KATHERINE PEARSON MASLENIKOV
Collections Manager
University of Washington Fish Collection
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Box 355100, 1140 Boat St., Room 005
Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A.
Email: pearsonk@u.washington.edu
TEL: 206-543-3816, FAX: 206-685-3275
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1996-1998
- M.A. from the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, The University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1991-1995
Fisheries Biologist, The University of Washington, 1999-2001
On contract with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) REFM Division, conducting maturity study on shortspine and longspine thornyhead and Greenland turbot. Responsible for coordinating ovary collections through the NMFS Observer Program, collecting ovaries on NMFS RACE Division surveys, processing and analyzing histological samples of ovaries, maintaining a specimen database, and producing published research results
Fisheries Technician, The University of Washington, 1999
On contract with the NMFS REFM Division, assisting with a fecundity study on atka mackerel. Responsible for counting and measuring oocytes, analyzing data, and assisting with the publication of research results
Research Assistantship, The University of Kansas, 1996-1998
Development of Microsoft Access database "The Sea Anemones of the World," funded by the NSF Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET) program, awarded to Dr. Daphne Fautin. Database can be viewed at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
Teaching Assistantship, The University of Kansas, 1998
Biology 540 Invertebrate Zoology. Responsible for teaching, coordinating and grading laboratory portion of class, in addition to lecturing on several occasions
Curatorial Assistantship, The University of Kansas, 1997
Maintenance of the Invertebrate Zoology collection of The University of Kansas Natural History Museum (KUNHM), identification of specimens, accessioning of specimens, management of loans to and from the collection, maintaining collection database
Pentec Environmental, Inc., Edmonds, Washington, 1995-1996
Sorted marine invertebrates from sediment samples, identified ophiuroid specimens to species level, analyzed project data using Microsoft Excel 5.0
Participated in NMFS RACE Division Aleutian Islands Survey
- F/T Gladiator- 3 1/2 weeks in June 2004, identifying and collecting invertebrate samples, sorting and processing survey trawls
- F/T Sea Storm- 3 1/2 weeks in June and July 2002, identifying and collecting invertebrate samples, sorting and processing survey trawls
- F/T Dominator- 7 weeks in June and July 2000, identifying and collecting invertebrate samples, sorting and processing survey trawls, and collecting shortspine thornyhead and Greenland turbot ovaries for maturity study
Participated in NMFS RACE Division Gulf of Alaska Survey
- F/T Gladiator- 3 weeks in June 2005, served as deck boss in addition to identifying and collecting invertebrate samples, sorting and processing survey trawls
- F/T Northwest Explorer- 3 weeks in June 2003, identifying and collecting invertebrate samples, sorting and processing survey trawls
- F/T Vesteraalen and F/T Morning Star- 6 weeks in June and July 2001, identifying and collecting invertebrate samples, sorting and processing survey trawls
Participated in NMFS RACE Division West Coast Slope Survey
- R/V Miller Freeman- 3 weeks in October and November 1999, identifying and collecting invertebrate samples, sorting and processing survey trawls, and collecting shortspine and longspine thornyhead ovaries for maturity study
Participated in Atka mackerel pilot project in Seguam Pass, AK for the NMFS REFM Division
- F/T Seafreeze Alaska- 2 weeks in August 1999, tagging and processing fish
Collected specimens of the sea anemone genus Urticina for graduate research at The University of Kansas
- Traveled to several marine laboratories between Maine and New Brunswick in June 1998 and between San Diego and Vancouver Island from May to August 1997
Collected pelagic nemertean worms for undergraduate research project at The Evergreen State College
- R/V New Horizon- 10 days in October 1995, collected nemerteans and sorted invertebrates as part of a pelagic biomass study led by Dr. James Childress, University of California at Santa Barbara
- R/V Point Sur- 2 weeks in March 1994, research cruise led by Dr. Childress
Traveled to 16 international natural history museums from 1996–1998
- Examined type specimens of sea anemones for Microsoft Access database, examined specimens of sea anemones in the genus Urticina for graduate research, and identified specimens in unsorted sea anemone collections
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Gilbert Ichthyological Society- Council Member, Class of 2007
- Orr, J.W., and K.P. Maslenikov. 2007. Two New Variegated Snailfishes of the Genus Careproctus (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Copeia, 2007(3): 699-710.
