Jordanna Bergman

Jordanna Bergman

Postdoctoral Fellow in Geography, University of Victoria
PhD in Biology, Carleton University    
BSc in Marine Biology, University of South Florida
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Hi! My name is Jordanna and I'm a Canadian-American aquatic ecologist and conservation scientist. My love for the outdoors fueled a passion to learn how to take care of our beautiful world, and encouraged my desire to pursue a career in environmental research. 

For my postdoc, I have the privilege of working with Drs. Maycira Costa and Anne Salomon to evaluate the spatial-temporal dynamics of kelp-encrusting bryozoans ("KEB") across British Columbia's coast. In close collaboration with Indigenous, government, and research partners spanning from Haida Gwaii to Victoria, we seek to evaluate the abiotic and biotic variables that may be influencing KEB presence, abundance, and distribution within kelp forests. Encrustation by bryozoans may not only affect kelp forest health and resilience, but could also influence the diverse ecological communities they support. By weaving together ecological theory and Indigenous Knowledge to better understand how kelp forests tolerate and recover from KEB, amid phenological shifts due to climate extremes, we hope to illuminate their current and future health, and persistence.