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Oceanographic
and habitat conditions significantly affect, and can even govern,
the productivity of Northwest salmonids and groundfish. This research
program focuses on the effects of ocean variability, habitat and
human activities (including, in the case of groundfish, fishing
patterns and regulations) on distributions, health and marine survival
of salmonids and groundfish. Fishers have known for generations
that specific habitat features favor high abundances of unique marine
resources and that fish stocks respond clearly and sometimes suddenly
to shifts or fluctuations in climate or fishing patterns. Thus,
it is critical that fishery scientists and oceanographers determine
which physical and biological processes influence fish distributions,
growth and survival, so that when the ocean enters a different climate
state, or fishing practices change, or natural watershed conditions
are restored, scientists are able to state to what degree any factor
is responsible for shifts in growth and survival or possibly why
certain species and stocks are most affected.
Projects
in the research program are funded by NOAA’s Northwest
Fisheries Science Center, Alaska
Fisheries Science Center, Bonneville
Power Administration, and NSF.
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Research Staff: Assistant Professor,
Sr. Researchers
Dr. Vladlena Gertseva
Research Associates
Dr. Hongsheng Bi
Dr. Hui Liu
Dr. Linda O'Higgins
Dr. Jay Peterson
Dr. Jim Ruzicka
Sr. Faculty Research Assistants
Leah Feinberg
Cheryl Morgan
Tracy Shaw
Faculty Research Assistants
Toby Auth
Andrew Claxton
Elizabeth Daly
Troy Guy
Jesse Lamb
Marisa Litz
Jennifer Menkel
Anthony Phillips
Mary Beth Rew
Graduate Research Assistants/Fellows
Rebecca Baldwin
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