Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)


August 30, 2021

Columbia River Fish Monitoring and Evaluation Studies

Project ID: W912HZ-13-2-0001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $818,881 Total Funding: $4,687,813 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to continue assessing the potential to use rearing and husbandry techniques to reproduce juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, and steelhead, O. mykiss, from hatchery stocks that more closely emulate naturally-reared fish.These wild fish surrogates will serve as…


Using genetic and physiological markers to distinguish between populations of Dungeness crab from Yakutat, Juneau, and Sitka, AK

Project ID: W912HZ-14-2-0019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $72,157 Total Funding: $72,157 [project-data-part-2]


Dexter Reservoir Water Quality Research and Evaluation Studies

Project ID: W912HZ-15-2-0008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $28,389 Total Funding: $317,331 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Because of water quality changes in Dexter Reservoir Oregon (see Figure 1), the Corps of Engineers is seeking a study of this reservoir in order to explore opportunities for water quality improvement. This study consists of the following objectives: A review of the…


Monitoring upstream migration and potential causes of prespawn mortality in adult UWR Chinook, 2015

Project ID: W912HZ-15-2-0009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $475,931 Total Funding: $475,931 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The overarching goal of this study is to gain information on the relationships between upstream migration history, river environment, fish condition and disease expression, collection and outplant methods, and spawning success/pre-spawning mortality for adult Upper Willamette River (UWR) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Information…


Developing Innovative Techniques for Assisted Species Dispersal to Minimize Potential Training Impacts

Project ID: W912HZ-15-2-0015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $51,135 Total Funding: $51,135 [project-data-part-2]


Zebrafish Embryo Toxicity Assays

Project ID: W912HZ-15-2-0023 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $82,750 Total Funding: $82,750 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to build predictive toxicity models of high nitrogen (high-N) compounds found in the environment using embryonic zebrafish assays. There is an increasing pressure to reduce the use of animals in toxicity testing. To accomplish this, predictive toxicity…


Columbia River Basin (CRB) Fish Monitoring and Evaluation Studies

Project ID: W912HZ-16-2-0013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $522,481 Total Funding: $3,340,966 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Task 1) Evaluation of salmon passage at an adult collection facility: The primary goal of this study is to gather information related to adult Chinook Salmon and steelhead attraction, entry and passage at Willamette Valley Project facilities. The 2016 study year will be…


Willamette River Instream Ecological Flow Science Review and Analyses Prioritization” and “Adult Salmonids Trap and Transport Success Above Dams

Project ID: W912HZ-16-2-0030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $535,872 Total Funding: $2,167,738 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Willamette River Instream Ecological Flow Science Review and Analyses Prioritization Principal Investigators: James T. Peterson (USGS) and J. Tyrell Deweber (OSU) We propose to work with managers and scientists to develop a framework for informing flow management in the Willamette River Basin through…


Evaluating Flora and Fauna Diversity in the John Day/ Willow Creek Project for Special Status Species Protection

Project ID: W912HZ-16-2-0031 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $284,968 Total Funding: $494,918 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: We will complete a comprehensive inventory of flora and fauna and delineate the ecological communities across the John Day/ Willow Creek Project area (referred to as Project lands hereafter), as defined by the Army Corps of Engineers. Our inventory will identify the presence,…


Understanding Avian Flocks Near and Entering Civil Infrastructure for Species of Concern

Project ID: W912HZ-17-2-0005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,510 Total Funding: $309,103 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is the statement of work for a one-year study of the collective behavior of Vaux’s swift flocks. This one-year study is meant to establish scientific links between the Collective Behaviour in Biological Systems at ISC-CNR and Portland State University (PSU). There are…



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