North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission

Technical Report 15

Table of Contents

State of the Salmon: Improving Predictions of Salmon Survival during a Period of Rapid Change

Authors:
Sue C.H. Grant, Bronwyn L. MacDonald, David A. Patterson, Kendra A. Robinson, Jennifer L. Boldt, Keri Benner, Jackie A. King, Lucas Pon, Chrys M. Neville, Joe A. Tadey, Mike Hawshaw, and Dan T. Selbie

Abstract Excerpt:
The planet is warming. Earth’s average land-ocean temperature has risen by close to 1°C over the last century, with the most recent five years measuring as the warmest on record (Morice et al. 2012; Hartmann et al. 2013). Global climate change is already affecting Canadian Pacific salmon and their ecosystems, and these impacts will increase with further warming (IPCC 2014; White et al. 2016; Holsman et al. 2018; Bush and Lemmen 2019). In light of environmental change, it is critical that we track and understand how salmon are responding currently, and how they will respond to future change.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23849/npafctr15/139.144.

Citation

Grant, S.C.H., B.L. MacDonald, D.A. Patterson, K.A. Robinson, J.L. Boldt, K. Benner, J.A. King, L. Pon, C.M. Neville, J.A. Tadey, M. Hawshaw, and D.T. Selbie.  2019.  State of the salmon: improving predictions of salmon survival during a period of rapid change.  N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Tech. Rep. 15: 139–144.  https://doi.org/10.23849/npafctr15/139.144.