Life History and Evolution
Salmonid populations in Alaska display a great variety of life
history strategies, and stock-specific features with respect to
behavior, anadromous tendencies, feeding, growth, ocean migration
patterns, and homing to natal waters or straying to populate new streams
and lakes. This tremendous variety of stock and species-specific
characteristics provides broad evolutionary opportunities for salmonids
to utilize most of the streams and lakes of Alaska, and with anadromous behavior, to range widely over much of the North Pacific
Ocean and adjacent seas.
MSI research into salmonid life history and evolution focuses on:
- Population structure and genetics
- Migration and straying
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