The GAP project was initiated in 1999 by Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Kodiak to address trophic-level questions of...

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Through this research, we hope to identify human activities negatively impacting Cook Inlet belugas and their value as perceived by society by analyzing the vocal repertoire of...

Ichthyophonus hoferi is a parasite infecting various fish species, including Chinook salmon. While the parasite is not harmful to humans, the effects on the fish host can be...

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Northern sea otters were extirpated from southeast Alaska in the late 1800's due to extensive hunting by fur traders. They were reintroduced successfully to the area from 1965...

The typical response to a stressor in Vertebrates involves the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. It consists of a complicated series of hormonal cascade that results in...

In Southeast Alaska, rapidly receding glaciers and changes in rainfall have a major impact on freshwater discharge and will affect the transport of nutrients to coastal...

Trends in harvest and effort in the commercial gill net (A), recreational hook-and-line (B), and personal use dip net and gill net (C) fisheries on the northern Kenai Peninsula....

Wildfire locations in the Kenai River watershed during 1943-2016 (data from AFS 2016). Symbol size represents fire area in acres (0.4047 ha). For more information, please see...

Landscape changes on the Kenai Peninsula: A) Cumulative loss of mass, meters of water equivalent, of Wolverine Glacier, a representative coastal glacier in the Kenai Mountains,...

Observed and projected changes in (A) air temperature and (B) precipitation at the city of Kenai and (C) observed changes in discharge in the Kenai River at town of Cooper...

Concentration of (A) fishery permits and (B) variability in fishery revenues for selected communities of the Kenai Peninsula Borough (source: Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry...

Salmon face risks from a rapidly changing climate, landscape change, and ocean acidification, but may also benefit from warming temperatures and glacial retreat under some...

Map of Kenai River watershed (dark shaded region) and focal subbasins for the EPSCoR Southcentral Test Case (blue shaded regions within the watershed). Glaciers within the...

Influences of glaciers and lakes on the hydrology and ecology of salmon-bearing rivers. Photo credits (L-R): Marli Miller, U. Oregon; John Schoen; National Weather Service. For...

Seasonal hydrographs of the mainstem Kenai River and three tributaries representing lowland (Beaver Creek), montane (Russian River), and glacially influenced montane (Ptarmigan...

The data set contains air temperature data from the 2015 field season. Sites include a lower, middle, and upper reach from each of the three focus tributaries in the test case...

Returns (total run size: escapement + harvest) of adult Chinook and Sockeye salmon to the Kenai River and a major tributary, the Russian River (ADFG data). Returns are plotted...

Presentation from the 2016 Alaska Chapter of American Fisheries Society Student Symposium, University of Alaska Fairbanks.