Publications

As water temperatures warm in southcentral Alaska salmon streams, we expect that peak summer summer growth rates for Chinook and coho salmon will decrease throughout parts of their habitat.

This report summarizes water a portion of water quality data focusing on metals in the lower Kenai River watershed.

Unlike in southcentral Alaska, interior Alaskan pike don’t seem to be eating too many baby salmon.

At the mouth of the Kenai River, thousands of salmon carcasses attract thousands of seagulls. What does this mean for water quality?

My master’s thesis at University of Alaska Fairbanks focused on diet and habitat of juvenile Chinook and Coho salmon in the Alaska’s Kenai River.

Vegetation alongside streambanks means more bugs in the water for juvenile coho salmon to eat.

In 2017 I was privileged to be a co-author on this expansive perspective focusing on management of salmon and their habitat in Alaska’s Kenai River.

What happens when you give away thousands of copies of the same thought-provoking book about the history of salmon all over Alaska?

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a pollutant born of incomplete combustion. Among other things, we found that concentrations of PAHs in city snow dumps were 25x greater than in undisturbed snow.

In 2007-2008 I had the privilege of working in the Wildlife Toxicology lab at University of Alaska Fairbanks with Dr. Katrina Knott and Dr. Todd O’Hara, looking in to questions about how diet and geography affect mercury exposure in Alaskan polar bear populations.