Assisted migration: move it or lose it? – Engineering and Technology Magazine

The golden toad is said to be the first species to have been rendered extinct by the effects of climate change. (Source: Last Word on Nothing / Creative Commons)

Climate change is already blamed for the extinction of some species, and scientists think that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With rapid environmental change outpacing organisms’ abilities to adapt, can we – and should we – move them to more suitable locations? SAFSJulian Olden is interviewed in this exploration of the challenge of assisted migration.

Schooling behaviors, rockfish genotypes, CO2 fluxes – This week’s CoEnv published research

Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. This week, four new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online.

1. TitleModel evaluation in statistical population reconstruction (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Skalski, John R.1; Clawson, Michael V.2; Millspaugh, Joshua J.3

1. Univ Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
2. Univ Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
3. Univ Missouri, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife Sci

Journal: WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

 

2. TitleA spatially explicit Bayesian framework for cognitive schooling behaviours (OPEN ACCESS!)

AuthorsGrünbaum, Daniel

1. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography

Journal: INTERFACE FOCUS

 

3. TitleEstimation of genotyping error rate from repeat genotyping, unintentional recaptures and known parent-offspring comparisons in 16 microsatellite loci for brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus) (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Hess, Maureen A.1; Rhydderch, James G.1; LeClair, Larry L.2; Buckley, Raymond M.1,2;Kawase, Mitsuhiro3; Hauser, Lorenz1

1. Univ Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
2. Washington Dept Fish & Wildlife
3. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography

Journal: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES

 

4. Title: High-resolution estimates of net community production and air-sea CO2 flux in the northeast Pacific (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Lockwood, Deirdre1; Quay, Paul D.1; Kavanaugh, Maria T.2; Juranek, Lauren W.2,3,4; Feely, Richard A.3,4

1. Univ Washington, School of Oceanography
2. Oregon State Univ, Coll Earth Ocean & Atmospher Sci
3. Univ Washington, Joint Inst Study Atmosphere & Ocean
4. NOAA, Pacific Marine Environm Lab

Journal: GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

The path to salmon restoration may lead through their stomachs – UW News

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Little is known about how much food salmon need, per river mile, to survive. And yet, chemicals, non-native (and some native) species, and habitat degradation all work to decrease the amount of food available to salmon. New research from SAFSRobert Naiman, David Beauchamp, and others, suggests that there are currently too many young salmon in the Columbia River Basin, and not enough food. Check out this UW News story for more information about what this might mean for salmon restoration, or read their journal article!

Publicly funded research: an exploration of our tax dollars at work – Early Career Ecologists

SAFSLauren Kuehne shares examples of how taxpayer-funded research gets from universities out into the world, and how these investments in science permeate our lives. Read about why publicly funded research is so important, through stories of University of Washington research projects and their impacts.

Greater push for sustainable fishing – Huffington Post Live

On October 25th, experts in fisheries joined a Google+ hangout on Huffington Post Live to talk about the state of the world’s fisheries. Author Carl Safina and SAFSRay Hilborn are among these experts. Check out this 20 minute debate and discussion: is there such a thing as sustainable fisheries?

Alaska Chinook Salmon Symposium shares knowledge, tools to restore the king – The Cordova Times

Two days of intense discussion by federal, state and university scientists have broadened the base of shared knowledge on chinook salmon, arming state biologists with more tools to tackle the conundrum of diminishing returns, and restore strength to the fishery. SAFSDaniel Schindler was one of the attendees; read more here!

Researchers outline issues for state’s chinook salmon stocks – Peninsula Clarion

During the first session of a two-day chinook salmon symposium, researchers focused on the magnitude of the state’s king salmon issues. SAFSDaniel Schindler is quoted; read more here.