Chena River Chinook Salmon Study

As mentioned in the previous post, Mark Wipfli and Jason Neuswanger recently attended the international symposium Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids in Luarca, Spain.  This post summarizes part of Jason’s talk, Intra-school competition and drift-feeding behavior in wild juvenile Chinook salmon (coauthors: Nick Hughes, Mark Wipfli, Lon Kelly, Amanda Rosenberger).
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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 [...]

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Four members of the Chena Project (Mark Wipfli, Elizabeth Green, Megan Perry, and me, Jason Neuswanger) all gave talks at the national American Fisheries Society conference in Nashville from August 30th – September 3rd, 2009.  Below are some videos and software downloads related to my talk, Accessible 3-D video methods for in situ fish measurement [...]

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Like many Fairbanksians, we biologists on the Chena Chinook project use the river for a lot more than just work.  It’s also our backyard playground for camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, and photography.  I took these pictures of the Chena during some time off time on April 30th, when I drove up to hike and see [...]

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Three to six inches of rain fell in the Fairbanks area last week, the highest amount many places have received since the great flood of 1967 (which was much more severe).  It came with little warning, and we suffered some equipment losses, but we also decided to take advantage of the opportunity to see how [...]

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