Photo of Michael standing on the stern of a fishing vessel holding a cup of coffee

Michael Courtney

Research Staff

Fisheries Ecology


College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
17101 Point Lena Loop Road
Juneau, AK 99801
907-854-3091
mbcourtney@alaska.edu

 

Education

University of Alaska Fairbanks
M.S. Fisheries
2015

University of Alaska Fairbanks
B.S. Fisheries
2013

 

Publications

Courtney, M. B., B. P. Gray, C. J. Schwanke, J. R. Spencer, and A. C. Seitz. (2025). "Insights into the ocean migration, behavior, and ecology of steelhead kelts from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska". Animal Biotelemetry 13(8):1–8.

Courtney, M. B., E. A. Miller, A. M. Boustany, K. S. Van Houtan, M. Catterson, J. Pawluk, J. Nichols, and A. C. Seitz. (2022). "Ocean migration and behavior of steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss kelts from the Situk River, Alaska". Environmental Biology of Fishes 105:1081–1097.

Courtney, M. B., A. J. Flanigan, M. Hostetter, and A. C. Seitz. (2022). "Characterizing fish interactions with a hydrokinetic turbine in the Kvichak River during the Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka spring smolt migration". North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(4):1054–1065.

Garcia, S., C. A. Tribuzio, A. C. Seitz, M. B. Courtney, J. K. Nielsen, J. M. Murphy, and D. S. Oxman. (2021). "Differential horizontal migration patterns of two male salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis) tagged in the Bering Sea". Animal Biotelemetry 9(38):1–10.

Gallagher, C. P., M. B. Courtney, A. C. Seitz, E. V. Lea, and K. L. Howland. (2021). "Ocean-entry timing and marine habitat-use of Canadian Dolly Varden: Dispersal among conservation, hydrocarbon exploration, and shipping areas in the Beaufort Sea". Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 262.

Gallagher, C. P., S. L., Courtney M.B, H. K.L., L. E. V., M. S., and L. L. (2021). "Predation of archival tagged Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma, reveals avoidance behavior and track feeding events by presumed Beluga whale, Delphinapterus Leucas, in the Beaufort Sea". Animal Biotelemetry 9:1–17.

A complete list of M. Courtney's publications are available on his Google Scholar page.

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Specialties

  • Fish migration
  • Fish behavior
  • Fish telemetry