Allison will be presenting her thesis entitled:

An Assessment of the Impact of Non-Native Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush and Mysis diluviana on the Growth and Survival of Pelagic Planktivores in Lake Tahoe

WHEN: Friday, May 29th at 1:00PM
WHERE: FSH 213
FACULTY CHAIR: Dave Beauchamp

All are welcome to attend. 

Meryl will be presenting her dissertation entitled:

Implications of environmental and landscape change for population connectivity and the persistence of dryland amphibians

WHEN: Friday, June 5th at 10:00 AM
WHERE: FSH 203
FACULTY CHAIR: Julian Olden

All are welcome to attend. 

Daniel will be presenting his dissertation entitled:

Genomic and fitness consequences of hybridization between cutthroat and rainbow trout

WHEN: Friday, June 5th at 1:00 PM
WHERE: FSH 213

Daniel’s faculty adviser is Dr. Kerry Naish.

All are welcome to attend. 

Curry will be presenting his dissertation entitled:

Salmonid Selection, Evolution and Historical Abundance Patterns

WHEN: Friday, May 22nd at 12:00PM
WHERE: FSH 203

All are welcome to attend. 

Rachel will be presenting her dissertation entitled:

Species and environmental diversity: patterns and processes of lacustrine fish community responses to a variable world.

WHEN: Thursday, May 7th. 1:00PM
WHERE: FSH 203

All are welcome to attend. 

Anna Chrysafi, graduate student in Aquatic Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland, will be Friday’s speaker from 12:30-1:30 PM in FSH 203.
We will be streaming the seminar via GoToMeeting. To join the seminar remotely, please click here.
Eliciting expert judgments to inform the depletion prior in data-poor stock assessment
Modern stock-assessment models are characterized by a very complex nature and require long time-series of fishery dependent and independent data. 

Halley will be presenting her dissertation entitled:

The non-lethal threat of hypoxia: ecological effects and physiological responses of estuarine species

WHEN: Thursday, May 7th at 9:30 AM
WHERE: FSH 203

All are welcome to attend. 

Emily will be presenting her thesis entitled:

Competition between non-native brook trout and coho salmon in the Elwha River, WA during dam removal

WHEN: Tuesday, June 2nd at 9:30 AM
WHERE: FSH 213

All are welcome to attend. 

Wesley Larson will be presenting his dissertation entitled:

Using genetic tools to inform management and study local adaptation in Pacific salmon.

WHEN: Friday, May 8th, 2:00 PM
WHERE: FSH 203

All are welcome to attend. 

Prof. Julian Olden and SAFS research scientist Lauren Kuehne published an opinion article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, titled Lay Summaries needed to enhance science communication. This piece promotes the requirement and publication of lay summaries with peer-reviewed research articles.