Chena River Chinook Salmon Study

From May 17th to May 22nd, 2010, Chena Project leader Dr. Mark Wipfli and Ph.D. student Jason Neuswanger presented the results of our research at the international symposium Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids in the picturesque, tranquil fishing port of Luarca, Spain.  The symposium was an incredibly productive, enlightening, and enjoyable gathering with 100+ international experts on salmonid ecology.  We returned with exciting new ideas to apply to our work on the Chena, as well as many promising new connections and collaborations.

The village of Luarca, on the north coast of Spain. Photo by J. Neuswanger.

We presented both talks and posters.  Some materials from the talks (including high-definition fish video and 3-D animations of their feeding territories) will be available on this website within the next few weeks.  Click on the links below to download the posters as PDF files.

Wipfli et al 2010: Environmental processes affecting juvenile Chinook salmon in an interior Alaskan river – A summary of some key findings of the overall Chena project.

Neuswanger et al 2010: Improved 3-D video analysis methods, with applications to wild juvenile Chinook salmon behavior

Scientists interested in more information about these projects can email Mark Wipfli or Jason Neuswanger at our email addresses, mark.wipfli and jneuswanger, both @alaska.edu.  People interested in downloading the VidSync 3-D video analysis program, or its source code, can visit http://vidsync.sourceforge.net.  Help files and demonstration data for the program are coming soon.