- Cooper, D.W., K.P. Maslenikov, and D.R. Gunderson. 2007. Natural mortality rate, annual fecundity, and maturity at length for Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, 105(2): 296-304.
- McDermott, S.F., K.P. Maslenikov, and D.R. Gunderson. 2007. Annual fecundity, batch fecundity, and oocyte atresia of Atka mackerel, (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) in Alaskan waters. Fishery Bulletin, 105(1): 19-29.
- Cooper, D.W., K.E. Pearson, and D.R. Gunderson. 2005. Fecundity of two species of thornyhead, Sebastolobus alascanus and S. altivelis (Scorpaenidae), from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, determined by stereological and gravimetric techniques. Fishery Bulletin, 103(1): 15-22.
- Pearson, K.E., and D.R. Gunderson. 2003. Reproductive biology and ecology of shortspine thornyhead rockfish, Sebastolobus alascanus, and longspine thornyhead rockfish, S. altivelis, from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 67: 117-136.
- Gunderson, D.R., M. Zimmerman, D.G. Nichol, and K. Pearson. 2003. Indirect estimates of natural mortality rate for arrowtooth flounder and darkblotched rockfish. Fishery Bulletin, 101(1): 175-182.
- Fautin, D.G., T.R. White, and K.E. Pearson. 2002. Two new species of deep-water Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the northeast Pacific, Corallimorphus denhartogi and C. pilatus. Pacific Science. 56(2):113-124.
- Hauswaldt, J.S., and K.E. Pearson. 1999. Urticina mcpeaki, a new species of sea anemone (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) from the North American Pacific coast. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 112(4):652-660.
- Pearson, K.E. 1998. Taxonomy of Urticina (Actiniaria) from the northern Atlantic Ocean. American Zoologist 38(5): 62A. (Abstract)
- Pearson, K.E. 1997. Taxonomy of Urticina (Actiniaria) from the west coast of North America. American Zoologist 37(5): 194A. (Abstract)
- Fautin, D.G., D.M. Shoger, and K.E. Pearson. 1996. Nomenclatural database of sea anemones (Actiniaria). American Zoologist 36(5): 111A. (Abstract)
- 2005. K.P. Maslenikov and J.W. Orr. The Comic Snailfish, an abundant new species of Careproctus from the Aleutian Islands. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, July 11
- 2004. J.W. Orr and K.E. Pearson. The Comic Snailfish, an abundant new species from the Aleutian Islands. Gilbert Ichthyological Society Annual Meeting, Eatonville, WA, October 9
- 2002. K.E. Pearson. "Recent changes at the University of Washington Fish Collection". Gilbert Ichthyological Society Annual Meeting, Eatonville, WA, October 5
- 2002. K.E. Pearson and T. Anderson. "The University of Washington Fish Collection: Database Workshop." UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, April 30
- 2002. K.E. Pearson and T. Anderson. "The University of Washington Fish Collection: Past, Present, Future, and What We Can Do For You." NMFS AFSC RACE Division seminar series, April 9
- 2000. S. McDermott and K. Pearson. "Batch size and fecundity of Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) in Alaskan waters." Western Groundfish Conference, Sitka, AK, April 25-28 (poster)
- 1998. K.E. Pearson. "Taxonomy of Urticina (Actiniaria) from the west coast of North America." SICB annual meeting, Boston, MA, January 3–7
- 1997. K.E. Pearson. "Taxonomy of the sea anemone genus Urticina." KUNHM Graduate Student Retreat, September 6
- 1997. D.G. Fautin and K.E. Pearson. "Chasing sea anemones through Europe." KUNHM "Wednesday Lunch", April 2 (both presented)
- 1996. D.G. Fautin, D.M. Shoger, and K.E. Pearson. "Nomenclatural database of sea anemones." SICB annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM, December 26–30 (poster)
Last updated 5 October 2007