Peter Westley
Lowell A. Wakefield Chair in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Associate Professor
Fisheries Conservation
Fisheries Ecology
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2150 Koyukuk Drive
AHRB 204
Fairbanks, AK 99775
907-474-7458
907-474-7204 (fax)
pwestley@alaska.edu
Office Hours
Open door policy.
Feel free to come by.
University of Washington
Postdoc. Fisheries
2012
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Ph.D. Biology
2012
University of Washington
M.S. Fisheries
2007
University of Washington
B.S. Fisheries
2004
- Scott Chandler
- Elizabeth Mik'aq Lindley
- Keith Herron Ivy
- Isaac Nyameke
- Eugene Peltola
- Ben Rich
M. Vignon, M. Zhou, A.R. McIntosh, C. Correa, P.A.H. Westley, L. Jacquin, J. Labonne, A.P. Hendry. 2023. Trait variation in a successful global
invader: a large-scale analysis of morphological variance and integration in the brown
trout. Biological Invasions. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03003-9
Walther, E.J., D.E. Arthur, A. Cyr, K.M. Fraley, T. Cubbage, E. Hinkle, J. McMahon,
P.A.H. Westley. 2022. Ecotoxicology of mercury in burbot (Lota lota) from interior Alaska and insights
towards human health. Chemosphere. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134279
Walther, E.J., M.S. Zimmerman, J.A. Falke, P.A.H. Westley. 2022. Species distributions and the recognition of risk in restoration planning:
A case study of salmonid fishes. Ecological Applications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2701
Von Biela, V.R. , C.J. Sergeant, M.P. Carey, Z. Liller, C. Russell, S. Quinn‐Davidson,
P.S. Rand, P.A.H. Westley, C.E. Zimmerman. 2022. Premature mortality observations among Alaska’s Pacific Salmon
during record heat and drought in 2019. Fisheries. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10705
Ulaski, M.E., H. Finkle, A.H. Beaudreau, P.A.H. Westley. 2022. Climate and conspecific density inform phenotypic forecasting of juvenile
Pacific salmon body size.
Freshwater Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13850
See full list of publications
- Phenotypic plasticity
- Life history evolution
- Dispersal and philopatry
- Contemporary evolution
- Aquatic invasions and colonization
- Eco-evolutionary dynamics
We live in the Anthropocene, where global ecology is dominated by human activity.
My research seeks to understand how fishes respond and adapt to abrupt environmental
change across levels of biological organization. Work in my lab addresses this overarching
question through the combination of field, laboratory, meta-analysis, and modeling
approaches.
Additionally, I have pending proposals to explore aspects of the pike invasion to
Southcentral Alaska and to apply stage-specific salmon life cycle models to Western
Alaska Chinook populations.