Research Biologist Aimee E. Christy

Aimee Christy is involved in PSI's researched related to oyster mortality, cadmium concentrations in oysters, and harmful algal blooms. She also conducts phytoplankton analysis for species composition and abundance throughout the coast and Puget Sound, and public outreach/education for the Scoopy Doo Pet Waste Education Campaign. Aimee has over ten years of experience in water quality analysis, wetland and estuarine studies, and invertebrate/algae surveys. Her interests include stormwater management and researching the impacts of land use change on water quality, particularly in shellfish growing areas.

Prior to her work with PSI, Aimee assisted development of a literature review on the impacts of urbanization on shellfish growing areas in Puget Sound. She also conducted aerial, boat and ground surveys to determine population and catch per unit effort estimates of recreational shellfish throughout Puget Sound for the Shellfish Management Program at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Prior to that, Aimee was employed by the University of Washington to conduct intertidal invertebrate/algae surveys along the Olympic National Park coastline.

She received a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Washington and a M.S. in Environmental Science from The Evergreen State College.

Contact Aimee Christy (aimee@pacshell.org)

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