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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

Project Description

Climate is a major driver of the geographic distribution and abundance of salmon. Climate change is occurring globally, but there has been no organized effort to evaluate the potential effects of climate change on populations of salmon and the ecosystems they inhabit. Sufficient data and expertise exist to conduct such an assessment. Developing and implementing a process to synthesize the data is the critical step toward achieving this evaluation. This effort initiated the process of prioritizing research questions and approaches on the potential effects of climate change on salmon. In late February and early March 2007, a multidisciplinary group of more than 30 scientists and practitioners with relevant expertise convened in Santa Barbara. These experts identified the most important topics related to the potential effects of climate change on salmon and their ecosystems and began to develop a strategic framework for conducting targeted analyses and syntheses of existing data.

Principal Investigator(s)

Erica Fleishman

Project Dates

Start: February 27, 2007

End: March 1, 2007

completed

Participants

Xan Augerot
Pangaea Environmental, LLC
Dick Beamish
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Timothy Beechie
NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Greg Block
Wild Salmon Center
Dan Bottom
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Eddy Carmack
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Douglas Eggers
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Erica Fleishman
University of California, Santa Barbara
James Ianelli
NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Masahide Kaeriyama
Hokkaido University
Peter Kareiva
The Nature Conservancy
John Kimball
University of Montana
Dick Kocan
University of Washington
Aileen Lee
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Colin Levings
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
John Magnuson
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Nathan J. Mantua
University of Washington
Jim Martin
Pure Fishing, Inc.
Arthur J. Miller
University of California, San Diego
Kate Myers
University of Washington
Mitsuhiro Nagata
Hokkaido Fish Hatchery
Randall M. Peterman
Simon Fraser University
William T. Peterson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Tom Quinn
University of Washington
Vladimir Radchenko
Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
Gordon H. Reeves
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Omar J. Reichman
University of California, Santa Barbara
Brian E. Riddell
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Mary Ruckelshaus
NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Daniel E. Schindler
University of Washington
James Seeb
Gene Conservation Laboratory, Alaska Fish & Game Dept.
Jack Stanford
University of Montana
Olga Temnykh
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Centre
Fran Ulmer
University of Alaska, Anchorage
Svein Vagle
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Robin S. Waples
NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Michael Webster
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation