Striped Bass through the San Francisco Estuary, LeDoux-Bloom, CM, Johnson ML, Doroshov SI, and Isely JJ. (talk)