2022 AKCFWRU Research Review
LONG TALKS | ||
Luke Metherell | Female Dall’s Sheep Summer Nutrition in the Chugach Mountains | |
Gwendolyn Quigley | Human-Polar Bear Interactions on the Northern Coast of Alaska | |
Sebastian Zavoico | Climate Change Facilitates Moose Population Growth in Southwest Alaska | |
William Dokai | Spatial and Temporal Variability of Fish and Mussel Distributions Revealed through eDNA Metabarcoding | |
Chris Sergeant | Modeling Salmon Response to Shifting Climate and Freshwater Habitat in Southern Coastal Alaska | |
Taylor Cubbage | Physiological Performance of Northern Pike (Esox lucius): Implications for Management in Invaded Systems | |
Justin Hill | Predation Impacts of Common Merganser on Chinook Salmon Revealed Using Genetic Analysis of Scat | |
Jessica Black and Courtney Carothers |
Tamamta (All of Us): Transforming Western and Indigenous Fisheries and Marine Sciences Together | |
PROJECT UPDATES | ||
Hélène Genet | Modeling Landscape Vulnerability to Thermokarst Disturbance and its Implications for Ecosystem Services in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska (RWO 220) | |
Deanna Strohm | Aquatic Ecosystem Vulnerability to Fire and Climate Change in Alaskan Boreal Forests I (RWO 227) | |
Elizabeth Hinkle | The Immediate and Lasting Effect of Wildfire in sub-Arctic Streams (RWO 227) | |
Will Samuel | When Beavers Get Burned, Do Fish Get Fried? (RWO 227) | |
Josh Paul | Freshwater Habitat Potential for Chinook Salmon in the Yukon and Kuskokwim River Basins, Alaska (RWO 230) | |
Hélène Genet | Wetland Carbon Assessment for Alaska (RWO 231) | |
Yue Shi | Combining Genetics, Otolith Microchemistry, and Vital Rate Estimation to Inform Restoration and Management of Fish Populations in the UMRS (RWO 240) | |
Shawn Crimmins | Habitat and Population Modeling for Game Species in the Great Lakes (RWO 241) | |
Derek Arnold | Movement Patterns, Dispersal Behavior, and Survival of Lynx in Relation to Snowshoe Hare Abundance in the Boreal Forest (RWO 242) | |
Ben Rich | Quantifying Impacts of a Novel Predator in a Warming Subarctic Watershed (RWO 243) | |
Claire Delbecq | Hydrologic Variability Drives Riverine Materials Export from a Coastal Southeast Alaskan Catchment (RWO 244) | |
Kevin Fitzgerald | The Influence of Stream Flow Patterns on Juvenile Salmon Foraging and Growth in Southeast Alaska (RWO 244) | |
Lindsay Turner | Alaska Forage Fish Data Compilation and Modeling for Risk Assessment and Resource Management in Oil and Gas Development Regions (RWO 245) | |
Rebecca Shaftel | Climate Vulnerability of Aquatic Species to Changing Stream Temperatures and Wildfire Across the Yukon and Kuskokwim River Basins, Alaska (RWO 245) | |
Luke Porter | Sea Otter Spatial Ecology in Kachemak Bay, Alaska: Implications for Monitoring Population Abundance and Distribution in Alaska (RWO 247) | |
Cody Deane | Improving Lincoln Estimates of Arctic Goose Abundance: Development of a Bayesian Brownie Model Incorporating Reporting Probability. (RWO 248) | |
Margaret Harings | Climate Adaptation in Yukon River Fisheries: A Robust Alternative Approach to Assess Salmon Run Size Using Environmental DNA (RWO 249) | |
Joe Spencer | Migrations of Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) in Northwestern Alaska Evaluated Using Otolith Microchemistry (ADFG Sport Fish Base Funding) | |
Olivia Edwards | Juvenile Chinook Salmon Movement, Overwinter Survival, and Outmigration Timing in the Chena River, Alaska (ADFG Sport Fish Base Funding) | |
Jeff Wells | Factors Influencing Wolf and Caribou Resource Selection and Spatial Dynamics in Eastern Interior Alaska (ADFG Wildlife Base Funding) | |
Sara Germain | Investigating the Role of Juvenile Weight in Predicting Future Fitness in a Sub-Arctic Moose Population (ADFG Wildlife Base Funding) | |
Mike Wheeler | Developing a Multi-Species Monitoring Framework in Southeast Alaska (RWO 253) |