OHRC Advisory Committee Research Report 17 September 2012
David L. G. Noakes Professor & Senior Scientist OSU OHRC
Education and Outreach Chinook Surrogate Workshop OHRC (June 2012) Oregon STEM Web Meeting 11 September 2012 Otolith Research Workshop 25 26 October 2012 FW 473 Fish Ecology Distance Education (online version) FW 573 Fish Ecology & Conservation Distance Education (online) Student Poster OCAMP, Oregon Coastal STEM
Recent Presentations Science Pub, (HMSC), Toledo, Oregon 5 June 2012 Nanjing Agricultural University, 3 August 2012 ODFW Hatchery Managers, Big K Ranch, 16 August 2012 (Noakes, Putman) Apps for Salmon Corvallis Science Pub 10 September 2012
Research Funding Lincoln County & Tillamook County Coast STEM Ruth McDonald ($210,000 per year; 2 years) awarded Noakes & Schreck COE Steelhead ($355,000 per year; 2 years +) awarded Noakes Campbell Family Foundation fish screens ($35,000 per year, 2 years) pre proposal Noakes & Schreck NSF freshwater systems (preproposal) ($300,000 per year; 3 years) Noakes Moore Foundation (in progress)
Research Discussions David Noakes, Kathleen Cole, Neil Thompson, Bruce Morrison temperature, growth and sex of individual hatchery and wild steelhead smolts David Noakes, Carl Schreck, Cam Sharpe, David Griffiths, Eric Billman, Ryan Couture Steelhead surrogates David Noakes, Andy Dittman, Ryan Couture, Joseph O Neil olfactory imprinting steelhead embryos Kathleen O Malley, David Noakes, Ryan Couture coho mate selection Alsea Anglers, Kathleen O Malley, Bob Buckman, ODFW, David Noakes hatchery steelhead selection Ben Clemens, David Noakes lamprey biology and conservation Carl Schreck, Luis Tort, David Noakes stress and fish biology Desiree Tullos, Jason Dunham, David Noakes woody debris, log jams and fish behavior David Noakes, Chuck Kimmel, Carl Schreck phenotypic plasticity
Publications Gao & Noakes. 2012. Chemical signatures of otoliths and application in fisheries. Environmental Biology of Fishes DOI: 10.1007/s10641 012 0076 4. Gao, Conrad, Bean & Noakes. 2012. Statistical analysis on otolith data of anadromous fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes DOI: 10.1007/s10641 012 0072 8. Noakes (Editor). 2012. Ecological interactions of hatchery and wild salmon. Environmental Biology of Fishes 94: 1 361. Leblanc, C. & Noakes, D. L. G. 2012. Visible elastomer implants for marking small Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32: 10.1080/02755947.2012.683234. Kristjánsson, B. K., Skúlason, S., Snorrason, S. S., Noakes & D. L. G. 2012. Fine scale parallel patterns in diversity of small benthic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in relation to the ecology of lava/groundwater habitats. Ecology and Evolution 2: 1099 1112. McPhee, M., V., D. L. G. Noakes & F. W. Allendorf. 2012. Developmental rate: A unifying mechanism for sympatric divergence in postglacial fishes? Current Zoology 58 (1): 21 31.
Salmon Migration D. Noakes & P. Klimley (co editors) Special Issue of Environmental Biology of Fishes OnLine First (December 2012) http://science.calwater.ca.gov/stage /sci_news_0610_tags.html
Threatened Fishes: Fish Conservation D. Noakes Special Issue of Environmental Biology of Fishes OnLine First (April 2013) http://www.springerlink.com/content/102877/?cont ent+status=accepted
Otoliths: microstructure and microchemistry Yongwen Gao & David Noakes (Co Editors) Environmental Biology of Fishes http://www.springerlink.com/content/102877/?co ntent+status=accepted
Awards and Recognition American Fisheries Society 2012 Award of Excellence Gilbert Ichthyological Society President (2012 2014)
Research Conferences Annual AFS Meeting 20 24 August 2012 St. Paul, Minnesota
Research Conferences Presentations
Research Conferences Presentations Ecology, Ethology & Evolution of Fishes University of Windsor June 2012 (4 research papers) International Fish Biology Congress Madison, Wisconsin July 2012 (2 research papers) Gilbert Ichthyological Society, Oregon September 2012 (3 oral papers) Northwest Fish Culture Conference Dittman et al September 2012 (oral paper, olfactory imprinting)
Research Conferences Saving Our Salmon Portland, October 2012 Oregon AFS, 2013 International Ethological Congress, Newcastle, August 2013 International Conference on Salmon Smolts, Iceland, August 2013 Indo Pacific Fish Conference, Japan, July 2013 Migration and Survival Mechanisms of Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead in Ocean Ecosystems, April 2013, Honolulu, Hawaii Gilbert Ichthyological Society, September 2013
Research Projects and Proposals
Stable Isotopes passive marking Otolith marking operations research (oxygen isotopes) Fish reared under controlled conditions, preserved Gao analyses (October 2012) Collaboration: Dr. Robbins Church, EPA; Dr. Yongwen Gao, Makah Tribal Fisheries; Dr. Ben Clemens, ODFW
Olfactory Imprinting Homing & Straying Olfactory Imprinting during incubation Andy Dittman, David Noakes, Ryan Couture, Joseph O Neil Chinook salmon, steelhead Ongoing ODFW hatchery rearing and testing (autumn winter 2012)
Hatchery Survey: homing and straying Dr. Nathan Putman Hatchery questionnaire Survey of existing data Research proposal development
Geomagnetic Imprinting: Homing and Straying Geomagnetic Imprinting (Oregon Sea Grant funding) David Noakes, Ken Lohmann, Andy Dittman, Sam Chan, Pete Klimley, Tom Quinn, Nathan Putman, Michael Banks, Jennifer Nielsen, Carl Schreck Nathan Putman presentation
Landscape Ecology: production and performance Salmon carcass surrogates discussion NW Fish Products (industry) Fish passage discussions (Silvies Valley Ranch) (Letter of Intent) Fish passage alternative discussions (Dr. Guillermo Giannico)
Influences on Development and Performance Carl Schreck, David Noakes, Chuck Kimmel (Oregon) phenotypic plasticity Genetic and environmental effects; hatchery and wild; effects of domestication Re adaptation of hatchery fish
Chinook & Steelhead Surrogate Project US ACOE, ODFW, USGS, OSU OHRC studies: feeding, density, self selection, diets Re adaptation of hatchery fish; performance of hatchery and wild fish Dr. Eric Billman Presentation to OHRC Advisory Committee
Otolith Workshop OHRC, ODFW 25 26 October 2012 David Noakes, Ben Clemens coordination with ODFW, OR AFS, BPA, Oregon Sea Grant, GLFC, Tribal groups Invited speakers, research proposal development Development of Distance Education course Fisheries & Wildlife Department, Oregon State University
Lamprey Workshop OHRC Spring 2013 David Noakes, Ben Clemens OHRC, OSU, ODFW - invited speakers - conservation, restoration, enhanced production ( hatcheries? ), field techniques - native species, Tribal values and interests