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Division:
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FE
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Status:
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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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Job Title:
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Research Fishery Biologist
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Phone:
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509-538-2626
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Email:
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send e-mail
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NWFSC Publications
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Background
Bill Muir has worked as a research fishery biologist for NOAA Fisheries for more than 23 years. He has worked primarily on juvenile salmonid behavior and migration throughout the Columbia River basin. He participated in juvenile salmonid research in the Columbia River estuary (distribution, movement, food habits, interactions with other species), at Snake and Columbia river dams (fish guidance studies, bypass evaluations, behaviorial, and physiological status of smolts and their effects on fish guidance), at hatcheries (homing studies, photoperiod and temperature manipulation studies, and their effect on migration and survival), and most recently, on reach survival studies. Bill received his B.S. and M.S. in biology at Portland State University.
Current Research
Bill currently serves as principal investigator in survival studies of PIT-tagged juvenile salmonids migrating through the Snake and Columbia River hydropower system. He is also the principal investigator in a study that examines the relationship among time of ocean entry, physical and biological characteristics of the Columbia River estuary and plume environment, and adult return rates of spring chinook salmon.
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