Peter Westley

• 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


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• 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.

• Salmonid Evolutionary Ecology & Conservation (SEEC) Lab